Referenced but unseen alien species

[oldtrekkie]

Maybe I missed it, did anyone mention the Paragaans on Enterprise? That always sticks in my mind -- "oh, we're about to see some matriarchal aliens on Star Trek for the first time in forever!" And no sooner than that thought entered my head, they were suddenly all incinerated off-screen!

Personally the one I'm dying to see is whatever Vilix'Pran was.

Well, there was a matriarchy on DS9 but they all had pustules on their faces. What the hell what that about?

The thing I find a bit offensive in Star Trek is that the only matriarchies that we've seen all have glaring flaws, Like the males are some diminished imbeciles. As if the only way that the women could ever be in charge is if there is something very wrong with the males. If you see what I mean.

 

[oldtrekkie]

Maybe I missed it, did anyone mention the Paragaans on Enterprise? That always sticks in my mind -- "oh, we're about to see some matriarchal aliens on Star Trek for the first time in forever!" And no sooner than that thought entered my head, they were suddenly all incinerated off-screen!...

Yes, but if you remember we saw their pictures on Archer's computer, so they're not really unseen.

 

[MAGolding]

Per Memory Alpha:

Tarellians - Plague species seen in early TNG.

Terellians - 4-armed species. Probably Amarie's Unnamed species, but I was leaving speculation out of the list.

Terrelians - Diplomats to the Federation. Tuvok fell in love with one when he was a young child (shades of the Tarellians?) and they also visited DS9.

Terrellians - This is actually two species! Both seen in Voyager and both very different from one another, in physiology and location. The hallucinatory Terrellian fought by young Chakotay was also probably the same species referenced in DS9 and Enterprise. The Delta Quadrant Terrellians were major players in the space race around Drive. There might be a third Terrellian species, if we take deleted scenes into account.

Tyrellians - Practiced laser art. 5 Tyrellians served on the Enterprise-D, meaning we can look at a few of the Unnamed races on that ship and speculate.

You forgot to mention the Talerians in TNG "Suddenly Human". They were seen - and looked almost human - in the epeisode, and so do not belong in a list of unseen aliens. But their name sounds a lot like the names of the other species you mentioned. In fact all those alien species names sounded the same to me, causing a lot of confusion.

Phil Farrand, in The Nitpickers Guide for Next Generation Trekkers, mentions some of the name confusion in the section The Creator is Always Right and gives a humorous explanation.

 

[Tim Thomason]

You forgot to mention the Talerians in TNG "Suddenly Human". They were seen - an looked almost human - in the epeisode, and so do not belong in a list of unseen aliens. But their name sounds a lot like the names of the other species you mentioned. In fact all those alien species names sounded the same to me, causing a lot of confusion.

Phil Farrand, in The Nitpickers Guide for Next Generation Trekkers, mentions some of the name confusion in the section The Creator is Always Right and gives a humorous explanation.

I was using the basic Egyptian rule in determining name similarity. T*R*Lian, with just interchangeable vowels and optional repeated letters. Talarian switches the consonants and is a much different sounding and written word than the others.

 

[oldtrekkie]

I was using the basic Egyptian rule in determining name similarity. T*R*Lian, with just interchangeable vowels and optional repeated letters. Talarian switches the consonants and is a much different sounding and written word than the others.

A lot of people tend to switch syllables in three-plus-syllable proper names with no malicious intent. I have a family name of four Syllables. If I got a dime for every person who got it wrong the first time they said it, I'd be rich.

 

[dupersuper]

Maybe I missed it, did anyone mention the Paragaans on Enterprise? That always sticks in my mind -- "oh, we're about to see some matriarchal aliens on Star Trek for the first time in forever!"

Did you miss Angel One and Sanctuary?

 

[oldtrekkie]

Did you miss Angel One and Sancuary?

Both are terrible episodes.

 

[TJ Sinclair]

Did you miss Angel One and Sancuary?

From 1987 to 2001 counts as "for the first time in forever," certainly, and there had been 14 seasons worth of episodes since "Sanctuary." They weren't missed, they were *a very long time ago*.

 

[Sakonna]

Did you miss Angel One and Sancuary?

No, why do you ask? Neither was recent at the time of "Shockwave."

 

[fireproof78]

Did you miss Angel One and Sancuary?

I don't miss them at all.