Poll of the Month: Monster Mash

[Gogigobo Fairhug]

As we inch ever closer to the festival of Hallowe’en, our thoughts naturally turn to the creepy, the kooky, the mysterious and/or the spooky (sorry, my kids are obsessed with The Addams Family at the moment) and while fairytales and classic literature may have given us some of the more famous examples of monsters and ghouls, our favourite sci-fi franchise has also chipped in with some rather disturbing creatures and entities of its own.

Star Trek has offered up twists on some of those classic monsters over the years. We had Zombie Vulcans in Enterprise, a Salt Vampire in TOS, crew members metamorphosing in TNG, the Vidiians of Voyager Frankensteining themselves with the organs of beloved characters such as Neelix and who can forget the most destructive and fearsome monster of them all? - the dreaded Tribble!

Whether it’s the manifestation of a species’ negative attributes, like Armus, a non-corporeal, parasitic organism that feeds off of pain and fear, such as Redjac, or more traditional, physical representations of what we consider to be “monsters” like Species 8472 - a species so terrifying that even the Borg were afraid of them! - there have definitely been more than a few episodes that sent tingles down our spines and had us hiding behind the sofa.

Of course, Quark might have you believe that hew-mons are the real monsters, but that is perhaps another discussion for another time.

So, this month we are asking which monster or monsters from the Star Trek universe are a graveyard smash and which would have gotten away with it if it wasn't for those pesky kids…

[LCDR Aine O. Sherlock]

The Borg. I mean early, first time we see them, Borg.

[Gogigobo Fairhug]

23 hours ago, LCDR Aine O. Sherlock said:

The Borg. I mean early, first time we see them, Borg.

I remember being genuinely disturbed the first time I watched 'Q Who?'. 😳

[Serala]

Like, duh. The Black Cat from Catspaw.... lol. Talk about one massive allergy attack just waiting to happen.

Edited October 19 by Serala

[Gogigobo Fairhug]

18 hours ago, Serala said:

Like, duh. The Black Cat from Catspaw.... lol. Talk about one massive allergy attack just waiting to happen.

A black cat! Very topical. 😂

[+ Talia Ohnari]

Guys....we're kidding ourselves if we don't speak of the real terror....

[+ Drex0379]

Does Wesley Crusher count?

If not, I agree with @Talia Ohnari the Moopsy thing was the true nightmare

[+ Christopher Caldwell]

[+ Christopher Caldwell]

Moopsy aside, after giving it some thought I went with Armus. All of the options on the list were creepy, but Armus I think just comes out ahead. As with the other options he looks creepy but it's the fact that he's both so powerful and unpredictable combined with the fact that his creation and motivation are both so alien.