By and copyright Owen Quinn
Who doesn’t love Q from Star Trek? And who doesn’t love the stylish, eloquent John De Lancie?
I first met John many moons ago in Dublin at a small convention. He was open, affable, delightful and a genuine gentleman. As I said elsewhere, fans got very lucky at Dublin Comic Con Summer Edition 2025. I had lost my autograph of John so had to go to get one again.
John once wrote a Star Trek The Next Generation comic for DC comics called The Gift. The cover remains to this day, stunning as you can see below.
So this time when we met, I had an original copy and handed it to him to be signed. He cheekily asked should he write all over Patrick Stewart’s head so I said yeah.
John has that cheeky chappie grin that cemented him in Star Trek fans heart from the minute he appeared on screen. While we are both older, he still has it as you can see from the photo above.
He can hold an audience as his panel showed and just as it was years ago, he still can hold the fans in the palm of his hand. He is interested in fans and their lives, asking a friend of mine what hi did as a profession. When he said that he was a podiatrist, they had a discussion about private and public health care. We had a chat about diabetes and how insidious it is.
Meeting him tied in with his surprise appearance on Star Trek Strange New Worlds as the father of Trelane. While it may have broken continuity, a bit, it was a delight to at least, hear him on Trek once again.
He just has to smile at you once with that mischievous twinkle in the eye and you know Q is alive and well. A true gentleman.
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