Star Trek: Who is Roberta Lincoln?
In the final episode of “Star Trek: The Original Series,” titled “Assignment: Earth,” the spaceship Enterprise travels back to 1968 from the future. Upon arrival in the 20th century, a puzzling figure materializes on board using a device that didn’t exist during that era – the transporter. He presents himself as Gary Seven, played by Robert Lansing, and claims to originate from the same time period. The Enterprise crew finds this hard to believe given the technology he used to join them. After some probing, it is revealed that he hails not from Earth but another planet, and had been sent on a mission to protect Earth, making one of the earliest instances in “Star Trek” where they delved into the classic science fiction theme of extraterrestrial intervention for the sake of saving humanity.