Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trekdirector Jonathan Frakes wanted to include Q ( John de Lancie ) in theNext Generationmovies . The Next Generationtelevision show first premiered in 1987 as the second live - actionStar Trekseries . Set about a hundred class afterThe Original Series , The Next Generationintroduced sports fan to an completely different gang and a brand young Enterprise . It feature the introductions of several iconic characters , fromPatrick Stewart ’s Jean - Luc Picardto Frakes ' own William Riker . The series end in 1993 , but the cast return for four differentStar Trekfilms in the years follow .
The character of Q was first premise inThe Next Generation ’s pilot . He would go on to appear in eight episode in aggregate , include the series closing curtain . An almighty being with divine powers , de Lancie ’s Q was ab initio portray as an antagonist for Picard . He would often put humankind on trial , operating under the impression that they were too life-threatening to inhabit . However , asThe Next Generationwent on , Q and Picard ’s relationship evolved to something less adversarial . Q would thenappear in episodes ofStar Trek : Deep Space NineandVoyager .
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In addition to playing Riker , Frakes has directed numerous parts of theStar Trekfranchise , admit twoTNGfilms . This past weekend , both Frakes and de Lancie appeared on panel forThe Next Generationat GalaxyCon ( viaTrekMovie ) , where Frakes revealed he tried to incorporate Q into the films . Frakes ' original idea forStar Trek : First Contactinvolved Q in a major way . " That was my pitch . Well , from my good fortune of getting involved with the movies . I keep order , ' When is our our finest nemesis is going to be in the movies ? ' I ’m still surprised that was n’t so , " Frakes say .
Interestingly enough , First Contactended up focusing on the Borg , another iconicThe Next Generationvillain . Picard and his gang first meet the Borg because of Q ’s own actions , so it ’s a little amusing to see how or else of Q , First Contactfeatured the antagonists he put into the endeavor ’s track . On the other hired hand , it ’s rather unsatisfying to get a line there could have been a function for Q in the films , especially considering how there was more to explore with the Q slipstream . Perhaps Q could pop up once more inStar Trek : Picard , since that series has already feature quite a few familiar faces fromThe Next coevals . Only time will enjoin if that will ever go on .
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Source : GalaxyCon ( viaTrekMovie )
