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Lieutenant Uhura is a character from the fictional Star Trek universe and was played by Nichelle Nichols on [[Star Trek: The Original Series]] and the first six Star Trek movies. She was the Chief Communications Officer on the Starship Enterprise (NCC-1701 and NCC-1701-A).
The character is notable for her involvement in the first interracial kiss on United States television, when she is kissed by Captain James T. Kirk under the telekinetic control of aliens.
Starfleet career
Uhura is from the United States of Africa and apparently (The Man Trap) a speaker of Swahili. James Blish in his novelizations, created from early versions of the shooting scripts, identified her as Bantu.She joined the crew of the USS Enterprise NCC-1701 in 2266. She served, with the rank of Lieutenant, as Chief Communications Officer under the command of Captain James T. Kirk. She retained this post throughout the Enterprise's five-year mission and returned to it with a promotion to Lieutenant Commander in 2271 under the command of Willard Decker after the ship's refit and again under Kirk (at that time an Admiral) during the V'Ger crisis of the same year.
In 2284, Uhura had been promoted to the rank of Commander and while the Enterprise was reassigned for cadet training, she was assigned to Starfleet Command Communications and Starfleet Academy where she lectured. Her assignment to the transporter room at Old City Station enabled her to play an instrumental role in the attempt to rescue Mr. Spock as she illegally transported Kirk and his crew to the Enterprise which they then stole to carry out this unauthorized mission.
Following the destruction of the Enterprise, Uhura joined the rest of the crew on the highjacked Klingon Bird-of-Prey on a mission to save Earth by travelling back in time to the 20th century in search of whales (see [[Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home]]). She and Chekov successfully obtained enough photons from the nuclear reactor of the USS Enterprise CVN-65 aircraft carrier to recharge the ship's power after damage from the time-travel manoeuvre.
With their mission successfully completed, they returned to Earth where, with the rest of the crew, Uhura was put on trial for her part in the theft and destruction of the Enterprise. They were instead praised for saving Earth and Uhura returned to her original post as Chief Communications Officer under Kirk on the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-A.
By 2293, Uhura had again taken up a position at Starfleet Academy. Her career following the decommissioning of the NCC-1701-A that year has yet to be officially chronicled.
In the non-canon novels "Vulcan's Heart" and "Catalyst of Sorrows", Admiral Uhura is head of Starfleet Intelligence in 2360.
First name
The first name of Uhura has never been definitively established. The name "Uhura" comes from the Swahili word Uhuru, which means "freedom". This is probably an allusion on Roddenberry's part to the Uhuru African Socialist movement founded by Tanzanian leader Julius Nyerere, which attracted the attention of some U.S. citizens during the 1960s. (In the early 20th century, "Uhura" is not normally a Kenyan girl's name.) Miss Nichols states in several interviews and in her book Beyond Uhura that the name was inspired by the fact that she had with her a copy of the book Black Uhuru on the day she read for the part.However, Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry stated that she only had one name, Uhura. The existence of Uhura's first name has been the subject of much debate among fans for years. Three names have been widely published as possible first names for Uhura (assuming she has one): Nyota, (U)Penda, & Samara.
Nyota
"Nyota", Swahili for "star", is the most quoted as Uhura's first name, although this name is not official Star Trek canon. Of possible first names, it does appear to be the one at least considered by the Star Trek production staff. The name appears in a Star Trek script from the 1960s, and was later mentioned by William Shatner in his book Star Trek Memories. In a scene in the movie [[Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home]], Kirk clearly murmurs "Can you let us hear the probe's transmission," at one point to Uhura, which some fans insist on hearing as "Nyota, let us hear the probe's transmission," despite auditory and script evidence to the contrary.Nichelle Nichols has said on the DVD release of The Original Series that a writer (identified in some books as William Rotsler) had asked Gene Roddenberry about Uhura's first name, and was told that one was never decided. The writer then suggested the name "Nyota". Roddenberry liked it, but said to ask Nichols before he gave permission for the name to be used. Nichols had thought of the name as beautiful. (Source: Interview - Star Trek: TOS Season 2 DVD) The name, nonetheless, was never officially used. However, in many appearance in Star Trek and other genre conventions, Nichols does indicate that her preference is that the Commander is known as "Nyota (U)penda Uhura". While officially non-canon, this name does appear to have the widest acceptance, and may be considered fanon.
Additionally, in "Star Trek II: Biographies", by William Rotsler, Uhura's first name is given as "Nyota", although this book is not considered canonical either.
(U)Penda
One publication, The Best of Trek suggested that her first name is "Penda" (the verb -penda has the meaning "to love" or "to like" in Swahili).Samara
In the Star Trek RPG published by FASA in the 1980's, the full name given for Uhura was "Samara Uhura", although, like the rest of this game, its source material was stricken from canonical status after the debut of Star Trek: The Next Generation and Paramount Pictures revised canon policies. This possible name appears to not have been accepted outside the original source.External links
- [[MemoryAlpha:|}}}]] article at Memory Alpha, the Star Trek wiki
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| [[Star Trek: Voyager|Voyager]] | Janeway | Chakotay | Tuvok | Paris | Torres | Kim | Doctor | Neelix | Seven | Kes | ||
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