Not Going Out to impress Lucy continue well into the fifth series, when they both think they accidentally sleep together after drinking potato hooch. In the sixth series, after Tim Vine quit the series, Tim was written out of the show. In the opening dialogue of the series, it is explained that he has been given a work placement in Germany. Daisy continues her friendship with Lucy and Lee, and her naivety often gets them in trouble. With Tim's absence, Lee often finds himself listening to suggestions from Daisy on how to impress Lucy, and they include acting as a test subject for
David Alan Mack Pocket Books. That work led to Mack being invited to draft a 5,000-word supplement for John Vornholt's novel "The Genesis Wave, Book One", which in turn earned Mack an invitation in 2000 to write his own first full-length "Star Trek" book. Mack and Ordover wrote the four-part "Deep Space Nine"/"Next Generation" comic book miniseries "Divided We Fall" for WildStorm. With Keith R.A. DeCandido, Mack co-wrote the two-part "Starfleet Corps of Engineers" (SCE) e-book story "Invincible". Mack's first solo project was the two-part SCE e-book novel "Wildfire". His other SCE e-books are "Failsafe" and "Small World". He next wrote the short