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Favorite TOS Characters that are NOT Spock, Kirk, or McCoy
posted by tmdb65271336STAFFMOD on April 2, 2017 at 9:24 AM
i thought this might be a fun subject for some Trek fans like myself. Please list your favorite in two areas:
- Favorite series regular that wasn't one of the trinity (Spock, Kirk, and McCoy)
- Favorite guest star
For me, it will always be Montgomery Scott. First of all, he was Scottish which is an automatic bonus in my book. I loved the personality and humor that James Doohan brought to the series, especially the films. During the series itself he had some great moments, especially during the episode Wolf in the Fold. I also admired Mr. Doohan in real life. He was a decorated war veteran, influenced many to become engineers, and was an enthusiastic convention regular. He also despised William Shatner, which means he had wonderful taste.
My favorite series guest star is probably William Windom as Commodore Matt Decker in The Doomsday Machine. Besides being at the heart of one of my favorite TOS episodes, I felt as though he did a remarkable job portraying a man broken by his harrowing first encounter and who barely holds himself together until near the end of the episode. Physically, he resembled a more haggard, less heroic version of Kirk. I felt the scene where he sacrifices himself especially memorable.
P.S.: I decided not to vote for Ricardo Montalban, though his Khan is one of the best characters ever, because he was such an enormous presence either directly or indirectly in the series and movies and that he had an entire film devoted to his character. I felt it a little unfair to other actors that only appeared once.
Reply by Jayhn1111
on April 3, 2017 at 8:44 PM
I like Scotty also. And John Colicos was my favorite playing the klingon role
Reply by tmdb29300086
on April 3, 2017 at 9:28 PM
Scotty, Uhura, Chapel, Sulu, Arex, Chekov, M'Ress, DeSalle, DePaul, Ryan, O'Nei,l Kyle, Palmer
Favorite guest stars: William Windom as Commodore Matthew Decker in "The Doomsday Machne"; Mark Lenard as Ambassador Sarek in "Journey To Babel"; Mariette Hartley as Zarabeth in "All Our Yesterdays"; Joan Collins as Edith Keeler in "The City On The Edge Of Forever"; Ted Knight as the Vendorian in the animated ep "The Survivor"; Micheal Ansara as Commander Kang in "Day Of The Dove".
Reply by Jayhn1111
on April 3, 2017 at 10:00 PM
awesome list. You even got in an animated character
Reply by sunshine62
on April 4, 2017 at 2:05 AM
Sarek and Amanda.
I wish they had done another episode, on Vulcan maybe , with Spock's parents ...I would have loved more insight on Spock's life as a child /youth.
Reply by tmdb29300086
on April 4, 2017 at 2:26 AM
Thanks, Jayhn. But I actually listed three animated characters.
Reply by holdme
on April 4, 2017 at 2:42 AM
Mariette Hartley as Zarabeth, Michael Ansara as Kang, Roger C. Carmel as Harry Mudd, Morgan Woodward as Dr. Simon Van Gelder.
Reply by TheManFromSpace
on April 4, 2017 at 6:01 PM
Scotty
Vina (Susan Oliver)
Reply by Jayhn1111
on April 4, 2017 at 9:11 PM
Susan Oliver was a goddess
Reply by Maria Kelly
on April 6, 2017 at 9:25 PM
Favorite regular cast member: Scotty
Favorite guest star: Robert Lansing (Gary Seven)
Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night.
Reply by Maria Kelly
on April 10, 2017 at 11:06 PM
Some other TOS characters that I've always liked were Sarek and Amanda.
Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night.
Reply by wonder2wonder
on December 15, 2018 at 9:25 PM
Now it's a tie between Droxine (Spock's love interest) and Vanna (Kirk's wild cat).
Reply by Nexus71
on December 16, 2018 at 4:34 PM
1)Scotty 2)Droxine
Reply by wonder2wonder
on November 28, 2019 at 6:48 AM
Mara is another favourite. Was she the first female klingon who appeared in Star Trek?
Reply by Nexus71
on November 29, 2019 at 9:25 AM
Saavik