Lucas Wolenczak
| Lucas Wolenczak | |
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| seaQuest DSV character | |
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| First appearance | To Be or Not to Be (09/12/1993) |
| Last appearance | Weapons Of War (29/04/1995) |
| Created by | Rockne S. O'Bannon |
| Portrayed by | Jonathan Brandis |
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| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Ensign, Chief Science Officer in the Navy |
| Title |
Civilian, Science Personnel (2018-2020) Civilian, Chief Computer Analyst, Science Personnel (2021-2032) Ensign, Chief Science Officer (2032) |
| Family | Dr. Lawrence Wolenczak (father) Cynthia Holt (mother) |
| Nationality | American |
Lucas Wolenczak is a character on the television series seaQuest DSV, played by Jonathan Brandis. He is one of only three characters to remain on the show for all three seasons and is the only character to appear in every episode.
Born December 23 circa 2004 in Danbury, Connecticut, USA afterwards his family moved to Buffalo, never stating what state, (as described in Season 1 Episode 17 "The Stinger"), Lucas was a highly intelligent teenager who graduated magna-cum-laude with a degree in Applied Science of Artificial Intelligence from Stanford University, achieving a GPA that has been unbroken. When his parents divorced, Lucas' father, Dr. Wolenczak; one of the world's most valued scientists, was able to pull some strings allowing Lucas to serve aboard the seaQuest DSV as part of the boat's scientific contingent.
Lucas has other pursuits beyond the intellectual. He is a baseball fan, and on occasion during his time on seaQuest DSV wears a Florida Marlins jersey with a notation of their victory in the 2010 World Series.
Before boarding seaQuest, Lucas invented the "vocorder", a communications device that translates the clicks and squeals of dolphins into English (and vice versa). However, the program was not complete. As a result, Darwin, the seaQuest's resident dolphin, could speak no more than approximately 125 words of English.
Along with Lieutenant Commander Katherine Hitchcock, Lucas designed a new, one-person submarine, which he called the Stinger. Although Hitchcock wanted to call it the Gazelle, Lucas was adamant about calling it the Stinger, claiming that if he called it the Gazelle, he would get beaten up.
Along with Dr. Kristin Westphalen, Lucas worked with Darwin and the vocorder in an attempt to teach the dolphin more words and to better understand the psychology of the dolphin mind.
With Lucas having been all but abandoned by his parents, Captain Nathan Bridger served as Lucas' father-figure. Bridger, who had lost his own son, came to look at Lucas as his adopted son, and vice versa. (To the point that Bridger admitted to Lucas that he was one of the main reasons he wanted to keep living after the death of his own son and wife.) Originally, their relationship was rather rocky, but it quickly grew into a very close friendship.
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