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Which TV or Movie Engineer is your favourite and why?

Lisa Miles
A bit of Friday Fun for you all this Friday afternoon. smiley


I'm not sure if you'd agree with me but I think over recent years there's been an increase in the number of engineering related characters in TV programmes and movies. Probably with the intention of giving children positive role models for a career in Engineering perhaps? 


So who is your favourite (or least favourite!) TV or movie Engineer and why?


There's no prizes for guessing who mine is.... wink

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    Actually Scotty really is a fantastic example: his management consistently gave him not enough time and not enough resources to solve impossible problems, and when he did it anyway took it for granted that he'd do it again next time! Sounds familiar...


    "I cannae change the laws of physics! I've got to have thirty minutes!"

    "Starship captains are like children. They want everything right now and they want it their way. The secret is to give them what they need, not what they want."


    And while looking for those I found this wonderful Scotty conversation (I have said something very similar myself in the past):

    "The tank can't handle that much pressure."

    "Where'd you get that idea?"

    "It's in the impulse specifications."

    "Regulation 42/15: 'Pressure Variances in IRC Tank Storage'?"

    "Right."

    "Oh, that. Forget it. I wrote it!"
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    Actually Scotty really is a fantastic example: his management consistently gave him not enough time and not enough resources to solve impossible problems, and when he did it anyway took it for granted that he'd do it again next time! Sounds familiar...


    "I cannae change the laws of physics! I've got to have thirty minutes!"

    "Starship captains are like children. They want everything right now and they want it their way. The secret is to give them what they need, not what they want."


    And while looking for those I found this wonderful Scotty conversation (I have said something very similar myself in the past):

    "The tank can't handle that much pressure."

    "Where'd you get that idea?"

    "It's in the impulse specifications."

    "Regulation 42/15: 'Pressure Variances in IRC Tank Storage'?"

    "Right."

    "Oh, that. Forget it. I wrote it!"
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