Star Trek: Your favourite and why.

[Kobold-Bard]

Exactly what it says on the tin. What is your favourite incarnation of Star Trek and why? Who's your favourite character, what's your favourite ever episode/film?

Let the nerdiness flow

Personally I'm a fan of DS9, just too many characters to like.

[Lord of Syntax]

TNG all the way, because I <3 Picard.

My favorite episode is Author, Author from Voyager

[Arcane_Secrets]

The Next Generation, because I thought it had the best characters and nemeses (the Borg, Lore, Q). My favorite character is Data, and I'd say my favorite episodes are Best of Both Worlds.

[Nerd-o-rama]

TNG, by a fair margin, although I love the cheese factor of the original series to death.

Wrath of Khan and First Contact are my favorite movies, followed very closely by New Trek.

[Icewalker]

Data. Spock. Picard. Worf. Mostly TNG. Need to watch more TOS, and definitely more of the movies.

[Arcane_Secrets]

Data. Spock. Picard. Worf. Mostly TNG. Need to watch more TOS, and definitely more of the movies.

For the movies, the even ones good, odd ones...not so good rule mostly applies. :) (I'd have to say that Star Trek III is an exception).

[Joran]

Favorite Incarnation of Star Trek: DS9: It broke all the rules of Star Trek (character flaws, plot arcs, less emphasis on exploration) and was the better for it. By staying in one place rather than gallivanting around the galaxy, DS9 created the most memorable supporting characters in Star Trek history.

Favorite Character: Plain, Simple Garak. He contains so many multitudes, swaying from gleefully immoral secret agent to passionate patriot to a good friend.

Favorite Episode: The Inner Light. That flute song still kills me every time.

Favorite Movie: Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. Endlessly rewatchable, humor still holds up.

For the movies, the even ones good, odd ones...not so good rule mostly applies. :) (I'd have to say that Star Trek III is an exception).

Nemesis (X) broke the rule, which led to the reboot (XI) being entertaining. I'm not sure what kind of universe I live in now.

[Arcane_Secrets]

Nemesis (X) broke the rule, which led to the reboot (XI) being entertaining. I'm not sure what kind of universe I live in now.

That's a good point, although I'd still say it wasn't as bad as I or V.

[Kobold-Bard]

Can't help but notice that no-one's mentioned Voyager yet

[Lord Seth]

Exactly what it says on the tin. What is your favourite incarnation of Star Trek and why? Who's your favourite character, what's your favourite ever episode/film?

Let the nerdiness flow

Personally I'm a fan of DS9, just too many characters to like.

It's a tough call for all of them, but...

Favorite incarnation: Either TNG or DS9.
Favorite character: Spock
Favorite episode: There are too many to pick just one, so here goes a list of the best: "Mirror, Mirror", "The City on the Edge of Forever", "Balance of Terror", "The Best of Both Worlds", "Tapestry", "In the Pale Moonlight", "Duet", "Trials and Tribble-Ations", and "Past Tense"
Favorite film: Wrath of Khan

[Joran]

Can't help but notice that no-one's mentioned Voyager yet

Voyager was a great concept, but required much better execution. Voyager could have been Battlestar Galactica; one ship, all alone, having to fend for itself while still trying to adhere to Federation principles. Instead, it endlessly hit the reset button, which removed a lot of the drama and tough choices.

I enjoyed the Doctor a great deal. Poor Harry Kim never got a promotion though =P

[Dragor]

Favourite series: DS9. Even though it had its horrible moments (Profit and Lace, anyone?) on the whole it was a lot more darker and 'realistic' view of the Star Trek world, revealing that the Federation couldn't just save kittens from trees and thus be the best, and being ruthlessly efficient at times. Sisko was a brilliant captain, who was passionate and endlessly entertaining with his dry wit. He's the captain out of all the captains who I'd most want as my neighbour: entertaining and humorous, but when needed a fiery friend.

Favourite character: Gul Dukat takes this for me. My favourite episode is probably Waltz, where Dukat elevated to the status of a great villain. Although he's lost everything, and even though it's clear that he has done wrong, he still supports his own actions and deems that everything he's done is correct. I didn't like the madness, which I thought was a bit cheesy, but fundamentally he was simply a great villain.

I don't really have a favourite movie (hell, the fact that a movie about time-travelling whales is the best movie says a lot about the quality of the Star Trek films) but I most enjoyed the recent re-imagining. (Heresy! Burn the witch!)

[FoE]

Voyager was a great concept, but required much better execution.

My friends and I cite Farscape as an example of how Voyager should have been. Perhaps with less puppets and general weirdness, but a lot more desperation.

I mean, they were stranded thousands of light years from home, half of the Voyager crew was dead, they had to rely on Maquis terrorists to replenish their ranks ... There should have been a lot more tension and animosity in that series. And Neelix shouldn't have become such a useless twit.

Nonetheless, my two favourite Star Trek episodes comes from Voyager: Tuvix and Death Wish. Tuvix has a pretty emotionally powerful ending, and Death Wish has that really awesome scene in the Q Continuum. "Oh please, we've all been the scarecrow!"

As for my favourite incarnation ... I would say the new movie is my favourite so far. And I would like to see more of this new "Trek through the Stars."

Favourite villain? The Borg Queen from First Contact. Hands down. Creepy yet strangely seductive, and she makes an appealing case for evil.

Favourite character? Data. I enjoyed all the Data episodes, except that one where he tries to start a relationship with that chick.

I most enjoyed the recent re-imagining. (Heresy! Burn the witch!)

We must all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately.

[Athaniar]

Series
Deep Space Nine is my favorite, and probably my favorite TV series ever. I do prefer series with plot over "random encounter" ones like most of the others. The third and fourth seasons of Enterprise come in second.

Character
Garak. Do I really have to explain?

Captain
Picard. Sir Stewart is such a great actor.

Villain
Tough choice. Either Dukat, Khan, or the Borg Queen. Or Weyoun(s).

Episode
Waltz, most likely, for reasons already mentioned.

Movie
I'll have to say Wrath of Khan here.

Novel
Not that I've read many, but the two Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh were nice, and also hardcore Continuity Porn.

Alien Species
Species 8472/"Undines". They make me want to buy Star Trek Online just to see more of them. Among the more humanoid species, I prefer the ever scheming Romulans.

Animal
Spot!

[Ichneumon]

Series: I liked the randomness of the Original series, "Monster of the Week" and all. However, TNG is better as a series and from a story perspective.

Character: Data

Captain: Picard.

Race: Romulan

[Kobold-Bard]

...Race: Romulan

They never really did anything for me.

[snoopy13a]

I like Star Trek IV the best.

It doesn't take itself too seriously and it is a little funny.

As for character, I'll say McCoy.

[Telonius]

Favorite series: very close between DS9 and TNG. DS9 wins out, very narrowly, due to Quark and Garak.

Favorite Protagonist: Spock

Favorite Antagonist: Q

Favorite Captain: Picard

Most Annoying Character: Neelix.
(Honorable mention: Wesley, O'Brien, Barclay)

Favorite Film: Star Trek VI

Also, Spot is awesome.

[Starscream]

TNG because I loved the characters. Picard, Worf, Data, Riker, LaForge. An all around awesome cast.

[Arcane_Secrets]

My friends and I cite Farscape as an example of how Voyager should have been. Perhaps with less puppets and general weirdness, but a lot more desperation.

The weirdness was part of what I liked about Farscape...especially the episodes where it was nearly universal like Crackers Don't Matter.

For that matter, the stranger episodes of TNG are some of my favorites too. Particularly the one where Data's dream sequence involving cellular peptide cake and having a phone in his torso turned out to be the key to saving the ship.

I mean, they were stranded thousands of light years from home, half of the Voyager crew was dead, they had to rely on Maquis terrorists to replenish their ranks ... There should have been a lot more tension and animosity in that series. And Neelix shouldn't have become such a useless twit.

Neelix was anything else?

[FoE]

Neelix was anything else?

Neelix was halfway competent in the series premiere; he did manage to fool Janeway into helping him. He and Tom bemoaned their decaying badassery in a later episode when they were tricked by a group of con artists.

[Kobold-Bard]

Neelix was halfway competent in the series premiere; he did manage to fool Janeway into helping him. He and Tom bemoaned their decaying badassery in a later episode when they were tricked by a group of con artists.

He was also a stud for no reason that I can understand. He managed to satisfy that Klingon that nearly killed Harry Kim with her feminine wiles.

[FoE]

He was also a stud for no reason that I can understand. He managed to satisfy that Klingon that nearly killed Harry Kim with her feminine wiles.

He had been a Klingon ... or at least thought he was one, thanks to the Hirojin putting him through that simulation. It gave him enough understanding of their culture to seduce a Klingon female.

[Strawberries]

I have very fond memories of the original series. I watched it all in reruns with my grandfather when I was a little girl (four or five years old). To this day, it makes me think of him . When I was little, my favourite character was Spock. Today I'd say McCoy.

Of the new series, Deep Space Nine. I enjoy the darker and more "realistic" setting, and I find some of the characters extremely interesting, expecially the more "ambiguous" ones (Garak comes to mind).

Can't help but notice that no-one's mentioned Voyager yet

What do you mean? There has never been a Star Trek series by that name [/denial]

[Starfols]

Series: Enterprise, definitely

Character: I can't say. Phlox, Reed, Tucker, Sato, Data, LaForge, Bones or Sulu

Captain: I like Picard the most. Archer is a close second.

Antagonist: Q. Who else?

Species: does the ISC count?

Animal:Porthos!

[Jerthanis]

Every story is driven by its characters, their hopes, dreams, flaws and so on.

Deep Space 9 had almost a dozen phenomenal characters. Every other Star Trek had a few entertaining characters, a few bad characters, and one or two truly memorable characters.

I can tell you my favorite character from every Star Trek that isn't DS9 off the top of my head, no contest: Spock, Picard, Paris, and Archer. Often, these characters aren't my 'favorite' so much as my 'least disliked'.

On DS9, more than half the cast is tied for my #1 favorite spot. Sisko, Odo, Garak, Dax, Jake, Quark... and I still find everyone else interesting or entertaining.

DS9 also had the most coherent storyline with the most interesting setting elements. From religion to politics to economics, DS9 had it all.

[Dienekes]

TOS and TNG for me. I never got into DS9, felt too much like a soap opera in space to me for some reason.

[khoregate]

Series: Enterprise, definitely

Species: does the ISC count?

Animal:Porthos!

i also liked playing their ships in SFB started playing that in england now i live about 40 miles from Amarillo design bureau and found out recently i may actualy be related to stephen V Cole strange how things happen

Favourite series... : will have to be TNG

favourite Captain Pickard

favourite Character Spock

Favourite villian The Borg queen

favourite Animal SPOT !!

Most hated character Wesley Crusher anyone else remember the alt.wesley.crusher.die.die.die newgroups ?

[Lord Seth]

Can't help but notice that no-one's mentioned Voyager yet

Well the thing is, Voyager was almost completely forgettable. It was average pretty much the whole way through, and can't even be memorable for being bad. The first two seasons of Enterprise might have been awful (in the words of Chuck Sonnenberg, "Sometimes I think Enterprise exists just to make Voyager look good") but at least they were memorable for being so bad, and the show started to turn itself around starting in its third season. Voyager was, from start to finish, an utterly forgettable show.

[The Glyphstone]

Series: TNG, it was the bread and butter of my Star Trek experience. TOS I found afterwards.

Character: Worf. Poor guy could never catch a break. Runner-up, Voyager's Doctor.

Captain: Picard. That's SIR Patrick Stewart, remember.

Villain: The Borg Queen. Q takes second place as best antagonist, but not actual villain.

Episode: Q-Pid, the one where the crew ends up in a Robin Hood scenario.

Movie: Wrath of KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN. Honorable mention to Episode IV: Search For The Nuclear Wessels.

Animal: Spot.