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Slightly off topic, but for some reason I have been thinking about how much I like the girl yeoman outfits on Star Trek (the original series). I know they weren’t all yeoman – some were lieutenant this or phaser technician that, but really, in skirts that short with the scoop neck collars and the tights and go-go boots, they were all yeoman. And that’s a good thing.
More should have been in peril. Yeoman Rand got herself kidnapped and tied up in “Miri”, but that should have, like, happened every episode if I were running the show.
So, as an unabashed straight guy, I started thinking of Star Trek: TOS babes – especially the guest star babes. Here is a partial list of the ones I can remember – or ones I am particularly partial to: a top five in ascending order of awesomeness:
Lt. Marla McGivers in “Space Seed” (Madlyn Rhue): Misguided, accidentally treacherous, and filmed through only-in-the-60s gauze. Who cares? If only she had crossed Khan and paid the price. But no, it’s the Shat who winds up in the decompression tank. What a waste.
Yeoman Smith in “Where No Man Has Gone Before” (Andrea Dromm): She never got to wear the skirt – no, she was in black pants like she was a waitress in some dreary late-1990s restaurant. But who cares when you are this hot? She made the frumpiest uniform awesome. And she’s on for about 10 seconds.
Yeoman Mears in “Galileo 7” (Phyllis Douglas): Another wasted opportunity. Plucky and capable crew girl marooned on a planet inhabited by really big cannibals. What could possibly happen to her? Actually, nothing.
Lt. Marlena Moreau in “Mirror, Mirror” (Barbara Luna): Man, did she rock the evil universe outfit (bare midriff, thigh high boots) or what? And (if I recall right) the sultry purr in her voice? Why go back to the “good” side?
And for my all time fave:
Dr Helen Noel in “Dagger of the Mind” (Marianna Hill): …and Kirk disses her because he’s so fricken Mr-Captain-nobody-between-me-and-my-ship dude. Jimmy, what in the name of Rigel XII are you thinking? I cannot even begin to describe her pulchritude! She even kicks a little ass in the episode, after being a little damsel-ly too. And she totally rocks the oufit. Totally. This is the reason you enlist in something as dippy as Starfleet.
More should have been in peril. Yeoman Rand got herself kidnapped and tied up in “Miri”, but that should have, like, happened every episode if I were running the show.
So, as an unabashed straight guy, I started thinking of Star Trek: TOS babes – especially the guest star babes. Here is a partial list of the ones I can remember – or ones I am particularly partial to: a top five in ascending order of awesomeness:
Lt. Marla McGivers in “Space Seed” (Madlyn Rhue): Misguided, accidentally treacherous, and filmed through only-in-the-60s gauze. Who cares? If only she had crossed Khan and paid the price. But no, it’s the Shat who winds up in the decompression tank. What a waste.
Yeoman Smith in “Where No Man Has Gone Before” (Andrea Dromm): She never got to wear the skirt – no, she was in black pants like she was a waitress in some dreary late-1990s restaurant. But who cares when you are this hot? She made the frumpiest uniform awesome. And she’s on for about 10 seconds.
Yeoman Mears in “Galileo 7” (Phyllis Douglas): Another wasted opportunity. Plucky and capable crew girl marooned on a planet inhabited by really big cannibals. What could possibly happen to her? Actually, nothing.
Lt. Marlena Moreau in “Mirror, Mirror” (Barbara Luna): Man, did she rock the evil universe outfit (bare midriff, thigh high boots) or what? And (if I recall right) the sultry purr in her voice? Why go back to the “good” side?
And for my all time fave:
Dr Helen Noel in “Dagger of the Mind” (Marianna Hill): …and Kirk disses her because he’s so fricken Mr-Captain-nobody-between-me-and-my-ship dude. Jimmy, what in the name of Rigel XII are you thinking? I cannot even begin to describe her pulchritude! She even kicks a little ass in the episode, after being a little damsel-ly too. And she totally rocks the oufit. Totally. This is the reason you enlist in something as dippy as Starfleet.
Would have loved to seen Lt. Uhura bound and gagged.
ReplyDeleteDon't mate. I was at San Diego comic con this year and the Suicide Girls had a booth. It's bad enough they were there in their hot, tattooed glory, but the day they were wearing skimpy Star Tek cossies?
ReplyDeleteAmbulance for one.