-=> Quoting Evil Doctor to Paul Andinach <=-
 PA> A more unusual offshoot of the discussion was a brief diversion,
 PA> triggered by Jack Ruttan, into the question of whether the Borg stole
 PA> "Resistance is futile!" from their Doctor Who predecessors, the
 PA> Cybermen. For the record, the Cybermen never used the phrase. It was,
 PA> however, used by a Dalek in the 1964 story "The Dalek Invasion of
 PA> Earth". 
 ED> Who in turn stole it from 40's series and 50's B-movies.  They in
 ED> turn undoubtedly stole it from the sci-fi short stories from the 20's 
 ED> and 30's.  Who knows who first used those words in those combinations,
 ED> and who cares?
   Not me. I was just showing off.
 ED> Dr. Who and Star Trek readily borrowed and were
 ED> inspired  from each other.  This shows a respect by the producers of
 ED> both series  for the others work.  I have always found distasteful this
 ED> tendency by  some sci-fi and fantasy fans to grab on to one production
 ED> and hate all  others.
   I try to avoid doing that myself. I have noticed that it happens though, 
even at the level of "I love TOS and all the other Star Trek series are 
rip-offs by money-hungry studios", which is even more daft.
Paul
... "Bother," said Paul, as he failed to duck yet another Pooh tagline.
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