Changes: Nichols

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"It'd take years just to figure out the dynamics of this matrix."

- Doctor Nichols, upon being shown by Montgomery Scott a formula for transparent aluminum

Doctor Nichols was a plant manager in 1986 at Plexicorp in San Francisco.

In exchange for use of his facilities to build walls for his whale tank, Montgomery Scott gave him the formula for transparent aluminum. Scott brushed off concerns that this would result in a change of the timeline, asking, "How do we know he didn't invent the thing?" Nichols had recently quit smoking prior to Scott and McCoy's visit. (Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home)

In the novelization, Scotty is described as knowing that history does, in fact, record that Dr. Nichols is the inventor of transparent aluminum, and hence that Nichols was meant to receive the formula from him. The novelization gives Nichols's given name as Marcus Nichols, and says that he prefers to have his friends call him "Mark." It adds that though he works for a plastics company, metallurgy is his first love.
Nichols was played by Alex Henteloff.

According to the novel The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume 2, Nichols's given name is Walter. Nichols patented transparent aluminum and passed it off as his own invention, eventually earning enough money to buy Plexicorp from its original owners. As a result of his work in the field of cryonics, he was recruited by Area 51 to assist in the construction of the DY-100 prototype vessel in March 1993.

External links

StarTrek.com, the official Star Trek website
Marcus Walter Nichols at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works

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-[[Doctor of Philosophy|Doctor]] '''Nichols''' was a plant manager in [[1986]] at [[Plexicorp]] in [[San Francisco]].
+''"It'd take years just to figure out the dynamics of this matrix."''
-In exchange for use of his facilities to build walls for his [[humpback whale|whale]] tank, [[Montgomery Scott]] gave him the formula for [[transparent aluminum]]. Scott brushed off concerns that this would result in a change of the [[alternate timeline|timeline]], asking "''how do we know he didn't invent the thing?''". Nichols had recently quit [[smoking]] prior to Scott and McCoy's visit. ({{film|4}})
+: '''- Doctor Nichols''', upon being shown by [[Montgomery Scott]] a formula for [[transparent aluminum]]
+[[Doctor of Philosophy|Doctor]] '''Nichols''' was a [[plant manager]] in [[1986]] at [[Plexicorp]] in [[San Francisco]].
-{{bginfo|In the [[Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (novel)|novelization]], Scotty is described as knowing that history does, in fact, record that Dr. Nichols is the inventor of transparent aluminum, and hence that Nichols was meant to receive the formula from him.|Nichols was played by [[Alex Henteloff]].|According to the novel ''[[The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume 2]]'', he patented transparent aluminum and passed it off as his own invention, eventually earning enough money to buy Plexicorp from its original owners. As a result of his work in the field of [[cryonics]], he was recruited by Area 51 to assist in the construction of the [[DY-100 class|DY-100]] [[SS Botany Bay|prototype vessel]] in {{dis|March|month}} [[1993]].}}
+In exchange for use of his facilities to build walls for his [[humpback whale|whale]] tank, [[Montgomery Scott]] gave him the formula for [[transparent aluminum]]. Scott brushed off concerns that this would result in a change of the [[alternate timeline|timeline]], asking, ''"How do we know he didn't '''invent''' the thing?"'' Nichols had recently quit [[smoking]] prior to Scott and McCoy's visit. ({{film|4}})
+{{bginfo|In the [[Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (novel)|novelization]], Scotty is described as knowing that history does, in fact, record that Dr. Nichols is the inventor of transparent aluminum, and hence that Nichols was meant to receive the formula from him. The novelization gives Nichols's given name as '''Marcus''' Nichols, and says that he prefers to have his friends call him "Mark." It adds that though he works for a ''plastics'' company, ''metallurgy'' is his first love.|Nichols was played by [[Alex Henteloff]].|According to the novel ''[[The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume 2]],'' Nichols's given name is '''Walter.''' Nichols patented transparent aluminum and passed it off as his own invention, eventually earning enough money to buy Plexicorp from its original owners. As a result of his work in the field of [[cryonics]], he was recruited by Area 51 to assist in the construction of the [[DY-100 class|DY-100]] [[SS Botany Bay|prototype vessel]] in {{dis|March|month}} [[1993]].}}
+==External links==
+*{{startrek.com|}}
+*{{mbeta|Marcus Walter Nichols}}
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