The Borg Documentary - Part 1

Sorry that I couldn't find a copy of this video with better resolution.

I have heard a LOT of speculation on the internet for years now that the Borg were merely a Star Trek version of the Cybermen from Doctor Who. I'm afraid that I'm gonna have to call Bullshit on that idea. The two species only have 2 things in common: they are both cybernetic and both like absorbing/assimilating new races into their collectives. Also, TNG producer Maurice Hurley's original idea for the Borg was to make them insectoid in nature so, there's that...

Also, it's worth pointing out that the Cybermen started as a means for a dying species to save itself from extinction. No one really knows the true origins of the Borg. There has been much speculation in non-canon works but, no onscreen info as of yet. Of course, if recent speculation on the Borg being the principal bad guy in the next movie turns out to be true... Well, anything can happen...

I just hope they can explain the Borg's origins without taking away from the menace and sheer terror they tend to illicit. Their all-too-frequent appearances in Voyager kinda made them seem much easier to defeat. THAT IS THE WRONG ANSWER. The Borg are meant to be Star Trek's version of the forces of nature in a 'Man vs. Nature' type of story. They are the unstoppable force, the oncoming storm, etc. etc. etc. In other words, nerds should shit their britches at the mere mention of that evil race. Plus, I'd love to see how Captain Kirk would handle fighting the Borg. How would he beat them? I can think of at least one way it might have been possible but, it was already used in one of ther non-canon TNG relaunch novels. (i.e. using the Doomsday Machine to annihilate cubes left and right.)

- Lord Publius