A scientist of the lost survey ship Columbia, who appears to greet Captain Pike on Talos IV in 2254 but is only an illusion created by the Talosians.
Dr Theodore Haskins appears in the original pilot The Cage and in the footage from it used in The Menagerie. The Enterprise picks up a distress call from the Columbia, missing for eighteen years, and Pike's landing party finds a camp of elderly scientists.
Haskins, of the American Continent Institute, acts as their spokesman. He is eager for news of Earth and astonished to hear how fast ships now travel. He also introduces Vina, described as having been born about the time of the crash.
The moment Pike is seized by the Talosians, Haskins and the whole camp disappear. Vina was the only survivor, and the rest was bait. Haskins was played by Jon Lormer.