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| {{Notice/Silver|Catherine Halsey}} | | {{Notice/Silver}} |
| {{Character infobox | | {{Character infobox |
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| |children=[[Miranda Keyes/Silver|Miranda Keyes]] | | |children= |
| |species=[[Human]] | | |species=[[Human]] |
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| |affiliation=[[United Nations Space Command]] | | |affiliation= |
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| Doctor '''Catherine Elizabeth Halsey''' is a civilian scientist for the UNSC. She is the creator of the Spartan super soldiers, particularly the [[SPARTAN-II program/Silver|SPARTAN-II's]].{{Ref/Site|Id=ew|URL=https://ew.com/tv/2019/08/02/showtimes-halo-tv-series-cast/|Site=Entertainment Weekly|Page=Halo TV series casts 2 actors to play familiar characters from game|D=19|M=3|Y=2022}}
| | '''Doctor Catherine Halsey''' is the creator of the Spartan supersoldiers. {{Ref/Site|Id=ew|URL=https://ew.com/tv/2019/08/02/showtimes-halo-tv-series-cast/|Site=Entertainment Weekly|Page=Halo TV series casts 2 actors to play familiar characters from game|D=19|M=3|Y=2022}} |
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| ==Biography==
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| ===Early life and career===
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| Not much is known of Halsey's early life in the Silver timeline, but she had worked on the planet [[Onyx]] in her early days as a UNSC scientist. She later entered a romantic relationship with [[Jacob Keyes/Silver|Jacob Keyes]], with whom she had a daughter, [[Miranda Keyes/Silver|Miranda]], but due to her focus on her work as a UNSC scientist, Halsey's relationships with both Jacob and Miranda soured.
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| ===Finding John and the other SPARTAN candidates===
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| ===Creating Cortana and dealing with a rogue Master Chief===
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| ===Return to Eridanus II===
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| ===At conflict with ONI, Chief and everyone===
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| ===Desperate power grab attempt and escape===
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| ===In ONI custody===
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| ===Reunion with the deserter and the Fall of Reach===
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| ===Coming to terms with John===
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| ===Reunion with Miranda on Onyx and cracking Forerunner secrets===
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| ===Infection by the Flood===
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| ==Personality and traits==
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| A brilliant but overly ambitious scientist, Catherine Halsey is devoted to the advancement of humanity, but will often use unethical means to achieve it, such as using and killing a live clone of herself to create [[Cortana/Silver|Cortana]], kidnapping and enlisting children against their will into the [[SPARTAN-II program/Silver|SPARTAN-II program]] before wiping their memories and subjecting them to horrific augmentations, and attempting to replace the human consciousness of the SPARTAN-II's with AI to make them "more controllable", as she attempted to do with [[John-117/Silver|John-117]] and Cortana. This eventually put her at odds with ONI, the UNSC, and even with her SPARTANs when they discovered the truth of their upbringing and her ultimate intentions.
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| Despite her seemingly cold and unfeeling exterior and tendency to see things through a purely scientific viewpoint, Halsey was not without affection, as she was devastated by Jacob Keyes' death on Reach and still cared deeply about the well-being of her daughter and the SPARTAN-II's.
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| ==Production notes== | | ==Production notes== |
| Catherine Halsey in ''[[Halo: The Television Series]]'' is portrayed by actress [[Wikipedia:Natascha McElhone|Natascha McElhone]].{{Ref/Reuse|ew}} McElhone was originally cast to play both Halsey and [[Cortana/Silver|Cortana]], much like [[Jen Taylor]] did for ''[[Halo 4]]'', ''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'', and ''[[Halo Infinite]]''. However, due to scheduling difficulties caused by the [[wikipedia:COVID-19 pandemic|COVID-19 pandemic]], McElhone was unable to complete her work as Cortana, so Jen Taylor was brought onboard the project to reprise her role from the games.{{Ref/Site|URL= https://www.ign.com/articles/halo-tv-series-recasts-cortana-with-original-voice-actor|Site=IGN|Page= Halo TV Series Recasts Cortana With Original Voice Actress|D=19|M=3|Y=2022}} | | Catherine Halsey in ''[[Halo: The Television Series]]'' is portrayed by actress Natascha McElhone.{{Ref/Reuse|ew}} McElhone was originally cast to play both Halsey and [[Cortana/Silver|Cortana]], much like [[Jen Taylor]] did for ''[[Halo 4]]'', ''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'' and ''[[Halo Infinite]]''. However, due to scheduling difficulties caused by the [[wikipedia:COVID-19 pandemic|COVID-19 pandemic]], McElhone was unable to complete her work as Cortana, so Jen Taylor was brought onboard the project to reprise her role from the games.{{Ref/Site|URL= https://www.ign.com/articles/halo-tv-series-recasts-cortana-with-original-voice-actor|Site=IGN|Page= Halo TV Series Recasts Cortana With Original Voice Actress|D=19|M=3|Y=2022}} |
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| ==Gallery==
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| {{Linkbox|gallery=yes|gallerypage= Images of Catherine Halsey in Halo: The Television Series}}
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| <gallery>
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| HTV-Halsey promo.png|Promotional image of Halsey for ''[[Halo: The Television Series Season One]]''.
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| HTVS2 - Halsey.jpg|Promotional image of Halsey for ''[[Halo: The Television Series Season Two]]''
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| File:HTV-Thermopylae-Nerds.jpg|Catherine and Miranda on Onyx.
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| File:HTV-Halo-Halsey.jpg|Halsey watches as the Flood infection spreads.
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| </gallery>
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| ==List of appearances== | | ==List of appearances== |
| *''[[Halo: The Television Series Season One]]'' | | *''[[Halo: The Television Series]]'' {{1st}} |
| **''[[Contact]]'' {{1st}}
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| **''[[Unbound]]''
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| **''[[Emergence]]''
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| **''[[Homecoming (TV Series)|Homecoming]]''
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| **''[[Reckoning]]''
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| **''[[Solace (TV Series)|Solace]]''
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| **''[[Allegiance]]''
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| **''[[Transcendence]]''
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| *''[[Halo: The Television Series Season Two]]''
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| **''[[Sanctuary (TV Series)|Sanctuary]]'' {{Mo}}
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| **''[[Sword (TV Series)|Sword]]''
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| **''[[Visegrád (TV Series)|Visegrád]]''
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| **''[[Reach (TV Series)|Reach]]''
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| **''[[Aleria (TV Series)|Aleria]]''
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| **''[[Onyx (TV Series)|Onyx]]''
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| **''[[Thermopylae (TV Series)|Thermopylae]]''
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| **''[[Halo (TV Series)|Halo]]''
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| ==Sources== | | ==Sources== |
