Hi Everyone,

Here’s an idea I’ve had for a LONG time and I finally got it to come to fruition.  As I’m sure many of you have seen, in the past I have made many silly collages which combine the two best pop culture phenomenons of the 1960’s; Star Trek and The Beatles!  You can see my previous ‘Beatle Trek’s’ here.

Anyway, for ages I wanted to recreate the famous Sgt.Pepper’s Lonely Heart’s Club Band except make it with memorable Star Trek Characters. As the centerpiece,  Kirk, Spock, McCoy and Scotty replace  the Fab Four, and I poured over many pictures to find just the right character to fill in for all the originals (and a few more) for this cover.

You’ll note that the Klingons replace the waxworks figures of The Beatles, Mohammed Ali’s robed boxer is replaced with robed Lord Garth from Whom Gods Destroy, glamorous Droxine and Carolyn Palamas take over for Marlene Dietrich and Diana Dors.  I’ve added many other characters in positions close to the originals: notice Miranda Jones’ hand behind Kirk, just as Issy Bonn’s hand was behind Paul McCartney’s head in the original!   I also have many more women in this version than the Pepper album.  But as The Beatles chose their favorite heroes for their album, I chose my favorite characters for this.  And of course you will find our dear Celeste Yarnall (Martha Landon in The Apple)  in the mix.  Although she sadly passed before she could see it, her widower, Nazim assured me she would have enjoyed it. Indeed, I have always found creativity a balm for sorrow, and I recommend creating something yourself, anything with your heart and hands, to help you at your sad times.

You’ll notice that most of these characters are not crew members, as I did a massive collage of as many Enterprise members as I could in the past.  I also intentionally posted some characters in black and white instead of color, like on the original.  If you look closely, you’ll see Alexander from Plato’s Stepchildren in Shirley Temple’s place and Balok from The Corbomite Maneuver flopped out like the doll in Rolling Stones sweater too! I even used Star Trek plants to replace the flora of the original. And be sure to look out for 4 hidden Spocks (as well as the main one in the center)!

If you can’t identify all the characters, I created a numbered key for the poster below.   Enjoy, and please let me know what you think!  Thanks, Therese <3

     Key to Characters in“Captain Jim Kirk’s Comely Starfleet Brand

1. Ruk (Ted Cassidy) in What are Little Girls Made Of?
2. Khan Noonian Singh (Ricardo Montalban) in Space Seed
3. Kara (Tanya Lemani) in Wolf in the Fold
4. T’Pring (Arlene Martel) in Amok Time
5. Zarabeth (Mariette Hartley) in All Our Yesterdays
6. Bela Oxmyx (Anthony Caruso) in A Piece of the Action
7. “Koik” (William Shatner) in A Piece of the Action
8. The Prosecutor (Kermit Murdock) in All Our Yesterdays
9. The Keeper (Meg Wylie) in The Cage
10. Marta (Yvonne Craig) in Whom Gods Destroy
11. Harcort (‘Harry’) Fenton Mudd (Roger C. Carmel) in Mudd’s Women
12. Yeoman Martha Landon (Celeste Yarnall) in The Apple
13. Commissioner Bele (Frank Gorshin) in Let That Be Your Last Battlefield
14. Ayelborne (John Abbott) in Errand of Mercy
15. Dr. Thomas Leighton (William Sargent) in The Conscience of the King
16. Lt. Uhura (Nichelle Nichols)
17. Street Girl #1 (Dianne Thorne) in A Piece of the Action
18. T’Pau (Celia Lovsky) in Amok Time
19. Kissy Spock (Leonard Nimoy)
20. Evil Sulu (George Takei) in Mirror, Mirror
    
21. Ambassador Petri (Jay Robinson) in Elaan of Troyius
22. Leila Kalomi (Jill Ireland) in This Side of Paradise
23. Serious Spock (Leonard Nimoy)
24. Jojo Kracko (Vic Tayback) in A Piece of the Action
25. Number One (Majel Barrett) in The Cage
26. Blasted Crewman in Arena
27. Cyrano Jones (Stanley Adams) in The Trouble with Tribbles
28. Mr. Atoz (Ian Wolfe) in All Our Yesterdays
29. Sylvia (Antoinette Bower) in Catspaw
30. Vina (Susan Oliver) in The Cage
31. Zabo (Steven Marlo) in A Piece of the Action
32. Miranda Jones (Diana Muldaur) in Is There in Truth No Beauty?
33. Miranda Jones’ Vulcan Salute (Diana Muldaur) in Is There in Truth No Beauty?
34. Kalo (Lee Delano) in A Piece of the Action
35. The First Fop (Ed Bakey) in All Our Yesterdays
36. Surak (Barry Atwater) in The Savage Curtain
37. Andrea (Sherry Jackson) in What are Little Girls Made Of?
38. Lenore Karidian (Barbara Anderson) in The Conscience of the King
39. Joe Tormolen (Stewart Moss) in The Naked Time
40. Alice  Series #3 (Alyce Andrece) in I, Mudd
41. Stella Series #1 (Kay Elliot) in I, Mudd
42. Alice Series #99 (Rhae Andrece) in I, Mudd
43. Adam (Charles Napier) in The Way to Eden
44. Sargent (Lincoln Demyan) in Assignment: Earth
45. Trefayne (David Hillary Hughes) in Errand Of Mercy
46. Claymore (Peter Brocco) in Errand Of Mercy
47. Nils Barris (William Schallert) in The Trouble with Tribbles
48. Flavius Maximus (Rhodes Reason) in Bread and Circuses
49. The Romulan Commander (Joanna Linville) in The Enterprise Incident
50. Vulcan Executioner (Russ Peek) in Amok Time
51. Sister Edith Keeler (Joan Collins) in The City on the Edge of Forever
52. General Trelane, Retired (William Campbell) in The Squire of Gothos
53. Elaan (France Nuyen) in Elaan of Troyius
54. Lord Garth ( Steve Inhat) in Whom Gods Destroy
55. Korax (Michael Pataki) in The Trouble with Tribbles
56. Captain Koloth (William Campbell) in The Trouble with Tribbles
57. Commander Kor(John Colicos) in Errand Of Mercy
58. Captain Kang (Michael Ansara) in The Day of the Dove
59. Dr. Leonard McCoy (DeForest Kelley) in Operation: Annihilate!
60. Commander Montgomery Scott (James Doohan) ) in Operation: Annihilate!
61. Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) in Operation: Annihilate!
62. First Officer Spock (Leonard Nimoy) in Operation: Annihilate!
63. Mary (Pamelyn Ferdin) in And the Children Shall Lead
64. Droxine ( Diana Ewing) in The Cloud Minders
65. Balok’s Puppet (voiced by Ted Cassidy) in What are Little Girls Made Of?
66. Lt. Carolyn Palamas (Leslie Parrish) in Who Mourns for Adonais?
67. The Bartender (Guy Raymond) in The Trouble with Tribbles
68. Evil Spock (Leonard Nimoy) in Mirror, Mirror
69. Alexander (Michael Dunn) in Plato’s Stepchildren
70. The Real Balok (Clint Howard) in The Corbomite Maneuver
71. Magda (Susan Denberg) in Mudd’s Women
72. Captain Kirk’s Aztec Fertility God
73. Mr. Spock’s Vulcan Harp
74. Mr. Sulu’s Beauregard and other plants from The Man Trap
75. White and Brown Tribbles from The Trouble with Tribbles
76. Mercury Bust from Space Seed and Mirror, Mirror
77. Captain Kirk’s Golden Box from his quarters
78. Spock (Leonard Nimoy) on monitor from The Corbomite Maneuver
79. Ruth Bonaventure (Maggie Thrett) in Mudd’s Women
80. Grey Tribbles from The Trouble with Tribbles
81. Starfleet Delta formed in gold carnations
82. Deadly Flower from The Apple
83. The USS Enterprise in golden carnations
    
84. The Spores from This Side of Paradise
85. Eve McHuron (Karen Steele) from Mudd’s Women
86. Sayana’s Headdress from The Apple
87. The Horta’s Eggs from The Devil in the Dark