Star Trek

Star Trek is an American science-fiction franchise. As of March 2008, it spans six television series and ten films, as well as numerous novels and video games.

Star Trek is notable among fans of Gargoyles for the large number of Star Trek cast members that voiced characters on the show. Greg Weisman commented that, at first, this was unintentional. Marina Sirtis and, later, Jonathan Frakes were both cast in prominent roles, and soon the crew began to think of Star Trek actors when casting new roles. [1] For example, Brent Spiner was considered for the role of Anton Sevarius before that role went to Tim Curry, and Spiner was eventually cast as Puck.[2]

Staff writers Michael Reaves and Diane Duane also wrote an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation called "Where No One Has Gone Before" in 1987 (although it was rewritten prior to shooting).

Cast members

The following Gargoyles cast members had previously appeared in Star Trek television series or films. They are listed in the order of their appearance in Gargoyles.

• Salli Richardson - Fenna (guest star: "Second Sight", Deep Space Nine)
• Marina Sirtis - Deanna Troi (series regular: The Next Generation)
• Jonathan Frakes - William Riker (series regular: The Next Generation)
• Matt Frewer - Berlingoff Rasmussen (guest star: "A Matter of Time", The Next Generation)
• Nichelle Nichols - Uhura (series regular: Star Trek: The Original Series)
• David Warner - St. John Talbot (movie: Star Trek V), Gorkon (movie: Star Trek VI), Gul Madred (guest star: "Chain of Command", in The Next Generation)
• Michael Dorn - Worf (series regular: The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine)
• Paul Winfield - Clark Terrell (movie: Star Trek II), Dathon (guest star: "Darmok", The Next Generation)
• Brent Spiner - Data (series regular: The Next Generation)
• Michael Bell - Groppler Zorn (guest star: "Encounter at Farpoint", The Next Generation), Borum (guest star: "The Homecoming", Deep Space Nine)
• Morgan Sheppard - Ira Graves (guest star: "The Schizoid Man", The Next Generation), Qatai (guest star: "Bliss", Voyager)
• Colm Meaney - Miles O'Brien (series regular: The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine)
• Kate Mulgrew - Kathryn Janeway (series regular: Voyager)
• LeVar Burton - Geordi La Forge (series regular: The Next Generation)
• Avery Brooks - Benjamin Sisko (series regular: Deep Space Nine)

John Rhys-Davies (who voiced Macbeth), also appeared in several episodes of Voyager as Leonardo da Vinci. However, his first appearance on Voyager occurred after he had been cast as Macbeth in Gargoyles.

Patrick Stewart (who played Jean-Luc Picard on The Next Generation) was considered for several roles in the series (Goliath, Macbeth and King Arthur), but his representation turned down the offer because his usual fees could not be met. The Gargoyles staff considered asking Jonathan Frakes or Marina Sirtis to make a personal plea to get Patrick Stewart to provide a voice for the series, but decided against this since it would not have been fair to any of the three people involved.[3][4][5]

References to Star Trek in Gargoyles

• In "Her Brother's Keeper", Brooklyn uses the line "You and what Starfleet?".

• The plot for the episode "Possession" was inspired by an episode of Star Trek: The Original Series called "Return to Tomorrow". [6][7]

References to Gargoyles in Star Trek

• Although not a direct reference, the character of Thomas Riker (a clone of William Riker, played by Jonathan Frakes) adopted a goatee beard resembling that of David Xanatos in his later appearances (notably an episode of Deep Space Nine called "Defiant"). Greg Weisman has said that he "really felt Frakes was doing Xanatos doing Riker".[8]

See also

• Star Trek at Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia