3 November 2022
“My Favorite Martian” is Star Trek® canon. Maybe not as far as Paramount® is concerned, but according to this fanboy Trekkie it is. His given name is neither “Martin” nor “Boothby.” He is, in “fact,” an Andorian/Vulcan hybrid mutant political refugee, persecuted for his pink skin, round ears, retractable antennae, and psychokinetic abilities. While he may even have come by way of Mars, his claim to have come from Mars was just a convenient fiction to save him the trouble of a more detailed explanation. Due to his Vulcan ancestry, of course, he enjoyed extended longevity, which is why centuries later, we find him as the beloved and ancient groundskeeper at Star Fleet Academy. Who knows what other masks he might have worn in the intervening centuries? Fan (or Pro) fictioneers have yet to reveal it.
(Still think it’s a stretch?
What is more, they were both spawned by DesiLu® Productions.
Admiralissima Ball-Ricardo is the mother of both worlds!)