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It would seem that I have far too much time on my hands. After the post about a Star Trek "test", I started wondering if there could be any data to back it up and... well here we go:
The Next Generation
Name | Percentage of Lines |
---|---|
PICARD | 20.16 |
RIKER | 11.64 |
DATA | 10.1 |
LAFORGE | 6.93 |
WORF | 6.14 |
TROI | 5.4 |
CRUSHER | 5.11 |
WESLEY | 2.32 |
DS9
Name | Percentage of Lines |
---|---|
SISKO | 13.0 |
KIRA | 8.23 |
BASHIR | 7.79 |
O'BRIEN | 7.31 |
ODO | 7.26 |
QUARK | 6.98 |
DAX | 5.73 |
WORF | 3.18 |
JAKE | 2.31 |
GARAK | 2.29 |
NOG | 2.01 |
ROM | 1.89 |
DUKAT | 1.76 |
EZRI | 1.53 |
Voyager
Name | Percentage of Lines |
---|---|
JANEWAY | 17.7 |
CHAKOTAY | 8.76 |
EMH | 8.34 |
PARIS | 7.63 |
TUVOK | 6.9 |
KIM | 6.57 |
TORRES | 6.45 |
SEVEN | 6.1 |
NEELIX | 4.99 |
KES | 2.06 |
Enterprise
Name | Percentage of Lines |
---|---|
ARCHER | 24.52 |
T'POL | 13.09 |
TUCKER | 12.72 |
REED | 7.34 |
PHLOX | 5.71 |
HOSHI | 4.63 |
TRAVIS | 3.83 |
SHRAN | 1.26 |
Discovery
Note: This is a limited dataset, as the source site only has transcripts for seasons 1, 2, and 4
Name | Percentage of Lines |
---|---|
BURNHAM | 22.92 |
SARU | 8.2 |
BOOK | 6.21 |
STAMETS | 5.44 |
TILLY | 5.17 |
LORCA | 4.99 |
TARKA | 3.32 |
TYLER | 3.18 |
GEORGIOU | 2.96 |
CULBER | 2.83 |
RILLAK | 2.17 |
DETMER | 1.97 |
OWOSEKUN | 1.79 |
ADIRA | 1.63 |
COMPUTER | 1.61 |
ZORA | 1.6 |
VANCE | 1.07 |
CORNWELL | 1.07 |
SAREK | 1.06 |
T'RINA | 1.02 |
If anyone is interested, here's the (rather hurried) Python used:
#!/usr/bin/env python
#
# This script assumes that you've already downloaded all the episode lines from
# the fantastic chakoteya.net:
#
# wget --accept=html,htm --relative --wait=2 --include-directories=/STDisco17/ http://www.chakoteya.net/STDisco17/episodes.html -m
# wget --accept=html,htm --relative --wait=2 --include-directories=/Enterprise/ http://www.chakoteya.net/Enterprise/episodes.htm -m
# wget --accept=html,htm --relative --wait=2 --include-directories=/Voyager/ http://www.chakoteya.net/Voyager/episode_listing.htm -m
# wget --accept=html,htm --relative --wait=2 --include-directories=/DS9/ http://www.chakoteya.net/DS9/episodes.htm -m
# wget --accept=html,htm --relative --wait=2 --include-directories=/NextGen/ http://www.chakoteya.net/NextGen/episodes.htm -m
#
# Then you'll probably have to convert the following files to UTF-8 as they
# differ from the rest:
#
# * Voyager/709.htm
# * Voyager/515.htm
# * Voyager/416.htm
# * Enterprise/41.htm
#
import re
from collections import defaultdict
from pathlib import Path
EPISODE_REGEX = re.compile(r"^\d+\.html?$")
LINE_REGEX = re.compile(r"^(?P<name>[A-Z']+): ")
EPISODES = Path("www.chakoteya.net")
DISCO = EPISODES / "STDisco17"
ENT = EPISODES / "Enterprise"
TNG = EPISODES / "NextGen"
DS9 = EPISODES / "DS9"
VOY = EPISODES / "Voyager"
class CharacterLines:
def __init__(self, path: Path) -> None:
self.path = path
self.line_count = defaultdict(int)
def collect(self) -> None:
for episode in self.path.glob("*.htm*"):
if EPISODE_REGEX.match(episode.name):
for line in episode.read_text().split("\n"):
if m := LINE_REGEX.match(line):
self.line_count[m.group("name")] += 1
@property
def as_percentages(self) -> dict[str, float]:
total = sum(self.line_count.values())
r = {}
for k, v in self.line_count.items():
percentage = round(v * 100 / total, 2)
if percentage > 1:
r[k] = percentage
return {k: v for k, v in reversed(sorted(r.items(), key=lambda _: _[1]))}
def render(self) -> None:
print(self.path.name)
print("| Name | Percentage of Lines |")
print("| ---------------- | ------------------- |")
for character, pct in self.as_percentages.items():
print(f"| {character:16} | {pct} |")
if __name__ == "__main__":
for series in (TNG, DS9, VOY, ENT, DISCO):
counter = CharacterLines(series)
counter.collect()
counter.render()
As the prime version of Georgiou's lines basically amounted to "Hi!" "Oh crap!" "Bye!" the overall math shouldn't be too affected.