Guardian of Forever

GUARDIAN OF FOREVER

Real Name: Guardian of Forever

Class: Organism / construct / both / neither

Occupation: Guardian of spacetime

Group Affiliation: None

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: classified space sector (Earth-Star Trek)

First Appearance: (television) Star Trek: The Original Series: "The City at the Edge of Forever" (April, 1967), (DC Comics)

Powers: The Guardian was a seemingly technoorganic being that could display and allow access to all of spacetime, as well as put out waves of time displacement. The Guardian ensured the safety of spacetime, and could draw potential time travelers to its presence to fix any anomalies in history.

History: (Who's Who in Star Trek #1) - The Guardian claimed to be its own creator, its own beginning and end, the protector of all spacetime, something both being and machine, but neither. It was possibly part of a larger structure that fell into disrepair over the millennia, or was destroyed through misuse of the Guardian. The Guardian displayed all of spacetime, and could allow travelers access to any point in time. At the sign of a disturbance, it sent energy waves throughout the glazy, and the Starfleet Enterprise responded. Enterprise Dr. McCoy accidentally injected himself with the experimental drug Cordrazine, causing temporary madness. He beamed down to the Guardian's planet, leapt through the Guardian, and altered history, creating a paradox in which the Enterprise never existed. Captain Kirk and Spock had followed him, and were the only remaining members of the crew in the timeline. The Guardian wanted to repair the damage to the continuum as much as they did, and they entered it to follow McCoy to the year 1930. McCoy inadvertently allowed WWII to go in another direction, but Kirk and Spock undid his actions, returning the timeline to present order. The Federation started studying the Guardian, and both Kirk and Spock made use of it for personal and professional reasons.

Comments: Created by Harlan Ellison.

The Guardian, along with the rest of the characters from DC Comics run on Star Trek, were not part of the mainstream DC Universe. To simplify matters, I refer to these characters as inhabiting Earth-Star Trek. Surely, somewhere out there in the 52, there's a Star Trek universe, or there would be if DC still had the rights to make comics about Star Trek.

The Guardian received a profile in Who's Who in Star Trek #2, a summary of its television appearance.