The 1990s was a truly magical moment to be a fan of “Star Trek.” The original series films were not only reduced, but there were three shows of “Star Trek” that were transmitted almost simultaneously: “Star Trek: The Next Generation”, “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine” and “Star Trek: Voyager”. There were some excellent moments for the overlap between the various shows, creating a shared universe that became richer with each new addition. Not only that, but the use of franchise time trips has made it quite easy for the crossing between all times, such as Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) crossing trails with Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) in the Something Bold movie “Star Trek: Generations”.
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Because of this, there were many opportunities for the stars to walk in other shows once their own series had ended, a tradition of “Star Trek” that continues to this day and has been specially adopted by “Star Trek: Down Dubks”, which has presented cameos of “Next Generation”, “Deep Space Nine” and “Voyager”. During the third season of “Voyager”, Captain Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) and the lieutenant of Vulcan, the commander hadk (Tim Russ), were able to experience part of the time of Habok aboard the USS Excelsior under Captain Hikaru Sulu (George Takei) during a mental mentality, allowing some of the original series teams to return for the fields. Not only did Takei appear, but originally Nichelle Nichols, who portrayed the communications officer of the original program, Lieutenant Nyota Uhura, was also written in the episode. Unfortunately, Nichols declined, and in an interview with the filming of the episode, Takei explained why.
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Nichols did not believe that Voyager would give a enough to do to do
In an interview with Ian Spelling for Voyager magazine (through Screalrant), Takei shared that he had actually begged Nichols to assume a cameo in the episode, which gave his character the opportunity to shine in a leadership role after his revelation on the screen as captain of the Excelsior in the 1991 film “Star Trek VI: The Uncentioned Country”. Unfortunately, no amount of supplication of his former co -star would make Nichols accept, as Takei explained:
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“She would have communicated with me, as Uhura A hadk, about the viewfinder. I begged him on the phone to do it because it would have been wonderful to have her back.
While it had been surprising to see Nichols repeat the role and join Takei, it is understandable that he rejected the cameo because there was not enough for Uahura to do it. He The character was marginalized enough As it was when “the original series” was issued, so why should the remains accept in a cameo too? It is our loss, but well for her. Nichols worried about the character and for himself enough to not only take cameos for the payment check, since he also ended up initially passing a Cameo in the timeline JJ Abrams “Star Trek” Kelvin Until an interesting idea occurred to her for her to face. (Unfortunately, it did not work due to the writer’s strike, but he could have interpreted the version of Zoe Saldaña of Uhura’s grandmother!)
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Uhura was the heart of the original series
Seeing Nichols as an officer of the star fleet meant the world for many young spectators, and its impact on science fiction media, the entertainment industry and our world cannot be denied. He The first black woman in space was inspired To pursue his dreams because he saw Uhura do it first in “Star Trek”, and also helped to pave the way for other black women in the franchise such as Whoopi Goldberg, Penny Johnson Jerald, Sonqua Martin-Green and more. Not only that, but the generosity of the spirit of the real world of Nichols was clear through Uhura and she served as the company’s heartbeat, providing a female contrast with Kirk’s mischief and the rest of the children.
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While it is an annoyance that we could not see it repeat the role later in his career, his desire to do the right thing for the character is sincerely quite admirable. However, the “Voyager” episode managed to obtain another “original series” with Grace Lee Whitney repeating her role as Janice Rand. Since Rand was discarded from the series quite unfairly from the beginning Although Whitney really gave everythingIt was a good opportunity to show his character thriving in his later career. “Star Trek” seems to be a little better for their women these days, but it is a shame that they have not received the same treatment all the time.
