Kirk/Uhura (TOS)

Pairing
Pairing:	Kirk/Uhura
Alternative name(s):	K/U
Gender category:	Het
Fandom:	Star Trek: The Original Series
Canonical?:	No
Prevalence:	Common het ship in the TOS fandom
Archives:
Other:	Art from the Delta Triad by Mel Shreve
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Kirk/Uhura is the het pairing of James T. Kirk and Uhura in Star Trek: The Original Series fandom.

Canon

Their only kiss in canon is forced by a mindcontrolling alien in the TOS episode "Plato's Stepchildren", which is popularly (but incorrectly) attributed as having been the first interracial kiss on television.

Fandom

Common Tropes in Fanworks

• Mirror Universe: what their mirror selves are like, usually exploring darker themes
• Plato's Stepchildren: focusing on the aftermath of this episode
• Aliens made them do it: sometimes taking the events in Plato's Stepchildren further than a kiss, or used in different situations with different aliens

Fanworks

Fan Art

• Alternate Universe by karracaz
• Kiss by karracaz
• Kirk and Uhura by qtgillie

Fanfiction

• Old Child, Young Child by Mary Louise Dodge and Laura Scarsdale
• My Gracious Silence by Mary Louise Dodge
• How About a Raffle? by Mary Louise Dodge
• Dark of the Moon by John Martin with Mary Louise Dodge

Zines

• Delta Triad, a seven-issue Kirk/Uhura zine published between 1974 and 1984, contains much Kirk/Uhura fic
• Kiku

Gallery

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  Art from More Missions, More Myths, artist is Sherry Veltlkamp (1986)

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  Interior art from the Delta Triad zine by John Martin

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  Art from the zine Between the Sheets by Vel Jaeger

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  Zine art by Joni Wagner from Warped Space

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  Art from the zine the Captain's Log by unknown artist

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  Art by Joni Wagner from the novel zine The Castaways

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  Art by Marilyn Johansen featured in R & R

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  Interior art from the Delta Triad zine by John Martin

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  Art by Kathy Carlson from Star Shadows #3

Archives and Links

• James T. Kirk/Nyota Uhura, Original Series, tag at Archive of Our Own
• Kirk + Uhura, Original Series at FanFiction.net
• Kirk/Uhura and Kirk Uhura Pairing page at Trekiverse
• kirk_uhura (for both TOS and Reboot)

Resources

• Kirk and Uhura's kiss, Wikipedia
• A Kiss Is Not Just A Kiss