Although Janice Rand never got the chance to realize her full potential on Star Trek: The Original Series , the character will always be remembered as an integral part of Star Trek history. She has previous experience working with an online and print publication as a freelance editor and has been passionate about both writing and Star Trek for years.
She currently lives in Pennsylvania. By Dana Hanson Published Apr 10, Share Share Tweet Email 0. Related Topics SR Originals star trek star trek: the original series. More Reality TV News ». View all Celebrities Sites. More Fantasy News ». More Gaming News ». More ESports News ».
More Food News ». More Dog News ». View all Lifestyle Sites. The actress nevertheless found that reassuming the role for the film was not too problematic. Susan Sackett wrote, " Grace Lee was left on her own in developing this character. But this was not too difficult, for the talented actress and singer had always remained close to Star Trek , delighting fans at conventions with original songs about Yeoman Janice Rand's adventures aboard the Enterprise.
She and Janice are old friends. Janice Rand's appearance in The Motion Picture is in keeping with the fact that long hairstyles were disallowed in that film. The Making of Star Trek , p. In the script of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country , Rand was referred to merely as the "Communications Officer" of the Excelsior and she — instead of an unnamed officer played by Christian Slater — was written, at one point, as awakening Sulu to inform him that Starfleet was looking for the Enterprise.
Whitney said of how she prepared for Star Trek VI , " I had been hired for the part a few months before the movie had been shot. As it got closer to the filming date, I still had no script.
I called casting and asked for a script, wondering if it was because I had [a] no speaking part. They sent me a few pages of the scene they were doing on that day which I read. We then shot about half the day and [director] Nick Meyer said to me, 'Can you cry real tears on camera? I began to cry just looking at him.
Rand later appeared in the episode " Flashback ". In the script of that installment both the first draft and the final draft of the teleplay , a scene description remarked, " Rand is a communications officer who has served for many years, and is nearing the end of her career. She has an easy-going, friendly manner. Shortly after mistaking her for an ensign , Povill sent a memo to Costume Designer Robert Fletcher that recognized the error, stating, " Rand is not an ensign.
She is a transporter chief. This means there should be no sleeve on her costume. Sorry about that, Chief. This character was a commander. The script for the film had no mention of Rand. She explained " Leonard was way up on the boom directing me as I was looking. And of course, there was no Enterprise there.
It was simply a blank wall. I had to do all this imagining in my head. So Leonard talked me through it. He said, 'OK. You're seeing the ship. It's coming in. There it is.
It's the Enterprise. And he would say, 'But it's hurt. Then, he would say, 'Look at it now and see the things that are wrong with it. And Captain Kirk is in trouble. And Mr. Spock is dead. He was putting into my mind what he wanted me to show in my eyes and my face. Some of the comics set around the time of Sulu taking command of Excelsior not only supported Janice Rand's rank as a lieutenant commander, but also implied she was the Excelsior 's first officer.
The novel The Captain's Daughter reveals that Rand had a daughter named Annie who died from an illness at the age of two. They were noted for coming from a long line of Starfleet officers. In IDW Publishing 's alternate reality adaptation of " The Galileo Seven ", in the third and fourth issues of the Star Trek: Ongoing comic series , Yeoman Rand was one of several landing party members who became stranded and survived the experience on Murasaki , taking the place occupied by Mears in the TOS episode.
In " Parallel Lives, Part 1 ", her male alternate reality counterpart is seen. The Janice Rand from the prime universe appears in one panel in " Connection, Part 2 ", the sixtieth and final issue of Star Trek: Ongoing. Memory Alpha Explore. Christopher Pike Number One. James T. Generations First Contact Insurrection Nemesis. Memory Alpha. Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? Janice Rand. View source.
History Talk There were different rates of yeoman, all the way down to "third class. TOS : " Charlie X ". Yeomen could also have held the rank of a junior officer , as seen with a yeoman assigned to the USS Enterprise -A , who wore an officer's uniform with the rank of lieutenant junior grade.
In of the mirror universe , Marlena Moreau told James T. Kirk that she would have a yeoman help her move her things to Commander Kenner 's quarters if he was rejecting her.
TOS : " Mirror, Mirror ". Gene Roddenberry always imagined an attractive young woman as his Star Trek captain's personal assistant, writing the first yeoman on Trek as Chris Pike 's young Yeoman Colt in " The Cage ". However, Pike states in the episode that he cannot get used to seeing women on the bridge with the exception of Number One , indicating that his previous yeoman was male.
Played by a succession of young actresses, always lovely.
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