Halloween was a human holiday celebrated on the 31st day of October. The holiday developed from several older religious festivals, and emphasized ideas and characters that were frightening to most humans.

History and specifics

In 1984, Roberta Lincoln dressed as Sally Ride for Halloween. That same year Noonien Singh, rescued from the contemporaneous anti-Sikhism riots in Chandigarh by Gary Seven, observed several New Yorkers dressed as vampires, gypsies, and even a Ghostbusters. (TOS novel: The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume 1)

A young Hikaru Sulu believed that the QuchHa' Klingons he saw raiding Ganjitsu looked like Humans dressed as Klingons for Halloween. (ST novel: Excelsior: Forged in Fire)

The alien explorers Korob and Sylvia constructed a castle, took on the roles of a wizard and sorceress, and used other constructs which reminded humans such as Captain James T. Kirk and Doctor Leonard McCoy of Halloween. (TOS episode: "Catspaw")

The character Jessica Bradley in the Dixon Hill holodeck program remarked that in his Starfleet uniform that Captain Jean-Luc Picard was ready for Halloween. (TNG episode: "The Big Goodbye")

In 2370, Halloween was celebrated aboard the USS Enterprise-D after an encounter with Redjac. Children collected candy while dressed as witches, Count Dracula, ghosts, clowns, bees, and other characters. (TNG - Holo-Ween comic: "Issue 4")

Upon discovering a number of apparently dead Cardassian soldiers lying in a previously sealed compartment on Deep Space 9, the senior staff decided to keep the discovery a secret until a way could be found to return the Cardassians to their own people. Captain Benjamin Sisko remarked that until a diplomatically-acceptable way to remove those soldiers could be found that it would be Halloween on the station. (DS9 novel: Station Rage)

Brad Boimler had dressed up as Christopher Pike on one Halloween. (SNW episode: "Those Old Scientists")

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Connections

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References

• TOS episode: "Catspaw"
• TOS novel: Bloodthirst
• TOS - The Eugenics Wars novel: The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume 1
• TOS comics: "The Haunting of Thallus!", "... Like a Woman Scorned!"
• TNG episode: "The Big Goodbye"
• DS9 novel: Station Rage
• DS9 novelization: The Search
• DS9 novelization: Trials and Tribble-ations
• DS9 - The Dominion War novelization: ...Sacrifice of Angels
• ST novel: Excelsior: Forged in Fire
• TNG - Holo-Ween comic: "Issue 4"
• SNW episode: "Those Old Scientists"

External links

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