Leslie

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Leslie
Leslie (TOS20)

Leslie (TOS20)
Species Human
Sex Male
First Appearance TOS13 (8 Dec 1966)
Portrayed by Eddie Paskey
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Prime Timeline
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Leslie[1] was assigned to the operations division aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 in 2266. Leslie was frequently found at the engineering station adjacent to the turbolift on the bridge, including when the ship made first contact with the First Federation on Stardate 1512.2,[2] when the ship engaged a Romulan Bird of Prey that had crossed the Neutral Zone and destroyed several Earth Outposts on Stardate 1709.2,[3] when the ship investigated the disappearance of Roger Korby on Exo III on Stardate 2712.4,[4] when the ship visited the Tantalus V penal colony for the criminally insane on Stardate 2715.1,[5] and when the ship discovered a planet that was an inexplicable duplicate of Earth on Stardate 2713.5.[6]

Leslie was again at his typical post at the bridge engineering station when the ship stopped to investigate the Murasaki 312 quasar-like phenomenon on Stardate 2821.5. When transporters proved ineffective due to interference on Taurus II, Leslie assisted in getting them operational.[7] When the ship left Starbase 11 after Captain Kirk was cleared of wrongdoing in the apparent death of Lieutenant Commander Ben Finney on Stardate 2947.3,[8] and when the ship returned to the starbase before heading to Talos IV on Stardate 3012.4,[9] Leslie was again at the engineering station.[10][11]

On Stardate 2825.3, Ensign Leslie was manning the helm when the ship left Planet Q and again when it arrived at Benecia.[1] While Captain Kirk and Commander Spock were on Gothos on Stardate 2126.1, Leslie, now a lieutenant,[12] briefly took command of the bridge.[13] When the ship encountered the Gorn on Stardate 3045.6 after an attack on Cestus IV, Leslie was again at his typical post on the bridge.[14]

On Stardate 3087.6, he was at the helm when the ship investigated moments of galaxy-wide "nonexistence," which Starfleet Command believed to be a potential prelude to invasion from an alternate universe. From that position, he fired the ship's phasers, destroying Lazarus' ship on Captain Kirk's command.[15] He was knocked from his seat at the engineering station when the ship accidentally traveled back in time from Stardate 3113.2 to July 1969.[16] Leslie was part of the landing party to Beta III on Stardate 3156.2, when they discovered what fate befell the U.S.S. Archon a century earlier. He was briefly "absorbed" into the collective consciousness of Landru, but recovered after the computer was disabled.[17]

When the ship discovered the S.S. Botany Bay on Stardate 3141.9, Leslie was on duty on the bridge. He was invited to join in a formal dinner with the revived Khan Noonien Singh, where the exiled despot's identity was finally revealed. Leslie was again at his post on the bridge when Khan briefly seized control of the ship, and was rendered unconscious when life support to the bridge was interrupted, then held prisoner in the briefing room and forced to watch while Khan nearly killed Captain Kirk.[18]

Leslie, like the rest of the ship's crew, was briefly overcome by the spores of a pod plant discovered on Omicron Ceti III on Stardate 3417.3.[19] He was in line at the transporter room to beam down to the surface when the group was confronted by Captain Kirk, who had not been infected. Kirk admonished them all to return to their stations, and when they refused, Kirk stressed that their actions were mutinous. Leslie only replied, "Yes, sir, it is," then turned his attention away from the captain.[20]

When the brief Federation-Klingon War of 2267 broke out on Stardate 3198.4, Leslie recoiled from his station when the Organians rendered any weapons or controls capable of furthering the violence too hot to touch.[21] On Stardate 3134.0, when the ship discovered the Guardian of Forever, Leslie was again at his post on the bridge.[22] On Stardate 3287.2, Leslie was acting as a transporter operator, and while assisting Lieutenant Commander Scott, he was rendered unconscious by Commander Spock, who was under the influence of the neural parasites.[23]

Leslie again worked at the bridge engineering station during an incident with two distinctly non-humanoid beings, Sylvia and Korob, on Stardate 3018.2,[24] as well as when the Shuttlecraft Galileo went missing near Gamma Canaris,[25] and again when the Klingons attempted to interfere in negotiations with the Capellans for topaline mining rights.[26] On Stardate 3468.1, the Enterprise encountered Apollo, and Leslie assisted Lt. Sulu in surveying Pollux II from orbit to determine his power source in order to break free from an energy field that resembled a giant hand.[27]

He was once again on bridge duty when the Enterprise diverted to deliver Mr. Spock to Vulcan on Stardate 3372.7,[28] as well as when the ship encountered the Doomsday Machine[29] and Redjac,[30] and also when the ship was attacked by the Vaal computer at Gamma Trianguli VI,[31] and when it visited Halka.[32] He also was on bridge duty when a landing party was affected by an unusual form of radiation that caused accelerated aging,[33] as well as when the Enterprise responded to a Priority 1 distress call from Deep Space Station K-7, and again when the ship became infested with tribbles.[34]

Leslie and Roger Lemli were both on bridge duty when the Enterprise discovered planet 892 IV, which was home to a society virtually identical to that of the Roman Empire, but with a level of technology comparable to late 20th century Earth.[35] Leslie again manned the station alone when the Enterprise ferried several ambassadors to the Babel Conference,[36] as well as during a mission to Neural,[37] and when a landing party was abducted while beaming down to Gamma II.[38]

On Stardate 3619.2, he was killed during a mining survey on Argus X by the dikironium cloud creature, which drained all of the hemoglobin from his blood.[39] He was apparently resuscitated, however, and was soon back at his station on the bridge when the Enterprise encountered an amoeboid cosmozoan that destroyed the U.S.S. Intrepid NCC-1631,[40] and when the ship made contact with Sigma Iotia II.[41]

Leslie was again on bridge duty when the ship was taken over by Kelvans. He and nearly the entire crew were reduced to dehydrated blocks, but were restored after Captain Kirk and the remaining crew were able to retake the ship.[42]

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Notes and References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer). "The Conscience of the King." Star Trek, Season 1, Episode 13 (Production 13). Directed by Gerd Oswald. Written by Barry Trivers. Desilu Productions, 8 December 1966.
  2. ↑ Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer). "The Corbomite Maneuver". Star Trek, season 1, episode 10 (Production number 03). Directed by Joseph Sargent. Written by Jerry Sohl. Desilu Productions. 10 November 1966.
  3. ↑ Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer). "Balance of Terror". Star Trek, season 1, episode 14 (Production number 09). Directed by Vincent McEveety. Written by Paul Schneider. Desilu Productions. 15 December 1966.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer). "Dagger of the Mind". Star Trek, season 1, episode 9 (Production number 11). Directed by Vincent McEveety. Written by S. Bar-David. Desilu Productions. 3 November 1966.
  6. ↑ Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer). "Miri." Star Trek, Season 1, Episode 8 (Production 12). Directed by Vincent McEveety. Written by Adrian Spies. Desilu Productions, 27 October 1966.
  7. ↑ Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer). "The Galileo Seven." Star Trek, Season 1, Episode 16 (Production 14). Directed by Robert Gist. Story by Oliver Crawford Teleplay by Oliver Crawford & S. Bar-David. Desilu Productions, 5 January 1967.
  8. ↑ Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer). "Court Martial." Star Trek, Season 1, Episode 20 (Production 15). Directed by Marc Daniels. Story by Don M. Mankiewicz. Teleplay by Don M. Mankiewicz and Steven W. Carabatsos (Teleplay). Desilu Productions, 2 February 1967.
  9. ↑ Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer). "The Menagerie, Part I." Star Trek, Season 1, Episode 11 (Production 16). Directed by Marc Daniels and Robert Butler. Written by Gene Roddenberry. Desilu Productions, 17 November 1966.
  10. ↑ Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer). "The Menagerie, Part II." Star Trek, Episode 12 (Production 16). Directed by Marc Daniels and Robert Butler. Written by Gene Roddenberry. Desilu Productions, 24 November 1966.
  11. ↑ At the end of "The Menagerie, Part II," Eddie Paskey was plainly visible at the engineering station behind Kirk, Spock, and McCoy. The scene cut to a different camera angle, and Paskey was again visible at the navigation station in front of Kirk, while the engineering station was out of the camera shot. In "The Trouble With Tribbles," Leslie was shown on bridge duty on the Enterprise while Rand was simultaneously on guard duty aboard K-7. Rather than conduct mental gymnastics to attempt to explain how Leslie could be in two places simultaneously, Occam's Razor suggests that Rand and Leslie were separate characters.
  12. ↑ Leslie had no rank insignia until "The Squire of Gothos," where it appeared and disappeared several times during the episode, then remained consistently lieutenant afterward.
  13. ↑ Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer). "The Squire of Gothos." Star Trek, Season 1, Episode 17 (Production 18). Directed by Don McDougall. Written by Paul Schneider. Desilu Productions, 12 January 1967.
  14. ↑ Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer). "Arena." Star Trek, Season 1, Episode 18 (Production 19). Directed by Joseph Pevney. Story by Fredric Brown. Teleplay by Gene L. Coon. Desilu Productions, 19 January 1967.
  15. ↑ Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer). "The Alternative Factor." Star Trek, Season 1, Episode 27 (Production 20). Directed by Gerd Oswald. Written by Don Ingalls. Desilu Productions, 30 March 1967.
  16. ↑ Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer). "Tomorrow is Yesterday." Star Trek, Season 1, Episode 19 (Production 21). Directed by Michael O'Herlihy. Written by D.C. Fontana. Desilu Productions, 26 January 1967.
  17. ↑ Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer). "The Return of the Archons." Star Trek, Episode 21 (Production 22). Directed by Joseph Pevney. Story by Gene Roddenberry. Teleplay by Boris Sobelman. Desilu Productions, 9 February 1967.
  18. ↑ Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer). "Space Seed." Star Trek, Season 1, Episode 22 (Production 24). Directed by Marc Daniels. Written by Carey Wilber (Story and Teleplay) and Gene L. Coon (Teleplay). Desilu Productions, 16 February 1967.
  19. ↑ Eddie Paskey appeared briefly in a scene on the surface of Omicron Ceti III shortly before another scene shows him about to beam down to the planet, apparently for the first time. Since both Rand and Leslie wore identical uniforms, it's not a stretch to conclude that Rand was already on the surface before Leslie beamed down.
  20. ↑ Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer). "This Side of Paradise." Star Trek, Season 1, Episode 24 (Production 25). Directed by Ralph Senensky. Story by Nathan Butler. Teleplay by Nathan Butler & D.C. Fontana. Desilu Productions, 2 March 1967.
  21. ↑ Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer). "Errand of Mercy." Star Trek, Season 1, Episode 26 (Production 27). Directed by John Newland. Written by Gene L. Coon. Desilu Productions, 23 March 1967.
  22. ↑ Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer). "The City on the Edge of Forever." Star Trek, Season 1, Episode 28 (Production 28). Directed by Joseph Pevney. Written by Harlan Ellison. Desilu Productions, 6 April 1967.
  23. ↑ 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.
  24. ↑ Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer). "Catspaw." Star Trek, Season 2, Episode 1. Directed by Joseph Pevney. Written by Robert Bloch. Desilu Productions, 27 October 1967.
  25. ↑ Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer). "Metamorphosis." Star Trek, Season 2, Episode 2. Directed by Ralph Senensky. Written by Gene L. Coon. Desilu Productions, 10 November 1967.
  26. ↑ Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer). "Friday's Child." Star Trek, Season 2, Episode 3. Directed by Joseph Pevney. Written by D.C. Fontana. Desilu Productions, 1 December 1967.
  27. ↑ Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer). "Who Mourns for Adonais?." Star Trek, Season 2, Episode 4. Directed by Marc Daniels. Written by Gilbert Ralston. Desilu Productions, 22 September 1967.
  28. ↑ Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer). "Amok Time." Star Trek, Season 2, Episode 5. Directed by Joseph Pevney. Written by Theodore Sturgeon. Desilu Productions, 15 September 1967.
  29. ↑ Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer). "The Doomsday Machine." Star Trek, Season 2, Episode 6. Directed by Marc Daniels. Written by Norman Spinrad. Desilu Productions, 20 October 1967.
  30. ↑ Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer). "Wolf in the Fold." Star Trek, Season 2, Episode 7. Directed by Joseph Pevney. Written by Robert Bloch. Desilu Productions, 22 December 1967.
  31. ↑ Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer). "The Apple." Star Trek, Season 2, Episode 9. Directed by Joseph Pevney. Written by Max Ehrlich (Story and Teleplay) and Gene L. Coon (Teleplay). Desilu Productions, 13 October 1967.
  32. ↑ Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer). "Mirror, Mirror." Star Trek, Season 2, Episode 10. Directed by Marc Daniels. Written by Jerome Bixby. Desilu Productions, 6 October 1967.
  33. ↑ Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer). "The Deadly Years." Star Trek, Season 2, Episode 11. Directed by Joseph Pevney. Written by David P. Harmon. Desilu Productions, 8 December 1967.
  34. ↑ Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer). "The Trouble With Tribbles." Star Trek, Season 2, Episode 13. Directed by Joseph Pevney. Written by David Gerrold. Desilu Productions, 29 December 1967.
  35. ↑ Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer). "Bread and Circuses." Star Trek, Season 2, Episode 14. Directed by Ralph Senensky. Written by Gene Roddenberry and Gene L. Coon. Desilu Productions, 15 March 1968.
  36. ↑ Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer). "Journey to Babel." Star Trek, Season 2, Episode 15. Directed by Joseph Pevney. Written by D.C. Fontana. Desilu Productions, 17 November 1967.
  37. ↑ Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer/Teleplay). "A Private Little War." Star Trek, Season 2, Episode 16. Directed by Marc Daniels. Story by Jud Crucis. Desilu Productions, 2 February 1968.
  38. ↑ Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer). "The Gamesters of Triskelion." Star Trek, Season 2, Episode 17. Directed by Gene Nelson. Written by Margaret Armen. Desilu Productions, 5 January 1968.
  39. ↑ Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer). "Obsession." Star Trek, Season 2, Episode 18. Directed by Ralph Senensky. Written by Art Wallace. Desilu Productions, 15 December 1967.
  40. ↑ Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer). "The Immunity Syndrome." Star Trek, Season 2, Episode 19. Directed by Joseph Pevney. Written by Robert Sabaroff. Desilu Productions, 19 January 1968.
  41. ↑ Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer). "A Piece of the Action." Star Trek, Season 2, Episode 20. Directed by James Komack. Written by David P. Harmon (Story and Teleplay) and Gene L. Coon (Teleplay). Desilu Productions, 12 January 1968.
  42. ↑ Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer). "By Any Other Name." Star Trek, Season 2, Episode 21. Directed by Marc Daniels. Story by Jerome Bixby Teleplay by Jerome Bixby & D.C. Fontana. Desilu Productions, 23 February 1968.
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