After a real long delay, this is the followup to a post I made on my top 10 favorite Star Trek characters part 1, here is Part 2. This is the final 5 characters in my list of my favorite characters. After I have listed them, I will followup with why some did not make the list.
Captain Benjamin Sisko – Deep Space Nine
Benji the Space man as my friend Rick called him, is another favorite of mine. I think right from the start of DS9, I liked Captain Benjamin Sisko, even with the bad attitude and all. I thought it was interesting idea to start a Star Trek series with a commander who was not overly happy with his assignment. Another Interesting this with Benjamin Sisko, was that he was not a Captain at the start of the series, but just a commander. Throughout the series, Sisko got both a haircut and a promotion
Another reason why I liked Captain Benjamin Sisko was that over the series, his character really grew. He started out as a commander like I mentioned, but he was promoted through out the series. He became a very important person in the Dominion Wars, and helped starfleet and the federation in that war. Captain Sisko always seemed like a really down to earth captain, and one that I could see myself serving under easily.
The Doctor – Voyager
The Doctor was a fun character to watch on Voyager. I have to agree with many people when they say that he was one of the better actors on Voyager. For me I could see that character growing quite a bit through the seven years that Voyager was on TV. They could have left the character as more of a supporting character, with a one dimensional element to him, but they did not, and I think that was what made the Doctor so fun to watch.
The Doctor had a bit of an abrasive attitude at time, but that was probably what I liked a lot about him, was that attitude, as it never got boring to me. I think that Robert Picardo who played the character did a great job, as that sort of attitude could wear thin on people, but he made sure not to over do it in my opinion. In later seasons they really started to show a more human element to the Doctor, as he explored more elements of that character. I think matching him up a lot with the Borg 7 of 9 was a great idea as well, as they explored aspects of humanity together. The mobile emitter that the Doctor got in the series really helped expand the character a lot, as it got him out of Sick Bay, and gave more chances for the show to do more with the Character, and some of the later episodes proved that. I got to meet Robert Picardo a few years ago at a comic convention for a few minutes, and got my picture taken with him. He seemed a lot like the characters he plays on TV so that was cool.
Charles Tucker III (Trip) – Enterprise
Trip was another favorite character of mine. I will be honest, at the start of Enterprise, I did not think I would like the character. The southern accent and habits made me think that this character might be simple and not very deep, but shortly there after I changed my opinion on the character. I see a lot of Dr. Mcoy in Trip, as he was there to give Captain Archer his opinions, but usually more emotional and not as logical as T’Pol.
Over the course of the series, the Trip character went through a lot, and arguably was the character that may have grown the most. His character was given some pretty good stories, most likely because the actor Connor Trinnear did such a great job with the role. For an engineer, he was a pretty cool guy as well, and came across very beleivable in the role. At the end of the series, I was really saddened with what happened to the character, and really left an empty feeling with me on the series coming to the end. If the series had continued for another season, from what I read, things would not have been so final for the character. They have expanded on his character in the books following the series, but it still leaves me a bit sad, I would love to see the character in his familiar role as Chief Engineer on Enterprise
Geordie Laforge – The Next Generation
I have always liked Geordie. At the start, I thought he looked cool with the Visor, and thought it was a cool idea to have a blind man flying the ship. I was really happy when the character got promoted to Chief Engineer in the second season. I always thought it was a bit strange they did not start the series with a Chief Engineer, as it is such an important role on a Star Ship. Maybe it was a good thing, as it gave this character a chance to assume that role.
A lot of things in Geordie I relate to. Off course there are some obvious difference from me and the character, but some of the challenges he went through, I also had, like meeting ladies. A few times throughout the series they showed Geordie lack of luck with the ladies, and then the episodes with Leah Brahms (Holographic and Real) seemed very well done as well. Another thing I liked about the Geordie character was that he had such a positive attitude, and seemed like a very good motivator to the people he worked under. I could see myself working under a person like him, as he was such a likable person.
Captain Jonathan Archer – Enterprise
I think Captain Archer is a great Captain, and one I could see myself easily serving under. Of all the Captains, I think he might be the most approachable one. The others have certain elements to them that might intimidate others, but Captain Archer comes across about as close as a Captain can to an everyman type person. Just like a lot of the other characters on the Enterprise series, his character seems very real to me.
I have been watching a lot of Enterprise lately, and I have been very impressed with the Captain Archer character. Each episode I like him more and more. I will admit, when I first heard that Scott Bakula had been cast in the role, I had my doubts, as I was thinking a lot of his previous role in Quantum Leap. I did not see how he could carry off the role of Captain, but pretty much by the start, I really bought into the character. I liked how they Character started off as a pretty easy going guy, but could get Angry when he had to. In the later seasons, they added a bit of an edge to his character that I thought was great. Captain Archer was pushed into to some situations, where he had to really become a different person, ruthless at times. You could see in his character that he did not like doing it, but had to do it for the good of the mission and for Earth. It always bothered me how many people put down the series, and said Star Trek had grown stale, but I have to disagree with them. Enterprise and Captain Archer were a great combination, and a lot of people have gone back and re-watched the series and said how much they enjoyed it. To bad more people did not do that well it was in its first run, as it would have been nice to see the series get a proper finish.
People I left off
There are probably some characters that people are asking why I left off. I guess it was a of 10, so not everyone can be on it. People may ask what about more of the Original crew. TOS is one of my favorite series, and I like so many of the Characters, but for me, at the end of the day, it was all about Kirk, as I mentioned. My favorite Episodes where ones with a lot of Kirk. I liked Spok and McCoy as well, but they always seemed secondary to Kirk for me, they complimented him very well. I guess as well, I was never as fascinated with Spock as others were, maybe I found some of the Vulcan back story to be a bit dry.
People might ask about Captain Picard and Captain Janeway. It took me a long time to really get to like Captain Picard, probably into the 3rd season before I really started to like him. I guess I found some of his hangups at the start of the series to make his seem a bit aloof, and even though he loosened up quite a bit through the series, there was still always an element of that. Captain Janeway was probably my least favorite Captain. I did like that she was as hard as nails when she had to be, but throughout the series, I questioned a few of her decisions, especially around the Borg and an agreement she made. I would think overtime serving with her, I would probably grow to respect her, but there were still elements I did not really care for.
Other people like Commander Riker, I thought he was alright, but at times put off by him, as I felt maybe a bit to much arrogance. I thought Worf was alright, but maybe to laid back for what I felt a Klingon should be. Dax I had a problem at times believing she had some many lifetimes in her, and found her character at times hard to nail down. But for the most part, most of the characters in Star Trek I grew to really like, so it was hard to make this list of 10.
Tags: Captain Archer, Captain Sisko, Charles Tucker III - Trip, DS9, Enterprise, Geordie Laforge, Star Trek, TNG, TOS, Voyager
