Sarah Silverman - Almost A Crew Member Of Starship Voyager

Comedian Sarah Silverman as a member of Captain Janeway's crew? It almost happened.  After Silverman guested on the UPN show, producer Brannon Braga toyed with the idea of bringing the comic onto Star Trek as a full fledged member of the cast.

Read about it in my new OMNI article.

A Borg Hanging Out In Comfy Slippers

Seven of Nine strolling around the Paramount lot - dig those comfy slippers!

A Casual Jeri Ryan - Seven of Nine

Great shot of the beautiful Jeri Ryan of Star Trek: Voyager fame.

The Rock VS The Borg & Seven of Nine

In this corner, let us present a professional wrestler turned actor - Dwayne Johnson aka The Rock.  In the opposite corner, we give you a cyborg torn from her human family - one Seven of  Nine, played by Jeri Ryan.  Who will emerge victorious in this brutal art of unarmed combat? 

These two beautiful people squared off in the action packed episode, Tsunkatse, on Star Trek: Voyager. After their fictitious pugilistic bout, Jeri Ryan continued in television by joining the cast of Boston Public, while The Rock went on to mega movie fame in huge blockbuster movies.

The Women Of Star Trek

Recently, NBC broadcast a prime-time special - The Women of SNL.  It was a rebroadcast from 2010 - an hour long retrospective featuring female comic performers who've made Saturday Night Live must see TV.  Star Trek also has an NBC connection.  It premiered on the National Broadcasting Company back in 1966.  How about a special called - The Women Of Star Trek?

Star Trek Sexy Spotlight - Seven of Nine - Jeri Ryan

Seven of Nine is Tertiary Adjunct of Unimatrix 01.  Well, at least she used to be.  When Captain Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) and her Voyager starship crew encountered the Borg in the Delta Quadrant, 7of9 was employed as a kind of go between to the Starfleet crew to help defeat Species 8472.  Actress Jeri Ryan (Boston Public) then joined the UPN TV show as a regular cast member.

Seven joined the starship on its journey to the Alpha Quadrant - using her enhanced capabilities and wide reaching knowledge she shared while part of the vast Borg collective. Before being just a number, Seven was a little human girl named Annika Hansen.  Her parents, intrepid scientists and explorers, brought her along on a study mission of the rampaging cybernetic race.  This led to her assimilation as a Borg drone.

Though her guarded and outright standoffish behavior made her alienate some, she eventually became an indispensable member of the Voyager crew, and made friends with many, including; Neelix, Naomi Wildman, Doc (Robert Picardo) and even engaged in romantic relations with first officer Chakotay - Robert Beltran.  Seven and Janeway clashed often, but in the end, the conflicts usually led to practical solutions to the struggles the crew faced while warping home to Earth.