Christine Chapel ( alternate reality ) Christine Chapel was a female Human Starfleet officer in the 23rd century . She served as a nurse aboard the during its maiden voyage . She assisted Dr . in the " Enterprise " s medical bay in 2258 . Chapel was on staff in the medical bay when , whom McCoy had smuggled aboard , began to experience a severe allergic reaction to a Melvaran mud flea vaccine he had been injected with . As Kirk ' s hand s began to swell , McCoy called for Chapel to prepare fifty cc s of cortisone to cure the affliction . ( ) Chapel had a relationship with Kirk , at some point . After Kirk was promoted to captain of the " Enterprise " , Chapel left to continue her nursing on the outer frontier . , who was a personal friend of Chapel ' s , mentioned her in a conversation with Kirk , but he did not seem to remember her . ( ) Appendices . Background information . With Christine Chapel having become a very popular character , fans were extremely excited about possibly seeing her in the alternate reality introduced in the movie . Recalled co - writer Roberto Orci , " " Even before the first movie came out , a lot of online chatter was , ' Is Nurse Chapel gonna be there ? ! " " In an interview with screenwriters Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci , Kurtzman explained , " " In our original , original draft we wrote some scenes with Nurse Chapel but ended up losing them . Even in our first draft it ' s not included . We originally had a flirtation between her and : Nurse Chapel was obviously really obsessed with him and he was not giving her the time of day , which we thought was funny , but then we came onto the Spock / connection [ established in the film ] and that ' s why Nurse Chapel ended up by the wayside . " " ( ) Although not seen directly on - screen in the film ( the says she was not seen on - screen ) , Chapel ' s presence on the " Enterprise " is established in dialogue . McCoy calls for " Nurse Chapel " , just after Kirk ' s hands swell up from the vaccine . Near the end of the film , as Kirk , Spock , and Pike beam back from the " Narada " , a blond - haired female medic with a 1960s - style beehive hairdo is seen administering to Pike ; this could actually be Nurse Chapel . In the lead - up to the release of , some fans guessed that Alice Eve might be portraying Nurse Chapel . This was later disproved , though , with Eve instead playing . The screenwriters opted to nevertheless reference Chapel in the film . " " We just figured that would be a great reference , " " noted Alex Kurtzman . The way it helped establish Kirk ' s attitudes to women , such as that he forgot Chapel , was the reason the in - joke was used . When asked if Chapel could actually appear on the " Enterprise " after being referred to in " Star Trek Into Darkness " , Roberto Orci laughed and stated , " " That ' s certainly possible ! " " In a deleted scene from , actor Karl Urban ad libbed a line in which he , as McCoy , said that Nurse Chapel had contracted the gangorian clam from Kirk , and that she wasn ' t happy about it . ( " Gag Reel " , Blu - ray special features ) Apocrypha . During an away mission in " " , the fifth issue of the " " comics series , Kirk requested that a security officer in the landing party beam back to the " Enterprise " and inform Nurse Chapel of the landing party bringing more casualties from Deneva up to sickbay . In " Parallel Lives , Part 1 " , a male version of Chapel had not transferred from the " Enterprise " , unlike Christine .