For the mirror universe counterpart, please see Hadley (mirror).

Hadley was a Starfleet officer aboard the Federation starship Enterprise between 2266 and 2269 during Captain Kirk's five-year mission. He was a shift navigator and helmsman, but also served on security detachments aboard that ship. When assigned to the bridge, he usually wore a command division gold uniform.

Before Hadley was a shift navigator and helmsman, he was a command division assistant to chief engineer Scott. In 2266 on stardate 1512.2, he was running in a corridor to report to Scott when the Enterprise went to red alert and engaged the First Federation. On stardate 1704.4, he assisted Scott when the Enterprise was trying to break away from planet Psi 2000. (TOS: "The Corbomite Maneuver", "The Naked Time")

In security red uniform, he was involved in the search for Lazarus. (TOS: "The Alternative Factor")

Hadley was on the bridge when Khan Noonien Singh took over the Enterprise in 2267; he passed out after the life support to the bridge was cut, and was seated in a prisoner's row with Leslie, Brent, and others, forced to watch Khan's murderous spectacle on the viewscreen. (TOS: "Space Seed")

Hadley was wearing a red operations division uniform, serving on a security team ordered by Lieutenant Commander Giotto to hunt for the Horta, on Janus VI. (TOS: "The Devil in the Dark")

Hadley was working on the upper level of main engineering when Nomad burst in. (TOS: "The Changeling")

In 2268, Scott relied on Hadley to look up the meaning of the word heater in the ship's language banks. (TOS: "A Piece of the Action")

In 2268 on stardate 4657.5, Hadley was on the bridge at the helm when Kelvan Hanar transported himself onto the bridge of the Enterprise. Along with the rest of the bridge crew, Hadley was temporarily put into "frozen" stasis by Hanar. The Kelvans were attempting to hijack the Enterprise so they could return to the Kelvan home world in the Andromeda Galaxy. On stardate 4658.9, Kelvan Drea neutralized Hadley into a dehydrated cuboctahedral crystalline solid block, the size of a human fist and that represented the "distilled" essence of his being, along with much of the rest of the crew because the Kelvans considered Hadley one of many non-essential personnel. Hadley was restored to normal when Kirk, Spock, McCoy and Scotty, the only four of the crew who were not neutralized, regained control of the ship. (TOS: "By Any Other Name")

When Daystrom suffered a nervous breakdown Hadley and Leslie took him off the bridge. (TOS: "The Ultimate Computer")

In 2268 on stardate 5029.5, Hadley replaced Ensign Pavel Chekov at the navigation station when Tommy Starnes of the Starnes Exploration Party children, with mind-control 'powers' from Gorgan, planted a suggestion in Chekov, Security Chief Freeman and another Security Guard redshirt's brains, to go to Engineering to arrest Kirk and Spock on "orders" of Starfleet command. Hadley also fell under the influence of the mind-control "powers" of the Starnes Exploration Party children, although it is unclear what suggestion they planted in Hadley's brain, although one could assume, correctly, it was something similar to what was planted in Sulu's brain of impending danger to the Enterprise if the ship did not continue to where the children and Gorgan wanted to go, Marcus XII. Hadley recovered from the mind-control and obeyed Kirk's orders once the children were freed from the influence of Gorgan. (TOS: "And the Children Shall Lead")

In late 2268, Hadley was present on the bridge during the hunt for Spock's stolen brain. (TOS: "Spock's Brain")

Hadley enjoyed socializing with visitors aboard the ship, like Ambassador Petri. (TOS: "Elaan of Troyius")

Helmsmen of the starships Enterprise Enterprise NX-01: Mayweather • Hutchison USS Enterprise: DePaul • Hadley • Hansen • Kyle • Leslie • Mitchell • Number One • Rahda • Spinelli • H. Sulu • Walking Bear USS Enterprise-A: H. Sulu • Valeris USS Enterprise-B: D. Sulu USS Enterprise-C: Castillo • Fredericks ISS Enterprise NCC-1701: H. Sulu USS Enterprise (alternate reality): McKenna • H. Sulu	Navigators of the starships Enterprise USS Enterprise: Arex • Bailey • Chekov • DeSalle • DiFalco • Farrell • Hadley • Haines • Ilia • Kelso • Latimer • Leslie • Osborne • Painter • Riley • Stiles • Saavik • Tyler USS Enterprise-A: Chekov ISS Enterprise: Chekov USS Enterprise (alternate reality): Chekov
Communications officers of the starships Enterprise Enterprise NX-01: Sato USS Enterprise: Farrell • Garison • Hadley • M'Ress • Martine • Palmer • Uhura USS Enterprise-A: Uhura USS Enterprise-D: Pendleton ISS Enterprise NX-01: Sato ISS Enterprise NCC-1701: Uhura USS Enterprise (alternate reality): Hawkins • Uhura

Contents 1 Appendices 1.1 Appearances 1.2 Background information 1.3 Apocrypha 1.4 External link

Appendices Edit

Appearances Edit

Background information Edit

Hadley was played by William Blackburn, a regular extra on TOS. He was not named until "A Piece of the Action", when he was called Hadley (while manning the science station in a gold command division tunic). He appeared many times on the original series as this Starfleet officer, the most times of any extra. In wide shots of the Enterprise bridge, Hadley usually appeared, since many of the angle shots used were reuses of master shots filmed while he was on the set of TOS Season 1. (Sometimes, in a continuity gaffe, the back of Hadley's head would appear in wide shots, even though Chekov was supposedly sitting there, in later seasons). He has lieutenant rank when he is in gold, but ensign when in red uniform. Starting with season 3, he was always an ensign, but still often seen wearing lieutenant braid in stock footage.

Apocrypha Edit

Hadley was mentioned in Kevin Lauderdale's short story "Devices and Desires" from the anthology Constellations. In the story, Spock was contemplating a transfer from the Enterprise to a top secret Starfleet science station and told Kirk that Lieutenant Hadley would make an "excellent" science officer.

External link Edit

• Hadley at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works