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 |
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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.[1]
Fandom
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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
Art from More Missions, More Myths, artist is Sherry Veltlkamp (1986)
Interior art from the Delta Triad zine by John Martin
Art from the zine Between the Sheets by Vel Jaeger
Zine art by Joni Wagner from Warped Space
Art from the zine the Captain's Log by unknown artist
Art by Joni Wagner from the novel zine The Castaways
Art by Marilyn Johansen featured in R & R
Interior art from the Delta Triad zine by John Martin
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
References
- ^ Geoff Allshorn, 'A Kiss Is Not Just A Kiss, Humanist blog, 1 August 2021.