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| − | The '''Regulan bloodworm''' is a creature native to the [[Regulan system]]. It has been described as soft and spineless. A bloodworm can cause disruption in [[humanoid]] [[brain]], including the disruption of short-term memory. Medically, it's quite useful for cleansing a being's lymphatic system. ''([[ENT]]: "[[Doctor's Orders]]")'' |
+ | The '''Regulan bloodworm''' is a creature native to the [[Regulan system]]. It has been described as soft and spineless. A bloodworm can cause disruption in [[humanoid]] [[brain]], including the disruption of short-term memory. Medically, it's quite useful for cleansing a being's [[lymphatic system]]. ''([[ENT]]: "[[Doctor's Orders]]")'' |
In [[2153]], [[Jonathan Archer|Captain Archer]] ordered that [[Phlox|Dr Phlox]] should use Regulan bloodworms on the [[Xindi-Primate]] [[Degra]], to erase his short-term memories, so the Captain could extract information from him about the location of the [[Xindi superweapon]]. ''([[ENT]]: "[[Stratagem]]")'' |
In [[2153]], [[Jonathan Archer|Captain Archer]] ordered that [[Phlox|Dr Phlox]] should use Regulan bloodworms on the [[Xindi-Primate]] [[Degra]], to erase his short-term memories, so the Captain could extract information from him about the location of the [[Xindi superweapon]]. ''([[ENT]]: "[[Stratagem]]")'' |
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The Regulan bloodworm is a creature native to the Regulan system. It has been described as soft and spineless. A bloodworm can cause disruption in humanoid brain, including the disruption of short-term memory. Medically, it's quite useful for cleansing a being's lymphatic system. (ENT: "Doctor's Orders")
In 2153, Captain Archer ordered that Dr Phlox should use Regulan bloodworms on the Xindi-Primate Degra, to erase his short-term memories, so the Captain could extract information from him about the location of the Xindi superweapon. (ENT: "Stratagem")
Korax, a Klingon Defense Force lieutenant, once insultingly compared humans to Regulan bloodworms on Deep Space Station K-7 in a conversation which immediately preceded a barroom brawl. (TOS:"The Trouble with Tribbles")
Information about Regulan bloodworms was displayed by the computer as an okudagram graphic in Keiko O'Brien's schoolroom on Deep Space 9. (DS9: "The Nagus")
- The computer display in the schoolroom described data taken from a 1977 reference work, the Star Trek Medical Reference Manual, coincidentally co-authored by art contributor Doug Drexler.
- The reference to Regulan bloodworms by "Trouble with Tribbles" writer David Gerrold was never followed by an explanation of what they did to get the name "bloodworm", and it was never revealed which of the planets orbiting Regulus the worms originate from.
- Gerrold reportedly pitched a script for Star Trek: The Next Generation involving infections of bloodworms carried by helpless victims. The story used bloodworm infection as a metaphor for the 1980s AIDS crisis, describing the same kinds of mistreatment and persecution of carriers.
- Some unenlightened licensing or legal department staff reportedly dismissed AIDS storylines for TNG Season 1, leading to changes in writers up to and including Gerrold's departure from the TNG production staff.