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Kevin Uxbridge

Kevin Uxbridge was the assumed Human identity of a Douwd who came to Earth in the late 23rd century .

"Kevin" was born in 2281 . While disguised as a Human student aboard a ship at sea , he met a woman named Rishon . Although her parents did not approve of him, within two hours of their meeting Rishon asked "Kevin" to marry her. Kevin fell in love with Rishon, decided to put aside his powers and live as a Human. Rishon and Kevin were married in 2313 , and spent most of their lives in the aquatic city New Martim Vaz , in Earth 's Atlantic Ocean . He became a botanist , specializing in symbiotic plant life. He never told Rishon about his true identity.

In 2361 , the couple moved to the Federation Rana IV colony , " hoping it would make [them] fall in love all over again. " Their life on Rana was full and satisfying, but in 2366 , the colony was attacked and destroyed by the Husnock . The moral code of the Douwd prevented Kevin from taking deadly action, even in defense of the woman he loved, so tried to fool them with his powers, though unsuccessfully. Rishon, however, attempted to defend the colonists and died along with them.

Wracked with grief, Kevin annihilated the entire Husnock species (estimated at fifty billion beings). Subsequently, Kevin recreated his home and wife .

Kevin encountering Data and Riker

When an away team led by Commander Riker arrived to investigate the colony's destruction and the apparent survival of the Uxbridges and their home, Kevin attempted to protect his home, first with a buried snare and then by threatening the away team with a non-functioning weapon. Lieutenant Worf considered this an act of unmitigated gall, something he admired. Riker encouraged the Uxbridges to return to the USS Enterprise -D with him, but they refused.

While the away team was investigating on the surface, Counselor Troi attempted to probe the Uxbridges' minds. To hide his true identity, Kevin placed the tune from a music box of Rishon's into Troi's mind. This tune distracted her, eventually causing her considerable suffering.

Hoping to lure the Enterprise -D away from Rana, Kevin created a false warship , which appeared from the Lagrange point of Rana's farthest moon and fired on the Enterprise -D with proton - antiproton energy equivalent to forty megawatts . The crew of the Enterprise naturally assumed this vessel was the same Husnock warship that had attacked the colony, though the design was unknown to the Federation. When the Enterprise -D returned fire, the warship quickly left orbit . As the Enterprise -D attempted to catch up with it, the ship matched Enterprise -D's acceleration exactly, and the Enterprise -D was unable to catch it.

The Enterprise -D returned to the Delta Rana star system , and Captain Picard encouraged the Uxbridges to leave the planet; they again refused. After Picard had returned to the ship, Kevin brought the warship back in a slightly different configuration, and fired on the Enterprise -D with 400 gigawatts of particle energy, injuring 66 crewmembers . The Enterprise returned fire, but none of its weapons were effective, and it was forced to leave orbit. Picard hypothesized that the ship was protecting Kevin and Rishon, and to test his theory he informed Kevin that the Enterprise -D would not leave Rana IV as long as Kevin and Rishon were alive. In response, Kevin brought the warship back and had it fire upon the planet, appearing to destroy his home. Picard then ordered a single photon torpedo launched against the warship, and Kevin caused the previously impenetrable ship to be utterly destroyed so that the Enterprise would have no reason to remain in the Rana system. Three hours later the Uxbridge home, and the Uxbridges, were back. Picard had them beamed directly to the bridge of the Enterprise -D, where he explained that he had deduced that Rishon had in fact died in the attack, and Kevin had somehow recreated her and their home. Exposed, Kevin uncreated the copy of Rishon, and disappeared from the bridge . He went to the bedside of the suffering Counselor Troi and removed the music from her mind. When Picard demanded the truth of him, Kevin revealed his true nature and that, in an instant of his regretful grief, he had utterly annihilated the entire Husnock race with a single vengeful thought. Picard decided that Humanity was not qualified to judge Kevin's crime, and permitted him to return to the planet and create his wife and home once more.

Colony records indicated that Kevin was 85 years old at the time of the attack, although this was of course based on his false Human identity. In reality, he had lived in the Milky Way Galaxy for many thousands of years. ( TNG : " The Survivors ")

Kevin Uxbridge was played by John Anderson .

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Douwd are an extra-galactic species, able to manipulate their appearance. They are self-described as "immortal beings of disguises and false surroundings." They have been observed to have the ability to create and destroy on an epic scale. Their main ways of both attack and defense were through psychic and psychological means.

Though they possess great power, they are not able to bring people back to life, though they can create near-perfect illusions of whomever they wanted to. The Douwd appear to be nearly omnipotent beings, but not omniscient. Their true form appears as a slender, translucent humanoid, which had a purple hue.

In 2366 , one Douwd revealed himself to the crew of the Federation starship Enterprise-D , posing as a human named Kevin Uxbridge. The Enterprise was responding to a distress signal sent out by the colony on Rana IV, finding only Uxbridge and his wife to be the only survivors of a brutal, planet-wide attack.

It was eventually revealed that Uxbridge is a Douwd in disguise, and his wife an illusion of his creation. When the Husnock attacked Rana IV, the Douwd refused to fight, as he was a devout pacifist. However, when his wife and the rest of the colony were destroyed, Uxbridge was devastated.

Using his immeasurable powers, he instantly annihilated the entire Husnock race –all fifty billion– with a single thought. He then created the illusion of his wife, and their homestead before the attack.

Uxbridge sentenced himself to exile on the now-ruined Rana IV. The truth revealed, Captain Picard confessed that the Federation is not qualified to judge him, or the issue, and allowed him to stay on Rana IV.

It is not known what became of the being known as "Kevin Uxbridge" after his encounter with the Enterprise-D in 2366 .

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The Douwd were a species made of pure energy, self-described as "immortal beings of disguises and false surroundings" . They have the ability to create and destroy on an epic scale; they also maintain the ability to attack through psychic means. The Douwd appear to be nearly omnipotent, but not omniscient.

Only one individual from the Douwd race has been encountered, a being who referred to itself as Kevin Uxbridge while in Human form. In 2313, he had been traveling on a ship at sea – taking the form of a thirty-three year old, penniless botany student – when he met a twenty-nine year old composer of Tao-classical music named Rishon. Though her parents disapproved of him, she was smitten with Kevin and proposed marriage to him two hours after they met. He put aside his powers and married Rishon; they would be married for fifty-three years, but Kevin never revealed his true identity to her.

In 2361 – with Rishon 77 years old – the couple moved from the aquatic city New Martim Vaz on Earth to the Federation colony on Delta Rana IV to live out their final years together and to "fall in love all over again" .

Unfortunately, in 2366, a warship belonging to a vicious species known as the Husnock attacked the planet . As Kevin possessed a pacifist conscience, he refused to destroy the Husnock attackers outright, instead trying to scare them away with false images. Instead of fleeing, however, they became "angrier and more cruel" , laying waste to the planet. Finally, Rishon left Kevin's side and joined the fight against the Husnock – perishing with the other colonists. When Kevin found her body, he lost control of his emotions; in a fury of blind rage, he summoned his powers and destroyed the Husnock completely – all fifty billion of the species. When Kevin regained his senses and realized what he had done, he was horrified. He used his powers to recreate his house and Rishon, then sentenced himself to exile as the only living being on Rana IV.

It was here that Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the USS Enterprise-D found Kevin and "Rishon", three days after the attack, apparently the sole survivors of the attack on the planet . The ship's counselor, Deanna Troi, began to sense Kevin's true nature through her empathic powers; Kevin sensed this himself and used his own powers to implant an endlessly-repeating piece of music in Deanna's mind, distracting her and nearly destroying her mind. He also attempted to drive the Enterprise away, first by attacking the ship with a vessel he created, then by obliterating his home with the warship in hopes that the Enterprise would leave. Eventually, Captain Picard used the ship's transporter to transport Kevin and "Rishon" directly to the bridge of the Enterprise and then confronted them with their true natures. Consumed by regret and remorse over what he had done, Kevin removed the music from Deanna's mind and confessed his "sin" to Captain Picard. Picard's response: "We are not qualified to be your judges. We have no law to fit your crime. You're free to return to the planet... and to make Rishon live again." Uxbridge returned to Rana IV and once again recreated Rishon and his house; Picard and the Enterprise left orbit, Picard remarking, "We leave behind a being of extraordinary power... and conscience. I am not certain if he should be praised or condemned - only that he should be left alone." (TNG: "The Survivors")

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Unlike 0 , the Douwd was considered one of the advanced intelligences that recognized reality. ( TNG - The Q Continuum novel : Q-Strike )

In the far distant past , the Guardian of Forever displayed an image of the Douwd to a young Q . ( TNG - The Q Continuum novel : Q-Space )

In the year 2366 , the Douwd known as Kevin Uxbridge was encountered by the crew of the Starfleet starship USS Enterprise -D on Delta Rana IV , three days after the destruction of the local Federation colony by the Husnock . Uxbridge was left in self-imposed isolation on the planet after wiping out the entire Husnock civilization in retaliation. ( TNG episode : " The Survivors ")

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In their true forms, Douwd resemble translucent energy-based humanoids colored purple, possessing incredible essokinetic power. Lighter examples of their power include creating elaborate life-like illusions capable of fooling all senses, clouding the mind of psychics, and taking on the form of a Human, while feats of their greater power include annihilating entire species and civilizations with a single thought, even one that was made impulsively. The only known limit to their power is that they cannot resurrect the dead, although they can create illusions of a deceased person.

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The new line of action figures are based on characters from across the iconic Star Trek franchise that spans nearly 60 years.

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Nacelle ( The Center Seat: 55 Years of Trek, The Toys/Movies That Made Us, Disney’s Behind the Attraction ) has struck a deal with Paramount to create a new line of action figures based on the iconic Star Tre k franchise. Nacelle's Star Trek is inspired by some of the most beloved, fan-favorite characters and moments from Star Trek shows and films over its iconic run of nearly 60 years available as 1/12 scale action figures, with a focus on characters never before available, as well as roles in outfits never before produced.

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With Star Trek 's rich cast of beloved characters, cameos and unforgettable moments, there will be future waves of releases that will include characters from Star Trek: The Next Generation , Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan , Star Trek III: The Search for Spock , Star Trek: IV: The Voyage Home , Star Trek V: The Final Frontier , Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country , Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , Star Trek Generations , Star Trek: First Contact , Star Trek: Insurrection , Star Trek Nemesis , and more. In addition, Nacelle is soliciting ideas from Star Trek fans on which characters they would like to see in future waves to complete their collections.

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Kate mulgrew is vice admiral kathryn janeway and hologram janeway, brett gray is dal r'el, cadet captain of the uss protostar, ella purnell is gwyndala, an impossible girl with a destiny, rylee alazraqui is rok-tahk, a child science whiz, jason mantzoukas is jankom pog, engineer with a unique way of speaking, angus imrie is zero, a non-corporeal being in a robot suit, jimmi simpson is the villainous dreadnok, jameela jamil is ascencia, the vindicator out of time, robert picardo is the doctor, a holographic starfleet veteran, robert beltran is captain chakotay, lost among the stars, john noble was the diviner, a once and future villain.

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A new line of Star Trek action figures is getting ready to beam into stores — and you can help decide what characters will be a part of it. The Nacelle Company is producing a new line of 6-inch Trek figures, and they want fan input. Nacelle intends to focus on characters who have never been available as action figures, and on outfits that have never made the leap from screen to collectible — a tall order, given that Playmates' extensive Trek action figure lines of the 1990s included deep cuts like Worf in 19th-century garb from Star Trek: Generations and doomed peace activist Edith Keeler ( Joan Collins ) from " The City on the Edge of Forever ".

Says Nacelle founder Brian Volk-Weiss:

"As a lifelong Star Trek fan who somehow made it through Chekov's Ceti Eel scene at the ripe old age of six (thanks mom!), who would go on to name his company after a term every Trek fan is familiar with, I'm starting to think I’m in the best holodeck program ever made — this has all been so surreal! I promise all the fellow fans out there that we will deliver the deep cuts we've been waiting decades for, and keep the surprises coming too! Warp engines are standing by!"

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Nacelle's new line will cover the pre-streaming era of Star Trek — that's from The Original Series to Enterprise , with everything in between, including The Next Generation , Deep Space Nine , and Voyager . It also includes the first ten theatrical movies — the six movies featuring Kirk, Spock, and company from The Original Series , and four starring Picard and his Next Generation crew. However, it won't include the new generation of Trek series streaming on Paramount+, including Discovery , Lower Decks , and Strange New Worlds , so you'll have to wait for a Battle-Damaged Brad Boimler or a Michael Burnham with Speeder Bike. It also won't include the three "reboot" Star Trek movies starring Chris Pine as Kirk — or that fourth movie, if it ever gets made .

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Star Trek: Discovery premiered 7 years ago, and its first two episodes remain incredible and controversial. The first new Star Trek TV series since Star Trek: Enterprise was canceled by UPN in 2005, Star Trek: Discovery premiered on September 24, 2017. Discovery 's first episode, "The Vulcan Hello," was broadcast on CBS, but its second episode, "Battle at the Binary Stars," was only available on the new CBS All-Access streaming service. Star Trek: Discovery 's premiere strategy was meant to drive audiences to subscribe to CBS All-Access (now Paramount+). This tactic worked, but it alienated many viewers accustomed to Star Trek broadcasts being free on network TV or syndication.

7 years ago, the entertainment landscape was very different. The COVID-19 pandemic was 3 years away. Superhero movies like Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Wonder Woman, and Spider-Man: Homecoming ruled the box office, with Marvel Studios' wildly successful Thor: Ragnarok and DC's disastrous Justice League premiering just two months after Star Trek: Discovery. The biggest TV shows in the world were Game of Thrones and The Walking Dead, and serialized storytelling was dominant. Star Trek: Discovery arrived to bring Star Trek into the serialized age , with visuals equal to the quality seen in Star Trek Beyond , which was the last Star Trek movie released in movie theaters the year before, in the summer of 2016.

Discovery’s Premiere Taught Audiences A New Way To See Star Trek

Star trek tv was now a movie every week.

Star Trek: Discovery 's premiere was certainly a shock to the system. Simply put, Star Trek had never looked so dazzlingly cinematic on television before. Star Trek: Discovery also broke established Star Trek tropes: For the first time, the lead character, Commander Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green), was not a starship Captain. Discovery was seen through the eyes of the First Officer, and Burnham was a flawed and conflicted character who believed she was acting on behalf of the greater good but made terrible mistakes in her judgment.

Discovery forged the model for Star Trek going forward.

"The Vulcan Hello" and "The Battle at the Binary Stars" showed a complacent Starfleet confronted with a resurgent and terrifying Klingon Empire. Star Trek: Discovery was also an action-packed spectacle that had never been delivered by a Star Trek TV series before, and it was easily on par with the visual splendor of J.J. Abrams' Star Trek movies. Meanwhile, the phenomenal performances by Sonequa Martin-Green, Michelle Yeoh as Captain Philppa Georgiou, and Doug Jones as Saru were urgent, emotional, and gripping. Discovery forged the model for Star Trek going forward. After Discovery, there was no going back for Star Trek.

Discovery Is Surprising Because Of What's NOT In The Premiere

Star trek: discovery's first two episodes were really just a prologue.

Star Trek: Discovery 's premiere is unlike any other Star Trek pilot because it's actually a prologue . "The Vulcan Hello" and "Battle at the Binary Stars" aren't even set aboard the USS Discovery, which wouldn't be introduced until the third episode of Star Trek: Discovery, "Context is King." Star Trek: Discovery 's premiere is shockingly missing many elements that would become integral to season 1 and the future of the series.

Absent from Star Trek: Discovery 's first two episodes is Captain Gabriel Lorca (Jason Isaacs), who would be revealed as season 1's main villain and joined Michelle Yeoh as Discovery's marquee stars. The USS Discovery's controversial spore displacement hub drive - the revolutionary technology of Star Trek: Discovery - doesn't come into the picture until the third episode. Nor are core Star Trek: Discovery characters like Lieutenant Paul Stamets (Anthony Rapp) and Dr. Hugh Culber (Wilson Cruz) introduced until the third episode. Star Trek: Discovery isn't even Star Trek: Discovery yet until episode 3, "Context is King."

Star Trek: Discovery’s Early Mistakes Defined The Show

Discovery had issues from its inception.

For all of its virtues and innovations, Star Trek: Discovery was also flawed since its inception, and the show couldn't get past its initial mistakes . Series creator Bryan Fuller originally intended Star Trek: Discovery to be an anthology, but after that format changed, the show couldn't overcome the issues inherent in being a prequel set 10 years before Star Trek: The Original Series . Discovery' s aesthetics, uniforms, and advanced technology couldn't be reconciled with TOS canon, and longtime fans couldn't get past this or the unwelcome redesign of the Klingons .

Lt. Detmer didn’t play a huge role in Star Trek: Discovery’s final season, so it was sadly easy for me to forget she’d been there since the beginning.

Star Trek: Discovery 's solution at the end of season 2 was to shed and outrun its most problematic aspects . By permanently jumping to the 32nd century, Star Trek: Discovery left behind its hated Klingons and started anew in an unexplored future era where the USS Discovery was now a relic from the past. Still, the bad taste Discovery left in many fans' mouths never went away, despite the brilliance of the show's acting, production design, and the legacy Discovery was building as the flagship of a new era of Star Trek .

Discovery Season 1 Was About Reclaiming Star Trek’s Identity

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The underlying theme of Star Trek: Discovery season 1 was identity, and it worked twofold. The Klingons began Star Trek: Discovery in fear of losing their identity as the United Federation of Planets was expanding. The Klingons, a society fractured for generations, sought to unite, and their mantra was "Remain Klingon." In contrast, Starfleet's own identity as benevolent explorers was subverted by a brutal and bloody war with the Klingons. Faced with potential extinction, Starfleet grew desperate and violent, even considering genocide on the Klingon homeworld to end the war.

Commander Michael Burnham's speech to the Federation at the end of Star Trek: Discovery season 1 was the show reclaiming Star Trek 's virtues . As the first Star Trek on TV in 12 years, Discovery couldn't rest on the past laurels of Star Trek. Discovery had to reassess what Starfleet meant in the present, and what it would represent in the future. By journeying into and through the heart of darkness, Star Trek: Discovery emerged with a better understanding and appreciation of Gene Roddenberry's optimistic vision of the future, re-embracing it for a new era.

Star Trek Is Better Because Of Discovery

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Thanks to Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek was reborn, creating a new legacy that honors the past while looking ahead to the future . Star Trek: Picard brought back Patrick Stewart and, eventually, the entire cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation , with Star Trek: Picard season 3 fulfilling most fans' wildest hopes. Star Trek: Lower Decks and Star Trek: Prodigy became the new paragons of Star Trek animation, proving comedy and sweeping, epic sagas weren't limited to live-action.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds would certainly not exist without Star Trek: Discovery . Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount), Number One (Rebecca Romijn), Lt. Spock (Ethan Peck), and the Starship Enterprise found new life thanks to Discovery. Strange New Worlds, and its cast of Star Trek legacy icons and instantly beloved new characters, brought back what Star Trek was missing: The Original Series' episodic style, willingness to boldly experiment, and a new frontier spirit of optimism.

Star Trek remains strong heading into the franchise's 60th anniversary in 2026.

Even with fewer Star Trek series on the horizon than at the apex of 2022, when Paramount+ boasted 5 simultaneous Star Trek shows and a new episode of Star Trek streaming nearly every Thursday of the year, Star Trek remains strong heading into the franchise's 60th anniversary in 2026 . Star Trek enters a new age of made-for-streaming movies with Star Trek: Section 31 , another spinoff of Discovery. Meanwhile, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy is in production, weaving Academy Award-caliber actors with the newest generation of young Star Trek heroes. Star Trek: Discovery' s premiere, flaws and all, made everything possible, and it was a "Vulcan hello" to Star Trek 's continuing renaissance.

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