Werewolf

Werewolf killing a security officer in 2269.

A werewolf is a creature in Human mythology. According to legend, a person would turn into a wolf-like creature whenever the moon was full.

History

In 2267, James T. Kirk thought some of the Furies aboard the Rath resembled werewolves. (TOS novel: First Strike)

In 2269, a werewolf killed USS Enterprise Ensign Alonzo and was then disintegrated with a phaser by Captain James T. Kirk. The animal had been created in a genetic engineering lab on The Strand by Doctor Othello Beck, who lamented that he'd failed to keep the animal's predatory urges in check. (TOS - Year Four comic: "Issue 1")

Image of a werewolf.

In 2273, an apparition of a werewolf appeared in front of Engineer Cyron Williams and his girlfriend Lydia. Williams threw a bottle of Saurian brandy at it, and it disappeared. Reports of ghosts and other creatures were subsequently sighted aboard the Enterprise, including Count Dracula and Frankenstein's monster. (TOS comic: "The Haunting of Thallus!")

In the summer of 2365, Jake Sisko applied makeup to make himself look like a werewolf. (DS9 - Worlds of Deep Space Nine novella: Bajor: Fragments and Omens)

In 2369, Samuel Clemens mistook Worf for a werewolf. (TNG episode: "Time's Arrow, Part II")

William T. Riker as a werewolf.

In 2370, Commander William T. Riker temporarily assumed the role of the fearless Le Loup-Garou werewolf in order to confront Redjac in the USS Enterprise-D's holodeck. Through a bio-chemical form of hypnosis, the archetypical character's personality was temporarily grafted onto his mind to prevent him from experiencing fear. After the treatment, he believed he turned into a werewolf three times each month when exposed to the light of the Celestial Moon Goddess. His physical strength was enhanced with antigravity technology in his costume, and his body was cosmetically altered with the addition of fur, fangs, and claws. (TNG - Holo-Ween comics: "Issue 2", "Issue 3", "Issue 4")

The werewolf legend was the basis of a number of movies created in the 20th century. Lieutenant T'Ryssa Chen was familiar with these films, and referenced The Wolf Man in a dream she had about a Borg attack in 2380. (TNG novel: Greater Than the Sum)

Appendices

Connections

• Werewolf article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
• Werewolf article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.