Janice Rand
| Character | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Janice Rand |
| Occupation: | administrative assistant, transporter operator, communications officer |
| Relationships: | perhaps a canonical one with Jim Kirk? |
| Fandom: | Star Trek: TOS |
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Janice Rand was a character during the first season of the original Star Trek. She appeared in the first eight episodes, notably as the woman the Mirror Kirk attacks and nearly rapes, the woman whom Charlie X gets a crush on, and the character whom Miri becomes jealous of, causing the landing party's betrayal. In her job as Yeoman, she also brings Jim Kirk meals and coffee.
It was suggested on the show that she and Jim Kirk had a romantic, if not intimate, relationship. Janice Rand abruptly disappeared from the show, causing many fans to write a number of speculative fictions as to why.
The character later returned as the Transporter Chief in Star Trek: The Motion Picture, but her estrangement from the crew was never addressed. She saw the damaged USS Enterprise return home in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (credited as "Woman in Cafeteria"), and was a Chief Petty Officer on Earth in Star Trek IV: The Voyager Home. Rand became Sulu's Communications Officer and had been promoted to Lieutenant Commander on the USS Excelsior in Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country and the follow-up 30th anniversary episode Star Trek: Voyager episode, Flashback.
Pairings
A Fan Ponders Time, and Hair
In 2013, a fan wondered about Rand's hair: "Time is passing and a lot of the people who were on fandom in the 60-70s no longer participate. I know that as a young person watching to a episodes that I am missing a lot of the original... Culture? Something is missed. For example, Rands beehive that everyone seems to hate (I think it's cool! So intricate!) Well I didn't even know it was a beehive! What were the implications of that hair style back then? Did it mean she was high class, snobby or smart or a valley girl?" [1]
From CCSTSG Enterprises #42 (1994): "Yeoman Rand's wig actually was two wigs woven together, making it a heavy piece to wear. "In 'The Enemy Within' I was holding onto the wig. I thought [when Kirk was chasing her around the cabin],'Oh god, it's gonna come off.'" [2]
Examples of Janice Rand in Art
1975
art from Warped Space #10, Marty Siegrist (1975)
1976
from Off the Beaten Trek #1, Gennie Summers (1976)
from Signe Landon Star Trek Postcards (1976)
art that accompanied Grace Lee Whitney's monthly column in A Piece of the Action, art by Laura Virgil (1976)
interior art by Michelle Hacken from Mile High Communicator (1976)
1977
art from Furaha by Joni Wagner (1977)
1978
art from Galactic Discourse #2 by Suzanne Kirwan (1978)
art from Naked Times #1, Scott Gilbert (1978)
1979
art by Michael Verina from Starborne (1979)
front cover of Spock #16/17 by Paul Murphy: Janice Rand presented with the two versions of Kirk from "The Enemy Within" and neither is appealing
art from Koon-Ut-Kali-Fee #2 by an unknown artist (1979)
1980
from Menagerie #16, Joni Wagner
1981
interior art by Beverly Zuk from R & R #14 (1981)
1985
from Voyager #13, Mark (1985)
1987
inside Beyond Antares #10 (1987)
1990
art from Spock #57, artist is Marianne Plumridge (1990)
from Spock #57, artist is Bernice Cuff (1990)
1991
art from IDIC Log by Gordon Smith (1991)
1992
from Atavachron v.7 n.2, by Warren Oddsson (1992)
1995
from Trexperts #35, Valerie Herd (1995)
cover of Trexperts #32, Jeri Flick (1995)
2018
customized ReAction figure of Rand by Ian McLean (2018)
Archives and Communities
References
- ^ from scarlettmoon, posted October 1, 2013
- ^ from CCSTSG Enterprises #42, recap of an interview with Grace Lee Whitney, "Grace Lee Whitney Graces QVC Stage," compiled by Ed Hines, Jr.