Robert Crater (FASA)

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Robert Crater
Robert Crater (TOS 05)

Robert Crater (TOS 05)
Species Human
Sex Male
Died Stardate 1513.8
First Appearance TOS 05 (8 Sep 1966)
Portrayed by Alfred Ryder
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Robert Crater[1] was a professor of archaeology. In 2202, he and his wife, Nancy, traveled to planet M-113[2] to study the ruins left behind by an extinct civilization. Nancy was killed circa 2205 by the M-113 creature, which was apparently the last of its kind, but Robert spared its life when he realized that Nancy's death was an act of self-preservation by the creature, which fed upon salt. It took her form and lived with him until Stardate 1513.8, when the visiting U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 exposed the truth. The creature, having beamed aboard the ship to feed upon the crew, killed Crater before it, too, was killed.[3][4]

Notes and References

  1. In the novelization of the episode by James Blish, Crater was instead named Bierce.
  2. In the novelization of the episode by James Blish, the name of the planet was Regulus VIII, rather than M-113.
  3. Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer). "The Enemy Within". Star Trek, season 1, episode 5 (Production number 05). Directed by Leo Penn. Written by Richard Matheson. Desilu Productions. 6 October 1966.
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