Following these events and the destruction of the Enterprise, Uhura joins her crewmates on a stolen Klingon ship amid a crisis on Earth in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home.

In light of their heroics, Starfleet Command exonerates Uhura and the rest of Kirk's crew for their illegal activities.

Due to the incapacitation of the male members of the crew, Uhura assumes command of the Enterprise from Scotty.

The other members of the Enterprise crew include George Takei as helmsman Hikaru Sulu, Walter Koenig as Commander Pavel Chekov, and Nichelle Nichols as Uhura.

Uhura was an important part of the original series ' multicultural crew and one of the first characters of African descent to be featured in a non-menial role on American television series.

Uhura first appears in the episode " The Man Trap ", joining the crew of the USS Enterprise as a lieutenant, and serves as chief communications officer under Captain Kirk.

Other members of the Enterprise crew include James Doohan as chief engineer Montgomery Scott, Walter Koenig as navigator Pavel Chekov, and Nichelle Nichols as Uhura, the communications officer.

Playing the other crew members are James Doohan, as Montgomery Scott, the chief engineer ; George Takei, as Hikaru Sulu, Enterprises helmsman ; Walter Koenig, as Pavel Chekov, navigation and acting science officer ; and Nichelle Nichols, as Uhura, the ship's communications officer.

In the epilogue of Star Trek VI, Uhura had stated they received a communication from Starfleet Command that ordered the Enterprise to report to space dock to be decommissioned, however she may have been speaking only of the ship's original crew members as Captain James T. Kirk previously stated his crew was due to stand down in three months, while Spock noted this would be his last voyage on the Enterprise as a member of her crew ; and Captain Kirk states the ship " will become the care of another crew ," but no further information is given.

The exposure to the storm begins to affect crew members ' nervous systems differently ; Communications Officer Lt. Uhura is unable to move her hands, Navigator Ens.

On each turn, Sulu or Chekov updated the enemy's position and Uhura asked for the player's orders, and a number ( initially from 1 to 10, later from 1 to as high as 19 ) could be entered to tell the crew of the Enterprise what to do.

Uhura, Kirk, and Scotty head for the transporter room again, while McCoy stays behind to make sure that mirror-Spock is all right.

Mirror-Sulu, the security chief, is distracted from his monitors at the vital moment of connection by Uhura seeming to encourage his previously rejected amorous advances.

In the 2009 film Star Trek, Zoe Saldana plays a young Uhura who is introduced as a cadet at the academy, but is promoted to a communications officer as the movie unfolds.

Her most famous role is that of communications officer Lieutenant Uhura aboard the USS Enterprise in the popular Star Trek television series, as well as the succeeding motion pictures, where her character was eventually promoted in Starfleet to the rank of commander.

Actress Nichelle Nichols reportedly protested this scene, as she felt that Uhura, as communications officer, would be fluent in Klingon.

Captain Spock is in his familiar role as science officer and second-in-command with Dr. McCoy standing by on the bridge, Uhura as communications officer, Hikaru Sulu as helm officer, and ( as the viewers later learn ) cadets filling other roles.

Before she leaves, Lieutenant Uhura sabotages the ship's communications system to prevent contact with Starfleet.

The communications officer, Lt. Uhura, receives a garbled distress call, but all she can make out are the sector coordinates and the name of the ship, the USS Intrepid, which is manned entirely by Vulcans.

She portrayed Lt. Palmer, the relief communications officer for Lt. Uhura in the episodes " The Doomsday Machine " and " The Way To Eden ".

* Star Trek: The Original Series: Andrew calls Angel " Uhura " and tells him to " check the viewscreen ," in reference to the communications officer on the Enterprise.

Even Wilma had, to some extent, been remodeled after Lt. Uhura from Star Trek, often dressed in a mini-skirt uniform and regularly sat at a communications console on the bridge of the Searcher.

Finally he goes back in time and kills his past self before he could ever use the Guardian, thus resetting history and leaving only Chekov, Harriman and Uhura retaining memories of the events that transpired.

Gwen recalls Lt. Uhura in the original Star Trek series and Emma Peel of the The Avengers.

In the Star Trek ( 2009 ) movie, Uhura is seen ordering a " Cardassian Sunrise " drink in the bar scene just prior to meeting James Kirk.

Nichelle Nichols, who played Uhura, referred to Kelley as her " sassy gentleman friend "; the friendship between the African-American Nichols and Southern Kelley was a real-life demonstration of the message Roddenberry hoped to convey through Star Trek.

Nyota Uhura () is a character in Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek: The Animated Series, the first six Star Trek films, and the 2009 film Star Trek.

* In appearances at Star Trek conventions, Nichols had indicated that the character is " Nyota penda Uhura "; perhaps coincidentally, in Nichols ' 1996 novel Saturn's Child she named the mother of the titular character " Nyota ".

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock sees Uhura take an assignment in the transporter room as part of a plot to steal the Enterprise.

Zoe Saldana | Zoë Saldana as Uhura in the 2009 film Star Trek ( film ) | Star Trek.

Whoopi Goldberg, who later played Guinan on Star Trek: The Next Generation, described Uhura as a role model for her, recalling that she told her family, " I just saw a black woman on television ; and she ain't no maid!

In one episode of Star Trek, Spock's Brain is stolen and installed in a large computer-like structure ; and in " I, Mudd " Uhura is offered immortality in an android body.

Jemison's inspiration for joining NASA was African-American actress Nichelle Nichols, who portrayed Lieutenant Uhura on Star Trek.

Sulu, Scotty, Uhura, and Chekov would have to wait for the sequel, Star Trek: Judgment Rites, to appear on the away missions.

In fact, this gremlin is so persistent, he even appears at the end as if he had impersonated the stewardess ( who looks remarkably similar to Star Trek character Lt. Uhura ).

Other Star Trek actors such as Michael Dorn ( Worf on TNG ), Brent Spiner ( Data on TNG ), Colm Meaney ( Miles O ’ Brien on TNG and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ), LeVar Burton ( Geordi La Forge on TNG ), Nichelle Nichols ( Uhura on Star Trek: The Original Series ), Avery Brooks ( Benjamin Sisko on DS9 ), Paul Winfield ( Clark Terrell in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan ), David Warner ( various characters, most notably Gul Madred in " Chain of Command ", a two-part episode of TNG ) and Kate Mulgrew ( Kathryn Janeway on Star Trek: Voyager ) were guest or recurring stars in the series.

In The Final Frontier, a romantic interest between Uhura and Montgomery Scott is briefly implied while Uhura seemingly is under the influence of Sybok, but the subplot is never fully developed in the following movies and we're to assume that they remain just friends.

Doohan and Barrett would also perform the voices of Sulu and Uhura.

Leonard Nimoy refused to sign up to lend his voice to the series unless Nichelle Nichols and George Takei were added to the cast — claiming that Sulu and Uhura were of importance as they were proof of the ethnic diversity of the 23rd century and should not be recast.

" A major change in characterization from the primary timeline is alternate Spock's involvement with alternate Uhura ( Zoe Saldana ), his former student.

Scotty, Uhura, Sulu, and Chekov were all to return, with promotions to Lieutenant Commander for Uhura and Sulu, and to Lieutenant for Chekov.

At the Federation space station K-7 in the original series episode " The Trouble with Tribbles ," set in 2267, Uhura offers to buy a Tribble for 10 credits.

Uhura and Pavel Chekov are tasked to find a way to recharge the ship's dilithium crystals.

Uhura and Chekov locate a nuclear-powered ship, and find it is the aircraft carrier Enterprise.

Uhura is beamed back but Chekov is severely injured in an escape attempt and captured.

In the film, Uhura and Chekov visit the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise.

The scene in which Uhura and Chekov question passersby about the location of nuclear vessels was filmed with a hidden camera.

The character was portrayed by Nichelle Nichols in all but the 2009 film, in which a younger Uhura was portrayed by actress Zoë Saldana.

Nichols states in her book Beyond Uhura that the name was inspired by her having had with her a copy of the book Uhuru on the day she read for the part.

When producer Robert Justman explained to Roddenberry what the word uhuru meant, he changed it to Uhura and adopted that as the character's name.

Uhura is from the United States of Africa and speaks Swahili.