Janice Rand is a fictional character in the American science fiction
television series Star Trek: The Original Series during its first
season, as well as three of the Star Trek films. She is the Captain's
yeoman on board the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701), and first appeared in
the episode "The Man Trap". She had significant roles in the episodes
"The Enemy Within", where she fights off an evil version of Captain
James T. Kirk; "Charlie X" where a young man with god-like powers
falls in love with her; and "Miri" where she is infected with a deadly
disease while on an away mission and is kidnapped by jealous
children.Rand was portrayed by American actress Grace Lee Whitney, who
had previously worked with Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry in both
The Lieutenant and a pilot for a show he created called Police Story.
Whitney as Rand was involved in promoting Star Trek before it aired,
but did not appear in the first two pilots. Roddenberry set out the
role of Rand to Whitney, saying that she and Kirk were meant to have
feelings for one another, but should never act on them. Part way
through the first season, Whitney was released from her contract. The
official explanation was that the production team wanted to free up
Kirk to have relationships with other women, but it was actually
necessitated because the series was over budget and was looking to cut
costs. It is unclear who suggested that her contract should be
terminated, or who made the final decision. Roddenberry later blamed
NBC for her release and said he regretted it.After Whitney was
reintroduced to Star Trek through conventions, she came back into
contact with Roddenberry who wanted to include her in the new series
in development at the time, Star Trek: Phase II. This was subsequently
cancelled, but Rand did reappear in Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
Whitney made further appearances as Rand in Star Trek IV: The Voyage
Home and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. She later returned to
Star Trek for memory sequences set in the latter film, but shown as
part of the Star Trek: Voyager episode "Flashback". Whitney made
further appearances as Rand in Star Trek: New Voyages and Star Trek:
Of Gods and Men, while Rand was also portrayed by Meghan King Johnson
in New Voyages. Prior to the start of The Original Series, Whitney was
used to promote the series and was popular with the media. Critics
later called the character a stereotype in her initial appearances,
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