Reginald Barclay
Lt. Reginald Barclay
Species:	Human
Gender:	Male
Hair color:	Brown
Eye color:	Blue
Home planet:	Earth
Affiliation:	Starfleet
Posting:	USS Enterprise-D USS Enterprise-E Starfleet Command
Rank:	Lieutenant Junior Grade Lieutenant
Rank insignia:
Portrayed by:	Dwight Schultz

Lieutenant Reginald Endicott Barclay III is a recurring character in the Star Trek fictional universe, created by Sally Caves and played by Dwight Schultz. Reg is named after Clayton Endicott III, a character in the TV series Benson. Lieutenant Reginald Barclay This work is copyrighted. ... In biology, a species is the basic unit of biodiversity. ... Trinomial name Homo sapiens sapiens Linnaeus, 1758 Humans, or human beings, are animals biologically classified as bipedal primates belonging to the mammalian genus Homo, in particular to its only extant species, Homo sapiens (Latin for wise man or knowing man), under the family Hominidae (the great apes). ... Gender describes a classification using masculinity and femininity. ... The shield and spear of the Roman God Mars are often used to represent the male sex In heterogamous species, male is the sex of an organism, or of a part of an organism, which typically produces smaller, mobile gametes (spermatozoa) that are able to fertilise female gametes (ova). ... Human beings have many variations in hair color (or colour) and hair texture. ... Eye color is a polygenic trait and is determined by the amount and type of pigments present in the eyes iris[1][2]. Although there seem to be three genotypic eye colors (brown, green, and blue), humans and other animals have many phenotypic variations in eye color[3]. These... Earth (often referred to as The Earth) is the third planet in the solar system in terms of distance from the Sun, and the fifth in order of size. ... Starfleet Command In the Star Trek fictional universe, Starfleet is the paramilitary defense, research, diplomacy, and exploration force of the United Federation of Planets (UFP) with – as of the late 24th century – hundreds of starships and starbases at its disposal. ... The USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D), in the Star Trek fictional universe, is the Galaxy class starship It is the fifth Federation starship to bear the name Enterprise. ... The USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E) is a Sovereign class starship in the Star Trek fictional universe. ... Starfleet Command In the fictional world of Star Trek, Starfleet Command is the headquarters of Starfleet, the directorate of exploration and defense for the United Federation of Planets. ... Lieutenant Junior Grade is a commissioned rank of the Starfleet in the fictional universe of Star Trek. ... Lieutenant is a commissioned rank of the Starfleet in the fictional universe of Star Trek. ... Image File history File links Star_Trek_TNG_OF1a. ... Image File history File links Star_Trek_TNG_OF2. ... Dwight Schultz as Reginald Barclay in Star Trek William Dwight Schultz (born November 24, 1947) is an American stage, television and film actor. ... A recurring character is a fictional character, usually in a prime time TV series, who is not a main character, but appears from time to time during the series run. ... The first season DVD box set of the original Star Trek television series from 1966. ... A fictional universe is a cohesive imaginary world that serves as the setting or backdrop for one or (more commonly) multiple works of fiction. ... Dwight Schultz as Reginald Barclay in Star Trek William Dwight Schultz (born November 24, 1947) is an American stage, television and film actor. ... Benson was an American television series which aired from 1979 to 1986 on ABC. The character of butler Benson DuBois, played by Robert Guillaume, had originally appeared on the soap opera parody Soap. ... Benson was an American television series which aired from 1979 to 1986 on ABC. The character of butler Benson DuBois, played by Robert Guillaume, had originally appeared on the soap opera parody Soap. ...

He first appeared in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation during the third season episode "Hollow Pursuits" as a "diagnostic technician". During the sixth season episode "Realm of Fear" he is mentioned as being a "systems engineer", in which capacity he also appeared on the USS Enterprise-E in the movie Star Trek: First Contact. He also had a recurring role in the later seasons of Star Trek: Voyager. A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... The title as it appeared in most episodes opening credits. ... Hollow Pursuits is a Star Trek: The Next Generation episode primarily centered around Reginald Barclays addiction to the holodeck. ... Realm of Fear is a Star Trek: The Next Generation episode primarily centered around Reginald Barclays paralyzing fear of the transporter. ... The USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E) is a Sovereign class starship in the Star Trek fictional universe. ... Star Trek: First Contact (Paramount Pictures, 1996; see also 1996 in film), is the eighth feature film based on the popular Star Trek science fiction television series. ... The starship Voyager (NCC-74656), an Intrepid-class starship. ...

Overview

Perhaps the most human character known aboard the Enterprise, Barclay had many flaws that he was forced to overcome. He was shy and insular with a tendency to stutter, was fearful of being transported, had a holoaddiction problem, and was a hypochondriac. These shortcomings prompted a youthful Wesley Crusher to begin referring to Barclay as "Lieutenant Broccoli" behind his back. Stuttering is a speech disorder in which pronunciation of the (usually) first letter or syllable of a word is repeated involuntarily. ... A holodeck on the Enterprise-D; the arch and exit are prominent. ... Hypochondria (sometimes hypochondriasis) is the unfounded belief that one is suffering from a serious illness. ... Broccoli is a plant of the Cabbage family, Brassicaceae (formerly Cruciferae). ...

His holoaddiction problem was first seen in the episode "Hollow Pursuits", in which he created simulacra of the ship's bridge officers who behaved very differently than their "real life" counterparts; for example, his version of Captain Jean-Luc Picard was a weakling who cowered before him, while Commander William Riker was much shorter than usual, and Deanna Troi was in love with Barclay. With encouragement from Chief Engineer Geordi La Forge, however, Barclay proves his worth in the real world by helping to uncover the cause of a critical multi-system failure on the Enterprise in time to avert the ship's destruction. Hollow Pursuits is a Star Trek: The Next Generation episode primarily centered around Reginald Barclays addiction to the holodeck. ... A simulacrum is a Latin word originally meaning a material object representing something (such as an idol representing a deity, or a painted still-life of a bowl of fruit). ... Jean-Luc Picard is a character in Star Trek, the commanding officer (having the rank of Captain) of the USS Enterprise-D and the USS Enterprise-E. He was played by English actor Patrick Stewart in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation (TNG) and resulting films. ... William Thomas Riker is a character in the Star Trek universe played by Jonathan Frakes, who appears in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation (TNG) and all the movies focusing on the TNG characters. ... Deanna Troi is a fictional character in the Star Trek universe, played by the actress Marina Sirtis in the series Star Trek: The Next Generation (TNG), Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Enterprise (the latter two only in guest appearances), and in several Star Trek films. ... Geordi La Forge is a character in the Star Trek fictional universe. ...

In the episode "Realm of Fear," Barclay dealt with transporter phobia when assigned to an away team. Though he was capable of allowing himself to be transported, he believed that he saw large worm-like creatures while in transit. When no evidence of a problem was found, Barclay believed himself to be going mad; however, he later discovered that these were human patterns in the device's pattern buffer, thought lost in transit. With Barclay's help, these people were materialized, alive and whole; and the bio-filter was capable of removing the alien microbes which had caused them to be stuck in transport. Realm of Fear is a Star Trek: The Next Generation episode primarily centered around Reginald Barclays paralyzing fear of the transporter. ... A worm is an elongated soft-bodied invertebrate animal. ...

In "Genesis", Barclay's T-cells had a bizarre reaction to a medicine, creating an airborne virus which caused Barclay to de-evolve into a spider and its other victims to revert to various earlier forms after multiple dormant genes in his body were activated by accident. Upon recovery, the disease was named after him as he was the first person to contract it, and was since known as 'Barclay's Protomorphisis Syndrome'. Spoiler warning: After a short time off the Enterprise, Captain Picard and Data return to find the ship adrift, and the crew de-evolved. ... T cells are a subset of lymphocytes that play a large role in the immune response. ... Medicine is the branch of health science and the sector of public life concerned with maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis and treatment of disease and injury. ... The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) A bacteriophage virus A virus is a submicroscopic parasitic particle that infects cells in biological organisms. ... A speculative phylogenetic tree of all living things, based on rRNA gene data, showing the separation of the three domains, bacteria, archaea and eukaryotes. ... Suborders Araneomorphae Mesothelae Mygalomorphae See the taxonomy section for families Spiders are invertebrate animals that produce silk, and have eight legs and no wings. ...

Barclay remained under Picard's command after the destruction of the Enterprise-D, for a few years on the Enterprise-E until being re-assigned to Starfleet Headquarters circa 2375. Working on the "Pathfinder" project, Barclay became obsessed with the crew of the lost USS Voyager, which had been stranded in the Delta Quadrant for about four years. He created simulacra of the Voyager crew on a holodeck based on the facts available to him. With the help of those holograms and Deanna Troi — with whom he developed a close friendship — he devised a clever way to use a tiny wormhole to establish two-way communication with Voyager. Barclay's work on the Pathfinder project earned him a promotion to full lieutenant (previously he had been a lieutenant junior grade). During this time, a hologram of him was sent to Voyager to help them find a way home, but the hologram was altered by Ferengi trying to acquire Seven of Nine's Borg implants. Fortunately, Barclay and Troi managed to work out what was happening, alerting Voyager to the deception before Barclay forced the Ferengi to flee by posing as the hologram and claiming that Voyager was more heavily armed than it was. Starfleet Command In the Star Trek fictional universe, Starfleet is the defense, research, diplomacy and exploration force of the United Federation of Planets. ... The USS Voyager (NCC-74656) is an Intrepid class starship in the Star Trek fictional universe. ... In the fictional Star Trek series, the Milky Way Galaxy is divided into four quadrants, which are further subdivided into sectors. ... 3D analogy to a wormhole. ... A Lieutenant is a military, paramilitary or police officer. ... A Lieutenant, Junior Grade, is a division officer in the United States Navy. ... Seven of Nine, Tertiary Adjunct of Unimatrix Zero-One, or more simply Seven of Nine (or often referred to as simply Seven), is a fictional character from the Star Trek universe, played by Jeri Ryan in the television series Star Trek: Voyager. ... The Borg or Borg Collective is a race of cyborgs in the Star Trek fictional universe. ...

In an early episode of Voyager it was revealed that Barclay was involved in the creation of the Emergency Medical Hologram program. The Mark I Emergency Medical Hologram from the USS Voyager In the Star Trek fictional universe, the Emergency Medical Hologram or EMH is a holographic program intended to support or replace medical personnel aboard a Starfleet vessel or installation in case of emergency. ...

An alternate future in the Voyager series finale "Endgame" showed Barclay teaching at Starfleet Academy, with the rank of Commander. By that point, Barclay had long since conquered his habit of stuttering and was much more confident and assertive. A finale is a closing part, act or movement of a dramatic or musical composition, or more generally any event or procedure with a dramatically concluding effect. ... Endgame is the title of the final episode in the Star Trek spin off series, Star Trek: Voyager. ... The official logo of Starfleet Academy, circa 2370. ... Insignia of a United States Navy Commander Commander is a military rank used in many navies but not generally in armies or air forces. ... Stuttering (known as stammering in the UK and scientifically known as dysphemia) is a speech disorder in which the flow of speech is disrupted by prolongations, repetitions, and blocks of sounds, syllables, words or phrases. ...

Non-canon appearances

Barclay appears in the First Person Shooter video game Star Trek: Elite Force II, where he fills in as Chief Engineer for Geordi La Forge because LaForge and several others have gone onto other assignments. Barclay seems much more competent and confident in the game, and even helps the player fight off a terrorist attack on the ship's engine room. A first-person shooter (FPS) is a computer or video game where the players on-screen view of the game world simulates that of the character, and there is some element of shooting involved. ... A computer game is a game composed of a computer-controlled virtual universe that players interact with in order to achieve a defined goal or set of goals. ... Geordi La Forge is a character in the Star Trek fictional universe. ...

In the novel version of the Mirror Universe created by Diane Duane, Barclay, a fairly sure-minded, skilled person, is Captain Picard's personal guard until Counselor Troi destroys him when he stops her from entering a cargo hold where Picard is engaged in a confrontation with the Captain Picard of the Federation universe. The Federation Picard, in his short stay on the ISS Enterprise pretending to be the Empire Picard, seems to have grown to value Barclay as a person with potential, and is so furious about Barclay's death that his reaction completely fools Troi about Picard's real identity. The Mirror Universe (MU) is a fictional parallel universe in which the plots of several Star Trek television episodes take place, named for Mirror, Mirror, the original series episode in which it first appeared. ... Diane Duane (b. ...

External links

• Reginald Barclay article at Memory Alpha, the Star Trek wiki