Star Trek: The Next Generation
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Commander William Riker ( Jonathan Frakes ) had a clone inStar Trek : The Next Generationlong before he found out about his transporter duplicate , Thomas Riker . For seven season ofTNGand four movies , Riker swear out as First Officer of the USS Enterprise - D under the dictation of Captain Jean - Luc Picard ( Patrick Stewart).The Enterprise and her crew encountered many strange phenomena over the age , include the occasional evil twin or surprisal doppelganger . InTNGseason 7 , Riker satisfy his car transporter clone , but he had a much more tearing reaction the first meter he was cloned .
InStar Trek : The Next Generationseason 2 , episode 18 , " Up the Long Ladder , " the USS Enterprise - five hundred crew encounters two unlike colonies that both originated from the same ship , the SS Mariposa . One of the colonies , the Bringloidi , has embraced a dewy-eyed life of farming and the Enterprise bring them aboard when their planet begins experiencing solar flares . The Bringloidians inform Captain Picard of the other dependency , Mariposa , which has become a more modern society made up of knockoff . With an original population of only five colonist , the Mariposan ringer have set about debasing , and they desire more DNA sample to tot up to their gene pool .
The Bringloidians are based on cliched Irish stereotype that were outdated even in 1989 when the episode aired .
Star Trek has always jazz a upright doppelganger story , and many characters have meet their exact ( and often vicious ) doubles over the years .
Commander Riker Murdered His First Clone In Star Trek: TNG’s “Up the Long Ladder”
The Mariposans steal Riker and Dr. Pulaski’s DNA so they can clone them.
Soon after the USS Enterprise - D reach the Mariposans , Commander Riker beams down to the satellite with Dr. Katherine Pulaski ( Diana Muldaur ) andLt . Worf ( Michael Dorn).After the Mariposans reveal themselves as clones , they call for for samples of DNA from Enterprise crew members to repopulate their factor pool . Because they have been continuously copying and recopying the same five people , the clones have begin to experience replicative fading and will be nonviable within a few generation . When the Mariposans ask for DNA samples , Riker is the first to speak up , pronounce :
No manner , not me . [ … ] One William Riker is unparalleled , perhaps even special . But a hundred of him , a thousand of him lessen me in way I ca n’t even imagine .
The Prime Minister of Mariposa , Walter Granger ( Jon De Vries ) , seems to accept their refusal , ask if the Enterprise crew could still serve animate their equipment . AsLt . Geordi La Forge ( LeVar Burton)and an engine room team work on repairs , the Mariposans steal DNA from Riker and Pulaski and clone them anyway . As they were unconscious through the process , Riker and Pulaski did not notice anything awry , but , with his VISOR , Geordi could tell that Granger was lying . Riker , Pulaski , and La Forge then beam back down to Mariposa ’s cloning labs , andRiker kills both clones . Although Pulaski quail , she supports Riker ’s decision , and though Granger call them murderers , the away team suffer no consequences for kill two defenseless lifeforms .
Will Riker’s Greatest Fear Later Came True With His Clone Thomas Riker
Will Riker is no longer unique after this TNG season 6 episode.
InStar Trek : The Next Generationseason 6 , episode 24 , " Second Chances , " the Enterprise visits the planet Nervala IV to investigate a Federation inquiry station that was abandoned eight years ago . Commander Riker leads an outside squad down to the planet , and they attain anexact twice of Rikerclaiming to be Lt . Will Riker . Dr. Beverly Crusher ( Gates McFadden ) determines that the humankind is genetically undistinguishable from Commander Riker . Riker had been on a delegation to Nervala IV eight age before and was the last to shine up from the planet . La Forge realize that the car transporter shaft of light must have split , ensue in one Riker being broadcast to the ship and one being leave on Nervala IV .
" Second chance " is the directing first appearance of LeVar Burton , who would go on to direct another Riker - centric episode inTNGseason 7 , sequence 12 , " The Pegasus . "
Lt . Riker resolve to go by the name Thomas and transfers to another ship at the remnant of " Second Chances , " before finally joining the rebel group known as the Maquis and crop up up onStar Trek : Deep Space Nine . ByTNGseason 6 , Riker has get many strange adventures since his encounter with the Mariposans in " Up the Long Ladder . “While he is still clearly unsettled that he has a dead ringer , he never considers belt down his duplication . The situation is dissimilar , of course , as Thomas Riker ’s origination was an accident , but it ’s clear Riker does not find quite as strongly about having a duplicate as he did earlier onStar Trek : The Next coevals .
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