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00:00Hello my friends, how are you? Sean Farrick here for Trek Culture and as you know...
00:05I might have noticed things are a little different today. I'm wearing sunglasses.
00:10I just thought that the day that was in it I might just celebrate the fact that I can barely see.
00:15We've got lovely weather. Oh yeah! And that thing, we are here at the Vasquez...
00:20Rocks I have come on a wee away mission because we are going to talk about some...
00:25of the creepiest aliens and I think you know which one of them is going to be on this...
00:30list but before I get into that I'm Sean Farrick from Trek Culture and here are the...
00:35creepiest aliens in Star Trek. Number 10, Armas.
00:40Six foot tall, big thing of goo. Creepy to begin with but then you find...
00:45out what Armas does in the course of the episode. The next generation's first...
00:50season was not without its bumps but the episode Skin of Evil delivered one of...
00:55the most shocking moments in Star Trek history as we saw Lieutenant Tash...
01:00you are get thrown across. Let's be honest, Planet Hell. Planet Hell was of course...
01:05Vagra 2 in this episode. This time the inhabitants of that planet had decided that they were going to...
01:10leave all of their negative energy before and in doing so they created...
01:15Armas. Armas was a creature made of all of the ill will and evil...
01:20but unfortunately they never stopped to think...
01:23wait is this a bad idea?
01:25Well, Councillor Troy found out it was a pretty bad idea when her shuttle was brought down...
01:30by Armas. A landing party was sent after to save her and Tasha...
01:35unfortunately decided to poke the bear at just the wrong moment.
01:39Not simply...
01:40intent with killing Tasha Yar, Riker was dragged across the sand into the...
01:45body of Armas in one of the creepiest... and often parodied...
01:50scenes in that first season of Star Trek. Armas may be many things in an...
01:55episode that may be many things... but he is still deeply, deeply unsettling.
02:00Number 9. Salt Vampires, the M113 creature.
02:05The very first episode of Star Trek that was shown on television was not actually the pilot...
02:10it was The Man Trap, the episode focusing on Dr. McCoy and his...
02:15lost love Nancy Crater. Throughout the course of the episode we see a lot of Nancy...
02:20but the real Nancy remains lost... because what we find is one of the...
02:25most iconic baddies of the original series. The Salt Vampire...
02:30you have probably seen this... even if you've never seen an episode of Star Trek...
02:34you've got the...
02:35those kind of dreads that are hanging... they're matted... you've got those long fingers...
02:39with those...
02:40stalkers on the underside... you've got that open gaping mouth...
02:43but that's only when the creature's been...
02:45revealed...
02:46one of the even creepier elements to this...
02:48is the fact that it can...
02:50assume the form of others. The impersonation is so perfect...
02:53that Dr. McCoy struggles to believe...
02:55that this isn't the real Nancy Crater... and it takes Spock attacking...
03:00quote-unquote...
03:01Nancy...
03:02for him to actually realise...
03:04the real Nancy...
03:05probably couldn't take a punch...
03:06the way that this creature did...
03:07while this vampire has turned up in...
03:09many...
03:10parodies...
03:11as much of the original series Aliens have...
03:13that doesn't change the fact...
03:14that the...
03:15fact that it could be anyone...
03:17has such an emotional beat to it...
03:19and such a...
03:20creepy beat to it as well...
03:21I suppose...
03:22depending on how you look at it...
03:23the fact that they kill the very last...
03:25one is either...
03:26absolutely brilliant...
03:27or...
03:28a big misdirect...
03:29because one turns up...
03:30and lower decks as well...
03:31Number 8...
03:32Gorgon...
03:33The third season of the original series...
03:35of Star Trek...
03:36is...
03:37mixed...
03:38at best...
03:39bearing in mind...
03:40opens with Spock's brain...
03:41and closes with the line...
03:42she could have had a great life...
03:44if only she hadn't been away...
03:45a woman...
03:46listen...
03:47mistakes were made...
03:48one of the episodes this season...
03:49and the children's...
03:50shall lead...
03:51often ranks among the lowest...
03:53in the ratings...
03:54when it...
03:55comes to Star Trek...
03:56and...
03:57there is a degree of fairness to that...
03:59there's a degree...
04:00whether that's maybe a bit harsh...
04:01the Gorgon...
04:02in this...
04:03was played by...
04:04guest performer...
04:05and...
04:06lawyer...
04:07Melvin Belly...
04:08who in a bit of stunt casting...
04:09rocked up...
04:10as this...
04:11wonderful...
04:12green...
04:13friendly...
04:14angel of the children...
04:15those same kids...
04:15who had just killed...
04:16all their parents...
04:17the episode...
04:18effectively shows...
04:19a bit of a...
04:20village of...
04:20the damned...
04:21children of the corn...
04:22vibe...
04:23when...
04:24it takes...
04:25the kids...
04:25eventually...
04:26realising...
04:27what has happened...
04:28and...
04:29breaking down...
04:30in tears...
04:30to remove the power...
04:31of the Gorgon...
04:32that's...
04:33where Gorgon...
04:34is creepy...
04:35in its...
04:36admittedly...
04:37very...
04:38rushed...
04:39more so...
04:40it will con you...
04:41into...
04:42smiling your way...
04:43through the slaughter...
04:44of the ones that...
04:45the most. And if that's not creepy, then I don't think I want to be your friend.
04:50Number seven, the beta 12A entity. Now you might already have realized that we
04:55got a few original series aliens on this list because quite frankly, what was wrong with
05:00the writers back in the sixties. There was some serious horror going on. And this isn't the last one.
05:05Neither I can tell you. In the episode, the day of the dove, we are introduced to a few
05:10things that will become iconic in Star Trek history. For example, Michael Ansara appears for the first time.
05:15As Kang, we also get the first appearance of the Klingon D seven battle.
05:20Cruiser. We also get Mara Kang's mate slash wife slash
05:25it's not really clear in the episode, but what we also get is everyone go.
05:30Going flipping nuts. The point of this entity is that it is a non corporeal being that like
05:35many others in the Star Trek universe feeds off those negative energies that the people
05:40put out. Not only that, but it amplifies them as well. So you see.
05:45Everyone running around with swords because tearing each other apart is effectively bro.
05:50By the time we meet it, it had already caused the destruction of the Klingon.
05:55So thanks very much to the remastered version. So we can see a nicer version of it, but those Klingons
06:00suddenly arrive on the Enterprise, they're beamed over, they're saved. Yeah, no.
06:05So hijinks ensue. Lots of sword fighting. It's only stopped.
06:10At the end by the combined laughter of Kirk and Kang in.
06:15One of the first and honestly most fun joining together.
06:20of Starfleet and the Klingons that we get in Star Trek.
06:23Number six, Red Jack.
06:25The original series episode Wolf in the Fold was written by Robert Block, whose mouse
06:30was most famous for writing Psycho. However, Block had a long running obsession
06:35with Jack the Ripper and had previously written pieces featuring
06:40Jack in terms of confessions and what ifs. This is no different.
06:45What's truly creepy about Red Jack in this episode is that like several of the
06:50characters, it's a possessing entity, but it is one of the darkest episodes
06:55that we had yet seen of Star Trek. Considering the cold open finishes with
07:00Scottie standing there, knife in hand, with an exotic dancer dead at his feet.
07:05While the episode itself has issues, for example, the suggestion that Scottie was in an accident
07:10caused by a woman and so McCoy recommended he go to a strip bar. Throughout the episode we get
07:15seances, we get non-corporeal talking, we get the reveal that the original
07:20Piglet was in fact this mass murdering hater of women.
07:25No really, I dare you to go back and watch that episode and not hear Piglet every time he speaks.
07:30No.
07:35time and in fact there's an even scarier moment right at the end when Red Jack
07:40takes control of the enterprise itself and actually for the
07:451960s for a network television show this was
07:50deeply unsettling they don't dial it back for Star Trek
07:55now it is defeated but Wolf in the fold and in fact Red Jack
08:00that's a character that's going to stay with you long after the credits roll
08:03number five flying
08:05I mean the clue's in the description there really I don't really want to meet
08:10these things so when the episode Operation Annihilate comes up I think
08:15I'm just going to take a hard pass you enjoyed and I'll see you again in the
08:18next season how does that sound
08:20for someone who really wished they could have said that was the ill-fated Sam
08:24Cooke
08:25before I go on spoilers I guess to anyone who hasn't seen Operation Annihilate
08:30and is really enjoying Sam Cooke in Strange New Worlds
08:35don't worry it's about 10 years in the future okay when Kirk and crew the main
08:38Kirk I should say and crew
08:40team down to the planet they find that Jim Kirk's brother is dead his sister-in-law
08:45Aurelian is dying now thankfully his nephew is spared but the rest of the
08:50colony are effectively dead by these parasites that attach to the back of the victim
08:55and just suck out all that they need and leave them to die in agony
09:00we nearly lose Spock to these parasites as well because of the pain that they
09:05inflict on him now the funny thing about these things is that they look like that
09:08plastic vomit that you buy
09:10in the joke shop which kind of stands to how creepy they are that you can take
09:13something that looks like a zit someone's
09:15just popped and it's still actually freaky I'm gonna do a hard pack
09:20ass on these I'm gonna skip this episode I'm gonna see you in the next season
09:23number four unnamed
09:25and parasitic beings now I should say before I go on that Star Trek Online
09:29whether you
09:30want to accept it as canon or not has called these creatures the bluegills they infect the host
09:35by entering often through the mouth and they're only identified by
09:40increased physical strength of the victim and also a small spike that could
09:45be a breathing apparatus that sticks out the back of the victim's neck
09:48this is another one of those creations where
09:50in the first season of the next generation we are given despite the issues that
09:55that season faced a genuinely paranoid unsettling
10:00conspiracy probably is the best episode of the first season of the next generation
10:05you get other captains which is something we actually hadn't really seen very much of in Star Trek The Next Generation
10:10up to that point we see we get the visit to Dietalics B from the opening
10:15the moment you just get this sense of something's very wrong with Star Trek
10:20Starfleet it had been set up a couple of episodes earlier with the arrival of Admiral Quinn and Lieutenant Commander
10:25Remick in the episode Coming of Age when Quinn arrives this time and you see him just
10:30brush off the suspicions that he had last time straight away Picard tells Riker
10:35that's not Gregory Quinn that final scene that sees Picard and Riker facing off against
10:40Remick is a heavily edited episode I mean
10:45it actually took me until the 2000s to realise what happened at the end of that scene
10:50because it had been so censored on every version that I had seen up to that point
10:54I did not
10:55realise the fact that they got that lovely actor they sat him in the chair and they blew up his head
11:00these aliens are seriously creepy and although yes there was one of those kind
11:05of you kill the Queen and the rest die moments a signal was sent out
11:10from Starfleet it was a homing signal now there has been suggestion
11:15that this was the setup for the Borg but as that went in a different direction
11:20the Bluegills very much could be coming back
11:23number three
11:25the Vidaeans
11:26I would argue that the Vidaeans are possibly one of the
11:30creepiest but most tragic villains in all of Star Trek because
11:35they are affected by the phage which is analogous to a leprosy type disease
11:40before the phage affected them it was they were a society that was they excelled in
11:45art they excelled in the sciences they were well regarded in the Delta Quadrant
11:50and once the phage hit them they became one of the greatest
11:55most terrors in their region you see what the phage does is it affects
12:00it effectively dissolves the body from the inside out and the Vidaeans in their desperation
12:05have taken to harvesting the organs of other species to keep their own body
12:10bodies alive were introduced to them with the removal of Neelix's lungs
12:15which is a heck of a way to open an episode however that's not the creepiest moment
12:20with the Vidaeans a few episodes later on the episode faces is shown
12:25now it's mostly remembered for the fact that we split
12:28Bolana Torres between her human
12:30and Klingon sides and there's some good back and forth between the two versions but what's
12:35really memorable is that poor Durst
12:40oh poor Durst he'd been introduced the episode before to set him up and
12:45and then Durst, Paris and Bolana go on an away mission where they get captured by the Vidaeans
12:50he is played by the same actor who plays the lead Vidaean
12:53the reason for that is that
12:55as the episode goes on the Vidaean has fallen in love with Bolana's Klingon side and thinks as a way of
13:00wooing her she'd like him better if he had Durst's face grafted on
13:05to his own
13:06it is horrible
13:07I remember this vividly from the mid 90s
13:10well it was far too young to be watching this Cronenberg body horror
13:13and he just smiling down at her
13:15and I was like
13:16I may not be an expert romance
13:18but I'm not doing that
13:19number two
13:20the Borg
13:21if you have come from Frank Chavez's original article of the
13:25you might be surprised to see the Borg at number two instead of number one
13:28but we felt a very important
13:30change needed to be made to this list
13:32but before I explain what that change is
13:34let's think about
13:35the Borg
13:36now they have been overused in all of Star Trek at this point
13:39so they have lost
13:40a little bit of that terror that was inspired by them originally
13:43but I want you to hold
13:45on to the word originally
13:46let's go back and see what the Borg really
13:50are at their core
13:51so I'm not talking about when they're facing off with Janeway although
13:55great scenes
13:56and I'm not talking about when Borgati owns a new transwarp corridor
13:59because why
14:00wouldn't you
14:01I am talking about
14:02that very first episode
14:03Cue Who
14:04the
14:05Borg
14:06were used
14:07as an example
14:08by Cue
14:09for just how
14:10un-
14:10prepared
14:11Starfleet
14:12was
14:13for what was out there
14:14now we had seen
14:15look at the other aliens on this list
14:16we've seen some pretty creepy things throughout the original series
14:19so
14:20you might have been left wondering in 1987-1988
14:23ah sure
14:24what else could
14:25what were we dealing with here
14:26and then we found out
14:27that arrival
14:28of that first cube
14:29led to one of
14:30the most pulse pounding episodes that the next generation had done to that
14:35point
14:36you see
14:37in a way
14:38they're cybernetic beings
14:40that have been
14:41a mix of organic
14:42and synthetic
14:43okay
14:44yeah
14:45we've seen versions of this before
14:47that's not that scary
14:48very bloody scary when they're coming after you though
14:50we see one drone beams into engineering
14:52it does not give two figs about the
14:55fact that they don't want him in engineering
14:57especially when a very lucky
15:00security officer tries to stop him
15:02and he gets thrown across a room
15:03and you might be like
15:04Sean
15:05how would you consider that lucky
15:06because he wasn't injected with the nanoprobes that
15:10would be added
15:11in the next few episodes that featured the board
15:14they're not just
15:15scary robots
15:16that want your technology
15:17they want your biological
15:19and
15:20distinctiveness
15:21to add to their own
15:22they assimilated
15:23Picard
15:24now
15:25think about that
15:26you'd have three seasons
15:27where this Shakespearean actor
15:28was getting more and more ground
15:30grounded
15:31in the role
15:32he was
15:33dignified
15:34he was
15:35very
15:36measured
15:37in everything
15:38he did
15:39and he
15:40didn't
15:40stand
15:41a chance
15:42against the collective
15:43he became
15:44Locutus
15:45and we get
15:45what is arguably
15:46the greatest cliffhanger ending
15:48in all of Star Trek
15:50when Riker orders
15:51wharf
15:52to fire
15:53the Borg are
15:54at their core
15:55terrifying
15:56if they were to launch a full-on assault
15:59there is very
16:00very few
16:01that would ever have a chance of stopping them
16:03Species 8472 did
16:05and then Voyager
16:06went and mucked that one up
16:07didn't they
16:08the one last thing
16:09I will say about the Borg
16:10is that
16:11despite their being overused
16:12despite being
16:13sometimes they took the veil off
16:15when you strip it back to its core
16:17like they did in the Enterprise episode
16:19regeneration
16:20these Swedish sounding
16:22cybernetic zombies
16:23are terrifying
16:24and if they
16:25they're coming after you
16:26you'd better pick out your alcove
16:28Number 1
16:29The Gaunt
16:30Okay
16:31so
16:32this was the change
16:33to Frank's list
16:34that I've
16:35made here
16:36so please make sure you go and check out
16:37Frank's article originally
16:38but I've got to explain why
16:40I've put the gore in at Number 1
16:41why do you think
16:42but also
16:43also
16:44bear with me
16:45even a couple of years ago
16:47if I was to have the gore in at Number 1
16:49you might have looked at this and said
16:50really
16:52the hissing rubber guy from Arena
16:54creepy
16:55the creepiest
16:56well
16:57he did get a bit creepier
16:59in that episode of Enterprise
17:00where they tried Doom and CGI
17:01and
17:02an attempt was made
17:04they lost
17:05some of their creepiness
17:06when they rocked up in lower decks
17:07I mean
17:08I would both love to attend a gore wedding
17:10and also
17:11I would love to run as fast
17:12as I possibly could
17:13away from a gore wedding
17:14you know
17:15we'll see how the mood takes me
17:16all of this
17:17all of this
17:18you're like
17:19not getting creepy
17:20I'm not getting creepy
17:20then
17:21strange new worlds
17:22came along
17:23and Memento Mori
17:24made
17:25me realise
17:26where if I hear the gore
17:27are coming
17:28I am getting
17:29the absolute
17:30s***
17:31out of there
17:32the gore were being set up
17:33throughout the first season
17:34of strange new worlds
17:35as
17:35someone
17:36to genuinely
17:37be feared
17:38you had
17:40a horrifically traumatic experience
17:42in her childhood
17:43where her family
17:44and in fact
17:45the whole ship
17:46that they were on
17:47were killed by the gore
17:48but
17:49wouldn't it be like
17:50lovely if they had only
17:51been killed
17:52the strange new worlds
17:53Gorn
17:54owe an awful lot of inspiration
17:55to Dan O'Bannon
17:56and Ronald Shussett Jr's
17:57Xenomorph
17:58that was of course
17:59introduced
18:00back in Alien
18:01ironically
18:02the same year that
18:03Star Trek The Motion Picture came out
18:04Space was a very
18:05mixed place that year
18:06these are
18:07fast
18:08these are
18:09frightening
18:10these are also
18:11much more
18:12animal
18:13than say
18:14the previous Gorn
18:15that had a
18:15appeared had been
18:16I mean
18:17you didn't look like
18:18you were about to have a
18:19conversation with these dudes
18:20but of course
18:20let's talk about
18:22the spit
18:23that gets you pregnant
18:24that might sound
18:25very silly doesn't it
18:26betcha
18:27Hemmer didn't find it so funny
18:28this was it
18:29this was the episode
18:30we lost Bruce Horak's
18:31Hemmer
18:32because he got infected
18:33with Gorn babies
18:34which
18:35again
18:36if you've seen Alien
18:37on Welcome Dinner Guest
18:40that's what we're looking at here
18:41the Gorn may have been
18:42one of the most beloved jokes
18:43in Star Trek history
18:44for a long time
18:45but then
18:47Stranger Worlds came along
18:48and says
18:49nah
18:50hold my rubber suit
18:52we're gonna change this up
18:53that's it for our list folks
18:54thank you very much for watching
18:55if you reckon I missed something
18:56that is so super creepy
18:57it must be included
18:58let me know in the comments
19:00below
19:01and again as I say
19:02don't forget to check out the original article
19:03by the wonderful Frank Chavez
19:05thank you very much for watching along
19:06thank you very much for the wonderful Tom
19:08who's edited this video
19:09sorry if you've had to have
19:10a little bit of wind
19:11but
19:12the person who was supposed to
19:13hold the wind
19:14they called in sick today
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