Elizabeth Rogers
Actress Elizabeth Rogers  played Lieutenant  in the  second and third season episodes  and . She was also the voice of the Companion in . She filmed her scenes for "The Doomsday Machine" between Tuesday  and Thursday , and her scenes for "The Way to Eden" on Thursday  and Friday , all at Desilu Stage 9.

Born in Austin, Texas, Rogers was a personal friend of writer-producer-director  and appeared in many of Allen's projects. She guest-starred in an episode of Allen's series The Time Tunnel, which starred fellow Star Trek alumni Whit Bissell, James Darren, and Lee Meriwether. Another Irwin Allen series on which she appeared was Land of the Giants, starring Don Marshall.

In addition, Rogers appeared in Allen's hit disaster films, The Poseidon Adventure (1972) and The Towering Inferno (1974). Allen also directed Rogers in the 1978 horror film The Swarm, although her scenes were cut from the film's original release. Besides these, Rogers had roles in several Allen-produced TV movies, including Adventures of the Queen (1975, with Paul Carr), Flood! (1976, with Whit Bissell), and Hanging by a Thread (1979, with Paul Carr and Paul Fix).

Rogers was the second female lead in 's directorial debut, the 1977 crime comedy Grand Theft Auto, which also featured Clint Howard. Rogers' other acting credits include the films A Sensitive, Passionate Man (with Rhodes Reason), The Van (1977) and An Officer and a Gentleman (1982, co-starring Tony Plana) and appearances on such television series as Bonanza (two episodes, including one with Jason Evers and Richard Hale), Dr. Kildare (with David Opatoshu), Mannix (with Antoinette Bower and William Windom), Marcus Welby, M.D. (with William Smithers), Gunsmoke (with , Guy Raymond, and Bill Zuckert), Bewitched, and The Waltons (with Jon Lormer). 

Rogers retired from acting after appearing in the 1986 Irwin Allen-produced TV movie, Outrage! She died in Tarzana, California, in 2004, as a result of lung cancer and a series of strokes. She was 70 years old.

Appearances as Palmer

Other appearances 
  as the voice of the Companion

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