#captain jellico

[danshive]

Rebelling against Captain Jellico's order to wear a regulation Starfleet uniform, Counselor Deanna Troi instead has a holodeck program expertly apply body paint in a regulation uniform pattern.

Frustratingly, no one seems to notice.

[star-trek-likes-vs-dislikes]

Admiral Jellico

Like or Dislike: Admiral Edward Jellico (TNG, PRO)

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don't know him/see results

Voting ended onApr 19, 2025

[tomalak2366]

Nacelle Wave 1 - Captain Jellico

Next up, but actually figure 001 in this wave, is Captain Edward Jellico. Memorably played by Ronnie Cox, Jellico was the hard-ass substitute captain who made Riker's life miserable whilst Captain Picard was busy being tortured by a sadistic Cardassian. [And Gul Madred himself must surely be a cert for this line if it keeps going].

In some ways this is the most "standard" figure in the wave. It's a guy in a typical TNG-era Starfleet uniform. But as ever with Nacelle, it's the accessories that give him a fun twist.

The face sculpt is another 8/10 effort from Nacelle. In some light it looks very much like Ronnie Cox, but in others it's a little bit off. But a very creditable effort.

The simple TNG uniform is nicely rendered, with the comm badge and rank pips being the only departure from the red and black. He's got the usual articulation and the complement of space hands.

The fun parts are the accessories. As well as the ubiquitous cobra hand phaser and PADD, he comes with some character-specific pieces. Firstly a spread of his kids' paintings, which he can scrutinise and critique at his leisure. Next a book entitled "Cardassians: Customs and Etiquette", which I don't recall from the episode.

And best of all, the fish tank. Patrick Stewart despised it, the production team regretted it, so Ronald D. Moore finally allowed Jellico to voice the immortal line to Counselor Troi: "Get that fish out of the Ready Room". Nacelle have sentenced Jellico to spend eternity trapped with poor Livingston. It's a very nice piece, which makes one yearn for a Ready Room playset. At least it gives Jellico something for target practice...

This week's very nerdy nitpick: the phaser should be black on the section behind the emitter. And I'd love to see Nacelle include phaser holsters with the TNG figures - it would give some throwback Playmates Wave 1 vibes, and give more display options.

Not much else to say about Jellico. he's another nice figure by Nacelle, and a fan-favourite character who should have been immortalised in plastic years ago. I would love to see his spiritual predecessor Commander Shelby turn up in a future wave, and maybe even Data's nemesis Bruce Maddox to complete the theme.

I'll close with a few pack shots, and a tease for the next figure: we're going back to the movies for an ill-fated young engineer.

[geekysteven]

Star Trek + Dolly Parton

Seven of Nine to Five

🎶Borg Queen, Borg Queen, BOOOORRRRG QUEEEEEEN 🎶

If Dolly Parton was on Star Trek she'd play a Breen, a Breen, a BREEEEEEEN

When sensors detect a threat to your man:

"On screen, on screen, ON SCREEEN!"

"Set a new course. There's ambition in that nebula."

I can't promise I wont make more of these but that's all for now

[Image descriptions first is Dolly Parton in the Voyager warp core room with Seven of Nine's Borg implants, second is Locutus and the Borg Queen but with Dolly Parton's face, third is Dolly Parton holding a guitar and wearing a Breen helmet from Star Trek Deep Space Nine, fourth is Commander Shelby from Star Trek The Next Generation with her face replaced by Dolly Parton's, fifth is Captain Janeway from Star Trek Voyager with her face replaced by Dolly Parton's, sixth is Captain Jellico from Star Trek The Next Generation saying "I prefer a certain...formality on the Bridge. I'd appreciate it if you wore standard uniform when you're on duty." Second panel is Dolly Parton in a pink sequin dress with hands on her hips saying "Go fuck yourself" and the seventh is Dolly Parton wearing a Star Trek Discovery Admiral uniform]

[a-noone]

I want to talk about Chain of Command.

So, someone needs to infiltrate a Cardassian military base, right? But also for some reason, at the same time you are doing black ops against the Cardassians, you want to do diplomacy with the Cardassians.

If you were a normal person, you'd contact Section 31 for the Black Ops, because they are actually spies, and then you'd get the Federation's best diplomat, potentially Spock, to head the negotiations alongside the Federation's best wordsmith, tactician, and fast-talker, Jean-Luc Picard.

But not if you are this woman:

If you are Vice Admiral Nacheyev, you do none of that. You instead take the universe's brashest, loudest, and least duplicitous man, not to mention one of your best diplomats, and you send him along with the Fleet's best Epidemiologist, Beverly Crusher, who has about as much combat, tactical, and espionage experience as a bowl of oatmeal.

And then, in your infinite wisdom, you take the Enterprise, which was staffed by a man who preferentially chooses candidates with discommendations for ethical disobedience, and you hand that ship over to this guy:

Captain Jellico, a hard ass who hates everyone in the crew, and especially isn't very impressed with Riker. Because you know what a super great idea is during a time of war? Causing a morale break, on your goddamn flagship!

And then you make this face, when the flagship starts functioning poorly, and your black ops mission goes every bit as badly as you deserve for it to have gone:

Picard is captured, presumed dead. But he's not dead. He's with this guy, having the worst week of his life:

Meanwhile, on the Enterprise, during the negotiations, something shocking happens. The Cardassians tell Jellico that they have Picard as a dick power move, jeopardizing the negotiations.

And Riker, who is loyal to a fault, and one time backed a war criminal because of it, has a fight with Jellico, who refuses to ask for his REAL Captain back. So now you've got a flagship where your Captain is effectively a "lame duck" because a star ship in deep space survives on HOPE as much as anything else, and now you've got a whole senior staff resentfully mailing it in.

Oh, and you had no intentions of re-instating Picard because you thought all of this would be FINE and you could just retire the French hot-head to a desk if he lived.

And what I want to know is...

How. The Hell. Does this woman. Still. Have. A. Job.

[bevsdee]

this is a captain jellico hate post.

I hate captain jellico.

[boophisburnhamae]

Lowkey want to commission a talented Star Trek fanartist to make a good version of Captain Jellicle so I can put it on a shirt and watch people's souls die. Unfortunately, I myself will die before I actually bring myself to ask another human being to make catboy!Jellico

[data2364]

Ronny Cox as Doctor Nathan Harding 1996 in Diagnosis Murder "The Pressure to Murder"

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0559295/