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Khan!If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.This page was last modified 08:05, 19 December 2007.Khan Noonien Singh is a villain in the fictional Star Trek universe.The character first appeared in the original Star Trek series episode "Space Seed", and then in the film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.He is generally referred to simply as Khan.Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
1.Khan seeks vengeance
1.Backstory
In "Space Seed", Khan was one of a group of genetically engineered "supermen", a tyrant who was defeated in the Eugenics Wars of the 1990s.Khan had been both the most successful and the most benign of the group, ruling western Asia until he was deposed.It is speculated that he is from "the northern India area" and "probably a Sikh."They were roughly five times stronger than the average person, their lung efficiency was 50 percent greater than normal, and they had an increased capacity for learning.Fortunately, by 1996 the tyrants were brought under control by a rebellious population.Most of the "supermen" died or were sentenced to death, but 84 of them, including Khan, escaped aboard the sleeper ship SS Botany Bay.Khan was considered so dangerous that even two centuries later, genetic engineering was banned throughout the United Federation of Planets for fear of creating another tyrant like Khan."Space Seed"
Khan's ship was not discovered for about 270 years (although both "Space Seed" and "The Wrath of Khan" say 200 years), when it was found by the starship USS Enterprise in the year 2267.Kirk found Khan and several dozen others frozen in cryonic chambers.The ship's historian, Lieutenant Marla McGivers, took particular fascination in Khan.Khan nearly died during the reanimation sequence when his chamber malfunctioned.Khan was beamed to the Enterprise and taken to sickbay, where his recuperative powers amazed Dr.Upon awakening, Khan grabbed McCoy and put a knife to his carotid artery, but did not kill him because he was impressed by McCoy's blunt inquiry about the situation when he inquired if Khan was going to choke him to death or just slit his throat.Khan did not divulge anything about himself beyond his name, claiming fatigue.Meanwhile, he began plotting how to take over the Enterprise.Kirk readily granted Khan's request to study the ship's technical manuals, which gave him knowledge of how to take over and operate the Enterprise.McGivers's attraction to him in getting her to help him beam back to the Botany Bay, where he revived the other supermen.With the help of Marla and his revived crew, Khan took control of the Enterprise's engineering section and used what he had gleaned from the technical manuals to shut off life support to the bridge.Kirk found that Khan had anticipated every contingency for retaking control of the ship, and the bridge crew faced imminent suffocation.After passing out, they found themselves alive, though captives of Khan.Khan declared that humans had advanced technologically, but there had been little improvement in human evolution in the last 300 years.But Khan still needed help in selecting a planet with a population that would be willing to be led by him.He decided that the best way to convince the Enterprise crew to cooperate would be to put Kirk in the ship's compression chamber and slowly reduce the pressure, forcing the crew to watch until they agreed to join Khan.Fortunately, Marla could not stand by and let her captain be killed, and she rescued him.Kirk then flooded the ship with neural gas, neutralizing Khan's men.Captain Kirk faced a dilemma.He felt it would be a waste to confine Khan and his followers to a rehabilitation colony, but they could not be allowed to go free.He therefore dropped all charges against them; mutiny and attempted murder against Khan and his people and mutiny against Lt.Spock, however, wondered at the "seed" his captain had planted, and what fruit it would bear.Khan Noonien Singh as he appeared in The Wrath of Khan.Khan seeks vengeance
For approximately six months, life on Ceti Alpha V was harsh but fruitful for Khan and his people, as they worked to tame the wild planet.The stresses of the gravimetric shockwave resulted in major climatic changes and earthquakes.Some of the colonists managed to survive, but the greatest hazard to their existence proved to be not the unrelenting hostility of the environment, but the one other surviving species: the Ceti eel.Over the following 17 years, 20 of Khan's people, including his wife, Marla McGivers, were killed by these creatures, and most of the rest died from other causes.By the year 2285, fewer than 20 of the settlers (including Khan) had managed to survive.Project Genesis, mistaking it for Ceti Alpha VI.Khan, angry and vengeful that Kirk never checked up on their settlement, abducted the Reliant's captain Clark Terrell and first officer Pavel Chekov when they went down to the surface, and implanted Ceti eels in their brains, rendering them vulnerable to his suggestions.Joachim argued that there was no need to take on Kirk as they had a ship and could go anywhere they pleased, but Khan was obsessed with asserting his superiority.Once Khan had learned of the Genesis device, he had Chekov contact its creators and instruct them to hand over the device on Kirk's orders.Khan counted on their contacting Kirk to confirm the order, which would bring his enemy to him.When the Enterprise reached Regula I, Khan was able to launch a surprise attack, as Kirk was slow to follow standard procedures requiring a defensive posture when the Reliant refused to visually respond to hails (claiming on voice communication that the ship's Chambers Coil was overloading its communications system).This hesitancy on Kirk's part allowed the Reliant to close range sufficiently to inflict substantial damage on the ship's engineering section, knocking the main energizers down and making it impossible to raise the ship's defensive shields.Khan hailed the vessel, so that Kirk would know his adversary's identity before he destroyed them.Fortunately, Kirk was able to buy time by promising to beam himself over to Khan's ship with all the information regarding Project Genesis.This gave Kirk the chance to tap into Reliant's command console, using the ship's prefix code to lower its shields before he gave the order to fire on the ship.Endgame
With both ships badly damaged, they were forced to withdraw to carry out repairs.By the time partial power had been restored on the Enterprise, Khan had managed to get his hands on the Genesis Device.While Kirk and Spock tricked Khan into thinking that the Enterprise still required days of work to repair and was helpless, Khan's ship was still in far better condition than Kirk's.In order to even the odds, Mr.Spock recommended that they enter the nearby Mutara Nebula where static discharges would interfere with both ships' shields and sensors.On board the Reliant, Joachim was reluctant to follow the Enterprise into the nebula as he knew it would negate their advantage.However, Kirk contacted them and taunted Khan ("We tried it once your way, Khan, are you game for a rematch?The Reliant was completely disabled and all the crew were killed, except Khan, who refused to accept defeat.He was determined to take Kirk with him, and in a last desperate effort he activated the Genesis device.For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee..."Khan's last words, quoted from Captain Ahab in Herman Melville's Moby Dick.Spitefully eloquent to the very end, Khan revelled in the idea that the Genesis Project would ultimately kill Kirk.However, Kirk's victory was not without its price.Enterprise's warp drive, enabling Kirk and the rest of the crew to narrowly escape the detonation of the Genesis device.Character analysis
The character of Khan is presented as having several good aspects.However, this ambition is not tempered by any consideration of the rights of others.He is a mirror image of Kirk, sharing his aggressiveness, ambition, and even his womanizing tendencies, but possessing them in far greater degree.During the TV episode, several of the characters including Scotty and Kirk express their admiration for the man, whilst ambivalently opposing him at the same time.Choosing between Khan and VGER from Star Trek: The Motion Picture Iaccino chooses VGER over Khan, stating that "an entity that does evil because it is ignorant of the sanctity of human life is a much more ambivalent enemy than one that commits atrocities out of sheer egotism".Khan and Kirk to the more cerebral confrontation with VGER.Other references
Khan was mentioned in the DS9 episode "Doctor Bashir, I Presume?"The law against genetic engineering provides a firewall against such men and it's my job to keep that firewall intact".This DS9 episode is also responsible for erroneously relocating the Eugenics wars to the late 21st century, a script blooper openly acknowledged by the scriptwriters.Luc Picard also makes reference to Khan in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode A Matter of Time.When the time traveller refuses due to the implications his advice may have in altering history, Picard says "What if one of those lives I save down there is a child who grows up to be the next Adolf Hitler or Khan Singh?The Eugenics Wars: The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Khan and his followers were placed aboard the Botany Bay by Gary Seven as part of a deal to stop Khan's machinations on Earth.Seven's agent Roberta Lincoln stole Botany Bay from Area 51, where government agents were building top secret technology that was based on the Klingon communicator and phaser left behind by Pavel Chekov in the year 1986 in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home and inspired by Ferengi technology studied as part of the Roswell UFO Incident in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Little Green Men."Cox also told Khan's story between Space Seed and Star Trek II in his novel: To Reign in Hell: The Exile of Khan Noonien Singh.Outside of Star Trek, Khan was one of the many fictional villains to appear in the South Park episode Imaginationland Episode II.Star Trek II was one of numerous pop culture appropriations that became a "popular fad" driving the success of the website YTMND.The clip was also given its own website.World Character", with editors writing "Khan was so cool we would've bought a Chrysler Cordoba if he'd told us to," in reference to a famous series of commercials done by Montalban.Notes
William Shatner and Ricardo Montalban were never physically in the same room at any point during The Wrath of Khan.In fact, the scenes in which Kirk and Khan spoke to each other were filmed four months apart; part of this was due to necessity, namely the fact that the bridges of the Enterprise and Reliant were redresses of the same set.Deborah Cartmell and Imelda Whelehan (1999).Adaptations: From Text to Screen, Screen to Text."Rules for Supermen", The Age of Rand: Imagining an Objectivist Future World.Gilligan Unbound: Popular Culture in the Age of Globalization."The site goes through quite a lot of fads, and many of them begin as a funny thought that later becomes a YTMND."Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith," Captain Kirk screaming "KHAN!""Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" and Milton Waddams from "Office Space" saying "I believe you have my stapler" have all turned into popular fads for the site.""Patrick Stewart envious of villain roles", CTV."Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan", Filmcritic.Further reading
Wyn Kelley (June 2006).Kelley discusses parallels between Khan and Captain Ahab.The original episode introducing Khan Noonien Singh.This page was last modified 15:51, 26 December 2007.All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.See Copyrights for details.Chief Technical Officer
of Media Access Internet Solutions, Inc.?Simply write me at khan "at" khan "dot" org.ISP and then a Web development company.Turkish, and can get by conversationally with French.All content and photography under khan.You've stumbled upon Khan's tips, opinions, and random thoughts.You never know, you might even learn something helpful.Newbies Beware
TGP accounts being hijacked?"Don't follow any advice, no matter how good, until you feel as deeply in your spirit as you think in your mind that the counsel is wise.Kid Congo Powers: "Khan has a great ass...Khan was all for it.It's nice to fraternize with genius.""My dog thinks Khan's music is Devil music...""Khan is a true genius!Hanin would stop carrying a gun..."Khan: Who Never Rests.This alone kinda says it all.Khan, all I can say is he really never rests.Berlin, after previously residing in New York, Mexico, Cologne and Finland) who has produced electronic music under at least 10 pseudonyms and collaborations (including Bizz OD, 4E, El Turco Loco, Captain Comatose, Kid and Khan).So for his first album for Tomlab, Who Never Rests only begins to explain the persona of Khan, yet at the same time, presents a very complete picture of the musician and man today.It certainly got the party started!But then Khan started focusing on collaborations.He recorded as Little Annie and The Legally Jammin (with Christian Jendreiko).Playhouse as the last standing disco band: one giant disco party!Finn, raised in Germany and performs in English?For Khan, this is who he is.To experience this fully, you need to see Khan at his live finest.He performs solo or in the trio Khan of Finland, featuring Boris Bergmann on piano and Mark Boombastik as human beatbox.Happy New Year Khanski!!Greetings from The Dynamics!!!Thanks for looking and listening and hope to see you soon!Shows in the works: Poland, Portugal, Greece, Turkey, Hungary, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand!!YOU are so wonderful to be around...YES, I'll definitely take it out on you.Much love and kisses and respect..United we stand in the fight against crap music...Album out NOW in fine shops and Itunes!Orbital, Morthem Vlade Art, Bacalao,Bo'Tox, Junior Boys, Charles Kent,H.Dorian Echeck rediffusions on h2h4u.The project is based on shifting the infamous "Smile" Pop Icon, letting its sick twisted and dark sides come up on the surface through a rotting process of fruits and vegetables.This is a black humorous, pop art representation of life cycles through a terrorist use of Scanner.Check the full PHAG O DANNO II program here.All Christmas kisses and Blessings to you beautiful!Love you dearest Khanski..What a bloody waste of time...Do you wish to continue your form submission?"Id + " Link: " + targetLink.Khan has a great ass...Khan was all for it.Khan is a true genius!Working with Can was like a quickie,
spontaneous, fast and satisfactory.Some of the singers Khan already knew, others
were people he admired for some time.Doris, and other bands like Pere Ubu, Psychic TV, the Gun
Club, and Public Enemy.Americans constantly say in Mexico.Can Oral, aka Khan, was born of a Finnish mother and Turkish
father, and grew up as an outsider in a hostile Germany.Atari computer and Prophet 2000 sampler, and started making
music for German and Austrian TV programs.Cologne and started making techno with people like Walker,
Jammin Unit, Mike Ink.Khan opened Temple Records (an electronic record store in
Manhattan) and started the El Turco Loco label.Mexico exploring new languages, art, and music,
and remaining an "outsider" until the term becomes irrelevant.The project eventually
ran out of ideas.The band never got a record
deal until today.CD is a sweet deal indeed
at only about a quarter per minute...Khan, aka Can Oral.Germany, before moving to New York City a few years
ago.Europe, Mexico, Brazil, and Australia,
in addition to the numerous parties he hosts in NYC.Khan replaces the autonomy of the machines used to make his
music with an absurdly lewd human physicality.Foucault can sleep soundly in
his grave.Spin it right round like a record, baby.West Frontier Province of Pakistan.The moto of Khan Match (Pvt) Ltd.Khan Match (Pvt) Limited. |
