Phil Dale

Ensign Phil Dale is a Starfleet officer and Shakespeare wannabe attached to the USS Serenity. Dale can be seen regularly harassing members of the crew quoting excerpts from Shakespeare; some among the crew have come to suspect that this is Dale's version of a mating call, though his psychological profile seems to suggest his mating call consists of roaming around the halls of the ship making animal noises.

Despite his exceptional career in Starfleet, Dale doesn't seem to have made many friends - this may be because his manhood is often threatened by the arrival of more powerful personalities (such as Commander Jonathan T. Friker), and so he attacks what he is unable to defeat.

Dale has been reprimanded numerous times by Starfleet Command, and has been transferred from ship to ship several times - namely because he often breaks into his Captain's quarters and stares at them as they sleep, before proceeding to throw toilet rolls at them.