Zefram Cochrane
Zefram Cochrane | |
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Star Trek character | |
First appearance | "Metamorphosis" (Star Trek: The Original Series) |
Portrayed by | Glenn Corbett (1967) James Cromwell (1996–2022) |
In-universe information | |
Species | Human |
Significant other | Nancy Hedford |
Origin | Earth |
Zefram Cochrane is a fictional character in the
As first mentioned in Star Trek: The Original Series, and further established by the events of Star Trek: First Contact, Cochrane is the first
Fictional character biography
Cochrane was born in 2030, according to Star Trek: First Contact (though the novelization of that film gives his year of birth as 2013). He constructed humanity's first warp-capable vessel, the
On April 5, 2063, Cochrane made Earth's first warp flight. The Phoenix's warp flight was detected by a Vulcan survey ship, the T'Plana Hath, which then made peaceful first contact with humans, including Cochrane, at the Phoenix's launch site.[1]
The
The Phoenix's launch facility became a historical monument. A 20-meter marble statue was erected there, depicting Cochrane heroically reaching toward the future. Cochrane's name became revered among humans, with entire universities, cities and planets named after him.
According to the original Star Trek episode "
Mirror Universe
In the
Appearance
In "
Non-canonical treatment
In the 1994 novel Federation by Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens, whose publication predated the release of Star Trek: First Contact by two years, Cochrane had been portrayed as a human of Earth origin. The novel suggested he retired to Alpha Centauri at some point between his first warp flight and his disappearance.[11] This follows a suggestion made in the Star Trek Chronology, on the assumption humans could not have settled the Alpha Centauri system prior to the warp drive's invention.[12]
In the novel, Cochrane's warp experiments are the result of a mysterious billionaire's financial and idealistic support in the period between the Eugenics Wars and World War III. His self-identification with Alpha Centauri results from it being the destination of his first warp voyage and his subsequent founding role in the first colony in the system. His life's story beyond his encounter with Kirk at Gamma Canaris in "Metamorphosis" is depicted up to his death during the events of the third season of Star Trek: The Next Generation.[11]
In the 1989 reference book
Lacking a common language and before the invention of the universal translator, he used mathematics alone to communicate his ideas for a faster-than-light drive system and its prototype, the WD-1.[13]
Cochrane also appeared in issue #49 of Gold Key Comics's Star Trek series, along with Nancy Hedford and the Companion.[14]
References
- ^ ISBN 0-671-53609-5.)
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link - ^ Star Trek: First Contact referenced only "central Montana"; Bozeman was later identified by Hoshi Sato in the 2002 Star Trek: Enterprise episode "Desert Crossing".
- ^ Cochrane's statements in Star Trek: First Contact (1996); Paramount Pictures
- ^ Riker mentions this to Cochrane as they prepare for the Phoenix's launch in Star Trek: First Contact.
- ). September 26, 2001.
- ^ Gene L. Coon. "Metamorphosis"; Star Trek: The Original Series; November 10, 1967
- ^ Geordi LaForge mentions this to Cochrane during the Earthbound scenes of Star Trek: First Contact.
- ^ Mike Sussman, James L. Conway (April 22, 2005). ""In a Mirror, Darkly, part I"". Star Trek: Enterprise. UPN.
- ^ Marc Daniels, Jerome Bixby (October 6, 1967). ""Mirror, Mirror"". Star Trek. NBC.
- ^ The character was stated in "Metamorphosis" to have been 87 years old in 2117, and was therefore born in 2030, as pointed out by The Star Trek Encyclopedia. Page 26 of The Star Trek Chronology (second edition) also gives 2030 as his year of birth.
- ^ ISBN 0-671-89422-6.
- ISBN 0-671-79611-9.
- ISBN 0-671-70813-9.
- ^ Kashdan, George (1977). Star Trek #49 ("A Warp in Space"). Gold Key Comics.