Always had a thing for Barbara Rhodes in her sixties looks myself!
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Who would you have cast as Joanna McCoy?
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Linda Evans would have been ok.
Sally Field, but she had her own series at the time.
Just how old was Bones supposed to be in TOS anyway? He didn't look like a contemporary of Kirk's to me. I'd put him mid 40's. Kirk looked early 30's. I'd love to have seen McCoy's daughter but not in that episode. It was horrifying. Too bad she didn't show up in one of the movies.
As an actress I'm sure Diana Rigg could muster up a Georgian accent.
In The Hospital (1971) with George C. Scott, Dame Diana attempted a mid-Atlantic accent. It was, shall we say, less than convincing.
That would certainly put a different slant on their interactions in "The Galileo Seven." I think McCoy even says "Upsie-Daisy" to her while he's helping her up after the shuttle crash.Phyllis Douglas would have been perfect. She was cute and talented, and her looks were plausible as a McCoy.
Yeah, I'd say that McCoy was in his mid to late 40s in TOS, more or less DeForest Kelley's real age. Kirk says that he's 34 in "The Deadly Years," so Shatner was playing four years younger than his real age at the time.
Of course, according to the official ST Chronology, McCoy was something like 38 when TOS began, due to his age being quoted as 137 in "Encounter at Farpoint" and the year later being established as 2364. So I guess Fred Freidberger was right after all. Kirk and McCoy were contemporaries, despite all appearances to the contrary.
She and Carol were roommates over in boarding school!
Wow. I haven't that of that movie in years.
If we're delving into alternate history anyway, I can accept that she landed a role on STAR TREK one year earlier. I mean, it's not like we're trying to squeeze Jessica Alba into 1969 here.
Along those lines, what about Lindsay Wagner? She would have been about twenty at the time, so it works (although in real life she didn't make her screen debut until 1971).
I don't think a definitive age was ever established for McCoy (unlike Kirk who was established as being in his mid-thirties), but I agree with others that he was probably about ten years older than Kirk and in his mid to late forties during the series.
My choice for casting Joanna? Brenda Scott was the first name that came to mind.
My choice for casting Joanna? Brenda Scott was the first name that came to mind.
Speaking of Dark Shadows...Kathryn Leigh Scott?
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heh, true. Lindsay Wagner would be good too. i know its silly but i watched so many reruns of The Bionic Woman as a kid that its still hard for me to imagine her in another role.If we're delving into alternate history anyway, I can accept that she landed a role on STAR TREK one year earlier. I mean, it's not like we're trying to squeeze Jessica Alba into 1969 here.
Along those lines, what about Lindsay Wagner? She would have been about twenty at the time, so it works (although in real life she didn't make her screen debut until 1971).
i always wanted to see her and Lara Parker on Star Trek (though Scott was on TNG). Parker could have been a great guest villain.
16-18 is a bit young for a potential romantic partner for Kirk, though, Lenore Karidian to the contrary.
Well, heck, considering the parameters of my initial post, we might be having a hypothetical 4th season of TOS, anyway...If we're delving into alternate history anyway, I can accept that she landed a role on STAR TREK one year earlier. I mean, it's not like we're trying to squeeze Jessica Alba into 1969 here.
Telerites' "blue eyes" comment above made me think of Lynda Carter, who was 18 years old in 1969. She didn't make her film debut until 1974, though.
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I vote for Sally Fields or Linda Evans.