The cultural impact of the kiss was noted by national geographic, in 2016. It was the early 60s, so you couldnt do what you can do now, but if you will remember, uhura related to spock. Spock is the deuteragonist of the science fiction film series star trek. As this romantic moment develops, he has experienced one of the most devastating moments in his life. And for a blast from the past, ive also published an f. This is one of my all time favorite scotty moments from the reboot. In scientific illustrator jenny parks 2017 book star trek cats, uhura is. So we present our updated list of star treks most romantic moments, plus some last minute valentines day ideas.
Its weird, when watching the series i was like, spock and uhura. Spock, whom she admired for his daring, his intelligence, his stoicism, and especially his logic. Jul 21, 2016 however, even though theyre not together in the film, all is not lost between spock and uhura. What follows is an unexpected lesson for spock and uhura in friendship, compromise, and making time for the people we care about. In another classic star trek twist, that toxin wasnt just a dab of poisonit seems mr. The original series book 21 kindle edition by kagan, janet. Youve done plenty of amusing books before, including 101 ways to kill a zombie and nerd haiku. In the late 2270s uhura was promoted to the rank of lieutenant commander and continued to serve aboard the enterprise after its refit, serving with both captain willard. When she saw the captain lost in space out there in her mirror, it was spock who consoled her when she went screaming out of her room. She arches up her whole body feels the physical equivalent of a scream of joy. For the franchises 30th anniversary in 1996, tv guide ranked mirror, mirror no. Spock and uhura love comic book style, comic books, star trek cast, star. Uhura is a translator and communications officer who specializes in linguistics.
So to celebrate your birthday and your incredible portrayal as uhura, we want to list 10 of our absolute favorite moments in star trek history that. This was in direct collaboration with roddenberry and nichols. In 2016, ign ranked mirror, mirror the 3rd best episode of the original series. Spock is half human and has often been scrutinized by other vulcans who think he is inferior to them because of his human heritage. The character was portrayed by nichelle nichols through the sixth star trek film. The problem was that spock prime had left all that romance behind him in his younger days and uhura isnt one to mope about such things like chapel. Special thanks to notes in the class room for the beta help. We see kirks easy frustration, chekovs penchant for getting sick, and the enterprise crew saving the day as always. Its been a month now, and he still hasnt kissed her back. As everyone should know, vulcan has not moon, but spock seems to show lots of emotions. Nyota uhura is a fictional character in the star trek franchise. Uhura prime eventually married a vulcan in quasicanon and she did often try to flirt with spock but she wasnt in love with him. Bones, strangely enough, had been the first to know, noticing the odd moments of concern spock had shown uhura.
Mar 02, 2015 spock manages to save the day by transcending the toxin using that vulcan brain of his, taking control of the rescue mission while kirk and cohorts struggle for freedom. Spock s mixed humanvulcan heritage serves as an important plot element in many of the characters appearances. Spock pulls away briefly, positions himself and pushes into her. Nyota, the official first name of uhura, was first established in 1982 by william rostler in his book star trek ii. When uhura begins an intimate relationship with spock, shewants to find out if the rumours about vulcans are true. Spock heads to vulcan after slipping up and saying too much to his lab assistant, nyota uhura. As planned, uhura later meets up with her crewmates on vulcan and witnesses spocks successful renewal. It brings out some interesting things about the couple, and thats why im posting it here. Fans of the pairing point to suggestive moments between spock and uhura in toss canon. In nyotas last moments, spock thinks of their life together. Solid, real characters and a fascinating imaginary culture studied in a deep probing way. Spock, amanda, and sarek on vulcannyota in flashback. Her voice and songs are a reminder of beauty in an environment built for functionality and protocol. Since 2009, a younger uhura has been portrayed by actress zoe saldana.
It would look exactly like me star trek into darkness. The extremely advanced medical science of the federation may have cured many ailments but they still have yet to. Jul 19, 2016 or, in the 1985 novelization uhura s song, uhura is featured using her signature linguistic genius, and the work has become a classic for star trek books readers. Of course, some crew members knew of their relationship, yeoman rand for one who was close friends with uhura and dr mccoy. Hes quietly, cluelessly falling in love, and his journey provokes other slips of the tongue.
I especially love how the author wrote the friendship and team work between uhura and spock, and kirk and spock. Mar 06, 2015 one of my favorite spock moments comes from the space hippies episode. Spock uhura isnt terribly common in the tos fandom, although there are certainly fans of the pairing. Wildcat is one of the best known tosera spock uhura writers, wellregarded for her epic su series. In star trek 2009, uhura is a human female who served as communications officer aboard the uss enterprise under the command of christopher pike and then james t. This story follows on immediately from the end of the architecture of emotion cadet nyota uhura has completed a successful kalifee challege commander spock belongs to her. Another story featuring spock and uhura is the winds of eternity, but its set outside of the su story arc listed above. Nyota always loves the feeling of that first deep thrust and this, this is beyond anything shes ever experienced, because this is spock. Spock and uhura star trek so much for vulcan emotional control.
Unlike leonard nimoys i am spock, nichelle nichols beyond uhura is a geniune autobiography, devoting much of the narration to her personal life and family before and between star trek. Spock, therefore, feels particular that he must maintain his vulcan reserve. She traces her mixed blood back to a southern plantation owner and to a white grandfather who helped establish robbins, illinois, a small town near chicago. Uhura is a translator and communications officer who specializes in. At the end of star trek beyond, uhura seems to silently imply that she still has. After locking a colleague in a closet, uhura uses the transporter station to beam kirk, leonard mccoy and hikaru sulu to the enterprise so they can use it to rescue spock from the genesis planet. Can i appreciate that book with knowing next to nothing about star trek. This story follows the same assumption as how the mighty, fall of vulcan left too many unbonded males, pon farr set in early and with a vengeance on many of thembad things happened and pon farr became common knowledge. A spock uhura story from spock s pov during their days at the academy back by popular demand. While those of us who have read the books know that hitting. First appeared in the tos het ezine recreation room 1. In 2016, newsweek ranked mirror, mirror as one of the best episodes of the original series. At the beginning of star trek beyond, uhura, like the other crewmembers, was a bit unhappy. Fun with kirk and spock is a beautifully bound and presented sendup of american learntoread books, but for the older generations.
Thats the transcript from one scene with spock and uhura, as narrated in the movies novelization for the star trek audio book. The verbal skirmish led to a rare emotional moment for spock, as the science officer articulated the esteem in which he held uhura. Nbc finally ordered that two versions of the scene be shotone in which kirk and uhura kissed and one in which they did not. Kelvin sarek admitting that he loved amanda and he loves spock for who he is, is one of those fundamental defining moments in these movies that really make a. The pairing was danced around in early tos episodes which saw uhura flirting with spock, and given the popularity of the kelvin movies it should come as no surprise that uhura and spock are a beloved, frequently written about pairing. Spock chapel was one sided, in the words of david gerrold one of the writers chapel was created to love spock but not get loved on return by him check chapels page over memory alpha. Spock, uhura, and several crew members find themselves off duty in the crew lounge. As requested by captain christopher pike, uhura relieved hawkins, the chief communications officer of the uss enterprise, shortly before the destruction of vulcan. Spock is a fictional character in the star trek media franchise. Actually, spock and uhura is a couple that roddenberry too had originally wanted to explore but racism in. Mirror universe spock, uhura and kirk arrive star trek. When this does work he just looks at kirk and does his hand in a well i tried, captain.
When her last breath came, a smile lingering on the edges of her lips, spock laid his head on her now still chest, breathed in the silence, and honored a long beloved wife the in proper. Possibly best known as being one of the ultimate mary sue stories in the star trek book line, there are some moments when it feels like this. Jun 30, 2010 i liked the idea of the spock uhura romance in the movie picked up from the little bits in the original series. In 2016, tvline ranked the interracial kiss in this episode as one of the top twenty moments of star trek. Mature rating due to profanity, violence and romantic affiliation in l. This is a page dedicated to the star trek canon couple, spock and uhura.
Earth date january 2256, starfleet academy halls of residence, san francisco rise and gleam, nyota, rise and gleam. Uhura was the only one who could play the vulcan lyre and the only one who had the audacity to sing a song teasing spock. This scene is downright charming and the progenitor to uhura spock in the abrams trek filmsbut that, my friends, is a blog post for another day. I dont think anyone who has watched the original series can forget the moment in charlie x when uhura is singing in the rec room while accompanied by spock on the vulcan lyrette. The wrath of khan may be one of the most iconic moments of the entire franchise, but his resurrection in the sequel often gets overlooked. I dont own spock, nyota, kirk, mccoy, cupcake or the enterprise. Even though the majority of the time kirk gets the girl, spock had his moments. Love, gods gift is the single most powerful force in the universe. As far as what we already know from history, the story was kirk uhura was what was written in the script but after concerns from nbc executives, they thought to change the kiss to spock uhura but. He is also one of 0 surviving members of the vulcan species after the planet vulcan was destroyed by nero. Actually, spock and uhura is a couple that roddenberry too had originally wanted to explore but racism in the 60s made it not possible. They make a powerful team, and the fic that has been written about them is. Aug 25, 2014 im normally a spock kirk diehard, but i loved these two in the new movies. Star treks uhura and spock were supposed to hook up years ago.
We accept donations year round, so if you havent donated yet, theres still time to add your support. Nichelle nichols could see a romance between uhura and spock because the original series showed plenty of hints of. May 06, 2017 spock is half human and has often been scrutinized by other vulcans who think he is inferior to them because of his human heritage. Lieutenant nyota uhura was a starfleet communications officer serving in the 23rd century. Anthropological scifi is often excellent, and uhura s song is no exception. At one point during negotiations, the idea was brought up of having spock kiss uhura instead as spock was half vulcan, but william shatner insisted that they stick with the original script. Look, im just saying that, if anyone could get spock to play a harp to a tune about how he looks like a devil in disguise, its uhura. For nearly thirty years nichelle nichols has been part of the star trek mythos. Gaila dragged the bed covering from her friend and room mate. Paramount has posted a new clip through facebook featuring spock uhura drama plus some sage words from the good doctor, this gives a glimpse of the new emphasis on the spock mccoy relationship. I created a relationship between uhura and spock as being her mentor and the person she looked up to. Spock first appeared in the original star trek series serving aboard the starship enterprise as science officer and first officer, and later as commanding officer of two iterations of the vessel. Star trek the real reason that spock and uhura become a. Im normally a spock kirk diehard, but i loved these two in the new movies.
She served under captain pike, acting captain spock. Its got a great many fun parts and a few genuinely moving moments. Star treks uhura spock were supposed to hook up years ago. Scotty is good at a lot of things, but dancing is definitely not one of them. Funny spock lines and moments from season 1 youtube. Uhura s song, for us classic trekkies, is a wonderful story about lieutenant uhura s communication abilities and mr. One song about the creepyeyed, titular charlie x, and then again about spock. There was always a connection between uhura and spock. Star trek beyond should let uhura be the badass character. I was really surprised on how much action spock got in the series, but out of all the gorgeous girls spock had, who wins his vulcan heart in the recent film. I dont mean to sound like marketing copy, but its great for fans of any age, and a totally accessible introduction for kids new to star trek.
He is a half vulcan, half human starfleet science officer and secondincommand board the uss enterprise in an alternate reality. Mccoys cousin at an upcoming wedding, she just cant say no. It has a compelling plot, great pace, equal parts adventure, drama with adorable funny moments. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Inspire a love of reading with prime book box for kids discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1. I love spock and uhura but unfortunately we only saw glimpses of them together on the original series. He is portrayed by zachary quinto, who also portrayed sylar in heroes. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading uhura s song star trek.
What follows is an unexpected lesson for spock and uhura in friendship, compromise, and making time for. Jun 10, 2009 i love spock and uhura but unfortunately we only saw glimpses of them together on the original series. In 2016, radio times ranked the kiss between uhura and kirk as the 25th best moment in all star trek, including later spinoff series made later. Nichelle nichols herself described creating such moments to give both uhura and spock some backstory. I especially love how the author wrote the friendship and team work between uhura and spock, and kirk. An archive of our own, a project of the organization for transformative works.
I have also posted a story written in 1998 in response to a challenge, titled one too many. Jun 25, 2014 its a new, simplified, and fun look at some iconic moments and characters from the original series. Star trek beyond spock gift to is girlfriend youtube. Its rise and shine, not rise and gleam, uhura mumbled under the duvet. Still, captain kirk, though spock s closest friend, never knew of their intimacy on the enterprise. When they have taken over the ship spock calls them on the communicator and says you know i reach. I really like the storyline in these latest star trek films of uhura and spock in love. With great difficulty, and a good deal of collaboration. Kirk, spock, mccoy, uhura and jordan pike chief weapons expert and science officer beam down to the surface of a planet that potentially being used as a slave trade camp under the operation of klingon rebels. The search for spock sees uhura take an assignment in the transporter room as part of a plot to steal the enterprise. Janet kagan has managed to capture the characters in an innovative and extremely complex story that she manages to hold together only by uniquely talented writing and insightful.
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