Sep 21, 2014
John Frederick Paxton.
Some people don't handle change well. Some see it as not only as an inconvenience but a threat. The Xindi Scare left many on Earth questioning the wisdom of interacting with aliens and allowing them to call our world home. This gave strength to a movement called Terra Prime, which had been around for a few decades prior to the Xindi attack. At the head of this group was John Frederick Paxton, an ailing leader who was willing to resort to drastic measures to rid Earth and the Terran systems of alien influence. He can be seen as the master of xenophobia, yet the actor who portrayed him, Peter Weller, described him as a misunderstood moralist.
In this episode of Warp Five we're joined by Tommy Kraft to discuss Paxton, his motivations, the contradictions in his words and actions, the motivations driving him to create a baby from Trip and T'Pol's DNA and fire upon San Francisco, and the legacy that he left behind.
Host
Christopher Jones
Guest
Tommy Kraft
Editor and Producer
Christopher Jones
Associate Producer
Norman C. Lao
Chapters
An Unlikeable But Understandable Character (4:00)
Motivations (9:19)
A Colonel Green Disciple (16:50)
Contradictions (20:15)
Violent Tendencies (25:55)
Paxton's Legacy (36:18)
Closing (46:16)
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