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Main Cast (in order of billing)

• Lieutenant Commander (later Commander) Spock

Doctor (Lieutenant Commander) Leonard Horatio "Bones" McCoy

Played by: DeForest Kelley

Dubbed in french by: michel georges (tos), françois marié (star trek i to v), jean-pierre delage (star trek vi), appearances: star trek: the original series | star trek: the animated series | star trek: the motion picture | star trek ii: the wrath of khan | star trek iii: the search for spock | star trek iv: the voyage home | star trek: the next generation | star trek v: the final frontier | star trek vi: the undiscovered country | star trek beyond note  photograph.

"I signed aboard this ship to practice medicine, not to have my atoms scattered back and forth across space by this gadget." — McCoy , "Space Seed"

The third member of the Power Trio . Nicknamed "Bones" by Kirk, McCoy was a highly competent doctor who wasn't entirely comfortable with deep space and always brought a more emotional and moral component to the philosophical debates. He clashed frequently, and colorfully, with Spock, as he found Spock's rejection of emotion to be absurd; however, the two men did genuinely respect each other. Despite his "down-home country doctor" routine, McCoy could and did carry moments of badassery frequently.

• Actual Pacifist : For all the verbal fights he gets into, he’s against war at any cost, is disgusted by prisons and is usually the one telling Kirk to be a diplomat not a soldier.
• The Alcoholic : Drinks in the sickbay on his off hours, regularly brings alcohol to Kirk to drown both their sorrows, and apparently both he and Scotty get worse as they get older, having more to grieve over.
• Ambiguously Christian : He frequently swears in the name of God, or Heaven. He explicitly mentions Jesus in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country , one of only three times in the history of the entire franchise He is mentioned by name note  Uhura directly alludes to Him as the "Son of God" at the end of "Bread and Circuses", and a bit character in the Star Trek: Enterprise episode "Storm Front" also mentions Him . When he is about to kill the salt vampire in " The Man Trap ", he asks the Lord to forgive him. He teases Scotty once for "not believing in God." He remarks in " This Side of Paradise " how their rejection of the spores is the second time Man's been thrown out of Paradise note  Kirk, another Ambiguous Christian, corrects him by saying that this time they walked out on their own . His staunch pacifism is certainly consistent with the tradition of Christian pacifism, and many conscientious objectors have served as medical personnel. However, the character never came out and professed a belief in the divinity of Christ (or in any other religion).
• Anger Born of Worry : Par for the course for a Sour Supporter with Undying Loyalty . He and Spock will often butt heads because either Bones thinks Spock doesn’t understand the feeling, or Spock does but is trying to not show it.
• Audience Surrogate : Is almost always the one to call Kirk out when he’s torturing himself, or Spock when he’s being too alien, or have the more sci-fi language explained to him.
• Badass Pacifist : He's a doctor and takes that very seriously. However, that doesn't stop him from doing extremely dangerous things to save lives. Circumstances sometimes force him to show that he is a decent shot and somewhat competent brawler, but he is hardly a willing Combat Medic , both disgust with violence and unashamed fear always extremely apparent on his face. Possibly best seen in " Space Seed ," where he doesn't flinch at Khan holding a knife to his throat and even gives advice on the best way to kill him from their current position.
• Don't recommend pragmatism and coolheadedness over compassion during a crisis.
• In “ This Side Of Paradise ”, what gets him out of a spores-induced Happy Place is even just the suggestion of not being a doctor anymore.
• Big Brother Instinct : He’s older than Kirk is, and when shit gets rough, looks out for him and tells him not to destroy himself with self doubt or hate himself too much for having a darker side.
• Blue Is Heroic : McCoy 's blue uniform represents his gentleness and kindness. See also Innocent Blue Eyes .
• " He's dead, Jim. "
• " I'm a doctor, not an X !"
• Character Development : Went from having emotional conniptions to the point of Hair-Trigger Temper when the situation looked bleak, to understanding Spock and the benefit of logic more. He admits to Spock’s body in the third movie that he doesn’t want to lose him again, and that helps the patience and understanding on both sides.
• Chivalrous Pervert : He's notable for being more open about his skirt-chasing than Kirk... and less successful at it .
• Chronic Hero Syndrome : He’s very proud of his medical profession, especially comparing it to earlier centuries, and takes it personally when he can’t save everyone. He euthanised his father who was dying, only a few months later to hear that there was a cure, and he's filled with self hatred over it.
• Combat Pragmatist : McCoy is especially fond of hitting an enemy (or even a reluctant friend) with a hypospray to render them unconscious/simulate a disease/etc. in order to get the upper hand. In " Amok Time ," he does this without being an actual participant in the fight in order to save Kirk's life and Spock's career.
• The Confidant : Spock is a great friend, but he’s not that useful when Kirk is feeling anxious, so Bones helps out with advice, reassurance, Tough Love and booze.
• Deadpan Snarker : He specializes in snarky comments. " This Side of Paradise " has a couple gems. McCoy : [after Kirk informs a man that he will be taken from his planet with or without his cooperation] Should I get the butterfly net?
• Determined Doctor : Where Scotty wouldn't roll over and die on keeping the ship together, this man refuses to just let his patients die if he has any means to save them.
• Disappeared Dad : According to the show bible, he has a daughter called Joanna that despite his efforts, he can’t often see. There were a few plans to include her in the show (including one where she has a crush on Kirk and Bones as a father assumes the worst) but never came to fruition.
• Especially in " This Side of Paradise ," when he's under the influence of Applied Phlebotinum that makes him more irritable. Sandoval: We don't need you, not as a doctor. Bones: Oh, no? Would you like to see just how fast I can put you in a hospital?
• Everyone Has Standards : Will tease Kirk for how often he seduces to get his way, but will be the first to be angry on his behalf if Kirk is drugged or gets his body hijacked. Same with Spock, Vitriolic Best Buds , but he’s disgusted that the Platonians will make him laugh and cry by force.
• First-Name Basis : With Kirk, although in Kirk's case, it's McCoy 's nickname, "Bones," never his first name, "Leonard." (Kirk does call him "Leonard" exactly once, in " Friday's Child ", but it's context-specific.)
• Forgets to Eat : For all he complains about Kirk and Spock neglecting their health, he’s the same when he’s wrapped up in his work.
• Four-Temperament Ensemble : McCoy is the Sanguine. While he's the complainer of the group, he's also got a folksy joie de vivre and casual manner that directly contrasts Spock's strict stoicism. McCoy is the Id to Kirk's Ego and Spock's Superego.-->
• Friend to All Children : Unlike Kirk who likes them but is never really sure what to do, and Spock who is just awkward, he’s both loving and professional around kids. Helps that he’s a father (who sees his child more often than Kirk does) and a doctor.
• Frontier Doctor : Dr. McCoy is perhaps Trek 's outstanding example of a final frontier doctor —resourceful in the face of alien ailments, preferring simple homespun methods when possible, but cantankerous, eccentric, and not entirely happy with his lot (he fled to space on the heels of a divorce). Star Trek was pretty much the original Space Western , after all, and actor DeForest Kelley had an extensive background in westerns.
• Genre Refugee : He's a western frontier doctor who just happens to work on a starship. It helps that Kelley was a veteran character actor in several westerns.
• Good Is Not Nice : He's not hesitant about expressing his dislike for people or his refusal to suffer fools, but he is most often the one who suggests doing the right thing.
• Good Old Ways : He both enforces and subverts this trope. He's rabidly in favor of fighting the dehumanizing effects of too much technology (especially the transporter) in favor of enjoying "the simple things in life," and yet sees "primitive 20th-century medicine" as just above trepanation, leeches, and blood-letting in its barbarity, preferring the "high-tech approach" to healing. In general, he embraces the positive, constructive aspects of technological progress rather than the destructive or dehumanizing ones.
• Grumpy Old Man : He becomes this in the movies. His brief cameo in TNG has him even older and grumpier.
• The Heart : He's a deeply ethical man underneath his cantankerous exterior and always brings the moral side to a discussion.
• He's Dead, Jim : He's the Trope Namer .
• Honor Before Reason : McCoy believes in doing the right thing no matter what, and he will proudly admit it.
• Hospital Hottie : According to Jadzia Dax , one of her previous hosts discovered he has the " hands of a surgeon ."
• McCoy is always trying to get an emotional rise out of Spock , but in the episode " Plato's Stepchildren ," McCoy jumps to Spock's defense when powerful aliens force him to cry and to laugh. And in other episodes, he's usually the first to jump to Spock's defense any time anyone attacks or insults him, possibly because his issues with Spock are more of a giant angry moral debate while other people tend to operate out of pure racism.
• The same goes for Kirk, as he'll regularly tease the man for being a charmer or Accidental Pornomancer , but looks out for him when he’s in a bad way, and will be first to get angry on his behalf when Sargon shows off the new body, or Elaan has drugged him into kissing her and worse. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan has him actually apologise when Kirk tells him bluntly that Carol is an old wound, and to not make jokes about it.
• I'm a Doctor, Not a Placeholder : He's the Trope Namer .
• Innocent Blue Eyes : McCoy has DeForest Kelley 's bright, shining baby blues. He's probably the kindest, most compassionate character of the entire Trek franchise.
• In-Series Nickname : "Bones" is actually short for "saw-bones," an archaic term for a surgeon. note  Fittingly, in "A Piece of the Action", set on a planet inspired by The Roaring '20s gangster culture, Kirk does address McCoy as "Saw-Bones" when he's in "character". It was originally intended as the nickname of Dr. Boyce from "The Cage," but was never used in that episode, making it available for McCoy .
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold : Grumpy, impulsive, sarcastic and rather rude, but at heart he's a good man who always does the right thing.
• Knight in Sour Armor : He's grumpy, sarcastic, and has little respect for authority (with the exception of Kirk), but when the chips are down, you can always count on him to do the right thing.
• Meaningful Name : In addition to "Bones" recalling the old-fashion slang for a doctor ("Sawbones") it also reflects a character who relies on intuition over logic, i.e. he doesn't go by other people think, but by what he feels down to his bones.
• The Medic : He's even able to treat a silicon-based life-form.
• The McCoy : He's the Trope Namer . In a crisis, his proposed solutions usually involve trying to do the right thing in the moment and standing on principle no matter the long-term costs.
• Mildly Military : Unlike Spock who is naturally logical, and Kirk who (pre- Character Development ) always believes in the Federation, he’s the least military; doctor first, in the service second.
• More Hero than Thou : In "The Empath," when aliens offer Kirk the choice of sacrificing McCoy or Spock, McCoy takes out Kirk with drugs. Spock is glad; since this leaves him in command, he can make the sacrifice himself. McCoy proceeds to drug him as well and sacrifice himself.
• Older and Wiser : In sharp contrast to both Kirk and Spock, who struggle with their age, his appearance in TNG has him glad to be old, as it means he hasn’t died yet.
• Promotion to Opening Titles : At the beginning of the second season.
• Psychological Projection : Bones has a tendency to assume what Kirk is feeling (usually romantic feelings for yeomen that he doesn’t actually have) or that Spock has less humanity than he actually does. Both of them call him out for it.
• Rank Up : By the time of Star Trek: The Next Generation , he's an Admiral. His promotion to Captain, while never seen on screen, has been stated in non-canon publications as having taken place sometime in the late 2290s. Several published works have also indicated that he later served as the head of Starfleet Medical School and as the Starfleet Medical Surgeon General. The reference manual Star Trek: The Next Generation Officer's Manual states that he eventually became Chief of Starfleet Medical and held a special rank known as "branch admiral".
• Red Oni, Blue Oni : He's the Red to Spock's Blue.
• Reasonable Authority Figure : Is the Admiral of a medical branch in TNG, and seemingly learns from the mistakes of Kirk in the movies, being as peaceful as his grumpy self gets.
• Resignations Not Accepted : At the beginning of the first movie , McCoy has retired to private practice, and is called back into service against his protests on Kirk's request.
• He will follow Kirk into the pits of Hell and back, but he'll grumble about it first.
• Similarly, if Spock is in trouble he'll strive to help him, just don't expect him to hold back on a few jibes whilst he does.
• Southern-Fried Genius : One of the most respected doctors in the Federation —straight out of Georgia.
• Strawman Emotional : At times.
• Super Doc : He can be nothing else such as when he successfully treated the Mother Horta, a silicon based lifeform whose physiology he is not only completely unfamiliar with, but he didn't even believe such a lifeform even existed until that very moment. McCoy : By golly, Jim, I'm beginning to think I can cure a rainy day!
• Team Dad : He’s not a therapist but... he usually tries to give Spock some Tough Love as a counterpoint to his logic, always becomes a worried friend when Jim is being a Love Martyr , and a pregnant woman is very fond of him.
• Tall, Dark, and Snarky : Not as tall as Spock, but plenty dark-haired and snarky.
• Tough Love : He and Chapel make a great team for sickbay, her bluffing Good Cop/Bad Cop to self pitying patients, and Bones being a mother hen of both Kirk and Spock, telling them off if they’re ever planning on being martyrs (not that Bones is much better).
• True Companions : With Kirk and Spock.
• Vitriolic Best Buds : With Spock. They argue constantly but if anyone other than him attacks or criticizes Spock (and that includes Kirk), he will always rush to his defense.
• The Watson : Despite serving on Starfleet's flagship, McCoy is routinely unfamiliar with various technical aspects of the ship or other technology he encounters. (He is an excellent doctor, however, which makes up for it.)
• You Called Me "X"; It Must Be Serious : In contrast to Spock, it's when Bones calls Kirk "Captain" and not "Jim" that you know he's not messing around.

Lieutenant Commander Montgomery "Scotty" Scott

Played by: James Doohan

Dubbed in french by: julien bessette (tos), georges aubert (movies), appearances: star trek: the original series | star trek: the animated series | star trek: the motion picture | star trek ii: the wrath of khan | star trek iii: the search for spock | star trek iv: the voyage home | star trek v: the final frontier | star trek vi: the undiscovered country | star trek: the next generation | star trek: generations | star trek: deep space nine note  archive footage | star trek beyond note  photograph.

"I cannae change the laws of physics! I've got to have thirty minutes!" — Scotty , "The Naked Time"

Chief Engineer of the Enterprise . Scotty's most frequent job was to solve a seemingly-impossible crisis with the engine or transporters (or whatever piece of Starfleet technology was making trouble that week), protesting all the way before either hitting on a creative solution or sweating it through. He was also Scottish and had many sterotypical Scottish traits, such as a love of good whisky and namedropping haggis. Scotty was firmly established as the ship's third-in-command behind Kirk and Spock, and seeing as those two were always members of the landing party, he took the conn with surprising regularity. Though he was sometimes used for comic relief, it's worth noting that Scotty was extremely badass whenever he was the ranking officer on the bridge and kept it safe from interfering aliens or Starfleet's many half-crazed admirals.

• The Ace : Scotty is certainly no slouch in the engineering department, and has gotten the Enterprise out of scrapes with his bare hands more times than he can count. It's through his talent than he got a promotion to Captain of the Engineering Division, and managed to rig the Enterprise to run on a skeleton crew of just 5 men. And even a century later, despite feeling useless throughout most of his time on the Enterprise -D, he bounces back and pulls off yet another miracle.
• The Alcoholic : Scotty's love of strong booze is apparent. He keeps a stash of all kinds of liquor in his quarters, including a green bottle of something he can't even identify . He dismisses Russian vodka as mere "soda pop" compared to what gets him hammered.
• Amusing Injuries : In The Final Frontier , he bangs himself up pretty badly trying to fix the Enterprise -A when she's conking out all over, and it's all Played for Laughs .
• Alternate Self : He has a counterpart in the Kelvin Timeline, and another in the Mirror Universe.
• He's a very calm, polite, and peaceful man...unless you call the Enterprise a piece of garbage. Then he'll punch you in the face regardless of the cost.
• As Geordi learned, don't tell him he's getting in the way; he was fixing starships when LaForge 's great grandfather was still in diapers!
• Beware the Nice Ones : Scotty's perhaps the friendliest fellow on the Enterprise . Just don't you dare call his baby a piece of garbage, lest you get a slug in the face.
• Big Damn Heroes : In "Friday's Child," Kirk, Spock, and McCoy are unarmed and surrounded by a superior Klingon force. Kirk: [to Spock] Too bad the cavalry doesn't come over the hill anymore. [cue Scotty beaming down with a large force of Redshirts to save the day]
• Break the Badass : Scotty may be the most renowned engineer of his time, but when he ends up stuck in a transporter loop for 75 years and awakens to find that the times have leaped ahead without him, he feels practically useless.
• Broken Ace : He goes through this arc in "Relics" when it's discovered he was stuck in a transporter loop on the Jenolan for 75 years. Upon seeing that the engineering technology of his time has jumped so far ahead, he takes to Ten Forward and guzzles down some Aldebaran Whisky.
• Bullying a Dragon : Sure, the Klingon who dared to insult the Enterprise had it coming when Scotty decked him for it, but the entire crew was explicitly warned not to start a diplomatic incident—and Scotty isn't a warrior who lived his entire life being bred for combat.
• Butt-Monkey : Sometimes, when he was left in charge of the Enterprise .
• The Captain : He gets promoted to the rank of captain in The Search for Spock , which puts him on equal terms with both Kirk and Spock. It's no small feat, either. He's one of the very few non-command division people to achieve the rank and the promotion is given in recognition of his engineering skills. He never pulls it on anyone, however.
• Captain Ethnic : Or in this case, Lieutenant-Commander Ethnic. In case the accent, taste for whisky, and the occasional wearing of traditional Scottish clothes and playing of bagpipes don't clue you in, there is also the surname. Lampooned in the I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again parody: Uhura (Jo Kendall): Captain, our Scottish chief engineer Scott — "Scotty" for short — from Scotland has something terrible to tell you. Scott (Graeme Garden): [incomprehensible Scots English gibberish] Kirk (Tim Brooke-Taylor): Yes, that was terrible, wasn't it?

• Chick Magnet : He may not be as lucky as Captain Kirk in that department, but he's attracted his fair share of lovely ladies, most notably in "Wolf in the Fold" and even Uhura herself in The Final Frontier .
• Companion Cube : If Kirk saw the Enterprise as a demanding wife, Scotty saw the ship, particularly her engines, as no less than children ("My bairns! My poor bairns!").
• Compressed Vice : “Wolf In The Fold” has him hate women for a while because a woman caused an explosion that injured him. Kirk and McCoy ’s solution is to bring him to see belly dancers.
• A Day in the Limelight : "Wolf In The Fold," "The Trouble With Tribbles," "By Any Other Name," and "The Lights of Zetar."
• Drowning My Sorrows : He always had a liking for the stuff, along with Bones, but after his nephew dies, Scotty thinking Peter stayed to impress him, he gets to the point in the books where Kirk has to pull rank and order him to bed. And when he ends up stuck in the TNG era feeling useless, he gets hammered, then goes to the holodeck to pull up a recreation of his old bridge.
• The Engineer : His primary duty.
• Father Neptune : Though as he is Recycled In Space , perhaps he would be Father Jove or Father Apollo, but you get the idea.
• Fish out of Temporal Water : His fate in TNG shows that in 2294, he was on the way to a retirement colony when the ship he was riding on crashed on a Dyson Sphere. He and one other crew member used a transporter loop to hold themselves inside until someone could find them, but it wouldn't be until 75 years later when the Enterprise -D happened to pass by the area did they pull him out, (and only him, his friend's pattern had deteriorated too much). When he heard that the Enterprise came to the rescue, he thought Kirk had pulled the A out of mothball to find him (having forgotten Kirk had died just a year prior), only to realize how far out of time he really was when Worf showed up. He spends most of his guest spot trying to readjust to his new time.
• Formerly Fit : He's fairly portly in most of his post-TOS appearances. Of course, since it's a live-action show it's a case of Real Life Writes the Plot .
• Four-Temperament Ensemble : Scotty is the Phlegmatic. He's a modest, simple guy and pretty content to just follow orders. The Enterprise is his personal Berserk Button ... but even when a Klingon calls her "garbage", Scotty stays cool and offers him a chance to take it back.
• Gadgeteer Genius : Can MacGyver just about anything on his own, but particularly shines teamed with Spock. The two of them could turn the most obscure theory into a way to save the day.
• Genius Bruiser : Pretty handy with both his fists and his mind.
• Leitmotif : More an example of a Bootstrapped Leitmotif . A piece called "A Matter of Pride" was composed by Jerry Fielding for "The Trouble with Tribbles" to underscore the scene where Scotty admits he started the bar fight with the Klingons. It was then reused for "By Any Other Name" in the scene where Scotty drinks Tomar under the table. It was never used again, but because of its exclusive association with two of Scotty's greatest character scenes, it is sometimes remembered as "Scotty's Theme" among fans.
• Hoist by His Own Petard : Scotty is promoted to the Chief Engineer of the Excelsior in The Search For Spock . He's also the one who sabotages the ship so it can't follow the Enterprise when her crew steals her from Spacedock.
• Mr Fix It : He’s the only one who doesn’t act like an asshole losing his temper with Spock’s reactions in “The Galileo Seven”, mostly because he’s so focused on fixing the shuttlecraft.
• Nice Guy : He's a kind, humble, friendly, quiet and easygoing guy who's very loyal to his crew. He's perhaps the most agreeable - and absolutely the least prone to act like a jerk - member in his crew.
• Rapid Aging : In "The Deadly Years", he's one of a handful of crew members who get subject to a virus that causes this, though it's fortunately reversed.
• Rank Up : In Star Trek III: The Search for Spock , he gets promoted to Captain and reassigned to the USS Excelsior as Captain of Engineering during the ship's early test runs.
• Replacement Goldfish : With a bit of reality writing the plot, the book version of “Generations” has Kirk clinging to Scotty now that Bones and Spock are both back home, and it falls to the poor man to tell him off for doing stupid suicidal shit.
• Scotty Time : He's the Trope Namer . His section quote is an example: in that case, the ship didn't have 30 minutes to spare—it had 8 minutes before it would crash—so he had to use some drastic, unproven measures.
• Undying Loyalty : He's always stood by Captain Kirk's side in the most dire of situations.
• Unwitting Instigator of Doom : Twice from the same action. His sending the tribbles home with the Captain Koloth apparently resulted in an ecological disaster for the Klingon Empire, which in turn caused the Klingons to hunt down the tribble homeworld and obliterate it, rendering them extinct. At least for a century, or so. The DS9 crew undid the second part by accident.
• Workaholic : Would rather read technical manuals in his off time than actually taking shore leave.
• Wrote the Book : According to the TNG episode "Relics", he wrote some of the Starfleet engineering regulations that are still in use. Hence, he knows when it's safe to ignore them.

Hologram Scotty

Played by: james doohan (archive recordings).

A holographic representation of Scotty appears as part of the Kobayashi Maru simulation on the holodeck of the U.S.S. Protostar .

For tropes relating to his appearance there, along with the other holograms, see, Star Trek: Prodigy .

Lieutenant Nyota Uhura

Played by: Nichelle Nichols

Dubbed in french by: arlette sanders (tos), laure moutassamy (star trek: the motion picture, iii, iv, v and vi), jane val (star trek ii), appearances: star trek: the original series | star trek: the animated series | star trek: the motion picture | star trek ii: the wrath of khan | star trek iii: the search for spock | star trek iv: the voyage home | star trek v: the final frontier | star trek vi: the undiscovered country | star trek: deep space nine note  archive footage | star trek beyond note  photograph.

Uhura: Mr. Spock, I haven't done anything like this in years. If it isn't done just right, I could blow the entire communications system. It's very delicate work, sir. Spock: I can think of no one better equipped to handle it, Miss Uhura. Please, proceed. — "Who Mourns for Adonais?"

Uhura was Enterprise's communications officer and, according to Gene Roddenberry , was fourth in line of command behind Mr. Scott (something flatly contradicted in the series, where Sulu and even DeSalle took command ahead of her). Unfortunately, her character was vastly underutilized during the series' run, although the times she was allowed to do more than be the ship's phone operator, she was pretty good at whatever she was doing. Her role was somewhat expanded after the first season and she did get to take the captain's chair in the animated series.

• '60s Hair : Wore a pixie cut before sporting a bouffant in the later seasons.
• Ace Pilot : Never really allowed to show it off in the series thanks to Roddenberry and execs banning it, but offscreen she was called a great pilot.
• Action Girl : In "Mirror, Mirror" and "The Gamesters of Triskelion." Even more so in the Animated Series episode "The Lorelei Signal", where she leads a landing party of female crewmembers on a phaser-stunning spree when the men are all disabled.
• All of the Other Reindeer : The far more Lower-Deck Episode -ish “Man Trap” implies heavily that she feels lonely, and only lets that out when she’s not in other company.
• Ambiguously Gay : She's as starry eyed as Chekov is over the androids in "I, Mudd", and visibly confused when Kirk asks for male androids.
• Badass Pacifist : Strictly on the diplomat side of the soldier vs diplomat conflict nearly every Trek character finds themselves on, finding war to be the last resort.
• Beware the Nice Ones : Very nice and even-tempered but as Bones lampshades in the third movie, it’s a bad idea to get on her bad side.
• For a long time, in interviews Nichols would answer the question, "What is your favorite episode of the series" with "Any episode that got me off the bridge."
• Catchphrase : "Hailing frequencies open." She says this seven times in her debut appearance, "The Corbomite Maneuver", including five times in a row . It's no wonder she complains about hearing the word "frequency" too many times in "The Man Trap".
• Communications Officer : One of the most famous examples.
• Consistent Clothing Style : She always wears sparkling or bright earrings, with fancy nails. Lampshaded in Star Trek: Ex Machina , as she misses the bright colours of the old clothes, and like everyone in the book, hates the first movie uniforms.
• Cool Old Lady : “Catalyst Of Sorrows” has this be the reason for why so many adore her, she’s over a hundred years old and at peace with herself.
• Cuteness Proximity : Is the first to fall madly in love with tribbles.
• A Day in the Limelight : "Mirror, Mirror" and "The Trouble With Tribbles." She also got to play Large Ham as much as the boys did in "I, Mudd". Star Trek: The Animated Series added "The Lorelei Signal".
• Death Glare : “Catalyst Of Sorrows” calls it the Uhura Look, and describes it like a Kubrick Stare just sassier and angrier.
• Hidden Depths : NOMAD complains that her mind is a chaotic mess, full of conflicting wants.
• Humble Hero : “Catalyst Of Sorrows” has her admit that nothing makes her feel older than when people call her a legend.
• Like Brother and Sister : Ironically given that Nichols couldn’t stand Shatner, but forced kissing aside, he picks her up to hug her, she affectionately snarks at him that she never gets shore leave, and he makes her feel safer.

• My Beloved Smother : According to "Catalyst of Sorrows", the only time she felt free as a child was the month where she got to be with her grandparents, and not in a strictly regimented routine of after school activities.
• My Greatest Failure : In a minor Take That! towards the film , "Catalyst of Sorrows" has her call not being able to speak enough Klingon when it was needed as the most embarrassing moment of her career.
• Not Even Bothering with the Accent : She is African and her first language is Swahili, yet she sounds American. Justified in that she is a linguist.
• Passive-Aggressive Kombat : When trying to make conversation with Spock, it ends up with her telling him super politely that he's predictable.
• Plucky Girl : Attempted in "Plato's Stepchildren", as she tries to protect Kirk as he protected her, and tells herself and him that she's not scared of being forced to kiss him. She's lying — they're both afraid.
• Rank Up : At some point prior to Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan , she made Commander.
• Ret-Canon : Her first name, Nyota , was used in the non-canon novels for decades before finally being made official. Very early Trek guides suggest that Penda was considered a possibility by the fans. Parodied in the 2009 film when Uhura refuses to tell Kirk her first name until the end of the movie.
• Shell-Shocked Veteran : In "Catalyst of Sorrows", she tells Crusher that the worst part of being a communication officer is having to listen to screams, and she keeps going in the service so she can finally make it stop.
• She appears to show an interest in Spock in a few episodes. (Yes, long before the reboot .) According to Nichols, this was largely her own idea, that it was a one-sided relationship.
• By the later movies, she seems to be in a casual relationship with Scotty.
• She shares a kiss with Kirk in "Plato's Stepchildren", although given that it was under alien Mind Control and both were rather traumatized ; if anything, it may be closer to Ship Sinking .
• Silk Hiding Steel : Uhura may be a non-combatant most of the time, but as noted above, she is quite the Action Girl when necessary. In particular, "Mirror, Mirror" and "The Gamesters of Triskelion" show that Uhura can kick someone's ass when necessary, and the animated series shows she's not afraid to take command and take the initiative when needed.
• Stepford Smiler : She's the worst of all of them in "This Side of Paradise", and in the novel version of the fifth film, she tries her best to tell herself that the Enterprise will be fine because everyone else is grumpy about it.
• Team Mom : In a story written by Nichelle Nichols, Kirk tells her she would make a great mother. She replies that she has experience, being that she’s on a ship full of little boys.
• Troll : She sings a light hearted jab about Spock being the devil in “Charlie X”, and the third movie novel has her provide a distraction by mixing all the channels with clips from TV channels.
• Tomboy and Girly Girl : Her tomboy to Christine's girly girl.
• Twofer Token Minority : The only black member of the crew, and the only woman besides Christine Chapel.
• Wrench Wench : She rigs a subspace bypass circuit to restore communications easily, and even gets a compliment from Spock.

Hologram Uhura

Played by: nichelle nichols (archive recordings).

For tropes relating to her appearance there, along with the other holograms, see, Star Trek: Prodigy .

Lieutenant (later Captain) Hikaru Sulu

Played by: George Takei

Dubbed in french by: daniel roussel (tos), tola koukoui (star trek i to v), patrick guillemin (star trek vi), appearances: star trek: the original series | star trek: the animated series | star trek: the motion picture | star trek ii: the wrath of khan | star trek iii: the search for spock | star trek iv: the voyage home | star trek v: the final frontier | star trek vi: the undiscovered country | star trek: voyager | star trek beyond note  photograph.

"We're using hand phasers to heat the rocks. One phaser quit on us, three still operating. Any possibility of getting us back aboard before the skiing season opens down here? " — Sulu , the one with the alien unicorn dog

The helmsman, thankfully living in a time before bridge consoles were Made of Explodium . Sulu was an affable and level-headed officer, a staple of bridge drama and landing parties. He worked well with other members of a crew and sometimes shared his hobbies: botany, antiquing, and fencing (although the last one was not exactly in a clear state of mind). When Chekov was added to the cast, they formed a Those Two Guys dynamic. Although it was never firmly established in canon (where there is no clear command structure after Kirk-Spock-Scotty, and several different characters, Sulu included, are shown to take the conn in situations where all three are absent or incapacitated), Sulu is generally regarded as the ship's Third Officer and fourth-in-command.

• The Ace : Like Kirk, an experienced and capable multi-talented officer who went on to have a distinguished career as a captain of his own. Unlike Kirk, who never made time for a family and whose hobbies seem limited to drinking, flirting, and the occasional camping trip/rock climbing expedition, Sulu also managed to have a happy marriage, a beautiful daughter who followed in his footsteps, and cultivated a variety of interests outside his career, including fencing, botany, and tea.
• Brainwashed and Crazy : Again, "The Naked Time."
• Canon Immigrant : His now-canon first name, Hikaru , was given to him in the non-canon novels by Vonda N. McIntyre , before officially being made his name in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country . Very early Star Trek guides suggest that Walter was considered as a possible first name during the show itself, but never officially used.
• Cultured Badass : Very knowledgeable in many subjects, such as botany, and when he gets infected and runs amok with a fencing foil in "The Naked Time", he even scares Kirk.
• A Day in the Limelight : "The Naked Time" and "Mirror, Mirror."
• Deadpan Snarker : Sulu is prone to making pithy commentary on the events of the episode.
• Demoted to Extra : He has a much smaller role in The Undiscovered Country due to being busy commanding his own ship for most of the movie.
• Doting Parent : As a foil to Kirk, who couldn’t resist his job and wasn’t allowed to see his son, “Generations” as well as expanded material have him as a devoted father to his daughter Demora, who wasn’t planned and lived with him after her mother died.
• Evil Is Hammy : Every Mirror Universe character was hammy, but Takei was a particularly rich, dripping slice.
• Fan of the Past : He's a history buff and a competent fencer. Overlaps with Ace Pilot in the movies when, upon a simple inspection of the controls, he flies a 20th-century helicopter competently enough to perform cargo-lifting duties.
• Fleeting Passionate Hobbies : Including fencing ("The Naked Time") and botany ("The Man Trap"). In fact, in "The Naked Time," Kevin Riley Lampshades it.
• Generation Xerox : In Generations , we meet his daughter Demora, who is (where else?) at the helm of the Enterprise -B.
• Genius Bruiser : Just happens to be an expert in botany, swordsmanship, French history, and flying ancient aircraft.
• Good Scars, Evil Scars : His Mirror Universe counterpart has a big nasty scar on his face.
• Gun Nut : Overlapping with Fan of the Past , in "Shore Leave," he's thrilled to find an ancient revolver. An animated series episode expanded this to Sulu having expertise with weaponry across the board.
• Inscrutable Oriental : Deliberately inverted per the series bible. Sulu's most prominent trait was probably his sense of humor and enthusiasm for hobbies that never seemed to last. This got an in-joke in the animated series when he claimed, with a wink, you had to be "inscrutable" to fight the way he did—and Kirk replied "you're the most scrutable man I know." note  Incidentally, the episode was penned by Walter Koenig, who was and still is a good friend of Takei.
• Katanas Are Just Better : Averted in "The Naked Time." Sulu was originally supposed to go on his rampage with a samurai sword, but at Takei's request to do something less stereotypical, it was switched to an epee.
• Nice Guy : Consistently friendly and level-headed. Subtly demonstrated in "Day of the Dove", when an Energy Being triggers a Hate Plague on the Enterprise ; Sulu is the only one who never seems to act out or show anger (even Spock is seething with Tranquil Fury ). And when Bailey in “The Corbomite Maneuver” was freaking out, Sulu did most of his tasks for him.
• The One with a Personal Life : This was retconned for Sulu. The TOS movies gave the distinct impression that the crew killed time between Enterprise missions teaching at the Academy. They didn't have personal lives. Then the seventh movie revealed that Sulu had a daughter. The novel The Captain's Daughter (not to be confused with the Pushkin novel of the same name ) elaborates on their relationship. Kirk: Sulu. When did he find the time to have a family?
• Rank Up : The last we see him, he's captain of the USS Excelsior .
• The Reliable One : He's quite competent at a variety of tasks, and very level-headed compared to characters like Chekov or Scotty. He's also fiercely loyal to his crewmates, to the point of disobeying Starfleet orders and potentially causing a serious diplomatic incident just to rescue them.
• Sad Clown : While freezing to death in “The Enemy Within”, he makes jokes about room service to try and reassure the others.
• Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! : In "Turnabout Intruder," Sulu gets a good moment when he says he'll flatly refuse any order to execute a fellow officer.
• Shirtless Scene : In "The Naked Time."
• Those Two Guys : With Chekov.
• Took a Level in Badass : As Captain of the Excelsior in Star Trek VI .
• He adapts pretty quickly to the controls of a Klingon ship in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock .
• In Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home he learns to fly a 20th century helicopter in a single day ; possibly barely justified in that he's a Fan of the Past so maybe he read about helicopters of the 1980's in his leisure time.

Ensign Pavel Andreievich Chekov

Played by: Walter Koenig

Dubbed in french by: andré montmorency (tos), thierry bourdon (star trek: the motion picture), vincent violette (star trek ii, v and vi), nicolas brémont (star trek iii and iv), gilbert lévy (generations), appearances: star trek: the original series | star trek: the motion picture | star trek ii: the wrath of khan | star trek iii: the search for spock | star trek iv: the voyage home | star trek v: the final frontier | star trek vi: the undiscovered country | star trek: generations | star trek: deep space nine note  archive footage | star trek beyond note  photograph.

"Of course, Doctor. The Garden of Eden was just outside Moscow. A very nice place. Must've made Adam and Eve very sad to leave." — Chekov , "The Apple"

The ship's navigator from Season 2 onwards. Chekov had a tendency to refer to Glorious Mother Russia and claim that any human advancement, be it technological or cultural, originated there. He also had terrible luck and frequently ran foul of whatever physical or psychological menace the ship was facing that week, mainly because Walter Koenig had an excellent capacity for screaming. Aside from that, he and Sulu were good friends and would frequently banter about the action.

Chekov is, by far, the most junior of the regular bridge officers, but the writers justified his presence by having him act as the relief science officer whenever Spock was busy or incapacitated. In fact, Chekov would often abandon his navigation console in order to take up the science scanner if Spock had to step away, even at warp or in the middle of a battle. In Star Trek III: The Search for Spock , in a nod to this, Chekov identifies himself as the "Acting Science Officer" of the Enterprise .

Chekov was added for a few reasons: to attract younger viewers and give a nod to the Russians in the space race. (Also to fill in some of Sulu's role while Takei was filming The Green Berets .)

Koenig is reprising his role for the Fan Film series Star Trek: Renegades , where Chekov is now over a hundred and an admiral.

• Ambiguously Jewish : An idea with some popularity in the fandom , partially since Koenig (and Anton Yelchin , who played Chekov in the 2009 reboot ) are Jewish.
• Brilliant, but Lazy : He does genuinely have a lot of knowledge, he just decides to make it all about Russian history instead.
• This trend continues into the films: In The Motion Picture Chekov gets electrocuted by one of V'ger's energy blasts. In Wrath of Khan he gets a Ceti Eel in the ear; The Voyage Home sees him nearly fatally injured when he falls off a ship onto the dock below. Walter Koenig jokingly subtitled the second film Star Trek II: Chekov Screams Again .
• Cloudcuckoolander : Chekov's constant references to Mother Russia appear to only make sense in his mind.
• Cultural Posturing : What didn't Mother Russia invent?
• A Day in the Limelight : " Mirror, Mirror ," "The Trouble With Tribbles," "The Deadly Years," and "The Way to Eden."
• Deadpan Snarker : Not as much as Bones or even Spock, but he definitely has a smart-assed side. As he gets older, it gets worse.
• Did Not Get the Girl : In the “Generations” book, he tries to avoid retirement loneliness by contacting his old girlfriend from “The Way To Eden”, only to discover that she got married to someone else.
• Glorious Mother Russia : This trope is very much in effect with Chekov. He is the only person on the Enterprise 's bridge who speaks with a thick, nearly incomprehensible accent (in the company of an African, an East Asian, and a half- alien ), and much of his dialogue is Cultural Posturing about how Russia is the greatest country in the world that has apparently in wen ted everything.
• Iconic Sequel Character : Just as recognisable as Scotty, Uhura and Sulu, despite only joining the cast in the second season.
• The Intern : Much is made of his relative inexperience and impulsiveness.
• In the Original Klingon : A Running Gag is that he keeps claiming things were invented in Russia.
• Know-Nothing Know-It-All : Chekov both amused and annoyed his crewmates by spouting what he didn't know about Russian history.
• Mr. Fanservice : Really. Brought in specifically to appeal to younger Fangirls , complete with hair straight out of The Monkees .
• Plucky Comic Relief : Particularly as the films progressed.
• Rank Up : At some point prior to Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan , he got promoted to Commander. Of all the characters in the TOS era, he has the biggest number of promotions (four). note  From Ensign to Lieutenant Junior Grade to Lieutenant to Lieutenant Commander to Commander. Sulu is promoted three times, Spock, Scotty, and Uhura are promoted twice, Kirk and Bones just once — only for Kirk to be demoted back to Captain and Bones subsequently promoted several more times after the TOS era to reach the rank of Admiral by TNG. It is unclear what Chapel and Rand's initial ranks were, though they also end up as Commanders.
• Walter Koenig called Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan "Star Trek II: Chekov Screams Again", as Chekov gets a Puppeteer Parasite inserted into his ear by Khan.
• In Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home , Chekov gets arrested by law enforcement in 1986, and suffers a near-fatal concussion while attempting to escape.
• In "The Deadly Years", Chekov is the only one of the landing party who doesn't fall prey to the aging disease, which would seem to be a good thing. However, what it really means is that he's forced to go through numerous painful and annoying tests so McCoy can figure out why he wasn't affected.
• The Scream : Walter Koenig had a good one, which is why it's Chekov who always gets stuffed into the agony booth , shot, driven insane, tortured by Klingons, implanted with parasitic worms... Koenig lampshaded this by jokingly calling the second movie in the series "Star Trek II: Chekov Screams Again."
• Sixth Ranger : Subverted. Chekov didn't appear on the show until Season 2, but apparently served on the Enterprise long before he appeared, because in the second movie , Khan recognizes Chekov, apparently having met him in the Season 1 episode "Space Seed." Walter Koenig's explanation for how they met is that Chekov actually was serving aboard the Enterprise but was on duty during the night shift, and he and Khan met off-screen. The circumstances of their meeting were thus: Chekov was using the bathroom and he was taking an inordinately long time, and Khan approaches that very same bathroom, needing to use it. Finding it occupied, he soon loses his patience and pounds on the door. When Chekov finally emerges, Khan grabs him and fixes him with a Death Glare , and says "I will never forget your face!" This is further compounded by the fact that he expended all the toilet paper.
• Suspiciously Similar Substitute : He was initially this to Sulu, due to George Takei 's absence during much of season 2, with many of Sulu's lines rewritten for him (e.g. Chekov's sudden familiarity with botany, one of Sulu's areas of expertise, in "The Trouble with Tribbles").
• Those Two Guys : With Sulu, which makes sense since Sulu is the helmsman and Chekov is the navigator. The Final Frontier even shows them vacationing together.

Nurse Christine Chapel

Played by: Majel Barrett

Appearances: star trek: the original series | star trek: the animated series | star trek: the motion picture | star trek iv: the voyage home.

• Be Careful What You Wish For : She has a crush on Spock, but is horrified and traumatised when the Platonians force them to kiss.
• A Day in the Limelight : "The Naked Time," "What Are Little Girls Made Of?", "Amok Time," and "Plato's Stepchildren."
• "Come along, Ensign. This won't hurt. Much."
• Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold : Blonde and among the Enterprise 's most caring officers.
• Put on a Bus : Chapel only appeared as part of the crew in the first TOS film. After that other than a brief cameo in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home she never appeared again.
• Rank Up : When she reappears in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home , she's a doctor.
• Real Life Writes the Plot : Majel Barrett was the girlfriend and eventual wife of Gene Roddenberry , which may explain why we saw Nurse Chapel so much. In part, her role was also expanded in the latter half of the first season (after only sporadically appearing in the early episodes) due to Grace Lee Whitney leaving, and Nichelle Nichols also threatening to quit, which would have left the show without any recurring female characters.
• Single Woman Seeks Good Man : Roger Korby, her fiancé, was a man to whom "life was sacred" by her own description. Given that her reasons for crushing on Spock included his honesty, it seems this applies across the board for Chapel.
• Tomboy and Girly Girl : Her girly girl to Uhura's tomboy.

USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)

Played by: Majel Barrett (computer voice)

"No bloody A, B, C, or D!" * or E or F or G — Scotty , " Relics "

The most powerful armed ship in Starfleet, and the main method of transit for the entire cast. Alongside Kirk and Spock, she appears in every episode of the series, and is very often regarded as a character in her own right , both in and out of universe; in fact she is the only character mentioned in the legendary opening narration ("these are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise ").

• Badass Crew : An important part of what makes her so great — and what becomes an important part of her legend — is her crew. Throughout the series, we are shown her sister ships, which always fail where she would ultimately succeed, and her crew is what makes the difference.
• Boring, but Practical : Unlike her predecessor , her successor , or her alternate timeline counterpart , this Enterprise is not the most advanced ship in the fleet, but rather is just one of the normal workhorse ships Starfleet has in service. That said, she repeatedly shows why the Constitution -class ships remain in service so long by being able to do just about anything Starfleet needs, from science missions to front line combat. With the right crew, she even manages to upstage the ship that was designed to replace her!
• Celebrity Paradox : One of her "ancestors" is the Space Shuttle Enterprise , a picture of which is in her recreation room as seen in TMP. That Space Shuttle got its name from this ship, after a massive write-in campaign from Trekkies convinced President Ford to change it from Constitution to Enterprise . Ironically the Space Shuttle Enterprise never actually went to space.
• Companion Cube : She's like a wife to Kirk and a daughter to Scotty, but everyone on the crew seems to have a certain fondness for the old girl... even Spock.
• Cool Old Lady : By the time we first see her, the Enterprise has been going around the galaxy for at least twenty years, first with Captain April, then with Pike. By the time she's destroyed, she's a good forty years old. Compare that to Enterprise -D, who only lasts slightly over seven years.
• Cool Starship : The Trope Codifier .
• Deader than Dead : Unlike the D or her alternate timeline counterpart, the original Enterprise has no chance of being rebuilt. After the saucer exploded, she is last seen burning up in the atmosphere of the Genesis planet. Anything that survived would have slammed into the surface at high velocity. Then the Genesis planet exploded. Sadly, you'd need a replicator to stitch her atoms back together.
• Explosive Overclocking : Thanks to her captain's tendency to overachieve, the Enterprise has had her systems strained and overloaded on many occasions.
• Famed In-Story : Like her crew, this ship is a legend in Starfleet. Sisko and Dax are awestruck when they see her in person.
• Heroic Sacrifice : During Star Trek III: The Search for Spock , the Enterprise was destroyed as part of a (successful) attempt to rescue Spock... who had done the same thing in order to save her (and all hands) in the previous film .
• Lightning Bruiser : The Enterprise is portrayed to be both very fast and extremely powerful in battle. Thanks to Deflector Shields , she can also temporarily become nearly impervious to enemy fire, but at a high power cost.
• Macross Missile Massacre : More subdued than most examples, the Enterprise can fire up to six Photon Torpedoes at a target in rapid succession without needing to reload.
• Master of All : She can handle pretty much any mission you can throw at her, from scientific surveys, to combat, to interstellar mapping, to cargo hauling.
• Orbital Bombardment : It's mentioned more than once that the Enterprise can destroy a planet's entire surface from orbit .
• Retirony : The Enterprise had been taken off front-line duty and reassigned to academy training when Khan nearly blasted her into scrap metal; after that, she was scheduled for total decommissioning. Then Kirk took her on one more (unauthorized) mission...
• 1: The warp engines' antimatter reactors can be rigged to to blow themselves up , instantly vaporizing the ship and anything else unlucky enough to be nearby .
• 2: A controlled destruction that selectively destroys all livable and critical areas on the ship, leaving a hollowed husk of a ship behind. Kirk activated this one twice. The first time, it was a bluff and he calls it off in the nick of time. The second time wasn't a bluff.
• Standard Sci-Fi Fleet : In The Search For Spock , the Klingons identify her as a battlecruiser, which is an accurate description of her Lightning Bruiser design.
• Taking You with Me : When she goes down, she takes a Klingon crew with her.
• Took a Level in Badass : She's practically rebuilt after her five-year mission with a boatload of new tech that makes her even more of a Lightning Bruiser . In particular, her new Deflector Shields can No-Sell an attack from V'Ger that utterly vaporized a Klingon battlecruiser.
• Weapon of Mass Destruction : In addition to her ship-to-ship armaments, the Enterprise carries several antimatter bombs that are powerful enough to obliterate a planet's surface in one shot .

Other Enterprise Crew Members

Yeoman janice rand.

Played by: Grace Lee Whitney

Appearances: star trek: the original series | star trek: the motion picture | star trek iii: the search for spock | star trek iv: the voyage home | star trek vi: the undiscovered country | star trek: voyager.

• '60s Hair : The aforementioned beehive below.
• Beehive Hairdo : The infamous basketweave hairdo. Whitney's wig is supposed to be a 'futuristic' version of the contemporary beehive. From Lisabeth Shatner's (daughter of Bill) memoirs of being on-set: Eventually, I began looking around the room, and discovered I had a bird's eye view of the top of the actress's head. I was utterly fascinated by her hair, which was woven into a checkered pattern on top. I stared at that hair for a long time, wondering if it was possible to actually play checkers on it.
• Bridge Bunny : The Trope Codifier .
• The Bus Came Back : She became the Transporter Chief in the first film, had a cameo in Star Trek III , and was Captain Sulu's communications officer in Star Trek VI . She also appears in a flashback episode of Voyager set during her time serving aboard Sulu's ship. Tuvok nerve-pinches her, allowing Janeway to borrow her uniform.
• Chuck Cunningham Syndrome : Vanished halfway through the first season due to off-screen issues . She was replaced by Dr. Helen Noel in "Dagger of the Mind".
• Clingy Jealous Girl : Spock seems to like stoically taunting her on how Kirk is off-limits, even when he’s coldly seducing someone else.
• Damsel in Distress : She ends up endangered more than once, including being attacked by an evil clone of Kirk, temporarily zapped out of existence, and kidnapped and tied up by the Onlies.
• Got Over Rape Instantly : In " Enemy Within ", Kirk is split into Good and Evil duplicates. The evil one almost rapes Yeoman Rand, and she's traumatized for the rest of the episode, but the reboot button is pressed and she's back to mooning over Kirk in her next episode as though nothing had happened.
• Ignored Enamored Underling : Kirk does have feelings for her, but refuses to act upon them, and after “The Enemy Within”, is mostly dismissive and awkward, except when sick and yearning in “The Naked Time”. Even in that former episode, his “good half” ignores her before his evil half tries to assault her.
• Mundane Utility : Yeoman Rand heated coffee with a phaser in "The Corbomite Maneuver."
• Hypercompetent Sidekick : Implied; there are several references to her ability to keep Kirk from being swamped in paperwork, and one to improvising with a phaser when the food systems won't provide hot coffee.
• Ms. Fanservice : The original media package described her as having "a strip queen's figure that a uniform can't hide." Not that those uniforms hide much, but whatever.
• Rank Up : In the series, she was a yeoman. In The Motion Picture , she's chief petty officer and transporter chief. In The Voyage Home , she's a communications officer assigned to Starfleet Command on Earth. Finally, in The Undiscovered Country , she's communications officer on the Excelsior , going from Lieutenant junior grade to commander.
• Satellite Character : With the exception of "The Man Trap," where she hangs around with Sulu for a large part of the episode, and "Charlie X," where she's the unwanted focus of Charlie's attraction until he (temporarily) zaps her out of existence, she has no significant interaction with any character other than Kirk.
• Although Rand herself vanished midway through the first season, several more episodes for the rest of the season contain a Yeoman character obviously written as Rand but hastily recast and renamed. (As late as the following season, in writing "The Trouble with Tribbles" , David Gerrold had outlined the role that eventually went to Uhura in the finished episode as Rand, before Gene Coon informed him that Rand had "transferred to another ship".) Obvious Rand substitutes include Mears ( "The Galileo Seven" ), Barrows ( "Shore Leave" ), Ross ( "The Squire of Gothos" ), Tamura ( "A Taste of Armageddon" ), and Zahra ( "Operation -- Annihilate!" ).
• Trauma Button : Every official book that includes her has feeling uncomfortable in some way around Kirk, eventually needing time away from him.
• Unreplaced Departed : Rand was intended to be a series regular as a recurring love interest for Kirk, and was featured even more prominently than Spock and McCoy in promotional materials, and indeed was a major fixture of the first half of season one. She was eventually cut from the show by the halfway point of the series. note  It's unclear precisely why Rand was removed. The reasons vary from NBC looking to cut costs and argued that random nameless characters could fulfill her same role for cheaper than a regular, showrunners deciding they wanted Kirk to remain single and free to hook up with the random Girl of the Week , a sexual assault by an NBC executive leading to her termination, or even blaming Whitney having personal or substance abuse problems as the reason. Although Rand's role as Kirk's aide was taken up by the occasional background extra, there was never a permanent replacement for her character.
• Unresolved Sexual Tension : With Kirk.

Lieutenant Kyle

Played by: John Winston

Appearances: star trek: the original series | star trek ii: the wrath of khan.

• The Cameo : He's the communications officer on the Reliant in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan .
• Mauve Shirt : Because he was the only recurring redshirt not played by an extra, he usually had much more dialogue than other redshirts , a consistent name and position on the ship, and was allowed to play an active role in the plot (see "The Doomsday Machine" or "Mirror, Mirror" for examples).
• Only One Name : Though non-canon sources have variously used both "John" and "Winston," both obviously in tribute to the actor.
• What Happened to the Mouse? : We never see him on-screen again after being marooned on Ceti Alpha V, which caused much speculation about his fate, despite Kirk's log entry that they are heading there to pick up the crew of Reliant . The non-canon novels and comics established that he survived his unwanted shore leave on the planet, and eventually ended up on the Enterprise -A.

Lieutenant Leslie

Played by: Eddie Paskey

• Inexplicably Identical Individuals : A common fan theory is that there is multiple Leslie brothers or clones, due to Leslie's occasional tendency to be seen on the bridge in one shot, then behind Scotty in engineering in the next.
• Omnidisciplinary Scientist : By virtue of Paskey being the omnipresent extra on set, Leslie is seen working in literally every conceivable position on the ship, from medical to security to transporter operation.
• Only One Name : And only referred to by that name on a few occasions. Various non-canon sources have called him "Frank," "Ryan," or "Ed" (the last, naturally, after the actor).
• Red Shirt : The King of the Redshirts, no less, as he has the distinction of being the first Trek character to die and return to life. He dies in "Obsession" , yet turns up later in the episode completely unharmed. Paskey was Shatner's stand-in and lighting double, and Doohan's hand double, so they couldn't really get rid of him, and he actually appears in more episodes than Chekov.

Lieutenant Kevin Thomas Riley

Played by: Bruce Hyde

• Dark and Troubled Past : Who would've guessed the dorky, fun-loving Riley was one of the few survivors of a horrific massacre when he was just a little kid?
• Dreadful Musician : "Iiiiii'll taaaaake you hooome again, Kathleeeeeen...."
• He Knows Too Much : Lenore poisons him, Hamlet-style, to prevent him from pointing at Kodos as a war criminal. (Ironically, he doesn't even know that Kodos is aboard until near the end.)
• Improbable Age : Riley seems pretty young for a full-braid Lieutenant - Hyde was 24 at the time, and looked it. This also makes him an improbable witness to a man who had disappeared 20 years before, when he would have barely been out of diapers. Amusingly, the greenhorn Ensign Chekov, introduced in the second season, was played by an actor five years older .
• Incessant Music Madness : "And now, crew, I will render Kathleen ONE MORE TIME! Kirk: Please, not again.
• Oireland : Got his "Irish" up when under the influence of the mind virus in "The Naked Time."
• O.O.C. Is Serious Business : Riley, the resident class clown of the lower decks, becomes deadly serious when he learns that Kodos is aboard the Enterprise.
• One Degree of Separation : Riley and Kirk are two of the only people in the galaxy who have seen Kodos the Executioner in person, and they both serve aboard the same ship.
• Real Life Writes the Plot : The reason Riley never returned after "The Conscience of the King," despite being very popular with fans, was that Hyde left to become a hippie. Yes, really. Remember, this was 1967. (He later became a professor of philosophy.)

Doctor M'Benga

Played by: Booker Bradshaw

The ship's ranking Chief Medical Officer when Bones was off the ship, Doctor M'Benga interned on Vulcan and specialised in treating Vulcan physiology, which came in useful when Spock was shot.

• All There in the Manual : The character originated in an ultimately unused script, which gave his first name as Joseph and his nationality as Ugandan. An early novel used "Geoffrey" and the Star Trek Novel 'Verse named him Jabilo . As of Strange New Worlds , Doctor M'Benga's first name has been canonised as Joseph.
• Cruel to Be Kind : Spock needs to be put in pain to be brought out of his trance, so Nurse Chapel taps him gently. Scotty pulls Chapel away from Spock, thinking she's gone mad, slapping her patient around. Then M'Benga steps in and gives Spock the necessary physical stimulus.
• The Main Characters Do Everything : Averted in the episodes he showed up. He fills in for Bones when the latter joins a landing party.
• What Happened to the Mouse? : Never even mentioned outside his two appearances, despite the many times his specialisation in Vulcan medicine would have been useful, and being Bones's second-in-command.

Angela Martine

Played by: Barbara Baldavin

An enlisted crewmember on the Enterprise. Her debut episode, "Balance of Terror," had her about to get married (with Kirk, as ship's captain, officiating) when her wedding was interrupted by an encounter with the Romulans. Her fiancé is killed. She's brokenhearted of course, but she musters her courage to cope with it. Returned in minor roles in "Shore Leave" and "Space Seed" (in the latter, she's addressed as Angela, but once is called "Teller"). Baldavin also appeared under the name "Lieutenant Lisa" in "Turnabout Intruder," though she was made up differently and Lisa is usually considered a separate character.

Fleet Captain Christopher Pike

Played by: Jeffrey Hunter (" The Cage "), Sean Kenney (Disfigured Pike in "The Menagerie")

Dubbed in french by: yvon bouchard.

The previous captain of the Starship Enterprise and Spock's prior commanding officer. A celebrated space explorer, much like Kirk, he was later horribly disfigured in a training accident. Spock's loyalty to Pike was too much to allow Pike to remain a disabled wreck, so he returned Pike to the Talosians to live out his days in an illusion of good health with his love Vina.

For tropes relating to his other appearances, see Discovery and Strange New Worlds .

• And I Must Scream : The training accident he was in gave him a huge dose of delta radiation, bad enough that he's completely immobilized. McCoy notes his brain is working as much as anyone else's, but he can't even speak. And when he realises what Spock's doing, all can he do is repeat "no" over and over again.
• Body Horror : What we see isn't pretty. His face is covered in scarring, and one massive burn going from chin to temple on the right side of his face. And it's hinted the radiation did a lot of other damage, given mention is made of his heart being kept operated by battery. Even getting agitated nearly puts him into a coma from the strain.
• The Captain : The original captain, preceding even Kirk. He later became a fleet captain.
• Celibate Hero : Especially when compared to Kirk . While he’s had fantasies of Orion slave girls, he runs out disgusted, calls out Boyce for being a Dirty Old Man and shows little interest in any husband and wife dreams cooked up for him.
• The Determinator : The Talosians expected Pike to quietly accept captivity. Pike had other ideas and didn't stop until he escaped.
• Due to the Dead : Star Trek: Deep Space Nine revealed that Starfleet named one of their combat decorations in his honor, the Christopher Pike Medal of Valor.
• A Father to His Men : Implied from how Spock was willing to risk his career and life to help his former CO.
• Happily Ever After : The end of "The Menagerie" implies this for him and Vina, as they get to spend their remaining years together in an illusion of good health.
• Hollywood Mid-Life Crisis : "The Cage" can be interpreted as an extended metaphor for a man going through a mid-life crisis. ( Gene Roddenberry was well into his forties when he wrote the pilot, and even cast his mistress as the female lead.) Pike's character is clearly supposed to be older than Kirk, even before the eleven-year Time Skip in "The Menagerie", although Hunter was a relatively young man (he turned 38 during filming of "The Cage"). Subsequent depictions of the character clearly portray him as middle-aged even during his prime (played by 53-year-old Bruce Greenwood in Star Trek (2009) and 45-year-old Anson Mount in Star Trek: Discovery , both set some years before the TOS era).
• Mangst : He’s having a Heroic BSoD over getting some of his crew killed, and it takes drinking for him to admit he’s tired and wants to retire.
• Once for Yes, Twice for No : Following the accident, Pike is left in a state where his only form of communication is a light on his elaborate wheelchair, which he can light once for "yes" and twice in a row for "no".
• Small Role, Big Impact : He only appeared in two episodes, one of which didn't air until decades after the show ended, yet is easily one of the most recognizable things from TOS. His blinking lights and wheelchair have been been parodied and paid homage to in numerous other works.
• Stay in the Kitchen : Can’t get used to having women on the bridge, and when Number One is offended, he tells her she’s different, offending her again.
• Unresolved Sexual Tension : The Talosians noted that both Pike's first officer, the original Number One, and his yeoman were attracted to him, but since we never saw anything further of Pike's adventures, we don't know if anything came of it. He was apparently still in love with Vina, as he later accepted retirement with the Talosians to be with her.
• The Voiceless : The training accident left him unable to speak, so he had to communicate via blinking lights on his wheelchair. One blink for yes, two for no.

"Number One"

• Everybody Calls Him "Barkeep" : Everyone calls her Number One, all the time.
• Not So Stoic : When Pike remarks that he "can't get used to having a woman on the bridge", she looks openly surprised before he excludes her as "different, of course." ' s first officer.-->
• Only One Name : She's only referred to as "Number One" in "The Cage". A variety of apocrypha over the years either confirmed this as a given name or title on her homeworld, or suggested various real names, such as Una.
• Real Life Writes the Plot : Majel Barrett was the girlfriend and eventual wife of Gene Roddenberry , which caused suspicion among NBC executives when they viewed "The Cage". She was removed from the show and not acknowledged again for decades.
• Unresolved Sexual Tension : The Talosians noted that she was attracted to Pike, and her official biography confirms this, but we don't know if anything came of it. He was apparently still in love with Vina, as he later accepted retirement with the Talosians to be with her.

Antagonists

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Commander Kor

Played by: John Colicos

Appearances: star trek: the original series | star trek: the animated series | star trek: deep space nine.

• Affably Evil : Despite intending to execute Kirk once he discovers his identity, he has a drink with him first and is generally hard to dislike.
• Cold Ham : Dominates everyone in his first scene, not raising his voice in his command, but is shaking with barely contained power.
• Enemy Mine : When the Organians demonstrate their powers and use nonlethal force on both sides, Kor is quick to whisper to Kirk that they should team up to take them on.
• Evil Counterpart : Like Kirk, Kor is a senior field officer, but with the military dictatorship of the Klingon Empire rather than the democracy of the Federation.
• A Nazi by Any Other Name : Kor's control of Organia involves restriction of personal freedoms, mass executions, and constant surveillance.
• No Sense of Personal Space : As well as the famous “you’ll be taught how to use your tongue” line, he sees Kirk and immediately circles him like prey, along with a blatant check out of his ass.
• "Not So Different" Remark : Kor tries to pull one of these on Kirk, saying they are both warriors on a world of cowards. However, he is horrified when the Organians pull one on him and say one day humans and Klingons will be friends.
• Proud Warrior Race Guy : Unlike many TOS Klingons, Kor does seem to embody this trope.
• Small Role, Big Impact : John Colicos played Kor only once on TOS before reprising the role decades later on DS9 , but his Genghis Khan-inspired performance set the standard for all Klingons.
• Yellow Peril : Kor's look was based on Genghis Khan .

Captain Koloth

Played by: william campbell.

• Friendly Enemy : Kirk and Koloth (somewhat sarcastically) greet each other as "my dear captain" when they meet on K-7.
• Large Ham : William Campbell is channeling more than a little of his performance as Trelane into Koloth.
• Noodle Incident : Koloth and Kirk's first meeting prior to the episode.
• Rules Lawyer : Koloth uses the terms of the Organian peace treaty to get his men shore leave on K-7 over Kirk's protests.
• Smug Snake : Koloth is clearly enjoying the opportunity to tweak Kirk's nose while advancing the Empire's plot to poison the quadrotriticale shipment.
• Worthy Opponent : Koloth is clearly happy to be involved in verbal sparring matches with Kirk; decades later, Jadzia Dax tells Ben Sisko that Koloth always regretted never getting to face Kirk in battle.

Commander Kang

Played by: michael ansara, appearances: star trek: the original series | star trek: deep space nine | star trek: voyager.

• Cold-Blooded Torture : Kang threatens to torture and execute the Enterprise crew one by one until Kirk confesses to killing his men.
• Deadpan Snarker : He gets a few good lines in. Kang: Most interesting. The bulk of your crew trapped? Your ship racing from this galaxy at wild speeds? Delightful.
• Enemy Mine : When Kang finally accepts that the Klingons and the Enterprise crew are being manipulated by the Beta-XII A entity, he teams up with Kirk to defeat the energy being.
• Even Evil Has Loved Ones : His wife, Mara, is his science officer, and he clearly cares for her, though he also won't let her be used as a bargaining chip against him.
• A Father to His Men : Kang is pissed at Kirk for having apparently killed most of his crew.
• I Have Your Wife : Kirk tries threatening to kill Mara if Kang doesn't agree to a truce. Kang just shrugs it off as the inevitable result of war.
• Sheathe Your Sword : Kang lays down his arms when he realizes that he's being manipulated by the Beta-XII A entity.
• Yellow Peril : Like Kor, Kang's appearance takes a lot of cues from Genghis Khan.

Harcourt Fenton "Harry" Mudd

Played by: roger c. carmel, appearances: star trek: the original series | star trek: the animated series.

• Affably Evil : He's a shameless crook and totally unrepentant scam artist, but he's friendly, cheerful, easy-going, and surprisingly likable, so long as you remember never to trust him with anything, especially anything worth money. Basically, he's a proto-Ferengi.
• Con Man : His first appearance is based on his scam to marry gorgeous women secretly modified with drugs to be super-beautiful to lonely, wealthy space-workers for a huge payout. In Star Trek: The Animated Series , it's mentioned he once tricked an alien species by selling them the Starfleet Academy building.
• Cool and Unusual Punishment : This gets visited upon him by Kirk at the end of "I, Mudd."
• Evil Is Petty : While downplayed as Mudd is mostly just a dick, but his role as Kirk’s antagonist just seems to be wanting to see him squirm and take Mudd’s orders.
• Full-Name Ultimatum : Stella: Harcourt! Harcourt Fenton Mudd!... Mudd: Shut UP, Stella!
• Henpecked Husband : It turns out in "I, Mudd" that he had a harridan of a wife named Stella; part of the reason he became a crook was to run away from her to the ends of the galaxy. Mudd: You see, gentlemen, behind every great man there is a woman urging him on. And so it was with my Stella. She urged me on into outer space. Not that she meant to, but with her continual, eternal, confounded nagging. Well, I think of her constantly, and every time I do, I go further out into space.
• Hoist by His Own Petard : By the Stella androids at the end of "I, Mudd."
• Honest John's Dealership : The first storyline involving him is his plan to sell brides to lonely space-miners ( after giving them illegal "Venus Drugs" to make them super-beautiful ). He'd also been convicted as a smuggler prior to his first appearance. In his second appearance, he describes how he escaped Deneb V after being sentenced to death for fraud.
• Lovable Rogue : He's a money-grubber and irresponsible, but he's affable and rarely trying to commit "truly evil" crimes.
• Recurrer : He holds the distinction of being the only non-Starfleet character in the entire series to appear in more than one episode. He returns for an episode of the Animated Series, as well. (He was also planned to make a third appearance on the show, but the proposed story was dropped.)
• Space Jews : His Irish accent, flamboyant dress sense, pierced ear, and dishonesty make him seem like a negative stereotype of Irish Travellers .

Trelane, Squire of Gothos

Appearances: star trek: the original series.

A flamboyant, childlike, and surprisingly dangerous entity encountered by the Enterprise crew. Trelane ("General Trelane, retired") is intrigued by humanity, specifically its more warlike and savage aspects, and wants to "play" with Kirk.

• Agent Peacock : He dresses quite flamboyantly, with a frilled shirt and bright blue tailcoat dripping in gold braid and medals, but he's still a dangerous entity.
• Aliens Steal Cable : Trelane has apparently been monitoring Earth for some time, but his information is quite out of date, considering he's dressed like an 18th-century fop.
• Always a Bigger Fish : The episode is resolved when his parents show up and ground him for messing with the poor primitive earthlings.
• Beware the Silly Ones : Trelane spends the first half of the episode being a vaguely threatening cornball. Then he decides to hunt Kirk for sport and nearly succeeds in killing him.
• Enfant Terrible : Turns out to be one once his parents show up.
• Expy : Not Trelane himself, but Gene Roddenberry deliberately patterned the character of Q after his attitude and manner of interacting with the crew, something that John de Lancie and the TNG production staff noticed. Most fans nowadays take it as a given that Trelane and his parents are members of the Q Continuum, with at least one novel positing that Q is Trelane's father.
• Gratuitous Foreign Language : He switches into French and German to greet Lieutenants DeSalle and Jaeger, but uses English to give Sulu a faux-Japanese greeting, causing the latter to amusedly ask if he's serious.
• Klingons Love Shakespeare : Trelane seems enthralled by human history, specifically its martial aspects; he introduces himself as a retired general and asks Kirk to tell him about his battles and missions of conquest.
• Psychopathic Manchild : He is fascinated by Kirk's phaser, vaporizing several objects in his house before declaring that one could kill millions with it. He later throws a tantrum when Kirk and the others won't cooperate with him and ultimately decides to hunt the captain for sport, gloating and cackling all the while. Then it turns out he actually is a child, at least by the standards of his species.
• Reality Warper : He can twist space and matter as he pleases, though time is a bit beyond him.
• Sore Loser : He doesn't take it at all well when Kirk bests him. When his parents show up to haul him off, he whines and complains like a little boy being told to go to bed and fades out insisting that he "woulda won".

Appearances: Star Trek: The Original Series | Star Trek: The Animated Series | Star Trek III: The Search for Spock | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Star Trek | Star Trek Into Darkness

• Big Eater : They'd have to be, to support all that explosive breeding . They chew through the Enterprise's food stores, and absolutely demolish the huge bins of super-valuable quadrotriticale grain aboard station K-7.
• Born as an Adult : And pregnant. Which is quite a time-saver.
• Cuteness Proximity : For some reason, people tend to enjoy cooing over the fluffy, purring fuzzballs. Well, unless you're a Klingon.
• Explosive Breeder : Exaggerated . In three days, one tribble will become 1,771,561. (Assuming that tribbles reproduce every twelve hours with an average litter of ten.)
• Now You Tell Me : "We stop feeding the tribbles and they stop breeding!"
• Sitcom Arch-Nemesis : The only species that the Tribbles do not like are the Klingons, and the feeling is very mutual.
• Thrown Out the Airlock : Where they'll be no tribble at all.

Lieutenant Commander Gary Mitchell

Played by: Gary Lockwood

• Anti-Villain : At first. His initial acts of villainy are simply attempts to stop Kirk and Spock from killing him out of fear for his power. He gradually becomes more evil over the course of the episode and by the end he's left this trope far behind.
• A God Am I : He frequently refers to himself as such. During the final confrontation he uses his telekinesis to force Kirk to kneel and pray to him.
• The Charmer : In Kirk’s bio, the female crewmembers all miss him when he dies, mostly because he flirted with them constantly by making them laugh.
• Chivalrous Pervert : He’s the one that pushed girlfriends on Kirk in the academy days, and apparently flirts a lot (the bio has Kirk be annoyed that he’s hitting on the female crew too much), but he’s a nice guy until his run-in with the galactic barrier causes him to mutate into a Physical God and go insane as a result.
• Forgotten Fallen Friend : The end of the pilot does give the crew a little time to grieve over him, but he's never mentioned again (the for-some-time-ambiguous canonicity probably didn't help), with his role as Kirk's close trusted friend getting transplanted onto Spock and McCoy (in fact, some fans watching the pilot get the impression that Mitchell was supposed to be first officer before Spock). He's there in the novel versions of the movies (and in one of Kirk's Nexus fantasies), with the implication that Kirk is trying very hard to forget about him.
• Glowing Eyes of Doom : After the accident, his eyes start to glow silver. His eyes return to normal when he's injured or is otherwise prevented from using his powers.
• Hoist by His Own Petard : He is killed when he is crushed by rocks while standing in the grave he created for Kirk.
• Hot-Blooded : Kirk’s bio has him making a lot of impulsive, rash choices. Sometimes they work out, sometimes they don’t, and he admits to Kirk at one point that he doesn’t think things through.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold : Prior to his transformation.
• Physical God : He starts out gaining telepathy and telekinesis (powerful enough to deflect phaser fire and take control of the Enterprise through thought alone), and eventually evolves to nearly Q and Trelane's level, being able to will matter into existence through thought alone. Being crushed by rocks still kills him, though it takes being weakened in a psychic fight with another god-like being to get to that point.
• Positive Friend Influence : Kirk’s bio posits that he would still play it safe and just be another face in the academy if it hadn’t been for Gary’s charm and showing his friend that he needs to take risks. This is what makes his transformation into an insane god-like being even more tragic.
• Power Echoes : He eventually gains this.
• Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! : Tells Kirk in more than one prequel book that leaving people to die under the guise of the Prime Directive is a shitty thing to do.
• Shadow Archetype : Nearly every later official book involving him has him as what Kirk is considered to be in popular culture; too reckless, doesn’t think and overly flirty. He’s a decent person despite this though, and is a Positive Friend Influence when younger Kirk wants to be a By-the-Book Cop .
• Shock and Awe : After Kirk manages to convince Dr. Dehner to pull a Heel–Face Turn , she and Mitchell blast each other repeatedly with lightning, resulting in a Double Knockout ; unfortunately Mitchell recovers relatively quickly, while Dehner is fatally wounded.
• The Stoic : He quickly loses all traces of human emotion.
• Super-Strength : After being briefly Brought Down to Normal after a psychic duel with Dr. Dehner, Mitchell gets into a fist-fight with Kirk in which Kirk initially has the upper hand, until Mitchell starts regaining his powers; even without his telekinesis, he's strong enough to flip Kirk with an Off Hand Back Hand and lift a huge boulder and toss it at Kirk.
• Tragic Monster : As Kirk says, Mitchell never wanted this to happen to him.
• Übermensch : He believes that he has become a higher being who is destined to change mankind forever.
• With Great Power Comes Great Insanity : After he starts mutating, he's initially relatively normal and only attacks the crew because they're considering killing him out of fear he'll evolve to the point where he starts to see human beings as insects. Pretty soon, though, he evolves to the point where he sees human beings as insects, losing all empathy for them and even demanding to be worshipped as a god.

The Gorn Captain

• Anti-Villain : While utterly ruthless about how they went about dealing with it, the Enterprise crew concedes that they had no clue the colony was infringing on Gorn territory and that such a thing would look like an act of aggression if things were reversed. In the mind of the Gorn, they are acting in self-defence.
• Attack Its Weak Point : During their initial fight, Kirk manages to briefly stun him by slamming the ear-like nodes on his head. It looks like Kirk managed to hit a vulnerable spot, because the Gorn is otherwise tough enough to No-Sell a microwave-sized rock to the clavicle.
• Genius Bruiser : It looks like a brutish lizard monster that Kirk can't put down, yet it repeatedly outsmarts both Kirk personally and the Enterprise as a whole. Also, instead of relying on his superior natural strength, he takes the time to fashion a weapon from the location environment, just like Kirk does; however, he made a flint knife while Kirk made a cannon .
• Implacable Man : The Gorn Captain shrugs off every physical attack Kirk hits him with and even gets back up when Kirk drops a boulder on him.
• Made of Iron : As Kirk himself notes during the episode, the Gorn Captain easily takes attacks from Kirk that would kill a human being. Even Kirk dropping a boulder on him only knocked him out for no more than a minute, and didn't injure him at all.
• Mighty Glacier : Much more powerful and durable than Kirk, yet moves about as fast as molasses in January.
• Proud Warrior Race Guy : Implied, since their first response to finding a Federation colony on their territory is to utterly destroy it and set a trap for the nearest Federation starship, and they prove to be superior both tactically and in terms of firepower.
• Super-Strength : Kirk manages to pick up a large rock (maybe 60-80 pounds) and throw it at the Gorn Captain, hitting him square in the chest and accomplishing nothing. In response, the Gorn Captain easily picks up and lifts over his head a boulder that has to weigh at least a ton, and throws it (judging by the arc and how much time Kirk had to see it coming and dodge) probably fifty feet.

Janice Lester

Played by: Sandra Smith

• Ambiguous Gender Identity : Maybe she would have had an easier time if she just transitioned into being a man.
• Blatant Lies : Delivered the infamous claim that women in the liberal utopia that is the Federation are barred from commanding starships. Regardless of whether Gene meant that literally or not, several decades and many female captains later and we are able to put this down to the fact that she is just making up excuses for the fact that there is no way anyone would promote someone this mentally unstable to the rank of captain.
• Broken Bird : A manipulative Death Seeker who finds it easy to hit her ex boyfriend and hates herself.
• Easily Forgiven : Kirk has a habit of doing so to people who treat him awfully, but even Shatner complained that nothing in the episode actually got resolved.
• Death Seeker : Kirk points out that her “love” for him was actually torturing and punishing, and that they would have killed each other. She responds with “that might have been better”.
• Domestic Abuse : She's a little too happy to be finally stronger than her ex boyfriend, mocking him for being scared all the time and punches him out to shut him up.
• Final Boss : The villain of the original series' final episode, though due to the show's episodic nature there was no plot-related significance to this other than the fact it just happened to be the last episode filmed.
• I Just Want to Be You : She vehemently denies loving Kirk, telling Coleman that she just loves and wants the life he leads of being Captain.
• Man, I Feel Like a Woman : Inverted. Sure she hates Kirk, but still takes the time to grope his abs when she's finally in him.
• Mirror Character : For Kirk, as she seduces her assistant the way he seduces villains of the week, plays wounded gazelle gambits well like how he’s got the Enterprise to play dead multiple times, both have Death Seeker inclinations and while he’s an Agent Peacock comfortable in his gender, she’s rigid in gender norms and is a Troubled Abuser because of it.
• Never My Fault : In their conversation, Kirk is of the opinion that their relationship was a toxic mess, yet she blames Kirk for leaving, claiming he abandoned her when it got serious.
• Psychopathic Womanchild : She’s positively giggling when she manages to trap Kirk in her former body, and snuggles with him in her arms while talking about how he should have killed her.
• Too Clever by Half : Aside from being an Hysterical Woman , she partly fucks up because she thinks being a Captain means you’re formal with everyone, and shows no affection for the crew that Kirk does (like calling Bones “Doctor McCoy ” constantly.)
• Troubled Abuser : According to the hearing, she hated being a woman, and took it out on Kirk, making it hell to be with her.
• Wounded Gazelle Gambit : She fakes having deadly serious radiation poisoning to get her Chronic Hero Syndrome ex alone with her and sympathetic.

Ambassador Sarek

Played by: Mark Lenard

Dubbed in french by: roger rudel (star trek iii), georges berthomieu (star trek iv), mario santini (star trek vi), appearances: star trek: the original series | star trek: the animated series | star trek iii: the search for spock | star trek iv: the voyage home | star trek: the next generation | star trek vi: the undiscovered country.

• Abusive Parents : Not intentionally, but cold Vulcan logic means he was emotionally distant toward Spock when he was a kid, and it's helped cause a lot of Spock's anti-human attitude. Sort of tells you what his parenting styles are like when Spock's reaction to being told Sarek's at threat of dying is "meh". Fortunately, they manage to repair their relationship.
• Ambadassador : He's proficient in Vulcan martial arts. Spock points out that he could be a plausible suspect in the Tellarite ambassador's murder since Sarek knows the technique that killed him.
• Antiquated Linguistics : Introduces Amanda as "she who is my wife" rather than just "my wife". He does the same thing decades later with Perrin.
• Blue Blood : Or at least he comes from good family, in so far as Vulcans count such things, and behaves in a courtly manner.
• Gentleman and a Scholar : A cut line indicated that Sarek was an astrophysicist before he turned to politics.
• Happily Married : Though Sarek and his human wife, Amanda, have their differences (as seen in "Journey to Babel"), and though he's culturally inhibited from expressing his emotions, it's clear the couple love each other very much.
• Has a Type : When he resurfaces in Next Generation, he has remarried after the death of his human wife Amanda... to another human woman.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold : For all his stern, no-nonsense traits and his differences with his son, he is a loving father and proud to represent his planet for the Federation.
• Killed Off for Real : Died in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Unification I" .
• Marry for Love : Marrying Amanda was... logical. Obviously. (Well, if you love them, marrying them is pretty logical.)
• My Greatest Failure : Based on the emotions Picard feels during their mind meld, Sarek feels extreme disappointment and regret over his emotional detachment towards both his human wives. He also regrets never expressing his pride and love towards Spock appropriately. "Perrin. Amanda. I wanted to give you so much more. I wanted to show you such tenderness. But that is not our way. Spock, Amanda, did you know? Perrin, can you know how much I love you? I do love you!"
• He teases Amanda in public at the end of "The Way to Babel".
• With a side order of O.O.C. Is Serious Business . In Star Trek III , he's visibly angry when he confronts Kirk about the latter's supposed failure to return Spock's katra to Vulcan. This only escalates when he figures out Kirk has no idea what the hell he's talking about. This is lampshaded later at the foot of Mount Seleya, when Sarek requests the Fal-tor-pan ritual be performed to reunite Spock's body and mind. High Priestess T'Lar protests that the ceremony is dangerous and its outcome uncertain, making his request illogical. Sarek replies " Forgive me, T'Lar. My logic is uncertain... where my son is concerned. "
• Out-of-Character Moment : In Sarek , Picard is shocked to see him moved to tears by a musical performance. This is because he has Bendii syndrome, which is analogous to Alzheimer's in a human.
• Parents as People : He has the unfortunate task of being a full Vulcan parent to three messed up main characters: Spock, Sybok and Michael. Part of his issue is overconfidence in the Vulcan ways, and not really knowing what his children need.
• So Proud of You : He admits this to Spock in Star Trek IV , and in TNG's "Unification: Part II," Spock learns from mind-melding with Picard that he was even prouder , which almost moves him to tears.
• Super-Strength : Like all Vulcans. That Tellarite ambassador mentioned earlier tried to manhandle Sarek during an argument. Sarek effortlessly knocks away his hands with just a flick of two fingers each sending him reeling quite some distance as an aftereffect . He's lucky Sarek didn't actually hit him.

Played by: Susan Oliver

• Anatomically Ignorant Healing : She turns out to have been left disabled and disfigured by the Talosians' well-intentioned efforts to heal her — they were able to successfully restore her to physical health, but their unfamiliarity with human anatomy led to them putting her back together as a scarred hunchback.
• Body Horror : Downplayed, but she has been left scarred, withered and exaggeratedly hunchbacked as a result of her ship's crash.
• Face Palm : She does this when Pike gets punished for thinking wrong thoughts.
• Glamor Failure : Her beautiful appearance is an illusion; she's really an ineptly reassembled mess .
• I Will Wait for You : Enforced. She has to wait many years for the real Pike to return to Talos IV as she cannot leave the planet. The Talosians were at least kind enough to provide an illusion of Pike to keep her company.
• Love at First Sight : Pike and Vina are attracted to each other from their first meeting and explicitly say so.
• Loving a Shadow : The Talosians provided her with an illusory version of Pike to keep her company while she waited for the real Pike to return.
• Space Clothes : Like the Talosians, she wears shiny, silvery clothes.
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THEN AND NOW: How 19 characters from 'Star Trek: The Original Series' have evolved over 56 years

• "Star Trek" premiered on September 8, 1966.
• Almost 57 years later, "Trek" is still going strong and finding ways to reinvent old characters.
• Here's how 19 characters from " The Original Series " have evolved over almost six decades.

Captain James T. Kirk was originally played by William Shatner.

Shatner played the first (and arguably most iconic) captain of the Enterprise for for all three seasons of "The Original Series" ("TOS") which aired from 1966 to 1969, before getting canceled.

He returned to voice the character in " Star Trek: The Animated Series " from 1973 to 1974.

Kirk remains many people's favorite captain of the Enterprise and "Trek" captain in general, as he set the blueprint for the next 57 years (and counting) of storytelling. Every "Trek" captain is measured against Kirk and Shatner's portrayal of him.

Shatner was last seen in the 1994 film "Star Trek Generations."

Shatner and the rest of the original crew starred in six movies starring the cast of "TOS" from 1979 to 1991 ("Star Trek: The Motion Picture," "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan," "Star Trek III: The Search for Spock," "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home," "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier," and "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country").

However, to bridge the gap between " TOS " and "The Next Generation" ("TNG"), which aired from 1987 to 1994, Shatner reprised his role as Kirk in " Star Trek Generations ," the first movie starring the cast of " TNG ." In it, he teams up with the captain of the Enterprise 100 years in the future, Captain Jean-Luc Picard, to defeat a madman called Soran.

Spoilers for a 29-year-old movie, but Captain Kirk dies at the end of the film after helping to take down Soran, simply stating "It was fun. Oh my,"  before closing his eyes.

Additionally, archival footage and audio of Shatner has been used in "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" ("DS9") in 1996, "Star Trek: Enterprise" in 2005, and "Star Trek: Short Treks" in 2019.

In 2009, Chris Pine took over the role. He played Kirk for three films, and counting?

In 2009, director JJ Abrams rebooted " Star Trek " by creating an alternate timeline (called the Kelvin timeline by fans) and re-casting an entirely new crew of the Enterprise, led by a bolder, brasher, and younger version of Kirk played by Pine.

Pine's version of Kirk started as a bar-fighting 25-year-old living Iowa, and by the end of "Star Trek Beyond" in 2016, he was a decorated captain and was newly dedicated to his mission to explore strange new worlds, seek out new life and new civilizations, and boldly go where no one has gone before.

Surprise news of a fourth Kelvin movie was reported in 2021 by Deadline, directed by "WandaVision's" Matt Shakman.

But in 2022, Shakman left the project to direct Marvel's "Fantastic Four," leaving Paramount looking for a new director to handle "Star Trek 4," according to a statement from the studio reported by Deadline.

In the latest "Trek" series, "Strange New Worlds," the Kirk torch was passed to "Vampire Diaries" vet Paul Wesley.

In "Trek's" latest show, " Strange New Worlds ," which is a prequel to the '60s series, audiences got their first glimpse at yet another version of Kirk, this time played by "The Vampire Diaries" star Wesley , in 2022.

"Strange New Worlds" focuses on the captain of the Enterprise  before  Kirk, Captain Christopher Pike, who is fated to be brutally disfigured in the future. In an attempt to avoid his fate in the season one finale, Pike is transported to a different timeline where he survives, which is where he meets Kirk, now the captain of a ship called the Farragut. Eventually, Pike is returned to his normal timeline.

In season two, audiences met  another  alternate version of Kirk in the third episode, before finally getting to meet the future captain for real in the sixth episode, where he met his future first officer, Spock.

Kirk's best friend and first officer Spock was originally played by Leonard Nimoy.

Spock, an alien race in the "Trek" universe known as a Vulcan, was known for being extremely logical (to a sometimes frustrating extent), and was frequently bewildered by his human crew, even though he was actually half-human himself.

Spock, and his Vulcan hand greeting accompanied by the phrase "Live long and prosper," is one of the most enduring symbols of "Trek" as a whole.

Nimoy played Spock for all three seasons of the '60s series, and voiced him in "The Animated Series" as well.

His last appearance in the role was the 2013 film "Star Trek Into Darkness."

Nimoy appeared in all six movies as the unflappable Vulcan (though he does die at the end of " Star Trek II " and is subsequently resurrected in " Star Trek III "), and even directed the third and fourth movies.

After that, Nimoy reprised his role as Spock in a season five episode of "TNG" called "Unification" in 1991, which saw him 100 years after the events of "TOS" as a Vulcan ambassador. He also appeared in episodes of "DS9," "Discovery," and the animated series "Star Trek: Prodigy" through archival footage and audio throughout the '90s and 2000s.

Nimoy was the only cast member of the original "Trek" to appear in the Kelvin timeline movies — in it, his version of Spock was pulled into this universe by a vengeful Romulan (another alien) to see the destruction of his home planet. He appeared in the 2009 film and its 2013 sequel.

Nimoy died in February 2015 at the age of 83.

He co-starred in the 2009 reboot and its 2013 sequel with a younger version of his character played by Zachary Quinto.

As Nimoy played the  original  Spock, Quinto played the Kelvin timeline's Spock. This version of the character is earlier along in his journey towards understanding humanity, and clashes with Kirk, instead of acting like best friends as they are in the original show.

Quinto appeared in all three films as Spock, and even got to try his hand at the iconic "Khan" scream in "Into Darkness."

In "Star Trek: Discovery" and "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds," Ethan Peck now plays the logical Vulcan.

Peck first played an even younger  version of Spock in the Paramount+ series "Discovery" in 2019, where he interacted with never-before-known-about half-sister Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green). He then became a series regular on "Strange New Worlds" as Captain Pike's science officer and friend in 2022.

Spock is one of the few people aboard the Enterprise who knows about Pike's eventual fate, showing how close he was to his first commanding officer even before Kirk.

Kirk's other best friend and the Enterprise's chief medical officer Leonard "Bones" McCoy was originally played by DeForest Kelley.

Bones, as Kirk called him, represented the total opposite of Spock. Where Spock was ruled by reason and logic, McCoy was prone to passionate outbursts and was always concerned for Kirk and his friends.

And, famously, he was quick to remind everyone on board that he was just a doctor, not anything else.

Kelley, like his cast-mates, appeared in all three seasons of "TOS" and both seasons of "The Animated Series."

His last appearance in the role was the 1991 film "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country."

Kelley appeared in the six movies starring the cast of "TOS," ending with his appearance in "Star Trek VI" in 1991. This was also his last on-screen film role, as he died eight years later in 1999.

In 1987, Kelley was on hand to bless the cast of "TNG" by appearing in that show's pilot episode as Admiral McCoy, a much older version of the character (137 years old, to be exact). He speaks with Data about how the Enterprise will always bring you home.

Kelley died at age 79 in June 1999 , according to an obituary in The Washington Post.

Karl Urban played the good doctor in the reboot trilogy, beginning in 2009.

The 2009 film showed the meeting of Kirk and his future best friend on board a ship to Starfleet Academy — and explains how he got his nickname: He split from wife and his ex got everything in the divorce, leaving him with just his "bones."

Urban appeared in all three films of the Kelvin trilogy.

Nichelle Nichols played the Enterprise's communications officer, Nyota Uhura.

Nichols became a Black pop culture icon when she began playing Uhura, a communications officer, in the 1960s. She was one of the first Black women on TV to hold a high-ranking job, and was part of the first televised interracial kiss .

In fact, she was going to quit, but none other than Martin Luther King Jr. told Nichols she couldn't leave. "You have the first non-stereotypical, non-menial role on television. You have created strength and beauty and intelligence. For the first time, the world sees us as we should be seen. It's what we're marching for. You're a role model and whether you like it or not, you belong to history now," Nichols said he told her during an interview with the New York Post in 2011.

Nichols appeared in all three seasons of "TOS" and in " The Animated Series."

Her last appearance was also "The Undiscovered Country."

Along with her fellow cast-mates, Nichols appeared in all six "TOS" movies, wrapping up Uhura's experience in "Star Trek VI."

Nichols' face and voice also popped up in a 1996 episode of "DS9" and a 2022 episode of "Prodigy" via archival footage and audio.

Nichols died in July 2022. She was 89.

In the 2009 reboot, Zoe Saldaña played Uhura.

Saldaña played a version of Uhura straight out of the Academy, just like Kirk. She was a lot feistier than her '60s counterpart, and was one of the high points of the Kelvin trilogy.

Her character was also in a relationship with Spock, which was a marked departure from "TOS" and its movies.

In "Strange New Worlds," Celia Rose Gooding plays a younger version of Uhura who is still an ensign.

In "Strange New Worlds," fans learned that Uhura was actually on the Enterprise before Kirk, McCoy, Scotty, Chekov or Sulu, as a cadet under the leadership of Captain Pike.

Throughout the first season, we learned more about Uhura than we ever did in the '60s, including that she joined Starfleet after the death of her parents on Earth and was trying to escape how lonely she was on her home planet.

While she thought about leaving the Enterprise at the end of season one, in season two we learned she stuck around and was even promoted to ensign. Fans also learned that she was the one who inititally introduced Kirk and Spock.

Chief engineering officer Montgomery "Scotty" Scott was played by James Doohan.

Even if you've never seen "Trek," chances are you've heard the phrase "Beam me up, Scotty" (although it's never actually said on the show).

Doohan, who is actually American, played the Enterprise's trusty Scottish chief of engineering for all three seasons of "TOS" and the two seasons of "The Animated Series."

His last appearance was a small role in the 1994 film "Star Trek Generations."

Before " Generations ," Doohan played Scotty in the first six "Trek" films. He also appeared in a fan-favorite episode of "TNG" in 1992 called "Relics," which saw Scotty return to the Enterprise after 100 years of being stuck in the transporter (classic "Trek" science).

But his last on-screen appearance as Scotty was in the first couple scenes of 1994's "Generations" when he, Kirk, and Chekov are brought on board the Enterprise-B to help christen it. In classic Scotty fashion, he's able to help save the day, though he does witness the apparent death of his friend Kirk who was actually pulled into an alternate dimension called the Nexus. It's complicated.

Doohan is also seen in archival footage and heard in archival audio in episodes of "DS9" in 1996 and "Prodigy" in 2022.

Doohan died in July 2005 at age 85 , NPR reported.

A new generation of fans got to know Scotty through Simon Pegg's performance.

Pegg, who also co-wrote 2016's "Star Trek Beyond," first debuted in the 2009 film as a member of Starfleet banished to a remote, icy base with a new small alien friend named Keenser. He meets Kirk and the two bond as they make a break for the Enterprise. Pegg reprised his role in the two sequels.

And, in "Trek" tradition, he also wasn't actually Scottish.

We first saw Scotty's hand and and heard his voice in the season one finale of "Strange New Worlds."

As previously explained, the 2022 season one finale of "Strange New Worlds" saw Pike transported to an alternate future aboard the Enterprise. In one scene, we see Spock attempt to repair the damaged ship, and he's assisted by an unseen engineer with a very  familiar red shirt and Scottish accent.

However, in "Strange New Worlds'" primary timeline, the chief engineering officer was first an alien named Hemmer who (spoiler) dies in the penultimate episode of season one. He was then replaced by Pelia, another alien, in season two.

But still, fans who know that Scotty is coming to the Enterprise were excited to hear him, if just for a few moments.

In season two of "Strange New Worlds," a Scottish actor finally got to play Scotty: Martin Quinn. It only took 57 years.

Scotty was first teased in season one with a voice cameo, but fans got to meet him for real in the 2023 season two finale, "Hegemony." And now, he's finally played by someone who's actually from  Scotland, an actor named Martin Quinn, as Polygon reported .

While it may be a new actor, this Scotty has the same resourcefulness as both Doohan and Pegg's versions of the character.

Hopefully, we'll see more of him in season three.

Hikaru Sulu, as played by George Takei, appeared through the original series as the ship's helmsman.

Takei played Sulu, the senior helmsman of the Enterprise for all three seasons of "TOS" and voiced the character in "The Animated Series."

Sulu, as portrayed by Asian-American Takei, was a large step forward in terms of Asian representation — at the time, many Asian actors were forced to play untrustworthy people or straight-up villains. Or, indeed, many Asian parts were played by American actors in yellow face (see "Breakfast at Tiffany's").

Sulu, by contrast, was shown to always be an upstanding member of the crew.

Takei's last appearance as Sulu was in a 1996 episode of "Star Trek: Voyager" entitled "Flashback."

By the time of Sulu's last appearance in "Star Trek," he had become a captain of a starship himself, the Excelsior, as seen in both "Star Trek VI" in 1991 and his final on-screen appearance as Sulu in an episode of "Voyager" five years later called "Flashback."

"Flashback" is, fittingly, a flashback to the events of "Star Trek VI" as seen by a member of the crew, Tuvok, who was apparently serving on board the Excelsior at the time.

Takei's voice can also be heard during a 2019 episode of "Short Treks" via archival audio. He also reprised his role one more time during a season three episode of the animated series "Lower Decks" in 2022.

While not Takei himself, Sulu's daughter Demora has a small role in "Generations" as an ensign on the Enterprise-B, played by Jacqueline Kim.

John Cho played Sulu in the rebooted film series, and gave the character a new back story.

To honor Takei's real-life sexuality, Sulu was revealed to have a husband during the events of "Beyond" in 2016. His daughter, presumably Demora, is also seen in the film. Takei, however, didn't approve of making Sulu gay , he told The Hollywood Reporter in 2016.

Cho was also in 2009's "Star Trek" and 2013's "Into Darkness." He even got to nod to the character's love of fencing on "TOS" during a scene in the 2009 film.

Walter Koenig played Russian ensign Pavel Chekov. He joined in the second season of the original series.

Koenig didn't join the crew of the Enterprise until season two, when creator Gene Roddenberry decided that they needed a younger character who could appeal to teenage audiences. So, they slapped a Davy Jones wig on Koenig, and there was Chekov.

At the time, it was a huge deal to have a Russian hero on an American TV show during the Cold War, as History outlined.

Koenig appeared in the second and third seasons of "TOS," but due to budgetary restrictions, was not in "The Animated Series." Koenig did, however, write one episode of the show called "The Infinite Vulcan."

His last appearance as the character was in "Star Trek Generations" in 1994.

Koenig appeared in the first six "Trek" films with the cast of "TOS." Then, three years after "Star Trek VI" in 1991, Koenig, along with James Doohan and William Shatner, appeared in "Generations" to christen the Enterprise-B.

Besides that, Chekov is also seen in archival footage during an episode of "DS9," and was heard during the finale of "Star Trek: Picard" in 2023.

The late Anton Yelchin took over as Chekov from 2009 to 2016.

Yelchin was part of the main cast of the 2009 reboot and its two sequels. He died in June 2016 at the age of 27 in a freak accident.

The final Kelvin film (as of now), "Beyond," was released in July 2016, just a few weeks after his death. As Bustle reported, the film was subsequently dedicated to both Yelchin and Leonard Nimoy , who died in 2015.

If a fourth Kelvin film  does  come to fruition, the creative team confirmed to The Wrap that Chekov would not be recast.

Fans of the franchise who watched "Star Trek: Picard" know that, as a nod to Yelchin, it was revealed that Chekov's son, Anton Chekov, is the president of the Federation — and he was voiced by Koenig himself.

Christine Chapel, played by Majel Barrett, worked under Dr. McCoy as a nurse.

As we'll see later, Chapel wasn't the first character Barrett played in "Trek." In the original (un-aired) pilot, Barrett played Number One, the first officer to Captain Christopher Pike.

But, when the show was taken in a different direction, Barrett was re-cast as Nurse Chapel, a nurse with a little bit of a crush on Spock.

Chapel appeared in all three seasons of "TOS" and in both seasons of "The Animated Series."

In 1969, after "TOS" was canceled, Barrett wed "Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry.

Barrett returned for the films "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" (1979) and "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home" (1986).

Chapel only appeared in two of the "TOS" films: in the first as part of the main crew in 1979 and in the fourth in a small, cameo-like appearance in 1986.

Although Chapel never appeared in any of the "Trek" spin-off shows, Barrett did. She had a recurring role on "TNG" as Lwaxana Troi, the mother of the Enterprise's counselor Deanna Troi. Lwaxana was in five episodes.

Barrett could also be  heard  on three of the spin-offs: Her voice was used as the ship's computer in "TNG," "DS9," and "Voyager" for hundreds of episodes altogether.  Her voice is also the computer in "Generations," "Star Trek: First Contact," "Star Trek: Insurrection," "Star Trek: Nemesis," and posthumously in the 2009 reboot film and "Star Trek: Picard."

Barrett died in December 2008. She was 76 , The New York Times reported.

Nurse Chapel is only mentioned in the reboot trilogy, but she has a main role in "Strange New Worlds," played by Jess Bush.

Chapel gets a passing mention in both "Star Trek" and "Into Darkness" as an ex of Kirk's, but is never seen. By the time Bush began playing a younger version of her in "Strange New Worlds" in 2022, Chapel had been missing from our screens for 36 years.

Bush's portrayal of the character is instantly iconic. She's super-smart, capable, sassy, and altogether a lot of fun. Fans are also learning more about the relationship between Spock and Chapel's relationship, which is only hinted at during "TOS."

Yeoman Janice Rand, played by Grace Lee Whitney, only appeared in the first season of the original series.

Whitney played Yeoman Rand in just the first season of "TOS." Decades later, Whitney claimed she was written off the show after she was sexually assaulted by a producer , which The Washington Post reported in Whitney's obituary.

Her character seemingly had a relationship with Kirk, but it was never truly discussed.

Whitney made her last appearance in the "Trek" universe in "Flashback," a 1996 episode of "Voyager."

Whitney, after a dedicated effort by the Trekkies, was brought back for the first, fourth, and sixth "Trek" films in 1979, 1986, and 1991 respectively, though in a small role. In the sixth movie, specifically, she was seen as part of Captain Sulu's crew on the Excelsior.

Her last appearance as Rand was in the 1996 "Voyager" episode "Flashback," which flashes back to the events of the sixth "Trek" movie, "The Undiscovered Country."

Rand has yet to appear in neither in the Kelvin timeline films nor any of the Paramount+ series.

Whitney died in May 2015 at the age of 85 , reported The Washington Post.

Bibi Besch made her debut as Carol Marcus, an old flame of Kirk's, in "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" in 1982.

Besch only appeared in one "Trek" movie, but her role as Marcus was significant. In it, viewers found out that Kirk had had a significant relationship with her, and had even unknowingly fathered a son with her, David.

Ultimately, Besch never reprised her role as Marcus, although David went on to appear in "Star Trek III."

However, Marcus did get a passing mention in the season two finale of "Strange New Worlds" in 2023 as just Kirk's pregnant girlfriend Carol.

She died in September 1996 at the age of 54 , according to The New York Times.

Alice Eve played a version of the character in the 2011 film "Star Trek Into Darkness."

In "Into Darkness," Eve took on the role of Marcus, and we see Kirk and Marcus meet, although there's definitely  not  a romantic relationship happening at that time.

During the movie, it's revealed that Marcus' father is a Starfleet admiral (and war hawk) who is secretly preparing for a war with the Klingons.

Marcus didn't appear in "Beyond" because, according to screenwriter Simon Pegg, there simply wasn't enough for her to do , he said on an episode of "Engage: The Official 'Star Trek' Podcast" in 2016.

Booker Bradshaw played Dr. Joseph M'Benga, another doctor aboard the Enterprise, in two episodes of the original series.

Bradshaw played another doctor aboard the Enterprise for two episodes: the season two episode "A Private Little War" and the season three episode "That Which Survives."

That was it for Bradshaw, and we never got to learn more about the character.

Bradshaw died in April 2003 at the age of 62 , according to the British Film Institute.

Babs Olusanmokun has a starring role in "Strange New Worlds" as a younger version of the character.

When the cast list of "Strange New Worlds" was announced in 2021 , you might have been surprised (and excited) to see that the Enterprise's chief medical officer wouldn't be Dr. McCoy, but instead Dr. M'Benga.

Over the course of the first season, we learned that M'Benga is a widower and has a daughter, Rukiya, who has an incurable, degenerative disease. We also learn that he's just as capable as Bones ever was.

In season two, we learned even more about M'Begna, including his past experiences as a soldier in the Klingon-Federation War.

Jeffrey Hunter and Sean Kenney played two different versions of Captain Christopher Pike, the captain of the Enterprise before Kirk.

Originally, "Star Trek" was supposed to be the story of Captain Pike aboard the starship Enterprise, played by Hunter. He starred in a pilot, called "The Cage," that was rejected by the network, which is how we ended up with our beloved Captain Kirk and William Shatner.

But instead of letting that footage go to waste, it was repurposed for a "TOS" episode called "The Menagerie," which sees a severely disfigured and disabled Pike (now played by Kenney) return to a planet called Talos IV, where he can live out the rest of his life under the illusion he's been cured, with the help of Spock.

Kenney played two other characters during "TOS" in the episodes "Arena" and "A Taste of Armageddon."

According to The New York Times, Hunter died in 1969 at the age of 42.

Bruce Greenwood played an altered version of the character in 2009's "Star Trek" and 2011's "Star Trek Into Darkness."

In the 2009 reboot and its immediate sequel, Greenwood plays a version of Pike pre-horrible accident, who convinces Kirk to enlist in Starfleet and mentors the young captain.

His fate in "Into Darkness" (read: his death at the hands of Benedict Cumberbatch's character), is very different than his TV counterpart's.

Anson Mount first appeared in "Star Trek: Discovery" as Captain Pike in 2019, and his portrayal was so popular that he received his own spin-off, "Strange New Worlds."

Mount made his debut as Captain Pike in season two of " Discovery " in 2019 as the temporary captain of the Discovery while the Enterprise was disabled. This appearance is at least five years after the events of "The Cage," the unaired "Trek" pilot from the '60s.

During one episode of "Discovery," he reunites with a character from "The Cage," Vina (more on her later), and in another, he sees a vision of the terrible accident in his future that causes his disfigurement.

He departed at the end of season two to resume command of the Enterprise and to star in his own spin-off, "Strange New Worlds," which began airing in 2022.

Mount reprised his role on "Short Treks," also in 2019.

Captain Pike's first officer, Una Chin-Riley, or Number One, was originally portrayed by Majel Barrett.

Before Barrett dyed her hair blonde and played Nurse Chapel, she played the first officer, known only as Number One, in the un-aired pilot of "Star Trek" called "The Cage," which was later repurposed into "The Menagerie."

The character wasn't seen again for over 50 years.

Rebecca Romijn now plays Number One in "Strange New Worlds." She also appeared in "Discovery" alongside Mount.

Fifty-six years after Number One was cut from "TOS," Romijn brought new life to the character when she appeared in "Discovery" alongside Anson Mount as Captain Pike in 2019.

She then began starring on "Strange New Worlds" in 2022, during which it was revealed that Number One is actually a genetically modified alien known as an Illyrian. We then learned that Illyrians are forbidden from joining Starfleet, leading to her arrest in the season one finale of "Strange New Worlds."

Thankfully, she was back on the Enterprise before long in season two.

Romijn also appeared in "Short Treks" in 2019.

Mark Lenard played Spock's father Sarek beginning in 1967.

Lenard makes his first appearance as Spock's estranged Vulcan father in the season two episode of "TOS" called "Journey to Babel." He subsequently voiced the character in an episode of "The Animated Series," as well.

In addition to Sarek, Lenard played a Romulan in another episode of "TOS," "Balance of Terror."

His last filmed appearance as the character was the 1991 film "The Undiscovered Country," though he appeared in an episode of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" that same year.

Lenard reprised the role of Sarek in the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth "Trek" movies in 1982, 1986, 1989, and 1991 respectively, playing a pivotal role in the third movie where he convinces Kirk to retrieve Spock's body in order to reunite it with Spock's soul during a Vulcan ritual.

Lenard appeared in the first "Trek" movie too in 1979, though not as Sarek. Instead, he played an unnamed Klingon commander.

Sarek also appeared in two episodes of "TNG" in 1990 and 1991, one of which was named after him. In it, he develops a close friendship with Captain Picard. His next appearance, "Unification" in 1991, saw him reunite with his on-screen son, Spock. Sarek dies during this two-part episode.

Lenard died in November 1996 when he was 68 years old , according to The Washington Post.

Ben Cross played Sarek in the 2009 reboot.

During a brief scene in the beginning of the 2009 film, and then during a scene where Spock returns to Vulcan, his father Sarek is played by Cross. He did not reprise the role for "Into Darkness" or "Beyond."

Cross died in August 2020 at age 72 , Deadline reported.

Sarek has most recently appeared in "Discovery," as played by James Frain, starting in 2017.

Sarek has a relatively important role in "Discovery," as he's both the father of Spock (who pops up in season two) and the adopted father of the show's main character, Michael Burnham.

It was confirmed in the second season of "Strange New Worlds" that Spock and his father are not on good terms.

Spock's human mother Amanda Grayson was first played by Jane Wyatt in the original series.

Wyatt played Spock's human mother Grayson in one episode of "TOS," the same one that Sarek made his debut in: "Journey to Babel."

Majel Barrett also voiced her in an animated episode, "Yesteryear."

Wyatt reprised the role for the 1986 film "The Voyage Home."

After Spock is resurrected during the events of "Star Trek III," his mother, played by Wyatt, returned for "Star Trek IV" to encourage her son to reconnect with his humanity.

Wyatt died in October 2006. She was 96 , according to The New York Times.

Winona Ryder took over the role in 2009 in "Star Trek."

Much ado was made about how Ryder was cast as the mother of Zachary Quinto, as she was only six years older than him.

But, Ryder only appears in a few minutes of the movie, donning makeup to show age, to briefly reunite with her son Spock on Vulcan before she dies during the planet's destruction.

Mia Kirshner began playing her in 2017 on "Discovery," and has since appeared on "Strange New Worlds."

Kirshner took on the role of Grayson in "Discovery," mainly as the adopted mother of Michael Burnham, though she did connect with Spock once he popped up on that show.

She returned in 2023 during an episode of season two of "Strange New Worlds" to help Spock after he was accidentally turned into a human.

Khan Noonien Singh, one of the most iconic villains in "Trek" history, debuted in an episode of the original series. He was played by Ricardo Montalban.

"Space Seed," an episode during the first season of "TOS," has been named one of the best episodes of "Trek" of all time. Lots of that credit can be given to Montalban's performance as Khan, a genetically modified super-human who tries to take over the Enterprise to bring "order" to the Federation.

At the end of the episode, Kirk chooses to sentence Khan and his people to live on a bountiful planet called Ceti Alpha V, with the intention of telling Starfleet to check in on them in 100 years.

Montalban returned for the 1982 film "Wrath of Khan."

By the events of "Star Trek II," Ceti Alpha V has become a wasteland due to the explosion of neighboring planet of Ceti Alpha VI, and Khan and his people have grown bitter and desperate.

Montalban absolutely steals the show Khan, quoting classic literature, going toe-to-toe with Kirk, and indirectly killing Spock.

But, of course, the crew of the Enterprise prevails and Khan is blown to smithereens.

While adult Khan has not shown up since "Wrath of Khan," a descendant of his, La'an Noonien-Singh (Christina Chong) is a regular on "Strange New Worlds."

The Los Angeles Times reported that Montalban died in January 2009. He was 88.

Benedict Cumberbatch (controversially) played Khan in the 2011 film "Star Trek Into Darkness."

Leading up to the release of "Into Darkness," the creative team and cast swore up and down that Cumberbatch  wasn't  playing Khan , but a different antagonist named John Harrison.

But then, fans watched as it was revealed that John Harrison was a fake name and Cumberbatch was indeed playing Kirk's most famous nemesis, Khan.

This choice generated some controversy , as Khan was described as a person of Indian descent and Montalban himself was Mexican — and Cumberbatch is white, as Screen Rant's Dusty Stowe wrote.

A young Khan from an alternate universe played by Desmond Sivan showed up in season two of "Strange New Worlds" in 2023.

During the episode, called "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow," La'an is sent back in time to an alternate past in order to save the world, but she doesn't know what event she's supposed to be preventing. She's helped in this mission by an alternate Captain Kirk.

In a cruel twist of fate, La'an is forced to save a young Khan's life, because his death in the 21st century would set off a terrible future — and the alternate Kirk unknowingly sacrifices himself for the person who will one day kill his friend.

Arlene Martel played Spock's betrothed, T'Pring, in a 1967 episode.

During a famous episode of "TOS'" first season, "Amok Time," viewers were introduced to T'Pring, Spock's previously unmentioned fiancée. During the episode, it becomes clear that T'Pring doesn't not actually want to marry Spock, and instead loves a Vulcan named Stonn. After this episode, she's never mentioned again.

Martel died in August 2014 at age 78 , according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Gia Sandhu now plays T'Pring in a recurring role on "Strange New Worlds."

"Strange New Worlds" picks up years before "Amok Time," and, as such, T'Pring and Spock were at first very much in love and each dedicated to making their relationship work, despite their differences.

Sandhu appeared throughout the first season in a recurring role, but after her and Spock's relationship was put on pause in season two, we don't know how much more of her we'll see in the future.

Roger C. Carmel's Harry Mudd is another "Trek" antagonist who has lasted through the decades, appearing in two episodes of the original series and two episodes of the animated series.

Harry Mudd, or Harcourt Fenton Mudd if you prefer, appeared in four episodes across "TOS" and "The Animated Series," always trying to get one over on the crew of the Enterprise, looking for the best angle, and perpetually scamming those around him.

Carmel died in November 1986 at age 54 , according to The Los Angeles Times.

"The Office" star Rainn Wilson put his own spin on Mudd in "Discovery" and "Short Treks."

Wilson brought Mudd into the 21st century when he played the famed scammer in two episodes of "Discovery" in 2017 and in an episode of "Short Treks" in 2019 which he also directed.

In 2021, Wilson was campaigning to bring Mudd back into the fold and have him appear in "Strange New Worlds" at a fan convention, according to "Trek" fansite Trek Movie. Maybe in season three!

Susan Oliver played the lone survivor of a ship crash named Vina in an episode of "Star Trek."

Technically, Oliver as Vina was part of the un-aired pilot "The Cage." Vina was a woman living on Talos VI after a ship crash left her stranded there.

Her plight was then shown in the "TOS" episode "The Menagerie," which told the tale of Vina's first meeting with Captain Pike. The two fell in love while Pike was being held captive on the planet, but when the Talosians realized that humans can't be enslaved, they let Pike and his crew go.

While Pike wants Vina to come with him, she reveals she was heavily injured and disfigured during her crash, and the Talosians have used their powers of illusion to make her appear young and beautiful. She must stay behind in order to keep her appearance as is.

According to The New York Times, Oliver died in May 1990 at age 61 .

Vina appeared in "Discovery" too, as played by Melissa George.

Some time after their encounter in "The Cage," Pike and Vina became telepathically linked to communicate once more after some years apart.

Vina, now played by George in a 2019 episode of "Discovery," reveals to Pike that the Talosians have allowed her to live out her days with an illusionary version of Pike to keep her company.

What neither of them knows, yet, is that after Pike has his accident, he will reunite with Vina on Talos VI so they can both live their own "happy" illusions , as seen in "The Menagerie."

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‘Star Trek’: All 39 Classic TV Main Characters Ranked, From Spock to Wesley (Photos)

A look back at the TV franchise’s many memorable classic characters before the explosion of streaming shows like “Discovery”…and its handful of duds

In its half-century history, “Star Trek” has challenged us to boldly go where no one has gone before. The best characters have often encouraged vigorous debate among Trekkies, as they are compared by their rank and species and evaluated for differences in their flaws and virtues. The worst — we’re looking at you, “Voyager” and “Enterprise” — leave fans wondering if there’s a point to their existence. 

A quick note, to keep the list manageable, we’re restricting the list to the main cast of the five “Trek” TV shows before the recent explosion of streaming series like “Discovery” and “Lower Decks.” That means you won’t be seeing movie villains like Khan or recurring characters like Q. But let it be said that if we did include him, Q would top the list by several light years.

39. Wesley Crusher (The Next Generation) By far the most hated character in “Trek” history. A super-genius kid who would on more than one occasion save the Enterprise while others with infinitely more experience struggled. Even the man who played him, Wil Wheaton , hated him.

38. Travis Mayweather (Enterprise) No backstory, no fears, no desires. No “Trek” crew member was more pointless and two-dimensional than Mayweather, except perhaps for …

37. Hoshi Sato (Enterprise)   … a poor man’s Uhura whose sole purpose was to serve as a translator for the crew since the technology for the Universal Translator hadn’t been invented yet. Like many of the characters at the bottom of this list, Rick Berman and Brannon Braga were unable to flesh Sato out beyond her basic premise.

36. Neelix (Voyager) And now for the “Voyager” portion of our list, starting with the ship’s mohawked chef. He never fit into the show’s plots, leaving him to spout dumb food jokes and platitudes of optimism to the weary crew.

35. B’Elanna Torres (Voyager) Next we have the Human/Klingon hybrid lieutenant, whose entire personality too often boiled down to her being a hothead. In truth, she seemed to be designed as a mix of Worf and Tasha, but failed to even come close to being as memorable as either of them.

34. Chakotay (Voyager) Another character that the writers ran out of material for. At best, Captain Janeway’s right hand man was a dull character. At worst, the attempts to honor Gene Roddenberry ‘s dedication to diversity by delving into Chakotay’s Native American background came off as too stereotypical.

33. Tom Paris (Voyager) A slightly better character who had more defined relationships with other crew members, but many of the episodes that focused on him were just variations on him being the stereotypical hotshot pilot looking for a thrill.

32. Harry Kim (Voyager) His friendship with Paris and awkward conversations with Seven-of-Nine were enjoyable to watch, but other than that he tended to be just a stiff ensign who spouted technobabble.

31. Malcolm Reed (Enterprise) The inventor of the “red alert” system. Unlike Sato and Mayweather, Reed had a bit of a character arc as he spent his time on the Enterprise coming out of his shell, but this didn’t result in Reed becoming much more than a generally affable but nondescript character.

30. Deanna Troi (TNG) Take a shot every time this Betazoid started a sentence with the words “I sense …” Troi spent several seasons in low-neckline outfits, serving as a counselor on a ship that rarely had any real conflict. Eventually, she was given a uniform like the others and allowed to play a role in missions, but only at a very late point in the series.

29. Jonathan Archer (Enterprise) When “Enterprise” started, Archer was an interesting captain. As Starfleet’s first man in charge, he was bound to make mistakes, and viewers enjoying seeing how he got out of them. Unfortunately, the struggle got stale quick, as he became the “prototype” captain instead of developing into a leader in his own right.

28. T’Pol (Enterprise) Though Jolene Blalock’s acting could sometimes be as ridiculous as her fanservice outfits, the first Vulcan Starfleet officer’s slow embrace of her illogical humans was interesting to watch, as was her struggle to cope with a disease that dissolved control over her emotions. 

27. Phlox (Enterprise) Armed with a massive grin and years of medical experience, NX-01’s Denobulan doctor is what Neelix could have been, providing both regular humor and the basis for episodes that explored his values and relationship with a human race still getting used to interacting with aliens. 

26. Jadzia Dax (Deep Space Nine) An interesting blend of previous personalities. Over the course of six seasons, Dax showed Worf’s intensity, Kirk’s swagger, and Spock’s curiosity. Part of this is due to the fact that she’s bonded with a symbiont that has the memories of countless past lives. It’s also due to inconsistent writing, particularly after she hooked up with Worf in Season 4.

25. Quark (DS9) The Ferengi started as the Alpha Quadrant’s amoral mafia, but DS9 began to show their capacity for courage and compassion, though they would be loath to admit it. In spite of his insistence that he’s nothing but a cowardly smuggler — and he can be that — Quark proves to be a valuable ally to Sisko when the chips are down.

24. Tasha Yar (TNG) Oh, where to start with Tasha. She was a rather polarizing figure, with some people appreciating her status as a more involved woman on the bridge, while others thought she was rather obnoxious. She was killed off near the end of season 1, but was brought back in the episode “Yesterday’s Enterprise,” which was praised for showing Tasha’s true potential as a character while giving her a better send-off.

23. Tuvok (Voyager) This is where the characters really get good, starting with the Voyager’s resident Vulcan. Tim Russ proved to be a worthy successor to Leonard Nimoy , portraying Tuvok as a loyal friend to Janeway and a Vulcan with a dark side beneath all the discipline and repressed emotions.

22. Doctor (Voyager) Easily the most popular character in the “Voyager” cast, this sarcastic, overworked medical hologram won fans over with his exasperated jokes and quest for respect from the rest of the Voyager crew. His non-organic status also allowed him to bond with Seven-of-Nine

21. Pavel Chekov (Star Trek) Several members of the original Enterprise crew were not fleshed out on paper, but became beloved thanks to brilliant acting and natural chemistry between the cast. Take Chekov, who became a fan favorite because of his loyalty to Mother Russia as well as the blood samples he was constantly asked to provide.

20. Nyota Uhura (Trek) Though she was vastly underutilized, Uhura’s presence on the Enterprise was a big step forward for African-American women in television. After being skipped on the chain of command for years, Uhura finally got to take charge of the Enterprise during a rescue mission in the animated series.

19. Hikaru Sulu (Trek) Like Chekhov’s Walt Koenig and Uhura’s Nichelle Nichols, the two-dimensional Sulu became legendary thanks to George Takei . For a long time, Sulu was known for being a cultured gentleman and a bare-chested fencer , but he got his big moment in the movie “Star Trek VI” as captain of the Excelsior.

18. Seven of Nine (Voyager)   Like Uhura, Troi, and T’Pol, Seven of Nine was the fanservice character of her series, but her introduction to “Voyager” is an episode for the ages. As a former Borg unit brought to Janeway’s side, Seven continued the tradition of rounding out alien races that were once bitter Federation enemies by showing just why someone would want to be assimilated.

17. Miles O’Brien (TNG/DS9) Midway through “TNG,” the writers realized there was value in fleshing out the Chekovs in their cast. Miles started as a seen-but-rarely-heard recurring character who eventually became a star on “DS9” thanks to episodes that transformed him into Starfleet’s quintessential everyman.

16.  Charles “Trip” Tucker III (Enterprise) Perhaps Trip’s ranked too high, but let’s throw “Enterprise” a bone. He was the most interesting character on the show, serving as a right hand man to Archer, a lover to T’Pol, a fighter, a scholar, and ultimately, a martyr to the Federation.

15. Julian Bashir (DS9) One of the more strongly-defined character arcs in the “Trek” canon. Bashir started the series as a cocky but inexperienced crew member who eventually developed into a mature member of the crew as the Dominion War raged on.

14. Beverly Crusher (TNG) Unlike her son, Dr. Crusher was a popular “TNG” cast member. Not only was she a compassionate medic, she was a capable fighter and leader who even got to take command of the bridge on a couple of occasions.

13. Kathryn Janeway (Voyager) The Voyager’s captain has become the basis for much debate among Trekkies. In addition to her character swinging from mother figure to ruthless general depending on the writer, Janeway threw away the Federation rulebook in ways that even Kirk would be shocked by as she tried to guide the Voyager back home. Say what you will, but Janeway is an interesting figure in the “Trek” canon, which is why she’s ranked so high. 

12. Montgomery “Scotty” Scott (Trek) The miracle worker of the Enterprise treated his ship like a beloved daughter. Whether it was attacked by Romulans or Tribbles, Scotty would always make sure that his beloved ship would make it out in one piece. Unfortunately, as the new movie “Star Trek Beyond” shows, Scotty’s counterpart in the reboot universe can’t say the same about his Enterprise.

11. Geordi La Forge (TNG) The Enterprise-D’s sweet engineer would often insist that some engineering marvel that would save the day is impossible, only to do it in minutes when pressed. His finest moments as a character came when he helped Data learn how to be more human, often to mixed results.

10. Kira Nerys (DS9) While “Trek” tackled many philosophical topics, religion was not one of them for a long time. Kira changed that, along with many other things. A firm believer in the Prophets and in terror tactics, Kira’s tough past on Bajor caused her to lock horns with the lofty ideals of the Federation members she had to work with on DS9.

9. Worf (TNG/DS9) The Klingon lieutenant started the trend of turning enemies from past series into complex characters who became vital Starfleet crew members despite cultural differences. Worf has had more appearances and story arcs than almost any other “Trek” character, including rising through Starfleet’s ranks, joining the DS9 crew, becoming a father, and preventing a civil war on his homeworld.

8. Odo (DS9) One of the most powerful twists for any “Trek” character came in “DS9,” when Odo discovered that he was a member of the race that leads the Dominion. Sisko’s number one was forced to choose a side: his race or the people they wished to exterminate. In the end, there’s only one reason he stays with the Federation: his deep love for Kira.

7. Benjamin Sisko (DS9) Commander of Deep Space Nine, Captain of the Defiant, and one of the most conflicted characters in “Trek” history. Sisko proved to be a truly fearsome captain, but gained that reputation through brutal actions that compromised his ideals. His internal conflict was a driving component behind DS9’s deconstruction of Gene Roddenberry ‘s utopia through war and racial conflict.

6. Leonard “Bones” McCoy (Trek) While he wasn’t as fleshed out as Kirk or Spock, Bones didn’t need to be. DeForest Kelley’s sardonic delivery worked perfectly with both the Captain and the Vulcan, as he served as the voice of reason to keep them both level.

5. William Riker (TNG) Number One started out as a rehash of Kirk, right down to the cocky smirk. Then came the beard, and with it a fierce sense of duty and undying loyalty to Picard. Both were put to the ultimate test in “Best of Both Worlds,” when he uttered the words that became one of the most famous cliffhangers in TV history: “Mr. Worf … FIRE.”

4. Data (TNG) The funniest and most thought-provoking supporting crew member ever. Data’s overly analytical approach to human minutae made him a charming android, and his status as a sentient A.I. gave birth to “Measure of a Man,” one of the franchise’s most important contributions to sci-fi.

3. James T. Kirk (Trek) The original captain, whose appeal hasn’t waned in the slightest over the past five decades. Kirk is the perfect mix of geek and space cowboy, serving as a sort of John Wayne figure for the sci-fi crowd. 

2. Spock (Trek) “Trek” has built its legacy on alien outsiders making observations about the human race. That began with Spock, whose Vulcan blood put him outside of our species while his human blood kept him tethered to it. From his pointy ears came endless ruminations on the nature of humanity and whether we will overcome our differences and reach the stars together.

1. Jean-Luc Picard (“TNG”) Yep, we’re planting our flag firmly in the Frenchman’s territory when it comes to the “Best Captain” debate. If Spock began the “Trek” philosophizing, Picard perfected it. He is a diplomat and a scholar, and remains so despite suffering torture and countless near-death situations. He is the embodiment of the intellect-over-brutality ideal that “Star Trek” built its legacy on.

Best Marvel Series Like Transformers And Star Wars

Marvel Comics is best known for its legendary roster of superheroes. Captain America, Spider-Man, Iron Man, and the X-Men: Marvel’s superheroes are among the most amazing, fantastic, and incredible in the world. But Marvel's heroes weren't the only individuals fighting the forces of evil, with countless other series and IPs delivering equal amounts of excitement and thrills. As Marvel continued to establish itself as a major comic company, they looked to expand their line-up of comic titles to include these licensed characters and series, pushing the limits of what they could offer fans each month.

In the late '70s and throughout the '80s, Marvel proved that it could take existing licensed IPs and expand on them in huge, successful ways. From toy lines to movies, TV shows, and book series, Marvel brought all the high-quality writing and artistic talents it used for its in-house heroes and applied them to their licensed titles. With dozens of licensed series to its name, these are among the best Marvel has published.

Shogun Warriors

Marvels newest returning property is connected to both ant-man and the transformers.

Shogun Warriors debuted as a series of transforming mecha toys from Mattel in 1979. The figures were based on Japanese toys made by the Japanese toy company Popy. Each of the figures was taken from a pre-existing anime or tokusatsu, including characters from Mazinger Z , Godzilla , Tosho Daimos , Reideen the Brave , and many more.

Mattel approached Marvel and asked if they could create a comic series based on the toy line. Marvel took the Shogun Warriors toys and told the story of how Richard Carson, Genji Odashu, and Ilongo Savage – three ordinary humans – became chosen to pilot the fearsome Shogun Warrior robot known as Raydeen. Together, the trio defended Earth from gigantic monsters and robots while piloting massive anime mechas.

2001: A Space Odyssey

Based on the 1968 Stanley Kubrick film of the same name, 2001: A Space Odyssey explores mankind's evolution. Beginning with the primitive ape-men who would become homo-sapiens and ending with man exploring the stars, 2001 is a science fiction tour de force. Its expansive and metaphysical themes naturally made it the perfect source material for Jack Kirby to tackle.

In 1976, Jack Kirby created his take on 2001 . The first portion of the series follows the events and themes of the movie, although with certain changes to the characters and plot. In issue #8, Kirby introduced the character known as “Mister Machine” who would later become Marvel's Machine Man. 2001 was already a science fiction masterpiece, so having Jack Kirby craft his own interpretation of the film was an absolute treat for science fiction fans.

The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones

Indiana Jones is one of cinema’s greatest heroes. The quintessential action-adventure series, Indiana Jones follows the exploits of the titular archeologist as he travels the globe in search of rare treasures. Of course, no adventure would be complete without an army of villainous forces to spice it up. Indiana Jones has proven to be one of cinema’s greatest series with its iconic theme song, timeless performances of Harrison Ford, and its homage to Golden Age heroics.

The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones debuted in 1983 and gave fans exactly what its title promised. No longer confined to the adventures of his movies, Indiana Jones exploded into action all around the world with even more treasures to find, bad guys to beat, and people to save. It was a risky move taking on one of the biggest film franchises of its decade, but Marvel nailed everything that made Indiana Jones great.

ROM Spaceknight

Rom and the x-men: marvel tales reprints the spaceknight's classic stories.

Originally a toy produced by Parker Brothers in 1979, ROM had a rather unflattering debut. As Parker Brothers had predominantly been a board game company, producing a line of action figures was brand-new to them. Combined with the fact that making electronic toys was expensive, Parker Brothers opted to cut corners and make ROM figures as cheaply as they could. ROM ’s first appearance was stiff, chintzy, and forgettable. Luckily, Marvel gained the license to create a comic series for ROM , which turned out to be way better than his toy line.

1979’s ROM: Spaceknight (by Bill Mantlo, Sal Buscema, and Steve Ditko) gave the ailing toy line a fresh start. Hailing from the planet Galador, ROM was originally an organic being who was transformed into a mighty Spaceknight to battle the evil Dire Wraiths. ROM would find himself folded into the Marvel Universe proper throughout his series, crossing paths with nearly every major hero on Earth. Since his debut, ROM has enjoyed a strong cult following and is one of Marvel’s best and luckiest acquisitions.

Star Trek is one of the most seminal franchises in science fiction history. A trailblazing pioneer for broadcast television since its debut in 1966, Star Trek introduced the world to the USS Enterprise and its timeless crew. Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, Bones McCoy, and the rest of the crew explored the depths of space to chart unknown space and establish peaceful relationships with other intelligent life.

Over the years, Star Trek has had many different series by many different companies, with Marvel taking the helm in 1979. Marvel adapted the series' first film, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, and continued with another 18 issues. What makes Marvel’s Star Trek series so interesting is that it was based on the unreleased Star Trek: Phase II TV series. For Trekkies wishing to see the adventures that almost were for Captain Kirk, Marvel’s series is the way to go.

Small and mighty, the Micronauts debuted as a toy line from Mego in 1976. Inspired by the Microman toys by the Japanese toy company Takara, the Micronauts were small action figures that boasted an impressive amount of articulation for their size. The toys sold well but were discontinued in 1980 when Mego filed for bankruptcy in 1982. But fans of the tiny action figures received a stellar comic adaptation courtesy of Marvel Comics.

Created by Bill Mantlo, Micronauts ran from 1979 to 1984 for 52 issues, not including 42 other cross-over and spin-off issues. The series followed the titular heroes as they fought to protect the Microverse from the evil Baron Karza. Since their debut, the Micronauts have left a sizable legacy, with characters like Bug moving into the regular-sized Marvel Universe and the Microverse featured heavily in the MCU.

Transformers

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The Transformers , the world’s most famous transforming team of alien robots, have thrilled and entertained fans since their debut in 1984. Various toys were originally from Japanese company Takara’s Diaclone and Micro Changes toylines, but Hasbro rebranded Transformers for Western markets. The series features the heroic Autobots led by Optimus Prime as they battle to protect Earth from the evil Decepticons and their evil leader, Megatron.

Marvel was originally only meant to produce a four-issue mini-series for Transformers, but the comics' massive success spawned a sprawling 80-issue series from 1984-1991. Marvel’s take on the Transformers would be so well-received that much of its content would be adapted into multiple iterations of the Transformers universe. It might be safe to say that Marvel’s initial take on Transformers became more than meets the eye.

GI Joe: A Real American Hero

Yet another toy line from Hasbro, GI Joe became one of Marvel’s most successful licensed series based on toys. In the early '80s, Hasbro wanted to reinvigorate its GI Joe line of action figures. Relaunching them as GI Joe: A Real American Hero , Hasbro turned to Marvel and asked if a comic series could be made for the rebranding. Then-editor for Marvel, writer Larry Hama just happened to be scripting the plot for his own series, Fury Force , which was meant to feature a team of highly specialized soldiers.

When asked to write GI Joe , Hama adapted his plot for Fury Force into what would become GI Joe: A Real American Hero . Larry Hama’s take on GI Joe was significant as he had actively served in the Vietnam War as a firearms and explosive ordnance expert. His first-hand military experience helped push GI Joe into larger and more realistic scenarios. His work would define the series, giving ample and substantial backstory to the Joes and their nemesis, Cobra Commander.

Conan the Barbarian

The most savage hero of all, Conan the Barbarian is high fantasy’s ultimate hero. Created by author Robert E. Howard, Conan the Barbarian epitomizes the fearsome sword-wielding warrior. Guided by a fittingly savage moral compass and valuing the pursuit of adventure over riches, Conan slays those who deserve the bite of his blade and aids those who have earned his strength.

Marvel acquired the publishing rights to Conan the Barbarian and released his first issue in 1970. Conan’s series would run for 275 issues, chronicling the Cimmerian’s countless adventures. At times, he was a roaming barbarian, a king, and, other times, a bandit or pirate. Conan’s adventures took him all across the wild lands of Hyboria. A radical departure from the usual Marvel fare, Conan’s success led to other sword and sorcery series , such as 1971’s Kull , 1973’s Thongor , and 1977’s Red Sonja.

Star Wars needs no introduction. Tales of the brave Jedi, the treacherous Sith, and innumerable beings that dwell alongside them throughout the galaxy have become the stuff of legends. Upon its release, no one could have ever imagined that 1977’s Star Wars would go on to become one of the most successful and impactful series of all time.

Following the break-away success of the film, Marvel produced a six-part adaptation of Star Wars: A New Hope . The success of the mini-series proved so great that Marvel would continue to publish another 107 issues. Marvel’s original series would adapt the original trilogy of films and explore the time between them. Many companies have published Star Wars comics over the years, but Marvel’s stands as some of the best available stories of the galaxy far, far away.

Marvel is a multimedia powerhouse encompassing comic books, movies, TV shows, and more, captivating audiences with its iconic characters, thrilling narratives, and diverse worlds. From the legendary Avengers to the street-level heroes like Daredevil, Marvel's universe is vast and ever-expanding.

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• Brent (played by Frank da Vinci )
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• DeSalle (played by Michael Barrier )
• DePaul (played by Sean Kenney )
• John Farrell (played by Jim Goodwin )
• Galloway (played by David Ross )
• Hadley (played by William Blackburn )
• Kelowitz (played by Grant Woods )
• Also appeared in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
• Lemli (played by Roger Holloway )
• Also appeared in DS9 : " Trials and Tribble-ations "
• Joseph M'Benga (played by Booker Bradshaw )
• Angela Martine (played by Barbara Baldavin )
• Also appeared in TAS : " Mudd's Passion "
• O'Neil (played by Sean Morgan )
• Palmer (played by Elizabeth Rogers )
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• Kevin Riley (played by Bruce Hyde )
• The only performance to be featured in the first six Star Trek series.

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• Amanda Grayson (played by Jane Wyatt ; also in the fourth movie; also in a flashback in the fifth movie, by a different actress)
• Christopher Pike (played by Jeffrey Hunter and Sean Kenney in TOS; played by Anson Mount in Star Trek: Discovery and Star Trek: Short Treks )
• Cyrano Jones
• Sarek (played by Mark Lenard ; also in the 3rd, 4th, 6th movies and in a flashback in the 5th, by a different actor)
• Una (played by Majel Barrett in TOS; played by Rebecca Romijn in Star Trek: Discovery and Star Trek: Short Treks
• White Rabbit

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• Character crossover appearances

Screen Rant

New kotor & force unleashed action figures unveiled by hot toys, bringing darth revan & starkiller to life.

Hot Toys' latest announcements will leave Legends fans delighted - figures based on KOTOR's Darth Revan and The Force Unleashed's Starkiller!

• Hot Toys has announced two stunning new 1/6th scale action figures inspired by Star Wars Legends.
• A new Darth Revan figure brings KOTOR's champion to life.
• Meanwhile, another figure celebrates Darth Vader's Legends apprentice, Starkiller.

Hot Toys has officially announced two stunning new Star Wars 1/6th scale action figures, featuring Darth Revan from Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and Darth Vader's apprentice, Starkiller, from Star Wars: The Force Unleashed . Disney officially relaunched the Star Wars canon on April 25, 2014, almost ten years ago to the day. Incredibly, though, characters from the old Expanded Universe - now rechristened "Legends" - remain massively popular. Some, such as Grand Admiral Thrawn , have even made their way back into canon.

It is fitting, then, that Hasbro has officially announced two new stunning 1/6th scale action figures: Darth Revan from KOTOR and Starkiller from The Force Unleashed . These special editions are available in selected markets, with bonus commemorative coins available to those who pre-order at the Star Wars: The Power of the Dark Side exhibition in Hong Kong. These figures will be absolutely unmissable, and this post will be updated with sales information once it is available.

Darth Revan Is A Fallen Jedi Turned Sith Lord

KOTOR 's Darth Revan was a Legends Jedi who believed the order needed to take action against the Mandalorians, and he led an army against the warlike race. His investigations into the Mandalorian Wars led him to encounter the Sith Empire in the Unknown Regions, and Revan fell under the influence of the Sith Emperor. Although he broke free from the Emperor's control, Darth Revan decided to launch his own rival Sith faction.

Hot Toys' 1/6th scale figure features skillfully developed helmet and armor, specially tailored hooded costume, two LED light-up Lightsabers powered by USB, and a display base. It also comes with a unique Darth Revan commemorative coin. Given KOTOR 's enduring influence - Darth Revan has even been mentioned in canon - this will be a very desirable figure indeed.

Starkiller Is Darth Vader's Apprentice From The Force Unleashed Games

Starkiller/galen marek.

As seen in The Force Unleashed games, Galen Marek was the son of two Jedi Knights who inherited all their power. He was claimed by Darth Vader as a secret apprentice and assassin, but Vader ultimately betrayed him in accordance with the Rule of Two. In Legends, Starkiller became an important leader in the Rebel Alliance.

Darth Vader's secret apprentice in Legends, Starkiller's legacy has endured into canon; the Sith assassin armor he wore in Legends has been seen in Andor , as a highly sought-after antique. As with the Darth Revan figure, the highly-accurate collectible features meticulously crafted helmet and armor, specially tailored body suit, LED light-up Lightsaber powered by USB, and a display base. It's another epic piece of Star Wars merchandise, and underscores the delightful truth that Legends continues to have an enduring legacy.

Source: Hot Toys