Ernst Stavro Blofeld and Christoph Waltz, among others. It was initially a convention of the films not to show Blofeld's face, only a close-up of him stroking his white, blue-eyed Persian cat. Many of Blofeld's characteristics have become tropes in popular fiction, representing the stock character of the supervillain, with the stroking of his white cat often retained as a parodic allusion to Blofeld's character, as seen in the "Austin Powers" film series with the character of Dr. Evil and his cat Mr. Bigglesworth, or in the cartoons "Inspector Gadget" with the character of Dr. Claw and "Danger Mouse" with the character of
Star Trek: A Time to... son Alexander to be the next ambassador. Worf also replaces the character of Christine Vale, the previous Chief of Security who is a main character in the previous "A Time to" books. At the end of the book before the "Enterprise" departs for the event in "Nemesis", Christine Vale decides to take some extended shore leave. Star Trek: A Time to... A Time to... is a series of nine novels set in the fictional universe of "". It deals with the ship and crew of the "Enterprise"-E between the events of the films "" (1998) and "Star Trek Nemesis" (2002).