Star Trek: Prodigy

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Summary

Star Trek : Prodigy ’s new humpback whale , Gillian , is a bequest role descended from Leonard Nimoy’sStar Trek IV : The Voyage Home . Gillian is the USS Voyager - A ’s navigation whale who lodge in in the Lamarr Class starship ’s Cetacean Ops . Gillian is distinguish for Dr. Gillian Taylor(Catherine Hicks ) , a whale life scientist from 1986 who travel to the twenty-third century with Admiral James T. Kirk ( William Shatner ) and the crew of the USS Enterprise to care for the two humpback whales Kirk brought back to the time to come , George and Gracie .

Responding to an X spot by Bonnie Gordon ( @BonnieBellG ) , who voiced Gillian the humpback heavyweight via the USS Voyager - A ’s universal translating program and ship ’s computer , Star Trek : Prodigyco - executive producer Aaron J. Waltke substantiate that Gillian is , in fact , fall from George and Gracie , thewhales fromStar Trek IV : The Voyage Home . understand their cristal Emily Price Post below :

Star Trek : Prodigy has legion connection to Star Trek : Voyager , but when do the adventures of the USS Protostar occur in Star Trek ’s timeline ?

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Star Trek: Prodigy & Lower Decks Finally Showed Cetacean Ops

A longstanding TNG in-joke is now a real thing

Cetacean Ops has been an literal Starfleet divisionaboard starships since it was first referenced inStar Trek : The Next Generation ’s technical manual . Cetacean Ops was occasionally referenced inStar Trek : The Next Generationbut was never shown , due to the prohibitory expense and logistics of showing dolphins and whale in live - action . However , this is n’t an way out withStar Trek : Lower DecksandStar Trek : Prodigy , which have depicted Cetacean Ops and their whale residents in all of their resplendence .

Today , it ’s laborious to imagine Star Trek ships without helpful whales alongside .

OnStar Trek : Lower Decks’USS Cerritos , Cetacean Ops is occupied by Kimolu and Matt , a pair of ( horny ) Beluga whales who routinely invite gang members to swim with them . Gillian the Megaptera novaeangliae whale inStar Trek : Prodigyis the latest giant to make up Cetacean Ops aboard the USS Voyager - A.Cetacean Ops ' heavyweight perform a vital theatrical role as navigators of starships , which originated from the employment of Dr. Gillian Taylor and the humpback whale George and Gracie fromStar Trek IV : The Voyage Home . Today , it ’s hard to imagineStar Trekships without helpful whales on base .

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