Gillian Taylor in the 23rd century

[Kilana2]

She returned with Kirk and the humpback whales George and Gracie and went to a research vessel. What happened then?
Was Gillian able to reintegrate whales on earth, to repopulate them? How did the whales adapt to the time travel?
I think Gillian was mentioned in the novels, but I can't remember any details.
How did Gilian's life proceed after her time travel? Was the DTI involved?

 

[Timewalker]

She returned with Kirk and the humpback whales George and Gracie and went to a research vessel. What happened then?
Was Gillian able to reintegrate whales on earth, to repopulate them? How did the whales adapt to the time travel?
I think Gillian was mentioned in the novels, but I can't remember any details.
How did Gilian's life proceed after her time travel? Was the DTI involved?

I've read a few fanfics about her. It's too bad she didn't merit a pro novel; that would have been fun to read.

 

[Kilana2]

I've read a few fanfics about her. It's too bad she didn't merit a pro novel; that would have been fun to read.

I'd like @Greg Cox to feature her in a novel - one day. This might well be wishful thinking.

 

[Timewalker]

I'd like @Greg Cox to feature her in a novel - one day. This might well be wishful thinking.

Sadly, we're not allowed to suggest this to him. He would definitely come up with a story to do her justice.

 

[Kilana2]

Sadly, we're not allowed to suggest this to him. He would definitely come up with a story to do her justice.

Yes I know. And the authors have to keep quite about stories until they are allowed to reveal any details. But dreaming is not forbidden....

 

[Relayer1]

Sadly, we're not allowed to suggest this to him. He would definitely come up with a story to do her justice.

I don't think there's any harm in saying 'I'd like to see Taylor' - just don't give ANY plot suggestions, it would guarantee that he couldn't use that scenario.

 

[2takesfrakes]

Gillian did promise that she'd look up Admiral James T. Kirk and "find" him, eventually ...

 

[Kilana2]

Gillian did promise that she'd look up Admiral James T. Kirk and "find" him, eventually ...

It's not as if she had to look all too much. Kirk kept on saving the earth and the galaxy even after the return from the past. That didn't go unnoticed by Gillian you might think.

 

[2takesfrakes]

And she likes things big, that's for sure ... whales ... Kirk ...

 

[tharpdevenport]

Somewhere there's some Hollywood producer who wants to make a Gillian prequel. And then a Gillian sequel and a 13-episode Netflix Gillian series.

 

[Timewalker]

There's a quiet little fanfic about the aftermath of Gillian's trip to the 23rd century... when she doesn't show up for work and when her usual acquaintances don't see her around, they file a missing persons report. The story is about the cop who checks out her home.

It's something that will forever remain a mystery to the 20th century police and Gillian's friends and acquaintances.

 

[sbk1234]

It's significant that her disappearance didn't create any time paradoxes or anything. I always figured that in the original history, without Kirk and company interfering, Gillian was so upset about the whales being sent away in the manner they were that in her hysterics she accidentally drove her car off the Golden Gate Bridge, getting killed in the waters below. When Kirk got her, they were able (off camera) to beam up her truck and put it into the bay.
My little explanation could certainly seem to compliment Timewalker's.

 

[The Wormhole]

Through a series of additional time travel hijinx, Gillian eventually ended up on 1990s Earth where she was bizarrely enough married to Will Decker with a large family.

Oh, right. We don't talk about that these days, do we?

 

[WarpFactorZ]

She returned with Kirk and the humpback whales George and Gracie and went to a research vessel. What happened then?

Her starship encountered the post-V'ger entity, and she spent the rest of her time with Decker raising the next step in our evolution.

 

[Kilana2]

Her starship encountered the post-V'ger entity, and she spent the rest of her time with Decker raising the next step in our evolution.

I even watched this show, mostly because of Barry Watson.... But it was sometimes a bit too idyllic world-like.
On the other hand... Decker was alive again.

 

[Timewalker]

On the other hand... Decker was alive again.

If you like Stephen Collins, you should check out Tales of the Gold Monkey. It's an adventure series that wasn't bad.

 

[BillJ]

There's a quiet little fanfic about the aftermath of Gillian's trip to the 23rd century... when she doesn't show up for work and when her usual acquaintances don't see her around, they file a missing persons report. The story is about the cop who checks out her home.

I imagine Bob went to prison and got gassed for her murder.

 

[WarpFactorZ]

If you like Stephen Collins, you should check out Tales of the Gold Monkey. It's an adventure series that wasn't bad.

I used to watch that. It was one of the 1930s serial revivals that became popular in the early 80s, thanks to Raiders of the Lost Ark. Another was Bring Em Back Alive, which I favored because it starred Bruce Boxleitner, and I loved TRON.

 

[ItIsGreen]

She returned with Kirk and the humpback whales George and Gracie and went to a research vessel

I'd like to know how she was qualified to go on a research vessel. She turns up in the 23rd century and within a fairly short time gets a gig on a science ship - any degrees, phds etc she has are centuries out of date. Unless she was just along for the ride? Considering how the Ent-D crew treat a bunch of 20th century outcasts in "The Neutral Zone", I doubt she was doing the science.

 

[FormerLurker]

She did say she had a lot of catch-up learning to do. Where better to do it than on a research vessel? I doubt she would have fit in at any of the 23rd century universities. She's as old as many of the teachers. And if the research vessel is one dedicated to the study of cetaceans, she can actually contribute as she's the only person alive to have actually worked with, and seen in person, a humpback whale.

It's always been in my headcanon that the research vessel's mission includes the repopulation of the humpbacks, starting with George and Gracie and their newborn. Gillian may have never left the solar system.