Star Trek: 10 Things You Didn’t Know About The Duras Sisters

[@braunmcash3117]

Went to drama school for four years with Barbara March (whose actual name is Barbara Maczka) and then worked four years with both her and her future husband, Alan Scarfe) Extraordinary talents, both. They are sorely missed as friends and fellow performers..

[@y_fam_goeglyd]

I'm both happy and sad for you. It sounds like you have wonderful memories of them. That's always the best part of being friends - remembering the fun times. All the best to you x

[@Rick79LUFC]

Thank you for sharing 😊

[@PhillipFelix-kw3zi]

All of the really talented actors have been going pretty fast lately. I think one cast member from Babylon 5 are now gone.

[@marvellegends_uk]

I can tell you 4 things that 15 year old me definitely knew about them.

[@issamkholoud2009]

Over and over again

[@HellOnWheel]

😯😯 😯😯

[@chefdean7257]

Their goptu size ?

[@marvellegends_uk]

@@chefdean7257 I doubt I'll see a better reply today, probably not all month 😁👌

[@chefdean7257]

@@marvellegends_uk Q'aplah ! 🖖

[@LAJohn]

Lursa and B’Etor were 2 of my fave guest stars… They were deliciously wicked and oh so much fun!!

[@michaelkottler]

IKR?

[@cpuuk]

Always a pleasure to see the Duras Sisters, both of them.

[@VacarroWarren-c7d]

You mean all 4 of them 😅😅

[@Donnagata1409]

@@VacarroWarren-c7d As Riker said, one after the other or both at once?

[@markuspeters7537]

They served good tea. Maybe they also had a nice house.

[@charliewaters5289]

Mr. Woof!

[@christopherhughes3895]

I see what you did there 😏

[@fariesz6786]

as a lover of tea and sneaky references, i approve of this message

[@nitehawk86]

House of Duras, not so nice.

[@MentalRaptors]

gotta love a good Klingon compliment 😁

[@sundragon7703]

Met the "Duras Sisters" cosplayers at a convention long ago. Made me a bit more open minded about my dating choices. (It's that "bad girl" vibe.)

[@SaberToothBicycle]

The experience of being rejected via interspecific cosplay somehow seems like it'd be a whole new level of worse, compared with plain old regular ordinary rejection. Not that I'd know personally--just seems a safe enough assumption to preclude any testing.

[@jameslocke1416]

I always know it’s gonna be a good day when a new video by Sean gets dropped! Cheers!

[@michaelkottler]

Cheers! (Did my US accent show?)

[@darrenrichardson6146]

I love the fact that in the game Star Trek: Timelines you can get both sisters and once they've been advanced enough, you can merge both separate characters into a single character simple called The Duras Sisters.

[@michaelkottler]

Lmao. That's pretty dope. Thanks for filling us in on this peak instance of ST Timelines humor. "I am The Duras Sisters! Kneel and lick the boots of this superior life-form! Then make TD Sisters a cup of Early Gray. Hot."

[@twocvbloke]

Huh, I knew that only one person voiced the Duras sisters in the Generations game (with no cuddly toys!), but I didn't realise it was an entirely different voice actress, she's really a good facsimile of them!!!

[@brentbarr498]

0:04 Come on now Seán.. you KNOW you should have said "fearsome AND beautiful Duras Sisters"

[@zeroplacestv]

I wish they wouldn't have killed off the Duras sisters. They would have been great recurring villains in other series.

[@michaelkottler]

Exactly. And if the son, then a fetus in mommy's womb, survived Worf's single-shot "full spread of photon torpedoes" attack which destroyed their BOP, doesn't that mean that dear old mumsy survived as well?

[@brentgranger7856]

One of the two actresses (I think Barbara March) played Marguerite Himmler in the Amazon series “The Man in the High Castle.” I listened to her, and thought how her voice sounded so familiar.

[@jasonbourneistreadstone]

That was Gwynyth Walsh.

[@michaelkottler]

Interesting. How did I not notice her either via her appearance or the credits? The actress' name, btw, is Gwynith Walsh (ST's B'Etor Duras ). I enjoyed her work as Marguerite Himmler in Amazons adaptation of PK Dick's “The Man in the High Castle," a show in which I was deeply invested despite significant departures from the original work because the core creepiness of Dick's alternate timeline was peak as was their decision to use film instead of short fiction as TMITHC's mysterious output. Point being, thanks for mentioning this because I never got past a vague sense of knowing I'd seen her in something else and how cool is it that the something else turns out to be ST?

[@TesseractUnfolded]

I can't get the Rifftrax crack from Generations out of my head: "You think that's the only hairless part of their chests we're seeing?"

[@michaelkottler]

I know, right? Good times. (Now unable to get the Rifftrax theme song out of my head...)

[@rozzie101]

The Duras Sister's sure showed, a lot of personality...

[@emsleywyatt3400]

They were quite mammarable.

[@Donnagata1409]

Both had plenty of it

[@majorhemroid]

One thing I do know about the Duras sisters: they have a most honorable set of chesticles.

[@michaelkottler]

Well! Your comment is, um, er, I mean to say that, well, you're not wrong, good sir. But your crude manner of expression does your intellect and moral integrity no particular credit. Now please excuse me as I thoroughly examine the "chesticles" mentioned in your bawdy comment.

[@EthanClemons-w2j]

Ikr .. I'd Rush Dat

[@desmondpeach6323]

I always assumed that they were twins and that’s why the Duras Sisters were always in episodes together

[@josephtullis9313]

I hated that Riker's friend Klag from his short time as an exchange officer (S2E8 - A Matter of Honor) died in Generations. He was Kool. What a great antagonist pair they were.

[@scockery]

Was it the same character? I used to think it was cool the Klingon captain from THE CHASE appeared in the mirror universe episode "Crossover", only to find out they weren't the same character.

[@MatD1979]

Thank you for the great vid today. I love Trek.

[@TheGuardianofAzarath]

13:25 Actually, Torral, Nephew of Durras, was introduced in Star Trek Armada in 2000, 24 years ago. In that game, he's trying to take over the Klingon Empire by finding the sword of Kahless (which only Worf knows the location of), he strikes up an alliance with Sela and the Romulan Empire, but she later stabs him in the back and makes a deal with the Borg to eliminate him, and in exchange, they get a sample of the Omega Particle that the Romulans are able to get their hands on. To absolutely no-one's surprise, once Torral is dead (assumed, anyway) the Borg demand Sela turn over Omega. Naturally, she does not.

[@MasinRaine]

Hmmm... I've always contemplated the theory that Klingons are the final evolution of the Yautja... - I mean, LOOK AT THOSE FOREHEADS!!!! LOL... Plus, Klingons live by a "warrior" code. Whoa... There HAS to be some geek lore about this somewhere... 🤔😳😖😖😖🤓🤯

[@AT2Productions]

1:30 It was the death of High Chancellor Kempek, not Duras, that ushered in the ascension of Gowron to High Chancellor.

[@jimmysmith2249]

It was duras' death that gave Gowron the chancellorship, because if Worf had not killed duras, Gowron would have had to fight (and possibly lose to) duras (we all know duras would have cheated somehow). The death of K'mpek led to the showdown of duras and Gowron, but only the death of duras would lead to Gowron's success.

[@michaelkottler]

A true ST enthusiast's knowledge of and passion for the facts flexing nicely here.

[@amandamatheny3675]

these two remind me a lot of twin Mirador in the way that they're always seen together and practically glued to the hip.

[@paulhurst4445]

I loved Lursa and B'Etor! They were magnificent, weren't they? Killing them off was a huge mistake.

[@jessiedraper1934]

The neck covering mentiond: Gorgette with the 2nd g being soft; gorge is French for throat.

[@xheralt]

In other words, "GORR-ZHAY"

[@jessiedraper1934]

@xheralt 😊 thank you. I wasn't quite sure how to write it phonetically

[@odesseus]

I was disappointed when they were killed. I love them, and would loved to see them keep popping up.

[@Nariko96]

Lursa and B'etor are the reason i got my Rumulan tripplets so i am Happpy they Exist! Great Sisters yep Good arguments they got too!

[@mirthenary]

Not gonna look, not gonna look, not gonna look.... I'M LOOKING, I'M LOOKING 😳

[@michaelkottler]

hahaha right there with ya

[@jeepdude7359]

I think the Duras sisters are smuggling some dangerous weapons. 🤤

[@michaelhviper]

There is a short comic adventure featuring Lursa's baby. It takes place during the DS9 time frame. Worf is shot down in a runabout while protecting the baby from rivals of the Duras family. He defends the baby from the other klingons while getting stabbed during the fight. When members of the Duras family arrive for the baby he lets them take the baby back while their leader asks why Worf saved the child. He responds by saying that as a Starfleet officer he fought for the innocent. I'm surprised you don't know of this.

[@murder.simulator]

They had a good run. They started in TNG, made it into DS9, and got one movie. Some like Yar, Pulaski, Argyle, and Wesley didn't get that far

[@harrysarai3947]

1 of them made it to Voyager as well,no makeup and a different species. and i was like who is Argyle? a trip to memory Alpha. i forgot about him, a couple of times in season 1, once in season 4. died 4 different times, in different books, twice by the Borg, and he was given 2 different first names

[@stephennewton5697]

Interesting video about the Duras Sisters 😊

[@SamriBliss]

As a woman, the Duras sisters are inspirational. 😊

[@dogie61]

I only knew them as the clevage sisters.

[@robbello6207]

The Klingons are not my favorite species in Star Trek, but The Duras Sisters are my favorite Klingons, after Worf of corse.

[@SteveConkie-t6r]

"The House of Quark" was an exceptional episode on DS9. And the actress who played his wife was stunning.

[@JohnPates]

I love that you do give nods to Star Trek Online. While definitely not canon, it still is a nice source of lore fill-in until someone does make something canon.

[@BygPhattyPlus]

I smiled everytime the sisters were on-screen, especially the tall one.

[@aedwardsss]

The Duras Sisters were so classic Klingon.

[@Jayjay-qe6um]

The script for "Firstborn" also describe B'Etor as having a "grating squawk". In the first draft script of Star Trek Generations, B'Etor had sexual relations with Data.

[@Donnagata1409]

09:50 Ch'rega! My headcanon mum! OK, didn't you know that she left Voyager (after meeting Neelix) with some... extra cargo? 🙋‍♀

[@ronm6585]

Thanks. 🖖🏻

[@chitownbob9714]

@trekculture Where did you get that great t-shirt!?

[@ColorNerdChris]

0:48 #10 The Romulan Connection... Did anyone else sing "Someday we'll find it, the Romulan Connection" in their best Kermit voice here? GenX, are you watching this video?

[@Dancestar1981]

Yes

[@thatvikingtemper]

I love Lursa and B'Etor!

[@Lardzor]

@4:15 I could swear you say "an earlier version of the squirt" here.

[@Eowyn3Pride]

That's a great shirt Sean!!!❤😁🍻

[@stephenmorbley297]

When I thought of the Duras Sisters as "Klingon Kleavage", I wasn't aware that it was an established term among some of the Star Trek fans.

[@Radioaktivitaet]

say that on klingon :D

[@shikra_redkite]

The unofficial yet canonized (in Lower Decks) name for the chest piece is "Klingon Boob Window".

[@charliewaters5289]

What is it about Klingon makeup that makes average actresses infinitely hotter????

[@AarayKyramud]

Homie. Same.

[@jaredcolon4535]

Well four things I knew about them immediately as a teenager, those four things almost made me wonder about five but then I remember the later the klingon sharpened their teeth. Ouch if that was to scrape it would really hurt

[@cliffcorson4000]

An odd item If you notice how the house names aren't standardized It's the "house of Duras" as the eldest son is Duras, yet why not the "House of Worf" as he was the eldest father?

[@reneelorraine]

They should not have killed off The Duras Sisters, in my lowly opinion.

[@baoxidiaoyu]

If they can bring back the Enterprise D, they can bring back the DDs

[@mitch117able]

I was a bit upset when they were killed, they were my favorite Star Trek villains, also they were the beginning of my attraction to Klingon females

[@pj3679]

I have the star trek card game. I keep them all in 2 large binders. I have not played that game in many years because of how long it takes to set up a deck of cards to use and play through a game with my friends. I is a fun game though.

[@SamA-cw3be]

What is the bottom right ship on Sean’s shirt?

[@Phillybrarian]

Ah, if only the Star Trek Customizable Trading Cards would be brought back. They were fun to collect, fun to play, sometimes just fun to read through!

[@Riceball01]

Someday we'll find it, the Romulan connection

[@Geeknlonely2.0]

It0's such a stupid thing, but it bother me so much. If the ships in the T-shirts have their names under the pics, why TF the Serenity says Firefly? Fun video as always

[@ajosmer]

This was bugging me the whole time. It looks like current versions of that shirt now have it listed as Serenity. I have to assume Sean received this as a gift, seems like something he would know and be bugged about too. That said, it's a pretty great shirt otherwise!

[@tedwisetube]

Came here to say this. I just can't focus on anything else 😢

[@CyPip]

I need that t-shirt :D

[@JubeiKibagamiFez]

3 02.... It was soecifically stated by one of the sisters that their bird of prey was 20 years old in Generations.... So which ever model matches that time frame?

[@willadeefriesland5107]

The sisters were fans of the human fiction character, 'Power Girl'...

[@mymthegreyful]

Nevermind all that ; is The Liberator on your shirt ?

[@damongraham1398]

Going to send this to Dulce Sloan. I would love to see Dulce Sloan as Romulan Klingon hybrid.

[@Azraell01]

Wish they were real and wish they would take me away to be theirs. Oh these two are amazing and quite alluring.

[@CelticShrew]

If it's spelled gorgette it's gor-jet, if it's just gorget it's gor-jay. Neck armor/protection, fencers use them.

[@bonusbaby801]

Well, I can tell you 4 things I know about the Duras sisters...AND THEY ARE RIGHT THERE IN THE THUMBNAIL😂

[@usuckthereturn]

My favorite pair of Klingons to motor boat!!! KLA PLA!!!

[@ernestlindsey1305]

Bup,Bup,Bup,Bup,Bup,Bup,Bup,Bup,Bup,Bup,Bup,Bup,Bup,Bup,Bup,Bup Ooopps !!

[@jasonjimerson7046]

I liked Neelix's Klingon girlfriend. She was KOOL!

[@jasonjimerson7046]

Wasn't Toral the name of their nephew? Why would they name their bird of prey after him?

[@mardus_ee]

wrt Lursa's son: The only explanation could be, that her son's embryo was frozen or put into stasis, and then transferred into another womb, or a neoembryonal nursery of some sort, given, that Lursa probably correctly calculated, that not all of her encounters would end with her victory.

[@Yasuda9000]

Her son shows up in Star Trek Online and was raised by the House of Torg. The House of Torg seems just as dishonorable as the Duras. Lursa's son is named Ja'rod after his grandfather, who helped the Romulans attack Khitomer. Ja'rod actually seemed more honorable compared to the rest of his family and likable as he was determined to find Species 8472 shapeshifters (called Undine in Star Trek Online) within the Alpha and Beta Quadrant due to them disgracing him during a diplomatic negotiations with the Gorn Hegemony and other incidents that happened afterwards. He was also in support of the Klingon Empire helping the surviving Romulan with their new homeworld New Romulas which would lead to the birth of the Romulan Republic and was against the remnants of the Romulan Star Empire. He even helps against the Iconians invading the galaxy. That is until later on in the game when they decided to add Star Trek Discovery stuff into it. He unfortunately decides to side with then Chancellor J'mpok, who had teamed up with Chancellor Gowron's time displaced grandfather named Aakar and would meet his end on Khitomer like his grandfather before him. So that would mean his cousin Toral as the only survivor of the Duras family left unless he was he was killed off-screen but they haven't made it clear where he is. Then there is the possibility that Ja'rod might have started a family off-screen but they haven't revealed much on what he did in his free time. If he did start a family and had kids hopefully they don't become like the rest of the Duras family. Being dishonorable and meeting an untimely end. Chancellor J'mpok also seemed like a okay character despite some issues that happened before the events of the game but during the mission that involves a summit meeting on Khitomer, he is revealed to have turned in a bad guy and there is no explanation for it. Unless you go to Star Trek Onlines website that has some lore blog stories that are told by different characters in the game that happened before, during and after certains events in the game. Mostly missions, a few happen in some PVE events. J'mpok story explains why he sided with Aakar. He was desperate in stopping J'ula who is the sister of T'Kuvma from Star Trek Discovery who was gathering support from members of the Klingon Empire who wanted to go back to the old ways ..... again. He was also a great admirer of Chancellor Gowron so he figured that siding with Aakar was sign that he should work with him. Also Gowron apparently inherited his eyes from his grandfather. Aakar who was J'ula's second in command made J'mpok an offer because he had his own ambition for the Empire and believed that J'mpok was a better choice when J'ula was angry that Aakar ordered an attack on a planet that she was born on in one of the missions in the game. J'ula role was pretty much following her brother's plan back in Discovery even if she was in a different century and all of sudden she becomes an ally when J'mpok and Aakar become the main bad guys during this Klingon Civil War. You think she would get some sort of punishment for the attacks that she did before her role was reversed but nope unless it happened off-screen but it doesn't look like it. Instead she becomes an adviser to a revived L'rell from Star Trek Discovery who helps take down J'mpok and Aakar and becomes Chancellor again. One of the missions before this shows how she was brought back and it explains how the clone of Kahless from the Next Generation was born.

[@PauperJ]

The Duras Sisters were directly (possibly indirectly) responsible for Section 31 preventing Worf, the greatest poker player of all time, from winning a single game of poker ever again, after, "The Emissary."

[@NewMessage]

They can bite my cheek anytime.

[@stratman247]

The deleted scene from Generations where Geordi is "interrogated" is included in the novelization.

[@notlikely4468]

I can't explain it.... But I always imagined Ann and Nancy Wilson under all that makeup Go figure....

[@TwilightLimits-sk7kn]

I hope they follow up on the baby in Lower Decks

[@benscott2743]

Remember Riker's comment "One or BOTH?" - Well for me and these 2 it's BOTH!

[@ManuelGuajardo-zd7hx]

Lursa 😁😁 btor 😁😁

[@soapbox3141]

It's Worf's Kid

[@davidfrederick1971]

Did anyone pick up with Lursa said in Redemption when Worf is captured "if you are mated with B'etor you can be a father (figure) to Toral. So is this REFERENCING that Toral is a child of incest (between Duras and B'etor)?

[@fountainwell49man65]

Reminds me of a 23rd century question. Was Khan’s chest real?

[@lisalouisekeen4191]

Handy timing. Watching redemption atm.

[@peterford9369]

I love Star Trek, especially all after the original. But don't get into it very deeply. Obviously certain characters more than others. C. Data was always a favorite. The episode where Riker served on the Klingon ship as second in command was cool. I guess certain episodes led to character appreciations. I wish newer series after ds9, would come to reg TV. I'd love to see newer series for free. Or, even on Netflix. 🥺

[@QBCPerdition]

If you are in the US, and if you get the digital, over the air channel H&I, they play a Star Trek block every night but Saturday. It goes TOS, then TNG, then DS9, then Voyager, then Enterprise.

[@peterford9369]

@@QBCPerdition Thanks 👍 But I already watch them. To the point where I know all the lines by heart. I have cable, but don't see any of the newer series' after DS 9. I know there's one called, Picard. And I believe one called, Discovery? But I have to pay extra just to get the network they are on. That's why I wish, they would add one of them to the,over the air, broadcast. It's all about money. But thanks 😻

[@videotramp97]

I did like the Duras sisters. They were sneaky, intelligent, and willing to do anything to win. (That last one was somewhat amoral, but still....) And they were beautiful too. Lursa was an attractive woman; I just always thought B'Etor was the better-looking of the pair

[@markeustace199]

anyone play the ancient pc game Klingon Honorguard ? I think both actresses provided the voices for their character.......early days in computer games but they made it soo much more fun

[@jaredcolon4535]

Who's gonna warm Picard Tea now??

[@LordDragon1965]

We always called Klingon Kleavage, Peekaboobs

[@tomspectre6329]

i always wanted a star trek about the children of the crews of tng, ds9 and voyager. maybe wesley crusher as captain, naomi wildman as commander, alexander as tactical officer, etc.

[@CaptainCharismaless]

There is a spin-off miniseries comic that is part of the Star Trek and Star Trek: Defiant ongoing series called Sons of Star Trek. It centers around Jake, Nog, Alexander, and Q jr. I don't have to tell you what happens when a Q is involved.

[@shadowqueen1701]

It's an Ionic pulse not a beam as a beam would be if the ship knew where the Klingon ship is.

[@jakethornton4856]

I actually read that novel "The Big Game" Riker, Bashir, the Grand Nagus and Quark play in a poker tournament. How the different contestents are cheating is very cool with the Duras being only one of the cheaters i think i havent read it on 20 years

[@rbrice4128]

Heres all I gotta say man. After watching TNG on UPN and then I had to turn off the TV and had to go to bed. I was a 'Bator.

[@hellcat1988]

That shirt.... I'd hate to think someone nerd enough to make that shirt wouldn't know the Serenity.

Well the Serenity was a Firefly class ship.

[@hellcat1988]

Yes, but the Enterprise wasn't an Enterprise class ship and the Millennium Falcon wasn't a Falcon class ship....

[@joe9739]

How do these House Names work!? Was his name 'Duras Duras'? Kor, of House Kor?

[@MarkovianMan]

RIP Barbara March (1953-2019).

[@thatguyyouknow90]

bortaS In Klingon means revenge

[@robertsteele-is4ug]

i met Barbara March once nice lady

[@devilmay]

becomes head of casting, "who should we cast". "me, for everything, ill do it all (and take the paycheck/s)". explains why all the voices sound the same.

[@mlongpre100]

they can break a human mans' pelvis during snu snu

[@Ken19700]

I want that cleavage armor for my STO Klingons.

[@whitefriarnerd]

They deserved better. Costumes and fate both.

[@sourabhkarmakar8040]

Sean why do you look like Gordon from Orville 😂 ❓

[@Calvin.of.Martin.Street]

My ex-wife called the Duras family line the "Pie Heads".

[@Hogtownboy1]

Forget that both actress were Canadian