Peter david novel qsquared, trelane is revealed to be a member of the q continuum. A questionable assumption, as trelane a requires additional support equipment to perform his magic as demonstrated in the duel, and b is fallible, which implies he is not omnipotent the implication is that he is looking in on earth via a telescope of some type if he were a q entity. The story involves the omnipotent q, in conflict with the metrons, the squire of gothos and the organians. The squire of gothos it was later revealed that trelane was actually a member of the q continuum. The similarity between q and trelane, the alien encountered in the star trek episode the squire of gothos, inspired writer peter david to establish in his 1994 novel q squared that trelane is a member of the continuum, and that q is his godfather with it being allbutexplicitly stated that q. He never appears again or is referenced again in canon. While it is a known fact that gene was an athiest, i think men have outgrown our need for gods, he made it a point, included in both the noninterference directive and the vulcan idic in not trying to convert anyone. This renegade q is named trelane, also known as the squire of gothos, who. Trelane was a powerful alien first encountered by the crew of the uss enterprise in 2267. The similarity between q and trelane inspired writer peter david to posit in his 1994 novel qsquared that trelane is a member of the q continuum, and q is his godfather. Trelane memory beta, noncanon star trek wiki fandom. Real lawyer reacts to star trek tng measure of a man picard defends datas humanity legaleagle. Even if an author posited that trelane is part of the q continuum, i never thought so. The squire of gothos trelane later escaped from his parents again.
In the peter david novel q squared, trelane was revealed to be a member of the q continuum, with q being assigned as his mentor. Audible is the premiere source for audiobooks with more than 150,000 titles to choose from, and new titles coming every week. The crew of the enterprise figures out that he uses some kind of machinery to make his mojo work. Qsquared is a noncanon star trek novel by peter david. The squire of gothos is the seventeenth episode of the first season of the american science. Q squared is an excellent book but sadly it is not canon. Qsquared ebook by peter david official publisher page. Star trek tos squire of gothos duplicate ask question asked 2 years, 5 months ago. Apparently another member of the q continuum has tapped into an awesome power source that makes this being more powerful than the combined might of the entire q continuum. Trek, like some of the later books in his new frontier series, work as well. Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 next cutie mcwhiskers rear admiral rear admiral. So in this episode, q becomes human as punishment by the continuum.
The next generation and millions of other books are. This renegade q is named trelane also known as the squire of gothos, who captain kirk and his crew first encountered over one hundred years ago. The next generation q squared is a noncanon star trek novel by peter david. He has even stated in tng that they have evolved into the q even though the q cant remember a time where they wasnt q. Im a fan of tng however the q storylines are not my particular cup of tea. Qsquared was released in july 1994 as one in a series of giant novels for the star trek line from pocket books. A superpowerful alien takes on the appearance of an aristocratic figure from earth history, has a ridiculous philosophical debate with the enterprise captain and then puts the captain on trial in a ridiculous kangaroo court.
Dominated by william campbells flamboyant performance as the powerful and petulant trelane, the squire of gothos debuted on january 12, 1967. Just finished watching the squire of gothos and the character trelane, to me, seemed incredibly q like. Firstly, i am a huge star trek fan, and squire of gothos is one of my favourite episodes from. He had trouble understanding that humanity had progressed socially past that era of. Trelane is an antagonist in the star trek franchise, appearing in the star trek. Like q, in his 2nd appearance, trelane is dressed as a french military commander facinated by napoleonic era france. The original series episode the squire of gothos he was portrayed by the late william campbell, who later played koloth in the tos episode the trouble with tribbles as well as two episodes of star trek. Trelayne believe it or not, is a member of the q continuum. He drafts the crews of the original enterprise, the next generation, ds9 and voyager as representatives in the conflict then in a schoolyard pick scrambles all the members into 4 teams. I was hoping this book might change that a bit but it hasnt really struck a chord. In the peter david novel q squared, trelane is revealed to be a member of the q continuum, with q being assigned as his mentor. Isnt trelaine just a slightly more juvenile version of q. Apparently another member of the q continuum has tapped into an. In his book, q squared, author peter david related that trelane was an adolescent q entity.
The book spent two weeks on the new york times bestseller list. The enterprise is captured by trelane, the childish ruler of gothos. Is he ever mentioned again in canon as a memeber of the q continuum, or was he just the inspiration for the q. Trelane harassed the crew of the enterprise before he was found by his parents and taken home. This renegade q is named trelane, also known as the squire of gothos, who captain kirk and his crew first encountered over one hundred years ago. I discovered star trek when i was 11 years old, and this show helped to create my values and worldview. Q squared he also served in starfleet as chief engineer aboard the uss kitana during. Since mccoys detects nothing, i think that if allow trelane to be q, he doesnt have an actual human. Rent the episode, q has a conversation with picard when they 1st met. John delancie compares q to trelane in an interview. In all of his travels captain jeanluc picard has never faced an opponent more powerful than q, a being from another continuum that picard encountered on his very. Additionally, when q was made human, datas tricorder read him as human.
Its fundamentally impossible for us to understand, and thus we really cant say with any certainty. In the book, trelane was able to tap into the heart of the storm, the theoretical and literal center of the universe, where chaos exists. Then his parents punish him for playing with the puny humans. Trelane was a member of the q continuum who the crew of the uss enterprise encountered in 2267. Due to the distance between gothos and earth trelane had been observing the 18th and early 19th centuries. Could any star trek species see the q continuum, and the q, as they truly are. Is trelane related to or associated with the q continuum.
There was a peter david book as i recall called q squared that had trelane as an infant member of the q continuum. A popular fan theory was that trelane was a member of the q continuum, as introduced in. Written by paul schneider, and directed by don mcdougall, it first aired on january 12, 1967 in the episode, the childish but powerful ruler of the planet gothos captures the crew of the enterprise for his own amusement. It spent two weeks on the new york times bestseller list in 1994. In the novel, the name trelane originated due to an. So q continuum just may be the most known evolved species whoever they where before.
Published august 1st 1995 by pocket books first published 1994. Human minds just break when exposed to it, reinterpreting what theyre seeing as something familiar that tells us nothing precise about its natur. Trelane only appears in the squire of gothos, in the original star trek. The squire of gothos is a watchable, somewhat entertaining hour of star trek, though it is considerably better in concept than in execution. At the time trelane was fascinated with 18th century french culture. Q squared was released in july 1994 as one in a series of giant novels for the star trek line from pocket books. Trelane was encountered by the enterprises crew in 2267 when he abducted them. Star trek aka tos the original series 19661969 introduced us to the optimistic world of gene roddenberry. The squire of gothos is the seventeenth episode of the first season of the american science fiction television series, star trek. If you dont, then, because of q squared, trelane is a member of the q continuum, and i refer you to this question. Q and the squire of gothos the first time i saw q i immediately thought about this episode of tos.
The squire of gothos, is revealed to be a member of the q continuum. Encounter at farpoint 1987 tv episode the q subplot of farpoint is heavily influenced by gothos. Peter david novel q squared, trelane is revealed to be a member of the q continuum. From classics to current bestsellers, and even some of the most famous star trek books like prime directive, federation. Star trek the original series, the squire of gothos. This renegade q is named trelane also known as the squire of gothos, who. Trelane, as it turns out, is a member of the q continuum, and q has the task of. En route to the beta vi colony, the uss enterprise must pass through a void, or star desert a region of space where solar systems are not common, roughly 900 light years from earth. Is q based on the trelaine character from the squire of gothos. No one would ever mistake this for high prose, and no one but the star trek fan of both the original series and the next generation will care about any of this convoluted. Q and the crews of the starship enterprise from three parallel universes find themselves right in the thick of the.