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| imagecap = Nancy Crater as McCoy first saw her...
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| imagecap2 = ...as Kirk first saw her...
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| image3 = Nancy_Darnell.jpg
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| imagecap3 = ...and as Darnell saw her
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| gender = Female
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| species = [[Human]]; later replaced by [[M-113 creature]]
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| status = Deceased
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| datestatus = 2265
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| died = [[2265]]
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| marital_status = Married
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| spouse = [[Robert Crater]] (widowed)
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| actor = [[Jeanne Bal]] (McCoy and Kirk's illusion);<br />[[Francine Pyne]] (Darnell's illusion)
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{{aquote|Nancy Crater is that ''one'' woman in Dr. McCoy's past.|James T. Kirk|2266|The Man Trap}}
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'''Nancy Crater''' was a female [[Human]] civilian in the [[23rd century]]. She was [[marriage|married]] to [[archaeologist]] [[Robert Crater]].
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In [[2254]], Nancy became romantically involved with [[Doctor|Dr.]] [[Leonard McCoy|McCoy]]; she even had a nickname for him, "Plum". Their relationship broke off in [[2256]], but McCoy's feelings for Nancy remained unchanged for almost a decade.
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In [[2261]], the Craters arrived at [[planet]] [[M-113]]. [[Professor]] Crater began a multiyear [[archaeology|archaeological]] excavation of the ruins of an ancient and extinct civilization.
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In [[2265]], Mrs. Crater was killed by the last of the [[M-113 creature]]s. Her husband buried her on a hill. He forgave the creature, who afterwards took on the appearance of his wife.
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In [[2266]], [[Captain]] [[James T. Kirk|Kirk]] led a [[landing party]] to the surface of M-113 to perform the routine medical examinations required of all scientific expeditions. On the planet, the landing party encountered who they thought was Nancy Crater. What the landing party saw was actually the [[M-113 creature]] impersonating Nancy Crater. Each member of the landing party saw a different woman, although they weren't aware of that.
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The first image McCoy saw was Nancy as he remembered her, like a girl of twenty-five. The first image Kirk saw was Nancy as he expected her to be, an older woman with gray in her hair. The closest the landing party came to realizing they were seeing different women was when Crewman [[Darnell]] remarked that Nancy reminded him of a woman he'd met on [[Wrigley's Pleasure Planet]] &ndash; a comment that drew a sharp rebuke from McCoy. Later, McCoy saw the same woman Kirk saw; he chalked his earlier view up to affectionate memory and dismissed it.
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There was some evidence that McCoy's strong love for Nancy Crater affected the creature. On several occasions, it could have easily killed him, and did not. Additionally, as Nancy, it sought him out for protection when its nature had been at least partially discovered, and it was being hunted. ({{TOS|The Man Trap}})
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Revision as of 04:51, 18 March 2015

"Nancy Crater is that one woman in Dr. McCoy's past."
– James T. Kirk, 2266 ("The Man Trap")

Nancy Crater was a female Human civilian in the 23rd century. She was married to archaeologist Robert Crater.

In 2254, Nancy became romantically involved with Dr. McCoy; she even had a nickname for him, "Plum". Their relationship broke off in 2256, but McCoy's feelings for Nancy remained unchanged for almost a decade.

In 2261, the Craters arrived at planet M-113. Professor Crater began a multiyear archaeological excavation of the ruins of an ancient and extinct civilization.

In 2265, Mrs. Crater was killed by the last of the M-113 creatures. Her husband buried her on a hill. He forgave the creature, who afterwards took on the appearance of his wife.

In 2266, Captain Kirk led a landing party to the surface of M-113 to perform the routine medical examinations required of all scientific expeditions. On the planet, the landing party encountered who they thought was Nancy Crater. What the landing party saw was actually the M-113 creature impersonating Nancy Crater. Each member of the landing party saw a different woman, although they weren't aware of that.

The first image McCoy saw was Nancy as he remembered her, like a girl of twenty-five. The first image Kirk saw was Nancy as he expected her to be, an older woman with gray in her hair. The closest the landing party came to realizing they were seeing different women was when Crewman Darnell remarked that Nancy reminded him of a woman he'd met on Wrigley's Pleasure Planet – a comment that drew a sharp rebuke from McCoy. Later, McCoy saw the same woman Kirk saw; he chalked his earlier view up to affectionate memory and dismissed it.

There was some evidence that McCoy's strong love for Nancy Crater affected the creature. On several occasions, it could have easily killed him, and did not. Additionally, as Nancy, it sought him out for protection when its nature had been at least partially discovered, and it was being hunted. (TOS: "The Man Trap")

Nancy Crater was played by Jeanne Bal (as McCoy and Kirk saw her) and Francine Pyne (as Darnell saw her).