Chekov (Star Trek)

Tag Area: Fictional Character
TV Episode

Star Trek (s02e26)

Assignment: Earth

The Enterprise and her crew make their first intentional trip back in time to study historical aspects of 1968 and the Cold War, but unexpectedly, they intercept a transporter beam that brings the mysterious Gary Seven and his feline from a faraway advanced planet. —Michael Main
Humans of the 20th century do not go beaming around the Galaxy, Mr. Seven.
In a light grey suit, Robert Lansing (as Gary Seven) lies on a catwalk with steam in his face and a black cat on his back.
  • Eloi Gold Medal
  • Science Fiction
  • Definite Time Travel
TV Episode

Star Trek (s03e06)

Spectre of the Gun

After barging into the space of the reclusive Melkotians, Kirk and his crew find themselves facing the Earps and Doc Holliday in a second-rate simulation of the 1881 gunfight at the O.K. Corral. —Michael Main
History has been changed in the fact that Billy Claiborne didn’t die, but Chekov is lying there dead.
A façade of a sheriff’s office stands on a set of tumbleweeds, barron trees, and a red sky.
  • Science Fiction
  • Time Phenomena
TV Episode

Star Trek (s03e11)

Wink of an Eye

In an outer quadrant of the galaxy, the Enterprise is taken over by Deela and her subject Scalosians, who can accelerate their personal time frames to a point where everyone else seems frozen. —Michael Main
They cannot hear you, Captain. To their ears, you sound like an insect.
Kathie Browne (as Queen Deela) sports a blonde 1960s beehive hairdo as she gives a severe stare off-camera.
  • Science Fiction
  • Time Phenomena
TV Episode

Star Trek (s03e22)

The Savage Curtain

The critics agree that this episode lives in the bottom ten of all Star Trek episodes, but we kinda liked seeing Lincoln and Surak, even if Spock concludes that they were mere sims. —Michael Main
Conjecture, Captain, rather than explanation: It would seem that we were held in the power of creatures able to control matter and to rearrange molecules in whatever fashion was desired, so they were able to create images of Sarak and Lincoln after scanning our minds and using their fellow creatures as source matter.
Nichelle Nichols [as Uhura] and Lee Bergere [as Lincoln] converse on the bridge of the Enterprise.
  • Science Fiction
  • No Time Phenomena
Feature Film

Star Trek IV

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

As the brave crew of the Enterprise are returning to Earth on a Klingon Bird of Prey to stand trial for the events of the previous movie, Spock determines that Earth’s demise is imminent unless they can return to 1986 and retrieve a humpback whale (which they proceed to do).

I saw this in the theater with Deb Baker and Jon Shultis during a winter trip to Pittsburgh for a small computer science education conference. —Michael Main
McCoy: You realize that by giving him the formula you’re altering the future.
Scotty: Why? How do we know he didn’t invent the thing?
Headshots of the Enterprise crew overlook a Klingon ship passing over the Golden Gate bridge.
  • Eloi Silver Medal
  • Science Fiction
  • Comedy
  • Definite Time Travel
Novel

Star Trek: The Original Series Books

Timetrap

Determined to discover what the Klingons are doing in Federation space, Captain Kirk beams aboard their ship with a security team, just as the stormflares to its highest intensity. As the bridge crew watches in horror, Mauler vanishes from the Enterprise’s viewscrreen. And James T. Kirk awakens . . . one hundred years in the future. —from publicity material
His age, his century, his civilization—they were all gone. This was now his universe. The fact was irreversible. So be it. I will adjust.
A defiant woman and man stand side-by-side in green with green lights and fog behind them.
  • Science Fiction
  • No Time Phenomena
TV Episode

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (s0506)

Trials and Tribble-ations

Please, please, please set aside two hours to watch the original “The Trouble with Tribbles” (Star Trek [s2e15]) followed immediately by this episode of ST:DS9. You will laugh, you will cry, you will cheer with joy, as Sisko and the DS9 crew find themselves back with Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Klingons, and tribbles at Deep Station K-7 on Stardate 4523.7. —Michael Main
Kirk: [pacing in front of a lineup of the crew] Who started the fight?
O’Brien: I don’t know, sir.
Captain Cisco and Dax trying to stay unnoticed behind Kirk and Spock in a corridor on the Enterprise.
  • Eloi Gold Medal
  • Science Fiction
  • Definite Time Travel