Hikaru Kato Sulu is played by George Takei in the original "Star Trek" TV series. Gene Roddenberry wanted a representation of all races and ethnic groups on the Enterprise and chose Takei for the Asian representative. Sulu is the helmsman of the Enterprise.
2. Star Trek The Next Generation
Answer: Alexander Rozhenko
Brian Bonsall plays Alexander Rozhenko, the son of Lt. Worf on "Star Trek TNG". Alexander is 3/4 Klingon and 1/4 human. Alexander's mother K'ehleyr is half human and half Klingon and is a Federation Ambassador. After K'ehleyr's death on the Enterprise, Alexander is sent to Earth by Worf to live with his adoptive parents, Sergey and Helena Rozhenko. Alexander returns to the Enterprise in later seasons of the series.
3. "Battlestar Galactica" (1978-1979)
Answer: Cassiopeia
In the series, Cassiopeia was played by Laurette Spang. She was one of the main characters of the original series and named for the constellation and the mythological mother of Andromeda. She is a human from the planet Gemon. In the first few episodes, she is shunned by other females for being a 'woman of ill repute'.
She is one of Lieutenant Starbuck's (Dirk Benedict) love interests on the series.
4. Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Answer: Twiki
"Buck Rogers in the 25th Century" ran for two seasons between 1979 and 1981. Twiki was the small, gold colored robot assigned to Buck (Gil Gerard) to help him acclimate to the 25th century. Twiki is voiced by Mel Blanc.
5. Flash Gordon
Answer: Hans Zarkov
Hans Zarkov is the Earth scientist that kidnapped Flash and took him to Mongo to help him battle Ming. He and Dale Arden appear in all the "Flash Gordon" TV serials and movies. Ming seems to always capture Zarkov in order to use him as one of his own scientists.
6. The Greatest American Hero
Answer: Ralph Hinkley
"The Greatest American Hero" is a Sci-Fi comedy-drama TV series that ran for three seasons from 1981 to 1983. It stars William Katt as teacher Ralph Hinkley and Robert Culp as F.B.I. agent Bill Maxwell. In the series, Ralph Hinkley receives a suit from a group of aliens that gives him superhuman abilities.
The suit came with an instruction manual that Ralph loses. He then must figure out on his own how the suit works.
7. The Invaders
Answer: David Vincent
"The Invaders" is a science fiction TV series starring Roy Thinnes that ran for two seasons, from 1967 to 1968. Thinnes plays architect David Vincent, who accidentally discovers that the earth has been invaded by aliens. The aliens are disguised as humans and they could only be recognized by having no pulse or heartbeat, the inability to bleed, and low ranking aliens had deformed little fingers that couldn't move.
8. Lost in Space
Answer: Major Don West
"Lost in Space" is a science fiction television series that ran for three seasons, with 83 episodes between 1965 and 1968. It was about the space family Robinson who get lost in space due to the sabotage of their ship by Dr. Smith (Jonathan Harris). Major Don West (Mark Goddard) is the military pilot of the Jupiter 2 space ship.
He is Dr. Smith's main adversary in the series and had a romantic interest in the eldest Robinson daughter in the first few episodes.
9. My Favorite Martian
Answer: Tim O'Hara
"My Favorite Martian" is an American TV sitcom that ran from September 29, 1963, to May 1, 1966. Bill Bixby stars as Tim O'Hara, a reporter who rescues an injured Martian who crash lands on Earth and takes him home to live with him until he can fix his space ship. Tim passes the Martian off as being his uncle Martin to friends and associates.
10. Salvage 1
Answer: Harry Broderick
"Salvage 1" is a short lived science fiction series that only aired 16 of its 20 episodes in 1979. The show was about Harry Broderick (Andy Griffith) who owns the Jettison Scrap and Salvage Co. He intends to build a space ship to fly to the moon, collect all the space junk, bring it back to Earth, and sell it for a profit.
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