Editing Reginald Barclay (section)

====Lieutenant, junior grade====
In his inaugural appearance in ''The Next Generation''{{'}}s [[Star Trek: The Next Generation season 3|third season]] episode "[[Hollow Pursuits]]", Lieutenant Junior Grade Barclay is addicted to using the holodeck and recreates the crew of the [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)|''Enterprise''-D]] on the [[holodeck]] with attributes and in settings which allow him to more easily interact with them. Crewmembers find him difficult to work with, and Wesley calls him "Broccoli" behind his back.<ref name="1990-04-30 Hollow Pursuits" /> Counselor [[Deanna Troi]] ([[Marina Sirtis]]) and [[Guinan (Star Trek)|Guinan]] ([[Whoopi Goldberg]]) both support Barclay in escaping to his fantasies, though Troi is annoyed to later find herself recreated as "the Goddess of Empathy",<ref name="1990-04-30 Hollow Pursuits" /> in what Dr. Lynne Joyrich&mdash;[[Brown University]] professor of modern culture and media<ref name="Brown: Joyrich" />&mdash;described as "a clear sexual invitation".<ref name="1996 Cinema Journal" />  Despite his embarrassment, Barclay saves the ''Enterprise'', "gaining both [[self-confidence]] and a newfound respect from his peers as a result."<ref name="1991-09 official TNG mag" />

For [[Star Trek: The Next Generation season 4|the fourth season]], bringing back Barclay was on [[executive producer]] [[Michael Piller]]'s to-do list, but they were having trouble finding a vehicle for the character; they did not want to return to the well again for the "nervous chap in the holodeck".  [[Joe Menosky]] wrote "[[The Nth Degree (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|The Nth Degree]]" about a crew member who becomes [[superintelligence|superintelligent]], and it was suggested that they could slot Barclay into that role.<ref name="1995 Captains' Logs: Season Four" /><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Interview: Joe Menosky |url=https://archive.org/details/startrekmagazine03unse_6/page/87/mode/1up |magazine=Star Trek the Magazine 8 Collector's Edition 2 of 2 |pages=87, 88 |quote=The essence of Barclay is that he is incompetent at almost everything he tries to do, so I wondered what would happen if he started to become MORE competent - to excel beyond his own fantasies.}}</ref> Barclay is affected by an [[extraterrestrial life|alien]] [[space probe]] which induces the superintelligence.  Under the influence of the probe, he modifies the ship extensively and propels it to the center of the [[Milky Way]].  After losing his heightened intelligence, Barclay explains that it was the probe's creators who impelled his actions as a way of meeting new species.<ref name="1991-04-01 Nth Degree" />

Barclay returns in the [[Star Trek: The Next Generation season 6|season six]] episode "[[Realm of Fear]]".  It is revealed that Barclay is [[phobia|phobic]] about using the [[transporter (Star Trek)|transporter]], an aspect of the character that was derived from episode writer [[Brannon Braga]]'s own [[fear of flying]].  After transporting back from another vessel (the USS ''Yosemite''), Barclay insists he sees creatures in the matter stream.  Overcoming his fears, Barclay is repeatedly transported until he grabs hold of one of the creatures which turns out to be a missing crew member from the ''Yosemite''.<ref name="1995 Captains' Logs: Season Six" />

In [[Star Trek: The Next Generation season 2|the second season]]'s "[[Elementary, Dear Data]]", a troublemaking [[sentience|self-aware]] holoprogram of [[Professor Moriarty]] ([[Daniel Davis (actor)|Daniel Davis]]) was accidentally created and then stored in long-term memory at the end of the episode.  That episode's sequel, season six's "[[Ship in a Bottle (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|Ship in a Bottle]]", finds Barclay inadvertently releasing Moriarty, who wrests control of the ''Enterprise'' by trapping Picard, Data, and Barclay inside nested holodecks.  Barclay was included because it was initially felt that the episode needed a character ignorant of season two events.  Though this characteristic was ultimately unnecessary, episode writer [[René Echevarria]] opined that only Barclay could have pulled off the episode's final moment where Barclay momentarily questions whether he was still in a [[simulated reality]].<ref name="1992 STTNG Companion" />

[[Star Trek: The Next Generation season 7|Season seven]]'s "[[Genesis (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|Genesis]]" was Barclay's last episodic appearance on ''The Next Generation''.  After Barclay comes down with the Urodelan flu, the attempted cure accidentally becomes a virus, spreading among and [[devolution (biology)|devolving]] the crew.  Episode writer Brannon Braga described choosing to devolve Barclay into a [[spider]] as the natural choice: "I just thought it would be fun to make Barclay a spider because I can't imagine anything more awful to become.  It just seemed natural since he's a kind of nervous and wiry guy, that maybe he would have had more [[arachnid]] ancestors than" other crewmembers.<ref name="1995 Captains' Logs: Season Seven" />  After Captain [[Jean-Luc Picard]] ([[Patrick Stewart]]) and [[Data (Star Trek)|Data]] ([[Brent Spiner]]) cure the afflicted, Doctor [[Beverly Crusher]] ([[Gates McFadden]]) names the virus "Barclay's Protomorphosis Syndrome".<ref name="1994-03-19 Genesis" />

Schultz next appeared as Barclay in ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]''{{'s}} [[Star Trek: Voyager season 2|second season]] episode "[[Projections (Star Trek: Voyager)|Projections]]".  Originally, the [[guest appearance|guest star]] was going to be ''The Next Generation''{{'s}} [[LeVar Burton]] as [[Geordi La Forge]], but episode writer Brannon Braga decided it would be much more fun to couple Barclay with [[The Doctor (Star Trek: Voyager)|the Doctor]] ([[Robert Picardo]]), holographic software called the [[Emergency Medical Hologram]] (EMH).  In "Projections", Barclay is a [[delusion]] of the Doctor's program, trying to convince the Doctor that he was not a [[hologram]] but instead a flesh-and-blood being running a simulation of the {{USS|Voyager|Star Trek|2}} and its crew.<ref name="1995 Captains' Logs Supplemental: VOY Season Two" />  According to the ''Star Trek: Voyager Companion'', Barclay was a part of the original engineering team at the Jupiter Station Holoprogramming Center that developed the [[Emergency Medical Hologram]] (EMH), and that Barclay himself was in charge of testing the program's [[social skills]].  The ''Companion'' further infers that Barclay took a leave of absence from the [[Starship Enterprise|''Enterprise'']] to work on the EMH because the character is aboard the [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E)|''Enterprise''-E]] in the 1996 film, ''[[Star Trek: First Contact]]''.<ref name="2003-05 VOY Companion" />

Barclay was not originally supposed to be in the feature film ''[[Star Trek: First Contact]]''; it was [[film director|director]] [[Jonathan Frakes]] who suggested including Barclay as opposed to "a new lieutenant character".  Schultz was contacted on a Tuesday, asked if he could come in that Friday, and the actor said, "Sure."<ref name="2001 TV Zone" />  In his only scene, Barclay uses an interaction with La Forge as an excuse to meet [[Zefram Cochrane]] ([[James Cromwell]]) and shake his hand.<ref name="1996-11-22 Star Trek: First Contact" />