The Star Trek franchise started nearly sixty ago and shows no signs of slowing down. Audiences have been enjoying several new series in recent years with many more being planned or in current production. There are strong characters from the Star Trek universe who are interesting enough to carry their own series, so why can't audiences hear more about them?
The following characters are a range of fan favorites, minor characters who stepped into the foreground, and characters who distinguished themselves as pivotal to important storylines. They didn't appear enough, and the fans want more. These following characters definitely deserve their own Star Trek series.
Kes, Voyager
One of the most notorious fan favorites in the history of Star Trek, Kes was a popular supporting character in the early years of Voyager. As a member of the Ocampan race, she already had an interesting past and her emerging psychic powers promised an exciting future.
She was written out of the show to be replaced by Seven Of Nine, and her "return" as a vengeful old woman in a later episode only angered fans more. It would do both the character and the fan-base justice to see her in her own series.
Miranda Jones, The Original Series
Before there was Michael Burnham and Deanna Troi, there was Miranda Jones. She was a psychic who had been educated and raised on Vulcan. She appeared in one Original Series episode, "Is There in Truth No Beauty?" in which she is the escort of Ambassador Kollos of the Medusans.
Her training and career as part of Vulcan society during the early days of Starfleet would be interesting to see, especially considering she didn't have parents with the political connections to support her. Or did she? Perhaps Sarek and Amanda knew her as well.
Ro Laren, The Next Generation
Ro Laren has a lot of potential. There's enough backstory to fill up a few seasons, especially if you start with her traumatic childhood and move through her roles in both The Next Generation and Voyager. She was never more than a recurring character in The Next Generation, but there was always a lot of adventure and intrigue swirling around her character, and we got some insight into her backstory before Piccard reluctantly accepts her as part of his crew.
It's not just her personal story that's interesting. A series about Ro Laren would also have a lot of crossover potential. Her role in TNG ended with her joining the Maquis, the rebel faction that appears prominently in Voyager, and in non-canon novels, she is posted at Deep Space Nine as a member of the Bajoran Militia.
Sylvia Tilly, Discovery
At first cast as a comical sidekick, Tilly has shown she has some serious gravitas. We also get to see her more brutal side during a brief foray into the Mirror Universe and a seedy black market on Qo'noS.
Her work with the spore drive and her claim as the youngest candidate in Starfleet's Command Training Program would make for a few interesting stories and easily enough fill a season or two.
Scotty, The Kelvin Timeline
We're led to believe that the Scotty we know from TOS had an uneventful past, but the same can't be said for his counterpart on the Kelvin timeline. How on earth did he end up tending to this remote base on a forgotten, frozen planet? Something about losing a dog?
If the makers of the Kelvin Timeline movies are looking for a way to revitalize the films, they should focus on a character with a mysterious but interesting past that usually supports the main plot. Scotty is always saving the day so he definitely deserves his own series.
Ishka, Deep Space Nine
She didn't appear very often, but her roles were always memorable. Ishka was the mother of fan-favorite Quark and his younger brother Rom, another character that didn't get enough attention. She was so shrewd, crafty, and, most of all, charming, that she became a fan favorite despite only appearing five times in the whole series.
As a Ferengi female, Ishka wasn't allowed to participate in the business side of the culture, and she fought to change that tradition. DS9 only gave us a glimpse of her efforts, but you could easily give us a whole series based on her struggle to give Ferengi women more say in their profit-making culture.
Guinan, The Next Generation
Guinan was simply the bartender on TNG to begin with, but as the series expanded and grew, so did her role. In the film, Star Trek Generations, Guinan takes on an important role and becomes a central character.
She touches both TNG and TOS as a part of this story, and a show following Guinan could touch on both series once again. She also seems to know a lot of secrets, and she didn't just hear them while she was bartending.
Daniels, Enterprise
This is one of those situations where it could be a whole series about the character in general or just something to explain exactly who he is and what he's actually doing.
Daniels is introduced as a member of Archer's crew, but apparently, he is also from more than 1000 years in the future and is fighting in a conflict known as the Temporal Cold War. Even if the series isn't about him specifically, it would be great to hear more about that.
Icheb, Voyager
Whether or not you're happy about where Picard took this character, you have to admit that Icheb's story could have been a strong stand-alone series. Icheb was already a fan favorite and his appearances on Voyager had a dedicated following.
Although we heard about his education and training before he became a Starfleet officer, we never got to see it. A series about Icheb's struggle, not only as a recovering Borg but as a disadvantaged child who rose above adversity, would be both profound and popular.
Philippa Georgiou, Discovery
This entry has a special distinction. It's a real thing. The popularity of Captain Phillipa Georgiou, played to perfection by Michelle Yeoh, has inspired a series with her character in the forefront.
Her adventures as Captain of the Shenzhou, both before and after Micheal Bernam was introduced as a member of the crew, could easily fill up a few seasons of a Star Trek series.