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. Fans of the pairing point to suggestive moments between spock and uhura in toss canon. She served under captain pike, acting captain spock. Mccoys cousin at an upcoming wedding, she just cant say no. This is one of my all time favorite scotty moments from the reboot. Occasionally, the humour sorry, humor is very sharp the piece with uhura and abraham lincoln, for example, is a history lesson with uncomfortable echoes that still resonate today. Aug 25, 2014 im normally a spock kirk diehard, but i loved these two in the new movies.
Gaila dragged the bed covering from her friend and room mate. Nyota uhura is a fictional character in the star trek franchise. We accept donations year round, so if you havent donated yet, theres still time to add your support. Its got a great many fun parts and a few genuinely moving moments. Nyota, the official first name of uhura, was first established in 1982 by william rostler in his book star trek ii. 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. At the beginning of star trek beyond, uhura, like the other crewmembers, was a bit unhappy. For nearly thirty years nichelle nichols has been part of the star trek mythos. 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. The original series book 21 kindle edition by kagan, janet. The verbal skirmish led to a rare emotional moment for spock, as the science officer articulated the esteem in which he held uhura. He is portrayed by zachary quinto, who also portrayed sylar in heroes. She participates as a secondary but important character in the events of the movie, and has a romance with reboot spock.
I especially love how the author wrote the friendship and team work between uhura and spock, and kirk and spock. 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. I love spock and uhura but unfortunately we only saw glimpses of them together on the original series. I love how spock doesnt want to feel emotion because of who he is but cant help loving her. As this romantic moment develops, he has experienced one of the most devastating moments in his life. Star trek beyond spock gift to is girlfriend youtube. Jun 25, 2014 its a new, simplified, and fun look at some iconic moments and characters from the original series. Nichelle nichols herself described creating such moments to give both uhura and spock some backstory. As requested by captain christopher pike, uhura relieved hawkins, the chief communications officer of the uss enterprise, shortly before the destruction of vulcan. Wildcat is one of the best known tosera spock uhura writers, wellregarded for her epic su series.
Spock pulls away briefly, positions himself and pushes into her. 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. 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. Nichelle nichols could see a romance between uhura and spock because the original series showed plenty of hints of.
Spock uhura isnt terribly common in the tos fandom, although there are certainly fans of the pairing. When they have taken over the ship spock calls them on the communicator and says you know i reach. He is a half vulcan, half human starfleet science officer and secondincommand board the uss enterprise in an alternate reality. 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. What follows is an unexpected lesson for spock and uhura in friendship, compromise, and making time for the people we care about. When this does work he just looks at kirk and does his hand in a well i tried, captain. Bones, strangely enough, had been the first to know, noticing the odd moments of concern spock had shown uhura. Hes quietly, cluelessly falling in love, and his journey provokes other slips of the tongue. They make a powerful team, and the fic that has been written about them is. 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.
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. Solid, real characters and a fascinating imaginary culture studied in a deep probing way. In scientific illustrator jenny parks 2017 book star trek cats, uhura is. With great difficulty, and a good deal of collaboration. Spock is half human and has often been scrutinized by other vulcans who think he is inferior to them because of his human heritage. 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. When uhura begins an intimate relationship with spock, shewants to find out if the rumours about vulcans are true. 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.
In 2016, ign ranked mirror, mirror the 3rd best episode of the original series. Its been a month now, and he still hasnt kissed her back. Spock, uhura, and several crew members find themselves off duty in the crew lounge. Im normally a spock kirk diehard, but i loved these two in the new movies. Spock heads to vulcan after slipping up and saying too much to his lab assistant, nyota uhura. Uhura prime eventually married a vulcan in quasicanon and she did often try to flirt with spock but she wasnt in love with him. 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. 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. So we present our updated list of star treks most romantic moments, plus some last minute valentines day ideas. 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.
It would look exactly like me star trek into darkness. Earth date january 2256, starfleet academy halls of residence, san francisco rise and gleam, nyota, rise and gleam. Youve done plenty of amusing books before, including 101 ways to kill a zombie and nerd haiku. 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.
Star trek beyond should let uhura be the badass character. Spock and uhura star trek so much for vulcan emotional control. As planned, uhura later meets up with her crewmates on vulcan and witnesses spocks successful renewal. 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. Of course, some crew members knew of their relationship, yeoman rand for one who was close friends with uhura and dr mccoy. Spock and uhura love comic book style, comic books, star trek cast, star. Uhura is a translator and communications officer who specializes in linguistics. 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. We see kirks easy frustration, chekovs penchant for getting sick, and the enterprise crew saving the day as always. In 2016, tvline ranked the interracial kiss in this episode as one of the top twenty moments of star trek.
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 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. Another story featuring spock and uhura is the winds of eternity, but its set outside of the su story arc listed above. 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. Uhura is a translator and communications officer who specializes in. One song about the creepyeyed, titular charlie x, and then again about spock. The search for spock sees uhura take an assignment in the transporter room as part of a plot to steal the enterprise. The character was portrayed by nichelle nichols through the sixth star trek film.
Jul 21, 2016 however, even though theyre not together in the film, all is not lost between spock and uhura. For the franchises 30th anniversary in 1996, tv guide ranked mirror, mirror no. Can i appreciate that book with knowing next to nothing about star trek. Still, captain kirk, though spock s closest friend, never knew of their intimacy on the enterprise.
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. Anthropological scifi is often excellent, and uhura s song is no exception. Special thanks to notes in the class room for the beta help. 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. 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. I really like the storyline in these latest star trek films of uhura and spock in love. Star treks uhura spock were supposed to hook up years ago. 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. In 2016, newsweek ranked mirror, mirror as one of the best episodes of the original series.
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. Nbc finally ordered that two versions of the scene be shotone in which kirk and uhura kissed and one in which they did not. Star trek the real reason that spock and uhura become a. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading uhura s song star trek. 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. New beyond clip shows uhuraspock and spockmccoy dynamics. Star treks uhura and spock were supposed to hook up years ago. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
Spock is the deuteragonist of the science fiction film series star trek. A spock uhura story from spock s pov during their days at the academy back by popular demand. Uhura s song, for us classic trekkies, is a wonderful story about lieutenant uhura s communication abilities and mr. 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. 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. Actually, spock and uhura is a couple that roddenberry too had originally wanted to explore but racism in. Fun with kirk and spock is a beautifully bound and presented sendup of american learntoread books, but for the older generations. Mirror universe spock, uhura and kirk arrive star trek. Nyota always loves the feeling of that first deep thrust and this, this is beyond anything shes ever experienced, because this is spock. 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. Mar 06, 2015 one of my favorite spock moments comes from the space hippies episode.
I created a relationship between uhura and spock as being her mentor and the person she looked up to. It was the early 60s, so you couldnt do what you can do now, but if you will remember, uhura related to spock. Its weird, when watching the series i was like, spock and uhura. Even though the majority of the time kirk gets the girl, spock had his moments. 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. It brings out some interesting things about the couple, and thats why im posting it here. She arches up her whole body feels the physical equivalent of a scream of joy. I especially love how the author wrote the friendship and team work between uhura and spock, and kirk.
Mature rating due to profanity, violence and romantic affiliation in l. I dont own spock, nyota, kirk, mccoy, cupcake or the enterprise. Thats the transcript from one scene with spock and uhura, as narrated in the movies novelization for the star trek audio book. Spock, whom she admired for his daring, his intelligence, his stoicism, and especially his logic.
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 have also posted a story written in 1998 in response to a challenge, titled one too many. Lieutenant nyota uhura was a starfleet communications officer serving in the 23rd century. This was in direct collaboration with roddenberry and nichols. 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. While those of us who have read the books know that hitting. He is also one of 0 surviving members of the vulcan species after the planet vulcan was destroyed by nero. At the end of star trek beyond, uhura seems to silently imply that she still has. 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. As everyone should know, vulcan has not moon, but spock seems to show lots of emotions. She sings and dances along to the dulcet tones of spock s lute.
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 s mixed humanvulcan heritage serves as an important plot element in many of the characters appearances. 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. This is a page dedicated to the star trek canon couple, spock and uhura. The cultural impact of the kiss was noted by national geographic, in 2016. It has a compelling plot, great pace, equal parts adventure, drama with adorable funny moments.
There was always a connection between uhura and spock. The extremely advanced medical science of the federation may have cured many ailments but they still have yet to. First appeared in the tos het ezine recreation room 1. Spock, therefore, feels particular that he must maintain his vulcan reserve. Spock is a fictional character in the star trek media franchise. Love, gods gift is the single most powerful force in the universe. In nyotas last moments, spock thinks of their life together. In another classic star trek twist, that toxin wasnt just a dab of poisonit seems mr. Jun 10, 2009 i love spock and uhura but unfortunately we only saw glimpses of them together on the original series. Since 2009, a younger uhura has been portrayed by actress zoe saldana. They have a few days before they must return to earth and the greater restrictions and responsibilities of academy life.
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