10 Star Trek Villains Who Actually Won

9. Charles Evans - Charlie X

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Charles Evans really wasn't a very good boy. He was embued with special powers by the Thasians when he was a baby, growing up with god-like abilities and no conscience to quell his thirst to play with them.

He was taken from the world by the USS Antares, though he began to demonstrate his abilities not soon after. They were glad to be shot of him when they delivered him to the USS Enterprise, but their freedom was short-lived. They tried to warn Kirk about what they brought aboard, but Evans destroyed the ship with his mind.

While appearing to want to fit in with the human crew initially, Charlie quickly succombs to his ego and vanity, taking control of the ship and those aboard. In fact, he does this with ease and the crew are powerless to stop him.

In what is a true Deus-Ex Machina, the Thasians return to pull Charlie away from the Federation ship - leaving Kirk and crew traumatised with the knowledge that there are beings out there who are far, far superior to them.

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