King told Nichols that because of her presence on the show, for the first time on television, African-Americans were "being seen the world over as we should be seen. TNG continued on for three more years , and more regular series and films would be inspired by the utopian narrative Roddenberry forged in And on a episode of The View , Goldberg and Patrick Stewart confirmed that the enigmatic alien bartender who gave so much of her wisdom to the Enterprise crew was the last recurring character Gene Roddenberry created for Trek before his passing.
That he actually created. I think that might be mine. Mazur doesn't embrace his species' role as "listeners. Goldberg was going to reprise her role as Guinan in the episode, presumably to help clean up after the havoc Mazur wreaks. When scheduling prevented her from appearing, all mention of Guinan was removed from the script.
It's possible Mazur was at least partly conceived much earlier than his DS9 appearance. Crusher Gates McFadden asks Guinan if she had trouble relating to any of her children, Guinan says there was one who "wouldn't listen to anybody.
The fact that Michael Piller is one of the two credited writers on both "Evolution" and "Rivals" adds at least a little fuel to the theory. Because of her reputation as a comedic actor, Whoopi Goldberg's early campaigning to join the cast of TNG wasn't taken seriously.
When Gene Roddenberry realized Goldberg wasn't playing a practical joke on the Trek crew, he chose a name for Goldberg's character that not only reflected Guinan's profession but had meaning for women in film. The Enterprise bartender Guinan is named after the real-life Texas Guinan , a vaudeville actress, film producer, and speakeasy hostess and singer. The real Guinan appeared in over 30 silent films between and In the film, she played a fictionalized version of herself.
It's most likely that Roddenberry was tapping into her "queen of the night clubs" reputation when naming Goldberg's character. Texas Guinan's prohibition-era hostess work included her well-known catch phrase, "Hello, sucker! Come on in and leave your wallet on the bar.
The premiere of Star Trek: Discovery began a new era for the franchise's television life, and that fact didn't escape Whoopi Goldberg. As early as a year before Discovery 's release, Goldberg made it clear she wanted to be a part of this new age of Trek storytelling.
At the Star Trek 50th Anniversary Convention, Golberg told the crowd she was campaigning for a spot on the new series, and that she was starting a new Twitter hashtag — BringBackGuinan — to help her cause. Rod Roddenberry, the Star Trek creator's son and a producer on Discovery , was there and seemed receptive to the idea.
While Discovery takes place before the events of the original Star Trek series, there's no reason Guinan's appearance on Discovery would hurt continuity or need any kind of time travel to be facilitated. As Goldberg said, "The great thing that Gene did for me was he wrote a character that can appear anytime, anywhere.
If that's the case, then she's somewhere in the galaxy during the events of Discovery. The day before Picard 's premiere, Stewart appeared on The View — of which Whoopi Goldberg is a co-host — and he didn't come just to promote but to recruit.
Shortly after sitting down, Stewart said, "I have something I need to bring up, if that's okay. I'm here with a formal invitation. Goldberg's response was immediate and emotional. She shouted, "Yes, yes! During the rest of the segment, she seemed to be having trouble holding back tears. Best time ever. As of the writing of this article, the first season of Picard has yet to conclude. Connect and share knowledge within a single location that is structured and easy to search.
In Q Who? He then says: "'Guinan' — is that your name now? So they have obviously some prior history, and Guinan was going by some other name. Does anyone know the backstory? Or what prior history exists between them? It is not certain if Guinan and Q waged a war together, all we know is that they knew each other from before. Guinan had "some dealings" with Q sometime during the 22nd century and indeed other members of the Q Continuum, some of whom she said "were almost respectable".
Her exact relationship with Q remains unclear, though it was evidently hostile. Q described Guinan as an "imp" and stated: "where she goes, trouble always follows". She was an El-Aurian, a race of "listeners" who were scattered by the Borg. Q, however, once suggested that there is far more to her than could be imagined.
One more explanation could be that the remaining survivors of the Borg encounter are roaming around the galaxy on some mission, that would explain her appearance on Earth all those year ago. Memory beta Wiki:. Her species is long-lived, and she is somewhere between and years old when she joins the Enterprise-D. I thought it was rather telling that 'Q' said she was NOT what she appeared to be, and he called her an "Imp".
Originating from Germanic folklore, the imp was a lesser demon. It should also be noted that demons in Germanic legends were NOT necessarily evil. Imps were often mischievous rather than evil or harmful, and in some regions, they were portrayed as attendants of the gods.
Imps are often portrayed much the same as fairies, and in some cultures, they were considered the same beings, both sharing the same sense of free spirit and enjoyment of all things fun. Note that fairies and imps are said to be possessed of all manner of supernatural powers. It was much later in history that people began to associate fairies with being good and imps with being malicious and evil.
Though imps are often thought of as being immortal, many cultures believed that they could be damaged or harmed by certain weapons and enchantments. ALL of this could have led to some eventual revelation that beings like 'imps', and 'faeries' are NOT just ancient earth lore, but stories passed down about alien beings that visited earth from time to time.
From what I recall, Guinan has been around for a really long time, in a later episode she shows up in San Francisco during the time of Mark Twain, she encounters Data. This is the two part episode where Data is left in the past to be recovered in the future. Guinan is on edge as Q taunts her with questions about her identity, and she's ready to fight, which unsettles him. Guinan later admits to Picard that she's dealt with the Continuum before, but her dislike for this Q, whom she calls an imp and a trouble-maker, goes without detail.
She's also the only one to realize where Q has sent Picard's ship because the Borg destroyed her homeworld long ago. The animosity carries on in "Deja Q," when Q is stripped of his powers and spends a humiliating few days on the Enterprise. To test whether he's telling the truth about his depowered state, Guinan, presented with the nervous Q, stabs him in the hand with a fork.
She's convinced he's mortal, at least for now, and also suggests that he might learn a few things from the naturally curious Data. No doubt to Q's relief, Guinan decided to leave him alone for the rest of his time as a human.
While both the El-Aurians and Q himself have become welcome staples of the Star Trek universe, the history between Q and Guinan hasn't been hinted at anywhere else. It's a mystery that's over twenty years old, regularly discussed and debated in fan forums. But with Q confirmed and Guinan likely to appear in Season 2 of Picard , they may cross paths once again. Picard hasn't shied away from digging deeper into the cultural lore of the Romulans, and its humane visit with ex-Borg, or xBs , enriched the legacy of the machine race.
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