List of Trelane's species

List of members of Trelane's species.

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Trelane

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Trelane's parents []

Towards the end of James T. Kirk's encounter with Trelane in 2267, Trelane's parents revealed themselves, appearing in front of a treetop as little more than indistinct, oddly pulsating, hovering translucent green blobs. They chastised Trelane as he stood in a pool of light pleading with them, and eventually removed him from the surface of Gothos. They spoke in rich, faintly echoing voices.

Most of their conversation was directed at Trelane, but Kirk was right there to hear every word of it. Kirk learned that Trelane was a spoiled child, who had created the planet of Gothos and everything on it for his own enjoyment, and everyone he sent down to Gothos were playmates to him. Trelane's father told him he was "disobedient and cruel." and Trelane's mother told him that if he could not take proper care of his pets, he could not have them at all. His father also told him: "They're beings, Trelane. They have spirit, they're superior." His mother then told Trelane that he'll grow up, and he'll understand. Trelane's arguments descended into childish whining, which drew a sharp rebuke from his father: "Stop that nonsense at once, or you will not be permitted to make any more planets!"

After Trelane left, his parents apologized to Kirk, but his questions - "Who are you?" and "Who is Trelane?" - were unanswered. Instead, Trelane's parents told Kirk he must forgive their child, and the fault was theirs for indulging him too much, and he will be punished. They also said they would not have allowed Trelane to intercept them, had they known how vulnerable Humans really were, and they promised to maintain the planet's life support systems until Kirk returned to his ship. (TOS: "The Squire of Gothos")

Trelane's parents were played by voice performers Barbara Babcock and Bartell La Rue, who remained uncredited on-screen despite having dialogue. James Doohan has often been credited as the voice of Trelane's father, by sources including the Star Trek Concordance (1st ed., p. 20), The Star Trek Compendium (1st ed., p. 88), Star Trek Encyclopedia, 3rd ed., p. 460, and Cinefantastique (27, Vol 2 #12, p. 50). Doohan dispelled this rumor in a 1988 interview in Starlog magazine ^{[page number? • edit]}, which in turn, had been previously dispelled on a 1-900 number ^{(citation needed • edit)} set up in 1986 where listeners could call in and hear Doohan reminiscence about his Star Trek career.

The novel Q-Squared was based upon the premise that Trelane and Q are linked or related, going so far as to suggest that Trelane is Q's illegitimate son, although Q informs Captain Jean-Luc Picard that Trelane's parents are very highly regarded in the Q Continuum, making the idea of a relationship between Trelane's mother and Q scandalous at best.