In this Episode:
Diversity & Inclusivity
- Minority Representation
- Sulu and Uhura
Sulu and Uhura
Uhura – 86% of the episodes
Sulu – 55%
Both – 50%
Neither – only 2: Devil in the Dark; Miri
- Extras vs speaking roles & Standout characters
- Minority Representation by the numbers:
| 7/28 (25%) featured no people of color as guests or background actors. If you count Uhura and Sulu, the only one episode, Miri, had now people of color on screen. 96% of season one had some form of minority representation. Every week except for one, you would have tuned in to see black or brown people in uniform on board a starship. | |
| Background Extra | 21/28 (75%) |
| Speaking Guest | 9/28 (32%) |
| Guest Star | 5/28 (18%)The Galileo SevenCourt MartialThe MenagerieSpace SeedA Taste of Armageddon |
- Female Representation
- Strong
- Problematic
- Sexist
Female Representation
| Strong14 / 50% | 1. Where No Man Has Gone Before (Dehner)7. Charlie X (Rand)4. The Enemy Within (Rand)5. The Man Trap (Uhura, and Nancy Crater)8. Balance of Terror (Crewman Martine)10. Dagger of the Mind (Dr Noel)14. Court Martial (JAG officer Areel Shaw)15-16. The Menagerie (“The women!”) 18. The Squire of Gothos (Uhura & Yoeman Ross)20.The Alternative Factor (Janet MacLachlan as Charlene Masters) 24. A Taste of Armageddon (Yoeman Tamura & Mea 3)25. This Side of Paradise (Leila Kalomi)26. The Devil in the Dark (Horta)28. The City on the Edge of Forever (Edith Keeler) | |
| Problematic6 / 21% | 9. What are Little Girls Made of? (Chapel)11. Miri (Rand)17. Shore Leave (the damsel in distress Yoeman)21.Tomorrow is Yesterday (the female-dominated computer programmer society)22.The Return of the Archons (the violent rape and male POV)23. Space Seed (Marla McGivers) | |
| Sexist3 / 11% | 3. Mudd’s Women6. The Naked Time (Chapel, and the non use of Uhura and rand)12 The Conscience of the King | |
| None5 / 18% | Does not mean there were no women; just means they were not featured enough to make an impact one way or the other. 100% of episodes had speaking parts for women. But of these 5, it was either Uhura or minor background officers that had few if any lines. |
- The Legacy of Yeoman Rand
Yoeman Rand episodes
(asterisk indicates Rand was integral of the plot)
The Corbomite Maneuver
The Enemy Within *
The Man Trap
The Naked Time *
Charlie X *
Balance of Terror
Miri
Planned episodes post-firing:Conscience of the King
Galileo Seven
Court Martial
Shore Leave
Squire of Gothos
Space Seed
A Taste of Armageddon
The City on the Edge of Forever (based on Ellison’s drafts)
- Was in 7 of 11 episodes during Whitney’s time of the show (64%)
- Would have been in 15 of 28 episodes (53% of the season) and perhaps more.