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Lieutenant Daniels
Daniels is
not supposed to be a mystery but he has been written so
inconsistently that it is all together possible that he's a
horrible villain here to steer humanity into the abyss.
Initially Daniels was seen about Enterprise as a regular
crewman serving Archer dinner in the Captain's Mess before
revealing himself as an observer from the future. Daniels
original mission was to view out the destruction of the
Enterprise while it was observing a stellar event. Enterprise
was saved by Silik, a Suliban agent of the Arc Villian "Future
Guy" that seems to have the best interests of Earth at hand
(having only so far attempting the destruction of the Klingon
Empire who is historically regarded to be nothing but trouble
for the next 200 years). Daniels convinces Archer to hunt down
the helpful fellow who saved Enterprise by revealing that his
quarters contain gadgets and magic from the 31st century; which
Archer later promises not to exploit. By the end of the day Silik is hunted down using a device that allows people to walk
through walls, but escapes after killing Daniels before
Daniels can correct the changes Silik made to the timeline
that
destroyed Enterprise, ensuring the survival of Enterprise,
and the new timeline from in which the rest of the show will
exist. This timeline that did not exist in Daniels original Timeline.
In the
closing hours of the Xindi conflict Daniels pulls Archer 8
years ahead amidst the Inauguration of the Federation, an
institution for which Daniels says Archer was very "instrumental." Daniels
informs Archer that he is too important to
risk leading the incursion mission aboard the Xindi Weapon
which is already in orbit of Earth powering it's main gun.
Reed and
Tucker however, are easily expendable. Archer chooses to
lead the mission in spite of the warning and the mission is
successful.
Although
Archer would not have escaped the
exploding Xindi Weapon with out Daniels help (which sent him to
an alternate history of World War II to fight a new faction in
the Temporal Cold War lead by Tosk who was destined to destroy
Daniels and his temporal authority overtrumping their vision
of the future) it is to be noted that as the Sphere Builders
were defeated utterly in this era; the Battle of Kroton 5
would never have occurred, the relationship between the Xindi and the Federation may have turned out differently,
and
there may never have been an Enterprise J. The Daniels of that
timeline is no longer dominant.
Enterprise
was also dragged into the past with Archer. A sickly Daniels
made his way to Phlox's sickbay. His body was in temporal
flux, parts of his body were super-aged while other bits were
those of a child and all of it co-operating badly to keep him
alive barely long enough to explain what was happening in the
here and now - which is really the then and never was. Daniels
dies. Phlox probably still has Daniels body in Stasis to this
day considering Archer's reluctance to hand over the
technology hiding in Daniels quarters. After Enterprise
manages to execute Tosk for the dearly departed Daniels,
Archer
is confronted in a viewing station somewhere outside of time
by a new Daniels - one that never suffered a defeat at the hands of Tosk in the 31st century
and so never died in Phlox's
Sickbay. (Please note that there are infinite possible time
lines co-existing in Star Trek and this a new divergent
Daniels who's existence does not disqualify the presence of
the other Daniels who died in sickbay, given that Sela Yar was
able to run about after her timeline collapsed, and that
everyone on Enterprise remembers his presence and death.)
Although Daniels merely stated that Tosk had been deleted and
that all things were fine again, this story was the result of
a mandate from on high at Paramount that the temporal Cold War
be resolved because it was too confusing so this was in fact
TCWV Day.
Also
note that there is no guarantee that Daniels is Human or
partly Human or working for the Federation, or in the
Federations best interests, or even the same person or
temporally diverged people, and not a convenient flesh suit
anyone might wear to get an auto-faithful-relationship with
Archer to get odd jobs done in the 22nd century.
 Son of the
extraordinary Stan Winston creature shop designer of the
Terminator, Predator and Jurassic Park monsters, Matt after
graduating from Yale University started his career as a
puppeteer for Budweiser and Jurassic Park, and continued often
taking advantage of the high profile movies attached to his
father for a paycheck. Matt was Born and raised in Los
Angeles, married Amy Smallman in 1998, has two dogs, a
daughter and a son. He loves gardening and extreme sports.
More information about Matt Winston can be found at
mattwinston.com.
Matt
has starred in a variety of movies including
'The
Core' (2003), 'About Schmidt' (2002), 'Totally
Blonde' (2001), 'Artificial Intelligence: AI'
(2001), 'Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles' (2001), 'The
Mercury Project' (2000), 'Galaxy Quest' (1999),
'Fight Club' (1999), and 'The Peacemaker' (1997).
On
the small screen Matt's worked on 'John Doe' (2003), 'Monk'
(2003), 'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation' (2000), 'That
70s Show' (2002), 'Special Unit 2' (2002), 'Beverly
Hills, 90210', 'JAG' (1999), 'Chicago Hope'
(1998), 'Married... with Children' (1993). He
still has recurring roles in 'Scrubs', 'Six Feet
Under' and possibly 'Enterprise'.
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