Post by vanynessa on Oct 7, 2007 12:57:49 GMT -5
Did you guys know that the first officer on the original Trek was supposed to be female? The "men in charge" got scared and changed to a guy.........typical. Here's part of the article I got the info from and the link is below it:
The original Star Trek pilot featured a female first officer, but network execs balked, saying viewers would never accept a woman in such a position of authority. The character, called "Number One" two decades before Will Riker hit the scene, was played by Majel Lee Hudec, who appeared later, under the name Majel Barrett and Majel Barrett Roddenberry, as Nurse Chapel and Lwaxana Troi. That pilot wasn't broadcast in its original form, and the second pilot and later episodes instead featured a Vulcan first officer. Gene Roddenberry's widow, meanwhile, still provides the voice for most of the computers in
Star Trek's various vessels and is one of the most popular guests at Star Trek conventions around the country.
The original "Star Trek" proceeded with female yeomen, little more than secretaries, and a female communications officer, Lieutenant Uhura, played by Nichelle Nichols. Nichols complained that she rarely got to do more than "open hailing frequencies" to contact that episode's alien or Starfleet Command, but as one of the few black women in mainstream '60s TV, was considered lucky to get what lines she did.
magazine.14850.com/0101/voyager.html
The original Star Trek pilot featured a female first officer, but network execs balked, saying viewers would never accept a woman in such a position of authority. The character, called "Number One" two decades before Will Riker hit the scene, was played by Majel Lee Hudec, who appeared later, under the name Majel Barrett and Majel Barrett Roddenberry, as Nurse Chapel and Lwaxana Troi. That pilot wasn't broadcast in its original form, and the second pilot and later episodes instead featured a Vulcan first officer. Gene Roddenberry's widow, meanwhile, still provides the voice for most of the computers in
Star Trek's various vessels and is one of the most popular guests at Star Trek conventions around the country.
The original "Star Trek" proceeded with female yeomen, little more than secretaries, and a female communications officer, Lieutenant Uhura, played by Nichelle Nichols. Nichols complained that she rarely got to do more than "open hailing frequencies" to contact that episode's alien or Starfleet Command, but as one of the few black women in mainstream '60s TV, was considered lucky to get what lines she did.
magazine.14850.com/0101/voyager.html
