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- 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.
- 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.
- 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 Waynefigure for the sci-fi crowd.
- 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.
- Miles O’Brien - Deep Space Nine
- Jadzia Dax - Deep Space Nine
- Scotty - The Original Series/ Kelvin Timeline
- Quark - Deep Space Nine
- Uhura - The Original Series / Kelvin Timeline
- Ro Laren - The Next Generation
- Elim Garak - Deep Space Nine
- Worf - The Next Generation
- Martok - Deep Space Nine
- Sarek - The Original Series / Kelvin Timeline
Chief Miles O’Brien is a unique character in Star Trek. He’s a regular joe in a universe of androids, aliens, and time travel. Colm Meaney’s performance made O’Brien accessible, and the stories surrounding the character made him an audience surrogate whenever he was on the screen. His average guy persona allowed the writers to organically explore v...
One of the stranger alien gimmicks in Star Trekis the symbiont. Passed down through generations, Trills who have one carry on the memories of those who carried it previously. Though Jadzia herself was only in her twenties when joined with the symbiont, she’s technically older, recalling all the lives the symbiont was a part of as well as her own. D...
So many of the franchise’s catchphrases were started by Star Trek's first (and best) engineer. Scotty was routinely a lynch-pin in getting the ship out of trouble, while also ratcheting up the tension with his dramatic yelling about "giving it all she’s got" and how the ship "cannot hold." But it always did. (Except for when Kirk blew it up in Sear...
Having a shifty main character in a Star Trek show was a surprise. Gene Roddenberry’s utopian view of humanity and the Federation made it so that its characters often couldn’t exist in a moral gray zone. In response, the Deep Space Ninewriters created Quark, an alien bartender unaffiliated with the Federation. Along with Odo, the two commented on t...
Nyota Uhura is a great example of a character that grew over time. Originally little more than a background character, Uhura’s popularity in the black community, along with Nichelle Nichols’ talent, allowed for more of an expansed role. Uhura grew from a simple communications officer to a multi-lingual expert who could handle herself on away missio...
Due to Gene Roddenberry’s decree that the main characters not have conflict with each other, The Next Generationwould sometimes feel antiseptic. Ro Laren’s introduction was a relief. She had a dark past like Tasha Yar, but was still dealing with the reverberations; she was brash and abrasive, and had difficulty getting along with the bridge crew. F...
Speaking of morally gray guest stars, here’s a former spy and assassin turned exiled drug-addicted tailor. Throughout his run on DS9, Elim Garak seemed to exist only to transgress against the nature of Star Trek. A character whose primary trait was that he enjoyed lying and preferred double-talk, it’s hard to pin down what we actually know about Ga...
Star Trek enjoys breaking barriers. The Original Series casted a black woman in a position of power, it created a Russian character at the height of the Cold War, and it claimed to have TV’s first interracial kiss (it wasn’t, but there hadn’t been that many previously). So, placing a Klingon, Worf, on the bridge of the Enterprise on TNGfurther soli...
Martok is a Klingon’s Klingon; the drinking, the violence, the forehead ridges. He is the type of guy many viewers (and Ben Sisko) wouldn’t mind hanging out with. At the same time, he isn’t like the typical Klingon, blathering on about honor and battle. Instead, Martok is battle-worn, flinty, and grateful to be alive. He makes this list because he ...
In Star Trek, most aliens represent a facet of humanity. The Vulcans aren’t necessarily part of that dynamic. Logical but sometimes apparently joyless, they at once seem to represent the best and worst of human emotion all at once. The species is practically canonized within the lore, and it’s sometimes good to see a crack in an otherwise perfect s...
- Spock. There are three distinct versions of Spock seen throughout the franchise’s long history, with Ethan Peck and Zachary Quinto each bringing their own unique takes on the half-Vulcan to the screen.
- Miles O’Brien. Brought to life in the Star Trek The Next Generation cast by the ever-brilliant Colm Meaney, Miles O’Brien was a supporting mainstay throughout TNG, having appeared in the very first episode.
- Garak. Garak is almost the physical embodiment of Deep Space Nine: a Cardassian who claims to be nothing more than a simple tailor who is actually an ex-Obsidian Order operative.
- The Doctor. The Doctor, Voyager’s EMH, initially fulfilled the tried and tested archetype of the grumpy, impatient, and rude physician. Befitting of the fact that he was a hologram, the character started off as 2D and easy to overlook.
Jan 20, 2024 · 1. Spock. Leonard Nimoy. 7,093 votes. The cool, logical, and incredibly intelligent Vulcan First Officer of the USS Enterprise has captured the imagination of viewers since his debut in The Original Series. His endless pursuit of knowledge and self-improvement remain one of the most human traits of any Star Trek character.
Sep 5, 2016 · Culture. Sep 5, 2016 7:00 AM. Star Trek's 100 Most Important Crew Members, Ranked. Don't @ us. Alamy. This week, we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the original Star Trek TV series. To do...
From the hundreds of individual characters that have appeared throughout the Star Trek franchise, we’ve chosen the top 30 for your enjoyment.
Oct 31, 2023 · 40 (Okay, 40+) Best ‘Star Trek’ Characters Ever. Star Trek: The Original Series. Star Trek: The Next Generation. Here are the 40+ best Star Trek characters ever!
