Dallas
From AvP Online Encyclopedia
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| First appearance | Alien |
| Last appearance | Alien |
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| Portrayed by | Tom Skerritt |
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| Species | Human |
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| Gender | Male |
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| Title | Captain |
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Dallas was the captain of the Nostromo. A quiet, private and relaxed man, he didn’t allow himself to get worked up about anything. He took everything in his stride, hiding his true feelings and emotions from the rest of the crew. Their petty bickering annoyed him even more than it annoyed Ripley. When the Nostromo responded to a distress beacon and landed on Acheron, Dallas went out with Kane and Lambert to discover the source, but happened upon the derelict. On returning to the ship, Dallas was at first concerned about the facehugger that had attached itself to Kane's face, but after Ash assured him it was doing much harm, he gave all authority on the matter to him, much to Ripley's protest.
He was as shocked as the rest of them when the chestburster emerged from Kane, but set about organizing the crew’s next actions straight away. He got Ash to construct a tracking device, and Brett some cattle prods, then set out in teams to hunt the newborn alien. Following Brett's death, and Parker's description of an alien bigger than a man, Dallas got Parker to rig up several incinerator units. Dallas then took one of the incinerators and entered the air duct the alien was using to travel through the ship, with the aim of flushing it out into the airlock and then killing it. The alien managed to trick him and lie in wait for him. As Lambert panicked, Dallas finally felt the stress getting to him, and revealed to Ripley how he had to get out of the duct. Soon after, the alien revealed itself and took him away to his death. All that Parker found left was the incinerator.
Appearances
Behind the scenes
Dallas was portrayed by actor Tom Skerritt.
