A proud spock, after watching kirk being promoted to captain of the enterprise star trek space. 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. Fans of the pairing point to suggestive moments between spock and uhura in toss canon. Nyota uhura is a fictional character in the star trek franchise. Part of the film makers lack of wanting some quiet moments between characters in favour of action, action, action, was the lack of realism and appropriateness as far as the spockuhura.
Until spock and uhura come to kirk with a proposal established spockuhura, spockkirkuhura threesome. We see kirks easy frustration, chekovs penchant for getting sick, and the enterprise crew saving the day as always. 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. Uhura s inclination to stand up to spock evoked her fearless nature and demonstrated a flair for getting spock to express his true feelings.
The mystery regarding uhura s first name is the subject of a running joke in the film, as captain kirk repeatedly tries to find out what it is, before finally hearing spock call her nyota in a moment of intimacy. When this does work he just looks at kirk and does his hand in a well i tried, captain. Uhura and spock get to live out a real relationship rather than a forced kiss thanks to j. Uhura s first name was not used in star trek canon until abramss 2009 film. Uhura s song, for us classic trekkies, is a wonderful story about lieutenant uhura s communication abilities and mr. 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. 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. Paramount pictures has released a new clip from star trek beyond that sees a touching goodbye between uhura zoe saldana and spock zachary quinto. Uhuras inclination to stand up to spock evoked her fearless nature and demonstrated a flair for getting spock to express his true feelings. In the event that i do not return, please tell lieutenant uhura spock. Uhuras song, for us classic trekkies, is a wonderful story about lieutenant uhuras communication abilities and mr. The verbal skirmish led to a rare emotional moment for spock, as the science officer articulated the esteem in which he held uhura.
The character was portrayed by nichelle nichols through the sixth star trek film. Anthropological scifi is often excellent, and uhura s song is no exception. In this romantic moment, uhura zoe saldana comforts spock zachary quinto in this examination of a romantic moment in star trek 2009. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading uhura s song star trek. Rollettis star trek fan fic site spockuhura pairing. Months after the dramatic events seen in the 2009 blockbuster film star trek, the crew of the u. Okay, i looked everywhere for this song with these two but i couldnt find it.
In another classic star trek twist, that toxin wasnt just a dab of poisonit seems mr. Spock uhura isnt terribly common in the tos fandom, although there are certainly fans of the pairing. Nichelle nichols was born grace nichols on december 28, 1932 in robbins, illinois. She began her show business career at age 16 as a singer with duke ellington in a ballet she created for one of his compositions and later sang with his band. Spock, kirk, bones, scottie, sulu, checkov and uhura are in the middle of shore leave when the admiral calls them to his office. In this recently revealed clip, however, spock and uhura appear to be in kind of a rough place, and it turns out that bones has some welltimed advice for the vulcan in the aftermath. Nichelle nichols herself described creating such moments to give both uhura and. Spock and uhura star trek so much for vulcan emotional control. Love, gods gift is the single most powerful force in the universe.
Farragut to avoid the appearance of favoritism, and uhura protested in a scene that let her be both sexy and. New beyond clip shows uhuraspock and spockmccoy dynamics. The vulcan science officer aboard the starship enterprise commanded by captain james t. None of that has happened in the kelvin star trek movies imho. Nichelle nichols herself described creating such moments to give both uhura and spock some backstory. Jan 19, 2015 explore lulu389s board spock and uhura. Uhura s frustration with spock s actions on nibiru came to a head during their daring excursion to nab benedict cumberbatchs character, john harrison a. Nyota uhura was a human starfleet officer in the 23rd century. Having the strict vulcan looking over her shoulder seemed like the worst thing that could happen, until they crashlanded on an uncharted planetoid. Uhura comforts spock after a tragedy most people are familiar with this classic, influential science fiction tv show which featured the adventures of captain kirk and. I love spock and uhura but unfortunately we only saw glimpses of them together on the original series. The second part to an unexpected incident these two fics have some of my favorite characterizations of sarek.
Timeline calendar performers studio models retcons deleted scenes unused material. Aug 15, 2019 heres how spock portrayed by zachary quinto in j. It was the early 60s, so you couldnt do what you can do now, but if you will remember, uhura related to spock. Star trek beyond should let uhura be the badass character. Sit back and enjoy the two most exotic beings on the bridge of the enterprise. Abrams star trek films differs from spock originated by leonard nimoy. I love spock and uhura but unfortunately we only saw glimpses of them together. Its weird, when watching the series i was like, spock and uhura. Im normally a spock kirk diehard, but i loved these two in the new movies. It was the early 60s, so you couldnt do what you can do now, but if you will remember, uhura related to.
Aug 25, 2014 im normally a spock kirk diehard, but i loved these two in the new movies. 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. In the initial raid to free a compound under syboks control, uhura performed an. But after the meeting kirk, scottie and bones drag spock to a bar where spock meets a girl, a captain of another spaceship call. In fact, it has been canon since the very first aired episode of star trek, mantrap, although not as a an actual romantic relationship, but as an attraction. 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. Uhura prime eventually married a vulcan in quasicanon and she did often try to flirt with spock but she wasnt in love with him.
A spockuhura story from spocks pov during their days at the academy back by popular demand. Reblog team trouble like a yearbook but also a callout record while also specific sweater catalogue of troublemakers. Uhura is all through waitingshes going to seize the day, or rather the vulcan. When spock is made to attend a party, sparks fly between the vulcan and lt. Spock is clearly not that happy about the developments between jim and his older counterpart, but he keeps silent while his relationship with uhura starts deteriorating. Young spock with an older cousin in 2237, at the age of seven, spock decided prematurely, and without parental knowledge or approval to undertake the kahswan maturity trial in the vulcan wilderness in an attempt to prove himself. Written by jerome bixby and directed by marc daniels, it was first broadcast on october 6, 1967. After switching to acting, she was twice nominated for the sarah siddons award for best actress in the. Unlike the spock uhura relationship, i understood why those two fell in love, the progression made sense, and the relationship changed over the course of the movies. Star trek the real reason that spock and uhura become a. Interestingly, according to actress nichelle nichols the iconic kiss between uhura and kirk was originally written as being between uhura and spock.
Wildcat is one of the best known tosera spockuhura writers, wellregarded for her epic su series fans of the pairing point to suggestive moments between spock and uhura in toss canon. May 06, 2017 spock looks at her and then presses the button to unlock the lift. One of my favorite spock moments comes from the space hippies episode. The spockuhura pairing most certainly did not come out of nowhere. Fun with kirk and spock is a beautifully bound and presented sendup of american learntoread books, but for the older generations. 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.
Thank you for helping us reach our goal at record speed. The second part to an unexpected incident these two fics have some of my favorite. Saldana believed that uhura would feel that she was holding back spock whose goals had changed since the loss of vulcan in star trek 2009. Star trek beyond clip gets us up to date on the spock. Nyota, you mistake my choice not to feel as a reflection of my not caring but i assure you, the truth is precisely the opposite. When uhura begins an intimate relationship with spock, shewants to find out if the rumours about vulcans are true. Although other noncanon names had previously existed. Kirk sat in his command chair as the ship attained warp speed. In the script of star trek, uhura was established as having received, in her own words, a gold. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Hilarious mccoy vs spock moments tos season 1 youtube. 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.
I am surprised to see so many people claim that, i guess they have either forgotten or are not that familiar with tos. Wildcat is one of the best known tosera spock uhura writers, wellregarded for her epic su series fans of the pairing point to suggestive moments between spock and uhura in toss canon. In 2287, the enterprise was called to settle a hostage situation involving spock s brother sybok. Spockuhura isnt terribly common in the tos fandom, although there are certainly fans of the pairing. While it remains to be seen just how much of this continuity will carry over into the next star trek film, the ongoing idw series continues to add. Oct 18, 2010 there was always a connection between uhura and spock. Even though the majority of the time kirk gets the girl, spock had his moments. Whatculture ranked uhuras performance in mirror, mirror as the 5th most romanticsexual moment of star trek. Thats the reason i dont care for the dynamic at the end of the day.
Star treks uhura spock were supposed to hook up years ago. His pet sehlat, ichaya, tagged along against his masters wishes, and defended spock from the attack of a carnivorous, venomous lematya. See more ideas about spock, star trek and star trek into darkness. Wildcat is one of the best known tosera spock uhura writers, wellregarded for her epic su series. First appeared in the tos het ezine recreation room 1. Mirror universe spock, uhura and kirk arrive star trek. Jim tries to be a good friend to both of them, but there is only so much a friend can do. With a character like spock, we need to be observant of every detail as uhura is.
A spock uhura story from spock s pov during their days at the academy back by popular demand. In scientific illustrator jenny parks 2017 book star trek cats, uhura is. Were there hints about a romances between spock and uhura. Mirror, mirror is the fourth episode of the second season of the american science fiction television series star trek. Uhuras frustration with spocks actions on nibiru came to a head during their daring excursion to nab benedict cumberbatchs character, john harrison a.
The original series book 21 kindle edition by kagan, janet. Steamy star trek moments that made us fall in love. 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. The problem was that spock prime had left all that romance behind him in his younger days and uhura isnt one to. Spock, blaming himself for the destruction of romulus and vulcan in a mind meld with kirk star trek thrusters on full. Check out our budget to know how your donations help keep us growing. Jun 10, 2009 i love spock and uhura but unfortunately we only saw glimpses of them together on the original series.
Unlike the spockuhura relationship, i understood why those two fell in love, the progression made sense, and the relationship changed over the course of the movies. Kirk develops a crush on spock, but doesnt expect it to ever amount to anything because his second in command is dating uhura. The cultural impact of the kiss was noted by national geographic, in 2016. The enterprise had just left dry dock with the last of her replacement crew safely aboard. Linstock 11 10 mr spock and uhura sketch ani110 4 3 spock sketches ani110 5 0 spock as a kid chuckyandy 40 10 spock as a child from star trek 2009 chuckyandy 54 54 nyota uhura chuckyandy 31 22 uhura and spock fanficgirl155 7 3 spock ayvazyanmara 31 11 star trek beyond poster hildacarmonat 20 0 star trek enterprise hildacarmonat 46 10 spock. Jul 25, 2016 saldana believed that uhura would feel that she was holding back spock whose goals had changed since the loss of vulcan in star trek 2009.
Spock zachary quinto and uhura zoe saldana the moment. Written for a prompt at the lj stxihetkinkmeme spockuhura. Considering bones karl urban implication at the end of the clip, it seems spock and uhura will go through a rough patch or perhaps split up altogether in beyond. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading uhuras song star trek. Since 2009, a younger uhura has been portrayed by actress zoe saldana uhura is a translator and communications officer who specializes in linguistics, cryptography, and philology. Spockchapel 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.
There was always a connection between uhura and spock. I need everyone to continue performing admirably, he says. Star treks uhura and spock were supposed to hook up years ago. Kirk is the signature character of the star trek franchise. Solid, real characters and a fascinating imaginary culture studied in a deep probing way. Actually, spock and uhura is a couple that roddenberry too had originally wanted to explore but racism in the 60s made it not possible. Im normally a spockkirk diehard, but i loved these two in the new movies. Scott helped uhura and chekov look up klingon phrases in antique books in. Spock, uhuras teacher as well as her boyfriend, had sent her to the u. Heres the first installment season 1 of mccoy vs spock moments, plus mccoys im a doctor. Jun 30, 2010 uhura prime eventually married a vulcan in quasicanon and she did often try to flirt with spock but she wasnt in love with him. When they have taken over the ship spock calls them on the communicator and says you know i reach.