In the fictional universe of Star Trek, Lieutenant Marla McGivers was the historian aboard the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701), however she rarely had active duties to perform. On the few occasions when she was called to service, McGivers regarded it almost as an inconvenience, and on one occasion she even kept a landing party waiting for her arrival. Marla McGivers was played by Madlyn Rhue. A fictional universe is a cohesive imaginary world that serves as the setting or backdrop for one or (more commonly) multiple works of fiction. ... Star Trek is an American science fiction franchise. ... Lieutenant is a military, naval, paramilitary, fire service or police officer rank. ... The USS Enterprise is a fictional starship in the television series Star Trek, the USS Enterprise, (NCC-1701) was the ship in the original NBC TV series Star Trek, which chronicled the vessels most famous assignment, a five-year mission of exploration and diplomacy under Captain James T. Kirk... Madlyn Rhue (born October 3, 1935 in Washington, D.C., USA; died December 16, 2003 in Woodland Hills, California), was an American character actress. ...

Judging from McGivers' cluttered quarters, crowded with paintings and sculpted busts, her primary pastime was art. Her favorite subjects were all strong, forceful leaders from Earth's history. McGivers' work of art depicted men such as Napoleon, Richard the Lionheart, Leif Ericsson, and Flavius, a gladiator. McGivers was of the opinion that modern men did not live up to her heroes of the past. She never imagined the darker side of such men. // The history of the world, by convention, is human history, from the first appearance of Homo sapiens to the present. ... Napoleon I Bonaparte, Emperor of the French, King of Italy, Mediator of the Swiss Confederation and Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was a general of the French Revolution, the ruler of France as First Consul (Premier Consul) of the French Republic from... Richard I (8 September 1157 – 6 April 1199) was King of England from 1189 to 1199. ... A statue of Leif Ericson in front of the Hallgrímskirkja in Reykjavik Leif Ericson (old Icelandic: Leifr Eiríksson) was an explorer, the son of Eric the Red (Eiríkr rauði), a Norwegian outlaw, who was the son of another Norwegian outlaw, Þorvaldr Ásvaldsson. ...

As a historian with a fascination for bold, colorful characters McGivers was particularly intrigued when, in the Star Trek: The Original Series episode Space Seed, the Enterprise discovered the SS Botany Bay and Khan Noonien Singh, a dictator who had ruled much of Earth in the 1990s. Though she protested that her interest in Khan was professional, she invited him to her quarters, where she began painting his portrait. She later arranged a full-dress welcome dinner in his honor, a function normally reserved for a Fleet Admiral. The starship Enterprise as it appeared on Star Trek Star Trek is a culturally significant science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry in the 1960s. ... Space Seed is a first-season episode of Star Trek: The Original Series, that was first broadcast on February 16, 1967 and repeated on August 24, 1967. ... The SS Botany Bay The SS Botany Bay is a spaceship in the fictional universe of Star Trek. ... Khan Noonien Singh is a villain in the fictional Star Trek universe. ... Earth (IPA: , often referred to as the Earth, Terra, the World or Planet Earth) is the third planet in the solar system in terms of distance from the Sun, and the fifth largest. ... Germans dancing on the Berlin Wall in late 1989, the symbol of the cold war divide falls down as the world unites in the 1990s. ... A Fleet Admiral or a Admiral Of The Fleet, as it was first coined, is a military officer of very high rank and is a generic term for a senior admiral in command of a large group of ships, comprising a fleet or, in some cases, a group of fleets. ...

When Khan pursued her, McGivers was surprised and shocked by his bullying manner, but also deeply flattered. Khan demanded absolute loyalty from her; desperately afraid of losing him, she promised to do anything he asked—including helping him in his attempts to seize the Enterprise.

Fortunately, McGivers was uncomfortable with Khan's murderous plans; she turned against him for long enough to prevent Captain Kirk's death and to help retake the ship. But it was too late to save her career. James Tiberius Kirk (2233 - 2293/2371), played by William Shatner, is the leading character in the original Star Trek TV series and the films based on it. ...

When Kirk banished Khan and his followers to Ceti Alpha V, McGivers opted to accompany them rather than face a court-martial. Khan was pleased by her choice and dubbed her "a superior woman." In the science fiction universe of Star Trek, Ceti Alpha V is the fifth planet in the Ceti Alpha star system, consisting of a Class M, or Earth-like environment. ...

At the time that Khan's party was exiled to the planet, it was perfectly fit for human habitation. However, a mere six months after their arrival, the neighboring planet, Ceti Alpha VI, exploded, causing an ecological disaster on Ceti Alpha V, which left the planet a barren wasteland. Khan's followers struggled to survive, and the ordeal proved too much for Marla. At some point after their exile, Khan married Marla, but she was killed by a Ceti eel, the planet's only remaining indigenous life form. Khan was left heartbroken by the loss of his "beloved wife," and the seeds of his hatred for Kirk were sown as he swore vengeance on the captain for not checking on their progress. In the fictional Star Trek universe, Ceti Alpha VI was the sixth planet in the Ceti Alpha system before it exploded. ... Physiology The Ceti Eel is a fictional creature found in the second Star Trek movie Wrath of Khan. ...

External links

• Marla McGivers article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki.
• Official biography of Marla McGivers