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Q is a fictional character in ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'', ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'', and ''Star Trek: Voyager'', as well as in related media. In all of these programs, he is portrayed by John de Lancie. Q is a being who is unconstrained by, and indeed possesses power over, normal human notions of time, space, and even reality itself - he and his fellow Q are said to be omnipotent (although this was proven false, after he was stripped of his powers), and he is continually evasive regarding his motivations. The name "Q" also applies to all other individuals of the Q Continuum - an alternate dimension accessible to only the Q and their guests. The true nature of the realm is said to be beyond the comprehension of "lesser beings" such as humans, therefore it is shown to humans only in ways they can understand. Beginning with the pilot episode "Encounter at Farpoint" of ''The Next Generation'', Q became a recurring character, with pronounced comedic and dramatic chemistry between himself and Jean-Luc Picard. He serves as a major antagonist throughout ''The Next Generation'', playing a pivotal role in both the first and final episodes. Q is initially presented as a cosmic force judging humanity to see if it is becoming a brutal threat to the universe, but as the series progresses, his role morphs more into one of a teacher to Picard and the human race generally - albeit often in seemingly destructive ways and subject to his own amusement. Other times, notably during "Deja Q" and ''Voyager'', Q appears to the crew seeking assistance. Gene Roddenberry chose the letter "Q" in honor of his friend, Janet Quarton.〔(BBC Online )〕〔Star Trek Creator - The Authorized Biography of Gene Roddenberry by David Alexander page 536〕 ==Televised appearances== In Q's debut "Encounter at Farpoint", he puts Picard and the Enterprise crew on trial, arguing that humanity is a dangerous race and should be destroyed. When they later save the life of a kidnapped alien, Q agrees to defer judgement, though he hints that it won't be the last time the crew sees him. Q's next appearance was later in the first season, in the episode "Hide and Q", when he decides to admit a human into the Continuum. Q believes that humanity has the potential to one day evolve beyond the Q, and he wants to understand how. He settles on Picard's first officer, Commander Riker, but Q fails to trigger the evolution and Riker remains human. Thereby losing a wager with Picard, Q is bound by the terms of the wager to stay out of humanity's path forever. Q instantly vanishes, but continues to appear in later episodes as if the wager never occurred. In "Q Who", he offers to divest himself of his powers and guide humanity through uncharted regions and prepare it for unknown threats. Picard argues that Q's services are unneeded (and unwanted), and Q rebuts him by teleporting the U.S.S. ''Enterprise'' to a distant system for their first encounter with the Borg. Unable to resist the Borg, Picard must ask Q to save the ship. Q returns the ''Enterprise'' home and tells Picard that other men would rather have died than ask for help. The Star Trek: The Next Generation' Companion'' states that the Borg already knew about Earth and were already en route (having previously attacked Federation and Romulan outposts in the first season episode, "The Neutral Zone"), and that Q's actions were intended as an early warning. The ''Star Trek: Enterprise'' episode, "Regeneration", explains that the encounter in system J-25 intensified the Borg's interest in humanity, prompting them to escalate their plans to capture Earth. Using time travel, the Borg alter the course of events depicted in ''Star Trek: First Contact'', where they encounter the crew of the NX-01 ''Enterprise'' and inform their 24th century predecessors of the existence of Earth. Q's actions stabilized the time stream by creating a different cause for the Borg's awareness of the Federation. This anomaly is expanded upon in the ''Star Trek'' novels as being a partial indirect cause of the Mirror Universe, whose reality diverged from the original time stream when Zefram Cochrane attempted to warn Earth and the other worlds that would form the Federation about the Borg after the events of ''First Contact''. In the original reality, Cochrane's warnings go unheeded. In "Déjà Q", Q is punished by the Q Continuum by being made mortal; his committing of an uncharacteristically selfless act (sacrificing his life so that a race attacking him won't destroy the Enterprise) garners the return of his powers. In the same episode, Q says that Picard is "the closest thing in this universe that I have to a friend." Toward the end of ''The Next Generation'', Q is less antagonistic toward Picard, even, in "Tapestry", apparently saving Picard and helping the captain better understand himself (although whether Q actually appeared in this episode or was merely a hallucination Picard experienced during surgery is deliberately left ambiguous). In the series finale, "All Good Things...", Q gives Picard a "helping hand" in saving humanity by helping him figure out what is causing "anti-time" to flow into the universe which will invariably stop humanity from ever being born. In the ''DS9'' episode "Q-Less", Q at one point goads Commander Benjamin Sisko into a bare-knuckle boxing match, all the while belittling and insulting him. When Sisko loses his temper and knocks Q down, an astonished Q says, "You hit me! Picard never hit me!" Sisko counters frankly that "I'm ''not'' Picard." Q responds with a smile, saying "Indeed not...you're ''much'' easier to provoke." While on the station, Q gives hints to help the crew keep their station from being destroyed by an artifact that has been brought aboard it. In the ''Star Trek: Voyager'' episode "Death Wish" Q pursues a rogue member of the Continuum, named Quinn, who has been inadvertently released from his asteroid prison by the crew of that ship, and who seeks asylum on the ''Voyager''. He demands that Q make him human, as he does not wish to be a member of the Continuum any more, but Q refuses, because Quinn intends to commit suicide if he becomes human. The two parties agree to allow Captain Janeway to mediate their dispute, and after Janeway eventually finds in favour of Quinn, Q makes Quinn human, after which Quinn commits suicide. Later, in the ''Voyager'' episode "The Q and the Grey", Q reappears on the ''Voyager'', asking Janeway to bear his child. He eventually reveals that he has started a war among members of the Continuum in a campaign for individual freedom, having been inspired by Quinn. Q believes that the birth of a new member of the Continuum could revitalize the Q. Janeway refuses, and after she and her crew bring about a ceasefire in the Continuum, Q eventually mates with the female Q he had been involved with (referred to in ''Star Trek'' novels as 'Lady Q'), producing a son. Q makes Janeway his godmother. Their progeny is born conscious and with all the power of any other Q, although lacking adult maturity. In the episode "Q2", which is the last televised appearance of Q, Q appears on ''Voyager'' with his immature, rebellious son, who appears as a human teenager (played by John de Lancie's real-life son Keegan de Lancie, and referred to in the novels as "Little Q" or "q"). Q asks Janeway to mentor his son, and the two adults agree that the boy will remain on ''Voyager'', without his powers, and either learn how to be a responsible, productive inhabitant of the cosmos, or spend eternity as an amoeba. Eventually the young Q comes around, but the Continuum is not entirely convinced, so in negotiation with Q, they come to an agreement. Q must eternally guard, observe, and accompany the boy to ensure his proper behavior. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Q (Star Trek)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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