Star Trek - Khan's History

Welcome back. In todays videos we will be going over the full history of Khan from Star Trek. Khan is possibly one of the greatest villain's in not just Star Trek but possibly all of science fiction. This year also marked the 40 year anniversary of The Wrath Of Khan.
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[@GuardianKyle]

"That being said, Khan Noonien Singh is the most dangerous adversary the Enterprise ever faced. He is brilliant, ruthless and he will not hesitate to kill every single one of you." - Spock Prime.

[@ZombieSlayerTakashi]

I wish we had seen more of Cumberbatch's Khan. He was fucking great!

[@SheldonAdama17]

“And all it took to beat him the first time was a PVC pipe.”

[@GulsCult]

And kirk, in his infinite wisdom, thought it was a good idea to let Khan read all about the specs and operation of the ship. Gave him access to all the technical manuals available. Sure, seems like a great idea. What a wise captain.

[@gunjiranation985]

If I remember right wasn’t that before he found out who he was? He wanted him to get up to speed after being in cryosleep for so long.

[@anthonylowder6687]

@spaceace1006 Kahn and his followers were far superior to mere humans and no doubt was able to understand the workings of a Miranda class frigate in only a fraction of the time it would take for a normal starship crew to do. Also being physically superior it’s no doubt that Kahn’s people could operate a starship much more efficient than a full compliment of a ships crew….in the original episode Space Seed look how long it took him to commandeer the Enterprise.

[@lakeracer8453]

I hoped you'd mention the 'Wrath of Khan' goof. When discovered by Terrell and Chekov Khan says to Chekov, "... I never forget a face... Mr Chekov!". But 'Space Seed' where we first meet Khan was Season 1 Ep 22. Chekov joined the show in season 2 therefor they'd never met.

[@DarthSpiderMaul]

They actually did meet. According to Walter Koenig, Khan was waiting to use the restroom, but Chekov took too long.

[@SheldonAdama17]

According to Greg Cox’s novel about Khan’s time on Ceti Alpha V, Chekov led the security team that dropped Khan off on the surface.

[@fidellopez5133]

In the book. It stated Chekov worked below decks. Before he was promoted.

[@frankgaitan2702]

U damn right, Khan was the best of the bad asses

[@SunnySide388]

The rise and fall of khan noonian Singh by Greg Cox goes into depth about Khan's past and the eugenics wars. It's an absolutely amazing read and any star trek fan should absolutely read them.

[@jaz4742]

After all the hype of khan, i read and watch his history and realise nostalgia has blinded everyone. I thought this guy was a serious series foe. Turns out, a few episodes and he barely does any damage to the galaxy or federation. Lawl.

[@wfanking1187]

Kaaahn shout never gets old lol, also space seed was so awesome, Khan taking command of the ship, his background being identified by the computer, his relation with Marla, the dinner scene, the fight with Kirk, everything was perfection.

[@allanmckenzie5961]

Khan was a product of Project Chrysalis. Read the book "Star Trek - To Reign In Hell".

[@SuperShelley27]

Came here to say this. Also read the rise and fall of Khan Noonein Singh

[@RyanPortland420]

There are so many trek books now, depending on the author it's different. I like Shatner personally, yes he wrote trek books.

[@robertmartinjr.4537]

​@ryanthomas9444 most books do refer to Khan as being genetically created by the Chrysalis project.

[@davidponseigo8811]

That book is not Canon.

[@robertmartinjr.4537]

@@davidponseigo8811 so is half the stuff this nu Trek is putting out. Retconning previous onscreen history 🤣

[@Frank71]

I'll take the captain seat with fine Corinthian leather.

[@1AstralKing]

Of course, why not the best? It’s the same with our new Chrysler New Yorker.

[@southtexasangler]

Spy Kids reference!😂 I love it!

[@SantiagoTM1]

My good Sir, if I'm your University Professor, I award you an A+ for your Research Paper, with this video attachment. Great job young man.

[@gunjiranation985]

Thank you. I truly appreciate that!

[@SheldonAdama17]

0:19 When you invest a fortune in Enron stock and realize the whole thing was a giant CONNNNNNNNN

[@el_chico1313]

never trust a woman who pretends to speak like a man

[@South_0f_Heaven_]

Great video of the OG Khan and not the rewrites later on in the shows.

[@candybanks8717]

The U.S. practiced eugenics from the early 20th century until the 1970s, so through the time Space Seed was filmed, although not publicly.

[@shaneforte8775]

The Nazis learned about eugenics from America.

[@calvinmasters6159]

I never figured how Khan knew Klingon proverbs. He went straight from 1990s earth to Ceti Alpha 5.

[@fasthackm]

I still can't shake my complete disdain for the fight between Kahn & Kirk. On the other hand, I love the battle between Spock & Kahn

[@itrorev]

Yeah there's no way Kirk should be able to beat Kahn in hand-to-hand combat: Kahn could crush his skull.

[@david2869]

Khan isn't a name, it's a title, so it's spelled "Khan". Not like Kahn as a name like Madeline Kahn.

[@davidbaldwin8390]

@@itrorev But when one tries to come between Kirk and his ship (his command), Kirk will always find a way to prevail.

[@eq1373]

​@@david2869 in Star Trek it was. His name was Khan Noonien Singh.

[@josephperkins4857]

@@itrorev get hit in the gut with basically a pipe and see how fast you'll drop

[@filmunion8194]

They should make a movie about the eugenics war?

[@therogueveteran]

YES

[@arricammarques1955]

Ricardo acting was over the top but suited character.

[@4862cjc]

Joachim is pronounced Wahh’ Keem. You can hear Ricardo say this right before Joachim dies.

[@blindlemonjello]

Great video, nice edits, nice timing, good level of detail. 👍

[@gunjiranation985]

Thanks I really appreciate that.

[@jerseyhurricane9085]

Great Video ! Thanks ! How about a video on the little known Tellarites ?

[@SheldonAdama17]

Well, this particular story arc certainly has its pros and…. KHAAAAAAAAAAANS

[@mrtrek64]

So let's pretend we're Harve Bennet for a moment. We have been tasked with watching all 3 seasons of TOS to come up with a motion picture sequel. Obviously, he found the absolute perfect episode to do a sequel with which had both a fantastic story, interesting characters, and star power with Riccardo Montalban. Now let's pretend TWOK didn't happen because of various reasons. What would be the next best TOS episode to make a motion picture sequel with? I already have my pick which would be "Assignment Earth." Imagine the return of both Gary Seven together with Roberta Lincoln to avert yet another crucial point in Earth's history. Seven seeks out Kirk and the Enterprise being they already know of Seven's existence. We can come up with literally hundreds of scenarios that would require the attention of Gary Seven. Mabe a combined effort by the Romulans and Klingons to go back in Earth's past to change its future? Such a movie would have present-day fleet battles with the Romulans and Klingons, then time travel with Seven and Roberta to undo whatever they did to change history???? I think it would have made an excellent motion picture 😁. What TOS episode would you choose?

[@adamholiday3450]

Maybe something involving Harry Mudd. What's not to love about space pirates? 😂

[@DugatDizzyLizzys]

What about the 2 book series "Eugenics Wars" which delves deeper into Khans history and how Gary 7 tried to help him, and how he and his followers ended up on the space craft the Enterprise comes across.

[@MaiElizabeth]

Khan and Singh are ethnic names and these 2 cannot be in one name. For example, it’s either Karpal Singh or Salman Khan. Khan is Persian. Singh is Punjabi.

[@LupusInfernum]

Khan Noonien Singh was born Noonien Singh. He was a Sikh from the land of the Punjab. When he became a dictator, he gave himself the title of Khan... as in Genghis Khan. Gene Rondenberry served in world war 2 and name Khan after a soldier called Noonien Singh whom he crossed paths with in Europe in an attempt that Noonien Singh would get in contact.

[@timledford5159]

Ya know, I always thought about that. How stupid of Kirk to give Khan access to The Enterprise's technical information when Khan wasn't answering any of Kirk's questions.

[@Nigel-xp4rf]

I know they couldn't use some of the characters in ST - II - TWOK in ST - III - TSFS because of actor availablity and the role being re-cast, but I would love to see a video on why there's no mention of Khan in any Trek film after, they put the crew on trial at the conclusion of ST - IV - TVH, and reduced Kirk from a Admiral to Captain, but with regards to the events concerning the creation of The Genesis Planet, only Spock's father told about the Death of David and the destruction of the science vessel, but the Reliant's crew never got talked about again or if they wanted to backup Kirk's actions or relate any information after their Captain killed himself due to Khan's brain washing.

[@sme91158]

The problem with science fiction is that sometimes reality overtakes the original future timeline. In 1967 the 1990s seemed far enough into the future, now we're talking about 30 years in the past...

[@Wulfyr]

The sci-fi comic 2000AD ran into exactly the same problem.

[@catjudo1]

What kind of shoddy work was Starfleet engaged in where they could go to a mapped star system (Ceti or Ceti Alpha, whetever it's called - my own shoddy research!) and not notice that an entire planet is missing?

[@FP194]

They were looking for a dead planet to test the genesis device. Why would they care about a missing planet in an uninhabited solar system

[@mlgerab]

Yep 👍

[@JEFFREYcjones-xg2cy]

I would like to know more about GARY SEVIN from the episode ASSIGNMENT EARTH

[@shock_n_Aweful]

THIS IS CETI ALPHA 5!!

[@Kurtonebay]

Reed the books by Greg cox

[@mlgerab]

I love Khan. I don’t see him a a villain necessarily, and I don’t think Kirk did it either, or he wouldn’t have exiled him in the first place. I see Khan as Napoleon, his exile was supposed to be Elba, but turned out to be Saint Helena. Of course, Kirk didn’t know that, the federation just lost his paperwork and never checked on him. If you ask me, the real villain here is bureaucracy!

[@gimmethepinkelephant3685]

It's not just "New Trek" that sucks. It's New Everything...lol!

[@JacobKarr]

All pop culture sucks on some level and that's okay. It's also okay to enjoy it. Stop feasting on nostalgia and just relax. It's all just pretend, so we all as fans need to stop acting like it's such a big thing when things change, because look what happens when they don't change and take risks. You get Star Trek The Motion Picture. As an episode with it would have been fine as have many of the less exciting episodes of any Trek series, but that shit was the worst idea for a movie, let alone the first. Wrath of Khan would have been the perfect opener. Action packed, tense and still cerebral, exactly like the best, most memorable episode of TOS. First Contact is the best TNG movie for the same reasons. They gave us all the best flavours of TNG in one intense movie, with some of the best character development in the enter TNG era and it had the fuckin' Borg. I love TNG but I can't even watch Encounter at Farpoint because even though it's Q's intro, it's a 40 minute TOS-esque story over almost 2 hours and that's too long 😂 The 1st and 3rd Kelvin TL movies are great alternate timeline action movies with original plots and gave us heightened new takes on the characters, but, STID shouldn't have had Khan as the villain, regardless of leaning on nostalgia and doing it wrong, but because making it a separate thing was a great move and a way to separate from TOS while potentially giving the general audience a great, fun, intro to the Universe

[@ddjj8]

It was not Captain Kirk that repaired the Enterprise it was actually Spock that's how he ended up dying in that radiation.

[@seanbrown453]

Although it not canon there are a two book set of Star Trek novels chronicling Kans life up to the time left Eath on the sleeper ship and a follow up novel recounting hus experiences on Ceti Aloha after Spaceseed but before Star Trek 2.

[@905Alive]

Regarding the new ST Strange New Worlds -- Before everyone freaks out I want to say I like the show, especially the first away mission of Uhura, that was great writing. I do take issue with Pike's suite and fireplace ( seriously?) and Nurse Chapel is horrible. But that and other issues aside there is one serious flaw that no one seems to notice. Christina Chong as La'an Noonien-Singh,La'an............the character is a descendant of Ricardo Montalbán's Star Trek villain Khan Noonien Singh, and has been discriminated against because of this ...........serving on a ship with Spock?? who in 5-10 years will meet Khan and not know who he is???........seriously?? .........the entire story line of Khan is that when found no one, not Nurse Chapel, not Spock, who served with Pike, knew who Khan was or ever heard of him...........until Spock did heavy research and finally found out, this was poor planning and writing they could have done much better, they could have made her Ryker's future mom, etc etc etc they blew it one== they meet Khan serving with Kirk, after serving with Pike, Uhura, Chapel and Spock have no idea who he is???

[@gunjiranation985]

I noticed this too. With what was shown in Picard and Strange New Worlds it makes me wonder if they are just trying to capitalize on the Kahn character in some way without putting much effort into it.

[@JacobKarr]

The latest episode of SNW hints towards it with certain parties interfering pushing back the date of Khan's rise by 30 years, so maybe in the Original Series that was the case for Khan and the TOS crew, but with so much time travel based interference happening in the franchise since (TV shows, Movies, Books, even Star Trek Online have countless events) it's logical that though certain events still occur to keep the core of the Prime timeline whole (thanks to certain other more noble parties from the future), that changes will not go unnoticed by history and would change the past either way, including events that we have seen and are 'canon'. The instant they bought time travel in in TOS, they gave license for everything canon to be changed and retconned and it makes sense, regardless of how anyone feels about it really. Might seem cheap or whatever, but the loose rules of ST timetravel make it fair game

[@homelessend8557]

​@@JacobKarreverything you just mentioned is non-canon. Only shows and films are. If anything, it makes things even more confusing and it was obvious the writers didn't care about it at all, just read the ScreenRant Goldsman interview

[@JacobKarr]

@@homelessend8557 okay, I just read it and I get his reason for doing it, but I also think my reasoning makes more sense than 'we did it because we could' 🤣. Even excluding the non tv shows and movies, there's still plenty of time travel that would alter things enough, regardless of the intentions of Time agencies trying to keep things the same, Choas theory loosely dictates that once you go back you've changed history, especially when you start removing people from the past via killing or taking them to the future. Still, I don't take the franchise too seriously as it's on par with Doctor Who but with a slightly bigger budget. I love SNW and will just enjoy the ride, regardless of retcons

[@33ordie]

The latest movie series kind of rebooted the Khan story and it completely breaks most of the timeline narrative. Too bad in some ways. It seems the writers of the new series didn't really know Star Trek that well :) I also totally disliked the last JJ ABrahams last Star Trek movie. I thought they made it for kids...

[@MarkLCottonBaritone]

Well done and thank you...Some pronunciation issues (in my opinion). I was under the impression that Kahn and his followers were defeated in the wars by Gary Seven. Is this true? I have the book, but I still have not read it!

[@wplg]

But now in 21st century (same storyline), but instead of genetically advanced humans, it's the development of Artificial Intelligence. If you have seen the 2024 movie "Atlas." The similarities are uncanny. Atlas is basically the story of Khan as an A.I. who leaves earth to build an army to destroy humans on earth. Another similar storyline, is the Terminator franchise.

[@andrewpytko4773]

It's not self-aggrandizement. Khan is smarter, stronger and healthier than Kirk could ever hope to be.

[@michaelproctor8100]

I never understood why Kirk never placed a guard in sickbay while Khan was there, just in case. . . .

[@michaelproctor8100]

@@megamind1359 I didn't realize that the doors in sickbay were always locked. . .duhhh

[@glennwatson3313]

I would like to see a remake of S1 E12: Arena. Kirk was forced into combat with the reptilian captain of a spacecraft the Enterprise was pursuing.

[@anthonylowder6687]

If you really want to know the true history of Kahn and the Eugenics Wars read the novel….Thr Eugenics Wars vol. 1&2

[@gunjiranation985]

That can’t be the true history when they are non canon.

[@anthonylowder6687]

@@gunjiranation985 They are indeed canon both books were set during the early 1970s-1990s including historical events that were woven into the book as well as Star Trek characters having cameos throughout both books. If you haven’t read them than I suggest you do…not only are the events in the book historically accurate but both volumes are really enjoyable to read.

[@gunjiranation985]

Let me know what Star Trek lore, characters or species you would like to see next!

[@jonvisser1509]

What happened to Gary Mitchell. Was he really dead?

[@therogueveteran]

That big head I. Star trek 5 I think it was

[@MrGadfly772]

Khan is born in the very same year that I was born. It's so weird to think of that for me. Sadly this seems more like a history teugenics than ot does of Khan.

[@fabianwendygino6920]

Khan is my King and always will be ❤️

[@bloodCount8895]

If Khan has 5x normal human strength, then Khan's henchmen should have been able to resist the Vulcan Nerve Pinch and fight back like in the movie Into Darkness.

[@dezperado2006]

Humans are 20 times stronger than a Rattlesnake, but if one bites you(ala Vulcan Nerve Pinch), essentially attacking and compromising the Central Nervous System, it goes to show the stronger opponent doesn't always win.

[@PaulSinghSelhi-VFX-TUTORIALS]

A genetically modified superman based on a Singh of The Khalsa however either his mongrel nature failed him or circumstances forced him to..well... megalomania and the Eugenics race wars. There may well be an allusion to the Islamist Khan going a bit Salladin, in fact I think this must be the case as in fact few even know Khan (Tiger) is a Singh ( Lion) Fascinating concept very much a Real Rain man...( Taxi Driver ?). He would create a new Stella Camelot..through spear and sword..much as The Khalsa did and for that matter Islam thinks it does.

[@cgautreau1]

did you say ecks scaped?

[@9Tailsfan]

What about Dr. Bashir wasn't he genetically modified too?

[@oldfarmshow]

👍

[@inderjeetsidhu2701]

Khan Noonian Singh ..is he a Punjabi?...because Chandigarh is the capital city of Punjab...

[@lander77477]

7:34 its pronounced escape, not "exscape" you are supposed to say Esssss-cape

[@LordFalconsword]

I'll make it easy - New Trek sucks.

[@terryr.1243]

I do NOT care of the contradictions and blurriness of the Eugenics War, Khan etc., etc. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE Star Trek, EXCEPT FOR ST Discovery, ...AND (!) was elated when Strange New Worlds came along (While I hated CBS ALL Access. ...I AM SUBSCRIBD TO PARAMOUNT PLUS NOW(!) because of Strange New Worlds) I HATE TREK PURISTS WHO KNIT-PICK DETAILS AND BLURRY ISSUES OF TREK; I'LL SUPPORT THEM REGARDLESS, I only wish that the FAN-FILMS more credit and even "some" storylines be used.

[@fabianwendygino6920]

I'm wondering if #MickeyRourke would be interested to play as Khan in upcoming #StarTrek film projects. I believe he's absolutely perfect for the part IMHO, what about you?

[@LupusInfernum]

No. Khan Noonien Singh is a Sikh from North India. He is Indian by Birth as both his parents are both Punjabi Sikh. He should be played by an Indian actor

[@artyanthony1682]

Antonio Banderas might be a good choice

[@vaderboy121]

KHHAAAN!

[@tomlichnofsky.7048]

KHAN!!!!!!!!!! 😲😎👌👍🍁♈🍁

[@MrPineeeapppless]

But didn’t Kirk and La’an go back to the 21st century to save Khan as a child ? Or did they do another Kelvin fuckery..

[@allenjones3130]

KHAAAN!! KHAAAN!!

[@brian7224]

IT'S NOT TREKIES! IT'S TREKERS!

[@chrisloringer3379]

The word is Escape..pronunciation ess-cape not excape your pronunciation is abysmal...

[@user-cw3mu2ep2t]

🔥KING OF KHAAN TURKIC TATAR MONGOL🔥

[@markhuyette8509]

The Anti Christ

[@cliffcox7643]

SPOILER ALERT

[@no_handle_required]

There is no debate, new trek sucks.

[@juancasal4843]

I love Star Trek and been remember watching the original Star Trek show when I was very young and for the most part love all the Star Trek tv series but I'm sorry Star Trek: Discovery is so horrible it's by far the worst Star Trek show ever. I seriously can't Express how horrible that series is; it's even worse than that horrible cartoon that came out not to long ago and as bad as that cartoon is, Discovery is 100 times worse. Every other Star Trek tv series is good. I can't understand WTF were they thinking when they started making that series

[@frank3508]

Kirk was the GOAT of starship commanders, but his open willingness to allow Khan unfettered access to the Enterprise's technology and computer systems was naive, foolish, reckless, an incredibly grave lapse in judgement, and an egregious breach of security protocols.....which if you consider the butterfly effect, ultimately led to the death of Spock fifteen years later.

[@rogerauger7766]

He offered them Order and they refused him, idiots.