Count Dracula, according to historical records, was a Human who lived on the planet Earth in the medieval era. Some accounts decribe Dracula transforming into a vampire who lived until at least the 20th century. The exploits of Dracula were recorded in a fictionalized work of literature, the novel Dracula by Human author Bram Stoker, first published in the year 1897. Both the book and character became the basis of mythology and inspiration for entertainment in the form of numerous other books and movies for years to follow, up to and including the Count Dracula's castle holoprogram in the 24th century.
- Information about the fictional character who originates in non-Star Trek sources is combined with biographical article info for two separate in-universe iterations of the character, a 23rd century construct created by thought projection and a 24th century holoprogram in this article. Since there is an uncertain implication that this was a "real" character in the continuity of Star Trek, the information is grouped in this composite article for the purposes of the wiki and organizational reasons.
Biography
Starfleet Captain James T. Kirk recalled reading Dracula as a young boy, and being particularly frightened by Count Dracula. In 2269, when Kirk met the vampire-like Ambassador Damu of Chiroptera, he recalled some of that fear. (TOS novel: Death's Angel)
Lieutenant T'Ryssa Chen was familiar with the Dracula story, and referenced the character during a dream about her confrontation with the Borg in 2380 of the First Splinter timeline. (TNG novel: Greater Than the Sum)
By the 24th century, Dracula was the subject of a holoprogram that featured his iconic castle. In the 2380s, the program could be called up on the holodecks of both the starships Protostar and Cerritos. (PRD episode: "Kobayashi", LD - All in a Sea of Wonders comic: "Issue 1")
Dracula's thought projection
In 2273, when confronted with Dracula, who had been brought to life by a Klingon thought enhancer, Commander Spock of the Federation starship Enterprise recalled the storytelling legend centered around the Count, including an anecdote of Count Dracula having been slain in the 20th century by Quincy Harker. (TOS comic: "The Haunting of Thallus!")
- Spock's historical anecdote described events from the Marvel Comics run of Tomb of Dracula comics in the 1970s, which were also written by Marv Wolfman, the author of this Star Trek issue published by Marvel. This could be an indicator of an attempt by the writer to tie together the continuity of these stories, or simply an homage that indicates that, in the Star Trek universe, some events occurred that were parallel to the Marvel continuity. The later Star Trek—X-Men crossovers established that Marvel's comic line is indeed an alternate reality from Star Trek. For the purposes of this wiki, some biographical data for the Marvel character is provided for the version of this character in the Star Trek universe's history.
Dracula holoprogram
In 2381, an edited hologram of Dracula was created on the holodeck of the USS Cerritos by a group of ensigns. D'Vana Tendi, Sam Rutherford and Beckett Mariner were teasing Brad Boimler about his concerns over challenging the holodeck computer to create a sentient, living holocharacter, and made repeated requests that the computer make Dracula an intelligent adversary to demonstrate the failsafes in place to prevent that occurrence after the accidental creation of a sapient James Moriarty holoprogram on the USS Enterprise-D a decade-and-a-half earlier.
When Boimler jokingly made a similar request, the ship was hit by an energy discharge from the planet Qvanti's atmosphere, and the holodeck complied by giving the Dracula program a degree of awareness and credentials to access ship functions. (LD - All in a Sea of Wonders comic: "Issue 1")
Dracula's computer log-in was BRAMLOVER_1897. (LD - All in a Sea of Wonders comic: "Issue 2")
The lower decks ensigns of Cerritos rigged a holoemitter to give Count Dracula a degree of mobility. After Dracula was able to infiltrate the Qvanti and discover their subterfuge against the Yentoa, the Cerritos crew gave him a shuttlecraft as a show of gratitude. (LD - All in a Sea of Wonders comic: "Issue 3")
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Appearances and references
Appearances
- Thought projection of Count Dracula
- Hologram of Count Dracula
References
- TOS novel: Death's Angel
- TNG - Double Helix novel: Infection
- TNG novel: Greater Than the Sum
- LD - Star Trek 500th Issue comic: "Go See Cal!"
- PRD episode: "Kobayashi"
External links
- Count Dracula article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Count Dracula article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
- Vlad Dracula (Earth-616) article at the Marvel Database
