TOS is a trip. So Kirk, Uhura, and Chekov are abducted and forced to become gladiators (abduction for entertainment is a recurring plot). But Nyota fights in what amounts to her standard uniform plus a harness and collar, which I think means that what these women are wearing: is what they wear everyday. And that …
I love this scene! Uhura not only knows how to “rig up a sensor bypass circuit”, she respectfully stands up for herself and her work in response to Spock’s anxious impatience about it getting done. And he not only understands, he compliments her. Unfortunately, we never fully see exactly what this smock is. She wears …
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Uhura Prime was not unclothed on screen until 1989, 22 years after her debut, when Nichelle Nichols was 57 years old. 20 years later, Kelvin Timeline Uhura gets undressed on screen in her second scene, about 20 minutes into the film. Isn’t progress awesome? There is no narrative reason for Uhura to take off her …