Star Trek: The Next Generation
Summary
Michael Dorn , best known for play Lieutenant Worf inStar Trek : The Next Generation , discusses how the Klingon broke Gene Roddenberry ’s notorious ‘ no conflict ’ formula . Quickly leaven a worthy addition to the USS Enterprise - ergocalciferol tout ensemble , Worf was the first Klingon inStar Trekto appear as a regular serial publication mold member , going on to connect theStar Trek : Deep Space Ninecast seasons 4 - 7 afterTNGwrapped . The introduction and evolution of Worf , son of Mogh , added critical deepness and intrigue to the series . Aggressive by his Klingon nature , orphaned as a tyke , and farm by humans , Worf embody deep inner conflictakin toStar Trek : The Original Series’Spock ( Leonard Nimoy ) .
In theStar Trekoral history , " The Fifty - Year Mission : The Next 25 Years " by Mark A. Altman and Edward Gross , Michael Dorn say that Worf crack Gene Roddenberry ’s principle that there should be no conflict within thecast ofStar Trek : The Next Generation . Dorn points out that thehot - headed Klingonisn’t always"so together and so cool,“and Worf generated a"wealth of story . “Read his quote below :
Worf did fetch the conflict ; everything is n’t grand . It is n’t so together and so coolheaded , and he loves everyone and everyone loves him . It kind of snuck up on the producers , too . They expected Worf to be this closed book , and they found there was a whole wealth of stories there about the guy . It ’s not the same old sexual love floor . If you look at it , they had a baby out of wedlock , she did n’t tell him , he does n’t like her … he loves her , but they push all the sentence , and now there ’s this kid . It ’s not the usual thing .
Star Trek ’s Worf and Alexander were both raised by humans , but only the younger Klingon necessitate a human name , do friction between father and Word .
Worf Addresses His Anger Issues In Star Trek: Picard
Michael Dorn’s Worf Continues To Subvert The Klingon Mold.
InStar Trek : Picard , time of year 3 , episode 2 , “ Disengage,”Worf ’s friend , Commander Raffi Musiker ( Michelle Hurd ) , attempts to gain information from the notorious , poisonous Sneed ( Aaron Stanford ) , a Ferengi crime lord on M’talas Prime . Her covering blow , Raffi is quickly outnumbered and in serious riskiness . Revealing himself to be Raffi ’s handler , Worf ’s timely comer sees him efficiently despatch the villainous Sneed and his partner in crime . InPicardepisode 3 , “ Seventeen Seconds , ” having previously behead Sneed with his novel Kur’leth ( Klingon vane weapon ) , Worf brews some Chamaemelum nobilis tea and claims to have become a pacificist . He admits to working with Starfleet Intelligence andworking on his numerous anger issues .
InStar Trek : Picardseason 3 ’s finale“The Last multiplication , ” the threats vanquished and ataraxis regenerate , Worf in reality falls asleep on the bridge of the Enterprise - D. Despite his experience , character growth , and continuing role as an active - force - for - good function , it seems the demarcation and imbalance between Worf ’s inner and outside nature endures . Roddenberry ’s retroactive lotion of a ‘ no conflict ’ rule toStar Trek : The Next Generation , and the subsequent serial publication that uphold the nonesuch find measure against thedevelopment of bold and interestingStar Trekcharacters such as Worf . Yet with dispute drive drama , and the enfranchisement ’s assumption build on Leslie Townes Hope and unity , Star Trekmust go along to obtain a residuum between good storytelling , moralism , and Roddenberry ’s utopian vision .
Source : The Fifty - Year Mission : The Next 25 yr : From The Next Generation to J. J. Abrams : The Complete , Uncensored , and unauthorised Oral chronicle of Star Trekby Mark A. Altman and Edward Gross .
