List of minor recurring characters in Star Trek: The Next Generation
Encyclopedia
This is a list of minor characters from the science fiction
television series Star Trek: The Next Generation
. Characters are ordered alphabetically by family name, and only characters who played a significant recurring role in the series are listed.
, is a recurring character
on Star Trek: The Next Generation
. She also appears in the TNG films Star Trek Generations and Star Trek Nemesis but is uncredited in both.
The character first appears in the second-season opening episode "The Child
", and she appears several times over the course of the next 4 seasons; she does not appear at all in the seventh season. She is said to have the closest relationship with Jean-Luc Picard
, which is "beyond friendship" and "beyond family".
, a character from the original Star Trek
, played by actress Nichelle Nichols
. At first they did not think a suitable role for such a highly rated actress could be created, until Goldberg said that she did not care how big or small the role was, even if she just swept the floor in the background. It was from this they decided to give her the role of a bartender.
As a refugee aboard the El-Aurian vessel Lakul, she is rescued from the Nexus by the USS Enterprise-B
. Her people, the El-Aurians, sometimes called "listeners," had been scattered throughout the galaxy after the Borg
invaded their homeworld. The subsequent diaspora
and reintegration of her people, and even their traditional clothing that Guinan still wears are interpreted as a reference to questions about race and colonization.
Her species is long-lived, and she is somewhere between 500 and 700 years old when she joins the Enterprise-D. "Time's Arrow, Part I
" reveals that she visited Earth in 1891, and "Rascals
" establishes that her father was 700 years old during that episode.
Guinan reveals in Star Trek Nemesis that she has been married 23 times. She states in "Evolution
" that she has many children, including a son who went through a phase when "he wouldn't listen to anybody" – something unusual "in a species of listeners".
Her wise counsel occasionally proves to be quite valuable to the crew. In particular, she and Picard are especially close, to where they trust one another implicitly, although the full nature of their connection is never revealed. She does indicate that Picard stood by her at a time when she was in serious trouble and that their relationship is "beyond friendship, beyond family" ("Best of Both Worlds, Part 2"). Also, she reveals that one of the first things she notices in men are their heads, having a fondness for bald men.
While by no means hostile or belligerent, she keeps an energy rifle of alien design (which she claims to have acquired on Magus III) behind the bar in Ten-Forward, which she used in the episode "Night Terrors" to quell a rowdy bar brawl. She also has exceptional aim, as seen when she was able almost effortlessly to out-shoot Worf during a target practice session in the episode "Redemption".
In "Yesterday's Enterprise
," which involves the timeline being altered, Guinan is able to sense the disruption, even though everyone else believes it is the natural course of events – in the Generations novelization, it is heavily implied that her unusual abilities regarding the flow of time might be related to her connection to the Nexus.
In "Q Who?," Q
retorts, after hearing her called "Guinan" in the Enterprise-D's Ten-Forward lounge, "'Guinan' – is that your name now?" He claims that Guinan, "is not what she appears to be." As well, when Q reaches out his hand towards Guinan and offers to Picard her extradition from the Enterprise, Guinan holds her two hands up at Q in a threatening manner, perhaps suggesting she may have some hidden powers she has not displayed openly. Of course, as Picard suggested, Q may only be speaking of himself, since Guinan has been nothing but a courteous bartender and a valued friend to the Enterprise crew.
, is Worf
's brother and a Commander in the Klingon Defense Force in Star Trek: The Next Generation
and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
.
", where, as part of an officer exchange program, he is posted to the Enterprise (in exchange for Riker
's earlier placement on a Klingon ship, depicted in "A Matter of Honor
"). Kurn specifically requested the Enterprise, and was assigned on a temporary basis as a first officer. Kurn did this so that he could observe Worf closely. Eventually, he revealed that he was Worf's younger brother.
He told Worf it was decided that he did not need to go to Khitomer. Worf had always thought that his entire family had died there. The Starfleet officer who rescued Worf had been told by the Klingon government that he had no living relatives. But Kurn was taken in by his father's closest friend, Lorgh, and raised as his son. At the age of ascension, Kurn was informed of his true bloodlines.
Kurn also informed Worf that the council had judged Mogh and his family to be traitors, that Mogh had betrayed Khitomer to the Romulans. The Enterprise went to Qo'noS so that Worf could challenge the accusation. Duras, the son of Mogh's greatest rival Ja'rod, led the prosecution of Worf. Duras tried to have Kurn assassinated, but Kurn was rescued by the Enterprise personnel, and made a full recovery. The Enterprise crew soon discovered that it was truly Ja'rod who collaborated with the Romulans. But K'mpec refused to clear Mogh, and was prepared to execute Worf. Worf agreed to accept discommendation on the condition that Kurn's true bloodlines be kept secret, and that he be allowed to continue to serve.
". By this time, Kurn was a captain, and had his own vessel. When the two brothers saved Gowron's life, Gowron returned to Worf his honor and that of his family. Both brothers served with distinction in the war.
After the Klingon Civil War, Kurn became a member of the Klingon High Council
. He served in this position until the breakdown in relations between the Klingons and the Federation following the Klingon invasion of Cardassian space. When Worf refused to join Gowron, Gowron cast him out of Klingon society. When that happened, Kurn was forced from his seat on the council. Kurn became concerned over the future of the family since he had no male heirs, which made Worf's son Alexander the next leader of the house. Kurn was worried that Alexander would not be ready to lead the house when the time came.
".
After being forced from the council, Kurn found that he had lost the will to live. Kurn then went to Deep Space Nine
, to ask his brother to kill him in order to restore his honor. Worf tried to fulfill Kurn's request, but was stopped by Jadzia Dax
and Odo. Captain Sisko was furious over this, and forbade Worf from taking Kurn's life. Worf was then forced to try to get Kurn to regain his will to live. Odo agreed to make Kurn a member of the station security force. Kurn soon discovered a visitor was smuggling illegal items, the smuggler raised his gun at Kurn. In a twist of suicide by cop
, despite having the ability to easily disarm the criminal, Kurn did nothing, and allowed himself to be shot. Because a man with a death wish was a danger to himself and everyone else, Odo dismissed him from the security force. At about the same time, the Klingons were discovered attempting to mine the Bajoran system. Worf recruited Kurn to go onto a Klingon ship docked at the station, and they were able to uncover information about the mining program.
Realizing that his brother would never recover from his losses, Worf allowed Dr. Julian Bashir
to erase most of Kurn's memory. The procedure was a success, Kurn remembered nothing of his past life when he woke up. Worf contacted an old family friend, Noggra, who agreed to take Kurn in as his son. Noggra told Kurn that he had suffered an accident that erased most of his memory, and that his name is Rodek.
A subsequent non-canon novel series (I.K.S. Gorkon
) shows Kurn, in his new identity, continuing to serve the Klingon Empire on a ship named for Chancellor Gorkon.
) is a prototype android and the brother of main character Data
and of B-4. However, while Data is virtuous and B-4 is primitive, Lore is sophisticated, clever, jealous and self-serving, making him the evil twin
brother of the group.
Lore was introduced in the episode "Datalore", the episode in which he was activated. He returned in "Brothers
" and in both parts of "Descent", at the end of which he was deactivated and dismantled permanently.
Lore's body parts were discovered in Soong's lab in the episode "Datalore", and he was rebuilt and reactivated. Although Lore initially appeared as inquisitive and harmless as Data, his true nature was gradually revealed during the episode. Lore secretly contacts the Crystalline Entity again, offering it the crew of the USS Enterprise
as sustenance. However, Data foils his plans and transports Lore into space before the Crystalline Entity can attack, saving the ship.
In the episode "Brothers", Soong summons Data to Terlina III in order to give him an emotion chip. However, the same signal summons Lore, who had been found drifting in space and rescued by a group of Pakleds. Lore incapacitates Data and poses as him while Soong installs the chip. He then fatally wounds Soong before fleeing.
In "Descent, Part II", Lore revealed that he later encountered a group of Borg
struggling with individuality following the Enterprise crew's actions in "I, Borg", and became their leader. Lore uses Soong's emotion chip to control Data until Geordi La Forge
, Jean-Luc Picard
and Deanna Troi
manage to reactivate Data's ethical programming. Data shoots Lore at the end of the episode and then deactivates him permanently (retrieving his emotion chip afterwards). His final words to Data are "I love you... brother."
.
sisters Lursa (played by Barbara March
) and B'Etor (played by Gwynyth Walsh
) are collectively known as the Duras sisters, first appearing in TNG's "Redemption, Part I." The pair are daughters of Ja'rod and sisters of Duras. Like the other members of the House of Duras, they are villains; throughout their appearances, the characters attempt to destabilize the Klingon High Council and its relations with the United Federation of Planets
.
In Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
's "Past Prologue", Lursa and B'Etor work with a Bajoran
terrorist. Lursa is pregnant in "Firstborn", but the child's fate is not told.
In the film Star Trek Generations, the sisters align with Dr. Tolian Soran and attack the USS Enterprise-D
. After capturing Chief Engineer Geordi La Forge and placing a surveillance device inside his VISOR, they are able to exploit the Enterprise's defenses and severely damage the ship, leading to the destruction of the ship's stardrive section and crash-landing of the saucer section, but they are killed in the battle.
They are known among "Star Trek" fans for their distinctive costumes, which include holes in their armor to display their cleavage.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Feature Films
, is a character in the fictional Star Trek
universe. The character appears in Star Trek: The Next Generation
and the film Star Trek Generations as a nurse aboard the USS Enterprise-D
and in Star Trek: First Contact
as a nurse aboard the USS Enterprise-E
.
She joins the USS Enterprise-D in 2367 as an ensign in the medical department. In 2370, upon recommendation of Dr. Beverly Crusher
, she is promoted to lieutenant junior grade (TNG: "Lower Decks
"). She marries Lieutenant Andrew Powell in that year. Shortly after she reveals she is pregnant, Ogawa reports to the senior staff when an injury incapacitates Crusher (TNG: "Genesis
"). She was still pregnant by the series finale
(TNG: "All Good Things..."), and her baby's birth was never shown or referred to on television; while said finale depicted her losing her unborn baby due to the effects of an "anti-time" anomaly, this was part of an alternate timeline that Captain Jean-Luc Picard
ultimately prevented from coming to pass. In an alternate timeline in the episode 'Parallels', she makes a brief appearance as the ship's doctor with the apparent rank of Commander.
According to the non-canon
Star Trek: Titan
book series, Ogawa works in Titan' s sickbay. She married Andrew Powell on Enterprise D. Powell was killed at the Battle of Rigel during the Dominion war. Ogawa and her young son transferred to the USS Titan under command of Captain Riker to serve in the sickbay.
and the films Star Trek Generations and Star Trek: First Contact
.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Troi is the widow of Ian Andrew Troi and mother of Deanna Troi
. Deanna often feels embarrassed by her mother's overbearing personality and garish fashion sense.
She serves as the Betazoid
ambassador to the Federation. As a Betazoid, she possesses telepathic abilities. She has visited the USS Enterprise-D
on several occasions. Her appearances often involve her search for a husband, fixing her sights at various times on a diplomatic minister, an alien scientist forced to die by a mandatory cultural requirement, and Captain Jean-Luc Picard
.
Another plot line revolved around Deanna's older sister Kestra, who died in a childhood accident when Deanna was an infant. This also explains why Lwaxana refers to Deanna as, 'little one.' When Lwaxana becomes comatose, Deanna explores her mother's mind and discovers the memories of Kestra.
In addition to Deanna and Kestra, Lwaxana Troi also has a son whose father is a Tavnian named Jeyal. She briefly marries Odo in order to void Jeyal's claim to the child.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
). In "The Ceremony of Innocence is Drowned", part of the Tales of the Dominion War short story anthology, Homn is killed when the Jem'Hadar
invade Betazed. Homn rarely ever spoke. His sole line of dialogue is in "Haven" where he says "Thank you for the drinks."
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
television series Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: The Next Generation is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry as part of the Star Trek franchise. Roddenberry, Rick Berman, and Michael Piller served as executive producers at different times throughout the production...
. Characters are ordered alphabetically by family name, and only characters who played a significant recurring role in the series are listed.
Jack Crusher
Guinan, played by Whoopi GoldbergWhoopi Goldberg
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, is a recurring character
Recurring character
A recurring character is a fictional character, usually in a prime time TV series, who appears from time to time during the series' run. Recurring characters often play major roles in an episode, sometimes being the main focus...
on Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: The Next Generation is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry as part of the Star Trek franchise. Roddenberry, Rick Berman, and Michael Piller served as executive producers at different times throughout the production...
. She also appears in the TNG films Star Trek Generations and Star Trek Nemesis but is uncredited in both.
The character first appears in the second-season opening episode "The Child
The Child (TNG episode)
"The Child" is the 27th episode of the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation.-Overview:In this episode, ship's Counsellor Deanna Troi gives birth to a mysterious child, while the Federation Starfleet Starship USS Enterprise transports a dangerous cargo.-Plot:As the Enterprises new chief...
", and she appears several times over the course of the next 4 seasons; she does not appear at all in the seventh season. She is said to have the closest relationship with Jean-Luc Picard
Jean-Luc Picard
Captain Jean-Luc Picard is a Star Trek character portrayed by Patrick Stewart. He appears in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation and the feature films Star Trek Generations, Star Trek: First Contact, Star Trek: Insurrection, and Star Trek Nemesis...
, which is "beyond friendship" and "beyond family".
Casting
According to Whoopi Goldberg, she approached the producers of TNG with her desire to be on the show, due to her childhood admiration of UhuraUhura
Nyota Uhura is a character in Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek: The Animated Series, the first six Star Trek films, and the 2009 film Star Trek...
, a character from the original Star Trek
Star Trek
Star Trek is an American science fiction entertainment franchise created by Gene Roddenberry. The core of Star Trek is its six television series: The Original Series, The Animated Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and Enterprise...
, played by actress Nichelle Nichols
Nichelle Nichols
Nichelle Nichols is an American actress, singer and voice artist. She sang with Duke Ellington and Lionel Hampton before turning to acting...
. At first they did not think a suitable role for such a highly rated actress could be created, until Goldberg said that she did not care how big or small the role was, even if she just swept the floor in the background. It was from this they decided to give her the role of a bartender.
Overview
Guinan is originally from El-Auria. When she was a child, she had a Tarkassian razorbeast as an imaginary friend ("Imaginary Friend").As a refugee aboard the El-Aurian vessel Lakul, she is rescued from the Nexus by the USS Enterprise-B
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-B)
The USS Enterprise is a fictional starship in the Star Trek science fiction franchise. It is an Excelsior-class upgrade Starfleet vessel that appears under the command of Captain John Harriman in the film Star Trek Generations...
. Her people, the El-Aurians, sometimes called "listeners," had been scattered throughout the galaxy after the Borg
Borg (Star Trek)
The Borg are a fictional pseudo-race of cybernetic organisms depicted in the Star Trek universe associated with Star Trek.Whereas cybernetics are used by other races in the science fiction world to repair bodily damage and birth defects, the Borg use enforced cybernetic enhancement as a means of...
invaded their homeworld. The subsequent diaspora
Diaspora
A diaspora is "the movement, migration, or scattering of people away from an established or ancestral homeland" or "people dispersed by whatever cause to more than one location", or "people settled far from their ancestral homelands".The word has come to refer to historical mass-dispersions of...
and reintegration of her people, and even their traditional clothing that Guinan still wears are interpreted as a reference to questions about race and colonization.
Her species is long-lived, and she is somewhere between 500 and 700 years old when she joins the Enterprise-D. "Time's Arrow, Part I
Time's Arrow (TNG episode)
"Time’s Arrow" is the 26th episode of the fifth season of the science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation. A two-part episode of Star Trek: TNG, the first episode was a cliffhanger season finale for the fifth season and the second episode was the premiere for the sixth...
" reveals that she visited Earth in 1891, and "Rascals
Rascals (TNG episode)
"Rascals" is the 133rd episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation and the seventh episode of its sixth-season.-Plot:Captain Picard, Guinan, Ro Laren and Keiko O'Brien are returning to the Enterprise, but an anomaly causes them to materialize on the transporter pad as 12-year old children...
" establishes that her father was 700 years old during that episode.
Guinan reveals in Star Trek Nemesis that she has been married 23 times. She states in "Evolution
Evolution (TNG episode)
"Evolution" is the 49th episode of the science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation.-Overview:In this episode, escaped nanites threaten the Federation Starfleet starship USS Enterprise as well as its critical research mission....
" that she has many children, including a son who went through a phase when "he wouldn't listen to anybody" – something unusual "in a species of listeners".
Her wise counsel occasionally proves to be quite valuable to the crew. In particular, she and Picard are especially close, to where they trust one another implicitly, although the full nature of their connection is never revealed. She does indicate that Picard stood by her at a time when she was in serious trouble and that their relationship is "beyond friendship, beyond family" ("Best of Both Worlds, Part 2"). Also, she reveals that one of the first things she notices in men are their heads, having a fondness for bald men.
While by no means hostile or belligerent, she keeps an energy rifle of alien design (which she claims to have acquired on Magus III) behind the bar in Ten-Forward, which she used in the episode "Night Terrors" to quell a rowdy bar brawl. She also has exceptional aim, as seen when she was able almost effortlessly to out-shoot Worf during a target practice session in the episode "Redemption".
In "Yesterday's Enterprise
Yesterday's Enterprise (TNG episode)
"Yesterday's Enterprise" is the fifteenth episode of the third season of the science fiction television show Star Trek: The Next Generation. The episode first aired in syndication the week of February 19, 1990...
," which involves the timeline being altered, Guinan is able to sense the disruption, even though everyone else believes it is the natural course of events – in the Generations novelization, it is heavily implied that her unusual abilities regarding the flow of time might be related to her connection to the Nexus.
In "Q Who?," Q
Q (Star Trek)
Q is a fictional character who appears in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager, as well as in related products. In all of these programs, he is played by John de Lancie....
retorts, after hearing her called "Guinan" in the Enterprise-D's Ten-Forward lounge, "'Guinan' – is that your name now?" He claims that Guinan, "is not what she appears to be." As well, when Q reaches out his hand towards Guinan and offers to Picard her extradition from the Enterprise, Guinan holds her two hands up at Q in a threatening manner, perhaps suggesting she may have some hidden powers she has not displayed openly. Of course, as Picard suggested, Q may only be speaking of himself, since Guinan has been nothing but a courteous bartender and a valued friend to the Enterprise crew.
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Kurn
Kurn, played by Tony ToddTony Todd
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, is Worf
Worf
Worf, played by Michael Dorn, is a main character in Star Trek: The Next Generation and in seasons four to seven of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He also appears in the films based on The Next Generation. Worf is the first Klingon main character to appear in Star Trek, and has appeared in more Star...
's brother and a Commander in the Klingon Defense Force in Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: The Next Generation is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry as part of the Star Trek franchise. Roddenberry, Rick Berman, and Michael Piller served as executive producers at different times throughout the production...
and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is a science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe...
.
Officer exchange
Commander Kurn is introduced in the episode "Sins of the FatherSins of the Father (TNG episode)
"Sins of the Father" is the 65th episode of the science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation.-Overview:In this episode, the Federation Starfleet Starship USS Enterprise-D's Klingon Chief of Security, Lt...
", where, as part of an officer exchange program, he is posted to the Enterprise (in exchange for Riker
William Riker
William Thomas Riker, played by Jonathan Frakes, is a fictional character in the Star Trek universe primarily appearing as a main character in Star Trek: The Next Generation...
's earlier placement on a Klingon ship, depicted in "A Matter of Honor
A Matter of Honor (TNG episode)
"A Matter of Honor" is an episode of the second season of Star Trek: The Next Generation-Overview:Commander Riker is assigned to a Klingon vessel as part of an officer exchange program.-Plot:...
"). Kurn specifically requested the Enterprise, and was assigned on a temporary basis as a first officer. Kurn did this so that he could observe Worf closely. Eventually, he revealed that he was Worf's younger brother.
He told Worf it was decided that he did not need to go to Khitomer. Worf had always thought that his entire family had died there. The Starfleet officer who rescued Worf had been told by the Klingon government that he had no living relatives. But Kurn was taken in by his father's closest friend, Lorgh, and raised as his son. At the age of ascension, Kurn was informed of his true bloodlines.
Kurn also informed Worf that the council had judged Mogh and his family to be traitors, that Mogh had betrayed Khitomer to the Romulans. The Enterprise went to Qo'noS so that Worf could challenge the accusation. Duras, the son of Mogh's greatest rival Ja'rod, led the prosecution of Worf. Duras tried to have Kurn assassinated, but Kurn was rescued by the Enterprise personnel, and made a full recovery. The Enterprise crew soon discovered that it was truly Ja'rod who collaborated with the Romulans. But K'mpec refused to clear Mogh, and was prepared to execute Worf. Worf agreed to accept discommendation on the condition that Kurn's true bloodlines be kept secret, and that he be allowed to continue to serve.
Gowron's ascension
Worf met with Kurn again right before the Klingon Civil War, in the two-part episode "RedemptionRedemption (TNG episode)
"Redemption" is the name of a two-part episode of the science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation. Parts I and II of "Redemption" comprise the 100th and 101st episodes of the series, also being the fourth season finale and the fifth season premiere...
". By this time, Kurn was a captain, and had his own vessel. When the two brothers saved Gowron's life, Gowron returned to Worf his honor and that of his family. Both brothers served with distinction in the war.
After the Klingon Civil War, Kurn became a member of the Klingon High Council
Klingon High Council
In the fictional Star Trek universe the Klingon High Council is the supreme ruling body of the Klingon Empire...
. He served in this position until the breakdown in relations between the Klingons and the Federation following the Klingon invasion of Cardassian space. When Worf refused to join Gowron, Gowron cast him out of Klingon society. When that happened, Kurn was forced from his seat on the council. Kurn became concerned over the future of the family since he had no male heirs, which made Worf's son Alexander the next leader of the house. Kurn was worried that Alexander would not be ready to lead the house when the time came.
Deep Space Nine
Kurn next appears in the Deep Space Nine episode "Sons of MoghSons of Mogh (DS9 episode)
"Sons of Mogh" is the fifteenth episode of the fourth season of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. It is rated 4/5 on the official Star Trek Website.-Plot:...
".
After being forced from the council, Kurn found that he had lost the will to live. Kurn then went to Deep Space Nine
Deep Space Nine (space station)
Deep Space Nine is a fictitious space station, and is the eponymous primary setting of the science fiction television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. It serves as a base for the exploration of the Gamma Quadrant via the Bajoran wormhole, and is a hub of trade and travel for the sector's denizens...
, to ask his brother to kill him in order to restore his honor. Worf tried to fulfill Kurn's request, but was stopped by Jadzia Dax
Jadzia Dax
Jadzia Dax , played by Terry Farrell, was a main character during the first six seasons of the science fiction television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine....
and Odo. Captain Sisko was furious over this, and forbade Worf from taking Kurn's life. Worf was then forced to try to get Kurn to regain his will to live. Odo agreed to make Kurn a member of the station security force. Kurn soon discovered a visitor was smuggling illegal items, the smuggler raised his gun at Kurn. In a twist of suicide by cop
Suicide by cop
Suicide by cop is a suicide method in which a suicidal individual deliberately acts in a threatening way, with the goal of provoking a lethal response from a law enforcement officer or other armed individual, such as being shot to death....
, despite having the ability to easily disarm the criminal, Kurn did nothing, and allowed himself to be shot. Because a man with a death wish was a danger to himself and everyone else, Odo dismissed him from the security force. At about the same time, the Klingons were discovered attempting to mine the Bajoran system. Worf recruited Kurn to go onto a Klingon ship docked at the station, and they were able to uncover information about the mining program.
Realizing that his brother would never recover from his losses, Worf allowed Dr. Julian Bashir
Julian Bashir
Lieutenant Julian Subatoi Bashir, M.D., played by Alexander Siddig, is a main character in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Bashir is the chief medical officer of space station Deep Space Nine and the USS Defiant.-Overview:...
to erase most of Kurn's memory. The procedure was a success, Kurn remembered nothing of his past life when he woke up. Worf contacted an old family friend, Noggra, who agreed to take Kurn in as his son. Noggra told Kurn that he had suffered an accident that erased most of his memory, and that his name is Rodek.
A subsequent non-canon novel series (I.K.S. Gorkon
I.K.S. Gorkon
Star Trek: I.K.S. Gorkon is the name of a three-book series written by Keith R.A. DeCandido and published by Pocket Books that takes place in the fictional Star Trek universe. The series focuses on the crew of the titular Klingon starship I.K.S. Gorkon...
) shows Kurn, in his new identity, continuing to serve the Klingon Empire on a ship named for Chancellor Gorkon.
Lore
Lore (played by Brent SpinerBrent Spiner
Brent Jay Spiner is an American actor, best known for his portrayal of the android Lieutenant Commander Data in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation and four subsequent films. His portrayal of Data in Star Trek: First Contact and of Dr...
) is a prototype android and the brother of main character Data
Data (Star Trek)
Lieutenant Commander Data is a character in the fictional Star Trek universe portrayed by actor Brent Spiner. He appears in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation and the feature films Star Trek Generations, Star Trek: First Contact, Star Trek: Insurrection, and Star Trek...
and of B-4. However, while Data is virtuous and B-4 is primitive, Lore is sophisticated, clever, jealous and self-serving, making him the evil twin
Evil twin
The evil twin is an antagonist found in many different fictional genres. They are physical copies of protagonists, but with radically inverted moralities. In filmed entertainment, they can have obvious physical differences with the protagonist—such as facial hair, eyepatches, scars or distinctive...
brother of the group.
Lore was introduced in the episode "Datalore", the episode in which he was activated. He returned in "Brothers
Brothers (TNG episode)
"Brothers" is an episode from the fourth season of Star Trek: The Next Generation.-Plot:A misguided prank between two young brothers exposes one of them to a toxic parasite that cannot be treated on the USS Enterprise, but Dr. Crusher is able to stabilize his condition in a controlled environment...
" and in both parts of "Descent", at the end of which he was deactivated and dismantled permanently.
Overview
Lore was constructed and activated before his brother, Data, on Omicron Theta. Unlike Data, Lore was programmed with emotions but became emotionally unstable and developed megalomaniac tendencies. Lore perceived himself as superior to the human colonists and felt that they resented him due to his perceived superiority. His "father", Dr. Noonien Soong would later deactivate and disassemble Lore and construct a "less-perfect android" - Data - without emotions or the capacity to use linguistic contractions. Soong planned on repairing Lore after building and testing Data, but before he could do that the colony was destroyed by the Crystalline Entity and Soong was forced to flee. Unknown to Soong or the colonists at the time, it was Lore himself who had contacted and attracted the Crystalline Entity to the colony to destroy it.Lore's body parts were discovered in Soong's lab in the episode "Datalore", and he was rebuilt and reactivated. Although Lore initially appeared as inquisitive and harmless as Data, his true nature was gradually revealed during the episode. Lore secretly contacts the Crystalline Entity again, offering it the crew of the USS Enterprise
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)
The USS Enterprise is a 24th century starship in the Star Trek fictional universe and the principal setting of the Star Trek: The Next Generation television series...
as sustenance. However, Data foils his plans and transports Lore into space before the Crystalline Entity can attack, saving the ship.
In the episode "Brothers", Soong summons Data to Terlina III in order to give him an emotion chip. However, the same signal summons Lore, who had been found drifting in space and rescued by a group of Pakleds. Lore incapacitates Data and poses as him while Soong installs the chip. He then fatally wounds Soong before fleeing.
In "Descent, Part II", Lore revealed that he later encountered a group of Borg
Borg (Star Trek)
The Borg are a fictional pseudo-race of cybernetic organisms depicted in the Star Trek universe associated with Star Trek.Whereas cybernetics are used by other races in the science fiction world to repair bodily damage and birth defects, the Borg use enforced cybernetic enhancement as a means of...
struggling with individuality following the Enterprise crew's actions in "I, Borg", and became their leader. Lore uses Soong's emotion chip to control Data until Geordi La Forge
Geordi La Forge
Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge is a regular character in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation and its feature films, played by LeVar Burton...
, Jean-Luc Picard
Jean-Luc Picard
Captain Jean-Luc Picard is a Star Trek character portrayed by Patrick Stewart. He appears in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation and the feature films Star Trek Generations, Star Trek: First Contact, Star Trek: Insurrection, and Star Trek Nemesis...
and Deanna Troi
Deanna Troi
Commander Deanna Troi is a main character in the science-fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation and related TV series and films, portrayed by actress Marina Sirtis. Troi is half-human, half-Betazoid and has the psionic ability to sense emotions. She serves as the ship's counselor...
manage to reactivate Data's ethical programming. Data shoots Lore at the end of the episode and then deactivates him permanently (retrieving his emotion chip afterwards). His final words to Data are "I love you... brother."
Filming
Brent Spiner played Lore (and also Soong), except in some instances where a shooting double was necessary. In one scene in "Datalore", Lore puts down a glass of champagne that Data then picks up. This was achieved by the use of a moving split screenSplit screen (film)
In film and video production, split screen is the visible division of the screen, traditionally in half, but also in several simultaneous images, rupturing the illusion that the screen's frame is a seamless view of reality, similar to that of the human eye...
.
Lursa and B'Etor
The KlingonKlingon
Klingons are a fictional warrior race in the Star Trek universe.Klingons are recurring villains in the 1960s television show Star Trek: The Original Series, and have appeared in all five spin-off series and eight feature films...
sisters Lursa (played by Barbara March
Barbara March
Barbara March is a Canadian actress best known for her portrayal of the Star Trek character Lursa, one of the Duras sisters. She has appeared as Lursa in Star Trek: The Next Generation , Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , and Star Trek Generations.Other credits include Total Security, L.A...
) and B'Etor (played by Gwynyth Walsh
Gwynyth Walsh
Gwynyth Walsh is a Canadian actress best known for her role of the Star Trek character B'Etor, one of the Duras sisters.She was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1958 and raised in Vancouver. Walsh earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts at the University of Alberta and started her career appearing on stage...
) are collectively known as the Duras sisters, first appearing in TNG
United Federation of Planets
The United Federation of Planets, also known as "The Federation" is a fictional interplanetary federal republic depicted in the Star Trek television series and motion pictures...
.
In Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is a science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe...
's "Past Prologue", Lursa and B'Etor work with a Bajoran
Bajoran
In the Star Trek science-fiction franchise, the Bajorans are a humanoid extraterrestrial species native to the planet Bajor. They were first introduced in the 1991 episode "Ensign Ro" of Star Trek: The Next Generation and subsequently also featured in episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and...
terrorist. Lursa is pregnant in "Firstborn", but the child's fate is not told.
In the film Star Trek Generations, the sisters align with Dr. Tolian Soran and attack the USS Enterprise-D
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)
The USS Enterprise is a 24th century starship in the Star Trek fictional universe and the principal setting of the Star Trek: The Next Generation television series...
. After capturing Chief Engineer Geordi La Forge and placing a surveillance device inside his VISOR, they are able to exploit the Enterprise's defenses and severely damage the ship, leading to the destruction of the ship's stardrive section and crash-landing of the saucer section, but they are killed in the battle.
They are known among "Star Trek" fans for their distinctive costumes, which include holes in their armor to display their cleavage.
Appearances
Star Trek: The Next Generation- "Redemption, Parts 1 and 2"
- "Firstborn"
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
- "Past Prologue"
Feature Films
- "Star Trek Generations"
External links
- The House of Duras Timeline at the official site StarTrek.com
- Lursa and B'Etor biographies at StarTrek.com
- Lursa and B'Etor at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek Wiki
Alyssa Ogawa
Alyssa Ogawa, played by Patti YasutakePatti Yasutake
Patti Yasutake is an American film and television actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Nurse Alyssa Ogawa in the Star Trek universe....
, is a character in the fictional Star Trek
Star Trek
Star Trek is an American science fiction entertainment franchise created by Gene Roddenberry. The core of Star Trek is its six television series: The Original Series, The Animated Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and Enterprise...
universe. The character appears in Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: The Next Generation is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry as part of the Star Trek franchise. Roddenberry, Rick Berman, and Michael Piller served as executive producers at different times throughout the production...
and the film Star Trek Generations as a nurse aboard the USS Enterprise-D
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)
The USS Enterprise is a 24th century starship in the Star Trek fictional universe and the principal setting of the Star Trek: The Next Generation television series...
and in Star Trek: First Contact
Star Trek: First Contact
Star Trek: First Contact is the eighth feature film in the Star Trek science fiction franchise, released in November 1996, by Paramount Pictures. First Contact is the first film in the franchise to feature no cast members from the original Star Trek television series of the 1960s...
as a nurse aboard the USS Enterprise-E
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E)
The USS Enterprise is a Sovereign-class starship in the Star Trek franchise. It serves as the primary setting of the films Star Trek: First Contact, Star Trek: Insurrection, and Star Trek Nemesis...
.
She joins the USS Enterprise-D in 2367 as an ensign in the medical department. In 2370, upon recommendation of Dr. Beverly Crusher
Beverly Crusher
Commander Beverly Crusher, M.D. , played by actress Gates McFadden, is a fictional character on the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation and its subsequent spinoff films...
, she is promoted to lieutenant junior grade (TNG: "Lower Decks
Lower Decks (TNG episode)
"Lower Decks" is the 167th episode of the science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation.-Overview:While enduring the Enterprises promotion evaluation process, four junior officers find themselves involved in a top-secret mission....
"). She marries Lieutenant Andrew Powell in that year. Shortly after she reveals she is pregnant, Ogawa reports to the senior staff when an injury incapacitates Crusher (TNG: "Genesis
Genesis (TNG episode)
"Genesis" is the 171st episode of the science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation.-Overview:Captain Jean-Luc Picard and Data return to the USS Enterprise to discover the rest of the crew de-evolved into more primitive forms of life, including spiders, amphibians and cave...
"). She was still pregnant by the series finale
Series finale
A series finale refers to the last installment of a series with a narrative presented through mediums such as television, film and literature. In many Commonwealth countries, the term final episode is commonly used in regards to a television series...
(TNG: "All Good Things..."), and her baby's birth was never shown or referred to on television; while said finale depicted her losing her unborn baby due to the effects of an "anti-time" anomaly, this was part of an alternate timeline that Captain Jean-Luc Picard
Jean-Luc Picard
Captain Jean-Luc Picard is a Star Trek character portrayed by Patrick Stewart. He appears in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation and the feature films Star Trek Generations, Star Trek: First Contact, Star Trek: Insurrection, and Star Trek Nemesis...
ultimately prevented from coming to pass. In an alternate timeline in the episode 'Parallels', she makes a brief appearance as the ship's doctor with the apparent rank of Commander.
According to the non-canon
Canon (Star Trek)
The Star Trek canon is the set of all canonical material in the Star Trek universe. It is usually defined as comprising the television series Star Trek, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Enterprise, and the motion pictures in the franchise...
Star Trek: Titan
Star Trek: Titan
Star Trek: Titan is a series of Star Trek novels that take place after the events of the film Star Trek Nemesis, detailing the adventures of the USS Titan under the command of Starfleet Captain William T. Riker. Riker was transferred from the Enterprise-E circa stardate 56844.9...
book series, Ogawa works in Titan
Appearances
Ogawa appears in seasons 4-7 of Star Trek: The Next GenerationStar Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: The Next Generation is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry as part of the Star Trek franchise. Roddenberry, Rick Berman, and Michael Piller served as executive producers at different times throughout the production...
and the films Star Trek Generations and Star Trek: First Contact
Star Trek: First Contact
Star Trek: First Contact is the eighth feature film in the Star Trek science fiction franchise, released in November 1996, by Paramount Pictures. First Contact is the first film in the franchise to feature no cast members from the original Star Trek television series of the 1960s...
.
Alexander Rozhenko
Alexander Rozhenko is the son of Worf and Ambassador k'Ehleyr. He was conceived during the events of The Emissary and first introduced to his father during Reunion. After the death of his mother, he was sent to live with Worf's adoptive parents, Sergey and Helena Rozhenko, until becoming a troublesome youth in need of his father. He was reunited with Worf aboard the Enterprise until the end of the series at which time he returned to Earth. He later joined the Klingon military in its battle against the Dominion where he ended up serving under his father, who was General Martok's XO aboard the IKS Rotarran.Appearances
Star Trek: The Next Generation- "Reunion" - K'Ehleyr returns to the Enterprise with Alexander. K'Ehleyr dies, leaving Worf to look after Alexander (Worf later asks his human foster parents to look after his son)
- "New Ground" - Worf has to quickly learn about parenting when Alexander arrives to join him on the Enterprise
- "Ethics" - Worf suffers a broken back and Alexander must come to terms with facing his father's death
- "Cost of Living" - Deanna TroiDeanna TroiCommander Deanna Troi is a main character in the science-fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation and related TV series and films, portrayed by actress Marina Sirtis. Troi is half-human, half-Betazoid and has the psionic ability to sense emotions. She serves as the ship's counselor...
's mother, Lwaxana, arrives on the Enterprise and leads Alexander astray - "Imaginary Friend" - Alexander receives the blame when an (invisible) imaginary friend starts causing havoc
- "Rascals" - When Captain Picard and some other crew members are turned into children, Alexander helps them re-take the ship from intruders
- "A Fistful of Datas" - Alexander, WorfWorfWorf, played by Michael Dorn, is a main character in Star Trek: The Next Generation and in seasons four to seven of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He also appears in the films based on The Next Generation. Worf is the first Klingon main character to appear in Star Trek, and has appeared in more Star...
and Deanna TroiDeanna TroiCommander Deanna Troi is a main character in the science-fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation and related TV series and films, portrayed by actress Marina Sirtis. Troi is half-human, half-Betazoid and has the psionic ability to sense emotions. She serves as the ship's counselor...
take part in a WesternWestern (genre)The Western is a genre of various visual arts, such as film, television, radio, literature, painting and others. Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the latter half of the 19th century in the American Old West, hence the name. Some Westerns are set as early as the Battle of...
recreation on the holodeck - "Firstborn" - Alexander's future self travels back in time to convince the young Alexander to embrace his Klingon warrior heritage
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
- "Sons and Daughters" - An estranged Alexander is reunited with his father and they are initiated into the house of Martok.
- "You are Cordially Invited..." - Alexander takes part in the wedding of his father, Worf, to Jadzia DaxJadzia DaxJadzia Dax , played by Terry Farrell, was a main character during the first six seasons of the science fiction television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine....
External links
- Alexander Rozhenko Official Biography at StarTrek.com
Lwaxana Troi
Lwaxana Troi (played by the late Majel Barrett-Roddenberry, wife of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry) is Enterprise Counselor Deanna Troi's Betazoid mother. Her complete title is "Lwaxana Troi, Daughter of the Fifth House, Holder of the Sacred Chalice of Rixx, Heir to the Holy Rings of Betazed". She always had romantic inclination towards Captain Jean-Luc Picard. Her interactions with Alexander Rozhenko suggest that she has an agreeable effect on young children.Troi is the widow of Ian Andrew Troi and mother of Deanna Troi
Deanna Troi
Commander Deanna Troi is a main character in the science-fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation and related TV series and films, portrayed by actress Marina Sirtis. Troi is half-human, half-Betazoid and has the psionic ability to sense emotions. She serves as the ship's counselor...
. Deanna often feels embarrassed by her mother's overbearing personality and garish fashion sense.
She serves as the Betazoid
Betazoid
In the fictional Star Trek universe, Betazoids are a sentient humanoid species from the planet Betazed, a member of the United Federation of Planets.-Overview:...
ambassador to the Federation. As a Betazoid, she possesses telepathic abilities. She has visited the USS Enterprise-D
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)
The USS Enterprise is a 24th century starship in the Star Trek fictional universe and the principal setting of the Star Trek: The Next Generation television series...
on several occasions. Her appearances often involve her search for a husband, fixing her sights at various times on a diplomatic minister, an alien scientist forced to die by a mandatory cultural requirement, and Captain Jean-Luc Picard
Jean-Luc Picard
Captain Jean-Luc Picard is a Star Trek character portrayed by Patrick Stewart. He appears in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation and the feature films Star Trek Generations, Star Trek: First Contact, Star Trek: Insurrection, and Star Trek Nemesis...
.
Another plot line revolved around Deanna's older sister Kestra, who died in a childhood accident when Deanna was an infant. This also explains why Lwaxana refers to Deanna as, 'little one.' When Lwaxana becomes comatose, Deanna explores her mother's mind and discovers the memories of Kestra.
In addition to Deanna and Kestra, Lwaxana Troi also has a son whose father is a Tavnian named Jeyal. She briefly marries Odo in order to void Jeyal's claim to the child.
Appearances
Star Trek: The Next Generation- "HavenHaven (TNG episode)"Haven" is the 11th episode of the science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation.-Plot:The Enterprise arrives at the planet Haven, where Betazoid Counselor Deanna Troi has been summoned by her mother Lwaxana...
" - arrives to attend Deanna's wedding to Wyatt Miller, which ends up not happening - "ManhuntManhunt (TNG episode)-Overview:The Enterprise must transport delegates to a conference, one of whom is an extremely mate-hungry Lwaxana Troi with eyes for Picard.-Plot:...
" - looks for new husband - "Ménage à Troi" - kidnapped by a Ferengi
- "Half a LifeHalf a Life (TNG episode)"Half a Life" is the 96th episode of the science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation.-Plot:The U.S.S. Enterprise takes aboard Troi's eccentric mother Lwaxana and Dr. Timicin of Kaelon II. Timicin has been brought aboard to conduct an experiment which he hopes will save his...
" - discovers a scientist she's developed feeling for is required to end his own life - "Cost of LivingCost of Living (TNG episode)-Overview:Lwaxana Troi struggles with her impending wedding and meddles in Deanna Troi's attempt at counseling Worf and Alexander Rozhenko.-Plot:Lwaxana Troi arrives to the Enterprise, declaring that she is to hold her arranged wedding there. She is to marry a man with whom she shared many...
" - deals with mid-life crisis; mentors Alexander Rozhenko - "Dark Page" - falls into a coma; Deanna aids in her recovery and in the process, learns of her sister, Kestra and Kestra's death
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
- "The ForsakenThe Forsaken (DS9 episode)"The Forsaken" is the 17th episode of the science fiction television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.-Overview:Dr. Bashir is assigned "babysitting" duty for four visiting ambassadors, O'Brien deals with an alien computer program downloaded from a probe, and Odo copes with a deeply infatuated...
" - helps Odo deal with personal problems - "FascinationFascination (DS9 episode)"Fascination" is an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, in which Lwaxana Troi pursues Odo during the Bajoran Gratitude Festival as members of the crew suddenly become infatuated with one another. It is the tenth episode of season three. It is very loosely based on A Midsummer Night's...
" - becomes involved in a Bajoran love festival - "The MuseThe Muse (DS9 episode)"The Muse" is an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the 20th episode of the 4th season. It marks the final appearance of the character Lwaxana Troi...
" - marries Odo temporarily, to protect custody of her unborn son
Mr. Homn
In most of her Star Trek: The Next Generation appearances, Troi travels with her extremely tall manservant, Mr. Homn (Carel StruyckenCarel Struycken
Carel Struycken is a Dutch film, television, and stage actor. He is best known for playing Mr. Homn on the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation and Lurch in the films The Addams Family and Addams Family Values...
). In "The Ceremony of Innocence is Drowned", part of the Tales of the Dominion War short story anthology, Homn is killed when the Jem'Hadar
Jem'Hadar
In the fictional Star Trek universe, the Jem'Hadar are the shock troops of the powerful Dominion located in the Gamma Quadrant. Genetically engineered for strength and resolve, they are also short-lived and believe that "victory is life." They are bred to perceive the Founders, enigmatic...
invade Betazed. Homn rarely ever spoke. His sole line of dialogue is in "Haven" where he says "Thank you for the drinks."
See also
- List of Star Trek characters: A-F
- List of Star Trek characters: G-M
- List of Star Trek characters: N-S
- List of Star Trek characters: T-Z
- List of minor recurring characters in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
- List of minor recurring characters in Star Trek: Enterprise
- List of minor recurring characters in Star Trek: The Original Series
- List of minor recurring characters in Star Trek: Voyager
- List of Star Trek episodes