Phlox

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Biography
Phlox
Dr. Phlox, aboard Enterprise
Full Name:	Phlox
Species:	Denobulan
Gender:	Male
Birthplace:	Denobula
Affiliation:	Interspecies Medical Exchange United Earth Starfleet United Federation of Planets
Family
Marital Status:	Married
Spouse(s):	Xesophia (Died, 2124) Endora Feezal
Children:	Mettus (Son) Two other sons Two daughters
Career
Occupation:	Physician
Previous Assignment:	Denobulan Infantry Starfleet Medical
Assignment:	Chief medical officer, Enterprise (NX-01)

Phlox was a Denobulan physician who served as chief medical officer during the historic voyages of the Enterprise (NX-01) under Captain Jonathan Archer from the years 2151 to 2161.

Like most Denobulan males, he had three wives, who in turn each had three husbands. Two of his 'first' wives were Xesophia, who sadly died in a drowning accident in 2124, and Endora, whilst a later wife, Feezal, once visited him aboard Enterprise. ENT episodes: "Dear Doctor", "Stigma", "Zero Hour", ENT short story: "Cabin E-14")

Phlox began his career as a doctor in 2114. (ENT episode: "Damage")

Contents 1 Enterprise 2 Continuing Influence 3 Alternate Versions 4 Appendices 4.1 External Link

[edit] Enterprise

In February of 2152 Phlox was assigned to decontaminate the quarters of Crewman Daniels, who had been revealed to be a time-traveler from the 31st century. While in Daniels quarters, Phlox discovered a device that allowed him travel through time at will and decided to use the device to rescue his wife Xesophia before the accident.

The device didn't work as Phlox hoped, and he was only able to travel back ten months, shortly after Enterprise's launch. With Daniel's assistance, Phlox was able to use the device to return to the proper time, but not before glimpsing a possible future in which Enterprise was under attack by Nausicaan pirates. ENT short story: "Cabin E-14")

[edit] Continuing Influence

By the mid-23rd century, the Phlox Prize for Medicine had been named in his honor. Dr. Othello Black received it 2241. (TOS comic: "Year Four, Issue 1")

After the Albino had bombed the peace conference on Korvat in 2291, Doctor Christine Chapel studied material written by Phlox to better understand the Albino and his condition.(TLE novel: Forged in Fire)

In the year 2375 Phlox's notes on a malady known as Vulcans scourge were crucial to Doctors Julian Bashir and Beverly Crusher on Federation starbase Deep Space 9 in their efforts in finding a cure for a virus created by the Dominion that targeted Vulcans. (ST short story: "Mirror Eyes")

By the year 2376, a medical research facility named the Phlox Institute had been named in his honor. Katherine Pulaski served at the Phlox Institute until at least 2379. (SCE eBook: Progress, TNG novel: A Time for War, A Time for Peace)

[edit] Alternate Versions

In one alternate timeline, Phlox left the Enterprise in 2161, following the Isolationist Party's takeover of the Parliament of United Earth. He returned to his family on Denobula, including his great-grandson, Vleb. (Myriad Universes novel: A Less Perfect Union)

[edit] Appendices

• Phlox was the first (and so far only) Enterprise character to have appeared in a comic when he was featured in a brief flashback to the events of the ENT episode: "Divergence" in the TOS comic: "Against Their Nature".

[edit] External Link

Phlox article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.