127-402: " Angel One " is the fourteenth episode of the first season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation . It was first broadcast on January 25, 1988, in the United States in broadcast syndication . It was written by Patrick Barry and was directed by Michael Ray Rhodes. Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the Starfleet crew of
254-452: A bat'leth in a duel, allowing Duras's political opponent Gowron to become chancellor ( TNG : "Reunion"). A civil war erupted when the Duras's son Toral challenged Gowron. Worf believed Gowron was the legitimate ruler and convinced his brother to bring forces loyal to him into battle on Gowron's behalf. Worf resigned from Starfleet to fight for Gowron and served on his brother's ship. Gowron won
381-761: A computer -like screen , computer viruses , video chat , tanning beds , home treadmills , and more. In 1963, the time travel-themed Doctor Who premiered on BBC Television. The original series ran until 1989 and was revived in 2005. It has been extremely popular worldwide and has greatly influenced later TV science fiction. Other programs in the 1960s included The Outer Limits (1963–1965), Lost in Space (1965–1968), and The Prisoner (1967). Star Trek (the original series), created by Gene Roddenberry , premiered in 1966 on NBC Television and ran for three seasons. It combined elements of space opera and Space Western . Only mildly successful at first,
508-428: A space opera , went on to become a worldwide popular culture phenomenon , and the second-highest-grossing film series of all time. Since the 1980s, science fiction films , along with fantasy , horror , and superhero films, have dominated Hollywood's big-budget productions. Science fiction films often " cross-over " with other genres, including film noir ( Blade Runner - 1982), family film ( E.T.
635-698: A campaign against the Federation, prompting Worf to mount an investigation into their activities, assisted by Raffi Musiker and supervised by Ro Laren . Worf and Raffi interrogate multiple criminal co-conspirators, including the Ferengi Sneed and the Vulcan Krinn, finding that the Changeling group has infiltrated the highest levels of Starfleet and burgled its most advanced lab the Daystrom Institute to restart
762-765: A cast portrait released in June 1987 to promote the upcoming series did not include Worf. Several "tall, slim, black actors" auditioned for Worf before Michael Dorn came along. Not only did the Worf character become a regular on The Next Generation , he was continued on the Deep Space Nine series for four more seasons (1995–99) and talk of a spin-off Worf show continued even into the 2010s. He made his debut in 1987 in " Encounter at Farpoint ", and last appeared in character in 2023 in Picard season 3. Dorn as Worf made 283 on-screen appearances,
889-554: A child, despite the extreme difficulties posed by the disparate biologies of Trill and Klingons. While Worf was away during a mission, Jadzia visited the Bajoran temple on the station where she was attacked and killed by an alien possessing the body of Gul Dukat , who had come aboard the station to destroy an Orb of the Prophet. ( DS9 : " Time's Orphan ", " Tears of the Prophets ") Julian Bashir
1016-552: A comfortable friendship, with Ezri eventually becoming romantically involved with Julian Bashir (who previously had feelings for Jadzia). This allowed Worf to accept 'his' Jadzia to have her place into Sto-Vo-Kor. In 2375, Worf became concerned with the leadership of Gowron. The entry of the Breen into the war on the side of the Dominion temporarily sidelined the Federation and Romulan fleets, which proved vulnerable to Breen weaponry. This left
1143-501: A coup which they had been led to believe was engineered by the Dominion. Worf reluctantly informed Sisko, knowing this would jeopardize his status in the empire. After the invasion had begun, Gowron traveled to DS9 to ask Worf to join him in battle. Gowron believed the Federation was unworthy of Worf's loyalty because they would not fight the Dominion. Worf felt the war was wrong and he could not support it. Gowron punished him by reinstating Worf's discommendation, but this time executing it to
1270-510: A cure and Riker must defuse the situation on the planet, before the ship must leave for the Neutral Zone. On the planet, Ramsey and his men are prepared to be executed despite Ariel's pleas, while Dr. Crusher discovers a cure for the virus. Riker suggests to Beata that the dissidents are not trying to overthrow the societal order on Angel One, but have instead set off an inevitable change in it. Executing them, he says, will create martyrs and worsen
1397-475: A fondness for meditation and tea in his free time, having seemingly given up Klingon opera. It's also revealed that something happened to the Enterprise -E under Worf's command that renders it unusable by the time of Star Trek: Picard , something that Worf insists was not his fault. A contact (heavily implied to be Odo ) has made Worf aware that a group of Changelings objected to the Dominion's surrender and began
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#17328730603981524-535: A great and influential film. In 1954, Godzilla , directed by Ishirō Honda , began the kaiju subgenre of science fiction film, which feature large creatures of any form, usually attacking a major city or engaging other monsters in battle . 1968's 2001: A Space Odyssey , directed by Stanley Kubrick and based on the work of Arthur C. Clarke , rose above the mostly B-movie offerings up to that time both in scope and quality, and influenced later science fiction films. That same year, Planet of
1651-669: A journey to the Moon and how the Earth 's motion is seen from there. Kepler has been called the "father of science fiction". Following the 17th-century development of the novel as a literary form , Mary Shelley 's Frankenstein (1818) and The Last Man (1826) helped define the form of the science fiction novel. Brian Aldiss has argued that Frankenstein was the first work of science fiction. Edgar Allan Poe wrote several stories considered to be science fiction, including " The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall " (1835), which featured
1778-535: A leap of faith and accept him as the legitimate heir of Kahless. He convinced the Klingons to appoint the new Kahless as Emperor. While real power remained with Gowron as head of government, the Emperor would be the formal head of state and teach the stories of Kahless. Gowron was induced to go along with this arrangement when Worf threatened in private otherwise to oppose him publicly, which Gowron, still not fully in control of
1905-580: A mission to destroy a Dominion shipyard. He dedicated this mission to his late wife, in order to ensure her entry into Sto-Vo-kor, the Valhalla -like realm of the honored dead, being joined by Quark , Bashir and O'Brien ( DS9 : " Shadows and Symbols "). Ezri helped Sisko on his mission, and then returned to DS9 with him ( DS9 : " Shadows and Symbols "). She accepted his request to stay on as station counselor. Worf avoided Ezri at first, confused about what to do about this new situation. Her quick posting to DS9 led to
2032-416: A number of awkward moments between her and Worf, since the new host carried all the memories of their former hosts but had its own distinct personality, despite their shared past. Also, it was considered taboo on Trill for new hosts to fraternize with former lovers. After a brief rekindling of their feelings for one another, they decided that things were just too different and, eventually, the two settled into
2159-534: A profound effect on the children of the prisoners and many chose to leave with him ( TNG : Birthright ). Worf's visit to the camp caused him to reconsider his own beliefs. He visited the monastery at Boreth to meditate. One day, a man appeared before him claiming to be Kahless the Unforgettable who had returned to lead the Empire once more. Worf was willing to consider the idea that Kahless was genuine because he believed
2286-513: A random virus on board, one which emits a scent detected by its victims at time of infection. The Captain leaves Lieutenant Geordi La Forge ( LeVar Burton ) in command (Geordi's first time in acting command of a starship). Shortly after they find Ramsey, he transmits Ramsey's location to the Away Team who beam directly to his location. When confronted by Data, Yar, and Troi with rescue, Ramsey and his men (having taken wives and started families during
2413-467: A relationship with her for a time, which at times strained his relationship with her former romantic interest, Commander Riker. Worf and Troi seemed to end their relationship following the destruction of the Enterprise -D at Veridian III and Worf's reassignment to Deep Space Nine . In 2371, he was promoted to lieutenant commander ( Star Trek Generations ). After the destruction of the Enterprise -D, Worf took an extended leave to evaluate his future. He
2540-490: A seat on the High Council. Worf's opposition to the war against Cardassia cost Kurn his seat on the council. Four months later, he arrived at DS9 seeking help from his brother to perform a ritual to die with honor. He felt that the ritual, which involved Worf killing him, was the only way to restore his honor. Initially disregarding orders from Sisko not to carry out the honor killing , Worf failed in his first attempt to perform
2667-418: A society (on Earth or another planet) that has developed in wholly different ways from our own." There is a tendency among science fiction enthusiasts as their own arbiter in deciding what exactly constitutes science fiction. David Seed says it may be more useful to talk about science fiction as the intersection of other more concrete subgenres. Damon Knight summed up the difficulty, saying "Science fiction
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#17328730603982794-610: A soldier and offered him a place in his house as his brother. By joining the House of Martok, Worf's status in the empire was restored (albeit the House of Mogh remains stricken). Worf's son, Alexander, was also assigned to the Rotarran after joining the Klingon Defense Force . Though Worf was initially estranged by his now adult son, and skeptical of his son's desire to serve the Empire, he eventually reconciled with him, and his son joined
2921-501: A son named Alexander. She wanted to marry him but Worf refused because he did not want to share his dishonor with her and their son ( TNG : " Reunion "). After K'mpec's death, she assisted Captain Picard with the rite of succession. K'Ehleyr was eventually murdered by Duras when she found evidence of his involvement in the effort to discredit Worf (and why he was discommended). Exercising his right of vengeance, Worf fought and killed Duras with
3048-599: A thousand times already". In her book Sexual Generations: "Star Trek, the Next Generation" and Gender ( University of Illinois Press , 1999), Robin Roberts points out that a similar plot was used by Walter Besant in his 1882 anti-feminist dystopia, The Revolt of Man . "Angel One" featured the first TNG mention of the Romulans , who would appear later in the season one finale, " The Neutral Zone ". Michael Ray Rhodes directed
3175-495: A total estimated readership of at least 1 million), making it the world's most popular science fiction periodical . In 1984, William Gibson 's first novel, Neuromancer , helped popularize cyberpunk and the word " cyberspace ", a term he originally coined in his 1982 short story Burning Chrome . In 1986, Shards of Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold began her Vorkosigan Saga . 1992's Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson predicted immense social upheaval due to
3302-516: A trip to the Moon . Jules Verne was noted for his attention to detail and scientific accuracy, especially in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (1870). In 1887, the novel El anacronópete by Spanish author Enrique Gaspar y Rimbau introduced the first time machine . An early French/Belgian science fiction writer was J.-H. Rosny aîné (1856–1940). Rosny's masterpiece
3429-575: A very palatable form... New adventures pictured for us in the scientifiction of today are not at all impossible of realization tomorrow... Many great science stories destined to be of historical interest are still to be written... Posterity will point to them as having blazed a new trail, not only in literature and fiction, but progress as well. In 1928, E. E. "Doc" Smith 's first published work, The Skylark of Space , written in collaboration with Lee Hawkins Garby , appeared in Amazing Stories . It
3556-553: A world of about 20,000 inhabitants, almost all of them human. Worf also has a human brother, Nikolai, with whom he often quarreled. He also spent time on Earth in his parents' native city of Minsk , later recommending it to Miles O'Brien as one of his favorite places on Earth. Worf did not take the Rozhenkos' last name, preferring to be addressed by the Klingon designation, "Worf, son of Mogh". However, his son, Alexander Rozhenko , who
3683-623: A world of harmony and conformity within a united totalitarian state . It influenced the emergence of dystopia as a literary genre . In 1926, Hugo Gernsback published the first American science fiction magazine , Amazing Stories . In its first issue he wrote: By 'scientifiction' I mean the Jules Verne, H. G. Wells and Edgar Allan Poe type of story—a charming romance intermingled with scientific fact and prophetic vision... Not only do these amazing tales make tremendously interesting reading—they are always instructive. They supply knowledge... in
3810-470: Is Les Navigateurs de l'Infini ( The Navigators of Infinity ) (1925) in which the word astronaut, "astronautique", was used for the first time. Many critics consider H. G. Wells one of science fiction's most important authors, or even "the Shakespeare of science fiction". His works include The Time Machine (1895), The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896), The Invisible Man (1897), and The War of
3937-527: Is a fictional character in the Star Trek franchise, portrayed by actor Michael Dorn . He appears in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation ( TNG ), seasons four through seven of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ( DS9 ), and the third and final season of Star Trek: Picard , as well as the feature films Star Trek Generations (1994), Star Trek: First Contact (1996), Star Trek: Insurrection (1998), and Star Trek: Nemesis (2002). Worf
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4064-513: Is explained in various ways, such as being rescued from the damaged Defiant during a battle with the Borg ( Star Trek: First Contact ) and taking leave that led to him traveling on the Enterprise ( Star Trek: Insurrection ). Star Trek: Nemesis was released after the conclusion of DS9 and Worf's status at this time is unclear, although the novelization stated that Worf returned to Starfleet as he found life as an ambassador unsatisfying. Worf attended
4191-414: Is family. Worf bitterly replies that he has no family. After a year of war between the Federation and the Klingons, Worf joined a team sent to investigate claims that Gowron was a changeling in disguise. Worf nearly killed Gowron in combat but at the last moment the impostor was revealed to be disguised as Gowron's military adviser General Martok. The discovery helped restore peace between the Federation and
4318-462: Is first officer of the Enterprise , serving under Capt. Riker, who assumed command after Capt. Picard was killed by the Borg. He is married to Deanna Troi and has a daughter Shannara Rozhenko and a son Eric Christopher Rozhenko. However, she doesn't know anything about Alexander ( TNG : "Parallels"). In an alternate future, Alexander becomes a diplomat instead of a warrior. He wanted to end the feuding among
4445-547: Is later killed in " Reunion ", a "sequel" to that episode and part of the Worf story arc, leaving Worf as a single parent. Alexander has to live aboard Enterprise -D when K'Ehleyr is killed. After TNG ends, Worf gets moved to the Deep Space Nine space station where he eventually marries the Trill symbiont Jadzia Dax . (See " You Are Cordially Invited ".) On DS9 , Worf misses the Enterprise -D "family" that he had, often bemoaning
4572-604: Is of the essence however, as the Enterprise must travel to a Federation outpost near the Romulan Neutral Zone (where a group of Romulan Battlecruisers has been detected) as soon as they resolve their investigation into the Odin survivors. Beata reveals that they are aware of four male survivors of the Odin who have caused disruption in their society, and are considered fugitives. Beata requests Riker stay with her (and later requests that he order Troi, Data, and Yar to track down
4699-619: Is often called the first great space opera . The same year, Philip Francis Nowlan 's original Buck Rogers story, Armageddon 2419 , also appeared in Amazing Stories . This was followed by a Buck Rogers comic strip , the first serious science fiction comic . Last and First Men: A Story of the Near and Far Future is a " future history " science fiction novel written in 1930 by the British author Olaf Stapledon . A work of unprecedented scale in
4826-503: Is one of the most influential examples of social science fiction , feminist science fiction , and anthropological science fiction . In 1979, Science Fiction World began publication in the People's Republic of China . It dominates the Chinese science fiction magazine market , at one time claiming a circulation of 300,000 copies per issue and an estimated 3–5 readers per copy (giving it
4953-457: Is only doing so to win favor with Beata. He insists he's only honoring the local customs, acknowledges Beata's beauty and claims to find the loose, revealing garb rather comfortable. The Enterprise searches while in orbit around Angel One. Doctor Beverly Crusher ( Gates McFadden ) relieves Captain Jean-Luc Picard ( Patrick Stewart ) of duty after he and most of the crew have fallen ill to
5080-560: Is related to fantasy , horror , and superhero fiction and contains many subgenres . Its exact definition has long been disputed among authors, critics, scholars, and readers. Subgenres include hard science fiction , which emphasizes scientific accuracy, and soft science fiction , focusing on social sciences. Other notable subgenres are cyberpunk , which explores the interface between technology and society, and climate fiction , addressing environmental issues. Precedents for science fiction are argued to exist as far back as antiquity, but
5207-460: Is the first Klingon main character to appear in Star Trek , and in 11 seasons as a regular character on TNG and then DS9 , has appeared in more Star Trek franchise episodes than any other character. Initially, Worf was not intended to be a regular character, as Gene Roddenberry wanted to avoid "retreads of characters or races featured prominently in the original Star Trek series". Accordingly,
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5334-537: Is what we point to when we say it." Forrest J Ackerman has been credited with first using the term "sci-fi" (analogous to the then-trendy " hi-fi ") in about 1954. The first known use in print was a description of Donovan's Brain by movie critic Jesse Zunser in January 1954. As science fiction entered popular culture , writers and fans active in the field came to associate the term with low-budget, low-tech " B-movies " and with low-quality pulp science fiction . By
5461-536: The Golden Age of Science Fiction . Science fiction has been called the "literature of ideas ", and continues to evolve, incorporating diverse voices and themes, influencing not just literature but film, TV, and culture at large. Besides providing entertainment it can also criticize present-day society and explore alternatives, and inspiration a " sense of wonder ". According to Isaac Asimov , "Science fiction can be defined as that branch of literature which deals with
5588-410: The Enterprise as a Federation emissary on an urgent mission. He proposed marriage but was rejected ( TNG : " The Emissary "). In 2366, he was promoted to Lieutenant ( TNG : " Evolution "). After an accident caused the death of Lt. Marla Astor, Worf brought the orphaned Jeremy Astor into the House of Mogh through the rite of R'uustai ( TNG : " The Bonding "). Worf learned of Kurn's existence when Kurn
5715-499: The Enterprise was at Deep Space Nine, Worf investigated a claim that his father might still be alive in a Romulan prison camp. His father was not there (having indeed been killed during the battle at Khitomer), but a number of Klingons were living there with the Romulans. Unable to return home with honor, as Klingons are supposed to commit suicide rather than be taken prisoner, they stayed and strayed from their way of life. Worf's visit had
5842-557: The Federation starship Enterprise-D . In this episode, an away team visits a world dominated by women to search for survivors of a downed freighter, while the crew of the Enterprise suffer from the effects of a debilitating virus. The episode was intended to be commentary on Apartheid in South Africa , using gender role reversal. However, there were problems between the cast and director during filming, and Patrick Stewart sought to have
5969-551: The Kirk role. He also noted that if the speech that Riker gave towards the end of the episode had been given to Yar or Troi then the overall message would have been more subtle. He gave it a grade of D overall. James Hunt for Den of Geek said that the episode was not as bad as " Code of Honor ", but that it contained "almost every terrible cliché seen in TNG 's first season in one episode". He summed up, "We've seen all of this before, and it
6096-477: The Russian writer and paleontologist Ivan Yefremov presented a view of a future interstellar communist civilization and is considered one of the most important Soviet science fiction novels. In 1959, Robert A. Heinlein 's Starship Troopers marked a departure from his earlier juvenile stories and novels. It is one of the first and most influential examples of military science fiction , and introduced
6223-447: The information revolution . In 2007, Liu Cixin 's novel, The Three-Body Problem , was published in China. It was translated into English by Ken Liu and published by Tor Books in 2014, and won the 2015 Hugo Award for Best Novel , making Liu the first Asian writer to win the award. Emerging themes in late 20th and early 21st century science fiction include environmental issues ,
6350-400: The 1970s, critics within the field, such as Damon Knight and Terry Carr , were using "sci fi" to distinguish hack-work from serious science fiction. Peter Nicholls writes that "SF" (or "sf") is "the preferred abbreviation within the community of sf writers and readers." Robert Heinlein found even "science fiction" insufficient for certain types of works in this genre, and suggested
6477-550: The Apes (the original), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner and based on the 1963 French novel La Planète des Singes by Pierre Boulle , was released to popular and critical acclaim, its vivid depiction of a post-apocalyptic world in which intelligent apes dominate humans . In 1977, George Lucas began the Star Wars film series with the film now identified as " Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope . " The series, often called
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#17328730603986604-546: The Dominion War. He is reunited with Picard and the rest of the Enterprise crew, including a resurrected Data, throughout the third season, whereupon he helps Picard defeat the Changelings' collaborators, the Borg, once and for all using the rebuilt Enterprise -D. Worf also helps Musiker reunite with her estranged family by secretly leaking her heroic deeds to them. He is last seen playing poker with his Enterprise crewmates at
6731-427: The Dominion, and morale was low. Martok's refusal to engage the enemy, due to his Dominion incarceration, made things worse. Worf challenged him for command, but allowed Martok to win and retain command. This led to Martok regaining his warrior's courage and, with renewed vigor, he led the crew to their first victory against the Dominion. Understanding what Worf had done, Martok thanked him for reminding him of his duty as
6858-463: The Dominion, causing Captain Sisko to officially caution that Starfleet might not grant Worf his own command after this incident (being another official reprimand in Worf's records of consequence). However, Sisko added that, had he been forced to choose between his duty and his wife, he would have done the same thing. By late 2374, Worf and Jadzia were married less than a year when they decided to try to have
6985-661: The Empire, Worf, realizing that the powerful House of Duras could not be publicly shamed without throwing the Empire into civil war, accepted a ritual discommendation from the Klingon High Council. While Worf decided to accept this dishonor, it was decided to keep Kurn's true identity secret in order to protect his honor (and the House of Mogh as a whole be left alone) ( TNG : " Sins of the Father "). In 2367, K'Ehleyr returned with Klingon Chancellor K'mpec who had come to meet with Captain Picard. When she came aboard, Worf learned he had
7112-467: The Empire, could not afford. ( TNG : " Rightful Heir "). Worf avoided romantic attachments with non-Klingons during his first few years onboard the Enterprise -D . As Worf explained to both Commander Riker and Guinan , he felt that non-Klingon females would be too fragile, and that he would have to restrain himself too much. He eventually developed strong feelings for Counselor Deanna Troi , and explored
7239-470: The Enterprise, systems are becoming harder to maintain with more crew succumbing to the virus. Geordi (after a friendly reminder from a sniffling Worf ( Michael Dorn )) remembers that in command, he must delegate tasks so as to remain on the bridge. Dr. Crusher determines that the virus spreads by generating sweet-smelling particulates in order to entice deep inhalation, which then become infectious once inside
7366-575: The Extra-Terrestrial - 1983), war ( Enemy Mine - 1985), comedy ( Spaceballs - 1987, Galaxy Quest - 1999), animation ( WALL-E – 2008, Big Hero 6 – 2014), Western ( Serenity – 2005), action ( Edge of Tomorrow – 2014, The Matrix – 1999), adventure ( Jupiter Ascending – 2015, Interstellar – 2014), mystery ( Minority Report – 2002), thriller ( Ex Machina – 2014), drama ( Melancholia – 2011, Predestination – 2014), and romance ( Eternal Sunshine of
7493-562: The Father ", " Family ", " Reunion " and " Homeward " in The Next Generation , and " Sons of Mogh " and " You Are Cordially Invited " in Deep Space Nine . The House of Mogh was a family of high social and political rank, and was for a time represented on the Klingon High Council. In Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (set around 70 years before the Next Generation era began), Colonel Worf (also portrayed by Dorn) appears as
7620-449: The House of Martok as well. Worf continued to serve on the Rotarran after Sisko withdrew from DS9 at the beginning of the Dominion War. When Sisko eventually returned with a fleet of Federation ships to retake the station, Worf and Martok lobbied Gowron to send Klingon ships to join the battle. The entry of the Klingon ships turned the tide and allowed the Defiant to break through and retake
7747-484: The House of Mogh. In the first Star Trek episode written by screenwriter Ron Moore , the orphan Jeremy (played by Gabriel Damon) has a special Klingon ceremony to be adopted into Worf's family. Join me in the R'uustai, the Bonding. You will become part of my family now and for all time. We will be brothers. Worf was born in 2340 on Qo'noS (the Klingon homeworld) as the son of Mogh . Five years later, his parents moved to
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#17328730603987874-452: The Khitomer colony. Worf's parents were killed during a surprise attack by the Romulans on the Khitomer outpost. The colony's distress call was answered by the Federation starship USS Intrepid . Chief Petty Officer Sergey Rozhenko found Worf in the rubble and took him in after failing to find any living relatives. Rozhenko and his wife Helena raised him on a small farm colony on the planet Gault,
8001-549: The Klingon Death Howl after Gowron's death, essentially forgiving his misdeeds and recognizing a worthy warrior was on his way to Sto-Vo-Kor. After the conclusion of the Dominion War, Worf was offered the position of the Federation ambassador to Qo'noS (the Klingon homeworld), as depicted in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine series finale " What You Leave Behind ". Worf continued to appear in TNG films, which
8128-520: The Klingon homeworld Qo'noS by his parents. Lorgh, a friend to House of Mogh (appearing only in dialog of the episode " Sins of the Father "), was charged with the care of the younger son, originally expecting Mogh's stay at the Khitomer outpost to be short-term. Lorgh adopted Kurn after the attack, but informed Klingon authorities that he had died with the rest of the family. Kurn was not revealed as being alive until both brothers were adults. In 2357, Worf entered Starfleet Academy . He graduated in 2361 and
8255-414: The Klingons alone to carry on the fight as their ships were not affected in the same manner. Gowron assumed direct command because he feared Martok's growing popularity and devised a plan to discredit Martok. He began ordering Martok on near-suicidal missions against Dominion forces, hoping that a string of defeats would weaken Martok's popularity and discredit him as a military leader. Recognizing that Gowron
8382-492: The Klingons and to Worf again being shunned by Gowron for not having killed him when he had the chance, reaffirming his dishonor. ( DS9 : " Broken Link ", " Apocalypse Rising "). In early 2373, Worf became involved with DS9 science officer Jadzia Dax , a Trill woman. She was familiar with Klingon customs due to the experience of the Dax symbiont's previous host, Curzon. She was the first non-Klingon that Worf could "physically" be with in
8509-416: The Klingons had lost their ways. Gowron was skeptical. He questioned Kahless about details of his memories, which Kahless could not recall, and then challenged Kahless to combat, defeating him easily. The loss forced the clerics to reveal that they had created a clone of Kahless and implanted ancient scriptures of Kahless's battles as his memories. Despite this, Worf became convinced that the Klingons would make
8636-457: The Spotless Mind – 2004, Her – 2013). Science fiction and television have consistently been in a close relationship. Television or television-like technologies frequently appeared in science fiction long before television itself became widely available in the late 1940s and early 1950s. The first known science fiction television program was a thirty-five-minute adapted excerpt of
8763-548: The States and Empires of the Moon (1657) and The States and Empires of the Sun (1662), Margaret Cavendish 's " The Blazing World " (1666), Jonathan Swift 's Gulliver's Travels (1726), Ludvig Holberg 's Nicolai Klimii Iter Subterraneum (1741) and Voltaire 's Micromégas (1752). Isaac Asimov and Carl Sagan considered Somnium the first science fiction story; it depicts
8890-557: The Ten Forward bar in Los Angeles, content with his life. In 2370 after returning from a tournament, Worf encountered a quantum fissure and began shifting into different realities. In one reality, he became involved with Deanna Troi while recovering from a spinal injury. He asked permission from Commander Riker to court Troi. By the time the events in this episode takes place, he has been married to her for two years. In another reality, Worf
9017-824: The United States and Canada. The episode was later included on the Star Trek: The Next Generation season one DVD box set, released in March 2002, and then released as part of the season one Blu-ray set on July 24, 2012. Science fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to SF or sci-fi ) is a genre of speculative fiction , which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology , space exploration , time travel , parallel universes , and extraterrestrial life . It often explores human responses to changes in science and technology. Science fiction
9144-510: The Worlds (1898). His science fiction imagined alien invasion , biological engineering , invisibility , and time travel . In his non-fiction futurologist works he predicted the advent of airplanes , military tanks , nuclear weapons , satellite television , space travel , and something resembling the World Wide Web . Edgar Rice Burroughs 's A Princess of Mars , published in 1912,
9271-443: The body. Riker gets up to date with the situation, then decides that, while Ramsey and his group are at large and refusing to leave the planet, there is little they can do. Before leaving, they find that one of Beata's assistants, Ariel ( Patricia McPherson ), was secretly married to Ramsey. Ariel was followed by Beata's guards to their camp, where they arrested the survivors and their families. The Away Team attempt to explain to Beata
9398-413: The concept of powered armor exoskeletons . The German space opera series Perry Rhodan , written by various authors, started in 1961 with an account of the first Moon landing and has since expanded in space to multiple universes , and in time by billions of years. It has become the most popular science fiction book series of all time. In the 1960s and 1970s, New Wave science fiction
9525-506: The creation of microrobots and micromachinery , nanotechnology , smartdust , virtual reality , and artificial intelligence (including swarm intelligence ), as well as developing the ideas of "necroevolution" and the creation of artificial worlds. In 1965, Dune by Frank Herbert featured a much more complex and detailed imagined future society than had previously in most science fiction. In 1967 Anne McCaffrey began her Dragonriders of Pern science fantasy series. Two of
9652-460: The cut-rate work ethic and unfriendliness on the wayward outpost. The episode "Sins of the Father" introduces Worf's long-lost brother Kurn, who is also an orphan of the House of Mogh. Worf's adoptive parents have a biological son, Nikolai Rozhenko, with whom Worf grew up. Nikolai and Worf talk in "Homeward", where it is revealed that Worf will likely have a nephew or niece. In " The Bonding " ( TNG S3E5, aired 1989), Worf adopts an orphan boy into
9779-472: The devoted aficionado or fan—has a hard time trying to explain what science fiction is," and the lack of a "full satisfactory definition" is because "there are no easily delineated limits to science fiction." Another definition comes from The Literature Book by DK and is, "scenarios that are at the time of writing technologically impossible, extrapolating from present-day science...[,]...or that deal with some form of speculative science-based conceit, such as
9906-460: The episode as being "one of the most sexist episodes of Star Trek ever produced under the veneer of feminism", and that the virus subplot was "filler, and boring filler at that". He said that it was "one of the absolute low points of the show", giving it a score of two out of ten. Cast member Wil Wheaton watched it for AOL TV , and thought that it started well but soon descended into the appearance of an episode from The Original Series with Riker in
10033-414: The episode as part of a deal with The Bronx Zoo , another television show filmed at Paramount Studios . Rhodes had previously won Emmy Awards on four occasions for his work on the television series Insights between 1981 and 1984. Wil Wheaton later recalled that there were some issues between the main cast and the director, but that he did not know what they were about as he only worked for one day of
10160-439: The episodes, ran from 1959 to 1964. It featured fantasy , suspense , and horror as well as science fiction, with each episode being a complete story. Critics have ranked it as one of the best TV programs of any genre . The animated series The Jetsons , while intended as comedy and only running for one season (1962–1963), predicted many inventions now in common use: flat-screen televisions , newspapers on
10287-569: The extent that Yar stuns him with a phaser as a show of strength in order to prevent his immediate execution. Riker is imprisoned as one of the marooned men, named Lucas Jones, begins an uprising. Jones is killed, but his death inspires his followers to assault the government. In that version, Picard is the only one to fall ill on board the Enterprise . The reverse role society had already been included in Gene Roddenberry 's 1974 TV pilot/movie Planet Earth , and Wright described it as "being done
10414-743: The first science fiction novel . Some of the stories from The Arabian Nights , along with the 10th-century The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter and Ibn al-Nafis 's 13th-century Theologus Autodidactus , are also argued to contain elements of science fiction. Written during the Scientific Revolution and later the Age of Enlightenment are considered true science-fantasy books. Francis Bacon 's New Atlantis (1627), Johannes Kepler 's Somnium (1634), Athanasius Kircher 's Itinerarium extaticum (1656), Cyrano de Bergerac 's Comical History of
10541-501: The full degree, by stripping him and his family of his honor, lands, and titles, effectively bringing down the House of Mogh. Worf submitted his resignation but Sisko rejected it because he still needed him. He had decided to rescue the members of the Cardassian council from certain death at the hands of the Klingons. In doing so, he was able to prove that there was no Dominion involvement by verifying their identities. The Klingons attacked
10668-480: The genre, it describes the history of humanity from the present onwards across two billion years. In 1937, John W. Campbell became editor of Astounding Science Fiction , an event that is sometimes considered the beginning of the Golden Age of Science Fiction , which was characterized by stories celebrating scientific achievement and progress . The "Golden Age" is often said to have ended in 1946, but sometimes
10795-494: The great houses and declared that the House of Mogh would no longer engage in blood feuds. Worf warned him that this was a show of weakness but Alexander persisted. Shortly after Alexander's decision, he witnesses Worf being killed on the floor of the High Council. Had he become a warrior, he thinks perhaps he could have saved his father's life. Eventually, he finds a way to travel back in time to try to prevent these events from occurring by convincing his younger self to train to become
10922-533: The guards in turn. He earned the respect and admiration of Martok and even of the guards because he would not yield. Once the prisoners escaped, they managed to warn the station about the Bashir-changeling. Upon their return, Martok was assigned command of the Klingon detachment on Deep Space Nine and command of the IKS Rotarran . Martok asked Worf to be his first officer . The ship had suffered many losses to
11049-472: The implications of the Internet and the expanding information universe, questions about biotechnology , nanotechnology , and post-scarcity societies . Recent trends and subgenres include steampunk , biopunk , and mundane science fiction . The first, or at least one of the first, recorded science fiction film is 1902's A Trip to the Moon , directed by French filmmaker Georges Méliès . It
11176-402: The intervening seven years) refuse to leave. Geordi informs Yar of the medical situation on board and that more Romulan ships have been detected near the Neutral Zone. Meanwhile, Riker learns from Beata that their social structure had already started collapsing, though Ramsey and his men have served to accelerate its decline. Riker argues that it may just be the course of evolution taking place. On
11303-415: The late 1940s and the 1950s are included. In 1942, Isaac Asimov started his Foundation series , which chronicles the rise and fall of galactic empires and introduced psychohistory . The series was later awarded a one-time Hugo Award for "Best All-Time Series". Theodore Sturgeon 's More Than Human (1953) explored possible future human evolution . In 1957, Andromeda: A Space-Age Tale by
11430-497: The legal advocate of Captain James T. Kirk and Dr. Leonard McCoy after they are accused of killing Chancellor Gorkon of the Klingon High Council. He was also a member of the Klingon delegation at Camp Khitomer. Although not explicitly stated, he was intended to be Worf's grandfather and namesake . Worf has a son named Alexander with a half-human half-Klingon woman named K'Ehleyr, a character introduced in " The Emissary "; however, she
11557-522: The matter seriously enough. Eventually, realizing its importance to Worf and counseled by Sisko that she needed to mature, Jadzia yielded and she was allowed to marry Worf. ( DS9 : " You Are Cordially Invited "). In the DS9 episode " Change of Heart ", Worf prematurely ended a mission to contact a Cardassian informant inside the Dominion in order to save his injured wife. The informant was subsequently executed by
11684-456: The modern genre primarily arose in the 19th and early 20th centuries when popular writers began looking to technological progress and speculation. Mary Shelley 's Frankenstein , written in 1818, is often credited as the first true science fiction novel . Jules Verne and H.G. Wells are pivotal figures in the genre's development. In the 20th century, expanded with the introduction of space operas , dystopian literature, pulp magazines , and
11811-771: The most of any actor in the Star Trek franchise. Worf was orphaned as a child as a result of the Khitomer Massacre, and raised by Helena and Sergey Rozhenko. In one episode, the character says he was raised on the farm world Gault and in others he says he was raised in Russia near the Ural Mountains. He experiences conflicts between his upbringing and his desire to honor his biological heritage. He has two brothers, each with their own respective backstories, as well as two adoptive human parents, and one son. Important Star Trek episodes for Worf's family include " The Bonding ", " Sins of
11938-472: The novellas included in the first novel, Dragonflight , made McCaffrey the first woman to win a Hugo or Nebula Award . In 1968, Philip K. Dick 's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? was published. It is the literary source of the Blade Runner movie franchise . In 1969, The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin was set on a planet in which the inhabitants have no fixed gender . It
12065-406: The only planet in range was Angel One. An away team consisting of Commander William Riker ( Jonathan Frakes ), Lt. Commander Data ( Brent Spiner ), Lt. Tasha Yar ( Denise Crosby ), and Counselor Deanna Troi ( Marina Sirtis ) beam down to the surface. They attempt to negotiate with Beata ( Karen Montgomery ), the "Elected One" of the native inhabitants, to let them search for the survivors. Time
12192-603: The play RUR , written by the Czech playwright Karel Čapek , broadcast live from the BBC's Alexandra Palace studios on 11 February 1938. The first popular science fiction program on American television was the children's adventure serial Captain Video and His Video Rangers , which ran from June 1949 to April 1955. The Twilight Zone (the original series), produced and narrated by Rod Serling , who also wrote or co-wrote most of
12319-515: The rank of lieutenant junior grade ( TNG : " Encounter at Farpoint ") under the command of Captain Jean-Luc Picard . The next year, he was made Acting Chief of Security following the death of Tasha Yar , even though he believed that a promotion due to the death of a comrade was not honorable ( TNG : " Skin of Evil "). The next year, he transferred to operations division and was formally made Chief of Security ( TNG : " The Child "). In 2365, he renewed his relationship with K'Ehleyr when she came aboard
12446-468: The reaction of human beings to changes in science and technology ." Robert A. Heinlein wrote that "A handy short definition of almost all science fiction might read: realistic speculation about possible future events, based solidly on adequate knowledge of the real world, past and present, and on a thorough understanding of the nature and significance of the scientific method ." American science fiction author and editor Lester del Rey wrote, "Even
12573-407: The reason for Ramsey's refusal to leave. Beata and her council reject his reasoning and threaten to execute them the following day. After failing to persuade Ramsey and his group to leave with them, Riker contacts the Enterprise in hopes of transporting them without their consent, a severe violation of Starfleet protocol, but Dr. Crusher forbids anyone from beaming up to the ship for fear of spreading
12700-431: The red "command personnel" uniform. For the first months, Worf had difficulties adjusting to life on the station, unintentionally overstepping his boundaries by acting as he did on the Enterprise , putting him for a while at odds with Chief of Security Odo. For Worf, the station's life seemed just too much 'grey', subsequently requesting to relocate his quarters aboard Defiant . After the Klingon civil war, Kurn had gained
12827-486: The ritual and later found he could not bring himself to do so again, as he had taken on a human feature of morality and would consider it murdering his brother. Worf arranged for his brother to have cosmetic surgery and his memory wiped so he could start a new life with no ties to the House of Mogh. Kurn now has the identity of Rodek, who believes he lost his memory after being hit by a plasma discharge ( DS9 episode " Sons of Mogh "). When Rodek sees Worf, he asks him whether he
12954-626: The series gained popularity through syndication and extraordinary fan interest . It became a very popular and influential franchise with many films , television shows , novels , and other works and products. Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994) led to six additional live action Star Trek shows: Deep Space Nine (1993–1999), Voyager (1995–2001) , Enterprise (2001–2005), Discovery (2017–2024), Picard (2020–2023), and Strange New Worlds (2022–present), with more in some form of development. Worf "Microbrain" ( The Next Generation ) Worf, son of Mogh
13081-427: The sexist nature of the episode changed. The resulting episode was not well liked by members of the production team, and the response from reviewers was negative. The Enterprise arrives at the planet Angel One, which is ruled by an oligarchy of women. The ship is looking for survivors from the shipwrecked freighter Odin , seven-plus years after having been evacuated. The freighter was missing three escape pods and
13208-420: The shoot. Gates McFadden described it as "one of the most sexist episodes we ever had", and Patrick Stewart sought to have the episode changed to reduce those elements. Some of the production crew subsequently thought poorly of "Angel One". Executive producer Maurice Hurley described it as "Terrible. Just terrible. One of the ones you'd just as soon erase". Producer Herbert Wright felt that the "sexual places it
13335-406: The situation. Beata stays the execution, but exiles Ramsey, his men, their families, and all who support them to a remote region of the planet. She explains that the banishment will not prevent the disintegration of the oligarchy, but will greatly slow it down, and compliments Riker for showing great cleverness despite being a male. The away team return to the ship and Picard, already recovering from
13462-470: The station ( DS9 : " Favor the Bold ", " Sacrifice of Angels "). Having helped liberate the station, Worf and Jadzia decided to get married. The wedding was a traditional Klingon ceremony which included a series of trials on Jadzia's part in order to gain the approval of Martok's wife to join the House of Martok. This almost ended in disaster, as the free-spirited Jadzia felt forced into a position rather than taking
13589-496: The station in order to capture the council members but withdrew as Starfleet ships approached, fearing a war on two fronts. At the end of the immediate crisis, Sisko convinced Worf to join the crew as Strategic Operations officer. In this role, he would coordinate all Starfleet activity in the Bajoran sector and act as executive officer of the USS Defiant , meaning he had to adjust to the requirements and obligations that came with
13716-500: The survivors' camp and their leader Ramsey ( Sam Hennings ), while staying and dining with her). After some back and forth, Data concludes Ramsey and the survivors of the Odin would have platinum with them, and Angel One is naturally devoid of platinum, allowing the Enterprise to easily detect them. Meanwhile, Riker dresses in the garb given to him for his dinner with Beata, Troi and Yar tease him for dressing in clothes that sexualize him and in some ways demean him, not knowing that Riker
13843-515: The term speculative fiction to be used instead for those that are more "serious" or "thoughtful". Some scholars assert that science fiction had its beginnings in ancient times , when the line between myth and fact was blurred. Written in the 2nd century CE by the satirist Lucian , A True Story contains many themes and tropes characteristic of modern science fiction, including travel to other worlds, extraterrestrial lifeforms , interplanetary warfare, and artificial life . Some consider it
13970-485: The traditional Klingon way, although it still left bruises, cuts and broken bones. While on a mission to the Gamma Quadrant , Worf was captured by the Dominion and sent to a Jem'Hadar prison camp where he met the real General Martok and was reunited with the real Dr. Bashir , who had both been captured and replaced by changelings. While the prisoners worked to escape, Worf entered a daily round of combat with each of
14097-414: The virus but hardly having a voice, orders the ship to the Neutral Zone at high warp. Producer Herbert Wright explained that the episode was to be a commentary on Apartheid in South Africa , with men on the planet representing black people . The original plot by Patrick Barry would have seen Riker and Data travel to the surface with an otherwise all female away team, which offended the planet's leader to
14224-449: The virus. She does allow Data to return since his android construction renders him immune, and Riker orders him to take command and get the Enterprise to the Neutral Zone before it is too late. The following morning, the away team is invited to witness the execution of Ramsey and his followers. Moments after Riker rejects their invitation, Data makes contact and informs them that there is a 48-minute window in which Dr. Crusher has to find
14351-456: The war after Starfleet exposed Romulan support for the House of Duras. In appreciation of his support, Chancellor Gowron restored Worf's honor, allowing Kurn a seat on the High Council as the recognized brother and representative of the House of Mogh ( TNG : " Redemption, Part I "). Once the war was over, Worf regained his Starfleet commission, recognizing that he did not fully belong to Klingon society ( TNG : "Redemption, Part II"). In 2369, while
14478-553: The wedding of William Riker and Deanna Troi on Earth and traveled to Betazed with the Enterprise crew for the second wedding ceremony when the ship was diverted to investigate positronic signals from a system near the Romulan border. By the time of Star Trek: Picard , Worf has become a subcontractor for Starfleet Intelligence, having attained the rank of Captain and briefly commanded the Enterprise -E beforehand. Worf has mellowed with age, no longer giving in to impulse; even adopting
14605-567: Was able to save the Dax symbiont , which was sent back to the Trill homeworld to be rejoined with a new host aboard the USS Destiny . When the symbiont's health worsened, the Dax symbiont was implanted into a new host named Ezri Dax , who was the assistant ship's counselor. She had not been trained to be a host, but she was the only available unjoined Trill aboard. Ezri had difficulty making the transition and sought out Ben Sisko on Earth. In 2375, Worf led
14732-468: Was assigned to the Enterprise as an exchange officer. Kurn specifically asked for the Enterprise so he could observe his brother. He then revealed his true identity, informing Worf that the House of Mogh's rival Duras accused their father of betraying the Klingon Empire by helping the Romulans attack Khitomer. When they and the Enterprise crew discovered that it was in fact Duras's father who betrayed
14859-450: Was at a monastery on the Klingon colony of Boreth when he was ordered to go to Deep Space Nine to advise Captain Sisko when a Klingon fleet massed at the station. When he arrived, he was met by former Enterprise -D crew member and Deep Space Nine Chief of Operations Miles O'Brien. ( DS9 : " The Way of the Warrior "). Worf learned that the Klingons were planning to invade Cardassia because of
14986-459: Was barely interesting the first time around. The second time, it's just tedious. A horrible episode on so many levels." Zack Handlen of The A.V. Club said that he was not sure what the reversal of gender roles in the episode was meant to achieve. He described the virus subplot as "absurd" and gave the episode an F grade. The episode was included in several worst episode lists, including in one compiled by Scott Thrill for Wired magazine, and it
15113-566: Was commissioned with the rank of Ensign, becoming the first Klingon officer in Starfleet. Although Worf took immense pride and a sense of honor from serving in Starfleet, most other Klingons shunned and belittled his choice of vocation. In 2359, he became briefly involved with K'Ehleyr who was the daughter of a Klingon father and a human mother. In 2364, Worf was assigned to the USS Enterprise -D as relief flight control and tactical officer with
15240-420: Was dragged to were absurd". "Angel One" first aired in the United States in broadcast syndication on January 25, 1988. It received an 11.4 rating, meaning that it was seen by 11.4 percent of all households. This was an increase from the previous week's " Datalore " which received a rating of 10.3. Several reviewers re-watched the episode following the end of the series. Keith DeCandido of Tor.com described
15367-404: Was influential on later filmmakers , bringing a different kind of creativity and fantasy . Méliès's innovative editing and special effects techniques were widely imitated and became important elements of the cinematic medium . 1927's Metropolis , directed by Fritz Lang , is the first feature-length science fiction film. Though not well received in its time, it is now considered
15494-417: Was jeopardizing the entire war effort for the sake of his personal pride, Worf tried to convince Martok that he should challenge Gowron for the leadership. After Martok refused, Worf challenged Gowron himself, citing his faulty battle planning, his dishonorable conduct in trying to discredit Martok, and poor strategies at the later stages of the Dominion War. After a brief battle, Worf killed Gowron; by right, he
15621-480: Was known for its embrace of a high degree of experimentation, both in form and in content, and a highbrow and self-consciously " literary " or " artistic " sensibility . In 1961, Solaris by Stanisław Lem was published in Poland . The novel dealt with the theme of human limitations as its characters attempted to study a seemingly intelligent ocean on a newly discovered planet . Lem's work anticipated
15748-520: Was proclaimed the new chancellor of the Klingon High Council . However, Worf declined in favor of Martok ( DS9 : " Tacking Into the Wind "). Ironically, it was again by Worf's hand the next chancellor of the Empire was decided (having slain Duras to allow Gowron's ascension after K'mpec's death), and the second time he and Gowron dueled, this time finishing Gowron off. As a token of respect, Worf performed
15875-424: Was raised by the Rozhenkos after his mother, K'Ehleyr , died, did use their surname. Although Worf was raised by humans, he considered himself a Klingon at heart and studied in-depth the ways of his people. As an adult, his mannerisms and personality, as well as his innate sense of honor, became more Klingon than human. Worf's brother Kurn, barely a year old at the time of the Khitomer attack, had been left behind on
16002-436: Was ranked the fourth worst episode by Jay Garmon at the website TechRepublic . In 2019, Screen Rant ranked "Angel One" among the top 10 worst Star Trek episodes based on IMDb rankings. They also ranked it the fourth worst episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation based on IMDB ratings, which was 5.7 out of 10 at that time. The first home media release of "Angel One" was on VHS cassette, appearing on August 26, 1992, in
16129-408: Was the first of his three- decade -long planetary romance series of Barsoom novels , which were set on Mars and featured John Carter as the hero . These novels were predecessors to YA novels , and drew inspiration from European science fiction and American Western novels . In 1924, We by Russian writer Yevgeny Zamyatin , one of the first dystopian novels, was published. It describes
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