Ever wonder why Roddenberry didn't dub
his fledgling sf
effort "Star Trip," "Star
Safari" or "Star Outing"? Perhaps
the final selection
resulted from the Final Frontiersman's
apparent enthusiasm
for names with a 'K' sound --
names sporting 'q's, hard 'c's, 'x's and, of
course, 'k's.
Thus the series title short list might have included
"Star Hike" but not "Star Sojourn," "Star Junket"
but not
"Star Jaunt," "Star Campaign" but not "Star
Migration,"
"Star Caravan" but not "Star Pilgrimage," "Star Circuit" but
not "Star Voyage," "Star
Quest" but not "Star Ramble"...and,
of course, "Star
Trek" but not "Star Hegira." As for the cast
of characters –
check out the roster array'd below.
The Names
Chris Pike Spock Colt James Kirk Doctor McCoy "Scotty"
Hikaru Sulu Chekov Christine Chapel Jean-Luc Picard
Riker The Crushers Katherine Pulaski Alexander Rozhenko
Keiko
Kurn Lwaxana Q Barclay
Sarek Annika
Mark Jameson Ishka Hawk Dixon
Benjamin & Jake
Sisko
The Kiras Quark The Daxes Opaka Garak Martok
Gul Dukat Tekeny Vic Fontaine Shakaar Kasidy Kimara
Cretak Zek Gorkon Gralik Grilka Gromek Kathryn Janeway
Chakotay Tuvok H. Kim The Doctor Neelix Kes Seska
Vorik Kashimuro J. Carey S. Nicoletti Michael Jonas
W. Baxter Doctor Chaotica Braxton Jarok E. Jellico Kahless
Kamala Kang Kargon The Karidians Karina W. Keel E. Keeler
Keevan Kell K'Ehleyr
Keogh Kessick L. Kahn
K'Kath
Klaa Klag K'mpec K'mtar K'nera Kodos Kohlar Kol Kolopak
Koloth S.Kolrami A. Komononov Konmel Konsab Koord
Kor Korax
Korris Koss Koval
Kozak Kras Krell Kruge
K'Temoc Kunivas Kuvak Kyle Nick
Locarno Loskene
Lovok Kieran MacDuff Kila Carol
and David Marcus Martok
T. Tucker Malcolm Reed Phlox Maxwell Forrest Erika Hernandez
Silik E. Cutler Thy'lek Shran
…and surely there are others…
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