Happy birthday to Colm Meaney. With 225 total episodes, he has the second-most appearances in the franchise, surpassed only by Worf, a.k.a. Michael Dorn.
OTD, the series finale of Star Trek: Voyager, "Endgame," featuring the return of Alice Krige as the Borg Queen. Captain Janeway got them home, with a little help from her future self. Were you watching?
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Happy birthday to John Billingsley, the charming and unpredictable Dr. Phlox on Star Trek: Enterprise, and one of the driving forces behind Trek Talks, an annual fundraiser that brings the Trek community together from entire franchise for a great cause.
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Happy birthday to the great Kate Mulgrew, aka Captain (then Admiral) Janeway on Star Trek: Voyager. She beat the Borg, got the crew home, and was Star Trek's very first female lead... then came back (in animated form) on Star Trek: Prodigy.
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Happy birthday to Ashley Judd, who made her TV debut as Ensign Robin Lefler on Star Trek: The Next Generation. She's most remembered for helping Wesley save the Enterprise in "The Game," but her first appearance was in "Darmok."
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Happy First Contact Day! Celebrating the moment humanity met the Vulcans and took its first step toward the future of the United Federation of Planets. Live long and prosper. 🖖
OTD, TNG's "Captain's Holiday," with the 1st visit to Risa and 1st appearance of Vash. Writer Ira Steven Behr said it satisfied Patrick Stewart's request for more "sex and shooting" for Picard. Bonus guest star: Max Grodénchik, who would later play Rom on Deep Space 9.
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On her birthday, we remember Annie Wersching, whose very first TV role was playing Liana in the Star Trek: Enterprise episode "Oasis." She wowed viewers of Picard season 2 with her role as the Borg Queen. Gone far too soon.
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On her birthday, we remember D.C. Fontana, who wrote for The Original Series, The Animated Series, TNG, and Deep Space Nine. She wrote classics like "Journey to Babel" and "This Side of Paradise" and introduced Gene Roddenberry to legendary costumer William Ware Theiss.
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Happy heavenly birthday to Eisner Hall Of Famer, Reuben and Sergio Award winner, "Silly Seal" and "Ziggy Pig"creator, "Humbug" and "Trump" penciler and the longest contributing artist to "Mad" magazine, the legendary Al Jaffe
(at left with Bill Elder).
Happy birthday to Sean Kenney, most famous to Star Trek fans as Captain Christopher Pike (post-accident) in "The Menagerie." He also played Lieutenant DePaul in "Arena" and "A Taste of Armageddon."
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OTD, the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Offspring," about Data building a daughter. It was the first Trek episode written by René Echevarria (as a spec script) and the first one directed by Jonathan Frakes.
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Happy birthday to Ethan Peck, who plays Spock on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (after a strong intro on Discovery and a couple of Short Treks).
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Happy birthday to the exuberant Jerry O'Connell, who voiced First Officer (and now Captain) Jack Ransom on Star Trek: Lower Decks (and is married to Strange New Worlds' Rebecca Romijn).
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OTD, the DS9 episode "Far Beyond The Stars," in which Sisko has a vision from the Prophets of himself as Benny Russell, a science fiction writer fighting for civil rights in the 1950s, writing about the commander of a space station. Directed by Avery Brooks.
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Happy birthday to Bill Mumy, who played Crewman Kellin in the #StarTrekDS9 episode "The Siege of AR-558." He'd wanted to be on the show for a while, but waited for a non-alien role to come along.