Alphabet associations - I

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Are we looking for three sisters?

So is this one to check off ... or not?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Oh dear. What seemed like a little sparkler last night looks like turning into a damp squib.
You're almost there: the "S" has (sort of) been solved by DP.
We've got Sister Wendy, and Margaret Drabble and ...
We now need the Star Trek character, and his connection with the topic.

[subcontrabass]

...
We now need the Star Trek character, and his connection with the topic.

Is this one a sister-in-law, rather than a sister?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Walter Koenig.

[Norfolk Born]

OK - Anton Chekhov - but where precisely does that get us?

[Norfolk Born]

...Three Sisters?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Yep: Chekhov gives us Three Sisters (also an Opera by Peter Eotvos);
Margaret Drabble and ... gives us ...?
Sister Wendy.

(I said the answer was banal in comparison to what others have suggested. It's like the denouement of Midsomer Murders!)

[Norfolk Born]

Yep: Chekhov gives us Three Sisters (also an Opera by Peter Eotvos);
Margaret Drabble and ... gives us ...?
Sister Wendy.
(I said the answer was banal in comparison to what others have suggested. It's like the denouement of Midsomer Murders!)

Frankly, Midsomer Murders is a doddle compared with this.
Could you please (a) explain the significance of the passage I've highlighted in bold; (b) explain who contributed what to the answer (if we've actually got it between us)?
Thank you.

[Norfolk Born]

There's a character called Pavel Chekov in Star Trek. Anton Chekhov's father was Pavel Chekhov. Does this mean that I've misunderstood the Star Trek reference?

[Don Petter]

Just got back in. Sorry I've had an adverse effect on fhg's hair.

All I was really doing, as usual, was dipping in with some random thoughts without really grasping any subtle implications. One sister (Wendy) might imply three, and hence my pun on Chekov. But, as usual I'm lost on the Star Trek and Redgrave allusions.

[mercia]

apologies for going after the Sewells

Chekhov gives us Three Sisters (also an Opera by Peter Eotvos);
Margaret Drabble and ... gives us ...?
Sister Wendy.

Margaret Drabble (Redgrave understudy) + A S Byatt (The Children's Book) = 2 Sisters

3 + 2 + 1 = Six. Six sisters = SS ??

[antongould]

Good try but does it pass the Midsommer test?

[Nick Armstrong]

Checking in for first time on a Blackberry from the wilds of Brittany (just prior to imminent boulangerie/patisserie visit!) to react to the S question with a and a

Star Trek - Chekhov - Three Sisters....

Bonne continuation, mes amis!!!

[Norfolk Born]

apologies for going after the Sewells



Margaret Drabble (Redgrave understudy) + A S Byatt (The Children's Book) = 2 Sisters

3 + 2 + 1 = Six. Six sisters = SS ??

[I]'I was NEVER in ze SS![/I] (Sorry, I can no longer take this question seriously).
Having said that, 'SS' could stand for 'Savile Scarborough', which at least introduces a new angle (45 degrees, to be precise).

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

apologies for going after the Sewells
Margaret Drabble (Redgrave understudy) + A S Byatt (The Children's Book) = 2 Sisters

3 + 2 + 1 = Six. Six sisters = SS ??

Ah! The quality of Mercia!
Spot on - and whilst you may regret following the Sewells, I regret not having done so. (That's the Midsomer test, anton; often the solutions the viewer formulates are much more satisfying than the ones at the end of the episode.

Now, mercia, please, will you be mother and make the Tease?