Bareil for instance. I never understood Kira's passion for him. Even Shakaar was more interesting.
Characters who were supposed to end up as more than they were.
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Bareil for instance. I never understood Kira's passion for him. Even Shakaar was more interesting.
The aliens from Conspiracy were meant to return in TNG but err...never did! 
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The aliens from Conspiracy were meant to return in TNG but err...never did!
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Most likely, Starfleet nipped that in the bud by being hyper-vigilant about the aliens and made sure that all of the tech they use (sensors & tricorders) could detect the aliens quickly and better than before, preventing them from coming back to cause any harm to the Federation (and when they did, they were neutralized quickly, most likely, by some other Starfleet personnel.)
Kes. From the start, the writers probably intended her to end up as more than she actually did (*) ... so in the end they decided to make her end up as more than she was.
(*) I think this is more due to the writers sometimes not really knowing what to do with Kes, than with the actress, who did a fine job.
(*) I think this is more due to the writers sometimes not really knowing what to do with Kes, than with the actress, who did a fine job.
What? Roger C. Carmel died before TNG even went on the air. Any plans to bring him back must have been very early on in the planning stages of Season 1.
Then they offered her a role on Voyager as well (which is why they wrote her into being Maquis) but she again turned it down, so they created Torres instead.
That's pretty much my list - Leffler, Gomez, K'ehleyr and Selar. I adore all three actresses and wish they'd been able to stick around.
T'Rul and Eddington get such strong introductions in The Search, two new characters who are going to shake things up a bit, and then - Eddington's out for the next twenty episodes and T'rul's gone altogether.
As we know, Mudd reappearing doesn't necessarily require the original actor. (And if we *don't* know, that's all I'm saying about that.
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Also, Mudd would've been dead by the 2360's when TNG was set, so that would be an impossibility (unless they wanted to use a daughter of Mudd by another woman, as in the Kelvinverse comic books.)
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^ McCoy was alive in 2364, and De Kelley was 12 years older than Carmel.
Granted, elderly Mudd might not have been as much fun.
Granted, elderly Mudd might not have been as much fun.
Harry Mudd actually is alive in the 24th century in the novel continuity.
Dark Phoenix Kes was pretty good.
The Ocampa were a mess from the start. The idea of any civilization only capable of having one child wasn't well thought out. Any such culture would die out quickly since each successive generation would be half the previous generation.
Kes was written as a very complacent character. The soft little pixie was cute, but wasn't compelling enough. Such a limited lifespan it might have been better to write Kes as a bold adventurer eager to taste all of life in a short period of time.
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As far as I can recall, the early scenario was basically what eventually evolved into the episode 'The Neutral Zone', with the plot being the Enterprise-D finding a ship with a bunch of people from the past in suspended animation, one of them being Harry Mudd. This was indeed from the very early conceptual stages of The Next Generation, before Carmel's death saw them rethink the idea (ultimately resurrecting it, alongside the Romulans, for the first season finale).
Quite a few of the 'early outlines' of TNG first season episodes featured more explicit links to TOS and her crew. Only 'The Naked Now' really reflects that in the finished season as aired, but for just one example, 'Code of Honor' originally was about a planet visited (in an off screen adventure) by Kirk and his crew, who still held a blood vengeance for the people of the USS Enterprise for something Kirk had done 100 years before, and to which they still held the crew of the new Enterprise responsible. Which on paper sounds hella more interesting than what we eventually got instead
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Everyone is still alive in the novelverse. Except Kirk, he gets his own seperate 'verse.
"Mr. Adventure" from TSFS even had a supporting role in a novel set a few years prior to Farpoint.
If someone told me that Edith Keeler was alive in the 24th-century novelverse, I wouldn't be surprised....
re, the OP. I wonder about Lorca Prime. It would be nice to someday find out what Fuller's original plan was for DISCO S1 before he stepped down.
Why couldn't we have had Mudd's kid/grandkid then? Small universe?
Future Guy (ENT) - He was this mysterious figure from the future pulling the strings behind the TCW set up during season 1 of Enterprise. In the end, all we learn about him is that he is.....a mysterious figure from the future pulling the strings behind the TCW. We've all heard he could have been a Romulan or a future version of Archer (
), or some other random zany menacing character (chef), I personally thought it was going to be Soval when Enterprise premiered. In the end though, he ended up being.... who knows?
Lt Carey (Voyager) - seemed like he was going to be B'ellana's # 2, or at least maybe show us some of that good old fashioned Maquis/Starfleet tension. Then things just got smoothed over between the two crews. Then he just kind of disappeared until one time travel episode in season 5, and then a final appearance in season 7 where he is unceremoniously killed. I mean, he had one nacelle to go in his little Voyager in a bottle. Couldn't let the man finish?
Ensign Vorik (Voyager) - seemed like he was going to be B'ellana's # 2....also. Then after a few random appearances here and there, he disappeared until the penultimate episode of Voyager. Live long and prosper, my poor lost vulcan friend.
Chef (ENT) - Was never shown on screen, but always mentioned. IIRC, I think he was suppose to be William Shatner or some other kind of stunt casting until they settled on Will Riker in TATV.
Samantha Wildman (Voyager) - The mother of Voyager's first child, Samantha was a bit player in a season one episode and a few appearances in Season 2. Her last appearance in Season 5 happened right after we are introduced to Naomi Wildman. She is only then mentioned off screen by Neelix, who was her babysitter-for-hire. I heard/read a rumour somewhere that the writers thought they killed the character and somehow forgot that the character of Samantha Wildman did not die at the end of "Once Upon A Time". Whoops.
There are so many characters still left to list. Characters are one of Star Treks' most enduring qualities. Sadly, as this thread has demonstrated, it can also not do justice to all the characters a story serves us.
), or some other random zany menacing character (chef), I personally thought it was going to be Soval when Enterprise premiered. In the end though, he ended up being.... who knows?Lt Carey (Voyager) - seemed like he was going to be B'ellana's # 2, or at least maybe show us some of that good old fashioned Maquis/Starfleet tension. Then things just got smoothed over between the two crews. Then he just kind of disappeared until one time travel episode in season 5, and then a final appearance in season 7 where he is unceremoniously killed. I mean, he had one nacelle to go in his little Voyager in a bottle. Couldn't let the man finish?
Ensign Vorik (Voyager) - seemed like he was going to be B'ellana's # 2....also. Then after a few random appearances here and there, he disappeared until the penultimate episode of Voyager. Live long and prosper, my poor lost vulcan friend.
Chef (ENT) - Was never shown on screen, but always mentioned. IIRC, I think he was suppose to be William Shatner or some other kind of stunt casting until they settled on Will Riker in TATV.
Samantha Wildman (Voyager) - The mother of Voyager's first child, Samantha was a bit player in a season one episode and a few appearances in Season 2. Her last appearance in Season 5 happened right after we are introduced to Naomi Wildman. She is only then mentioned off screen by Neelix, who was her babysitter-for-hire. I heard/read a rumour somewhere that the writers thought they killed the character and somehow forgot that the character of Samantha Wildman did not die at the end of "Once Upon A Time". Whoops.
There are so many characters still left to list. Characters are one of Star Treks' most enduring qualities. Sadly, as this thread has demonstrated, it can also not do justice to all the characters a story serves us.
Sometimes they just needed characters to be cannon fodder. Casually killing them off was the easiest way.
Crewman Chell is mentioned more often than he appeared onscreen. And there were too few Voyager episodes featuring the Maquis members. The Maquis topic was gone once Seska was dead. Seven became the focus then.
Crewman Chell is mentioned more often than he appeared onscreen. And there were too few Voyager episodes featuring the Maquis members. The Maquis topic was gone once Seska was dead. Seven became the focus then.
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