Khan? Lord Garth? Dr. Korby? Who? My pick would probably be Khan.
The best Trek bad guy
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For me it has to be Khan from the new movies. Deliciously evil, over-the-top, cunning, cold, composed of a marvelous intellect and physical prowess not seen in many other Trek villains.
*Khan was interesting....(And yes, fanon can fill up the blanks as to why a Mexican-American took on the name 'Khan' and decided to become a dictator). Khan had so much ego that right after he boasts about his strength...he's taken down by a regular human.
*I want to say Kodos the Executioner was also interesting because, even though he was said to be a horrible person, he thought he could escape 'justice.' And, he recevied poetice justice from the one who admired him the most: His daughter.
*I want to say Kodos the Executioner was also interesting because, even though he was said to be a horrible person, he thought he could escape 'justice.' And, he recevied poetice justice from the one who admired him the most: His daughter.
HMMMMMM....
The Original Series was generally not a show "about the villain," and many episodes didn't even have a villain as such.
Sometimes the best antagonist is somebody who's doing what he honestly thinks is right. Take the Companion in "Metamorphosis" or Matt Decker in "The Doomsday Machine." I get more out of that kind of drama, with a relate-able problem person, than the bad-guy-bent-on-doing-harm scenario.
That said, my vote for best villain goes to charming psychopath Lenore Karidian ("The Conscience of the King"), with honorable mention to Mirror Spock. (Oddly enough, Mirror Spock isn't called that because the title of his episode is "Mirror, Mirror." It actually has to do with how often he checks out his beard in every reflective surface. It's a vanity thing.)
Sometimes the best antagonist is somebody who's doing what he honestly thinks is right. Take the Companion in "Metamorphosis" or Matt Decker in "The Doomsday Machine." I get more out of that kind of drama, with a relate-able problem person, than the bad-guy-bent-on-doing-harm scenario.
That said, my vote for best villain goes to charming psychopath Lenore Karidian ("The Conscience of the King"), with honorable mention to Mirror Spock. (Oddly enough, Mirror Spock isn't called that because the title of his episode is "Mirror, Mirror." It actually has to do with how often he checks out his beard in every reflective surface. It's a vanity thing.)
Trelane stood out to me the most as a kid back in the 70s.
Oddly enough, when TWOK came out, ST hadn't been on the air where I lived for a couple of years, and I didn't even remember who Khan was until Chekov found the "Botany Bay" belt buckle. (From the "K" name, I thought "Khan" was some Klingon going into the movie. lol)
Oddly enough, when TWOK came out, ST hadn't been on the air where I lived for a couple of years, and I didn't even remember who Khan was until Chekov found the "Botany Bay" belt buckle. (From the "K" name, I thought "Khan" was some Klingon going into the movie. lol)
Great choice; Woodward's Tracey was a perfect "evil" counter as a Starfleet captain every ounce as formidable (if not more so) than Kirk. In a way, that made him more dangerous than Kor, Khan, Rojan or anyone else, as he had a real inside line" on his opponent (and far beyond anything Merik would be able to tell Proconsul Marcus).
And moron Kirk giving him full access to all the ship's technical manuals without question.
I am incredibly depressed that we now have to specify which version of Khan we're talking about when we're talking about Khan as a villain. 
Man, and I thought Joan Collins' "Edith Keeler was in love with Adolph Hitler" was bad...
I am incredibly depressed that we now have to specify which version of Khan we're talking about when we're talking about Khan as a villain.
Why? We've been doing it with comic book characters for decades. Besides, when someone brings up Khan in the TOS forum, I usually figure they're talking about the version from "Space Seed".
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