- For the mirror universe counterpart, see Phlox (mirror).
- For other uses, see Phlox.
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, while 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") He also served as chairman of immunology at his alma mater. Phlox was considered honorable. (CCG set: ST, card: "Phlox")
- Phlox's alma mater's name was not mentioned.
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")
Post-Enterprise
By the 2250s, Phlox was a teacher at Starfleet Academy. In the 2260s, Phlox had left his position to do exploring, at which point he found himself filling in temporarily as doctor on Epsilon Zeta VII. He helped USS Enterprise CMO Leonard McCoy, Dr. Jabilo M'Benga, and Nurse Christine Chapel find a cure to a virus at the Epsilon Zeta 7 Outpost.(ST comic: "Flesh and Stone")
Continuing Influence
By the mid-23rd century, the Phlox Prize for Medicine had been named in his honor. Dr. Othello Beck received it in 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: Excelsior: 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)
Phlox's influence was felt in the 2380s when a virus similar to the Epsilon Zeta VII one affected the Space Station Diamandis 1 . A Starfleet team's consultations with Admiral Leonard McCoy revealed the story behind the Epsilon Zeta infection and Phlox's assistance in resolving that situation, leading to the resolution of the Diamandis situation. (ST comic: "Flesh and Stone")
Alternate timeline
In an alternate timeline in which John Frederick Paxton destroyed Starfleet Command and ended the talks for the Coalition of Planets in 2155, 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. He had died prior to 2264.
By 2264, his great-grandson Vleb was the Denobulan ambassador to the Interstellar Coalition and attended the conference on Babel that year to consider United Earth's petition for membership. During the conference, he related one of Phlox's less-than-complimentary stories about Captain Jonathan Archer to Ambassador Nancy Hedford. (TOS - Myriad Universes novel: A Less Perfect Union)
Appendices
Connections
| Enterprise (NX-01) personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Earth Starfleet personnel | Almack • J. Anderson • Ansara • J.B. Archer • Baird • L. Birani • Billy • Bishop • K. Borovsky • M. Burch • Burrows • Camacho • Carstairs • R. Chandra • Cole • Cook • Cravens • E. Cutler • Daniels • Diaz • Dickison • Duel • J. Edwards • M. Fincke • Foster • A. Gaeta • Garver • A. Hart • Hess • J. Horn • Hutchison • Kelby • J. Kelly • Kimball • Ko • J. Lee • E. Leydon • F. Marcel • T. Mayweather • M. McCall • Meir • Nguyen • E. Novakovich • D. O'Neill • Perkins • Phlox • Pointer • M. Reed • A. Rhodes • K. Riley • M. Rostov • Rodriguez • K.P. Ryan • A. al Saed • Salvatore • Santini • H. Sato • Stepanczyk • J. Taylor • T'Pol • Tom • C. Tucker III • D. Walsh • Williams • Zabel |  
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| MACO contingent | D. Chang • A. Cole • Costa • C. Eby • S. Guitierrez • J. Hayes • M. Kelly • N. Kemper • T. Kimura • D. McCammon • J. McKenzie • S. Money • Ogilvy • O'Malley • M. Peruzzi • O. Salazar-Tucker • W. Woods | 
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| Chief medical officers of the starships Enterprise | ||
|---|---|---|
| Enterprise (NX-01) | Phlox |
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| USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) | Poole-April • Boyce • Piper • McCoy • Chapel | 
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| USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) (Kelvin timeline) | Puri • McCoy | 
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| USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) (other alternate realities) | McCoy • Boyce • Carlotti • M'Benga | |
| USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-A) | McCoy | 
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| USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-A) (alternate realities) | Carlotti | |
| USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-B) | Metcalfe • Michaels • McCoy • Morell | |
| USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-C) | Casado • Stern • Aristide | |
| USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) | Crusher • Pulaski | 
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| USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) (alternate realities) | Ogawa | |
| USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E) | Crusher • Stevenson | 
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| ISS Enterprise (NX-01) | Phlox | 
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| ISS Enterprise (NCC-1701) | Boyce • McCoy • M'Benga | |
| ISS Enterprise (ICC-1701-D) | Crusher | |
Background information
Phlox's comic book debut
- Phlox was the first 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".
- Phlox made his second appearance in the ST comic: "Flesh and Stone".
- The Star Trek: The Fall novel Revelation and Dust mentions a character named Delinia Phlox, although no connection to Doctor Phlox was specified.
Appearances
External link
- Phlox article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.