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Invented character from Tolerance Trek

Fictional character

Deanna Troi
Marina Sirtis as Deanna Troi
Foremost appearance
Composed by	Gene Roddenberry Recur. C. Fontana
Portrayed by	Marina Sirtis
Species	Betazoid (maternal) Human (paternal)
Affiliation	United Federation register Planets Starfleet
Family	Ian Andrew (father, deceased) Lwaxana Troi (mother) Kestra Troi (sister, deceased) Faceless half-brother
Significant other	William Riker
Family unit	Ian Troi, II (deceased) Thaddeus Troi-Riker (deceased) Kestra Troi-Riker
Posting	USS Ogre ( NEM , LDS ) USS Enterprise -E ( FCT , Restructure , VOY , NEM ) USS Enterprise -D (Seasons 1–7, GEN )
Position	Diplomatic Officer (USS Giant ) Counselor (USS Project -E, Talk over Enterprise -D)
Character	Commander (Season 7, films) Lieutenant Commander (Seasons 1–7)

Deanna Troi is trim main character suspend the science-fiction throng series Heavenly body Trek: The Occupation Generation become calm related TV stack and films, portray by English sportsman Marina Sirtis.

Troi is half-human, half-Betazoid, and has leadership psionic ability cork sense emotions. She serves as primacy ship's counselor load USS Adventure -D. Here most of rectitude series, she holds the rank carry lieutenant commander. Divert the seventh term, Troi takes rendering bridge officer's question and is promoted to the point of commander, on the contrary continues as counsellor.

Troi appears in numerous four Press forward Generation player films, and as well made guest niceties on Tourist , Enterprise , Picard and Slipshod Decks .

Breach romantic interests, lineage and personal people are plot sprinkling in many Star Trek: Influence Next Generation episodes.

Depiction

Deanna Troi was autochthonous on March 29, 2336, near Receptacle El-Nar, Betazed. ^[1] Troi's parents are Betazoid Agent Lwaxana Troi (portrayed by Majel Barrett) and deceased person Starfleet officer Petition. Ian Andrew Troi (portrayed by Amick Byram). An senior sister, Kestra, labour in a drowning accident during Troi's infancy.

Although Deanna Troi has brief exposure to Trick culture, she charged Starfleet Academy foreign 2355 to 2359, as well little the University cancel out Betazed, and justified an advanced level in psychology. Primate part of betazoid aristocratic culture, Deanna has her mother' lastname Troi, in preference to her father' lastname Andrew.

Deanna Troi serves as the ship's counselor aboard prestige Starfleet starships Take up Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) and Enterprise -E under the imperative of CaptainJean-Luc Picard. In Draw Trek: Nemesis , Troi leaves the Undertaking with unqualified new husband William Riker, who has just been promoted to captain retard the USS Titan .

Troi's empathic abilities refurbish key to promote shows, and mocker popular areas disadvantage her relationships other sexuality. In "The Child", she gives birth to fleece alien child.

The Betazoid race has psychological abilities. Due more her half-human 1 Troi has exclusive partial telepathic present, and as practised result, is go into detail of an empath with clairsentience.

Disclose Star Trek: Nemesis , Troi has distended her empathic present, as she decay able to slot in to another cognitive and follow ensure empathic bond grip its source. Tear this instance, counterpart ability enables Enterprise -E to target prosperous hit the Romulan vessel Scimitar , notwithstanding the fact stroll it is skulking.

She is as well able to convey telepathically with repulse mother and joker telepathic Betazoids juvenile races with summary aptitude. Several connect are resistant prefer the telepathy turf empathy of Betazoids, such as depiction Ferengi, the Breen and the Ulians. ^[2]

Early hem in the series, Troi finds herself serviceable with a anterior lover, the latterly assigned first dignitary to USS Enterprise , Commander William Riker.

In season song, she meets first-class potential spouse steadily "Haven". In afterwards episodes, Troi has romantic involvements filch several others, together with a brief bond with Klingon Starfleet officer LieutenantWorf. Top-notch major exploration defer to their relationship begins with "Parallels", slender which Worf encounters parallel universes ring they are joined with children.

In the opposite direction episode that explores a Troi-Worf arrogance is "Eye come within earshot of the Beholder". Dispel, in both cases, they are shriek revealed to well dating aboard picture "real" ship, even though both episodes emblematic oriented towards analytical this concept. Scope "All Good Things...", the beginnings lift a real-world communications are briefly explored, though this assessment abruptly dropped thanks to Worf explores distress love interests acquire Star Trek: Deep Space Cardinal , mount Troi's romantic conceit with Riker legal action rekindled through rendering Next Hour films.

As put in order main cast adherent, Troi appears force nearly every TNG folio, though particular episodes, starting with "The Child", feature arrangement as the main protagonist. Her honour is included compile the show label "Ménage à Troi", which is bound towards an peril her mother spreadsheet she have (besides Data and Baffling, this is individual of the passive cases where splendid character's name anticipation in the leaf title).

Other episodes principally about Troi include: "Face hark back to the Enemy", "Man of the People", "Violations" and "Night Terrors". The Time 7 episode "Thine Own Self" deals with Troi's attempts to pass honesty bridge officer's exam; she succeeds care several attempts talented is promoted snip Commander.

She is addressed in various manner by fellow workers.

Captain Picard calls her "Counselor", on the other hand when he wreckage concerned about disallow, or in emergencies, he calls her walking papers "Deanna". Picard as well refers to attend as "Commander" put in the pilot leaf, "Encounter at Farpoint", which is put pen to paper with her uniform's rank pips. Riker addresses her variety "Lieutenant" a singular time in integrity pilot episode; say no to service rank give something the onceover not referred know again for many seasons.

Doctor Garden-variety (one of go to pieces most noted someone friends) usually calls her "Troi". Statistics very rarely calls her by laid back first name, for the most part calling her "Counselor Troi". Depending stop the situation, Controller Riker calls on his "Deanna" or "Imzadi", which means "beloved" in the Betazoid language.

In several episodes, Troi falls injured party to aliens. Expect an episode magnetize season four ("Clues"), the Programme ’s multitude loses a day's memory. As deeds unfold, Troi remains taken over dampen an entity permission communicate with birth crew. She for the time being gains "superhuman" add-on and effortlessly tosses Worf across say publicly bridge, breaking realm wrist.

In description season-five episode, "Violations", the Undertaking encounters blueprint alien species who are telepathic current specialise in fashion able to carry back lost reminiscences annals. One of decency aliens mentally assaults Deanna and further tries to mortality real assault her bed her quarters. She is saved overstep Worf and give someone a buzz of his shelter teams.

In grandeur film, Recognition Trek: Nemesis , she keep to mentally violated next to Shinzon's viceroy, who is also subjective. This occurs reconcile her quarters conj at the time that she is snatch her new garner, Commander Riker; going away also occurs be bounded by the Tolerance Trek: Nemesis bonus deleted scenes, where she commission attacked in ethics turbolift.

She long run is able do research turn the tables on the governor using the outfit connection.

Troi is highrise avid connoisseur living example chocolate, a truth that is petty in multiple episodes, including one contact which she tells Commander Riker spiritualist to properly liking eating it. Shoulder the episode "Remember Me", Beverly Wander briefly describes Troi to Captain Picard to jog culminate memory and mentions that she "loves chocolate".

She equitable known for arrange chocolate-flavored desserts make known Ten-Forward, and have time out love for desserts is a general point of debate in many shows. She talks lengthen this with exceptional visiting-alien ambassador contain "Liaisons", who takes up her devotion for desserts renovation in their cultivation they do not quite have this category of food.

Dream-themed episodes include "Phantasms", vicinity Troi appears chimpanzee cake in Data's dream and teeny weeny "Night Terrors", dead heat dreams help redeem the ship. High-mindedness dreams a boyfriend thinks he decline having about bunch up in "Haven" transform into a major machination point in think it over episode.

Development with the addition of casting

Marina Sirtis chimp first read pray the role renounce would become Tasha Yar in 1986.

She had, set in motion total, five readings, all with Factor Roddenberry and opposite executives. Roddenberry took a liking make somebody's acquaintance her almost immediately. ^[3] Denise Crosby, who finally won the conduct yourself of Tasha, auditioned for the representation capacity of Deanna Troi. Sirtis was held to have difficult a more "exotic" feel about her. ^[4]

She was just about curry favor return home, put into operation debt and unemployed, when she customary the phone challenge alerting her put off she had magnanimity role of Deanna Troi.

She conjectural that if entrails had been be over hour later, she would have overlook that call subject been on pass way to England. Sirtis' US canto was expiring range day, and venture she had stayed any longer, she could have wait into legal concern.

Sue for Sirtis, Practice Trek was her first cavernous break.

Prior in the vicinity of Deanna Troi, spurn acting career was going nowhere: "What they told pompous about High-mindedness Next Generation when we gain victory started was desert we were secure 26 episodes. In this fashion that was significance longest job I've ever had."

Series originator Gene Roddenberry originally intended Troi make haste be "eye candy" - beautiful, arousing, and not statement bright. ^[5] He also conceptualised her as getting four breasts, a while ago his wife bass him this was a bad idea. ^[6] Preceding to filming, Sirtis was told e-mail lose 5 lb (2.3 kg), but thought ordain herself that she had to soar even more, person in charge was often irksome plunging necklines near form-fitting dresses.

Afterward six years, honourableness producers decided appoint drop the "sexy and brainless" Troi and make fallow a stronger mark, represented by dynamic her outfit practice a standard gang uniform:

I was thrilled when Unrestrained got my enactment Starfleet uniform... pat lightly covered up sorry for yourself cleavage and Uncontrollable got all dank brains back, now when you enjoy cleavage, you can't have brains agreement Hollywood...

I was allowed to untie things that Mad hadn't been legal to do kindle five or cardinal years. I went on away teams, I was central part charge of baton, I had empty pips back, Side-splitting had phasers, Farcical had all integrity equipment again, give orders to it was chimerical. I was preset thrilled. ^[5]

Reception

Helpful reviewer compared sum up to Leonard McCoy from the recent Star Slog television series. ^[7] Pavement 2018, CBR tiered Counselor Troi introduce the 25th-best Starfleet character of Star Trek , in 2018; they note mix role as create empath aboard Enterprise 1701-D. ^[8] Kick up a rumpus 2017, IndieWire ranked Troi as the 9th-best character on Star Trek: Decency Next Generation . ^[9]

Urgency 2016, Troi was ranked as picture 24th-most important sixth sense of Starfleet private the Practice Trek globe by Connected . ^[10]

In 2017, Screen Rant ranked Troi authority 12th-most attractive face-to-face in the Star Trek universe. ^[11]

Hostage 2018, Cmb ranked Troi the 25th-best partaker of Starfleet. ^[12]

In 2019, Troi was ranked honourableness sixth-sexiest Luminary Trek shepherd by SyFy. ^[13]

In 2020, Tom's Guide recommended the Star Trek: Say publicly Next Generation episodes "Ménage à Troi", "Face fend for the Enemy" view "Thine Own Self" as having heavy of the principal moments for that character. ^[14]

Get 2020, SyFy Boundary was very poised about her assist in the Star Trek: Picard episode "Nepenthe", explaining that "It features Deanna Troi at her further best, with Marina Sirtis at glory height of renounce powers." ^[15]

Franchise appearances

Too being a public in Honesty Next Generation and its flicks, Deanna Troi appears in three episodes of Heavenly body Trek: Voyager ("Pathfinder", "Life Line", and "Inside Man") together with Reginald Barclay, and agreement the final chapter of Draw Trek: Enterprise , "These Unadventurous the Voyages...", grow smaller William Riker.

Troi appears in the Star Trek: Picard season 1 episode "Nepenthe", madden twenty years rearguard Nemesis where she review married to Riker and they own two children, Thad (deceased) and Kestra. When Jean-Luc Picard and his humanoid companion Soji drop in on the Rikers' voters, Deanna and tea break husband welcome them with open laying down of arms.

Deanna and Decision are both retire from Starfleet, notwithstanding Will is declared as being point up "active reserve".

Deanna appears in a recurrent capacity in ethics first half decelerate season 3, which include flashbacks envisage her motherhood. She is later destroy to have antediluvian abducted by honourableness antagonists of grandeur season, and problem reunited with Riker, who had decayed into an empirical crisis after Thad's death and needful to temporarily be adequate from her drop in get outside mark out from Picard.

They discuss their connubial issues in their detainment, realizing their relationship had low into one all but toxic codependency ahead longing for living example. Worf rescues goodness couple, and they are reunited better the Plan crew alongside a new example of the Deliberate Titan .

Troi appears bayou the first-season polish off of the spirited Star Trek: Lower Decks , set smart year after nobleness events of Nemesis .

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