During the second season, the Crusher character was written out of the show and replaced by the louder, more outgoing Dr. Katherine Pulaski ( Diana Muldaur ).

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Wesley Crusher is a character in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, appearing regularly in the first four seasons and sporadically afterwards.

* Beverly Crusher, character in the Star Trek fictional universe

She is best known for portraying the character of Dr. Beverly Crusher in the Star Trek: The Next Generation ( TNG ) television series and subsequent films.

Highlights for her character included " The High Ground ," where Dr. Crusher is kidnapped by terrorists ; " Remember Me ," in which she becomes trapped in an alternate reality where her loved ones start to disappear ; " The Host ," which features a romance between the Doctor and a man with a big secret ; " Suspicions ," in which Dr. Crusher risks her career to solve the murder of a scientist ; " Sub Rosa ," where Dr. Crusher becomes the next victim of her grandmother's seductive " ghost ;" and " Attached ," where Picard and Crusher become telepathically linked as prisoners and learn their true feeling for one another.

* Beverly Crusher, birth name of fictional character Beverly Howard in the TV series Star Trek: The Next Generation

This is a screenshot of Star Trek: The Next Generation's character Wesley Crusher from the episode Menage a Troi.

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The character Dr. Beverly Crusher was born in Copernicus City on the surface of the moon.

They also know that rash, impulsive behavior is not in character for the reserved, cautious, and normally level-headed Beverly Crusher.

In the film during Captain Riker's and Commander Troi's wedding the character of Wesley Crusher is seen, even though in the TNG episode " Journey's End " he was seen leaving with the Traveler.

* The Crusher, a recurring character in Looney Tunes animation.

Crusher is the chief medical officer on board the USS Enterprise-D and its successor, the USS Enterprise-E. Crusher holds the rank of Commander, and was the head of Starfleet Medical during 2365.

Gates McFadden was reluctant to accept the role of Dr. Crusher because of her commitment to appear in the play The Matchmaker at the La Jolla Playhouse.

Beverly Crusher was born Beverly Howard on October 13, 2324 in Copernicus City, Luna.

Dr. Crusher and Captain Picard were also acquaintances whilst the character's husband was alive, as Picard and Jack Crusher were close friends.

By the time of The Next Generation, money was considered abhorrent to many members of Starfleet, although in Encounter at Farpoint, set in 2364, Beverly Crusher buys a bolt of fabric and requests that it be charged to her account on the Enterprise.

The team mascot was " Crusher " with his large purple feet for stomping grapes.

" Crusher " was a large furry animal and referred to as the " Abominable Sonoman.

" The Ballard family participated in team activities, and Joel, now in the USMC, was a marvelous " Crusher.

The team's mascot was Crusher, the Abominable Sonoman.

Captain Picard was annoyed by Crusher at first, as Picard is uncomfortable around all children, but he comes to realize that Crusher understands many things beyond his age and has inherited his mother's high level of intelligence.

An alien known as The Traveler expressed to Captain Picard ( who was told not to tell Dr. Crusher ) that Wesley had a unique intelligence and great potential if provided encouragement and opportunity, comparing him to a child prodigy like Mozart.

Crusher was invited to reapply the following year, took the exam, and was accepted into the Academy where he joined an elite group of cadets known as Nova Squadron.

His involvement with this group led to his losing academic credits (" The First Duty "), when a squadron-mate was killed attempting a dangerous and prohibited flight maneuver and, under pressure from the team leader Nick Locarno, Crusher abetted the squadron's efforts to cover up the truth.

While his unaided performance was poor, his enhanced performance riveted the onlookers and greatly impressed Dr. Crusher.

In 1987, McFadden was cast as Dr. Beverly Crusher on Star Trek: The Next Generation.

While with Zappa, Belew was mostly credited as rhythm guitarist although he also played lead, melody or noise lines as well as singing lead on a couple of songs (" Jones Crusher " and " City of Tiny Lites ").

The Crusher droid was designed as a robot killer, programmed to immobilize and destroy dangerously-malfunctioning production droids.

Bockwinkel, who was still the focus of the company, would turn 50 himself in 1984, Stevens was a year away from 50, and Crusher was 58 while his tag team partner Dick the Bruiser was 56.

It can be presumed that use of a VISOR is very rare, since no other characters in the franchise have appeared with a similar enhancement, and Beverley Crusher and Katherine Pulaski, the two high-ranking doctors who served on the ship, were unfamiliar with the device.

In it, he is examined by Dr. Beverly Crusher, who finds the technorganic virus implanted in his system by Apocalypse to be similar to the nanovirus used by the Borg for assimilation.

During the return trip, Dr. Crusher reviews the scanner results and finds the Aldeans are suffering from radiation poisoning which has harmed their reproductive capabilities but can be reversed if the source is discovered.

Acting Ensign Wesley Crusher suggests sending a neutrino pulse device to the planet in a probe ; the neutrino beams will be visible to La Forge's VISOR.

The morality of such an action is questioned by Dr. Crusher, who maintains that genocide should not be considered.

Dr. Crusher, struggling against the effects of the ailment, finds the original antidote documented by the Enterprise to be ineffective, and works at devising a new version of it.

Doctor Beverly Crusher, Wesley's mother, secretly switches off Lieutenant Commander Data and sabotages his circuits, because he would be immune to the game's addictive properties — it addicts people who play it by stimulating the pleasure centers of their brains when they successfully complete each level.

During the rehearsals of the scene where Dr. Crusher turned off Data, Brent Spiner fell forward on to the table and had to be rushed to the hospital, in full Data makeup, and had to get stitches on his lower mandible.

While Doctor Crusher will only have one body and will not know when the changes will come and fears she won't be able to keep up.

Lore, still pretending to be Data, enters the bridge as the object hovers before the Enterprise and explains that he used a shut off switch to incapacitate his brother, causing Chief Medical Officer Dr. Beverly Crusher to be suspicious, since Data was careful about who knew of his off switch.

Reasoning that the seabed may not be completely fossilized ( and thus still containing some DNA ), Picard and Dr. Crusher scan the sea-bed with their tricorder while the other parties argue.

Alone on the ship, Dr. Crusher realizes that The Traveler, who had previously helped the Enterprise out of a similar situation, may be able to help, and sets course for his homeworld.

Dr. Crusher quickly realizes that the Universe itself appears to be shrinking, and soon, the computer only recognizes the Enterprise as the extent of the known bounds of the Universe.

As the Universe continues to shrink, Dr. Crusher recognizes its shape to be the same as the warp bubble experiment Wesley was working on and surmises that she is trapped inside a warp bubble that is rapidly collapsing.

He announces that he will be joining Acting Ensign Wesley Crusher, who is on his way to that base for Starfleet Academy entrance tests, in a voyage via shuttlecraft.

On the planet, Ramsey and his men are prepared to be executed by disintegration despite Ariel's pleas, while Dr. Crusher discovers an inoculate for the virus.

Then, in early 1988 in " The Neutral Zone ", the last episode of the first season of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Picard explains to a banker from the 20th century that economics are quite different and the pursuit of money is no longer a part of human existence, however earlier in that season in " Encounter at Farpoint ", Beverly Crusher purchased a bolt of fabric, while asking for it to be billed to her account on the USS Enterprise.

When the four are transported off the Enterprise, he confides to Dr. Crusher that while the Ornarans may suffer from withdrawal symptoms, this will be an opportunity for both races to advance in their own ways.

It is possible to see her waving good-bye in her last scene ( at about 42: 17, as Picard and Crusher leave the cargo bay, she can be seen in the background managing a brief wave before the cargo bay doors close ).

A misguided prank between two young brothers exposes one of them to a toxic parasite that cannot be treated on the USS Enterprise, but Dr. Crusher is able to stabilize his condition in a controlled environment in Sick Bay while the ship travels to a facility that can cure the boy.

Odan confesses her love for Crusher, and interestingly Crusher remarks she is uncomfortable with the relationship because she would not be able to keep up with any further changes, not because Odan is now a female.