Jean-Luc Picard
| Jean-Luc Picard | |
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| Species: | Human |
| Gender: | Male |
| Date of birth: | July 13, 2305 |
| Home planet: | Earth (Le Barre, France) |
| Affiliation: | Starfleet |
| Posting: | USS Stargazer executive officer, commanding
officer USS Enterprise-D commanding officer Celtris III special operations USS Enterprise-E commanding officer |
| Rank: | Captain |
| Actor: | Patrick Stewart |
Jean-Luc Picard is a fictional Star Trek character portrayed by Patrick Stewart. He appears in Star Trek: The Next Generation, which aired from 1987 to 1994, as the Enterprise-D's captain. The character also appears in the Next Generation-era films -- Generations, First Contact, Insurrection, and Nemesis -- and has a cameo appearance in the pilot episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
Development and casting
Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry named Picard for one or both of the twin brothers Auguste Piccard and Jean Felix Piccard, and derived Jean-Luc Picard from their names.[1][2]
Patrick Stewart, a Shakespearean actor,[3] was at first considered for the role of Data.[4]
Depiction
Picard was born in La Barre, France, in 2305 and dreamed of joining Starfleet.[5] He failed his first Starfleet
Academy entrance exam, but was subsequently admitted and became the first freshman to
win the Academy marathon.[5] Shortly after graduation, he was stabbed in the heart by a Nausicaan; the organ was irreparable and required replacement with a
Star Trek: The Next Generation depicts Picard's command of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D).[6] The pilot episode, "Encounter at Farpoint" presents the crew's mission to investigate Farpoint Station being sidetracked when Q (John De Lancie) makes Picard humanity's "representative" in a trial charging the species with being a "dangerously savage child race".[6] Picard persuades Q to test humanity, and Q chooses as the test's first stage the crew's performance at Farpoint.[6] The trial ends seven years later, in the series finale "All Good Things...", when humanity is absolved by Picard's demonstration that the species has the capacity to explore the "possibilities of existence".[6]
The third-season finale, "The Best of Both Worlds, Part I", depicts Picard being assimilated by the Borg.[5] Stewart asked Roddenberry to keep Picard a Borg for a few more episodes beyond the third-season finale, as he thought that would be more interesting than simply restoring Picard in Part II.[4]
Picard works with Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) in Star Trek: Generations to fight the film's villain, Soran (Malcolm McDowell). Commanding the new USS Enterprise-E, Picard again confronts the Borg in the following film, First Contact. He fights a species' forced relocation in Insurrection, and in Nemesis encounters Shinzon (Tom Hardy), a Romulan-made clone of himself.
Reception
Many often contrast Picard's leadership style to James T. Kirk's: Picard is deemed to know "how to gather and use data better than any other Star Trek captain" and his leadership style "is best suited to a large, process-centric, either geographically identical or diverse team."[7] Both Kirk and Picard are considered to be attentive to the needs of their respective crews.[8]
In heterosexual slash fanfics, fans often pair Beverly Crusher with Jean-Luc Picard.[9]
References
- ^ University of California, Berkeley et al. [and informal sources on Jean Piccard talk page] (2003). Living With A Star: 3: Balloon/Rocket Mission: Scientific Ballooning. The Regents of the University of California.
- ^ Piccard, Elizabeth (2004-01-23). Talk of the Nation: Science on Stage. National Public Radio. Retrieved on 2007-01-29.
- ^ Phillip Brochbank, ed., Players of Shakespeare Cambridge: Cambride University Press (1995)
- ^ a b James Hatfield, George Burt, Patrick Stewart: The Unauthorized Biography New York: Kensington Publishing (1996)
- ^ a b c d e Okuda, Mike and Denise Okuda, with Debbie Mirek (1999). The Star Trek Encyclopedia. Pocket Books. ISBN 0-671-53609-5.
- ^ a b c d Nemeck, Larry (2003). Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion. Pocket Books. ISBN 0-7434-5798-6.
- ^ Paul Kimmerly & David R. Webb, "Leadership, The Final Frontier: Lessons From the Captains of Star Trek" CrossTalk: The Journal of Defense Software Engineering Oct. 2006
- ^ John D. W. Beck & Neil M. Yeager, The Leader's Window: Mastering the Four Styles of Leadership to Build High-Performing Teams New York: Wiley (1994): 38
- ^ G. Petty, "Rewriting Society's Future: Women, Star Trek and Slash Writing" Accessed October 8, 2007
External links
- Biography of Jean-Luc Picard at the official Star Trek website
- Jean-Luc Picard article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki
| Regular characters on Star Trek | |
|---|---|
| The Original Series | Main Characters: Kirk | Spock | McCoy | Scott | Uhura | Sulu | Chekov Secondary Characters: Chapel | Rand | Leslie |
| Animated Series | Main Characters: Kirk | Spock | McCoy | Scott | Uhura | Sulu | Chapel | Arex | M'Ress |
| The Next Generation | Main Characters: Picard | Riker | Data | La Forge |
Worf | B. Crusher
| Troi | Pulaski |
Yar | W.
Crusher Secondary Characters: M. O'Brien | Guinan |
| Deep Space Nine | Main Characters: B. Sisko | Kira | J.
Dax | Odo | Bashir |
M. O'Brien | Worf | J. Sisko | Quark | E. Dax Secondary Characters: Rom | Nog | Garak | Martok | Damar | Dukat | Weyoun | K. O'Brien |
| Voyager | Main Characters: Janeway | Chakotay | Tuvok | Paris | Torres | Kim | Doctor | Neelix | Seven | Kes Secondary Characters: Barclay | Borg Queen | N. Wildman |
| Enterprise | Main Characters: Archer | T'Pol | Tucker | Reed | Phlox | Sato | Mayweather Secondary Characters: Forrest | Soval | Shran |
| Captains of Star Trek vessels named Enterprise | ||||||||||
| Jonathan Archer | Robert April | Christopher Pike | James T. Kirk | Willard Decker | Spock | John Harriman | Rachel Garrett | Jean-Luc Picard | William Riker | Edward Jellico |
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