Dr. Phlox, a
denoblian academic, started his serve on
NX-01 the day it took off, due to a coincidence:
He was taking part in the
inter-species medical exchange serving in SF hospital, when the
Klingon Klang
was being shot by
Suliban near
Hochatown, Oklahoma in
Broken Bow. He was the one to treat him, and as Cpt.
Jonathan Archer
was still missing a medical officer in his crew, he bluntly asked him to come along.
Phlox is one of the most interesting and humorous characters on
Enterprise, standing in the tradition of
Spock and
Data, observing humankind from a somewhat external position. His most humorous appearance is
in
Two Days and Two Nights, where he is being woken up from his essential 48hr-
hibernation procedure
to treat
Travis Mayweather. I had to
lol even the third time I was watching it.