Other than the colour on their faces, these guys have to be the most boring aliens ever introduced into a Star Trek series - but then, Star Trek: Voyager was a dishwater dull series altogether. It didn't help that the captain had about as much personality as an artichoke and sounded like she was grinding gravel up her throat. She was no Jane T. Kirk, that's for sure. The Talaxians were thus a by-product of this environment. Neelix, the first Talaxian we meet is fussy, overweight, shifty and insecure; he was constantly looking for ways to ingratiate himself with the Star Fleet crew lost in the Delta Quadrant. He becomes their guide, the cook, the morale officer and eventually their ambassador and a serving member of their crew. Really, talk about your inferiority complex ... or writers just struggling to find a role for this guy. If the best characteristic the Borg can identify about this species is that their stocky build makes for excellent drones, then that pretty much says it all, wouldn't you agree? If the writers of the show can't take them seriously, then why should we? Did we miss any more terrible Star Trek aliens who deserve to be included on this list? Share your thoughts below.
John Kirk is a Teacher-Librarian and currently a History/English Teacher with the Toronto District School Board.
But mostly, John teaches Geek.
Comics, Sci-Fi (Notably Star Trek), Fantasy and Role-Playing and table-top games all make up part of John’s repertoire, There is a whole generation of nerds-in-embryo who rely on him to make sense of it all, to teach that with great power comes great responsibility, that the force will be with us always and that a towel IS the most useful thing to have in one’s possession.
When John isn’t in the classroom, he can be found in his basement writing comic reviews for www.popmythology.com and features for Roddenberry Entertainment's www.1701news.com.
