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PLAYED BY:
Roger Perry
SPECIES: Human Male
In 1969, the USS Enterprise NCC-1701
arrived in low Earth orbit from the year 2267, through an
accidental time warp. Captain Christopher was scrambled in his
F-104 Starfighter to intercept the Enterprise, which the Air
Force had detected as a UFO. Detecting the approach of
Christopher's jet, and fearing the use of nuclear warheads
against them, Captain Kirk ordered the jet held in a tractor
beam. The jet, however, was too fragile to withstand the force
of the tractor beam, and began to break apart, forcing Kirk to
order Christopher beamed aboard.
Christopher's arrival aboard the Enterprise presented the crew
with an interesting problem: Christopher could not be returned
to Earth, as his newly-acquired knowledge of the future might
lead him to inadvertantly alter history. With no choice, Kirk
informed Christopher that they could not return him, although
Christopher refused to accept this. Christopher tried to escape,
pointing a phaser at transporter chief Kyle, demanding to be
beamed to the surface, but Kirk arrived in time and knocked him
out.
While Christopher was recuperating in the sickbay, Spork
informed Kirk and Christopher that he had uncovered historical
evidence that indicated Christopher must be returned to Earth;
that although Christopher himself had made no relevant
contribution to history, his future son, Shaun Geoffrey
Christopher, would lead the first Earth-Saturn probe in the
early 21st century, and that without Christopher on Earth to
father this son, the mission would never take place.
Later, Kirk and Lieutenant Sulu beamed down to the Air Force
base to covertly retrieve evidence of the Enterprise's presence
in 1969, but Kirk was captured in the process. Christopher
offered to help Spock retrieve Kirk, but only on the condition
that Christopher be allowed to accompany the rescue party. Spock
agreed, and the rescue of Kirk was successful, but during their
time on the base Christopher stole a firearm, with the intention
of staying and reporting what he knew. Before Christopher was
able to do so, however, Spock incapacitated him with a Vulcan
nerve pinch.
Spock and Chief Engineer Montgomery Scott devised a plan to
return Christopher without any damage to the timeline: they
would recreate the time warp via a slingshot effect around the
Sun, returning them to their own time. Since, as they gathered
speed approaching the Sun, they would initially travel back in
time, they would simply return Christopher to a point in time
prior to his transport aboard the Enterprise. Their plan worked,
and Christopher was returned to the cockpit of his jet before he
was beamed aboard, leaving him with no memory of what had
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PLAYED BY:
Hal Lynch
SPECIES: Human Male
An accident catapulted the USS
Enterprise back to the year 1969. Matters were
further complicated when it destroyed an interceptor
aircraft, and brought the pilot aboard. Forced to
return him to avoid damage to the timeline, Kirk and
Sulu sought a way to make his report less credible.
To do this, they beamed into his base to retrieve
the hard evidence of their presence. While they were
retrieving the audio recordings, they were surprised
by an air police sergeant, who took their equipment,
inadvertently activating the emergency signal. Spock
immediately beamed the source of the beacon – the
sergeant – to the Enterprise, further endangering
the timeline and complicating the mission. Aboard
ship, the sergeant was clearly overwhelmed by what
he saw around him, and never left the transporter
room. A helpful Kyle even served him chicken soup
there.
The sergeant was returned to his proper time and
place during the slingshot effect experiment that
returned the Enterprise to its proper time and
place, effectively erasing the history in which he
visited the ship. |
