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• Yeoman Janice Rand was initially intended to be a major character in Star Trek: The Original Series but was written off the show after season 1.
• The decision to remove Rand from the show was influenced by the network's desire for Captain Kirk to not be tied to one love interest and financial reasons.
• Actress Grace Lee Whitney, who played Rand, later revealed that she was sexually assaulted by a studio executive on the set of Star Trek, which she believes played a role in her departure from the show.

Yeoman Janice Rand (Grace Lee Whitney) was initially part of Star Trek: The Original Series but was written off the show after season 1. Star Trek - now dubbed Star Trek: The Original Series - premiered in 1966 and ran for 3 seasons on NBC before being canceled. Many characters from Star Trek: The Original Series , especially Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner), Mr. Spock (Leonard Nimoy), and Doctor Leonard "Bones" McCoy (DeForest Kelley), have become iconic parts of both Star Trek and television history. However, many fans may not know that the character of Yeoman Janice Rand was also supposed to be a major Star Trek character.

Yeoman Rand appeared in 8 episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series season 1. Rand was Captain Kirk's personal Yeoman, and there was also a fair amount of unresolved romantic tension between the two, although they were never portrayed as having anything other than a professional relationship. In the initial concept and marketing for TOS , Rand was supposed to be a major character and function as an important advisor and confidant to the Captain as well as being Kirk's love interest . Janice's appearances and dialogue were consistently cut down during the production process, however, essentially relegating her to the role of a side character throughout TOS season 1.

Star Trek: The Original Series features some of the most iconic characters in all of science fiction with the crew of the original USS Enterprise.

Why Grace Lee Whitney's Yeoman Janice Rand Left Star Trek In Season 1

Rand disappeared after only 8 star trek: the original series episodes.

During production of Star Trek: The Original Series season 1, Grace Lee Whitney was informed that Yeoman Janice Rand was being written off the show at the request of the network. The official story was that Rand's presence was getting in the way of the producers' desire for Captain Kirk not to be tied to one love interest. Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry also once stated that Whitney's firing was purely financial, as the show was over budget and needed to make cuts.

Whitney herself later agreed that the higher-up's interest in Kirk's promiscuous reputation likely had something to do with her being let go, but also made it clear that she thought the decision was made for another, much darker reason. Only a few days before her firing, Whitney was sexually assaulted by a studio executive on the Star Trek set. Whitney discussed the incident in her autobiography years later and, although she deliberately did not mention the executive by name, stated that she had a hard time believing the assault wasn't at least in some way related to her exit from Star Trek.

A few different Yeoman characters appeared after Grace Lee Whitney was let go from Star Trek , but none recurred like Janice Rand.

Leaving Star Trek: The Original Series was one of the greatest disappointments of Whitney's life, and of course, the assault she suffered was an extremely traumatic experience. While the executive who assaulted her was never identified or prosecuted, Whitney's bravery in discussing the experience in her book cannot be overstated. Gene Roddenberry later apologized for giving in to pressure from the network to let Whitney go, even going so far as to say that writing Janice Rand off "was the dumbest mistake" he had ever made . Many of Whitney's castmates were equally shocked and unhappy with her departure, including Leonard Nimoy, who Whitney said was a great acting mentor and friend to her during her time on the show.

Grace Lee Whitney's Janice Rand Returned To Star Trek

The star trek movies and star trek: voyager showed what happened to janice rand.

Luckily, Janice Rand was given a chance at redemption years later through her appearances in the Star Trek films. Although Grace Lee Whitney's roles were little more than cameos, Janice Rand returned in Star Trek: The Motion Picture as Chief Petty Officer and Transporter Chief of the refitted USS Enterprise when Admiral Kirk took command. Rand was back in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home as a communications officer at Starfleet headquarters, and she attended the court-martial hearing of her former USS Enterprise crew mates. In Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Commander Janice Rand was now communications officer aboard the USS Excelsior commanded by Captain Hikaru Sulu (George Takei) .

Grace Lee Whitney got her biggest Star Trek role since Star Trek: The Original Series when Commander Janice Rand was featured as a guest character, along with George Takei's Captain Sulu, in the Star Trek: Voyager season 3 episode "Flashback," which showed the unseen events aboard the USS Excelsior during Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country . In addition, Grace Lee Whitney is regarded as a beloved actress among Star Trek fans, attending numerous Star Trek conventions and even participating in some Star Trek fan projects before her death in 2015. Although Yeoman 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.

Will Janice Rand Appear In Star Trek: Strange New Worlds?

A young janice rand could board captain pike's starship enterprise.

As more and more Star Trek: The Original Series characters are being reintroduced on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds , it's possible Janice Rand could also appear played by a younger actor . Strange New Worlds season 2 brought in Lt. James T. Kirk (Paul Wesley) and Lt. Montgomery "Scotty" Scott (Martin Quinn) to join Lt. Spock (Ethan Peck), Ensign Nyota Uhura (Celia Rose Gooding), and Nurse Christine Chapel (Jess Bush) on the USS Enterprise during Captain Christopher Pike's (Anson Mount) command. During Strange New Worlds ' timeframe, circa 2259-2260, Rand may still be a teenager, possibly enrolled in Starfleet Academy.

A young Janice Rand could be a Cadet recruited to the Starship Enterprise on her first outer space tour like Cadet Uhura was in Strange New Worlds season 1. Or Rand could be serving on the USS Farragut, where Lt. Kirk is the First Officer, and that could lay the foundation for how Janice joins Star Trek: The Original Series as Kirk's yeoman. Star Trek has never canonically revealed Janice Rand's backstory, and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds could correct that error.

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Written by James M. Tate / 12/11/2012 / 5 Comments / deforest kelly , grace lee whitney , science-fiction , sixties , william shatner

• THE LAST STAND OF STAR TREK YEOMAN JANICE RAND

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This is freaking AWESOME! I love this post. Great stuff Jim.

i LINKED THIS TO MY FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/Yeoman.Rand/

If you do actually want to know, Grace Lee Whitney was diving headfirst down a bottle during all of this. Plus, the writers did not know what to do with her; witness the episode “Miri,” where she beams down to an alien planet sans any equipment whatever, not even the tricorder which was invented SPECIFICALLY to give the character something to do! (There's your Trivial Pursuit question of the day.) Which was cause and which was effect is a matter of opinion; by the time she stopped appearing in cast publicity shots, she was non-functional. Her life in the next ten years was grim and sleazy, involving a great deal of booze and nymphomania (as she admitted later). There were no plans to include her in STAR TREK PHASE II, but she pulled herself up out of the nosedive and cleaned up her act to appear in STMP. Still, she was done; her cameo in ST III was it for G L W.

yeah baron i had read she drank and slept with too many men and got fired. this post is to ask what happened to rand, not whitney though. i always imagined poor rand having a dull job somewhere in the far reaches of the enterprise.

WRITTEN AFTER HER DEATH: Looking back at these comments, I crack up at the fact it was posted "the writers didn't know what to do with her." These are the same writers who created her. I think Shatner might have wanted Rand to go. She was way too close to him, and after she departed, as my post showed, he then had more fun with the ladies. I think the problem wasn't that they didn't know what to do with HER, but with others because of her strength as a female character, who was still more fleshed-out than even Uhura, in my opinion. As for her addiction problems, well, I'm not sure but... she might not have been the only actress (or actor) who got loaded during the 60's and 70's.

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Grace Lee Whitney, Yeoman Janice Rand on ‘Star Trek,’ Dead at 85

Actress reprised the role in subsequent “Star Trek” films and an episode of “Star Trek: Voyager”

Grace Lee Whitney, best known for portraying Captain James T. Kirk’s ( William Shatner ) personal assistant in the original “Star Trek” series, and several of its subsequent films, died Friday in her California home, The Fresno Bee reports. She was 85.

Rand’s death comes just a few months after Leonard Nimoy , who portrayed Mr. Spock on the classic series. After appearing in the first eight episodes, Rand was released from her contract as part of a creative retooling of the show.

She would not return to “Trek” until the franchise took the leap to the big screen with the 1979 release of “Star Trek: The Motion Picture.” Whitney subsequently appeared in a cameo role in “Star Trek III: The Search for Spock,” and then again as Rand in “Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home” and “Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.”

She also reprised her role alongside fellow original series cast-member George Takei for the franchise’s 30th anniversary on an episode of spinoff series “Star Trek: Voyager” in 1996.

Whitney released her autobiography “The Longest Trek: My Tour of the Galaxy” in 1998, which talked about her hiring and firing from the original series, as well as her struggles with alcohol and substance abuse, which she ultimately overcame. In her latter years, Whitney settled in Coarsegold, California, where she worked with others dealing with substance abuse and addiction.

Her career started as a vocalist, kicking off at the age of fourteen with a Detroit radio station. She moved to Chicago and became a nightclub singer, opening for major acts of the 1950s.

It was in this decade, that Whitney shifted her focus to acting, appearing on stage, television and in multiple films. Many of her early roles were uncredited, or credited to different names, including appearances in the original “House of Wax,” “The Naked and the Dead,” and “Pocketful of Miracles.”

Whitney debuted on television in “Cowboy G-Men” in 1953, and continued with appearances in more than a hundred episodes thoughout the next several decades, including shows like “Batman,” “The Rifleman,” “The Outer Limits,” “Gunsmoke,” and “Hart to Hart.”

Music never left completely, though, with Whitney appearing alongside several bands in the 1960s and 1970s. She even wrote several “Star Trek” -themed songs, which were collected and released in the latter 1990s.

But she will always be remembered as Yeoman Janice Rand, the first woman to catch Captain Kirk’s oft-wandering eye.

R.I.P. Grace Lee Whitney, Star Trek ’s Janice Rand

Grace Lee Whitney, known to Star Trek fans as Yeoman Janice Rand, died last Friday at the age of 85. Rand was assigned to Captain Kirk as his personal assistant—and in the dynamic of the series, the coworker with whom he shares a mutual attraction, though Kirk couldn’t allow himself to act on it. In the episode “The Enemy Within,” however, Evil Kirk has no such reservations.

Whitney appeared in eight episodes of the original series before her character was written out, clearing the way for Kirk to flirt with every single female creature in the universe. As Whitney later wrote in her autobiography, The Longest Trek: My Tour Of The Galaxy , her brief tenure on the series was a tumultuous one, marked by constantly starving herself to fit into her Starfleet uniform with the help of amphetamines, and a sexual assault at the hands of one of the production’s executives.

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Things got even worse once she was let go: Whitney began drinking heavily to deal with her bitterness and all but gave up on acting. She says it was Leonard Nimoy who helped her through some of those dark times on the show, while it was DeForest Kelley who eventually brought her back to the Star Trek franchise, after spotting her in an unemployment line.

Janice Rand made her return in Star Trek: The Motion Picture —now promoted to Chief Petty Officer—and appeared again in Star Trek III: The Search For Spock , Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home , and finally Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country , eventually making it all the way to Lieutenant. She also appeared in the “Flashback” episode of Star Trek: Voyager alongside George Takei.

Beyond Star Trek , Whitney had a prolific TV career that included appearances on shows like The Outer Limits , Bewitched , Gunsmoke , and Batman . She could also be seen in two Billy Wilder movies— Some Like It Hot (as a member of the all-female band), and Irma La Douce (as “Kiki the Cossack”)—as well as films like House Of Wax , The Naked And The Dead , and Top Banana , in a role she’d originated on Broadway.

Though Whitney was a regular at Star Trek conventions, and even appeared in two fan-created Star Trek episodes, her son tells the New York Times that she would have rather been remembered as a survivor of substance abuse, and for the past 35 years she spent helping others with their own addictions—including fans who sought her counsel at conventions.

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Grace Lee Whitney, Yeoman Janice Rand on ‘Star Trek,’ Dies at 85

By The Associated Press

• May 4, 2015

Grace Lee Whitney, who played Captain Kirk’s assistant, Yeoman Janice Rand , on the original “Star Trek” series, died on Friday at her home in Coarsegold, Calif. She was 85.

Her son Jonathan Dweck confirmed her death.

Ms. Whitney played Yeoman Rand in the first eight episodes before being written out of the series. In her 1998 autobiography, “The Longest Trek: My Tour of the Galaxy,” she wrote that her acting career largely ended after that.

She also wrote of becoming an alcoholic. She described struggling with her addiction for many years before seeking treatment and resuming her career with the help of Leonard Nimoy, who starred as Spock in the series. Mr. Nimoy died in February.

She returned for the “Star Trek” movie franchise, reprising her role in “Star Trek: The Motion Picture,” “Star Trek III: The Search for Spock,” “Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home” and “Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.”

Ms. Whitney was born Mary Ann Chase on April 1, 1930, in Ann Arbor, Mich.

Before joining the cast of “Star Trek,” she appeared on many television series, including “Bewitched,” “77 Sunset Strip,” “The Untouchables” and “Gunsmoke.”

Mr. Dweck said his mother wanted to be remembered more as a successful survivor of addiction than for her “Star Trek” fame. She dedicated her last 35 years to helping people with addiction problems, some of whom she met at “Star Trek” conventions, he said.

“Over time, she became appreciative of her short time on ‘Star Trek’ because she developed meaningful relationships with the fans, Leonard Nimoy and other cast members,” Mr. Dweck said.

Besides her son Jonathan, she is survived by another son, Scott Dweck.

An earlier version of the picture of Ms. Whitney, from NBC and Photofest, was posted in mirror image.

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Grace Lee Whitney, Yeoman Rand on Original 'Star Trek,' Dies

Grace Lee Whitney, 85, the futuristic-clipboard-bearing Yeoman Janice Rand on the original series of "Star Trek," died this weekend in the town of Coarsegold, California, her family confirmed. No cause of death was reported.

Whitney, a recovering alcoholic, spent the last 35 years of her life helping others with addiction problems, often at women's correctional facilities or the Salvation Army, her family said. They said she was credited with having helped thousands of people successfully complete 12-step addiction programs.

Until just the last few years, Whitney was also a regular at "Star Trek" conventions around the world. She titled her autobiography "The Longest Trek."

Whitney was born Mary Ann Chase in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 1930, and was raised by an adoptive family. After several years as a dancer with big bands, she was cast as Janice Rand, a Star Fleet yeoman who was personal assistant to William Shatner's Capt. James T. Kirk, in the first season of the original 1966-to-1969 run of "Star Trek."

When the series was reborn as a movie franchise in 1979, Whitney returned, now promoted to chief petty officer, in "Star Trek: The Motion Picture." By the time she made her last appearance as Rand, in "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country," in 1991, she had made it to lieutenant.

As closely identified with Yeoman Rand as she was, however, her family stressed Sunday that Whitney's preference would be to be remembered as a "successful survivor of addiction."

"Grace experienced 35 years of sobriety through continuous fellowship with others and through God and Jesus," they said.

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Interview: Grace Lee Whitney Talks Past and Future Rands

| October 16, 2006 | By: Anthony Pascale 38 comments so far

TrekMovie: I know some actors are playing their original characters and others have new roles for ‘Of Gods and Men’, what can you tell me about your character?

Grace Lee Whitney: I am my original character, but in the beginning I am kind of different, and then at the end I am me again with Pavel.

TM: do you mean with Pavel or ‘with Pavel’? You guys aren’t an item are you?

GLW: Oh no no no. No it is just a nice scene with him at the end, and I also have a scene with Uhura

TM: You never got to play an ‘alternative’ version of your character before have you?

GLW: No not until this one, I was always so ‘goody goody’ I was the girl next door type, except for the rape scene in ‘The Enemy Within’  

TM: What was it like doing that scene?

GLW: It was very difficult. Roddenberry was there and he wanted it to be real but glamorous. And I thought ‘how can you do that?’ I was very black and blue for a while. Shatner threw me around for a while and I did all my stunts. We did many takes. Then to make it even harder, afterwards I had to do just the opposite scene when I go cry to Spock. But I was very happy with the work. 

TM: How did you get involved with Sky Conway (producer for Of Gods and Men)

GLW: I met Sky through Star Trek Voyages and James Cawley, then we did Jimmy Doohan’s convention. The next thing I got a call from them asking if I wanted to be in a movie with Walter and Nichelle, and I said ‘yes, as long as it doesn’t conflict with the New Voyages.

TM: What are you doing with New Voyages?

GLW: They want me to play the mother of the new Rand. We also talked about Sulu on the Excelsior

TM: Regarding a ‘Captain Sulu’ how, that was something that George Takei was lobbying for. How serious did Paramount take the idea?

GLW: The idea was going to be a mini series, every three or four months they would do a 2 hour show. This was being talked about before Enterprise, there was a big campaign on the internet. I actually gave George (Takei) the idea. It was going to be ‘George and Gracie’ on the Excelsior. But in the end they went with Enterprise.

TM: What do you think about this fan film movement, did you think this would be happening?

GLW: A lot of people want to be part of this whole movement. Look at John Tesh, he played a vulcan on Star Trek The Motion Picture because he wanted to be a vulcan all his life. He is a big fan, which is the reason I got interviewed on Entertainment Tonight. Now other people still want to be involved, it’s great.

TM: Have you seen any of the new Remastered Original Series shows CBS is doing?

GLW: Yes I saw ‘Balance of Terror’ I liked it.

TM: That is the episode where you get act afraid and Kirk has to comfort you… 

Yah, it was very campy, it was almost like Batman but there was no  POWs and WOWs, I did Batman too right before Trek. It was hard not to be campy with Shatner, although he was very dramatic. He is a Shakespearean actor

TM: What was he like on set, was he funny?

Oh god yes, he was phenomenally funny, I thought it should have been a comedy. The old show was much funnier than the new shows, the new shows are much too serious.

TM: You were also in many of the Trek movies, including the first one Star Trek: The Motion Picture, what was it like working with Robert Wise?

Well he was a great director, but he didn’t have much of a sense of humor. I didn’t like my costume it was too austere, and he took off all my make-up, so there was no Yeoman Rand stuff, no sex appeal. He was very straight, but years later I got to be friends with he and his wife Millie, who was an extra with me on the movie. She is a wonderful woman and a big fan of Trek, and so was Robert.

TM: Which of the films you were in was your favorite?

GLW: I love ‘(Star Trek) The Motion Picture’, but (Star Trek) IV was my favorite. I loved the direction of Leonard Nimoy, who was my drama coach and it had a lot of comedy in it.  

TM: As you may have heard, there are rumors that JJ Abrams may set the next Trek film in the Original series era and would be recasting some of the original characters. How do you feel about that?

GLW: He did Alias and Lost right? those are very good, he knows what he is doing. I don’t have a problem with it.

TM: …and what do you think of a new actress playing Rand?

GLW: As long as she was young and beautiful that would be fine, of course.

TM: There are also some rumors that Abrams is interested in Matt Damon as the new Kirk, what do you think of that choice?

Wouldn’t that be something? Oh my gosh yes.

find out more about ‘Of Gods and Men’ at the official site  

I can almost guarantee there will be few comments here…. One. She’s a minor character. Two… unlike other minor characters (that shall remain nameless…marinasirtis.. garretwang… cough, cough)… she didn’t trash her co-stars, directors, show or how well the warp nacelles match the original series orange on the remastered TOS.

So there. LOL

I like Yeoman Rand,

She was another example of independent, fiercely professional, no nonsense female character depiction on the series,

It’s a shame she got the boot for being a drunk ;)

Her uniform is too orange! It’s a travesty I tell you.

We have to campaign that CBS digital correctly depicts her uniform. I’ve seen many other examples on the net of her uniform correctly depicted, we want it done RIGHT!

Down to the visually inconsistent Yeoman Rand orange uniform! It doesn’t “feel right.”

Star Trek: Excelsior- The Mini-Series would have been great! Ah, Berman, I guarantee you he blocked that from happening. But seriously, imagine the potential of that project. It’s too late now, but 6 years ago, that would have been very cool.

As for Trek XI, IF they decide to include a cadet Rand or what have you, I nominate Kristen Bell from Veronica Mars, she’s my geek crack-cocaine.

meh. I never went in much for Rand… Now, the brunette that played the Mirror Mirror hottie… yeah *drool*

Star Trek: Excelsior? Ugh… we got a preview of what that would have been in that awful Voyager Flashback episode… Stiff and painful acting from Takei and Whitney did nothing to convince me that a show featuring the “also also starring” folks from TOS would have been anything more than a sideshow. And please… the character of Rand was very rarely anything more than pulchritude for Kirk to grab onto when the ship was in danger… I admit, it would have been interesting to see her in “Shore Leave” in the Rand character that they replaced with Yeoman Barrows… but the character was in no way representative of an advanced future female… she was firmly rooted in 60s stereotypes.

The studio never had a serious interest in doing “Excelsior”, and the Internet “fan campaign” was very limited in participation. No one at Paramount “blocked” it, because it was never under consideration, no matter how many fans and TOS folks claim the contrary.

I thought she communicated her compassion for Capt. Kirk in her character very well and gave the show more emotional dimension.Had she been written into the show she could have given the Kirk character more emotional depth.What you do have is essentially a show about a bunch of old boys and their bonds. which is great if your a 14 year old boy which is where ST was going with their audience.I mean look at Kirk’s relationships with women.Very shallow.

“I mean look at Kirk’s relationships with women.Very shallow. ”

I suppose they ought to sit around discussing Foucault over seared lemon-sprinkled shark fillet with ginger sake.

I mourn the present generation with their effeminate, untutored notions of sex, women, courtship and manhood. (although I suppose SSRIs, unrelenting government propaganda and threats of police action will do that to you…)

jon I suggest you rethink the following characters and integrate them into your worldview because there is much to commend them (considering thir status as subplots in a television program):

1. Edith Keeler 2. Ruth 3. Lenore Karidian

4. Shanna the drill thrall

has something to teach today’s ignorant boys about men and women and their natural instincts.

Son, there was a time before feminism, before affirmative action, and before police and courts were used to enforce both on an unwilling public, when men led and women followed. Of course, they also tried to earn each other’s respect — but free love pretty much killed that off in the 1970s. (The proof of that pudding is in the birth rates which have plummeted since Women’s Lib…)

PS: GLW was a true Babe and it’s a crying shame what happened to her in the late 60s/early 70s. But her repentance and rebirth is an inspiration to many who have “hit bottom”.

If the Flashback Voyager episode was any indication and Excelcior show would have been just as boring as any other Berman Trek. Lifeless and poorly acted. Lets be glad it never happened.

As for Grace, shes a drunk old born again has-been. Who cares what she has to say.

Old timey…and how many episodes did each one of them last?Same as the rest .One.True the 3 you mentioned did explore more depth with the Kirk character but Kirk was basically written as a character with NO regular love interest (not including himself).I’m anti-feminist.I believe that feminism evolved out of a man’s failure to lead (acting like a pimp would be one).a real man stays with his woman instead of running from his issues and jumping in and out of shallow relationships.

Mark 2000 Wow…she’s born-again!Well then she’s no has-been..when God sees her he sees the righteousness of Christ.That’s far from being a has been, to have the creator of the universe lavish one with such allocade.She found what V’ger and Spock were looking for(metaphorically speaking).

I cannot believe you guys found about 4 things to argue about (or in Mark2000’s case….insult) in that interview. God Thang was partly right.. she was a body for Kirk to grab onto once in awhile… but the 60’s sterotype thing… hmmmm, yeah…. but as I recall..it WAS the 60’s. Look at the “miniskirts-in-space” uniforms. As for ST:Excelsior, haven’t most of the “also starring” actors lately stated they thought another series was coming…. with them in a larger role? Or complained about the show they just got out of? At least this lady didn’t trash everyone. … and Josh, thanks for catching and my poor sense of humor. It was wasted on the rest of the posts I noticed…LOL

Jon, I’m delighted to learn your perspective! Keep in mind that there was already many programs featuring family men — “Father Knows Best”, “The Donna Reed Show”, “The Munsters”, “The Addams Family” and even “Lost in Space”.

Besides, Trek was consciously patterned after the 19C British navy captain “Horatio Hornblower” and domestic complications would work against the story as we learned in TNG.

Wanna have a chuckle? Look up the traditional lyrics to the sea chanty “Bell Bottom Trousers”: “never trust a sailor an inch above the knee” and “climing up the rigging like his daddy used to do!”

Kirk, whose name is a Scottish variant of ‘church’, is positively a choir boy compared to the sailor in the song!

Jon, theres no God. Get over it.

mark2000, Thanks for the obvious and direct introduction of reason into the thread. I’d started to think I mistakingly clicked into some kind of freaky trek/church cult thing.

Yeoman Rand was just Kirks bouncey – bouncey and slippie – sliddie…! At best she was just eye candy and with all the penny candy readily available why would they honestly need her…her milk balls were old!

Mark 2000.I hope your pleasantly suprised.

Jon, heavan as described the the bible doesn’t seem that pleasant to me. You, of course, won’t exist to be disappointed.

I crushed on Grace Lee Whitney as a young child….Never got over her!

Ms. Whitney is lovely as ever and I still crush on her to this day….40 years later…..

How do I book Grace Lee Whitney for a speaking engagement at the Beacon House of San Pedro? I am Donnie Ferguson, master magician/stage hypnotist, now in recovery, and doing public speaker/relations liason work for this fine organization. I spoke with Grace back in 2000, then lost track of her. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Contact me at my email address: [email protected] Thank you kindly! Regards, Donnie/San Pedro, CA

Well we can all dispute the existance / non-existance of GOD till the cows come home…what is NOT in dispute is my eternal attraction for the still lovely Grace Lee Whitney.

She’s still a girl I’d like to have a quiet drink with…

Re: 20 _ me too. I’m 38. I was MAD about Yeoman Rand when I was a kid. Charlie X was just the bee’s knees! Blinded by my crush then and reactivating now since bringing it up again – I would want to see more of Rand in any capacity. Even if she is 75 years old today. I periodically search for “Grace Lee Whitney” news/bits and pieces on the Internet still. TOS was magic and she was part of the magic.

sexy at 77?

Grace Lee Whitney is hot stuff. Always was.

Yeoman Rand became a minor character only because of she is a victim of circumstance…. her character was booted from the show. If you watch the early episodes, it is easy to see that she was the most prominent female crewmember on board the Enterprise, a mantle inherited by Lt. Uhura.

I saw a recent photo of Ms. Whitney, I think dated 2006-7. She is still beautiful. I had a crush on her as did all my guy friends who were trekkies. I realise I still do! We all age, and she has done it so very gracefully. Beautiful.

I love Rand and Grace Lee Whitney, i always wished she was there for TOS’s full run. Bummer.

Comments such as “has been, born again, old drunk ” say much more about yourself as a human being than they do of Grace lee Whitney, a beautiful woman who was and should have continued to be a much more utilized member of the Trek family as intended by Gene Roddenberry! I too had a crush on GLW as a child and still revel in her appearances every time I rewatch TOS! It would have made more sense to include her as a regular, even if not as a love interest for Kirk, than a seemingly endless string of yeomans throughout the series run! Grace is just that as her name denotes, “Graceful” and a kind “gracious” human being, how dare someone attack such a lovely person! Shame on you, truly you do not prescribe to the Gene Roddenberry philosophies you claim to … the message of Trek has been lost on you… too bad for you!

WTF So she had a role then Gene Rottenberry Raped then fired her. Thats pretty crappy. Shatner should have beat up that old fat axx

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Rand was awesome. It would have been much more fun to have her as a recurring guest instead of various yeomen of the week in the later episodes.

I seriously hope Rand is brought back for the NuTrek sequel.

The word is they eliminated her character because they didn’t want a love interest for Kirk on board, so he could have a different one each week. But they could have just written it so she wasn’t a love interest — if you watch the episodes she did, this was never developed very much anyway. They also got rid of Riley, who I thought was a great character. Despite the fact that for it’s time, TOS was great, in retrospect, some of the writing was pretty poor. How many parallel-earth planets could there be? Space hippies? And of course, the worst of all, Spock’s Brain. In my opinion, about one third of the episodes are classics and really good, one third are rather poor, and one third in between. I also think Star Trek II, IV, and VI were good, and I, III, and V not so much — the original cast movies. Only, “First Contact,” with TNG cast was good with that cast.

Grace is, was, and always will be absolutly gorgeous. From that gorgeous blonde hair to those beautiful deep eyes. I had a crush on her from the onset in the original series and it cvarried on through all of the subsequent films. Her downfall and rebirth as a person is a testiment to her strength as a woman and as a person. I always said if i could ever ask her a question in person it would be ” Was that all your own hair in TOS and if so how long did it take to put it up?”

Hi Grace..I don’t know if you are the person that I met at the mail box one day a few years back, but I believe it ws. I am not going to say where that was to keep your privacy safe. Just that it is in the foot hills north of Fresno. You were having trouble with your car. Anyway, just wanted to say that if that way you (and I heard that you lived in the area) I loved watching yoo on TV. I met Machelle at a Star Trek Convention about 35 years ago. I just got dressed up and hung out by the back door, and they assumed I was part of the crew..Too funny. If you know what you are doing, you can pretty much get into anything. I was a limo driver for over 20 years in Hawaii and Las Vegas. Just wanted to say hi and if you do live near Chuckchansi Gold Casino, that was me you met at the mail box. If it was you, send me an email and and maybe we can have lucnh sometime. John, from 007, used to live in the area too..I hope you are doing well. Star Trek was one of my favorite shows in the old days..gosh, were those the old days. Hope it was you. Judy

I believe Grace Lee Whitney was raped by Gene Roddenberry, then canned.

After a Friday night wrap party, a man that Grace calls “The Executive” lured her into an empty office away from the rest of the party to discuss “possibilities” for her character on the show. She then goes on to describe how this friendly man turned violent and wouldn’t let her leave until she performed sexually for him.

Maybe I shouldn’t have mentioned that, but I can’t take it down and it is in Grace’s own book. “The Executive” that could discuss possibilities for her character on the show …sounds like Roddenberry…check out his bio

Grace Lee Whitney, Yeoman Janice Rand on ‘Star Trek,’ Dies at 85

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Actress Grace Lee Whitney, who was most well known for playing Yeoman Janice Rand on the original “ Star Trek ” series, died May 1 in Coarsegold, Calif. She was 85.

A recovering alcoholic, she helped many people with addiction problems through women’s prisons or the Salvation Army. Her family told NBC News that she would prefer to be remembered more as “a successful survivor of addiction” than for her “Star Trek” fame.

Her death was announced by StarTrek.com, which recounted that she was dropped from the show after the eight first episodes and turned to drugs and alcohol before getting treatment and regaining her career with help from Leonard Nimoy.

Whitney was cast as the personal assistant to William Shatner’s Captain Kirk in the first season of “Star Trek” in 1966. She told StarTrek.com about her character’s crush on Kirk, “It could not be consummated. It had to be love from afar, an unrequited love between the captain and me.”

She returned for the movie franchise starting with 1979’s “Star Trek: The Motion Picture,” with a promotion to chief petty officer, then in “Star Trek III: The Search for Spock,” “Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home” and she was finally promoted to lieutenant in 1991’s “Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.”

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Born Mary Ann Chase in Ann Arbor, Mich., she started out as a singer and dancer. She guest-starred on numerous other shows of the 1960s and ’70s including “77 Sunset Strip,” “Batman,” “Cannon” and “Hart to Hart.” In 1998, she joined George Takei, Walter Koenig and Majel Barrett for a guest appearance on “Diagnosis Murder.”

In later years she attended “Star Trek” conventions and wrote an autobiography, “The Longest Trek.”

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RIP Grace Lee Whitney, Star Trek 's Yeoman Janice Rand

Grace Lee Whitney, instantly recognizable as Yeoman Janice Rand from the original Star Trek , has passed away at the age of 85.

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Whitney died in her home in Coarsegold, California, her son, Jonathan Dweck, confirmed on Sunday. Despite only appearing in eight episodes of the original series, Whitney officially reprised her role in Star Trek: The Motion Picture , Star Trek III: The Search for Spock , S tar Trek IV: The Voyage Home , Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, and Star Trek: Voyager . She reprised the role in the unofficial Star Trek fan projects Star Trek: Of Gods and Men and Star Trek New Voyages: Phase II .

In her later years, Whitney worked as an advocate for people struggling with substance abuse. She credited her own recovery in some part to the Star Trek fans who supported her:

“When I told the fans I was an alcoholic, they all applauded. When I told them I had given myself to a higher power, they cheered again,” Ms. Whitney told The Bee’s Rick Bentley in 2013. “I’m in a great place because I’ve gone full circle.

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Outside of Star Trek , the Ann Arbor, MI. native was in the Broadway musical Top Banana , and appeared in the 1954 movie version of the show. Her TV career included roles on The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp , The Real McCoys , The Outer Limits , Batman , and Bewitched . She also served as the inspiration for the Chicken of the Sea mermaid.

William Shatner tweeted out his own tribute:

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Yeoman Janice Rand

An unnamed yeoman aboard the USS Enterprise -A

Yeoman was a Starfleet title used during the 23rd century . They functioned as personal assistants , performing various tasks, such as carrying a Starfleet tricorder and retrieving information for a starship 's captain , announcing one's arrival with a boatswain's whistle , or bringing them meals . Throughout the 2260s and 2270s , yeomen were typically – but not exclusively – young women; there were also male yeomen during the 2250s and the 2290s . ( TOS : " The Cage "; Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country )

Some yeomen, such as Janice Rand , were enlisted personnel during their time in this position. There were different rates of yeoman, all the way down to "third class." Seventeen-year-old Tina Lawton carried this rate in 2266 . ( 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 . ( Star Trek V: The Final Frontier )

In 2267 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 ")

List of yeomen [ ]

• Barrows, Tonia
• Landon, Martha
• Lawton, Tina (third class)
• Nguyen, Zac
• Rand, Janice
• Ross, Teresa
• Samno ( petty officer, first class )
• Thompson, Leslie
• Unnamed USS Enterprise command yeoman
• Unnamed USS Enterprise operations yeoman
• Unnamed USS Enterprise -A yeoman

Appendices [ ]

Background information [ ].

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.

The following information regarding the yeoman was taken from the Star Trek Writers/Directors Guide (third revision):

Played by a succession of young actresses, always lovely. One such character has been well established in the first year, "Yeoman Janice Rand", played by Grace Lee Whitney . Whether Yeoman Rand or a new character provided by the writer, this female Yeoman serves Kirk as his combination Executive Secretary - Valet - Military aide . As such, she is always capable, a highly professional career girl. As with all female Crewman aboard, during duty hours she is treated co-equal with males of the same rank, and the same level of efficient performance is expected. The Yeoman often carries a small over-the-shoulder case, a Tricorder , about the size of a small handbag, which is also an electronic recorder-camera-sensor combinations, immediately available to the Captain should he be away from his Command Console .

In the words of actress Grace Lee Whitney , she viewed her role as a yeoman to be, " Her duties were that of a right-hand woman, a girl Friday . In other words, she took care of Kirk's personal needs, like a valet would do. I had a pet name I used to call myself: a 'space geisha .' " ( Starlog #105, April 1986 , p. 48)

During the run of the original series, only female yeomen were featured. Male yeomen later appeared on screen in both Star Trek: The Animated Series and the Star Trek films .

In foreign translations of Star Trek , the yeomen of TOS were usually not referred as yeoman, as their title was changed to "corporal", "sergeant", or another naval rank.

Apocrypha [ ]

The Pocket TOS novel The Captain's Oath noted that Kirk's yeoman had an office close to the captain's quarters .

External links [ ]

• Yeoman at Memory Beta , the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
• Yeoman at Wikipedia
• 1 Daniels (Crewman)

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Grace Lee Whitney , who played the loyal Janice Rand, the personal assistant who served Captain James T. Kirk ( William Shatner ) aboard the USS Enterprise during the first season of Star Trek , has died. She was 85.

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Rand was an early character on the show, but Whitney was written out after eight episodes. One of her most famous appearances on the show was fighting off an evil Kirk.

Actress Grace Lee Whitney, who played the character of Yeoman Janice Rand on the original "Star Trek" series, has died, the Associated Press reports. She was 85 years old.

Rand was an early character on the show, but Whitney was written out after eight episodes. One of her most famous appearances on the show was fighting off an evil version of Captain Kirk.

Grace Lee Whitney on Star Trek as Yeoman Janice Rand

William Shatner tweeted his condolences.

Condolences to the family of Grace. She was a constant shining smile over the years every time our paths crossed. — William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) May 4, 2015

She wrote of a troubled time during and after the show in a 1998 autobiography. Whitney said that an executive sexually assaulted her during her time on the show, but never named who she was referring to. Her character was ultimately removed, at least partially because they wanted Kirk to not be tied to any one woman as his love interest, Whitney said in an interview with the Sun.

After she was removed from the show, she said she ended up falling deeper into alcoholism and mostly stopped acting. She struggled with addiction until she got help with the aid of the late Leonard Nimoy. When Whitney was in an unemployment office, she ran into "Star Trek's" DeForest Kelley, according to Kelley biography "From Sawdust to Stardust," and he told her about Star Trek fan conventions and that fans had been asking for her. She ended up making appearances.

Whitney later returned to the "Star Trek" franchise in several of the films. Her character received a more dignified ending, earning several promotions in the movies rather than being relegated to a character excised from continuing in the original shows.

Whitney even found a home in some "Star Trek" projects outside the official movies, including appearing in several fan films. She appeared alongside original cast member George Takei (Mr. Sulu) in "Star Trek: New Voyages," and with Walter Koenig (Chekov) and Nichelle Nichols (Uhura) in "Star Trek: Of Gods and Men."

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Her son Jonathan Dweck tells the AP that his mother would have wanted to be remembered for surviving addiction rather than for "Star Trek," but the latter will probably be what brings her to mind for many.

Star Trek: 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Janice Rand

If you never remembered her name, you'd still remember her hair.

Janice Rand, played by Grace Lee Whitney in The Original Series, four of the films, and one episode of Voyager , is an iconic character. Her appearance is instantly recognisable to both fans and non-fans alike, thanks to the red dress, and beehive hairstyle.

Yet, she was in far fewer episodes than many assume. Though the idea of Rand was present from the beginning, she would miss both pilot episodes, and then find herself being written out of several of the episodes she was originally slated to appear in.

There are various reasons for this, though despite her brief screentime, Yeomen, later Commander, Janice Rand is as much a part of the makeup of Star Trek as Christine Chapel or Hikaru Sulu. This writer may never be able to pull off a skant the way this character could, but it's thanks to her that we have hairstyles to aspire to, rank-rising to dream of, and transporter skills we should probably not go into too much detail about.

10. She Was Involved In Star Trek From The Earliest Days

Yeoman Janice Rand went through a series of developments before the character would appear on-screen, though actor Grace Lee Whitney was involved in Star Trek from the very beginning - even if it took a little longer for her to actually be shown than, say, Leonard Nimoy.

Whitney had worked with Gene Roddenberry before Star Trek , being cast in both The Lieutenant and the unsuccessful pilot Police Story . She, along with Nichelle Nichols and Majel Barrett, was one of the people Roddenberry was determined to have on the Enterprise.

The character of Yeoman Colt, played by Laurel Goodwin, and then later Yeoman Smith, played by Andrea Dromm, were both templates for Rand. Neither of these performers would return after their episodes ( The Cage and Where No Man Has Gone Before , respectively) so it was Whitney, and of course, Yeoman Janice Rand, who received the coveted series order. She was contracted to appear in seven out of the first thirteen episodes, for the tidy sum of $750 per episode - which is around $7000 in 2023.

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Grace Lee Whitney, Yeoman Janice Rand on ‘Star Trek,’ Dead at 85

Grace Lee Whitney, best known for portraying Captain James T. Kirk’s ( William Shatner ) personal assistant in the original “Star Trek” series, and several of its subsequent films, died Friday in her California home, The Fresno Bee reports. She was 85.

Rand’s death comes just a few months after Leonard Nimoy , who portrayed Mr. Spock on the classic series. After appearing in the first eight episodes, Rand was released from her contract as part of a creative retooling of the show.

She would not return to “Trek” until the franchise took the leap to the big screen with the 1979 release of “Star Trek: The Motion Picture.” Whitney subsequently appeared in a cameo role in “Star Trek III: The Search for Spock,” and then again as Rand in “Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home” and “Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.”

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She also reprised her role alongside fellow original series cast-member George Takei for the franchise’s 30th anniversary on an episode of spinoff series “Star Trek: Voyager” in 1996.

Whitney released her autobiography “The Longest Trek: My Tour of the Galaxy” in 1998, which talked about her hiring and firing from the original series, as well as her struggles with alcohol and substance abuse, which she ultimately overcame. In her latter years, Whitney settled in Coarsegold, California, where she worked with others dealing with substance abuse and addiction.

Her career started as a vocalist, kicking off at the age of fourteen with a Detroit radio station. She moved to Chicago and became a nightclub singer, opening for major acts of the 1950s.

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It was in this decade, that Whitney shifted her focus to acting, appearing on stage, television and in multiple films. Many of her early roles were uncredited, or credited to different names, including appearances in the original “House of Wax,” “The Naked and the Dead,” and “Pocketful of Miracles.”

Whitney debuted on television in “Cowboy G-Men” in 1953, and continued with appearances in more than a hundred episodes thoughout the next several decades, including shows like “Batman,” “The Rifleman,” “The Outer Limits,” “Gunsmoke,” and “Hart to Hart.”

Music never left completely, though, with Whitney appearing alongside several bands in the 1960s and 1970s. She even wrote several “Star Trek” -themed songs, which were collected and released in the latter 1990s.

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But she will always be remembered as Yeoman Janice Rand, the first woman to catch Captain Kirk’s oft-wandering eye.

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A Tough Episode In Star Trek: The Original Series Left Grace Lee Whitney 'Black And Blue'

Yeoman Janice Rand, the character played by Grace Lee Whitney in the original "Star Trek," only appeared in eight episodes of the show, but she left an impression. By Whitney's own description, Janice Rand was a "girl next door" type, adding a relatable element to the wild sci-fi setting of a series set in the 23rd century. While Captain Kirk (William Shatner) conversed and analyzed with Spock (Leonard Nimoy), Rand was busy doing petty jobs, filing paperwork, and distributing refreshments. I can't speak for other Trekkies, but when imagining myself getting a job on the U.S.S. Enterprise, I imagine being a yeoman is all I'd be qualified for.

Whitney has said in her autobiography "The Longest Trek: My Tour of the Galaxy," that Rand was written out of "Star Trek" because she had too much chemistry with Kirk. The relationship between Janice and Jim could easily have developed into something romantic, but the showrunners preferred a more ascetic captain ... who was free to kiss a long list of alien visitors.

Whitney says she enjoyed working on "Star Trek," and her unceremonious firing from the show dealt her a terrible emotional blow. She was meant to play a central role in the episode "Dagger of the Mind," but shooting began right after she was fired. Rand was replaced by another character, and Whitney said that watching another actress read her lines was immensely painful. 

The actress also admitted, in a 2006 interview with TrekMovie , that she didn't always have the best time while shooting. In particular, her character was shoved around and assaulted by an evil doppelgänger of Kirk in the episode "The Enemy Within" (October 6, 1966). Because Whitney did her own stunts, she was left bruised in that scene.

'The Enemy Within'

In "The Enemy Within," a transporter malfunction bifurcates Kirk, splitting him into a gentle, kindly half, and an aggressive, cruel half. As one might predict, the Evil Kirk drinks, carouses, and assaults his underlings, Yeoman Rand in particular. Evil Kirk encounters Rand and immediately moves in to hurt her. Whitney didn't like the content of the scene, and filming it wasn't fun. Rand was knocked to the floor. Weirdly, she was only directed to make the violent scene look as photogenic as possible, a strange mandate, given the content. When asked about the scene, Whitney said: 

"It was very difficult. ['Star Trek' creator Gene] Roddenberry was there and he wanted it to be real but glamorous. And I thought 'how can you do that?' I was very black and blue for a while. Shatner threw me around for a while and I did all my stunts. We did many takes. Then to make it even harder, afterwards I had to do just the opposite scene when I go cry to Spock. But I was very happy with the work." 

Whitney's performance is impressive, but one can see the difficulty she experienced on camera. 

Rand's assault was, quite tragically, mirrored by a real-life assault that Whitney experienced behind the scenes. The actress never revealed the name of her attacker (he is only ever referred to in her autobiography as "the executive"), but she did reveal that one of the "Star Trek" producers, in August of 1966, lured her to a private room on the studio lot and victimized her. Whitney credits the attack and her subsequent sudden firing — her being let go was a budgetary issue and not connected to her attack — to some substance abuse problems she developed shortly thereafter. 

Rand's return

Everyone was saddened by the release of Grace Lee Whitney, and she was always considered a part of the ensemble, even if she only appeared in a few episodes. In the 1991 book "The Making of the TV series Star Trek,"  it was written that Whitney ran into DeForest Kelley at a Trek convention in the 1970s, and they talked about the future of the franchise. Roddenberry liked working with Whitney , and she was brought back into the fold for "Star Trek: Phase II," the famously unmade series that eventually mutated into "Star Trek: The Motion Picture." She was in the movie, albeit in a small role. 

Whitney subsequently appeared in "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home" and "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country," cementing her place in "Star Trek" canon. She also appeared in multiple high-profile fan films, reprising her the role of Janice Rand. According to the Trek movies, Janice Rand rose from a Yeoman — a non-officer rank — to transporter chief, revealing a career in engineering. She also served as a communications officer, revealing a variety of technical talents, as well as the revelation that she had now graduated from Starfleet Academy and had an official rank. In "Star Trek VI," she was seen bearing the rank of Commander and served as communications officer on the U.S.S. Excelsior under Captain Sulu (George Takei). She, Takei, and the Excelsior all appeared in a flashback episode of "Star Trek: Voyager" called "Flashback." 

Whitney passed away in 2015 at the age of 85. She might have been fired from "Star Trek" in the 1960s, but the franchise never forgot about her. She eventually, with a good amount of bravery, talked about her assault in public, and how she wrestled with addiction, eventually becoming clean and healthy. She is still beloved by everyone. 

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Janice Rand

• 1.1 Aboard the Enterprise (NCC-1701)
• 1.2 Leave of Absence
• 1.3 The Dream Walkers
• 1.4 The Final Reflection
• 2.1 Starfleet Communications
• 2.2 Return to the Enterprise
• 2.3 USS Icarus
• 2.4 Starfleet Command
• 2.5 Aboard the Excelsior
• 4.1 Connections
• 4.2 Appearances
• 4.3 External link

Early Life and Career [ ]

Janice L. Rand ( TOS comic : " Blaise of Glory ") was born on Earth in 2242 ( TOS novelization : Miri ). She soon moved off of Earth with her parents, who were explorers, and spent most of her early life aboard ships or stations. ( TOS novel : Enterprise: The First Adventure )

At an early age, Janice and her family were traveling when their ship's warp engines blew. They were forced to travel for three years at sub-light speed until they reached the planet Saweoure . Because the family did not have money to spend on repairs, they sold their spaceship and settled on Saweoure, where they were forced into slavery.

One night Janice and her two brothers, Ben and Sirri , managed to escape Saweoure by sneaking aboard a cargo shuttle and hiding in a cargo container. After this the Rands sneaked into the refugee camp on Faience . The Rand children were allowed to stay on Faience and Janice was given legal guardianship of her brothers.

In 2264 , Rand signed up as a yeoman for the Starfleet services department. ( TOS novel : Enterprise: The First Adventure )

Aboard the Enterprise (NCC-1701) [ ]

Shortly after being employed as a quartermaster's staff, she was dispatched to the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) as Captain James T. Kirk 's personal yeoman. In the beginning Rand was very unsure of herself and her abilities, and ended up working constantly on all the paperwork that Captain Kirk gave her.

Kirk and Dr. Leonard McCoy realized that she had problems and assigned her to work with Amelinda Lukarian on designing adverts and posters for the Warp-Speed Classic Vaudeville Company , a job which she enjoyed and started to relax around the captain. ( TOS novel : Enterprise: The First Adventure )

Later in 2264 , Rand left the Enterprise to undergo more training as a yeoman and was replaced by Barbara Smith . Smith and Kirk never took to each other, with Kirk constantly referring to her as Jones. ( TOS - My Brother's Keeper novel : Enterprise )

After leaving the Enterprise , Rand enrolled in Starfleet Academy , where she was captain of the diving team during the 2264-65 academic year. Among the subjects she studied at the Academy were horticulture, xenobotany, biology, and engineering. ( CCG set: All Good Things ) When Yeoman Smith transferred off the Enterprise in 2265 , Rand accepted her old position aboard the ship. ( TOS - My Brother's Keeper novel : Enterprise )

In the year that Rand had been away from the Enterprise she had become more professional and more diligent to her duties, and became close friends with Captain Kirk, while making him eat correctly, and sorting out the essential duties and paperwork. Her professional attitude made her look quite fearsome to midshipmen aboard ship. ( TOS episode : " The Corbomite Maneuver "; TOS - The Janus Gate novel : Present Tense )

In 2266 , a duplicate of Captain Kirk was created during a transporter malfunction. His bestial and lustful half seduced Rand and attempted to sexually assault her. ( TOS episode & novelization : The Enemy Within )

Leave of Absence [ ]

In 2267 , Rand took a leave of absence and left the Enterprise , and gave birth to a daughter, Annie Rand . Unfortunately, Annie died of an unspecified illness two years later, and after some time Janice decided to return to Starfleet. Janice never publicly identified the child's father, who had died by 2293. ( TOS novel : The Captain's Daughter )

The Dream Walkers [ ]

In 2270 , Starfleet had so much faith in Rand that they sent her on a covert mission to monitor the Chuniikites , a race that was engaged in civil war. A few weeks later she was declared missing-in-action, and the crew of the Enterprise began having daydreams of past missions, in which Rand was the common denominator. ( TOS comic : " The Dream Walkers ")

The Final Reflection [ ]

By late 2270 , Janice Rand was back on duty aboard the Enterprise , again serving in a capacity as Yeoman. ( TOS novel : The Final Reflection )

Starfleet officer [ ]

Starfleet communications [ ].

Chief Petty Officer Janice Rand, USS Enterprise (NCC-1701), in 2272

As of 2271 , Janice Rand had transferred to Starfleet's Communications Department, and worked at the department's headquarters in Iceland . When Sulu and Chekov were falsely accused of murder, Janice was essential in keeping Kirk and Uhura updated on information concerning their comrades. ( TOS novel : Traitor Winds )

Return to the Enterprise [ ]

In 2272 , Janice was assigned to the refitted USS Enterprise as Chief Petty Officer and transporter chief . On one of her first days on duty, while operating the transporter, a malfunction led to the death of Commander Sonak and Admiral Lori Ciana , which traumatized her. ( TOS novelization : Star Trek: The Motion Picture , ST website : StarTrek.com )

USS Icarus [ ]

Rand and Kadan.

In 2274 , Rand married non-corporeal Captain Kadan and joined him as first officer of the USS Icarus on an extra-galactic journey. Unfortunately, the Phaetonian crew went insane while contacting the galactic barrier , and the Enterprise aided Rand in stopping Icarus . Rand rejoined the Enterprise crew and had her marriage annulled. ( TOS comic : " Eclipse of Reason ")

Starfleet Command [ ]

Lieutenant Janice Rand at Starfleet Headquarters in 2286

Following the Enterprise 's return to Earth in 2278 , Rand decided to undergo officer training, and was made an ensign in 2281 . She worked in her lieutenant grades a stint at Earth Spacedock in 2285 , where she witnessed close-up the Enterprise 's battle damage from the Mutara sector . Immediately after, she was assigned to Starbase 1 where she worked for the communications division, and was later assigned to Starfleet Command in 2286 . ( VOY episode : " Flashback "; TOS movies : Star Trek III: The Search for Spock , Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home )

Aboard the Excelsior [ ]

Lt. Commander Janice Rand, USS Excelsior (NCC-2000) in 2293

When Captain Hikaru Sulu assumed command of the USS Excelsior in 2290 , Sulu requested that newly-promoted Lieutenant Commander Rand be assigned to the Excelsior as communications officer as well as serving as a bridge officer and team leader for Gamma Shift, and she remained at that post for the rest of her career. It is suggested that Janice was a confidant for Sulu during her tenure aboard ship. ( TOS novels : Starfleet Academy , War Dragons ; TLE novel : The Sundered , ST website : StarTrek.com )

In 2293 , Rand attended James T. Kirk 's memorial service in the grounds of Starfleet Academy , along with many other former Enterprise crewmembers. ( TOS - Crucible novel : The Fire and the Rose )

By 2298 , Rand had received a promotion to full commander and continued to serve aboard the Excelsior as communications officer. ( TLE novel : The Sundered ; Captain's Log comic : " Sulu ")

By the 24th century , Janice Rand had a descendant in the form of Athena Rand who was a science officer and commander of the USS Saratoga and was present in the Battle of Wolf 359 in 2367 . Athena also had a nephew who was Lieutenant Josh Rand who was a crew member of the USS Voyager . ( VOY comic : " Ghosts ")

Appendices [ ]

Connections [ ], appearances [ ], external link [ ].

• Janice Rand article at Memory Alpha , the wiki for canon Star Trek .
• 1 Ferengi Rules of Acquisition
• 2 USS Voyager (NCC-74656-A)
• 3 Lamarr class