Christine Chapel
| Species | Human |
| Sex | Female |
| First Appearance | TOS07 (29 Sep 1966) |
| Portrayed by | Majel Barrett |
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After her fiancé and teacher, Doctor Roger Korby, went missing and was presumed dead, Christine Chapel did not give up hope that she would find him alive, and she abandoned her career as a bio-researcher to serve in Starfleet in the hope that she would find her fiancé among the stars.[1] By 2266, Chapel was posted to the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701.[2] As a nurse on the Enterprise, Chapel proved to be an asset to Dr. McCoy's sickbay, maintaining a professional attitude in some difficult situations.[3]
Chapel believed that she had found Korby on Stardate 2712.4, but he had transferred his mind into an android body. After this mission, Chapel decided to remain aboard the Enterprise.[1] Her love for Korby had already started to find a new focus on the ship's unobtainable half-Vulcan First Officer, Commander Spock, but, much to her disappointment, he never seemed to return her interest.[2] The closest that Chapel came to having a romantic encounter with Spock was when they were forced to kiss by the powerful Platonians.[4]
Following the end of Captain Kirk's first five-year mission aboard the Enterprise, Chapel returned to school and completed her degree as a medical doctor, and became the Chief Medical Officer aboard the ship, now commanded by Captain Will Decker, and replacing the now-retired Dr. McCoy.[5] She remained aboard following the V'Ger incident as a member of McCoy's surgical staff before she accepted a promotion to lieutenant commander and a post at Starfleet Command.[6]
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Notes and References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer). "What Are Little Girls Made Of?". Star Trek, season 1, episode 7 (Production number 10). Directed by James Goldstone. Written by Robert Bloch. Desilu Productions. 20 October 1966.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer). "The Naked Time". Star Trek, season 1, episode 4 (Production number 07). Directed by Marc Daniels. Written by John D.F. Black. Desilu Productions. 29 September 1966.
- ↑ Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer). "Operation -- Annihilate!." Star Trek, Season 1, Episode 29 (Production 29). Directed by Herschel Daugherty. Written by Steven W. Carabatsos. Desilu Productions, 13 April 1967.
- ↑ Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer) and Freiberger, Fred (Producer). "Plato's Stepchildren." Star Trek, Season 3, Episode 12. Directed by David Alexander. Written by Meyer Dolinsky. Paramount Pictures Corporation, 22 November 1968.
- ↑ Roddenberry, Gene (Producer). Star Trek: The Motion Picture. Directed by Robert Wise. Story by Alan Dean Foster. Screenplay by Harold Livingston. Paramount Pictures. 7 December 1979.
- ↑ Bannett, Harve (Producer). Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. Directed by Leonard Nimoy. Story by Leonard Nimoy and Harve Bennett. Screenplay by Steve Meerson & Peter Krikes and Harve Bennett & Nicholas Meyer. Paramount Pictures. 26 November 1986.
