Wesley Crusher
Starfleet Cadet
Actor: Wil Wheaton
Species: Human
Turn-Ons: Computers. Being on the bridge. Warp-field experiments.
Turnoffs: Adults who don't take him seriously.
Best Episode: ''Final Mission.'' Wesley doesn't save the universe (for a change) — he just rescues an injured Picard from a desert moon.

Beverly Crusher
Chief Medical Officer
Actress: Gates McFadden
Species: Human
Turn-Ons: Captain Picard. Gelatinous lifeforms from Planet Trillian (she once had an affair with one).
Turnoffs: Surly teenagers. Aliens who are mean to her son.
Best Episode: ''Remember Me.'' Wesley's latest warp-field experiment goes haywire, propelling Mom into her own private universe.

Boothby
Starfleet Academy Gardener
Actor: Ray Walston
Species: Human
Turn-Ons: Primroses. Ferns. Azaleas.
Turnoffs: Cadets who stomp all over his flower beds.
Best Episode: ''The First Duty." Although Picard has mentioned him in other episodes, this is his first appearance.

Worf
Security Chief
Actor: Michael Dorn
Species: Klingon (but was raised on Earth by human parents of Slavic extraction-no kidding)
Turn-Ons War.
Turnoffs: Dishonoring your species. Cowardice. Humans (except those on the Enterprise).
Best Episode: ''Redemption.'' Worf's home world explodes into civil unrest and he must decide whether to join in or sit this one out.

Data Lieutenant Commander
Actor: Brent Spiner
Species: Android
Turn-Ons Emotion. Sherlock Holmes. Lieutenant Yar (he had an affair with her — he's an anatomically correct android).
Turnoffs: Being turned off — literally. People who call him a machine. His evil twin android, Lore.
Best Episode: ''The Offspring.'' Data builds a robot daughter but switches her off when she malfunctions.

Deanna Troi Ship's Empathic Psychologist Actress: Marina Sirtis
Species: Half-human, half-Betazoid
Turn-Ons Chocolate. Capt. Picard's legs.
Turnoffs: People (and other species) whose emotions she can't read. Evil Ferengi space merchants who kidnap her.
Best Episode: ''The Loss.'' When she loses her empathic powers, Ms. Buttinsky is forced to mind her own business for a change.

Jean-Luc Picard
Captain Actor: Patrick Stewart
Species: Human (though his heart is synthetic — he lost the real one after getting stabbed).
Turn-Ons Earl Grey tea. Old detective stories. Beverly Crusher.
Turnoffs: Romulans. Children on the bridge.
Best Episode: ''The Best of Both Worlds.'' Picard is brainwashed by aliens called Borgs and is forced to attack Federation ships.

Originally posted Mar 06, 1992 Published in issue #108 Mar 06, 1992 Order article reprints
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