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ST:TNG Viewer Survey Results

The following is a summary of the results of a survey about ST:TNG that
was taken between January, 1988 and November, 1988.

The survey was taken on Amiga Colony, a bulletin board running in the
Boston, MA area. The BBS caters mainly to Amiga users, though there is
a small message section devoted to Star Trek. The users are mainly located
in the Boston area, but there are quite a few out of state callers as
well (thanks to PC-Pursuit).

Respondents to this survey are predominately (95%) male, and range from
hard core Trekkies to casual viewers. I think that, other than the
low percentage of female respondents, the respondents here represent a
good cross-section of the ST:TNG viewing audience.

One thing to keep in mind is that, since the survey was taken over a
period of 10 months, many responses were probably influenced by factors
such as which episodes were on most recently, and some responses were made
before all of the first season episodes had aired.

This is *not* any kind of scientific poll, but I think the results are
quite interesting...

The Speaker -- 76505,57
aka Nancy Durgin --
Sysop, Amiga Colony (617-641-1629)

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1) Who is your favorite character ?

Data xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (32)
Picard xxxxxxxxxxx (11)
Worf xxxxxxxx (8)
Riker xxxxxxx (7)
Geordi xxxxx (5)
None xxxx (4)
Wes xxx (3)
Dr. Crusher xxx (3)
Yar xxx (3)
Troi (0)

2) Who is your least favorite character ?

Wes xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (16)
None xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (15)
Troi xxxxxxxxxxx (11)
Worf xxxxxxxxxx (10)
Yar xxxxxxxx (8)
Riker xxxxxxx (7)
Picard xxxx (4)
Data xx (2)
Dr. Crusher xx (2)
Geordi x (1)

3) Who is your favorite villain or alien ?

None xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (32)
Q xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (26)
Ferengi xxxxxx (6)
Romulans xxxxx (5)
Binars xx (2)
The Traveler x (1)
Klingons x (1)
Lore x (1)
Oilslick Monster x (1)
The Worms (CONSPIRACY) x (1)
Crystal Computer x (1)

4) Who is your least favorite villain or alien ?

None xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (38)
Ferengi xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (15)
Q xxxxxxxxxxx (11)
All xx (2)
The Jellyfish (FARPOINT) x (1)
Scantily Clad Aliens x (1)
Morduk the Benzite x (1)
Weapons Dealer x (1)
Oilslick Monster x (1)
Binars x (1)
Romulans x (1)

5) Which is your favorite episode ?

None xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (32)
Where No One Has Gone Before xxxxxxxxxx (10)
Encounter at Farpoint xxxxxxxx (8)
The Big Goodbye xxxxxx (6)
Conspiracy xxxx (4)
Justice xxx (3)
Arsenal of Freedom xxx (3)
Hide and Q xx (2)
DataLore xx (2)
11001001 xx (2)
When The Bough Breaks x (1)
The Lonely Among Us x (1)
Coming of Age x (1)

6) Which is your least favorite episode ?

None xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (36)
Encounter at Farpoint xxxxx (5)
The Big Goodbye xxxxx (5)
The Naked Now xxxxx (5)
All xxxxx (5)
Justice xxxx (4)
Hide and Q xxx (3)
Where No One Has Gone Before xx (2)
Coming of Age xx (2)
Any where Wes saves the day xx (2)
When The Bough Breaks x (1)
DataLore x (1)
The Lonely Among Us x (1)
The Battle x (1)
11001001 x (1)
Too Short a Season x (1)
The Neutral Zone x (1)

7) If you could change one thing about ST:TNG, what would it be ?

(NOTE: The results for this question are presented in two parts,
character-related suggestions, and non-character-related suggestions)

Get rid of Wesley xxxxxxxx (8)
Get rid of Troi xxx (3)
Improve the characters xxx (3)
Get rid of Riker xx (2)
Bring back Spock xx (2)
Bring back Tasha Yar xx (2)
Give Picard more life xx (2)
Change Riker x (1)
Fix Wesley x (1)
Get rid of Dr. Crusher x (1)
Put old cast on new ship x (1)
Make Data less human x (1)
Develop relationships (Troi & Riker, Picard & Crusher) x (1)
Do stories about Worf x (1)
Picard should have hair x (1)
Make the Captain younger x (1)
Need familiar faces (grandchildren of Kirk & Spock) x (1)

Need better scripts xxxxxxx (7)
More adventure, fighting, and action xxxxxxx (7)
Stories have abrupt endings xxx (3)
Get rid of Roddenberry xxx (3)
More SFX xx (2)
Less moralizing, more excitement xx (2)
It's great! Nothing to fix xx (2)
Take it off the air! xx (2)
Improve the acting x (1)
Spend money on SF writers, not SFX x (1)
More innovative aliens, stretch viewer's intelligence x (1)
The uniforms x (1)
The control layout on the bridge x (1)
Change shape of ship x (1)
Bring on the Romulans! x (1)
Fewer Reruns! x (1)
Improve the SFX x (1)
Too intellectual (esp. Picard), need some action! x (1)
Fewer commercials, more show x (1)
Make it a 5 hour show x (1)
Get rid of children on ship x (1)
Explore more of the unknown x (1)

8) What do you like most about the new show ?

The SFX (21) xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
The ship xxxxxxxxxxx (11)
It's a new version of old show (Different, but Trek) xxxxxx (6)
The technology xxxxx (5)
The characters xxxx (4)
Has lots of potential xxx (3)
The "relevance" of some of the moral messages xxx (3)
Lots of neat new ideas, SFX, etc. xx (2)
The holodeck xx (2)
Emphasis on peaceful solutions to problems xx (2)
That Star Trek is alive and well! xx (2)
I like everything! xx (2)
Sense of "reality" (big budget feel) xx (2)
Entertaining xx (2)
The sets x (1)
Some of the more original scripts x (1)
The music x (1)
The fact that it is a SF show x (1)
The different "feel" of this show, compared to old x (1)
More enjoyable to watch than old show x (1)
Nothing about it x (1)
Interesting plots x (1)
Geordi ("The dude with the cool glasses") x (1)

9) What do you like least about the new show ?

Re-using old plots (lack of new ideas) xxxxxxxx (8)
The scripts/writing/stories xxxxxxx (7)
Wesley xxxxxxx (7)
Undecided xxxx (4)
Nothing -- I like it all! xxxx (4)
Not enough battles/action xxxx (4)
Underdeveloped characters xxxx (4)
Too slow-paced xxx (3)
The acting xxx (3)
Too many reruns xxx (3)
Too many commercials (show is too short) xx (2)
Too many characters xx (2)
They never "explore strange new worlds" xx (2)
The costumes x (1)
Location of controls on bridge is inconsistent x (1)
I don't get to watch it often enough! x (1)
That they killed off Tasha Yar x (1)
Ship is too "artsy" x (1)
Needs to be on at a better time x (1)
Show endings are rushed x (1)
Data x (1)
Troi x (1)
Riker x (1)
Q x (1)
No familiar faces x (1)
Picard x (1)

10) Does ST:TNG live up to your expectations so far ?

Yes xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (51)
No xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (23)
Undecided xxxxxxxx (8)
oubt it. You can see the money on the other side of that
 
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