10 Star Trek Characters That Just VANISHED
4. Carole Marcus (Kelvin)
Star Trek Into Darkness continues the story of the Kelvin universe versions of Kirk, Spock, and the crew of the Enterprise. When Into Darkness was released, JJ Abrams decided to up the ante by introducing Khan Noonian Singh, this time played by Benedict Cumberbatch. Though the film has aged well over the years, this was a less than subtle attempt to evoke memories of Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan. And, speaking of that film, Alice Eve was cast as Dr Carol Marcus.
In the Prime Timeline, Bibi Besch originated the role of the brilliant physicist who invented the Genesis Device. She was also a one-time paramour of James T. Kirk, and the mother of his son, David. In the Kelvin Universe, she is introduced as an infiltrator aboard the Enterprise, though for very good reason. Her father, Admiral Marcus, had smuggled a large number of Khan’s people aboard, hidden in torpedoes that were destined to be detonated, killing them all.
The film concludes with Admiral Marcus’s death, the defeat of Khan, and the seeming assignment of Carol to the Enterprise. Then in Star Trek Beyond she is simply nowhere to be found.
Co-writer of that film Simon Pegg revealed that as they were breaking the story, they simply couldn’t find a place for the character without shoehorning her in somehow. Considering the importance she played in that previous movie, it seems a shame. Add to that the importance of the character over in the prime universe and it seems like there are some fairly direct reasons she might be served well by another outing.
Alas, for now, it’s not to be. Let us hope she’s merely on assignment somewhere - and wasn’t one of the dozens of crew members who seem to be killed on the Enterprise every time it goes outside.