Grol
| Character | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Grol of Tellar |
| Occupation: | Starfleet officer |
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| Fandom: | Star Trek: TOS |
| Other: |  The Tellarite, Grol (Ian McLean) and Tackee host "Starfleet Blankety Blanks", Astrex Christmas Party, 1985. |
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Grol is a Tellarite featured in numerous Star Trek fan stories, articles, masquerades, movie premieres and a Harpic Productions' fan films. Grol is an alter-ego played by Ian McLean since 1983.
Commander Grol, a relief navigator and self-proclaimed Morale Officer of the U.S.S. Hood, made his literary debut in a fanfic, The Last Talosian, published in both Australia's Beyond Antares and New Zealand's Katra: The Living Spirit, long before Neelix claimed the Morale Officer title in TV's Star Trek: Voyager.
Portrayed by Ian McLean, Grol went on to host Harpic Productions' live game show parody, Starfleet Blankety Blanks, in 1985. Grol was featured in an unfilmed fan film comedy vignette, "Captain Therin's Moment of Terror", the script for which appeared in Data #75. He also appeared in the audio-visual production, Snowball Fight in 2009.
Ian McLean cameos as Grol of Tellar, Therin of Andor and Maltz the Klingon in Snowball Fight (JibJab, 2009).
Appearances
Grol's appearances in fanfic include:
- The Last Talosian in Beyond Antares and Katra #8, 1986 ("Encouragement Award, Novella" in the Astrex Literary Awards)
- A Talosian Football Game, comedy vignette in Data, 1986
- Captain Therin's Moment of Terror, comedy vignette in Data #75, 1986, and The Andor Files, 1998
Audiovisual productions:
- Host of Starfleet Blankety Blanks, (Harpic Productions, 1985)
- Snowball Fight (JibJab, 2009)
Canonical appearances
From March 2022, Grol of Tellar and his USS Hood, Captain Therin of Andor, have made canonical cameo appearances (as set dressing photographs in Guinan's 10 Forward Avenue bar) in the second and third seasons of Star Trek: Picard, in particular "Farewell", "Seventeen Seconds" and "No Win Scenario".[1] [2]
Ian McLean cameos as both Grol of Tellar and Therin of Andor in Season Two (Star Trek: Picard).
Grol of Tellar and Therin of Andor in 10 Forward Avenue bar, Season Three (Star Trek: Picard).
Gallery
Photoshop of Therin (1982) and Grol, Astrex Christmas Party, 1983.
Grol "Wanted" poster, as featured in "Captain Therin's Moment of Terror", Data, utilizing art by Lana Brown, 1986.
Grol and Tackee host "Starfleet Blankety Blanks", Astrex Christmas Party, 1985.
