Kate Mulgrew Says She Enjoys Being The Only Female STAR TREK Captain

Kate Mulgrew recently sat down with Huffington Post and had many things to say about her time in the Star Trek series and where it's headed moving forward. When asked her opinion about whether she agreed with fans who said the next logical step was to have a LGBT captain of the Enterprise for the upcoming series, the Voyager veteran said,

“There has not been an LGBT Captain. There are an infinity of things they haven’t had...But I’ll be curious to see if they choose a man or a woman. I think I wouldn’t mind a bit if I -- well, I’m not even going to tell you that, that’s selfish. I’m eating my words, eating them! It’s just kind of nice being the only female Captain to date.”

Hey, I can't blame her for that. It sets her apart, and honestly is a big part of the success she has had in acting! Let's also point out she didn't necessarily say she didn't want a female captain...just that she likes being the only one. She also went on to praise Gene Roddenberry and his forward thinking...

“The beauty of Star Trek is that Roddenberry was very far-seeing...Gender regarding the Captain’s seat was a unilateral thing. It transcended all of those classifications. I think that I played Janeway as I would play her today.”

Well now I'm imaging Red from Orange Is The New Black commanding a crew...which she kind of does! What did you think of Mulgrew as captain in her heyday? Where does she fall in the hierarchy of best captains in your mind?