Christine Chapel

Universe :	Prime Timeline
Name :	Christine Chapel1
Species :	Humans
Associated with :	The Original Series

Originally a promising bioresearch specialist, Christine Chapel gave up her career in 2261 when her fiancé, Dr. Roger Korby, vanished whilst on a research mission on Exo III. Korby's last message spoke of discovering some caves, and Chapel was hopeful that he may somehow have survived. She judged correctly that eventually a Starship would be sent to investigate the planet, and so joined Starfleet in order to become a part of that mission.2

Whilst in Starfleet Chapel served on board the USS Enterprise, where she met and fell in love with Mister Spock. Spock's Vulcan nature did not allow him to return the emotion, and Chapel found this a source of great sorrow.1 Despite her feelings for Spock she remained committed to finding Korby, and in 2266 the USS Enterprise was indeed assigned to investigate Exo III. Chapel was overjoyed when the ship apparently discovered Korby alive and well on the planet's surface, but her happiness was short lived - Dr. Korby had been very badly injured when his expedition failed, and had survived by using ancient technology he discovered on the planet to transfer his personality into the body of an android. Korby's violent actions on the planet led Chapel to conclude that the transfer had been imperfect, creating only a rough facsimile of her fiancé. When confronted with the reality of his existence Korby was destroyed along with the android Andrea by a phaser blast.2

Chapel remained in Starfleet after the incident, and by 2271 she had become a full M.D. and a physician on board the newly refitted Enterprise.3 By 2286 she was serving at Starfleet Command, where she directed operations on Earth during the Cetacean Probe incident.4

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#	Series	Season	Source	Comment
1	TOS	1	The Naked Time
2	TOS	1	What Are Little Girls Made Of?
3			Star Trek : The Motion Picture
4			Star Trek IV : The Voyage Home

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Series	Season	Actor	Title
TOS	1	Majel Barrett	The Naked Time
TOS	1	Majel Barrett	What Are Little Girls Made Of?
TOS	1	Majel Barrett	Operation: Annihilate!
TOS	2	Majel Barrett	Amok Time
TOS	2	Majel Barrett	The Changeling
TOS	2	Majel Barrett	The Deadly Years
TOS	2	Majel Barrett	Journey to Babel
TOS	2	Majel Barrett	Obsession
TOS	2	Majel Barrett	The Immunity Syndrome
TOS	2	Majel Barrett	By Any Other Name
TOS	3	Majel Barrett	Elaan of Troyius
TOS	3	Majel Barrett	The Paradise Syndrome
TOS	3	Majel Barrett	The Enterprise Incident
TOS	3	Majel Barrett	And the Children Shall Lead
TOS	3	Majel Barrett	For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky
TOS	3	Majel Barrett	Let that be Your Last Battlefield
TOS	3	Majel Barrett	The Lights of Zetar

Series :	TOS Season 1 (Disc 1)
Episode :	The Naked Time

Series :	TOS Season 1 (Disc 2)
Episode :	What Are Little Girls Made Of?