"When the USS Enterprise dropped off Khan (Ricardo Montalban) and his genetically engineered followers at the end of the 1967 Star Trek episode "Space Seed," the only person who was actually from the 23rd century was also conspicuously absent when Khan returned for his famous wrath 15 years later. The Starfleet historian Marla McGivers (Madlyn Rhue) was left behind on Ceti Alpha V in 2267, and based on the backstory in of The Wrath, she had perished well before the Reliant rediscovered Khan."
"In The Wrath of Khan, when describing the insidious Ceti eel, Khan says the creature had slain "Twenty of my people. Including my beloved wife." This wife can be none other than Marla McGivers, who fell in love with Khan in "Space Seed" despite the fact that the was scheming to take over the Enterprise. Later in The Wrath, we learn that Khan blames Kirk, indirectly, for Marla being slain by the parasitical creatures."
Marla McGivers was left on Ceti Alpha V in 2267 and perished well before the USS Reliant rediscovered Khan. Khan attributed her death to the parasitic Ceti eels and said the creatures had slain twenty of his people, including his beloved wife. Marla had fallen in love with Khan and became pregnant with his child after his arrival. She died while resting in a natural hot spring on Ceti Alpha V. The Ceti eels lived beneath the hot spring waters and attacked her, causing her accidental death rather than a deliberate infection.
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