Critical Care story
The Doctor's program is stolen and he is forced to work in an alien hospital, where he skillfully manipulates the system to provide ethical medical care. Directed by: Terry Windell. Story by: Kenneth Biller and Robert J. Doherty.
12 total · 5 choice · 5 major · 2 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| bureaucracy | choice | the episode featured a cold-hearted bureaucracy run amok |
| bureaucratic dystopia | choice | the episode featured a cold-hearted bureaucracy run amok |
| healthcare inequality | choice | Dralian healthcare system had haves and have-nots |
| medical triage | choice | The Doctor would not refuse to treat patients just because they were poor. |
| the good of the many vs. the needs of the few | choice | it was clearly stated that the present system had worked marvels for society as a whole |
| AI risk to civilization | major | The Allocator was a tyrannical supercomputer which the Dralians considered a deity and the ultimate authority. It dictated all decisions, including which hospital patients live or die, based on its cold, logical assessment of their societal importance. |
| getting a taste of one's own medicine | major | Chellick got some kind of valuable life lesson when he was made to experience his healthcare system from the wrong tier |
| machine regulated society | major | A computer known as the Allocator played a central role in regulating Dralian society, most notably its healthcare system. |
| the calculus of human life | major | the overseer had a personal ethical dilemma: good of society vs. good of individual |
| The Hippocratic Oath | major | The Doctor said he was programmed with the Hippocratic Oath. |