Regeneration

Bike Insurance!

Oh, boy!

Bike insurance!

Allison’s over, at the minute, on the phone to her insurance company.

Rampdale Insurance don’t half sound like they’ve made a cock-up.

Or possibly the Post Office has, from what she tells me; somewhere along the line, the second postal order she sent to Rampdale, hasn’t been cashed …

I know it’s costing her a fortune in phone calls!

•••••

I do know, though, that while she was off, having her physiotherapy, Virgin One showed an old episode of “Enterprise”, called “Regeneration”.

Which is about the only episode of the whole series to feature the Borg …

Yeah, the Borg …

The opening few minutes of the episode deal with a archaeological team in Earth’s Arctic Circle who find a crashed Borg ship.

The one that crashed as part of the plot of “First Contact”.

Nicely referential, i think …

Not that the team think so, as they are assimilated …

So when Star Fleet find out about the missing team — and the team’s equally missing shuttle — they send Archer and the rest of the Enterprise crew to investigate*.

Phew!

Which is where things go horribly pear-shaped.

After all, we know we’re watching Archer’s crew being by the Borg; possibly one of the nastier villains the latter-day episodes have produced …

Which is my point …

WE know we’re watching the NX-01 dealing with the Borg …

The crew of this version of Enterprise don’t.

Which I’m thinking adds to the grim feel of this particular episode …

Something I think makes “Regeneration” all the stronger …

* You know, I’m very tempted to add “With Hilarious Results,” but I’ll try and avoid it …