Star Trek had a Sikh Andromeda had a Sikh character called Vikram Singh Khalsa

The Klingons were modelled after Sikhs (not 100% as they over exaggerated the customs and values of the klingons)

Khan Noonien Singh was a Sikh, however this was never stressed enough in the 1960′s tv show or the movie! It simply says he was Khan Noonien Singh of the Punjab

Also since Sikhism is one of the only religions that cannot be broken down by science (sikhism actually emraces science), Gene Roddenberry was fascinated by Sikhism!

Would he count as a villian?

Nice to have you back Sir….I’m presuming you and Auntieji were away on one of your “Rrrromantic holidays” to re-stoke the fires of that ever-burning Punjabi lub, eh…

My Nanay looks like a sexed up Yoda (shivers)

Plenty of north Indians look like Chewbacca on a bad hair day. Come on guys, admit it — excess hirsuteness — you know it’s a problem

You’ve never met a … Singh Basra or a Iqbal Singh.

They’ve invented this whole religion, which actually doesn’t appear to be related to Sikhism at all.

There is one its called the Jedi intergalatic Khalsa in da house, Putting the dastar into Star Vars

My Nanay looks like a sexed up Yoda (shivers)

laughing As far as I know, there’s no connection with Sikhism in BSG (so far, anyway). The religious angle is pretty clear-cut, though: Liberal Polytheists (Ancient Greeks, although some might say Hindus too, considering the title song of the show is the Gayatri Mantra — at least in the British version) versus fanatical, aggressive Monotheists (take a wild guess).

The new Battlestar Galactica show is very good indeed — totally different from Star Trek and obviously the original 70s series too. Someone described it as The West Wing in space. Definitely not suitable for children, though

Deep Space Nine seemed to go back to ethnics, with the prominence given to the Firangi…

Not sure if I entirely agree with this; I thought the Klingon focus was huge, especially in the later seasons.

Deep Space Nine seemed to go back to ethnics, with the prominence given to the Firangi…

I think that’s why these are my favorite Trek series. (Accordingly, that’s probably why the Klingon-focused eps of TNG are by and large the only ones of that series which I think are really good.)

Amardeep,

My current favorite sci-fi show (other than “Lost”) is the new “Battlestar Galactica.” They’ve invented this whole religion, which actually doesn’t appear to be related to Sikhism at all.

Hehehehehehe!

Abhi, no need to worry about getting that REAL Khan chest, not with that hot post-Mutiny look you’re currently rocking.

It’s interesting that the original Star Trek had so many obviously ethnically marked enemies. Klingons, Khan, etc.

The Next Generation, by contrast, had white guys like “Q,” and the Borg. Q at least was too vanilla for my tastes (prefer Khaaaan). The Borg was aaiiight though. (Have often considered joining their organization)

Deep Space Nine seemed to go back to ethnics, with the prominence given to the Firangi… also the Naren Shankar episode mentioned by Deepa in Comment #30 of this thread.

My current favorite sci-fi show (other than “Lost”) is the new “Battlestar Galactica.” They’ve invented this whole religion, which actually doesn’t appear to be related to Sikhism at all. (Though I’m sure an alert SM commentor might be able to find a parallel…