Ethan Phillips had appeared as Neelix, a main cast character in Star Trek: Voyager, as well as the Ferengi doctor Farek in The Next Generation episode "Ménage à Troi".
The character, a pirate captain, appeared in the episode “Acquisition.” And let's not forget that Phillips even played a Ferengi, or Neelix masquerading as one, anyway, in the Voyager episode “False Profits.” He was the Grand Proxy.
Did Ethan Phillips play a Ferengi in the next generation?
In 1990, he began his Star Trek career playing the Ferengi doctor Farek in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Ménage à Troi". He went on to play the Talaxian character Neelix on Star Trek: Voyager in 1995, and stayed with the series through its entire seven-season run.
Jeffrey Combs (who plays semi-regular Andorian Commander Shran in other episodes) plays the Ferengi Krem. This is the 2nd Star Trek series where Combs has played a Ferengi character. Combs also played the recurring character of FCA (Ferengi Commerce Authority) Liquidator Brunt in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993).
Neelix, a Delta Quadrant native turned USS Voyager crewmember, left the ship early after finding a colony of his own species living in an asteroid. It was a surprising choice for Voyager's final season and a rarity for Star Trek. It was an actual ending.
Star Trek Voyager Neelix - Ethan Phillips Interview
Who didn't get along on Voyager?
Captain Kathryn Janeway actor Kate Mulgrew accepts responsibility for tensions on Star Trek: Voyager between herself and Seven of Nine actor Jeri Ryan.
Unlike previous Star Trek series, Voyager's ending was not a surprise. The plan to end was already in place when producer Branon Braga left after season 6 to begin work on Star Trek: Enterprise.
The writers decided that the Ferengi ultimately failed to appear sufficiently menacing, instead replacing them with the Romulans and Borg as primary antagonists. Throughout the rest of the series, Ferengi characters were primarily used for comedic effect.
Combs' work is so closely associated with Deep Space Nine that it's easy to forget that he appeared (along with DS9 alum J.G. Hertzler) in the sixth season Star Trek: Voyager episode “Tsunkatse” as Penk, who kidnaps Seven of Nine and forces her to compete in a popular bloodsport.
On the same series, Combs had a recurring role as the Ferengi character Brunt. During the DS9 episode "The Dogs of War", he appeared as both Weyoun and Brunt, becoming one of the few Star Trek actors to play two characters in the same episode (others including Patrick Stewart and Brian Markinson).
Did the cast of Star Trek Next Generation get along?
Did Patrick Stewart get along with all of his co-stars on "Star Trek: The Next Generation"? The TNG cast all got along swimmingly. They had fun with their roles, Patrick Stewart had learned to loosen up and have fun with the crew, and by the end of the show everyone felt like a family.
No, Captain Kirk had no encounters with the Ferengi as he was present in the 23rd Century, whereas the Ferengi came in contact with humans in the 24th Century, during Captain Picard's time, in the show Star Trek:TNG.
In the series finale of Star Trek: Voyager, "Endgame," Neelix chose to remain on the planet New Talax with a group of his fellow Talaxians. This decision was made after Voyager returned to the Alpha Quadrant and Neelix realized that he no longer had a place on the ship.
The Voyager crew succeed in stabilizing the wormhole, but the Ferengi manage to steal back their shuttlecraft, which Voyager had confiscated. Their attempts to escape back to Takar end with them being sucked into the wormhole and destabilizing it after being sent to the Alpha Quadrant.
The idea that Ferengi women, though marginalized and suppressed, are just as talented and capable as their male counterparts is also explored in Season 2's “Rules of Acquisition'' when a female named Pel disguises herself as a man to be able to work.
Picard season 3 went one step further by introducing a new Ferengi character, the brutal gangster Sneed (Aaron Stanford), who was swiftly dispatched by Captain Worf (Michael Dorn) during his rescue of Commander Raffi Musiker (Michelle Hurd).
The showrunners reluctantly terminated Lien's contract as a member of Voyager's main cast due to unresolved personal issues that affected her performance. She was replaced by a new character, Seven of Nine, played by Jeri Ryan. In 2000, Lien returned as a guest actor for a season six episode titled "Fury".
Dwayne Johnson (born 2 May 1972; age 52), also known by his ring name The Rock, is an actor and former professional wrestler who played the Pendari Champion in the Star Trek: Voyager sixth season episode "Tsunkatse".
Reputation aside, there is little in the Ferengi for the Borg to wish to assimilate. Physiologically, they are fragile creatures and do not have traits that the Borg are interested in. Aside from a passing interest in their auditory capabilities, it's doubtful the Borg would assimilate the Ferengi.
The Ferengi's most distinguishing features were their large outer ears (called "lobes"), which gave them extremely acute hearing, sensitive enough to tell a person's species and gender, even through electronic distortion (DS9: "The Darkness and the Light"), atmospheric/altitude changes (DS9: "Starship Down"), and the ...
Seven of Nine, with the aid of Ambassador Spock and the Enterprise-E crew, manages to communicate with Janeway's consciousness, buried deep within the Queen's mind. During a brief moment of contact, Janeway helps them destroy the Borg cube, with all hands on board. Although Seven manages to escape, Janeway is killed.
While on NBC, Star Trek's Nielsen ratings were low and the network canceled it after three seasons and 79 episodes. In the United Kingdom the series was not broadcast until July 12, 1969, coinciding with the Apollo 11 mission to land the first humans on the Moon.
When Suzanne Dodd's team transmitted a routine command to Voyager 2 on July 21, the unthinkable happened: They accidentally sent the wrong version, which pointed the interstellar probe's antenna slightly away from Earth. When they next expected to receive data, they heard nothing at all.
