#nyota uhura

[abigailspinach]

I looked across the way and there was the face of Dr. Martin Luther King smiling at me and walking toward me. And he started laughing. By the time he reached me, he said, yes, Ms. Nichols, I am your greatest fan. I am that Trekkie.

(Soundbite of laughter)

Ms. NICHOLS: And I was speechless. He complimented me on the manner in which I'd created the character. I thanked him, and I think I said something like, Dr. King, I wish I could be out there marching with you. He said, no, no, no. No, you don't understand. We don't need you on the - to march. You are marching. You are reflecting what we are fighting for. So, I said to him, thank you so much. And I'm going to miss my co-stars.

And his face got very, very serious. And he said, what are you talking about? And I said, well, I told Gene just yesterday that I'm going to leave the show after the first year because I've been offered - and he stopped me and said: You cannot do that. And I was stunned. He said, don't you understand what this man has achieved? For the first time, we are being seen the world over as we should be seen. He says, do you understand that this is the only show that my wife Coretta and I will allow our little children to stay up and watch. I was speechless.

MARTIN: Ms. Nichols, I have to tell you, the same was true in our house. I mean we would run and our parents would literally call and say look, look, you know, she's on.

Ms. NICHOLS: Yes. Yes.

MARTIN: But that's kind of a heavy responsibility, though. I do have to ask you about that. I mean the fact is you did put a side some of your own personal dreams to stay in that role.

Ms. NICHOLS: Yes. Yes. Well, you know...

MARTIN: And then you did three movies. And how does that sit with you now?

Ms. NICHOLS: Well, it's interesting that you said, you know, you would run through the house and look. I met Whoopi Goldberg when Gene was doing The Next Generation and she had told me when Star Trek came on she was nine years old and she said she turned the TV on and saw me and ran through the house screaming: Come quick, come quick. Theres a black lady on TV and she ain't no maid.

(Soundbite of laughter)

Ms. NICHOLS: And that did something to my heart, so I knew that I had made the right decision, because as Dr. King said, you have been chosen.

- Avery Brooks

[dykespirk]

literally can’t remember if I posted these here so here you go

[1000-worms]

stone cold sober at the bar googling star fleet officers’ bdays

[space-dog-from-space]

Day 18 of Uhura Month! Today's prompt was "culture clash" so here's Uhura's first encounter with gagh!

[outerspacedunce]

Not convinced for a second that the SNW ladies are straight, so imagine they introduce Spock to Chappell Roan during one of their girls night and of course, they have his full attention.

we don't talk enough about girls night with spock

[bumpscosity08]

[lichqueenlibrarian]

Spock can’t carry a Vulcan tune in a Vulcan bucket

[startrektospolls]

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Episodes that won so hard they automatically get to go to the finale under the cut:

Amok Time Here & Here

The Doomsday Machine Here & Here

The Changeling Here & Here

Mirror, Mirror Here & Here

I, Mudd Here & Here

[discoonthegrass]

Two couples that pair a regular on the bridge with a sickbay worker! Who will triumph?

Posting the final faceoff of my ship bracket on Wednesday. See you there!

[chaosmarines]

Anyone know any good beta canon works with Uhura as the main character? I really like her as a character but she gets like no attention in TOS or the film series. Thanks for help in advance.

[paulgadzikowski]

You can tell it's Beyond as opposed to XI or Into Darkness because it's a women's uniform with rank insignia

Zoe Saldana selfie, filming Star Trek Beyond

[windwenn]

UHURA!!!

[its-always-sunny-in-city17]

[beasblues]

saw a tweet on them playing dnd and had to doodle something for it...

I think after this experience either Kirk or Scotty would take over dming lol.

Last doodle is from weeks ago but I figured I could drop it here as well, though I didn't know how to draw the characters too well yet

[shigeoreum]

mandatory Enterprise bridge crew team bonding through life or death baseball ^_^ prob cos of some evil computer again that’s also a big baseball fan idk