Bonnie Liston, Author at The Mary Sue

Bonnie Liston

Bonnie is a writer and journalist who lives in Tasmania, a tiny island at the bottom of the world. She has a BA in Ancient History, History, and Linguistics, a Master’s in Journalism, Media, and Communications, and a life long obsession with whales that can be traced back to <em.StarTrek IV: The Voyage Home.</em>

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Captain Picard recites Shakespeare in Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Star Trek’s Secret to Success: The Works of William Shakespeare

As the franchise boldly goes into its 3rd quarter century, I feel compelled to explore a thread I have recently spotted deeply woven into the fabric of Star Trek’s very existence, there from the very beginning, possibly the ultimate secret behind its continued success: the works of William Shakespeare.

Deanna Troi on CBS's Star Trek: The Next Generation.

A Spirited Defense of Star Trek: The Next Generation’s Deanna Troi

When I was a little girl, watching Star Trek: The Next Generation reruns with my father, Deanna Troi was my favorite character because she was very pretty and very kind—like a princess ... IN SPACE! That’s sometimes all it takes for little girls. As I grew up into a fully fledged nerd, I continued to think Troi was the coolest, but I found out that an awful lot of people disagreed with me incredibly passionately on the topic.