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Spock's first appearance was in "The Cage" (TOS), the first pilot for the original Star Trek series. Leonard Nimoy, under the pseudonym "Frank Force", provided the computer voice heard in the Excelsior elevator in Star Trek III. Nimoy's former assistant, Theresa E. Victor, played several roles in the Star Trek movies including a bridge voice in Star Trek II, the Enterprise computer voice in Star Trek III, and an usher in the Federation Council in Star Trek IV.
An unofficial part of McCoy's back story was developed by Original Series story editor Dorothy Fontana, who had written a story entitled "Joanna," which would have established that McCoy had been married and later endured a bitter divorce, and it was the aftermath of this experience that drove him to join Starfleet. The episode would have introduced Joanna, McCoy's now-grown daughter from that failed marriage. "Joanna" was written for the Original Series' third season, but was so heavily rewritten (becoming "The Way to Eden" [TOS]) that Fontana removed her name from the final version.
The writers of Star Trek: Generations were indeed aware that Scotty, in "Relics" (TNG), seemed to think that Kirk was still alive, in contradiction of Kirk's apparent death in Star Trek: Generations. "Relics" (TNG) had been produced before it was known that Kirk would die in Generations, and the decision to include Scotty despite the error was motivated simply by fondness for the Scotty character, and the desire to see him one more time. James Doohan also provided many voices for the original Star Trek series, including Trelane's father ("The Squire of Gothos" [TOS]), Sargon ("Return to Tomorrow" [TOS]), the M-5 computer ("The Ultimate Computer" [TOS]), and the Melkotian buoy ("Spectre of the Gun" [TOS]). Scotty's first appearance was in "Where No Man Has Gone Before" (TOS).
Sulu's first appearance was in "Where No Man Has Gone Before," but by "The Corbomite Maneuver" he had assumed his familiar post at the helm. A scene that was filmed for Star Trek II, but not included in the final cut of the movie, would have shown that Sulu was about to assume command of the Excelsior at that time. A scene for Star Trek IV that was in the final draft of the script but not filmed would have had Sulu meeting a young boy in San Francisco who was Sulu's great-great-great-grandfather. Sulu's first name, Hikaru, was authorized by Gene Roddenberry in 1979, but was not used on film until Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.
Chekov joined the Star Trek cast in "Catspaw" (TOS) at the beginning of the second season, although Khan claimed to have remembered him from "Space Seed" (TOS), filmed before the character was created. Walter Koenig's wife, actor Judy Levitt, played several roles in the Star Trek movies. These included a doctor at Mercy Hospital in Star Trek IV, and a Starfleet Command officer in Star Trek VI.
Chapel's first appearance was in "The Naked Time" (TOS). Majel Barrett, real-life wife of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, also played Number One, second-in-command of the Enterprise in "The Cage" (TOS), as well as the recurring character Lwaxana Troi in Star Trek: The Next Generation. Barrett lent her voice to the computer of both the original Enterprise and the Enterprise -D, as well as to the Companion ("Metamorphosis" [TOS]) the Beta 5 computer("Assignment: Earth" [TOS]), and M'Ress in the animated Star Trek. A nurse aboard the Enterprise -D in "Transfigurations" (TNG) was referred to in the script as Nurse Temple (played by Patti Tippo), sort of an homage to Nurse Chapel.
Starfleet chief-of-staff who assigned Kirk and the Enterprise-A to rescue Federation representative St. John Talbot at planet Nimbus III, despite the fact that the Enterprise was far from operational at the time. (Star Trek V: The Final Frontier). This character, whom Kirk addressed as _Bob,_ had no last name in the movie or the script, but we're calling him Admiral Bennett because he was played by Star Trek feature film writer-producer Harve Bennett, making a cameo appearance.
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by Mario Guatteri