Q, played by John de Lancie, is a character in the Star Trek mythology who appears in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager. The name "Q" is also shared by other members of the Q Continuum. Gene Roddenberry chose the letter "Q" for the character and species in honor of his friend, Janet Quarton.
Beginning with the pilot episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Q became a popular recurring character, i...
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Q, played by John de Lancie, is a character in the Star Trek mythology who appears in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager. The name "Q" is also shared by other members of the Q Continuum. Gene Roddenberry chose the letter "Q" for the character and species in honor of his friend, Janet Quarton.
Beginning with the pilot episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Q became a popular recurring character, in large part because of the comedic and dramatic chemistry between de Lancie and Patrick Stewart as Captain Jean-Luc Picard.
The character Q is a mischievous, seemingly omnipotent being who has taken an interest in humans. Q's power is limited only in that he cannot overcome others in the Q Continuum, the peer group to which he belongs, and he is never seen being able to actually change a person's mind or make them take any specific action. Otherwise, he can do more or less whatever he wants, which most commonly leads to him annoying others ...
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