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Character » Zahra appears in 34 issues .

Zahra served in the Federation Starfleet as a Yeoman and later promoted to Lieutenant in the 23rd century.

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History (Kelvin Timeline)

Operation: annihilate.

In 2258, Zahra was a Yeoman assigned to the USS Enterprise and was part of the the landing party that accompanied Captain Kirk , Commander Spock and Dr. McCoy to Deneva's capital city. When the landing party came under attack by colonists possessed by blastoneurons, she stunned several of the colonists. Hearing someone scream, they found the blastoneurons. She and Edwards protected Kirk and McCoy as they carried Spock who had been attacked by one of the alien creatures.

They were rescued by Kirk's brother George Samuel Kirk. When they returned to the Enterprise, she informed Kirk that his brother had returned to the planet.

Into Darkness

When the Enterprise encountered " John Harrison ", Zahra accompanied Kirk and Spock as they investigated an unusual planet. She was aboard the bridge of the Enterprise when Admiral Marcus and the USS Vengeance arrived to take Khan into Section's 31 custody.

The Khitomer Conflic

By 2261, Zahra accompanied Kirk, McCoy, Marcus, and Kai when they investigated the attack on the Klingon colony on Khitomer . Zahra and the rest of the landing party were then taken prisoner by Commander Kor and were brought to Qo'noS . As they were being taken to a prison cell, she and Kai were able to free themselves, subdue the guards and take their weapons. As they made their escape they saw a Section 31 team attack the Klingons and were then confronted by Commander Kor before he was killed. They were taken by Section 31 and beamed up to the IRW Raptor One. She was then rescued by the Enterprise but returned to the Great Hall on Qo'NoS with Kirk, Sulu and Kai. Though they were able to subdue the Section 31 team, they were then held at gunpoint by Sulu's sister, Yuki . She and the others then watched as she and the other Section 31 agents double-crossed the Romulans and took the red matter. They were then transported to a Section 31 ship and watched them cause a self destruct program that destroyed all the Romulan warbirds . Zahra and the others were then returned to the Enterprise.

Parthenon 559

Zahra participated in the search and rescue operation of a mining personnel assigned on jungle moon Parthenon 559.

Lost Apollo

Zahra accompanied Kirk and the landing party to Hinrichs V. There they found evidence in a cave that someone came before them. After leaving the cave, they hear a mysterious roar from a creature. They were then attacked by the creature, but were rescued by Spock and his party.

Zahra accompanied Kirk and a landing party to a ship, where a wounded alien warned them of a creature. They then took him back to the ship.

Characteristics

• Name : Zahra
• Homeworld : Earth
• Born : 23rd century
• Species : Human
• Gender : Female
• Hair Color : White
• Affiliation : Federation, Starfleet
• Occupation : Officer
• Rank : Lieutenant

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Star trek into darkness (2013).

Zahra is portaged by model and actress Jodi Johnston in the 2013 film in a nonspeaking role as a redshirt bridge crew member.

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While Jodi Johnston is only credited as "U.S.S. Enterprise Bridge Crew", IDW Publishing 's Star Trek: Ongoing comic series set in the alternate reality named her character "Zahra".

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Zahra Jamal

Zahra Jamal [1] was assigned to the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 as a yeoman in 2267 . On Stardate 3287.2 , she was on bridge duty when she was selected to join a landing party on Deneva , to investigate a phenomenon of mass insanity that had apparently spread to that world. [2]

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• ↑ Yeoman Zahra Jamal's full name comes from the script; she was referred to only as "yeoman" in dialogue and as Zahra in the episode credits. She is also listed as "Ellen Zahra" on IMDB.
• ↑ Roddenberry, Gene ( Executive Producer ). "Operation -- Annihilate!." Star Trek , Season 1, Episode 29 (Production 29). Directed by Herschel Daugherty . Written by Steven W. Carabatsos . Desilu Productions , 13 April 1967 .
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The Lost Art of the Yeoman

Kennedy allen  •  june 15, 2021.

Back in 2016, the First Four recorded an episode discussing the incomparable Janice Rand . As always, the crew took a critical and objective look at the character’s importance on the Enterprise and in the Trek universe. Such an examination begs the question, what happened to yeomen in Starfleet?

Historically, a yeoman’s role consisted mostly of clerical work and administrative tasks, and crewmembers in this position were usually assigned to high-ranking officers. If yeomen are support personnel, why did we stop seeing them past TOS ? One could argue that computation capabilities had advanced significantly by that point, but who is accessing and operating those consoles?

Yeoman Janice Rand, Star Trek: The Original Series

Because the shows focus primarily on senior staff members, the fandom tends to forget about all of the necessary components required to power starships. We place more importance on rank and seniority and almost never include support staff when we list our favorite characters. But now that Lower Decks has portrayed the lives of low-ranking crewmembers, focus has begun to shift away from the glamorous lives of senior officers and place it on the importance of strong teamwork below the bridge. To assert that Kirk’s Enterprise and her crew of 428 people need a staff of yeomen but the Enterprise D and a crew ranging anywhere from 1,000 to 6,000 people somehow didn’t, is a bit absurd.

Yeoman Keiko Tamura, Star Trek: The Original Series

Archer may not have needed a yeoman as those NX ships were compact both in design and functionality, but the need for one evidently arose by the 2260s. Surely Picard could have used an extra set of eyes regarding the paperwork associated with commanding a ship the size of the Enterprise-D . When the Dominion War was in full swing, Sisko certainly needed a yeoman if he was splitting his time between station duties, acting as a religious figurehead for the Bajorans, and serving as an adjutant to Admiral Ross. Janeway may have had a small ship and smaller crew, but half of which were former Maquis. The probability that all of them had skills required for ship operations is dubious at best. Who’s to say there wasn’t a Maquis who knew nothing of warp core dynamics or repairing phaser arrays that needed a job?

Yeoman Ellen Zahra, Star Trek: The Original Series

Positions like yeoman and ship’s counselor may seem superfluous, but support staff are always crucial to large-scale projects. Always. There are hundreds of examples of this, from theatre productions to weddings, from on-boarding a new employee to political campaigns – all of which function best when there is support personnel. The most complex operations usually go best when there’s an individual or a team dedicated solely to minding the “behind-the-scenes” work, and operating a starship is no different.

Realistically, Starfleet Command would have benefitted from a division of Personnel Officers, whose main responsibilities were to the occupational success of their commanding officers. Whether they were stationed on a remote starbase or a flagship vessel, yeomen were capable of alleviating their COs some of the more tedious and time-consuming work.

Yeoman Harlan Burke, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

It’s interesting to note that the yeomen named in the franchise were mostly women, insinuating that assignment qualifications needed to perform the clerical responsibilities of a starship were gender-based. Yeomen Rand, Zahra, Barrows, and Tamura are examples of this. The few male yeomen that we know of, Burke and Samno, ended up murdering some important Klingons on the clock. Although the thankless, grueling “secretarial” work of a yeoman may seem gender-coded by today’s standards, perhaps some occupations are best left to women after all.

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Recap / Star Trek S1 E29 "Operation: Annihilate!"

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Original air date: April 13, 1967

For many years, a strange epidemic of insanity has slowly but surely made its way through an interplanetary system and the planet Deneva is right in the path. The Enterprise tries to contact a Denevan ship that seems intent on flying straight into the sun. The only broadcast they're able to get from the ship is the eerie chant of "Free! I'm free at last!" before the entire ship and its pilot disintegrates in the radiation of the sun.

Kirk, McCoy, Bones, Scotty and a trio of Redshirts (who miraculously survive the experience!) beam down to Deneva to find the streets nearly empty. They are forced to stun a small but nonetheless angry mob. They find that everyone here is either dead or half crazy. They visit the home of Kirk's brother, Sam. Sam is dead, his son is unconscious and his wife is screaming mad while trying to block up an air vent. It is soon learned that Deneva has been invaded by bat sized, unicellular creatures. While the Redshirts are spared their usual abuse, Spock is on the receiving end of an alien attack.

On board the ship, Kirk's sister-in-law dies screaming in pain and ranting madly. Spock is in pain so intense even his Vulcan mental training can't dampen it. Kirk and McCoy try desperately to find a way to kill these creatures.

Operation: Annihilate Tropes!:

• Air-Vent Passageway : How the creatures get into homes. Justified that they are small enough to get through the very small vents.
• All for Nothing : Bones is devastated upon learning that if he'd just waited a few minutes, he would have learned the experiment that blinded Spock wasn't necessary. Luckily there's a Deus ex Machina waiting.
• Almost Dead Guy : Aurelan Kirk regains consciousness just long enough for her to explain the situation with the parasites before the one infecting her kills her to keep her quiet.
• Body Horror : Imagine one of these parasites stinging you; then you are in constant agony and being manipulated by the collective intelligence who can increase the pain any time they want to bring you to heel or to simply kill you.
• Camera Abuse : One of the creatures flies at the camera.
• The Chains of Commanding : Once Kirk learns the cause of the mass insanity he tells his people he cannot allow the parasites to penetrate any further into the Federation, even if it means using the firepower of the Enterprise to bombard Deneva and kill the parasites even though it'll result in the deaths of the colonists.
• Chekhov's Gun : The stray Denevan pilot that the Enterprise attempts to contact at the start of the episode, screaming about being free while he flies into the sun. At first he seems like yet another insane victim of the aliens. Then it turns out he was screaming about being free from the aliens' influence , thanks to the sun being lethal to the alien...and sadly, the pilot as well .
• Civilization Destroyer : Going back to ancient times, a number of civilizations on different planets have been destroyed by outbreaks of mass insanity. The cause of the insanity is alien creatures that attack people and inject material into their bodies that takes control of their nervous systems. The aliens make the victims travel to other planets using starships, thus spreading the infection.
• Cool Shades : Averted. The goggles that block the blinding rays of light are actually kind of dorky looking.
• Deus ex Machina : Wow! Good thing Vulcans have extra eyelids!
• Died in Your Arms Tonight : A downplayed platonic example; Kirk cradles Spock, who has been left with serious injury and pain after being attacked and infected by one of the parasites.
• Disabled Means Helpless : Everyone seems to think this when Spock goes blind. The VISOR hasn't been invented yet and blindness is still serious business in the Trek world of this time. Presumably, Spock likely would have been able to adapt to it in time (had it not turned out to be temporary), but it's completely believable that he'd struggle initially, even if there was assistive technology available.
• Driven to Suicide : An unarmed Denevan pilot, driven mad by pain caused by the parasite he's infected by, flies his ship into the sun.
• Dying as Yourself : The Denevan who flies into the sun is freed from the creatures' influence just before his ship burns up.
• Facial Dialogue : Spock and McCoy have a brief Fascinating Eyebrow war. Spock wins.
• Hell Is That Noise : The creatures have two , the buzzing that they usually make and the shriek when they're agitated.
• Heroic Sacrifice : Spock doesn't hesitate to make one.
• Hive Mind : The creatures are described as being autonomous parts of a single organism. This doesn't go anywhere in the final version of the episodes, but in early drafts it was set-up for a denouement in which the creatures are defeated by locating and destroying the Hive Queen .
• Improbable Infant Survival : Hundreds of people, including Kirk's brother and sister-in-law are killed by the parasites, but Kirk's nephew Peter survives.
• It's Personal : Our heroes have faced weird alien menaces before, but this time it's personal because Kirk's family (and Spock ) are among the victims.
• Lampshade Hanging : Yeoman Zahra, looking at the obviously inanimate rubber parasites: "It doesn't even look real."
• Off-the-Shelf FX : The flying parasites were created from bags of fake vomit. The off-the-shelf nature of the parasites is lampshaded by Yeoman Zahra, who remarks upon seeing one that it "doesn't even look real."
• O.O.C. Is Serious Business : Spock, driven mad by pain, goes wild and tries to take over the ship. Also, several times (brilliantly played by Nimoy) Spock visibly twitched. Not grossly, but just to remind you that Spock is having to use all his Vulcan discipline to hold down the pain, and it can't last forever.
• Pietà Plagiarism : Kirk cradles the visibly shaken Spock after the Vulcan is attacked and infected.

• Puppeteer Parasite : Parasitic creatures that resemble flying pancakes attack planetary colonists—and eventually Spock.
• Single-Episode Handicap : Spock is blinded after they blast him with "the complete spectrum of light" to rid him of a parasite that is UV-sensitive. It's okay, though, because Vulcans actually have third eyelids that somehow restored his sight by the end of the episode. This extra set of eyelids is thereafter never mentioned again...until the last season of Enterprise , anyways.
• Stock Footage : Stock footage of Leslie's hands from " The Alternative Factor " is used to represent the personnel in the satellite control room. This shot was removed from the remastered version of the episode.
• Survival Mantra : "I am a Vulcan. There is no pain."
• Take a Third Option : Kirk demands one, as he usually does when faced with a Sadistic Choice . He gets it!
• Uncanny Family Resemblance : No one comments on it, but Sam Kirk looks an awful lot like Jim Kirk with a mustache...
• Weakened by the Light : The blobby aliens turn out to be weak to close exposure to sunlight, or rather, one of the wavelengths that the local sun gives off. The Enterprise weaponize this knowledge with a network of satellites to kill all of the aliens without also killing or even merely blinding the human population of Deneva.
• What Happened to the Mouse? : We never see what happens to Kirk's nephew Peter, who had lost both his parents. Is he sent to live with distant relatives, perhaps Kirk's parents? Is he put in a children's home? (In a scene that was actually shot (production stills survive) but cut from the final edit, Kirk sees off his nephew Peter, who has been adopted by his father's business partner.)
• Wrench Whack : One of the mind-controlled human colonists ineffectually attacks the landing party with a large wrench.
• Star Trek S1 E28 "The City on the Edge of Forever"
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[the landing party shoots down one of the alien life forms] 

Spock : Incredible. Not only should it have been destroyed by our phasers, it does not even register on my tricorder.

Yeoman Zahra : Captain, it doesn't even look real.

Spock : It is not life as we know or understand it, yet it is obviously alive. It exists.

Capt. Kirk : And it can bear up under full phaser power.

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Star trek: why tos fired janice rand in season 1.

Star Trek: The Original Series' Yeoman Janice Rand (Grace Lee Whitney) was set to become an integral character but was written off after season 1.

• Yeoman Janice Rand was initially intended to be a major character in Star Trek: The Original Series but was written off the show after season 1.
• The decision to remove Rand from the show was influenced by the network's desire for Captain Kirk to not be tied to one love interest and financial reasons.
• Actress Grace Lee Whitney, who played Rand, later revealed that she was sexually assaulted by a studio executive on the set of Star Trek, which she believes played a role in her departure from the show.

Yeoman Janice Rand (Grace Lee Whitney) was initially part of Star Trek: The Original Series but was written off the show after season 1. Star Trek - now dubbed Star Trek: The Original Series - premiered in 1966 and ran for 3 seasons on NBC before being canceled. Many characters from Star Trek: The Original Series , especially Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner), Mr. Spock (Leonard Nimoy), and Doctor Leonard "Bones" McCoy (DeForest Kelley), have become iconic parts of both Star Trek and television history. However, many fans may not know that the character of Yeoman Janice Rand was also supposed to be a major Star Trek character.

Yeoman Rand appeared in 8 episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series season 1. Rand was Captain Kirk's personal Yeoman, and there was also a fair amount of unresolved romantic tension between the two, although they were never portrayed as having anything other than a professional relationship. In the initial concept and marketing for TOS , Rand was supposed to be a major character and function as an important advisor and confidant to the Captain as well as being Kirk's love interest . Janice's appearances and dialogue were consistently cut down during the production process, however, essentially relegating her to the role of a side character throughout TOS season 1.

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Why grace lee whitney's yeoman janice rand left star trek in season 1, rand disappeared after only 8 star trek: the original series episodes.

During production of Star Trek: The Original Series season 1, Grace Lee Whitney was informed that Yeoman Janice Rand was being written off the show at the request of the network. The official story was that Rand's presence was getting in the way of the producers' desire for Captain Kirk not to be tied to one love interest. Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry also once stated that Whitney's firing was purely financial, as the show was over budget and needed to make cuts.

Whitney herself later agreed that the higher-up's interest in Kirk's promiscuous reputation likely had something to do with her being let go, but also made it clear that she thought the decision was made for another, much darker reason. Only a few days before her firing, Whitney was sexually assaulted by a studio executive on the Star Trek set. Whitney discussed the incident in her autobiography years later and, although she deliberately did not mention the executive by name, stated that she had a hard time believing the assault wasn't at least in some way related to her exit from Star Trek.

A few different Yeoman characters appeared after Grace Lee Whitney was let go from Star Trek , but none recurred like Janice Rand.

Leaving Star Trek: The Original Series was one of the greatest disappointments of Whitney's life, and of course, the assault she suffered was an extremely traumatic experience. While the executive who assaulted her was never identified or prosecuted, Whitney's bravery in discussing the experience in her book cannot be overstated. Gene Roddenberry later apologized for giving in to pressure from the network to let Whitney go, even going so far as to say that writing Janice Rand off "was the dumbest mistake" he had ever made . Many of Whitney's castmates were equally shocked and unhappy with her departure, including Leonard Nimoy, who Whitney said was a great acting mentor and friend to her during her time on the show.

Grace Lee Whitney's Janice Rand Returned To Star Trek

The star trek movies and star trek: voyager showed what happened to janice rand.

Luckily, Janice Rand was given a chance at redemption years later through her appearances in the Star Trek films. Although Grace Lee Whitney's roles were little more than cameos, Janice Rand returned in Star Trek: The Motion Picture as Chief Petty Officer and Transporter Chief of the refitted USS Enterprise when Admiral Kirk took command. Rand was back in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home as a communications officer at Starfleet headquarters, and she attended the court-martial hearing of her former USS Enterprise crew mates. In Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Commander Janice Rand was now communications officer aboard the USS Excelsior commanded by Captain Hikaru Sulu (George Takei) .

Grace Lee Whitney got her biggest Star Trek role since Star Trek: The Original Series when Commander Janice Rand was featured as a guest character, along with George Takei's Captain Sulu, in the Star Trek: Voyager season 3 episode "Flashback," which showed the unseen events aboard the USS Excelsior during Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country . In addition, Grace Lee Whitney is regarded as a beloved actress among Star Trek fans, attending numerous Star Trek conventions and even participating in some Star Trek fan projects before her death in 2015. Although Yeoman Janice Rand never got the chance to realize her full potential on Star Trek: The Original Series , the character will always be remembered as an integral part of Star Trek history.

Will Janice Rand Appear In Star Trek: Strange New Worlds?

A young janice rand could board captain pike's starship enterprise.

As more and more Star Trek: The Original Series characters are being reintroduced on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds , it's possible Janice Rand could also appear played by a younger actor . Strange New Worlds season 2 brought in Lt. James T. Kirk (Paul Wesley) and Lt. Montgomery "Scotty" Scott (Martin Quinn) to join Lt. Spock (Ethan Peck), Ensign Nyota Uhura (Celia Rose Gooding), and Nurse Christine Chapel (Jess Bush) on the USS Enterprise during Captain Christopher Pike's (Anson Mount) command. During Strange New Worlds ' timeframe, circa 2259-2260, Rand may still be a teenager, possibly enrolled in Starfleet Academy.

A young Janice Rand could be a Cadet recruited to the Starship Enterprise on her first outer space tour like Cadet Uhura was in Strange New Worlds season 1. Or Rand could be serving on the USS Farragut, where Lt. Kirk is the First Officer, and that could lay the foundation for how Janice joins Star Trek: The Original Series as Kirk's yeoman. Star Trek has never canonically revealed Janice Rand's backstory, and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds could correct that error.

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TOS: S1 – E29: Operation: Annihilate!

I can remember watching “Operation: Annihilate!” as a summertime rerun as a child and being completely horrified. It also seemed like this one lasted longer than the usual. Something must have bothered me about the fried eggs that were attacking Kirk, Spock, and the rest of the crew. 

STARDATE: 3287.2

This one begins with Uhura trying to contact anyone on Deneva without success. Kirk asked her to try “GSK 783, subspace frequency three.” Uhura noted that it was a code for a private transmitter. Kirk said he knew and to do it.

Spock said that the wave of solar systems going crazy and losing their civilizations was following a straight line (as he pointed to a star chart). He said the ancient Beta Portolan system, which archaeologists have said may have been the start of this “mass insanity.” Next, Lavinus V, then Theta Cygni XII, with the last system to be infected was Ingraham B. 

McCoy said there was no scientific theory as to why this was happening.

Sulu warned that a Denevan ship was headed toward their sun. Kirk ordered pursuit. They tried to stop the single-man ship from destruction — but could not.

“I did it!” said the voice of the pilot on the Denevan ship. “It’s finally gone! I’m free!”

The  Enterprise  turned back to Deneva.

McCoy asked Kirk if the captain’s brother Sam, and family, were still living on Deneva. Kirk said nothing. 

Spock said that Deneva was colonized as a freighting line base, but they’d had no contact with the Federation for over a year.

Uhura said that she’d made contact with the private transmitter. They heard a woman’s voice asking for help. They broke contact before Kirk could respond to the message. He ordered Uhura to re-establish the connection. And Uhura got a little sassy with him, saying that she couldn’t because the signal had been cut from the source. 

NOTE:  That was something to see! He knew he was wrong, so he just backed the hell up. Go Uhura!

Kirk admitted to McCoy that he knew the voice. He said that his brother Sam was a research biologist, and the voice sounded like his wife (Aurelan). 

Before Kirk and the party beamed down, Spock said the human activity on the surface was strangely quiet.

NOTE:  The crew beamed into the “heart of the capital city,” which was the TRW Space and Defense Park in Redondo Beach, California. It looked pretty cool! It was a believable, futuristic type of place. Kirk and the others did not look out of place there.

The party was Kirk, Spock, McCoy, a female yeoman in a red skirt (who Kirk ordered to record everything that happened) and two additional redshirts.

Kirk found his brother’s lab. As they walked toward the building, four human males ran toward them, yelling and holding transparent pipes. The party stunned them with phasers.

Spock noted that as they approached, they said that they did not want to hurt the  Enterprise  crew. McCoy examined them and said they had unusual brain activity for being unconscious. They heard a woman’s scream, and the crew ran toward it.

Inside the building, they found a woman — Kirk’s sister-in-law — screaming hysterically. McCoy gave her a hypospray shot, and she calmed. The doctor found a man on the carpet. 

NOTE:  It was William Shatner in an orange jumpsuit with a mustache! 

It turned out to be Kirk’s brother, Sam. He was dead. But Kirk’s nephew, Peter, was alive but unconscious. McCoy prepared to beam them up to the ship for further treatment. He requested that Kirk be part of the group to return.

Spock actually tried to console Kirk, but the captain was all business. They figured that Aurelan was trying to keep someone out of the room by covering the air vent. Kirk left Spock in charge.

Back on the  Enterprise , Bones said that he was working to determine the cause of Aurelan’s medical issue, but she was able to speak. Kirk asked Aurelan if she could help tell them what happened on the planet. 

“They came, eight months ago,” she said. “Things. Horrible things.” 

She explained that visitors from the planet Ingraham B brought the “horrible things.” 

Before Kirk could get her to reveal what the “things” were, she began to scream. 

“They are forcing us to build ships for them,” she said. “Don’t let them go any further!” 

Then she died. 

NOTE:  All the actors seemed to have a ton of makeup on for this episode. More than usual. Shatner had an incredible amount of eyeliner on. I wonder why…

Bones said that he’d do everything he could to save Kirk’s nephew.

Kirk beamed back to the surface and found his team waiting. Spock said they hadn’t seen anyone besides the four they stunned earlier. Scotty said they hadn’t seen any aliens, but that they’d heard a strange noise. 

“Set your phasers on Force 3 — to kill,” said Kirk as they went to investigate. He told them they were looking for “some kind of creature, and we already know that it will kill.”

As they walked into a building where they could hear the noise, the quickly ducked as a pink, flying flounder-like creature flew at them. Kirk saw that there were many of them, and they fired phasers, causing one to fall. Spock said that it should have been destroyed by the phasers and that it did not register on his tricorder.

“It is not life as we know or understand it,” said Spock. “Yet it is obviously alive, it exists …”

“And it can bear up under full phaser power,” said Kirk.

Spock wanted to beam on up to the  Enterprise  for further examination, but Kirk said that it could be a trap, and ordered the party to move out. As they did, one of the creatures flew onto Spock’s back.

Kirk ripped it off Spock’s back, but the Vulcan seemed almost unconscious. They beamed him back up to the  Enterprise , so Bones could examine him. McCoy felt that something was fighting him from within Spock’s body. He operated on the wound but decided to close Spock up.

Nurse Chapell did not understand why he did not try to take out more material and argued with the doctor. McCoy lashed out at her, and she helped him. 

Later, McCoy showed Kirk the particle that he removed from Spock’s spinal cord. He said that tentacles were growing throughout Spock’s nervous system, which was true for Kirk’s nephew. 

McCoy said the alien attacked by putting a stinger in the victim, which takes over the victim’s body very quickly.

“I’m sorry, Jim,” said McCoy. “The lab, science departments … we’re all stumped.” 

Back at sickbay, Spock writhed in pain. He sat up from his bed and whispered, “no, I won’t,” and rose. He pushed Chapell out of his way, who informed the bridge. Kirk called for a security alert on the ship.

Seconds after that announcement, Spock appeared on the bridge and threw Sulu from his chair. After a struggle, Kirk, Sulu, and two others pinned Spock down as McCoy sedated the Vulcan. 

In sickbay, McCoy was able to monitor Spock’s pain level, which was enormous. Spock regained consciousness and told Kirk and McCoy that the restraints were no longer needed. He wanted to return to duty.

Spock explained that he now understood the creature was controlling him with pain, and it wants the ship. Kirk said that they’d keep him confined longer, but if he can maintain control, they’d let him go.

Kirk ordered McCoy to do whatever it took to help his nephew. McCoy scolded Kirk, saying that there were over a million colonists on the planet in the same spot. After they left the room, Spock tried to talk himself into not feeling the pain.

“I am a Vulcan,” he said. “There is no pain.”

He then burst through the restraints and walked to the transporter room. He ordered Mr. Scott to beam him to the surface, and Scotty said: “no one” was to beam back down. Spock took out one crewman with a pinch and was about to operate the transporter controls when Scotty stopped him.

“Freeze right there, Mr. Spock!” he said. “Or I’ll put you to sleep for sure.”

Scotty got Kirk to report to the transporter room, and Spock explained that he needed to capture and analyze one of the creatures. 

“Jim, this is ridiculous! I don’t want my patients running around — he should be in bed,” McCoy exclaimed.

Kirk approved Spock’s trip. After he was gone, Bones yelled at Kirk, saying that Spock was sick. But they agreed that Spock was the only “man” for the job.

On the planet, Spock was immediately attacked — and promptly beat the attacker with a neck pinch. He returned to the area where they saw the aliens massing before. 

NOTE:  These aliens made the strangest noises. Like a cow sucking on its mother’s teet. Bizarre for science fiction and unlike most “alien” noises heard in movies or television.

Spock shot one of the creatures and beamed back up. In the lab, Spock showed that this fried-egg alien was like a single brain cell, part of a vast creature. All of the aliens together were one animal.

Kirk guessed that this creature was from another galaxy. Spock said that could be, and its original planet must have a different set of physical laws. Spock noted that it might be hard to destroy due to that. 

Kirk said the Denevan, who flew the ship into the sun, figured out how to beat the creature, which was their clue. He gave them one hour to figure out a cure.

When Kirk returned to the lab, McCoy said they’d tried radiation and heat to kill the creature, but neither worked. He couldn’t figure out how to kill the creature. 

“We’ve got 14 science labs on this ship,” said Kirk. “The finest equipment and computers in the galaxy!”

Kirk said that he could not let this spread beyond the colony, even if it meant killing all million of the colonists.

Spock said he could not see any other choice than killing the infected. Bones argued that “killing five to save ten” was Spock’s logic in this case.

NOTE:  Could this have been the seed that Nicholas Meyer used to create the “needs of the many” argument in Star Trek II ? Could be!

Kirk yelled at the science and medical teams, telling them that there had to be a third choice. Spock requested to beam to the surface, as he could not hold out much longer against the pain.

Kirk denied the request. He went back to the pilot and noted that they hadn’t tried bright light yet. Spock said they could put up a ring of satellites burning “tri-magnesite ad trevium,” which would be like bringing the sun closer to the planet. Bones said he’d rig up a test in the lab.

They tried the light test on their creature — and it worked. 

Kirk wasn’t happy. He wanted to know if this would save the infected. Spock volunteered and refused protective goggles. 

Spock sat in the chamber and took the light. McCoy told Kirk that Spock was the best first officer in the fleet, and hesitated. Kirk ordered him to proceed. When over, he sat up and said he was free of the pain. But now Spock was blind!!

Chapell came in and gave McCoy some test results, which detailed the kind of light that killed the creature. It was ultraviolet — a light that humans cannot detect, which destroyed the alien. Bones lowered his head — Spock didn’t have to be blind.

Kirk gritted his teeth and told McCoy to take care of Spock.

Meanwhile, Sulu deployed the satellites. They turned them on, and the light reigned down and fried the aliens… like eggs. Ewww.

Moments later, Uhura got a message from the planet, noting that the creatures were all dying. Kirk called to sickbay to tell Spock that the satellites worked. 

“Bones, it wasn’t your fault,” said the captain.

As they prepared to break orbit, Spock’s vision returned. McCoy explained that the blindness was temporary, thanks to his Vulcan physiology. 

“An hereditary trait,” said Spock. “The brightness of the Vulcan sun has caused the development of an inner eyelid which acts as a shield against high-intensity light.”

NOTE: This tidbit would come into gigantic prominence when General Oh wore sunglasses on Star Trek: Picard .

Spock sat at his station, and McCoy told Kirk not to tell Spock that he was “the best first officer in the fleet.” 

Spock whirled around and thanked McCoy for the compliment.  “You’ve been so concerned about his Vulcan eyes that you forgot about his Vulcan ears,” said Kirk. 

TREK REPORT SUPPLEMENTAL:

An excellent episode, one in which the viewer was not sure if the crew would ever figure out a cure. Watching it again, the answer seems obvious — using light to beat the creatures was an easy one. But I guess not at first.

I wondered if the crew of The Next Generation might have tried to communicate with these creatures. Notice there was no attempt, even when Spock pointed out that they were basically individual brain cells, which implies intelligence. We’ll never know because through seven seasons, four feature films, and one spin-off series, they never did meet these fried-egg aliens.

These fried eggs, which we never got a name for its species (other than flying parasite), reminded me a little of the face-huggers from the Alien franchise. In a way, they operated much like those grotesque creatures. Perhaps they might have inspired Ridley Scott and the creators of their aliens. 

RATING: 3 out of 5

Directed by: Hershel Daughtery Written by: Steven W. Carabatsos Produced by: Gene L. Coon Executive Producer: Gene Roddenberry Associate Producer: Robert H. Justman Music composed and conducted by: Alexander Courage Script Consultant: D.C. Fontana Director of Photography: Jerry Finnerman Art Directors: Roland M. Brooks and Walter M. Jeffries

William Shatner as Kirk Leonard Nimoy as Spock

DeForest Kelley as Dr. McCoy

James Doohan … as Scott Joan Swift … as Aurelan Maurishka … as Yeoman Zahra Majel Barrett … as Christine Chapell

George Takei … Sulu Nichelle Nichols … Uhura Craig Hundley … Peter Fred Carson … First Denevan Jerry Catron … Second Denevan

Film Editor … Fabien Tordjmann Assistant to the Producer … Edward K. Milkis Assistant Director … Michael S. Glick Set Decorator … Marvin March Costumes created by … William Theiss

Post Production Executive … Bill Heath Music Editor … Jim Henrikson Sound Editor … Douglas H. Grindstaff Sound Mixer … Carl W. Daniels Photographic Effects … Westheimer Company Script Supervisor … George A. Rutter Music Consultant … Wilbur Hatch Music Coordinator … Julian Davidson Special Effects … Jim Rugg Property Master … Irving A. Feinberg Gaffer … George H. Merhoff Head Grip … George Rader Production Supervisor … Bernard A. Windin Makeup Artist … Fred B. Phillips, S.M.A. Hair Styles by … Virginia Darcy, C.H.S. Wardrobe Mistress … Margaret Makau Casting … Joseph D’Agosta Sound … Glen Glenn Sound Co.

A DesiLu Production in association with the Norway Company

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Yeoman Zahra was a member of Starfleet in the 23rd century, and an officer, holding the rank of lieutenant aboard the USS Enterprise, under the command of Captain James T. Kirk, in the 2260s typically as third shift communications officer.  Zarha is also an accomplished pilot.

In the year 2267, Zahra participated in the landing party to the surface of Deneva investigating the mysterious loss of contact between the Deneva colony and the Federation. Along with the rest of the landing party, she came under attack by the mysterious extragalactic neural parasites which had invaded the colony, although she was able to escape unharmed.

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Published Sep 1, 2016

Catching Up Laurel Goodwin, Yeoman Colt from "The Cage"

Life has a funny way of working out sometimes. Just ask Laurel Goodwin. More than 50 years ago, the child model-turned actress co-starred with Jeffrey Hunter, Majel Barrett and Leonard Nimoy in the original Star Trek pilot, “The Cage.” She played Yeoman J.M. Colt. NBC famously rejected the pilot, but ordered a new one and, well, here we are. But there’s more to it than that. Much more. Goodwin would have been part of the second pilot had Hunter stuck with the series; it was when he exited that NBC chose to keep Nimoy and drop Goodwin, while Barrett ended up with the role of Nurse Chapel. And so Goodwin was very, very nearly along for the ride and, in her own way, she still has been part of Trek ’s trek.

Star Trek aside, Goodwin appeared in the Elvis Presley film Girls! Girls! Girls! and with Jackie Gleason in Papa’s Delicate Condition , as well as in episodes of such television shows The Virginian, Get Smart, The Beverly Hillbillies and Mannix . She also co-produced the Burt Reynolds film Stroker Ace with her late husband, Walter Wood. StarTrek.com sat down with Goodwin earlier this month at Star Trek Las Vegas , and she talked candidly about her life today, her Trek experience, her status as the last living cast member from “The Cage,” and more. Here’s what she had to say…

What are you up to these days?

Well, actually, not a great deal. I'm living in Palm Springs, where I have been for about 20 years. After I retired from acting (in 1971), I went back to school and picked up, not a complete nursing degree, but a nursing degree. I was credentialed and all that, and went into home health care. We're talking taking care of seniors who were pretty badly handicapped and really needed someone who knew what they were doing. I did that for many years, and then about seven years ago, my husband became very ill. So I nursed him through a very long and slow, painful decline. I don't recommend it for anybody. But we had a wonderful 43-year relationship, and so I would do it again.

Anyway, after that I was kind of wiped out. I hadn't had four hours of consecutive sleep in about a year and a half. So it took me quite a while to recover and get my feet under me and all that. I lead a pretty quiet life. A little bit of socializing and such, but I’m not really working or doing anything. Star Trek has got me involved in a couple little minor things, but other than that, I haven't really done anything. I'm not really working. I'd love to do some theater, and I have had some opportunities, except that I don't really think I have the stamina to do theater anymore. You get to a point, and you really have to be athletic.

How have you enjoyed events like this, like Star Trek Las Vegas ?

I don't enjoy getting to them. Or getting around at them. I think if I'm going to do any future ones, I'm going to request a scooter, because everything is five miles this way and four miles that way, and I'm getting up there, folks. But once I’m there, I really enjoy it. It really is a kick to see the fans, and to see that there are still people that are that delighted and tickled to see you. And they tell you so. How could you not have a good time? It’s really quite lovely. And everybody's been very sweet and helpful and nice. So I’m enjoying myself. But oh, I wish they had moving sidewalks or something.

Time to go back 50-plus years. How did you land your role in “The Cage”? Do you remember the details of actually landing it?

Well, I was known in town, so I was one of the live ones. And Gene (Roddenberry) was seeing a whole bunch of people, and I got on the audition through an agent. The usual way. I think I auditioned two or three times. Something like that. And then I got the job. One amusing story was, when I came in, I had my portfolio with me because I learned to do that when I was modeling, earlier. Anyway, I had a portfolio. Some good pictures and such. One of the key things about this character that Gene Roddenberry said was, "We want Yeoman Colt to have great-looking legs." He said, "You appear to have nice-looking legs." So I opened up this portfolio. There was an old magazine called Pageant . I had done a big spread, and one of the shots was with me in black leotards, with the little micro-glasses, and a skunk on a leash and a book of Freud in the other hand. And oh, boy, does it make me look great. So I opened the thing, and Gene said, "Well, yes, they do look good. But, you know, photos." So he said, "You do look like you do have good-looking legs. Would you mind lifting your skirt a little bit?" It didn't bother me any. I was a model as a teenager. You dressed in the back with a sheet around you.

So I pulled my skirt up. Not immodestly. He said, "Well, yes, I guess we all have to agree that she does have good-looking legs." So I’m thinking, "Hmm. Well, okay." So now, I get the job. We get into costuming and we go out, Majel and I, because that was the uniform. We started doing that. And, of course, they had to design these costumes. Well, by the time they got this costume together, against my better judgment, I could have been knock-kneed and bowlegged. They had me in baggy three-quarter trousers and ugly boots. I thought, "Well, I’m certainly glad that one of the key things was that you had good-looking legs."

What on paper intrigued you about Colt as a character?

I'm an actor. Basically, it was playing the subservient role, and kind of having a crush on the captain and not trying to allow it to be picked up on so I could avoid getting into trouble, because you didn’t do that in a military setting. And I wanted to play it right because, just being an actress and getting a job, it wasn’t easy. The market was very, very tiny. Three networks. And they made a lot of pilots, but only a few ever got picked up. Star Trek was a bit different. It had a great philosophy. And I thought the timing was perfect, that it was time for a semi-adventure, philosophical, a little deeper than that science-fiction type thing, because everyone was getting a little tired of detectives and cowboys.

What was the shoot like?

I thought it was wonderful fun. Everybody worked very hard. First of all, we got to do a rehearsal thing, which was rather unusual. We gathered at a table. I was very involved with the makeup people and all that, while we were creating the roles and Leonard's look and all of that. So that was great fun and intriguing. It was sort of like being back at the studio again, because that's how I originated, under contract at Paramount. So that was great fun on that level, because I got to do a little of the behind stuff in the creation of this. Everyone was really very positive. Gene, of course, was totally enthusiastic. The only one that was very hard to read was Majel. Even the background people, they were all enthused, and fun. It was a fun thing to do. Also, realize, we didn’t have all the special effects stuff. We had a lot of Rube Goldberg going for us. MacGyver , I guess, is the one they’d recognize now. So I was having a great time watching how they were making these things look like they do it this way, and doing it an entirely different way. So that was a great kick.

And it was a joy for me to in the first day walk in and see Leonard there, because we went way back. When I was under contract to Paramount, they were sending me to Jeff Corey, who was a drama coach, and Leonard used to fill in when Jeff was working, and that's how I first met Leonard. I adored his methods as a drama coach. I joined Leonard's class out of my own pocket, because I loved the way he worked. We became friends and continued to be in contact. Not buddy-buddies. He was married and had a big family and all. Then we walked into makeup that first morning and we're both there. That was a thrill for me.

What do you remember of Jeffrey Hunter?

Oh, they just don't come any nicer or prettier. This guy, in person, he was better than he's been on screen. The eyes were mesmerizing. He was just a good-looking, wonderful, talented, charming person. Very easy to work with. He was a major star. There was no prima donna-ism. There was no ego nonsense. He was a very generous actor. He was one of the gang. It was like an ensemble, which was part of what appealed to me about the project. I had been invited to do two other pilots for half-hour comedy shows, and I had to make a decision when Star Trek didn’t sell the first pilot. They’d held on to me and Leonard. I had to make a decision whether I was going to stay with Star Trek or accept the situation with one of these other two comedies. I said, "Oh, no. Star Trek is it. I’ve got to do Star Trek . It's great, it's gonna be wonderful.” Then, they didn’t take that first pilot, but said there would be a second pilot. I thought, “We'll make the second pilot. They still want me. Yep, yep, yep."

So then all the negotiations go on, and the whole thing collapses. When they collapsed, they said, "Well, we don't really need Laurel, because it was for this reason. We're changing the storyline." And they brought in the luckiest man in the world, William Shatner. In the meantime, I had turned down the two comedies, pulled my name out of consideration. They both sold, and both were highly successful. That doesn't mean that I would have been. And the women who did it were brilliant and wonderful. However, in Los Angeles, you may do a dozen pilots over a certain period of time. I had three going live. Star Trek really looked like it was gonna work and I thought, “By this time next year...” But, nope.

Let’s fill in a blank or two. You and Leonard were initially going to be back for the second pilot, but it was Hunter’s contract that needed renegotiating and ultimately collapsed…

That's where things went up in smoke.

His wife didn’t want him to do it. Correct?

She apparently told him, "You're a movie star. You're not a TV star." Now, I got this story from a very dear friend of mine back East, who was a network honcho, because we were having dinner. I knew him quite well, and we were involved in a lot of stuff in New York. I said, "So, what happened?" He said, "Well, to tell you the truth, we were going with it. We were going to go with Jeff." I said, "Why'd you keep me?" He said, "Because we felt you were so damn cute." That was nice. I said, "Well, thank you very much." He said, "No, no, it was great, and Leonard, of course, because of his ears and his very special look."

So he then said that when they were renegotiating Hunter’s contract, Mrs. Hunter came and made a list of demands. He said, "We agreed to all of them. Then she came a second time, with another list, and we went along with that. She came again with a third list." And he said, "They called a meeting. We all got together" -- the powers that be that make those decisions – and said, “You know, if this thing is successful and goes for a year or two, do we really want to put up with that woman?" They all said, "No." They said, "Well, let's not do it with Jeff." That's how the luckiest man in the world stepped into it. And they let me go.

We have to ask this question. What was it like to watch Star Trek explode without you being a part of it? Your life could have been very different.

No kidding. It was very painful. Very painful. I, at that period of time, was going through a divorce. Not a pleasant divorce. I ended up having to cough up half of my salary from doing Star Trek as part of the property settlement. California, and all that sort of stuff. So it cost me a pretty piece of change. It cost me half of what I made. I couldn't believe it, because I had left him just before. Long, boring story on that one. It would have made an incredible difference. And I must say, I was disgusted, offended, and it made me tired of the business. It was really sort of the straw that broke my back. It really soured me, and I lost my enthusiasm altogether of doing these pilots and such.

So, yeah, I was devastated. Devastated. Then I was good for a while. When the show came on with Shatner on it, I thought, "Well, come on. Don't be sour grapes." The thing that took the thorn out of my paw really was Leonard, because I was so pleased for him, and I knew this was going to give him some liquidation, that he could then do what he really wanted to do. And I was very pleased with all of that. And I had come up with the pointed sideburns. And a few other things. But that, very specifically.

You suggested that?

Oh, yeah. When I was in makeup, Leonard's going, "You know, I’ve got to play this non-feeling alien, and all that." I said, "Honey, trust me. When they get these ears right and they get that right, we get that look just right, you're gonna be the sex symbol of the '60s." He brushed it off because he was a serious actor. So, even though I was crushed not to be on the show, I was delighted for Leonard. And, when the show started, not being sour grapes, I took a look at it. The first moment that William Shatner walks on, I go, "He's got Leonard's pointed sideburns." That did it. I turned it off and never watched it again.

At some point years after the show’s demise, Roddenberry started to show "The Cage" at conventions. It was in black and white at first. Then somebody found the color version, and he’d screen that. What was it like to see this pilot that nobody ever saw begin to see the light of day?

By then, it wasn’t near as important to me. I was very proud and pleased that Star Trek had grown and done everything that it had, but personally, it didn’t affect me that much because I led a very busy life and went on my way. Every once in a while, it’d cross my mind what I could have made just from the residuals if I’d done the show. But it is what it is. The first time I actually got to see the whole thing was 10 years ago, I believe, when I did the 40th anniversary event at the Hilton. I went in to buy a lighter or a book of matches, or something. They had stuff on the wall, and I gave it a look. They had a big display of all things Star Trek , and near there, there was a gift shop. I went in to get something. They had videos. I looked over and saw "The Cage." I went, "Oh, that's interesting." So I bought a couple. They were like, $5. Obviously getting rid of them. So I bought a couple and took them home. I sent one to my mother. She wanted it. That was the first time I saw it. But it was both black and white and color. So, that's the only time I’ve seen it. And, of course, my VCR is long dead.

Now it's the 50th anniversary of Star Trek . How have you enjoyed being ranked as one of Star Trek 's Most Beautiful Women?

[LAUGHTER] Have I been?

Yes, you have.

Oh, well, one young man, a nice-looking young man, he said, "I saw it when I was a young boy, and I've had a massive crush on you." I said, “Well, thank you." I think it's delightful. I love the idea. I wish I knew I was as cute as I was, when I look at the photos now, back then. I wish I had that appreciation of myself. I knew I was a good actress. I knew I could do whatever it was somebody would hire me for, but I wish I had appreciated how many more assets I had going for me, which I wasn’t taking full advantage of.

And what does it mean to you to be a part of the Star Trek phenomenon at this 50th anniversary? You're the last living cast member from “The Cage.”

I'm the last man standing. Yep. Yep, yep. I have to say, it's really quite wonderful, particularly now, at my age, to know that in some small way the work is still there, still alive, that it’s not something everybody has forgotten about.

And it will outlive all of us.

Oh, absolutely. And I was fortunate enough to have experienced the very first seed of all this, with Gene and all the people, with Leonard. To have watched it blossom, I get a lot of gratification out of that. Also, knowing my experience and my little touch was in there, no matter whether anybody knows it or not, that makes you feel better about yourself. As you get older, there are fewer and fewer things you can actually do to make your mark, unless you're some great thinking genius. And I’m not stupid, but I’m no genius. But I know I did this, did Star Trek .

And you really are everything that you've ever done in your life. Even if you mess it up terribly in the end, or mess it up in the beginning, if you mix it all up and you've done some good stuff in between, it's a good life. I’ve had adventure, and a wonderful life, in so many ways, that people would give their right arm for. So how can I not be happy and content? How can I not get a kick out of seeing these people who still think I’m wonderful and beautiful? So many people have come and said, "You're still beautiful." True or not true, it's lovely to hear.

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Yeoman J.M. Colt was a female Starfleet enlisted crewman who lived during the mid- 23rd century . She served in the operations division aboard the USS Enterprise under Captain Christopher Pike . In 2254 , she served as the captain's personal yeoman, replacing his previous yeoman, Zac Nguyen who was presumed to have been killed by Kalars during a fight on Rigel VII . ( TOS : " The Cage "; SNW : " Among the Lotus Eaters ")

According to the Talosian magistrate known as the Keeper , Colt's attributes were youth, strength, and unusually strong female drives .

When Pike was captured by the Talosians, Colt was one of six crewmembers who volunteered to beam into the Talosians' underground city to rescue him. In fact, the Talosians had read Colt's attraction to Pike and manipulated events so that only she and Una Chin-Riley transported down. All three Enterprise crewmembers escaped the Talosians alive and uninjured. ( TOS : " The Cage ")

Footage of her experience aboard the Enterprise under Captain Pike during the original visit to Talos IV, from 13 years prior, was transmitted from that planet during Spock 's fictional court martial aboard the same ship in 2267 . ( TOS : " The Menagerie, Part II ")

• 1.1 Appearances
• 1.2 Background information
• 1.3 Apocrypha
• 1.4 External links

Appendices [ ]

Appearances [ ].

• " The Cage "
• " The Menagerie, Part II " (archive footage)

Background information [ ]

Cindy Robbins makeup test shots for Colt

Yeoman Colt was played by Laurel Goodwin in " The Cage ". Cindy Robbins was considered among the finalists for the role of Colt, even going so far as to appear in makeup test shots with Leonard Nimoy , while wearing a prototype Starfleet uniform.

Colt's name was not spoken onscreen, and was derived purely from script or background sources, with the following character biography appeared in the series proposal Star Trek is... :

The Captain's Yeoman. Except for problems in naval parlance, J. M. Colt would be called a yeo-woman. With a strip-queen figure even a uniform cannot hide, Colt serves as Captain's secretary , reporter , bookkeeper – and with surprising efficiency. She undoubtedly dreams of serving Robert April with equal efficiency in personal departments.

The note about Colt's title not being yeo-woman was included in the scripts of "The Cage", which went on to say of the character, " About twenty , she's pert and shapely, but carries herself with trained precision. " Her assignment as the captain's yeoman was referred to in the scripts as being merely temporary, though this line of dialogue is not in the final version of the episode. In another example of scripted but ultimately omitted dialogue, Colt was established as having had the same training as everyone else on the Enterprise , despite being new to the ship herself. [1]

This character eventually developed into Yeoman Janice Rand for the later episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series . ( Star Trek Memories , p. 24)

Apocrypha [ ]

The comic book series, Star Trek: Early Voyages , named her "Mia Colt". Although this might seem contradictory to her first initial being "J", her second initial was "M", and she may have gone by her middle name rather than her first.

The title of the short concept films 765874 , " 765874 - Memory Wall " and " 765874 - Regeneration " released in 2022 and 2023 for the Roddenberry Archive , reference Colt's serial number as stated in Star Trek: Early Voyages #13 Future Tense (comic) . The first two shorts feature Colt, portrayed by actress Mahé Thaissa, in scenes adapted from the EV comic story arc " Futures " (#12-15) in which Colt travels to an alternative future in 2293 before returning to back to 2254 through the " Well of Tomorrows " on Algol II , and briefly experiencing myriad realities and timelines. An orignal scene in "765874 - Memory Wall" shows Spock, portrayed by Lawrence Selleck, performing a Vulcan mind meld on Colt in the 2270s .

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• J.M. Colt at StarTrek.com
• J. Mia Colt at Memory Beta , the wiki for licensed Star Trek works