Khan Noonien Singh
Khan Noonien Singh is a male villain that features in Star Trek.
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Biography
Khan Noonien Singh was a male genetically engineered superman that was created in the modern age on Earth around the mid-1990's in a time that was mankind's last World War. He was among the various genetic supermen that arose during this time with Khan rising as an absolute ruler of more than a quarter of the world. From 1992 to 1996, he came to be a dictator that ruled from Asia through the Middle East where he was noted for being a ruthless tyrant. Khan was considered the best of these tyrants as though he severely curtailed the freedoms of his subjects but his reign lacked internal massacres or wars of aggression. The Augment tyrants began to war against one another with other nations combining their efforts to force them from power in a series of struggles that became the Eugenics Wars. Around this time, humans came to rise up against the supermen with Khan said to be the last of these tyrants to be overthrown and defeated with their territories being recaptured with 90 of these supermen never being found. Khan managed to escape during the time of the Eugenics Wars where he along with 84 followers looked to evade capture. He decided to live and die under his command rather than face capture with Khan looking to go into about self-imposed exile. (TOS: Space Seed)
On their new world, Khan and his people made use of the Starfleet-issued containers for shelter where they sought to make a new life for themselves. However, in six months a cataclysm caused Ceti Alpha VI led to it shifting the planetary system's orbits leading to Ceti Alpha V moving from its position. The result of massive ecological devastation on Ceti Alpha V and drastically altered the planet's surface. Khan's ingenuity along with the few supplies in the containers allowed his people to survive but many of his followers died at the hands of the indigenous life forms that were the Ceit eels. These parasitic organisms used host bodies for their young with twenty of Khan's people dying slowly maddening deaths at the hands of the eels with this including his wife. Afterwards, they continued to live on the desolate world until 2285 when the U.S.S. Reliant came to their world in search for a test planet for the Genesis Device. The crew of the Starfleet ship believed that they were surveying Ceti Alpha VI and Captain Clark Terrell and Commander Pavel Chekov both transported to the surface to ensure no life existed on it. They uncovered the shelter with Chekov quickly realising who resided on the world but before they could escape they were captured by Khan along with his men. Khan infected the two Starfleet officers with the Ceti Eels to make them suggestable allowing the genetic supermen to take over the U.S.S. Reliant. (Movie: The Wrath of Khan)
Overview
Personality and attributes
It was said that he was the most dangerous of the genetic supermen who was noted for being a ruthless dictator. (TOS: Space Seed)
Powers and abilities
As a genetic superman, he was stronger and braver when compared to an ordinary human with him being more ambitious as well as daring. (TOS: Space Seed)
Notes
- Khan Noonien Singh was created by Gene Roddenberry, Gene L. Coon and Carey Wilber where he was portrayed by actor Ricardo Montalban in the setting of the Star Trek universe.
- In Star Trek: Into Darkness, the character was portrayed by actor Benedict Cumberbatch in the Kelvin Timeline.
Alternate Versions
- In Star Trek: Into Darkness, a version of Khan Noonien Singh appeared in the Kelvin Timeline that was an alternate reality with a different history of events as a result of Nero being displaced into the past. This version came to be revived by Starfleet Admiral Alexander Marcus rather than the crew of Enterprise. Marcus anticipated a war with the Klingons where he came to force Khan to develop warships and weapons for Starfleet under the cover identity of John Harrison whilst holding Khan's shipmates hostage. These developments include advanced long-range torpedoes and the warship USS Vengeance. Khan carried out an attack on a high level Starfleet meeting where Admiral Christopher Pike was killed before fleeing to the Klingon homeworld Qo'noS. Marcus armed the Enterprise with 72 advanced torpedoes and sent James T. Kirk and crew to Qo'noS with orders to kill Khan. Kirk goes against his orders and attempts to capture him alive. Upon learning the number of torpedoes on board Enterprise, Khan surrenders, revealing his identity, the presence of his followers inside the torpedoes, and the reasons for his attacks. When Marcus arrives aboard Vengeance and attacks Enterprise, Kirk and Khan work together to take control of Vengeance's bridge. Once in control of Vengeance, Khan kills Marcus and demands that Spock return his crew. Spock, having removed Khan's people from the torpedoes, lowers Enterprise's shields and allows Khan to beam the activated weapons' warheads aboard Vengeance. Before Khan can attack Enterprise Spock remotely detonates the torpedoes crippling Vengeance. Khan crashes Vengeance in San Francisco in an attempt to destroy Starfleet Headquarters and escape, but was pursued and captured by Spock and Uhura. Khan is placed back into cryogenic sleep along with his crew.
In other media
Novels
Appearances
- Star Trek: The Original Series: "Space Seed"
- Star Trek: Into Darkness:
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