What happens to characters in Trek who fall by the wayside?

Adrian Tullberg · Post by **Adrian Tullberg** » 2004-05-31 07:02am

What happens to those who don't make the cut, don't fit in, or stuff up in an extrodinary fashion?

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2004-05-31 11:37am

A lot of the one or two time use characters appear a lot in the books and comics.

Peter David's "New Frontier" series makes use of a lot of characters that were on the shows for a little while.

Dr. Selar - TNG she was the Dr. who worked opposite Crusher. Really only mentioned in the show and not really shown.

Ens. Lefler - TNG she was in a couple of episodes (Played by Ashley Judd).

Cmdr. Lockely - TNG You might remember her from The Best of Both Worlds

The Cetacean specialist from ST IV appears in the comic Debt of Honor.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2004-05-31 11:46am

While Tsyroc's answer is excellent, I really don't get what the question is asking.

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2004-05-31 12:24pm

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:While Tsyroc's answer is excellent, I really don't get what the question is asking.

Really...what happens to them be it real or in universe?

In Universe...unknown.

Real, like Tysroc's answers...until another writer picks them up, they're just in limbo for eternity until mentioned as some casualty.

Jason von Evil · Post by **Jason von Evil** » 2004-05-31 12:44pm

Tsyroc wrote:A lot of the one or two time use characters appear a lot in the books and comics.

Peter David's "New Frontier" series makes use of a lot of characters that were on the shows for a little while.

Dr. Selar - TNG she was the Dr. who worked opposite Crusher. Really only mentioned in the show and not really shown.

Ens. Lefler - TNG she was in a couple of episodes (Played by Ashley Judd).

Cmdr. Lockely - TNG You might remember her from The Best of Both Worlds

The Cetacean specialist from ST IV appears in the comic Debt of Honor.

Ooo, Ashley Judd in a feddie uniform.

teleguy · Post by **teleguy** » 2004-05-31 01:07pm

Tsyroc wrote:
Dr. Selar - TNG she was the Dr. who worked opposite Crusher. Really only mentioned in the show and not really shown.

Wasn't she the Vulcan doctor in "The Schizoid Man" ?

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2004-05-31 02:09pm

teleguy wrote:
Tsyroc wrote:
Dr. Selar - TNG she was the Dr. who worked opposite Crusher. Really only mentioned in the show and not really shown.

Wasn't she the Vulcan doctor in "The Schizoid Man" ?

Probably. I know there's a picture of her in the Trek Encyclopedia but I didn't realize she was ever shown on the show.

She was played by Susie Plakston (sp?) the same actress who played Alexander's mother, Q's "wife" and several other characters on different Trek shows.

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2004-05-31 02:10pm

Aya wrote: Ooo, Ashley Judd in a feddie uniform.

Her character hung out with Wesley Crusher a little on the show, so he can't be as bad as everyone always makes him out to be.

Jason von Evil · Post by **Jason von Evil** » 2004-05-31 03:43pm

I feel sorry for Selar, her husband had a massive heart attack while they were mind melding, which apparently is what Vulcans do just before they screw.

DocHorror · Post by **DocHorror** » 2004-05-31 05:47pm

Are we talking about characters who stuff up, i.e. do something wrong or people who just show up now and again.

I always like Kyle, the english Navigator who would crop up now and again in TOS. He was also Communications Officer on the Relient in ST2.

I believe he was in the cartoon a bit as well.

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2004-05-31 10:33pm

Aya wrote:I feel sorry for Selar, her husband had a massive heart attack while they were mind melding, which apparently is what Vulcans do just before they screw.

Apparently they must have picked up this tradition some time after Enterprise.

Lonestar · Post by **Lonestar** » 2004-05-31 10:45pm

How did we make it this far and no one caught that Tysroc's subconcious was channeling a B5 Fantasy?

Tsyroc wrote:
Cmdr. Lockely - TNG You might remember her from The Best of Both Worlds

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It's Commander Shelby! Lockely was on season 5 of B5!

Sarevok · Post by **Sarevok** » 2004-06-01 02:18am

Ens. Lefler - TNG she was in a couple of episodes (Played by Ashley Judd).

Two episodes to be exact.

Jason von Evil · Post by **Jason von Evil** » 2004-06-01 10:36am

Shelby is also the XO of the Excalibur. Peter David seems to have decided to use all the wayside characters.

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2004-06-01 11:22am

Lonestar wrote: It's Commander Shelby! Lockely was on season 5 of B5!

You know, I think that's at least the second time I've done that with Shelby and Lockely.

Maybe I'd be better off going with the actor's names, but I'd proabably screw that up too.

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2004-06-01 11:28am

Aya wrote:Shelby is also the XO of the Excalibur. Peter David seems to have decided to use all the wayside characters.

Now she's captain of the Galaxy class starship Trident. Her hubby is still the CO of the Excalibur.

Peter David is also good at coming up with lots of stuff and characters that tie back into the history of TOS and TNG. Sometimes it can be a little cheesy ("the Great Bird of the Galaxy"

) but he shows some definate love for the Trek universe.