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By Joshua Tyler | Published
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds He has returned for his third season and, on the way, he answered a question that fans have asked since the first days of Star Trek: The next generation In the 1980s. That question is: Was Trelane a Q? It turns out that the answer is yes.
Trelane (played by William Campbell) was the alien highlighted in the original Trek Episode “The Squire of Gothos”. It was an apparently omnipotent being with a problematic sense of humor and a strange obsession with human beings.
Although apparently omnipotent, Trelane turned out to be more than a child, and his even more omnipotent parents soon presented themselves to teach their son some manners. Captain Kirk and Enterprise team were stored in the process.
From the appearance of Q on Star Trek: The next generation, Fans have speculated for a long time that Trelane could have been a Q. That has never been confirmed in Canon, until now.
In the second episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ The third season, titled “Wedding Bell Blues”, a being almost identical to Trelane (played by Rhys Darby) appears to cause similar mischief. Of course, they don’t call it Trelane, but the attire and attitude are a dead raffle.
However, this trelano breaks his fingers to use his powers, a movement identical to the one used by Star Trek: The next generation Q Entities. That is not something Trelane did in Star Trek: The original serieswhich leads to the uncertainty of fans about their species.
It is not until the end of the episode that is confirmed that this version of Trelane is a P. happens when his father appears. Although his father appears only as a ball of gaseous energy, his voice should sound immediately familiar for Trek fans. Trelane’s father is expressed by John de Lancie, the actor better known for playing Q.
So, Trelane is not only a Q, he is the son of the Q. If you are thinking that it makes no sense since Star Trek: Strange New Worlds It is carried out before the original series, so you are probably not thinking about the fourth dimensions.
These events took place in the past of Captain Kirk and Captain Picard, but that does not mean that they occurred in Trelane’s past and Q. The members of Q Continum exist outside time, and things for them do not always happen in linear order.
It is completely possible, even likely, that the events of “Bell Bell Blues” take place after the events of “The Squire of Gothos” from the point of view of Trelane. That would explain why Trelane no longer needs a machine to amplify his powers and now he can simply break his fingers to make his wishes come true. He has aged and his powers have grown.
“Bell blues wedding wedding” can even take place after the events of Star Trek: Picard Season 3, from the perspective of Q. Picard Season 3, by the way, is the last time we saw John de Lancie on the screen as his iconic and God character.
The only remaining question is: why does Spock not remember Trelane when he finds him with Captain Kirk in “The Squire of Gothos”? Star Trek: Strange New Worlds He also gave us an answer for that.
Although for us, spectators, this trelano always appears as a human dressed in a high neck coat, that is not what the company’s crew sees. The first time that Spock (Ethan Peck) finds it, behind the Enterprise room bar, he points out that he did not know that there was a Vulcan waiter on board.
Later in the episode, people comment on Trelane’s blue skin and repeatedly refers to him as an Andorian. Spock, too, now sees an Andorian.
So, while we saw Trelane, Spock saw someone very different. Years later, he would not have recognized him as the same godson.
The original version of the Spock series (Leonard Nimoy) should still have noticed the similarities between the two situations. He did not, and there really is no explanation, except to say that the writing team of Strange New Worlds wanted to make an episode of Trelane. So they did, with only a certain level of consideration whether or not they stretched the credulity of the established canon.
