José Tyler

José Tyler was a Starfleet officer who served as navigator aboard the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701), under the command of Captain Christopher Pike, in 2254.

In that year, Tyler was one of a number of Enterprise crewmembers injured during a battle on planet Rigel VII. After the incident, Captain Pike ordered the Enterprise to Vega colony in order to replace any crewmembers who required hospitalization. En route, however, the crew detected a distress signal from the SS Columbia, an Earth vessel which had disappeared in the Talos star group eighteen years previously. Arriving at Talos IV to investigate, Tyler was amongst the Enterprise crewmembers to be included in the landing party. Later, when it became clear that the distress signal was an elaborate trap set up by the Talosians in an effort to capture Captain Pike, Tyler participated in the unsuccessful attempts to rescue him. 

Background
Tyler's first name is based on background production references; the navigator described in the original Star Trek pitch is named "José Ortegas."

The following character biography appears in The Making of Star Trek, during a time in production when Robert April was still being considered as the name of the Enterprise's captain:

The Navigator. ''José (Joe) Tyler, Boston astronomer father and Brazilian mother, is boyishly handsome, still very much in the process of maturing. An unusual combination, he has inherited his father's mathematical ability. José Tyler, in fact, is a phenomenally brilliant mathematician and space theorist. But he has also inherited his mother's Latin temperament, fights a perpetual and highly personalized battle with his instruments and calculators, suspecting that space – and probably God, too – are engaged in a giant conspiracy to make his professional and personal life as difficult and uncomfortable as possible. Joe (or José, depending on the other party) is young enough to be painfully aware of the historical repute of Latins as lovers – and is in danger of failing this challenge on a cosmic scale.''

The second revised final draft script of "The Cage" describes him as; "Mid-twenties, sometimes appearing even younger, very much in the process of maturing, both physically and socially. But beneath this exterior is a computer-like mind and strange mathematical brilliance."

Tyler was played by Peter Duryea. "The Cage" Director Robert Butler was involved in casting Duryea in the role and later commented about the actor, "He did a wonderful job." (, p. 53)

According to, Tyler is referred to as a lieutenant.

Apocrypha

 * Jose Tyler made his non-canon appearance in the Star Trek: The Original Series (Pocket) novel "The Rift".

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