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Montgomery Scott, nicknamed '''Scotty''', is a Scottish Accent . The character was played by the late actor ''. Scotty was third in the ''Enterprise'' chain of command, and routinely took command of the ship when Kirk and Spock were unavailable. Once, when Kirk and Spock were trapped on an alien world, Scotty used the ship's power to shut down the planet's electrical grid for a few seconds, enabling ''Enterprise'' crewmen to rescue Kirk and Spock without violating the Prime Directive . Kirk placed a commendation in Scotty's personnel record for his innovative tactics. (episode "Bread and Circuses") Scotty's operating of the ''Enterprise'' transporter system inspired the Catch Phrase "Beam me up, Scotty", which gained currency in Pop Culture even beyond ''Star Trek'' fans, though that exact phrase was never spoken in any episode of the show. ''Scotty'' also became a kind of general '' briefly had a Scottish engineer aboard the USS ''Enterprise''-D . Like many of the main characters of the original Star Trek, relatively little is known about their history before joining Starfleet. A scene that was cut from the theatrical release of '''' (but restored in the ABC television version and the Director's Cut DVD release) details that Midshipman First Class Peter Preston (the cadet killed in Khan's first attack) was his nephew, hence why he broke down into tears when he died. Since Star Trek Canon rules state that only what is seen on screen is canon, the presence of this scene in some editions of the film but not others makes its position as strict canon unclear, although his relationship to the Preston family was elaborated on in the novelization of the film, and other later works, and has been widely adopted as Fanon . CONTINUITY ISSUES Scotty's appearance at the christening of the '') raises some continuity questions. He had last appeared in the ''Next Generation'' episode "Relics" , shot before anyone began exploring the subject of the final fate of the original crew. When rescued by William T. Riker and Geordi La Forge and upon hearing the name ''Enterprise'', he immediately assumed that Captain James T. Kirk came to the rescue yet again, saying "...I'll bet it was Jim Kirk himself who hauled the old girl out of mothballs to come looking for me!" Since Scotty's disappearance would obviously have to take place after he witnessed the loss of Kirk in ''Generations'', it is generally assumed that in his old age, he either forgot about Kirk's loss or simply does not wish to acknowledge or believe it (Kirk having defied death a number of times). It should also be noted that Scotty had just spent 75 years as essentially energy in the pattern buffer of a transporter. There was originally one other member of his ship's crew with him, but his transporter pattern had decayed too far to be retrieved. It is known that some decay occurred in Scotty's pattern as well, and this could result in the loss of some memory, at least temporarily. Although not canon, a number of authors have explored Scotty's life after leaving the ''Enterprise''-D. Among the things Scotty had done after the events of ''Relics'' according to the novels was to help design the USS ''Enterprise''-E . In the Starfleet Corps Of Engineers novel series, Montgomery Scott leads Corps of Engineers and issues the characters of the novels their assignments. The character is presently still alive and active in the TNG-era Trek universe; it remains to be seen if the death of James Doohan in 2005 will result in Scotty also meeting his ultimate end, as the death of Dr. Leonard McCoy was chronicled in a Comic Book story soon after the death of actor Deforest Kelley . BIRTHPLACE DEBATE Following the death of actor James Doohan in July 2005, several towns in Scotland began campaigning to be named the official birthplace of Scotty. The most vocal of the claimants is Linlithgow , which claims Scotty as a native son because of it being mentioned in the novel ''Vulcan's Glory'' that he was born there. However, the novels are not considered Canon , and ''Star Trek'' historians and others claim that Scotty's birthplace is in fact Aberdeen, Scotland due to a line in the ''Original Series'' episode "Wolf in the Fold" in which Scotty describes himself as "an old Aberdeen pub crawler". {Link without Title} POPULAR LINES Scotty had numerous memorable lines of a light comedy character throughout the series and films:
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