Ito Aghayere

Left: Ensign Kearns from Star Trek: Lower Decks. Center: Guinan doing her anti-Q hands from Star Trek: The Next Generation. Right: Nilsson from Star Trek: Discovery.

10 STAR TREK Names With Real-Life Inspirations, Part 2

Avery Kaplan

Here are 10 more characters, ships and other names from Star Trek that take their inspiration from real-life namesakes.

STAR TREK: PICARD Season 3: Where the TNG Crew Members Have Been Since Nemesis

Avery Kaplan

With a TNG reunion in the stars for Star Trek: Picard Season 3, here's what the crew members have been up to since the events of Nemesis.

A collage of characters playing Star Trek's Guinan over the years.

Guinan: Gene Roddenberry’s Final Gift to STAR TREK

Rebecca Kaplan

Guinan has been a Star Trek franchise fan favorite since her introduction. She’s named after the real-life prohibition-era hostess and vaudeville actress, ...

Agent Well interrogates Picard in the basement of an FBI field office

STAR TREK: PICARD Recap: (S02E08) Mercy

Audrey Kearns

Previously on Star Trek: Picard: The timeline is broken. After the crew is sent to a totalitarian nightmare timeline, they ...

Picard talking to a Starfleet Psychologist

STAR TREK: PICARD Recap: (S02E07) Monsters

Audrey Kearns

Previously on Star Trek: Picard: The timeline is broken. After the crew is sent to a totalitarian nightmare timeline, they ...

Picard stands in a downtrodden 2024 Los Angeles outside of Gunina's 10 Forward ave

STAR TREK: PICARD Recap: (S02E04) Watcher

Audrey Kearns

Last week on Star Trek: Picard’s, “Assimilation,” Elnor is shot as he and the others escape the nightmare timeline created ...