Dr. Simon Van Gelder in Star Trek: The Original Series

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Starfleet officer fictional character scientist

Dr. Simon Van Gelder is a Starfleet scientist in Star Trek: The Original Series whose mental breakdown and suffering under an experimental mind-altering device expose the brutal practices at the Tantalus Penal Colony.

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Dr. Simon Van Gelder in Star Trek: The Original Series canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Starfleet officer ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
scientist ⓘ
affiliation Starfleet NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tantalus Penal Colony NERFINISHED ⓘ
appearsIn Star Trek: The Original Series NERFINISHED ⓘ
appearsInEpisode Dagger of the Mind NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithTheme abuse of medical technology ⓘ
mental health and trauma ⓘ
prison reform ⓘ
conflictsWith Dr. Tristan Adams NERFINISHED ⓘ
createdBy Don M. Mankiewicz NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer Starfleet NERFINISHED ⓘ
era 23rd century ⓘ
escapesFrom Tantalus Penal Colony NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstAppearance Dagger of the Mind NERFINISHED ⓘ
franchise Star Trek NERFINISHED ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
interactsWith Captain James T. Kirk NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dr. Helen Noel NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dr. Leonard McCoy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Spock NERFINISHED ⓘ
medium television ⓘ
mentalState confused ⓘ
highly agitated ⓘ
partially lucid under guidance ⓘ
narrativeFunction illustrates dangers of unethical psychological experimentation ⓘ
occupation scientist ⓘ
portrayedBy Morgan Woodward NERFINISHED ⓘ
position assistant to Dr. Tristan Adams ⓘ
rank doctor ⓘ
reveals abuses at Tantalus Penal Colony ⓘ
misuse of the neural neutralizer ⓘ
roleInPlot catalyst for Enterprise investigation ⓘ
exposes brutality at Tantalus Penal Colony ⓘ
seriesSeason Star Trek: The Original Series season 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ
serviceBranch Starfleet Sciences NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting Tantalus V NERFINISHED ⓘ
species Human ⓘ
subjectOf experimental neural neutralizer ⓘ
suffersFrom psychological instability ⓘ
severe mental trauma ⓘ
travelsTo USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) NERFINISHED ⓘ
treatmentBy Dr. Leonard McCoy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Spock’s Vulcan mind meld NERFINISHED ⓘ
underAuthorityOf Dr. Tristan Adams NERFINISHED ⓘ
undergoes Vulcan mind meld NERFINISHED ⓘ
victimOf neural neutralizer abuse ⓘ
psychological torture ⓘ

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Morgan Woodward → portrayed → Dr. Simon Van Gelder in Star Trek: The Original Series ⓘ