27. The Ballad of Leslie Crusher
Antimatter Pod

27. The Ballad of Leslie Crusher

2019-09-10
At various stages of TNG's development, the Enterprise's resident teen genius was going to be Leslie Crusher -- a girl. Anika and Liz wonder what it would have been like to have a girl STEM genius on television in 1987. Would she have been well-written? Would audiences have hated her as much as Wesley? Would she have inspired girls of our generation to become engineers?  We also talk about similar characters and significant female characters in other media, including... Doctor Who (Adric, Ace) Star Wars (Leia, Padme, ...
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