Star Trek is known for its aliens with slightly different nose ridges, but how many of them? WhatCulture is part of Future plc, an international media group and leading digital publisher.

Star Trek introduces new alien species in each episode to showcase unique aspects of human experience and comment on relevant themes. Some one-episode aliens return as regular characters in newer ...

As such, there are several roles, both large and small, that showcase aliens and other beings not seen in Star Trek in a very long time. In some cases, several decades. Here are our favorite Star ...