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A Complete Guide to Scotty From Star Trek

The Enterprise's redoubtable Chief Engineer is one of Star Trek's most beloved characters. Here's everything you need to know about Montgomery Scott.

Few Star Trek characters are more beloved than Montgomery Scott. With his immense engineering skills and propensity for jury-rigged solutions, he spent much of The Original Series at the heart of the action, and even took command of the Enterprise when Kirk and Spock were busy on some planet's surface. And while it was never used in precisely those terms, the phrase "beam me up Scotty" became one of Star Trek's first tag lines: referring to his uncanny operation of the ship's transporters.

Along the line, he experienced multiple reboots and updates, and like his fellow OG characters, he's always a welcome presence regardless of the project. He served as inspiration for subsequent Star Trek engineers -- notably Miles O'Brien from Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine -- and yet his in-universe origins remain surprisingly murky. His arrival on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds may change that, in addition to generating renewed interest in the character and his rich Star Trek history.

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Scotty's Origins

The character's origins lie with actor James Doohan, who played him for over 30 years and who remains more closely associated with Scotty than any other. According to David Gerrod's 1973 reference guide The World of Star Trek , Doohan played a huge role in the character's creation. He delivered a variety of accents while auditioning for the show's second pilot, "Where No Man Has Gone Before." When asked which accent he himself would use, the actor suggested Scottish because Scots were "renowned for having great engineering skills." That established the core of the character more or less on the spot.

Doohan always played Scotty as utterly devoted to the ship, to the point of considering it his property. That was often played for laughs: notably in Season 2, Episode 14, "The Trouble with Tribbles," when he started a bar fight with a group of Klingons after they disparaged the Enterprise's honor. He could solve any problem with the warp drive -- or any other part of the ship's systems -- which gave the show a natural ticking clock whenever it needed one. Scotty would invariably fix the malfunction with seconds to spare, allowing the Enterprise to escape by the skin of its teeth.

Scotty in The Original Star Trek

Scotty appeared in 65 of The Original Series' 79 episodes, as well as the first seven Star Trek movies and all but one entry in Star Trek: The Animated Series . That established his modus operandi: diligent, plain-spoken, and given to simple but accurate assessment of the problem du jour. It also cemented his unwavering loyalty to Captain Kirk, and his steadfast ability to hold the line in the face of trouble. That arose most often during his stints in the captain's chair, which helped define the character alongside his last-minute repairs and timely use of the transporter.

The Star Trek movies largely relegated him to support duties, though they found quiet ways to develop his character. A cut subplot from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan introduced his nephew among the Enterprise's new cadets, who's killed in Khan's first sneak attack. The brief sequences further connected Scotty to the ship's redshirts, as well as shedding light on his family and background. He played a more lightweight role in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock when he sabotaged the Excelsior in anticipation of the crew's theft of the Enterprise. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home similarly let him flash his comedic chops, notably while dealing with a 1980s-era personal computer.

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Scotty in Later Star Trek

Doohan made a memorable cameo as Scotty in The Next Generation Season 6, Episode 4, "Relics," which also revealed details about his final years. After becoming a captain in The Search for Spock he remained the Enterprise's Chief Engineer until the end of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered County . One year later, he embarked on the U.S.S. Jenolan en route to retirement in the Federation colony of Norpin. The ship crashed on a colossal alien structure called a Dyson Sphere, and he survived in the transporter's pattern buffer until the Enterprise-D revived him a century later. Picard gave him one of the ship's shuttlecraft, and he departed for points unknown. That presumably marks the end of the character's life, at least as far as canon is concerned.

A holographic version of the character also appeared in Star Trek: Prodigy Season 1, Episode 6, "Kobayashi." He was one of multiple classic figures recreated by Dal aboard to holodeck to assist him with his Kobayashi Maru test . The production used dialogue previously recorded by Doohan to bring him back for the episode. (Doohan himself passed away in 2005 at the age of 85.)

Scotty in The Kelvinverse

2009's Star Trek movie entailed a massive reboot, resulting in a new alternate timeline dubbed "The Kelvinverse" by fans. Scotty was memorably played by comic actor Simon Pegg, who revised the role in the next two Kelvinverse films. The changes in continuity resulted in a slightly different version of the character: relegated to a remote outpost before joining the Enterprise crew mid-emergency. In practical terms, it allowed Pegg to pursue his own take on Scotty without altering Doohan's. (Pegg has always expressed the highest respect for his predecessor.)

Besides playing up the character's funnier side, Pegg infused him with slightly wilder qualities: making him more willing to take risks than Doohan's version. The actor also developed a non-canon backstory for his Scotty, which shifted his birthplace to Glasgow among other things. (Dialogue in The Original Series Season 2, Episode 7, "A Wolf in the Fold" implied that he was from Aberdeen.) The Kelvinverse also gave Scotty a sidekick: the diminutive alien Keenser, played by Deep Roy. It gave him someone to play off of, further enhancing his status as the series' comic relief.

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Scotty in Strange New Worlds

Pegg's background for the character is unofficial, and relegated to the Kelvinverse timeline regardless. The history of Doohan's "prime" version is very much a mystery prior to his position onboard the Enterprise. Strange New Worlds looks to change that by introducing a younger version of Scotty played by Martin Quinn in Season 2, Episode 10, "Hegemony." (Quinn has the distinction of being the first Scottish actor to play the part.) Christopher Pike's Enterprise crew finds him among the survivors of a Gorn attack. Before that, he served aboard a solar research vessel called the Stardiver. The Gorn wiped the vessel out, leaving Scotty the only survivor. The episode ends on a cliffhanger, to be resolved in the Season 3 premiere (unreleased as of this writing).

Quinn's version of the character is very likely to join the Strange New Worlds crew full-time. The series' first engineer, Hemmer, was killed at the end of Season 1. His replacement, Commander Pelia, isn't expected to remain onboard, and with Scotty destined for the position regardless, the move makes a lot of narrative sense. Strange New Worlds has an opportunity to fill in his early years much the same way it has for Uhura, Jim Kirk, and Mr. Spock . Regardless of its plans for him, it ensures that he will remain firmly a part of Star Trek 's future as well as its past.

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[ Ed. note: This piece contains spoilers for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2, episode 10, “Hegemony.”]

Great Scott! In this week’s season finale of Strange New Worlds , Star Trek ’s most beloved miracle worker finally arrives aboard the USS Enterprise. During a rescue mission on the border of the Gorn Hegemony, Captain Pike and his crew encounter the lone survivor of another Starfleet vessel, the talented and loquacious Lt. Junior Grade Montgomery Scott, who joins the effort to save a group of human colonists from an ongoing massacre.

Scotty’s debut on the show (the earliest TV appearance in the character’s personal chronology) was an unadvertised surprise, but not a total shock, as Strange New Worlds used its previous season finale to unveil Paul Wesley as the new James Kirk . What makes young Scotty a particularly sweet treat, however, is that for the first time, he’s being performed by an actual Scot: Martin Quinn has finally endowed the engineer with a convincing Scottish accent.

But before we criticize him a bit, let’s pay proper respect to the late James Doohan, who originated the role on Star Trek: The Original Series back in 1966. Doohan essentially created Montgomery Scott himself, having been brought in to audition for a then-unnamed role as the Chief Engineer of the USS Enterprise by James Goldstone, director of the show’s second pilot episode.

According to Marc Cushman’s exhaustive multi-book reference guide These Are The Voyages , Doohan tried a variety of different accents for the character, and when series creator Gene Roddenberry asked which accent sounded best for an engineer, Doohan selected Scottish, citing Scotland’s history of naval innovation. Doohan was also permitted to name the character, and in the years that followed, “Scotty” became American television’s most famous man from Braveheart Country.

The trouble is, if you ask any true Scottish person, they’ll tell you that Doohan’s accent is laughable. Though Doohan learned it firsthand during World War II while serving alongside a soldier from Aberdeen, it’s widely mocked for its inaccuracy, and can frequently be found on lists of the worst Scottish accents in TV and film history . The Scotsman ’s David McLean called it “the Dick Van Dyke of Scottish accents,” in reference to the American comedian’s infamously awful attempt at a Cockney accent in Mary Poppins . On the other side of the pond, however, few Americans knew any better: Doohan says he was turned down for multiple roles in the 1970s because casting directors weren’t looking for a Scot.

Despite Doohan’s goofy accent, many Scots still took a liking to the jolly engineer. As foreign as the idea may seem in Trek’s native United States, positive representation for Scots has never been a given in the broader landscape of British television. In 2020, a survey of BBC viewers found that no single demographic — across nationality, race, class, gender, and sexual orientation — was more dissatisfied with their depiction on the network than Scots.

When Star Trek first arrived in the UK in 1969, Montgomery Scott was a relatively textured and dignified “Aberdeen pub-crawler.” He’s a consummate professional, often seen in command of the Enterprise, and adored by all. He enjoys a drink, but he’s not a drunk. He’s a flirt, but not a cad. Scottish audiences were so enamored that, upon James Doohan’s death in 2005, four different towns declared themselves the “future birthplace” of Montgomery Scott, each citing a different piece of non-canonical provenance. When Doohan’s son Chris visited one of the claimants, Linlithgow, the town provost told him that Scotty’s phony accent was, in fact, “one of the things they loved about him.”

However, when English actor Simon Pegg was cast as the new Scotty in J.J. Abrams’ 2009 feature film reboot, Scottish Trekkies were far less forgiving. Pegg based his take on Scotty’s lilt on his own father-in-law, who hails from Glasgow, but that didn’t prevent fans from voicing their strong negative reactions when the film’s first trailers were released.

While Pegg’s accent is certainly closer to the mark than Doohan’s was, the audience’s standards for a major motion picture in the 21st century were significantly higher. The performance fell victim to a common criticism of Hollywood Scottish accents, that being a lack of playable local identity, though this could be a consequence of Abrams asking Pegg to dial the accent back so an international audience could understand him.

More than a decade later, Strange New Worlds has gone where no Star Trek has gone before — the actual Scotland — to recruit 29-year-old Martin Quinn. Born in Paisley and trained at London’s Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Quinn has no previous North American productions on his résumé , though American viewers might recognize him from a bit part on the Netflix hit Derry Girls . Quinn makes a charming Star Trek debut, and even a clueless American listener (such as myself) can immediately detect the difference between the typical “Hollywood” Scots accent and the real deal.

Will his performance pass muster for Scottish viewers, and finally put to rest what part of the country Montgomery Scott calls home? Has even this accent been sanded down to better relate to American audiences, but to an extent only detectable by native speakers? Or, could it be that Strange New Worlds has really worked out the last bug in the man who can fix anything?

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Actor Talks “Authentic” Scotty On ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’; Season 3 Production Passes Milestone

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Last week brought big news for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds , which has been renewed for a fourth season. But before that, they still need to finish work on season 3, which is currently in production. We have an update on how production is going as well as some new comments from the actor who is playing Scotty in season 3.

Martin Quinn rebranding Scotty

First introduced in the season 2 finale, Scottish actor Martin Quinn has taken over the role of Montgomery “Scotty” Scott, the legendary Starfleet engineer first played by Canadian James Doohan in the original Star Trek, then later by Englishman Simon Pegg for the J.J. Abrams-produced Star Trek feature films. Speaking to BBC Scotland about being the first Scot to play Scotty, Quinn says, “It’s the power of representation, isn’t it?” Quinn (who is from Paisley in Scotland) also “jokingly” told the BBC “We are rebranding him, he’s from Paisley now.”

Martin Quinn as Scotty in the Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2 finale (Michael Gibson/Paramount+)

The actor playing the young Scotty revealed how being from Scotland has helped shape the role as they are shooting the third season. From the article:

Since taking the role, he says he has been working with writers to suggest authentic Scottish changes to his character. “They let me put in the word ‘baw-heid’ instead of ‘turnip-heid,” he says. “Maybe they think all Scottish people are farmers? But they were very gracious about it. And [the writers] are wanting to be authentic to Scotland as well, and that’s really nice—not everyone’s like that.”

According to Quinn, his authentic accent has sometimes proven difficult on set. “I’m constantly having to enunciate because I don’t think they know what I’m saying,” he said.

Behind the scenes on episode 7

Production on season 3 began in December, and TrekMovie has confirmed that as of last week, they completed work on episode 7, directed by Sharon Lewis. This was her first time directing for the franchise and in a video posted on Instagram a couple of weeks ago, she took advantage of the quiet during lunch hour to sit in Captain Pike’s chair…

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On April 10, Lewis posted a video on Twitter/X announcing she had wrapped production on her episode.

Last day of the incredible journey that is Star Trek Strange New Worlds. Every set is great -cast & crew amazing but there is a special vibe going on here. It’s an iconic show has its roots in me from back in the day rushing home to watch Uhura on the OG Star Trek -ever grateful! pic.twitter.com/RLi91VqxP3 — sharon lewis (she/her) (@thesharonlewis) April 10, 2024

The video features behind-the-scenes shots that indicate her episode included scenes on the bridge, a shuttle, transporter room, and the ship’s bar/lounge.

There are 3 more episodes to complete, so production on the show should be done by the end of May. Paramount+ recently confirmed season 3 will debut in 2025.

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While watching the finale I thought, wait did they get an actual Scottish actor? He is a great Scotty.

Although Jimmy Doohan is beloved as Scotty, and rightly so, the one thing I disliked about his performance was that he was playing an old-fashioned kind of engineer, whereas Scotty as written was clearly a genius. But Doohan didn’t show us that spark of extreme intelligence in his performance, the way, say, Leonard Nimoy did in his. I’m hoping that Martin Quinn can give us that spark and make it more believable that Scotty can come up with brilliant new inventions in just a short time.

Apples and oranges. One would argue that Scotty used his expertise, intelligence and adaptability more than any other to save the day.

You’re talking about the script, and I’m talking about the actor. As you say, that’s apples and oranges. :-)

Perhaps, but in The Original Series (as opposed to in the movies), Scotty was portrayed as a bad ass whenever he was put in charge of the bridge.

Plus he had a drinking problem.

I was going to comment on that earlier. James Doohan breathed personality into the character (almost universally beloved) but the character itself was badly written. Brilliant engineer, bad ass when in command, but also a raging alcoholic, and shockingly bad judgement when personal feelings for a female crew member was involved. He was thinking with his d**k before that was a thing.

….I’m pretty sure “raging alcoholic” is a bit strong of a term, at least from my perspective. To each their own. I’d even stop short at saying the character had a ‘drinking problem.’ Kudos to all teetotallers out there, but in my view Scotty liked to simply take a drink now and again. Yes, it could be concluded he drank more than the rest of the TOS leading characters, but to me that doesn’t constitute a ‘problem.’ Even in Relics he reminded Geordi: “Never get drunk unless you’re willing to pay for it the next day.” That’s called responsible drinking where I come from. If he was a raging alcoholic he never would have become the legend he was, (or shown up to join Geordi that morning). Anyway, I digress.

Not to worry, I’m pretty sure the character will be written as tamer in every aspect for SNW, so as not to offend society. Cheers (or not, apparently).

But then again, I am a person who did use ‘shockingly bad judgment’ and fell in love with a coworker. What do I know. (We’ve been together for 22 years, btw). :)

To be honest he was portrayed as a bit of a stereotype as were the Irish characters. Perhaps a personal prejudice of Roddenberry or simply a reflection of the time. As for his judgement where female crew members were concerned, that could apply to most of the senior staff, especially Kirk.

Oh man, the Irish stereotyping never stopped. “Fair Haven” and “Spirit Folk” somehow managed to be more embarrassing than Voyager’s Club Med holoprogram. We only didn’t get a leprechaun in “If Wishes Were Horses” because Colm Meaney had some clout by then.

If you prefer functioning alcoholic, I’ll concede that point. They had him imbibing on duty, off duty, by himself, and throwing a few back with however was handy.

Personally, it wouldn’t bother me to see Scotty actively working on sobriety. Trek seems wholly unsuited to that level of storytelling, though. They tried with Raffi in Picard, and fandom lost their collective s**t over it. I guess there’s a hypospray for that, too.

There’s nothing wrong with having a boo on the ship. As long as it doesn’t interfere with your responsibilities….which it always seemed to do with Mr. Scott.

To paraphrase Jessica Rabbit – I’m not bad, I’m just written that way.

Can’t say I agree at all with your interpretation. The character was always 1000% reliable when on the job, always ready with a solution to whatever crisis was threatening to cause the engines to blow up that week. I think the scotch drinking was intended to simplistically add backstory to the character in a way that played on stereotypes, as pointed out by others. Chekov and his vodka, Scotty and his scotch, ha ha, funny, in 1960’s TV. Now instead of those tropes, they have the character tragically lose their entire family in childhood to establish a backstory, a la SNW Uhura.

Yeah, except for that time when the fate of galactic civilization hung on his actions and he passed out cold in his quarters next to that Kelvan dude.

The Kelvan knew nothing about drinking alcohol. Scott couldn’t have paced himself a little? Fail.

He succeeded at his mission, the Kelvan was taken out of action. Getting plastered was a logical decision…

Could you please name the episodes were Mister Scott’s drinking interfered with his responsibilities?

“But, Mr. President, Grant is an alcoholic!” “Find out what he’s drinking and give it to all my generals.”

Is he a raging alcoholic? Or just Scottish?

He did not have a drinking problem. He drank, he got drunk, what is the problem??? 😁

So you say. ;-)

Yes, Doohan was good at showing us the badass side of Scotty, and I liked that a lot. I just wish he’d noticed that the scripts also made him a freaking genius. :-)

Corylea I hear what you’re saying however on TVH, I thought he brought the engineering mastery you alluded to demonstrating practical skills and well as theoretical knowledge on materials science, power generation and complex problem solving.

Yes, those things were in the SCRIPT. I’m talking about how the actor portrayed what was in the script, and it seemed to me that Doohan was caught up in the “crusty old engineer” stereotype from a zillion World War II movies and didn’t notice that the Star Trek scripts made THIS engineer a genius.

Well yes, if you read about Doohan’s original audition, where he read using a variety of accents, his suggestion of a Scottish engineer and Roddenberry’s decision to go with that, were explicitly informed by all those World War II films. It was not a coincidence. That was the producers choice.

Wow I disagree with this. His portrayal as Scotty as a The Doomsday Machine is actually my favorite (not counting the time his accent disappears). He beamed over to the Enterprise and got right to work fixing the transporter.

Think Doohan played Scotty as a gifted, nuts and bolts guy without any pretensions of “intelligence”. He proved how smart he was by his actions.

I disagree. I think he was indeed played as an intelligent old school engineer able to see things in his head and improvise along the way.

To me, I saw Scotty on the applied side of STEM, while Spock was on the theoretical side of STEM. Both men were highly intelligent in their own right.

I’d say it’s more important for Star Trek to humanize certain characters, to give them that Every Man or every person quality so that we’re not overwhelmed with supergeniuses. See also Dr. McCoy, Miles O’Brien, Tom Paris, etc. They’re all highly skilled in their respective fields, but there’s also a casualness with which they execute their duties that connects them to our time.

Personally, I enjoy the contrast where you have this ultra advanced society that still has the occasional Scotsman or Irishman with his sleeves rolled up, nursing a hangover, grumbling about trying to meet a deadline. Hooray, my people are represented on screen!

Respectfully, I don’t see it this way. Doohan portrayed Scotty as an absolute genius. He figured out creative ways out of impossible situations and beat the odds. And when Scotty took command, he was brilliant at that too. None of that happens without Doohan.

It was PEGG that was a joke.

The SCRIPTS did that, but the script is not the actor. People keep telling me what Scotty did in the script , but that is not the same as what the actor imbues to the character.

Yeah, Pegg played Pegg being goofy. There was very little of the Scotty character in his performances in the Kelvin films, imo. Amusing enough though, I suppose.

“Unlike some other Robin Hoods, I can speak with an English accent…”

That reminds me, I must re-watch Sir Sean in ‘Robin and Marion’ one day. It had a great cast! – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075147/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_7_nm_0_q_robin%2520and%2520marion

Which reminds me, I must re-watch Sean Connery in the 1976 ‘Robin and Marion’ movie again someday. Check it out on the imdb(.)com site, as it had a terrific cast!

Nice to see a Scots actor given the role of ‘Scotty’ now. I caught Martin Quinn being interviewed on tv the other day, and he came across well. It’s now piqued my curiosity to give SNW another go, as I never actually bothered with the show after not particularly liking the way the opening episode’s set-up unfolded – due to the fact that my own ‘Star Trek’ canon begins with the excellent ‘The Cage’ pilot episode’s storyline, and skips the events shown in the 2-part ‘The Menagerie’ episodes altogether!

But I’m at a point where I’m ready to ignore that initial SNW introduction now concerning Pike’s supposed ‘fate’, and despite being aware of one or two dubious aspects to come, will check out the rest of the show to see if there’s any storylines I happen to like with the crew already in place, ‘mid-adventure’ on board the Enterprise so speak.

And hopefully, this nu-‘Scotty’ will turn out to be a genius, ‘bad ass’ who happens to like a drink now and then too – no problem!

Did Scotty really have a drinking problem, or was he a hard drinker when appropriate? I hope they don’t pathologize this!

I like that he’s from Paisley. The Patter Bar is a fun little pub. Scotty is brining the Patter by calling people baw-heids.

I hope this Scotty prefers the pub over the club. I suffered major psychic damage when Scotty was shown to be drinking in a nightclub in Star Trek Into Darkness.

Why? Scottish people are people not romantic caricatures. Why wouldn’t Scotty want to go into a club with his friends? I agree it’s cool he’s adding some Scots to the dialog, but I don’t understand this anti-nightclub thing… Very sad that you were damaged by a fictional man walking into a building.

SNW has very highs and lows when it comes to casting. Martin Quinn is great casting of a legacy character, right up there with Ethan Peck as Spock and Celia Gooding as Uhura. Now that Kirk casting though…..

I guess it’s always a matter of perspective. Paul Wesley has single-handedly made me hope that SNW continues through Kirk’s five-year mission.

Please don’t remake TOS

Definitely not a remake, no, but a general larger structure that TOS can fit into would work for me. My past self would consider this blasphemy, so I understand your reply, but that’s just how much Paul Wesley and SNW in general has won me over.

I like Paul Wesley more than I thought I would, but William Shatner will always be Kirk.

SNW is a good show and one of the better outings from the Kurtzman era. However, for me it’s doing stuff I feel was done better previously and I think musicals and Muppets, if done, are too gimmicky and not what I like to see in Trek. The dialogue is also too cringey at times.

Agree with you about SNW. And as far as Paul Wesley goes, I still don’t get the casting on that one. I’d really just rather they’d not recast the original crew at all, honestly. Shatner’s Kirk is the authentic version of the character, Pine was ok, and Wesley has quite a way to go, imo. All three are in separate timelines though, which makes this Nu-Trek medicine since 2009 go down a little smoother.

I found that Paul Wesley did a fine job in his portrayal of Kirk. Don’t forget, he played a Kirk that was before the influence of Spock and McCoy.

Agreed. I like everyone but NuKirk in SNW. Horrible. I even like Pines Kirk next to his and I hated his too.

I would like to see Kevin O’Reilly in SNW hanging out with young Scotty. I think O’Reilly was a lieutenant in TOS. Could be an interesting dynamic similar to Bashir and O’Brien in DS9 😊

Wth is with that psycho screen cap of scotty

Scotty is Scottish because of James Doohan. He chose the Scottish accent because he believed Scots made the best engineers.

James Doohan is and always will be Scotty. He inspired many people to become engineers. He was someone not to be messed with, remember when he was in command and faced off against Klingons.

I think Simon Pegg started of as a comic relief and certainly not someone I saw as Scotty but in Beyond he had more of that Scotty charm.

Martin Quinn I think is too young but has the enthusiasm for the role. But he wouldn’t have the role if James Doohan didn’t choose make Scotty Scottish.

But fans seem to forget the legacy of TOS and it’s cast, now many suddenly are critical of cast and are happy for TOS to be rebooted.

This is not the future of Trek I envisioned.

Me neither, sadly.

No one is trying to take Scotty away from James Doohan. Martin Quinn has only one episode on the books … maybe give him a chance.

Regrettably, “ya borgas frat, ya” are not real words in the Scots language. I love to hear what Quinn comes up with.

I hate that they are following JJ verse and rewriting him as being from the Glasgow area. That’s a huge change. They have a very specific Doric accent in Aberdeen and speak Scots much more (which is why people accuse Doohan of doing a bad accent and sounding Irish – Scots in also spoken in Northern Ireland).

The areas are different too. Glasgow is larger and more rough while Aberdeen (specifically Old Aberdeen which Scotty says he is from) is more university focused which fits Scotty’s miracle-doing engineer character much better.

It’s not being authentic to the original character which is disappointing since they managed to undo a lot of the hot headed womaniser changes that had been done to Kirk.

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Actor James Doohan Dies Star Trek's Scotty was 85

Redmond, WA – Actor James Doohan, best known as Lt. Cmdr. Montgomery “Scotty” Scott, the chief engineer of the starship Enterprise on the sci-fi series Star Trek , died on Wednesday, July 20. Doohan, who was 85, passed at his home in Redmond, Washington, due to complications from pneumonia and Alzheimer’s Disease.

The inspiration for the enduring catch phrase “Beam me up, Scotty,” Doohan’s Scottish-accented character was one of the mainstays of the original Star Trek , along with William Shatner’s Capt. Kirk, Leonard Nimoy’s Mr. Spock and DeForest Kelley’s Dr. McCoy.

Doohan, whom many assumed to be a Scot due to his rich burr on the series, was actually a native of Canada. He was born March 3, 1920, in Vancouver, British Columbia, and grew up in Sarnia, Ontario.

Although his exploits were earthbound rather than intergalactic, Doohan demonstrated admirable courage and experienced more than his share of danger as a soldier during World War II. On D-Day, June 6, 1944, while serving in the Royal Canadian Artillery, he landed on Juno Beach in Normandy. While crossing a minefield, he and his unit were attacked by German machine-gun fire. During the onslaught, Doohan was shot several times in the leg, the middle finger of his right hand was blown off and he survived a bullet to the chest when it struck a silver cigarette case that had been given to him by his brother. Years later, Doohan was one of many WWII veterans to publicly thank director Steven Spielberg for his unflinching depiction of the Normandy invasion in the opening sequence of the 1998 film Saving Private Ryan .

Upon his return from the war, Doohan enrolled in a drama class in Toronto and eventually earned a scholarship to the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City, where he studied along with Leslie Nielsen, Tony Randall and Richard Boone. In the 1950s he began appearing on television and built a reputation as a versatile character actor with a facility for accents, a gift that led to the creation of his most memorable role.

According to his manager, Steve Stevens, Doohan auditioned for Star Trek in several European accents before the show’s creator, Gene Roddenberry, asked him what nationality he thought best suited the part. “He said, ‘It’s got to be a Scotsman,’” Stevens once recalled.

Prior to being cast on Star Trek , Doohan was a frequent TV guest star, appearing in such series as Bonanza , Gunsmoke , The Twilight Zone and Bewitched . In the years following Start Trek ’s cancellation, he continued to act in television on shows such as Fantasy Island , Magnum, P.I . and MacGyver . He also appeared in several Star Trek feature films, including Star Trek: The Motion Picture , Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan , Star Trek III: The Search for Spock , Start Trek IV: The Voyage Home , Star Trek V: The Final Frontier and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country . His other feature films include Test Pilot and Man in the Wilderness . His last performance was in this year’s horror thriller Skinwalker: Curse of the Shaman .

Doohan, who received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame last year, was married three times. He and his first wife, Judy Doohan, had four children. He had two children by his second marriage to Anita Yagel. Both marriages ended in divorce. In 1974, he married Wende Braunberger, with whom he had three children—Eric, Thomas and Sarah, who was born in 2000, when Doohan was 80.

Shortly after Doohan’s passing, it was announced that his wife intended to send some of his ashes into outer space, as was done for Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry upon his death in 1991.

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Scotty was a nickname both for Montgomery Scott and his counterpart in the alternate reality .

In the alternate reality, James T. Kirk regularly used the nickname and even used it to introduce Scott to Khan Noonien Singh in 2259 . ( Star Trek Into Darkness ) In 2263 of the alternate reality, after Scott had met Jaylah on Altamid , she called him "Montgomery Scotty." ( Star Trek Beyond )

Chief engineer Pelia called Scott "Scotty". ( SNW : " Hegemony ")

The nickname Scotty was used by various shipmates of Scott during his service aboard the USS Enterprise and the USS Enterprise -A from the 2260s to the 2290s , including James T. Kirk , Leonard McCoy , Nyota Uhura , Hikaru Sulu , Carolyn Palamas , Christine Chapel , Mira Romaine , Will Decker , and Pavel Chekov . It was even used in the official captain's log . ( TOS : " By Any Other Name "; Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home )

Scott also occasionally used the nickname himself. ( TOS : " A Taste of Armageddon ", " The Devil in the Dark ", " Metamorphosis ", " Mirror, Mirror ", " Is There in Truth No Beauty? ", " Day of the Dove ", " That Which Survives "; Star Trek V: The Final Frontier ; TNG : " Relics ")

It was similarly used by his junior engineers in Scott's absence. ( DS9 : " Trials and Tribble-ations ")

He was later called " Mister Scotty" by the Pandronian Honorary Commander Ari bn Bem in 2269 . ( TAS : " Bem ")

In 2369 , when Captain Jean-Luc Picard called Montgomery Scott "Captain Scott," Scott told Picard instead to call him Scotty. Scott later made the same remark to Geordi La Forge , reminding him that they were in Engineering at the time and formality was not needed. Only La Forge and William T. Riker ultimately called Scott by this nickname. ( TNG : " Relics ")

In 2380 on the USS Cerritos , Commander Jack Ransom was telling Captain Carol Freeman about people that lived during the TOS era , and one of them he mentioned was Scotty. ( LD : " No Small Parts ")

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James Doohan, Scotty of 'Star Trek,' Dies at 85

James Doohan, who immortalized the character of chief engineer Montgomery Scott on Star Trek , died Wednesday at the age of 85. During World War II, the actor, born in Vancouver, served as a captain in the Canadian Forces and led men into battle on D-Day. He passed away at his home in Washington State.

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ROBERT SIEGEL, host:

Some sad news for "Star Trek" fans. James Doohan, who beamed up many a character onto the USS Enterprise, died today at the age of 85. The Canadian-born actor immortalized the character of Chief Engineer Montgomery Scott, Scotty, with an unforgettable angst-ridden delivery.

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Mr. WILLIAM SHATNER: (As Captain James T. Kirk) Scotty.

Mr. JAMES DOOHAN: (As Lieutenant Commander Montgomery Scott): Scotty here, sir.

Mr. SHATNER: (As Captain James T. Kirk) We have to get out of here within three hours. Spock has orders to kill me unless I complete the military mission.

Mr. DOOHAN: (As Lieutenant Commander Montgomery Scott) We've got another deadline, too, sir.

Mr. SHATNER: (As Captain James T. Kirk) Explain.

Mr. DOOHAN: (As Lieutenant Commander Montgomery Scott) The two-way matter transmission affected the local field density between their universes, and it's increasing. We've got to move fast.

Mr. SHATNER: (As Captain James T. Kirk) How fast?

Mr. DOOHAN: (As Lieutenant Commander Montgomery Scott) Half hour at the most.

Mr. SHATNER: (As Captain James T. Kirk) If we miss?

Mr. DOOHAN: (As Lieutenant Commander Montgomery Scott) We couldn't get out of here in a century.

MELISSA BLOCK, host:

For the record, that Scottish brogue was not his own. When the actor landed the role in 1966, he tried seven different accents before settling on Scottish.

SIEGEL: Doohan was born in Vancouver in 1920. He left home at the age of 19 to fight with Canadian forces in World War II. As a captain, he led men into battle on D-Day in Normandy, where he was wounded in the arm and leg. He lost a finger in combat.

BLOCK: After the war, he began training as an actor in New York City and soon landed roles on radio, appearing in about 4,000 programs in both Canada and the US. But it was as Scotty that Doohan would be best known. Here are some of his most memorable moments.

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Ms. NICHELLE NICHOLS: (As Lieutenant Nyota Uhura) Ship's outer skin is beginning to heat, Captain. Orbit flux shows we have about eight minutes left.

Mr. SHATNER: (As Captain James T. Kirk) Scotty.

Mr. DOOHAN: (As Lieutenant Commander Montgomery Scott) I can't change the laws of physics. I've got to have 30 minutes.

Mr. SHATNER: (As Captain James T. Kirk) Scotty, you've got to get me some maneuvering power.

Mr. DOOHAN: (As Lieutenant Commander Montgomery Scott) I can't repair a warp drive without a space dock.

Mr. SHATNER: (As Captain James T. Kirk) Then get me impulse power, half speed, quarter speed, anything. If we can get this hulk moving, maybe we can do something.

Mr. DOOHAN: (As Lieutenant Commander Montgomery Scott) I checked the engines. The warp drive is a hopeless pile of junk.

If I push these impulse engines too hard in the condition they're in, they'll blow apart.

Mr. SHATNER: (As Captain James T. Kirk) You set the ship's impulse engines to overload?

Mr. DOOHAN: (As Lieutenant Commander Montgomery Scott) Aye. The shape that thing's in, it's hard to keep it from blowing.

SIEGEL: Doohan appeared on "Star Trek" until it was canceled in 1969. He reprised the role of Scotty in seven "Star Trek" movies.

BLOCK: James Doohan died at his home in Washington state. According to his agent, the cause of death was pneumonia and Alzheimer's disease. He was 85 years old.

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James Doohan, Scotty on 'Star Trek,' Dies at 85

By John Schwartz

• July 20, 2005

James Doohan, who faked a Scottish burr to create one of television's most endearing characters, Chief Engineer Montgomery (Scotty) Scott of the U.S.S. Enterprise, died today at the age of 85.

Mr. Doohan, who had Alzheimer's disease, died of pneumonia at his home early this morning, said his agent, Steven Stevens.

Whenever Captain Kirk said "Beam me up, Scotty" or its many variants, he was talking to the character played by Mr. Doohan, an irascible engineer whose cries of "Captain! The engines canna take nae more!" and references to warp speed and dilithium crystals have resonated through popular culture since 1966, when the original Star Trek's three seasons began.

He later appeared in seven Star Trek movies and in "Star Trek: The Next Generation," a series set 75 years after the original Star Trek was to have taken place. (The time gap was explained by Mr. Scott's having jury-rigged a form of suspended animation by sending himself into a pattern buffer in the transporter and keeping his matter circulating in the unit through continuous diagnostic loop. Like all Star Trek explanations, it sounds good if you say it fast.)

In that show, Mr. Scott expressed astonishment at the approach of that ship's engineer, Geordie LaForge, to telling his captain how long it would take to work through a particular problem. "Oh, you didn't tell him how long it would really take, did you?" When Mr. LaForge said he had, Mr. Scott replied with exasperation, "Oh, laddie, you've got a lot to learn if you want people to think of you as a miracle worker!"

James Montgomery Doohan was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, on March 3, 1920. He was the youngest of four children, and his father, Mr. Doohan would later write in his memoir, "Beam Me Up, Scotty," was an abusive alcoholic. Mr. Doohan served in World War II, and was struck by six bullets during the D-Day Invasion in Normandy. One of the bullets blew off his middle right finger, an injury he would later conceal from the Star Trek television cameras.

Married three times, he is survived by his third wife, the former Wende Braunberger, and seven children. The four children from his first marriage, now grown, are Larkin, Deirdre, Montgomery and Christopher; his third marriage produced three children: Eric, Thomas and Sarah, who was born in 2000 when Mr. Doohan was 80.

When he first auditioned for the role of ship's engineer with Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek, Mr. Doohan read the lines with a variety of accents, including French and German. "They both decided an engineer has got to be a Scotsman," Mr. Stevens recalled.

Mr. Doohan became so closely associated with his character that it was difficult for him to get other parts. But if he resented having taken a role that all but ended his acting career, he did not show it, said Walter Koenig, who played Ensign Pavel Chekov in the original television series and rode the lucrative convention circuit with him.

"He accepted it," he said. "He delighted in the attention."

Mr. Stevens, the agent, said that Mr. Doohan "loved the idea that he'd be in an airport and somebody from Kenya or some Middle Eastern country would come up and say, 'You're Scotty!' And he'd stop and take pictures." He even enjoyed the endless gantlet of conventions, Mr. Stevens said. "Some people might think, 'Ugh - the poor guy's got to sit and sign autographs.' He'd have done it for free."

Mr. Doohan influenced a generation of engineers, who saw him as role model. The Milwaukee School of Engineering awarded Mr. Doohan an honorary doctor of engineering degree in 1993 "after a survey of students revealed that a large number of respondents said the character Scotty's 'engineer' title piqued their interest in the field," said Kathleen McCann, a spokeswoman for the school. "He brought the field of engineering to the forefront of pop culture," she said in an e-mail response to questions.

When he attended a special James Doohan Farewell Star Trek Convention last summer, using a wheelchair but alert, one of the people who spoke at the ceremony was Neil Armstrong, the first person to actually walk on the soil of another world and a "Star Trek" fan. According to accounts of the event, Mr. Armstrong said he hoped his next command would be a Federation starship, and added "if I get that command, I want a chief engineering officer like Montgomery Scott."

Mr. Koenig said that the night before the event, he held a dinner in Mr. Doohan's honor. There were many tributes and many stories, Mr. Koenig recalled, "and a lot of laughs all around." Mr. Doohan - as always - basked in the attention and love.

Mr. Koenig said that at the end of the evening, as Mr. Doohan was being wheeled out, he slowed for a word. "He said it was nice, but it was a lot too long," he recalled with a laugh.

Mr. Doohan requested that his remains be shot into space, and his family has arranged through Space Services Inc., a Houston company that provides "memorial spaceflights" and which also sent the remains of Mr. Rodenberry and Timothy Leary into space in a 1997 flight.

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Montgomery Scott

• View history
• 1 Early life and career
• 2 Early Starfleet career
• 3.1 Junior engineer
• 3.2 Chief engineer
• 3.3 The Enterprise refit
• 4 Genesis crisis
• 5 Kirk's Death and Retirement
• 6.1 Return to the Fleet
• 7.2 Post-war challenges
• 7.3 Challenger
• 8 25th century
• 9 Relatives
• 11 Alternate timelines
• 12 Starfleet service record
• 13 See also
• 14.1 Connections
• 14.2.1 Appearances
• 14.3 External link

Early life and career

Montgomery Christopher Jorgensen Scott, son of Arlyne Jorgensen Scott , and Vaughn Scott was born in Scotland , Earth in 2222 . Scott also had a younger brother named Robert , a younger sister named Clara , and a niece and nephew, Dannan Stuart and Peter Preston . ( TNG episode : " Relics "; TOS - Strange New Worlds VI short story : " Bum Radish: Five Spins on a Turquoise Reindeer "; TOS comic : " Furlough to Fury "; TOS novelization : The Search for Spock ; TOS movie : The Wrath of Khan )

Montgomery Scott was the eldest son of an eldest son, and inherited a targe (round shield) and broadsword that had been handed down in his family for centuries. Scott's mother lived in Linlithgow , West Lothian, Scotland, and therefore Scott may have been born there. ( TOS novel : Vulcan's Glory )

Clifford Scott , Montgomery's grandfather, once said to him that "men make their own luck". He never saw himself as more than an engineer, no matter his rank. ( TNG novelization : Relics )

Having met Leonard McCoy in Aberdeen at age 9, this attitude was influenced when the two exchanged words while Scott was in the captain's chair, such as during the Eminiar / Vendikar War. While experiencing the effects of rapid aging orbiting Gamma Hydra , Scotty accidentally referred to the doctor on the sickbay intercom as " Captain ". ( TOS short story : " Bum Radish: Five Spins on a Turquoise Reindeer ", TOS episode : " A Taste of Armageddon ", TOS episode : " The Deadly Years ")

Montgomery learned to play the bagpipes from his grandfather, from whom he inherited his heirloom instrument. Both his grandfather and grandmother hoped he would become a piper, but he was not sufficiently talented. For many years Scott played the bagpipes twice a year, on his grandparents' birthdays. ( TOS - Fortunes of War novel : Dreadnought! )

Scott's grandmother read him stories about the fairy folk from a book of folklore. ( TOS novel : Home Is the Hunter )

Scotty's sister Clara eventually became a sculptor. When they were teenagers, Scotty told her that he could build a machine that could make figurines just like hers. They both made figures of their father, but Scotty's didn't feel right the way Clara's did. That was when he understood the difference between art and science and knew that he was destined for science. ( TNG novel : A Time for War, A Time for Peace )

Montgomery first met his future wife Glynnis Campbell in 2229 , when he was seven and she was five. In 2237 Montgomery reluctantly agreed to take Glynnis to the county fair, where they won a dancing trophy. ( TOS comic : " Retrospect ")

From a young age, Montgomery proved to be adept at engineering principles and practicality. In 2238 he disproved the Perera Theory regarding the detonation of photon torpedoes after he linked seven field generators together to simulate the multiship field system used by the Klingons . His experiment became known as the Aberdeen Solution and was printed in The Encyclopedia of Engineering Development and Design . ( TOS novel : The Kobayashi Maru )

As a young man, Montgomery enjoyed hang gliding , a pastime to which he was introduced by an uncle on his mother's side. ( TNG novelization : Relics )

After graduating from high school, Montgomery began to work aboard freighters to learn many new engineering skills and work in space. He began working aboard freighters at age 17, and served for over a year aboard the freighter S.S. Deirdre . ( TOS comic : " Who's Who in Star Trek, Issue 2 ")

Early Starfleet career

Scott was living on Earth with his girlfriend Glynnis, still working aboard civilian freighters, when he received confirmation of his acceptance to Starfleet Training School . The couple parted ways amicably when Glynnis realized that Scott was determined to work with starships, while Glynn wanted to stay on Earth. ( TOS comic : " Retrospect ")

After his success at his Starfleet Academy classes, Cadet Scott graduated and attended Starfleet Command School in obedience to his parents' wishes and out of a feeling of obligation to become a command division officer . Although his work was sufficient, several of his tutors realized that what Scott wanted the most was to be a starship engineer. Scott completed command officer certifications but was eventually transferred to Starfleet Engineering School after he nearly stalemated the Kobayashi Maru test by using an engineer 's trick to fool the computers running the simulation. ( TOS novel : The Kobayashi Maru )

Among Scott's Academy friends were Joshua Helmes and Bill Nygulla . ( TOS comic : " Rest and Recreation! ") Scott studied physiology at some point, probably at the Academy. ( TOS comic : " The Cosmic Cavemen ")

Scott later re-united with his classmate, Garth Flanagan , in 2293 and they discussed their 2241 graduation from the Academy . ( TOS novel : The Fearful Summons )

Upon his graduation in 2242 , he returned home to show off his uniform. He was ridiculed by Gregor Campbell and Sean Toricelli , two of his friends. ( ST novel : Engines of Destiny )

Having proved to be an excellent engineer during his time at the Academy, Scott was assigned to the San Francisco Fleet Yards where he served on the construction teams working on four Constitution -class starships , including the USS Enterprise . ( TOS novel : The Galactic Whirlpool )

Early in his career, Scott also served on ships such as the USS Gagarin , where he served alongside Alec MacPherson ( TOS novel : Crisis on Centaurus ), and the USS Kumari . ( SCE eBook : The Future Begins ) As a young ensign , he served on a ship that ferried miners and mining equipment to the newly established mining colony on Rigel XII . Scott learned much information about mining and mining equipment, such as a Mole . ( SCE eBook : Foundations )

Aboard the Enterprise

Junior engineer.

In 2253 , Lieutenant Scott signed aboard the Enterprise as a junior engineer under Lieutenant Commander Caitlin Barry . In his early days aboard the ship he set up a still in main engineering for producing Engine Room Hooch . The location of the still combined with Scott's skill in making hooch meant the Enterprise' s version of the beverage was very strong. Despite the popularity of the beverage, it was produced by an illegal still, and Scott along with the other engineers were warned never to produce the beverage again. ( TOS novel : Vulcan's Glory )

By 2259, Scott was serving on board the USS Stardriver . When the Gorn attacked and destroyed the the Stardriver , Scotty was left the sole survivor. He was able to escape to Parnassus Beta by using parts from the Stardiver sensor array to fool the Gorn into thinking the shuttle he flew to Parnassus was one of their own ships. Scott was reunited with some of his former shipmates when the Enterprise came to effect a rescue. ( SNW episode : " Hegemony ")

By 2264 , Scott had earned the respect of the crew of the Enterprise and was awaiting his assignment as chief engineer following the Enterprise 's year-long refit at the Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards . However, he was summoned to Starbase 10 and was ordered to accompany the Starfleet Corps of Engineers team aboard the USS Lovell to repair the PXK reactor of several outposts along the Romulan Neutral Zone . Following his return from the assignment, he was appointed as chief engineer aboard the Enterprise . ( SCE eBook : Foundations ) By this point Scott had served on nine Starfleet vessels other than the Enterprise . ( TOS short story : " Ambition ")

Chief engineer

Shortly after Scotty assumed the responsibilities of being chief engineer and was promoted to lieutenant commander , the Enterprise found itself under the command of Captain James T. Kirk . Scott was fiercely loyal to Captain Christopher Pike and initially he didn't warm up to Kirk as he felt that the young captain could place the ship in jeopardy. Over time, the two officers put their initial differences behind them and became close friends. ( TOS novel : Enterprise: The First Adventure ) Scotty once said of Kirk, "You know how the Captain is when his mind's made up. After that, it's the Universe that'd best bend, for it won't be himsel' that's doing it." ( TOS novel : My Enemy, My Ally )

According to the elder Spock in TOS novelization : Star Trek , "In both our histories the same crew found its way onto the same ship in a time of ultimate crisis." This may imply that there is an untold story set in the prime timeline in which Kirk's crew faced an extremely serious challenge while still a new and untested unit.

• It is also possible that Spock may have just been describing the events in TOS movie : The Motion Picture ' .

During a mission to Gamma Alpha V , Scotty beamed Spock out of a collapsing underground cavern where he was feared dead. ( TOS comic : " The Legacy of Lazarus ") Along with Kirk, Spock and McCoy, Scotty was abducted by the sorcerer Chang and faced off against stone giants and a huge robot before Chang was vanquished. ( TOS comic : " Sceptre of the Sun ")

Like his crewmates, Scotty was affected by the unbottled emotions of the Vulcan founders, laughing uncontrollably as Kirk and McCoy fought on Pollux II . ( TOS comic : " The Brain Shockers ") Scotty joined Kirk, Spock and McCoy on an undercover mission as pirates to discover the location of a stolen dilithium supply. During the mission Kirk was forced to betray Spock and Scotty, allowing the pirate captain Black Jack Nova to send them floating into space to their apparent doom, but in fact they were picked up by the Enterprise transporter. At some point prior to this adventure Scotty fought armed savages on Centuri II . ( TOS comic : " The Flight of the Buccaneer ") Scotty objected to the traveler called Nomad taking control of the Enterprise , causing Nomad to stun him with a ray from his golden staff. ( TOS comic : " Dark Traveler ") Scotty was stunned again, this time with a phaser , by a Klingon duplicate of Captain Kirk when he objected to the duplicate's ordering the Enterprise to maximum warp . ( TOS comic : " The Enterprise Mutiny ") In command of the Enterprise while Kirk, Spock, McCoy and Pavel Chekov were stranded on a medieval planet , Scotty risked court-martial by delaying an urgent mission to the Sigma Quadrant to search for his friends. ( TOS comic : " Day of the Inquisitors ") During a mission to the primitive planet Neesan , Scotty's romantic feelings for the tribal leader Lok-the-Wise enabled her to steal his phaser, nearly resulting in a Prime Directive violation. Fortunately, Kirk and Scotty were able to recover the phaser. ( TOS comic : " The Cosmic Cavemen ")

When Kirk and Spock were unable to leave mining negotiations on Pentam V , Scotty commanded the Enterprise as it responded to a distress call from Thraz Outpost , an Andorian scientific base. ( TOS short story : " Ambition ") When the Enterprise responded to a distress call from Donico II , Scotty tried to warn the Donicans of the impending failure of their planetary energy grid and was sentenced to death for sedition. Nyota Uhura saved Scotty's life by convincing the Donicans to acknowledge the problem. ( TOS short story : " See No Evil ")

On a visit to the agricultural colony Beta Nirobi II Scotty encountered Glynnis again and learned she was now married to his former best friend, Angus McFarlane . ( TOS comic : " Retrospect ") At some point Scotty had a romantic relationship with Andrea Manning which ended badly, with Scotty telling her "there was no room in his life for a woman". ( TOS comic : " ... Like a Woman Scorned! ")

This was apparently after Scotty's relationships with Carolyn Palamas ( TOS episode : " Who Mourns for Adonais? ") and Mira Romaine ( TOS episode : " The Lights of Zetar ").

Following Starfleet's decision to decommission the Gagarin in 2269, the Gagarin 's crew were reassigned. Alec MacPherson, who had risen to the chief engineer's position on the Gagarin , contacted Scott and requested a job. He was assigned to the Enterprise as assistant chief engineer . Due to his strong working relationship with Scott and the fact that the two engineers would independently devise the same solution to almost any problem, they were nicknamed "the twins" by the Enterprise crew. During the Centaurus crisis they worked together to keep the ship's systems functioning after a major computer breakdown. ( TOS novel : Crisis on Centaurus )

Scotty was left alone on the Enterprise when the entire crew beamed down to a location inside the Dyson sphere -like spacecraft Chatalia . Commander Kulain of the Klingon ship IKS Korezima beamed onto the Enterprise and was captured by Scotty, with whom he then began drinking. ( TOS novel : World Without End ) When the Romulan Second History project radically altered reality, Scott was still a chief engineer in the changed timeline , serving on the VSS ShiKahr under Captain Spock. ( TOS novel : Killing Time ) During the Rittenhouse Crisis , Scotty sabotaged the weapons system of the USS Pompeii . ( TOS - Fortunes of War novel : Dreadnought! )

Scotty joined Kirk, McCoy and Lieutenant Commander Piper aboard the schooner Edith Keeler , from which he and Kirk were escorted to Starfleet Headquarters for questioning regarding the theft of technology by Lieutenant Sarda . When Scotty's old enemy Dr. Samuel Boma gassed the Enterprise crew with a hypnogenetic compound, Scotty returned to the bridge when he was barely recovered. Later, Scotty visited Piper's quarters , presumably to remonstrate with her about damaging one of the Enterprise 's warp nacelles . ( TOS novel : Battlestations! )

After Scotty and McCoy attended a biotechnology conference on Starbase Ten , the USS Lexington dropped them off on Denebia for the Enterprise to pick up. They got drunk on Denebian slime devils and engaged in a barroom brawl with some locals and a Klingon named Krong , but afterwards convinced Kirk to ferry Krong to another neutral planet aboard the Enterprise . Scotty kept some Denebian coins for his box of mementos, which he showed to his nephew Peter on his visits to Earth. By this point Scotty had saved civilization four times and died twice. ( TOS short story : " Where Everybody Knows Your Name ") During a mission to Archernar IV , Kirk nominated Scotty for the Pentares Ribbon of Commendation after he saved the Enterprise from being pulled into a micro- black hole by jettisoning the ship's warp coils . ( TOS comic : " Mission's End, Issue 2 ")

The Enterprise refit

After the Enterprise 's five-year mission ended, Scotty remained the ship's Chief Engineer during her complete refit and was given a promotion to the rank of full Commander . ( ST website  : StarTrek.com ) This was the happiest period of Scotty's life. He came to respect Will Decker , the ship's young new captain. ( TOS novelization : Motion Picture ) When James T. Kirk again took command of the refitted Enterprise in response to the threat of V'Ger , Scotty ferried him to the ship by shuttlecraft because the transporters were malfunctioning. Later, on Kirk's orders Scotty prepared the ship for self-destruct in order to destroy V'Ger from within, but this fortunately proved unnecessary. ( TOS movie : The Motion Picture )

When the Enterprise attempted to evacuate the inhabitants of Andrea IV , Scotty burned his hands while heroically battling a transporter malfunction that threatened to kill Kirk, Spock, McCoy and two ensigns . ( TOS comic : " Tomorrow or Yesterday ") Scotty was nearly lost, along with Kirk, McCoy, Chekov and Hikaru Sulu , when a shuttlecraft accident left them drifting and helpless in space. Scotty performed a spacewalk in an attempt to repair the problem, during which he suffered a suit breach but made his way back inside. The five men were ultimately rescued by the Enterprise . ( TOS novel : The Kobayashi Maru ) When a child was killed by a plasma grenade during a fight between Klingons and an Enterprise landing party on Cragon V , Weyland , the omnipotent ruler of the planet, punished Kirk by sending Scotty, Sulu and Chekov back in time . Scotty found himself in Scotland in 1746 during the Jacobite rebelllion, and blocked out his memories of the 23rd century because of his desire to aid the Scottish cause. He rescued a young man named Seamus MacIntyre from execution as a spy . Together they attempted to capture the English cannon at Fort Augustus , but succeeded only in blowing up the magazine. Scotty was badly wounded at the Battle of Culloden WP . On the point of death, he was returned to the 23rd century by Weyland. ( TOS novel : Home Is the Hunter )

Scotty was reunited with Andrea Manning, to the pleasure of neither, when she beamed aboard the Enterprise as Dr. Carl Wentworth 's assistant. Desiring vengeance on Scotty, Andrea unleashed psychically materialized monsters on the Enterprise which left Scotty helplessly terrified, being taken from his own subconscious memories of Scottish folklore. ( TOS comic : " ... Like a Woman Scorned! ") With Kirk, Spock, McCoy and Sulu aboard the runaway starship USS Icarus , Scotty gave the order for the Enterprise to ram the Icarus to prevent it from colliding with the planet Phaeton and killing billions. He gathered the entire crew on the Rec Deck to inform them of the decision, but disaster was averted when Spock and Janice Rand gained control of the Icarus . ( TOS comic : " Eclipse of Reason ") Scotty was trapped on the Enterprise bridge when an energy beam from Zeta Reticuli II began to shrink the ship but not its occupants. ( TOS comic : " We Are Dying, Egypt, Dying! ") On a mission to save the population of Goran IV from toxic gas, Scotty ordered the antidote released into the planet's atmosphere as soon as Spock radioed it was safe to do so, saying, "In matters o' science , when Mr. Spock says " Jump " all I ask is: how high?" ( TOS comic : " The Long Night's Dawn! ") Scotty and McCoy exchanged harsh words while the Enterprise was trapped in the tractor beam from the Sustainer 's world-ship, but when the Sustainer claimed it was about to destroy the Enterprise , Scotty accepted McCoy's apology and addressed him as "Bones". ( TOS comic : " A Thousand Deaths ")

During tests of the intergalactic inversion drive , a method of propulsion that could move a starship vast distances in zero time, Scotty formed a close friendship with K't'lk , the Hamalki scientist who had developed the experimental drive. K't'lk was one of the few beings to call Scott by his first name (which she pronounced "Mt'gm'ry") rather than "Scotty". ( TOS novel : The Wounded Sky ) K't'lk's esteem for Scott was so high that, when she died and was reborn in her own daughter, she adopted the name "K's't'lk", the added "s" standing for "Scott". K's't'lk once referred to Scott as "a human engineer with a genius for physical things". ( TOS novel : Spock's World )

On the mission to Levaeri V , when Subcommander Tafv attempted to take over the Enterprise Scotty oversaw defense measures against him from the auxiliary bridge . ( TOS novel : My Enemy, My Ally )

In 2274 Scotty learned on a visit home that Glynnis Campbell was back on Earth, Angus McFarlane having left her for a younger woman. Scotty proposed to Glynnis, who said she might accept his proposal after his next five-year mission. In 2280 Scotty and Glynnis signed a five-year wedding contract. ( TOS comic : " Retrospect ")

Genesis crisis

The relationship between Scotty and his niece, Dannan Stuart, was strained at best. Dannan was also a Starfleet officer, and apparently a maverick. Scotty warned his nephew Peter Preston not to follow the example of "that sister of thine that has been thrown in the brig more times than I can count," even though he admired her greatly. ( TOS novelization : The Wrath of Khan )

Peter Preston was killed in battle with Khan Noonien Singh , to Scotty's intense grief. For the funeral of his fallen friend, Spock , Mr. Scott played "Amazing Grace" on the bagpipes. ( TOS movie : The Wrath of Khan )

When Scotty returned to Scotland to attend Peter's funeral, he got into an argument with Dannan. She accused her uncle of riding Peter to show his fairness, not realizing that he was actually singling him out. He countered that he was the natural choice to train him, given her disciplinary history. ( TOS novelization : The Search for Spock )

Following the beating the Enterprise took from the captured USS Reliant , the Enterprise was scheduled for decommissioning by Admiral Harrison Morrow , and Scott was transferred to the new USS Excelsior as captain of engineering, in preparation for the ship's transwarp trials. His assignment was short-lived, however, as he took advantage of his position to help steal the Enterprise and disable the Excelsior to stop it from pursuing the Enterprise . Along with his crewmates, Scotty grieved for the destruction of the original Enterprise and was present for Spock's fal-tor-pan on Vulcan . ( TOS movie : The Search for Spock )

While Kirk's crew was reassigned to the Excelsior , Scotty visited Starbase VII on leave. With the help of a young cadet named Gulder , he foiled a plot by his old friend Joshua Helmes to smuggle narcotic barbit crystals and saved the starbase from destruction. ( TOS comic : " Rest and Recreation! ")

Shortly before the Enterprise crew's departure for the Genesis Planet , Glynnis and Scotty decided not to renew their marriage contract, which was due to expire in three months. Glynnis died in 2286 in a shuttlecraft accident. Scotty, exiled on Vulcan at the time, did not learn of her death until some months later. ( TOS comic : " Retrospect ") In 2286, Scotty traveled back in time to 1986 with his former colleagues from the Enterprise senior staff. While in the past, he beamed George and Gracie , two adult humpback whales , into twin tanks along with sea water. The most massive payload he transported in his career to that date was +400 tons. ( TOS movie : The Voyage Home ) Shortly after the crew's return to the twenty-third century with the whales, Scotty helped cure George and Gracie of a mysterious disease. ( TOS - Strange New Worlds IV short story : " Scotty's Song ")

Later that year, the renegade Vulcan Sybok took over the Enterprise and used the ship to penetrate the Great Barrier to find the legendary planet Sha Ka Ree . Scotty finally came to terms of peace with his familial pains through the powers of Sybok , whom he called a " sin eater ", of old Scottish legend. It was at this time that Uhura confessed her affections toward Scotty while the two were alone. Even though her emotions were uninhibited on this occasion, he kept composed and decided to maintain a Platonic relationship. Scott, however, had told her she was one of the most understanding women (besides the Enterprise ) he had known. ( TOS novelization : The Final Frontier )

Kirk's Death and Retirement

Scott, Kirk and Chekov were aboard the USS Enterprise -B on its shakedown cruise and subsequent encounter with the Nexus energy ribbon. Kirk was presumed dead after the energy ribbon struck the deck of the ship where he was located. ( TNG movie : Generations ) Scott led an intensive search of the sector where the Nexus had appeared, using experimental sensors capable of detecting individual molecules. While finding several El-Aurian bodies, he was unable to locate Kirk's. ( TNG novel : The Return )

Captain Scott retired soon after Captain Kirk's apparent death. He briefly lived with his sister and her husband in Cromarty before finding his own place in Glasgow . Besieged by nightmares of Kirk's death, he did very little consulting work. After about a year, he briefly met Guinan before befriending Ensign Matt Franklin . The newly-graduated ensign convinced him to travel with him on the USS Jenolen to Norpin V , where Scott was to retire. ( ST novel : Engines of Destiny )

According to another account, Scott met Ensign Franklin while onboard the Jenolen . ( TNG novelization : Relics )

The Jenolen crashed on a Dyson sphere , leaving Scott and Franklin as the only survivors. They rigged the transporter to keep them alive indefinitely. ( TNG episode : " Relics ")

The 24th century

Scott was eventually rescued by the Enterprise-D in 2369 , though Franklin's signal had degraded beyond recovery. He helped the Enterprise escape from the Dyson sphere and was "loaned" the shuttlecraft Goddard . Another, more successful transporter miracle Scotty performed was beaming himself and Geordi La Forge off the USS Jenolen while the shields were raised, a feat Scott accomplished with critical time to spare, as the ship held the sphere open long enough for the Enterprise to exit. ( TNG episode : " Relics ")

Not long afterwards, Scotty was reunited with fellow temporal-displaced Captain Morgan Bateson . ( TOS short story : " Ancient History ")

Feeling out of place in the twenty-fourth century and blaming himself for the deaths of Kirk and Franklin, Scott aimlessly wandered aboard the Goddard . One day in early 2370 , Scott detected a distress call and traced it to a Federation shuttlecraft carrying two escaped Narisians , being chased by Proctors from their homeworld of Narisia . Garamet and Wahlkon mistook Scott for a Wise One after beaming them off their shuttle. Scott initially requested assistance from Starfleet, and Captain Buck Stratton and the USS Yandro were to assist, but Scott used the old shuttlecraft to draw away a chasing vessel long enough to return to the vessel the two had fled, a B'rel -class Klingon bird-of-prey . Intending to utilize the ship to go back in time and save Kirk, Scott contacted the Enterprise and rendezvoused with it in order to pore over the logs from the original crew, specifically looking for Spock's time travel equations. Guinan met him with Saurian brandy, but he turned her away, and although she alerted Captain Picard to a feeling of unease around Scott, he still was able to escape without notice. Using the Bounty 2 and the Arhennius star, he was successful in returning to 2293 and beaming Kirk off the Enterprise -B at the moment of his supposed death, but the actions altered the timeline for him - and the Enterprise -D which had followed him into the past - to a universe where the Borg now controlled some of the Alpha Quadrant , including the Sol system .

Kirk and Scott were picked up by the Sarek of the altered timeline, now leader of the interstellar Alliance . Originally, Kirk suspected that Sarek was part of a plot to deceive him, but after being presented with sensor recordings of the Goddard appearing out of nowhere, came to the realization that they were in an alternate universe. After Kirk saved Sarek's life from an assassination attempt, they came to trust each other, and Kirk suggested they could consult the Guardian of Forever to determine where the timelines diverged and how to correct it. After Picard and the Enterprise -D rendezvoused with Sarek's ship, and the Borg started to seek out Picard to kill him, Kirk suspected it was his death that would save the timeline; however, Guinan insisted he could not die, but must be returned to the Nexus. Scott was able to work another miracle, and helped La Forge modify the ship's deflector shield grid to block sensor scans rather than weapons fire and routed a holographic projection through the grid to confuse the sensors of a pursing Borg fleet. The Enterprise was able to avoid destruction long enough to return Kirk to the Nexus, and the timeline returned to normal. ( Star Trek novel : Engines of Destiny )

Later that year, Scotty inspected the restoration of the old Enterprise -museum ship. He was escorted around the ship by Robin Lefler , when the Klingon Koloth arrived to finish an old honor debt with the engineer. ( TNG comic : " Old Debts ")

In 2371 , Scotty stole the Constitution -class USS Yorktown from the Starfleet Museum in an attempt to rescue Ambassador Spock from a Romulan prison on Constanthus . ( TNG novel : Crossover )

Return to the Fleet

Later that year, Scotty was visiting Argelius II when he encountered Burgoyne 172 , assistant chief engineer of the USS Excalibur . Burgoyne's comments caused Scott to re-enlist in Starfleet. After taking some refresher courses, Scott was stationed on Starbase 12 , where he worked under Captain Morgan Bateson in the construction of the Sovereign -class starship, the USS Honorius . ( NF novel : The Two-Front War ; NF short story : " Through the Looking Glass "; TNG novel : Ship of the Line ; SCE eBook : The Future Begins )

Later that year, Scotty attended the sixtieth wedding anniversary of Admiral John Harriman and his wife Amina Sasine , when they learned of Tolian Soran 's plot to destroy Amargosa . Scotty later learned of the real death of James T. Kirk and the destruction of the Enterprise -D. Shortly thereafter, the Honorius was re-designated the USS Enterprise -E . ( TNG short story : " Solemn Duty ", " Full Circle "; TNG novel : Ship of the Line ; SCE eBook : The Future Begins )

In 2370 , Scotty recommissioned the USS Theseus . Using technologies of his own design, Scott began rebuilding the ship. ( ST - Godshock comic : " Part 1 ")

In 2372, Scotty served as chief engineer of the Enterprise -E's maiden voyage under Captain Bateson before command was turned over to Captain Jean-Luc Picard . He then spent some time with Bateson on the USS Bozeman -A . ( TNG novel : Ship of the Line ; SCE eBook : The Future Begins )

Following that, Scotty served a tour of duty as chief engineer of the USS Sovereign , testing new technologies for possible implementation on all Sovereign -class vessels. ( TOS novel : Spectre ; SCE eBook : The Future Begins )

Corps of Engineers

In April 2375 , after Scott's tour on the Sovereign ended, Admiral William Ross offered Scotty the position of head of the Starfleet Corps of Engineers . Scotty accepted, though only on an interim basis, until Ross could find someone better suited for the position. He disliked the administrative aspects of the job, and spent as much as time as possible out of the office doing hands-on tasks, delegating his responsibilities to Commander Leland T. Lynch . ( SCE - Have Tech, Will Travel eBook : The Belly of the Beast ; SCE - What's Past eBook : The Future Begins )

One of those trips was to repair a communications array on Tsugh Kaidnn . Another was a month-long inspection tour with Admiral Leonard McCoy in the runabout Hudson . Scotty and McCoy were on the Hudson when word came of the Breen attack on Earth during the Dominion War . Once he returned to Earth, Scott threw himself into the reconstruction wholeheartedly. ( SCE eBook : The Future Begins ; TOS short story : " Safe Harbors ")

Soon after, Scotty was manipulated by Admiral Alynna Nechayev into assisting in the theft of a captured Breen vessel from a prospective Federation member, the Kropaslin . This set off a chain of events that led to the rejection of the Kropaslin request for membership, and the eventual disintegration of the planet's infrastructure. Scotty resigned from Starfleet in protest. ( SCE eBook : The Future Begins )

After tendering his resignation, Scotty was hired by the government of Risa to rebuild that planet's weather modification net. Once that job was completed, he was offered and accepted a position as a greeter at the El Dorado Hotel . Scotty rejected numerous attempts by Admiral Ross to convince him to rejoin Starfleet, as Scotty was convinced that Starfleet was not the same organization that it was in his youth.

While at the El Dorado, Scotty, Lieutenant Robin Lefler , and her mother Morgan Primus stopped an attempt by a criminal named Rafe Viola to sabotage the resort's computers.

Soon after this incident, Ross offered Scotty the opportunity to help re-build Kropasar if he returned as head of SCE. With this incentive, Scotty finally accepted the offer and returned to Starfleet and the SCE. ( SCE eBook : The Future Begins , NF novels : Renaissance , Restoration )

Post-war challenges

Scotty saw the SCE through the Gateways Crisis and the reconstruction efforts around the Federation following the war. ( Gateways series; Star Trek: Corps of Engineers series)

In 2377 , Scotty was part of a covert mission to the Watraii homeworld aboard the USS Alliance to rescue the captive Admiral Pavel Chekov . ( Vulcan's Soul book two, Exiles )

In 2379 , Scotty volunteered to be a part of an inspection team reviewing the crew of the Enterprise -E, fearing that Starfleet's choices for the other inspectors were dubious at best. ( TNG novel : A Time for War, A Time for Peace )

Later that year, Scotty, at the request of Jean-Luc Picard , turned the Theseus over to Benjamin Sisko in his quest to prevent a galactic deicide. When Sikso boarded, Scott turned over captaincy of the ship to him. ( ST - Godshock comic : " Part 1 ")

As of 2382 Captain Scott was in command of the USS Challenger which had become a personal engineering project for him. He commanded the ship during an investigation of the derelict NX -class Intrepid where he and his crew also discovered evidence of a new type of propulsion technology called Trans-slipstream . Scott was severely injured during an attempt to recover the Intrepid after it was stolen by Mission Specialist Berlinghoff Rasmussen and his partner, the Ferengi Bok . The Challenger was able to rescue the crew of the Intrepid ; however, the ship was unable to be recovered and was lost. Due to his injuries, Doctor Alyssa Ogawa informed Scotty that he would no longer be able to command the Challenger as he did not meet the minimum health requirements for starship command. Before he could be removed he retired from his position and recommended that Geordi La Forge replace him as the Captain of the Challenger .

As of 2383 , Scotty was still aboard the Challenger as a civilian mission specialist working in Engineering. Scotty was aboard the ship when it was assigned to investigate the recently discovered Trans-slipstream wake. After the Challenger was pulled into the galaxy NGC 4414 , Scotty was severely injured and was unable to continue his 48 hour required cellular regeneration treatments due to the damage to the Challenger . When the USS Hera was discovered, Scotty agreed to lead the away team to the vessel to ascertain its status and to protect his Captain from the emotional consequences of such a mission. During this Scotty became more and more frail due to the damage caused to his heart by being suspended in the transporter system of the Jenolen for so long - which was the reason behind his regenerative treatments. Upon the away team's recovery it was already too late for the Captain to resume treatment. Knowing he did not have long to survive, Scotty returned to the Challenger in order to seal the rift preventing the Challenger crew and the IRW Tomalak's Fist from returning to the Alpha Quadrant . Using the Challenger to seal the rift, Scotty disabled the drive systems of the ship and opened the doorway for the other vessel to return home. He was last seen on the bridge of the Challenger as the vessel was crushed inside the closing rift. A memorial service was held in his honor aboard the USS Enterprise -E. ( TNG novel : Indistinguishable from Magic )

25th century

In the year 2422 , the Montgomery Scott Engineering Sciences Building opened on the grounds of Starfleet Academy on the date of Scotty's 200th birthday. Scotty himself was present, and cut the ribbon. ( ST novel : Engines of Destiny )

Scotty also has a great-granddaughter, Katarina Scott , who was present in the Exomorph Crisis in 2380 and who used the very same technique that saved his life on the Dyson sphere ; namely storing a person's pattern in a transporter buffer. Whether Scotty has had any contact with her is unknown. ( ST video game : Elite Force II )

At some point prior to 2387 Scotty developed the theory of transwarp beaming , which allowed long-distance transport between a planet and a starship. He perfected the field equation for this process, which relied on the key insight of treating space as moving, rather than the transported object or person. When Spock was exiled to the alternate reality created by Nero of Romulus he carried this knowledge with him, and shared it with the Montgomery Scott of that reality, who had not yet perfected the theory. ( TOS movie : Star Trek )

Alternate timelines

Scotty in an alternate timeline

In an alternate timeline created when Yeoman J. Mia Colt was sent forward in time from 2254 to 2293 after her tricorder scans released the tachyon energy contained in an Algolian artifact known as a Keepsake, Scotty served as the chief engineer of the commercial freighter Bounty , which was under the command of his fellow former Starfleet officer James T. Kirk , for over twenty years. He was married to the ship's first officer and tactical officer Zhota .

In 2293, he was killed by a Klingon on the surface of Algol II while he and his crew were helping Colt to reach the Well of Tomorrows so that she could return to to 2254. His sacrifice made it possible for her to do so and she was therefore able to restore the proper timeline. ( EV comics : " Future Tense ", " Futures ", " Now and Then ")

In another alternate timeline in which John Frederick Paxton destroyed Starfleet Command and ended the talks for the Coalition of Planets in 2155 , Scott served as chief engineer aboard the UESS Enterprise under the command of Captain Christopher Pike during the early 2260s .

He frequently told the captain that the Enterprise needed to return to Spacedock in order to undergo complete repairs and that this had been the case since before he had become chief engineer. While Pike agreed with this assessment, his efforts to convince Starfleet Command of it were unsuccessful. ( TOS - Myriad Universes novel : A Less Perfect Union )

When Nero and Ambassador Spock were sent back to the 23rd century , causing what was called the Kelvin timeline after Nero's assault of the USS Kelvin , a photo of Scotty and Spock's crewmates aboard the USS Enterprise -A was among the personal effects bequeathed to the alternate Spock after Ambassador Spock passed away in the year 2263 . ( TOS movie : Beyond )

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Kirk and the Enterprise computer become detectives after Scotty is accused of murdering women on a pleasure planet. Kirk and the Enterprise computer become detectives after Scotty is accused of murdering women on a pleasure planet. Kirk and the Enterprise computer become detectives after Scotty is accused of murdering women on a pleasure planet.

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• Trivia For most of Star Trek, James Doohan ("Scotty") hides his right hand, which was missing the middle finger due to a WWII D-Day injury. While being questioned with his hand resting on the lie detector scanner, his fingers are hidden by being curled around the edge of the plate. During a close-up shot of the machine reacting to an intentional lie being told, a five-digit hand spread across the plate is seen - that of a stunt double. Doohan later wrote about it in his autobiography and said this was one of his favorite episodes.
• Goofs Scotty's hand shifts position between shots as he is on the witness stand. More, the close-up of Scotty's hand was that of another actor. This was done to conceal the fact that James Doohan 's right middle finger was missing, the result of his participation in the 1944 Invasion of Normandy.

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A star trek tos character makes a huge return in strange new worlds season 2 finale.

Strange New Worlds' season 2 finale brings back another iconic character from Star Trek: The Original Series to help Captain Pike's Enterprise.

Warning: SPOILERS for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 2 Finale - "Hegemony"

• Captain Pike leads a rescue mission to save the colony planet from the Gorn and reunite with his significant other in the finale of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2.
• Lt. Montgomery Scott, a younger version of the iconic character, makes a surprise appearance and brings valuable information about the Gorn to the Enterprise crew.
• The addition of Scotty to the crew raises questions about the future of Commander Pelia as Chief Engineer and whether Scotty will take on that role in the next season.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2's finale features the return of an iconic character from Star Trek: The Original Series . In Strange New Worlds season 2, episode 10, "Hegemony," Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount) leads a landing party rescue mission to Parnassus Beta after the colony planet is attacked by the Gorn. Pike hopes his significant other, Captain Marie Batel (Melanie Scrofano), survived the destruction of the USS Cayuga at the hands of the Gorn. But Pike and the USS Enterprise's crew meet an unexpected Starfleet Officer who will go on to become a seminal member of the USS Enterprise's crew in Star Trek: TOS.

The Gorn threat has been ramping up since the premiere of Strange New Worlds season 2 . Admiral Robert April (Adrian Holmes) and Starfleet Command have been monitoring an increase in Gorn activity coming dangerously close to the United Federation of Planets. Starfleet has faced Gorn aggression already, notably when the Starship Enterprise faced the alien reptiles in the Strange New Worlds season 1 episodes "Memento Mori" and "All Those Who Wander." Lt. Hemmer (Bruce Horak), the Enterprise's Chief Engineer, sacrificed himself to save his crew when he was infected by Gorn eggs on Valeo Beta V. However, Captain Pike meets another engineer who may be the key to beating the Gorn in Strange New Worlds season 2's finale.

Scotty’s Return In Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Explained

Future Star Trek: The Original Series legend Lt. Montgomery Scott (Martin Quinn) makes a surprise appearance in Strange New Worlds' season 2 finale . Scotty, a Lieutenant junior grade, was aboard the USS Stardiver research vessel when it was attacked by the Gorn. The lone survivor of the Stardiver, Scotty fled aboard a shuttle and escaped the Gorn, although his ship was damaged, and he crashed on Parnassus Beta. But Scotty, an ingenious engineer, also learned enough about the Gorn during his escape that he was able to build a "Gorn trap" and gathered intel about the murderous alien lizards.

Scotty observed the Gorn reacted to the CMEs, i.e. coronal mass ejections, or sun spots, of a nearby star that may have caused them to swarm and attack. Along with what could be a solar vulnerability, Scotty learned how to "hide in plain sight" and evade Gorn sensors by building a Gorn transponder of his own. Scotty beamed aboard the Enterprise at the end of Strange New Worlds season 2's finale, where he met his old Starfleet Academy instructor, Commander Pelia (Carol Kane) . But together, the two genius engineers may be able to construct another Gorn transponder that will let the Enterprise evade the killer lizards.

What Scotty Means For Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

Martin Quinn's Scotty in Strange New Worlds ' season 2 finale is the canonical younger version of the Scotty played by James Doohan in Star Trek: The Original Series and the films that followed. (Simon Pegg's Scotty exists in the alternate Kelvin reality of J.J. Abrams' Star Trek movies.) Strange New Worlds season 2, episode 10, "Hegemony," marks the first time in canon that Mr. Scott sets foot aboard the USS Enterprise, the starship that he would cherish and serve on as Chief Engineer for 30 years. Commander Pelia is also established as Scotty's former teacher who saw him as a gifted engineer who nonetheless earned poor grades from her.

Scotty now joins Lt. Spock (Ethan Peck), Ensign Nyota Uhura (Celia Rose Gooding), Nurse Christine Chapel (Jess Bush), Dr. Joseph M'Benga (Babs Olusanmokun), and Lt. James T. Kirk (Paul Wesley) as Star Trek: The Original Series icons who are destined to serve together aboard the Starship Enterprise after Strange New Worlds . However, now that Scotty is on the Enterprise, a big question is whether he will replace Pelia as Chief Engineer. It's unclear how long Carol Kane will be part of Strange New Worlds in her recurring role, but Pelia has been a unique and lovable presence on the Enterprise, and it may be much too soon to replace her, even with Scotty. Mr. Scott's destiny aboard the Starship Enterprise is assured, but it remains to be seen if Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3 will make Scotty Chief Engineer.

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