Tonia Barrows and Leonard McCoy

[Spock's Barber]

In Shore Leave the romantic feelings between Tonia and McCoy are pretty obvious. However, after the episode Tonia disappears into the lower decks of the Enterprise, never to be seen again in Starfleet service. I think the writers and producers missed a great chance to have her reappear in another episode, even if it was just a cameo appearence with some type of interaction with McCoy again. What say you?

 

[Commishsleer]

Did we see her again in TAS or was that someone else?

I think it would have been great to see in in TOS. She was pretty and nice and it would have given TOS more sense of continuity. I suppose they wanted McCoy open for romances. If they kept McCoy-Barrows low key then it could have fitted in.

 

[Shawnster]

That's the fate of episodic stories. No arcs or multi story ideas.

I really liked the idea and wished they'd done more with it, too.

 

[Leviathan]

She was eaten by tribbles. So sad.

 

[Spock's Barber]

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[JonnyQuest037]

Barrows has popped up in a few comics and novels over the years, most notably in Provenance of Shadows, where her relationship with McCoy was greatly expanded upon. Off the top of my head, I know that she's also appeared in Mike W. Barr's TOS novel Gemini and in Star Trek #55, the last issue of DC's initial run. That was more of a cameo than anything, though.

A number of years back, I was doing some research on Barrows for a Trek role playing game I was a part of (Her character is one of my favorites, and my character in the game was a nephew of Tonia's & a protege of movie era Dr. McCoy's). I wanted to see what had been established about her in canon or in the tie-in fiction. One of the first things I came across was some very extensive slash fiction involving her & McCoy. Some people out there have some very vivid imaginations.

 

[Leviathan]

Ravenous, cuddly little bastards are after our women!

 

[Spock's Barber]

Ravenous, cuddly little bastards are after our women!

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[Phaser Two]

I agree with this. Their relationship was cute and the actors had nice on-screen chemistry. Emily Banks and her character were charming. It's a real shame she didn’t show up again.

 

[Green]

After season 1 they reduced the importance of the rest of the crew.

Kelowitz, DeSalle, Leslie, Riley, Angela, Kyle, Farrell, Fisher, Galloway, Hansen, O'Neil -- all had multiple speaking parts in season 1.
Kelowitz, Riley, Farrell, Fisher, Hansen never appeared again. Leslie never spoke again. Angela filled in for Uhura in the last episode of the series. Galloway spoke in 2 more episodes and was killed in the second of those. (Is he the first recurring Trek character to die?) DeSalle appeared in the first episode of season 2 and never appeared again and O'Neal appeared once in season 3.
Only Kyle returned on a fairly regular basis.

Besides Chekov -- Lt. Palmer and M'Benga were the only crewpersons introduced in season 2 or 3 to speak in more than 1 episode.

 

[Greg Cox]

She was a guest-star on a 60s show so she didn't stick around, but, yeah, that's a shame. She was an appealing character that did indeed have great chemistry with McCoy. More so than, say, what what's-her-name in "The World is Hollow . . .."

 

[Nyotarules]

Only Kirk was allowed to be the romantic lead. Or Starfleet pulled some crappy fraternisation rule on them! lol

I read Provenance, sad story with an interesting premise regarding McCoy (had to suspend my belief system for the characterisation of McCoy) but it has a happy ending.

 

[Pauln6]

Emily was up for reprising the role I believe. I wonder if they were reluctant to have a recurring yeoman to disguise the fact that Grace could have stayed.

Barrows has made a few appearances in John Byrne's ST New Visions.

 

[Spock's Barber]

Emily was up for reprising the role I believe. I wonder if they were reluctant to have a recurring yeoman to disguise the fact that Grace could have stayed.

I liked Grace Lee Whitney, but Emily Banks just added a lot more sugar and spice to the yeoman's role.

 

[Nyotarules]

I liked Grace Lee Whitney, but Emily Banks just added a lot more sugar and spice to the yeoman's role.

And she proved that officers and enlisted personnel could fraternise lol

 

[Valenti]

She was way hot. Anyone have a pic?

 

[Spock's Barber]

She was way hot. Anyone have a pic?

 

[Valenti]

All I can say is wow. Thanks, Spock's Barber. What a bod and what a bod of work Star Trek is.

 

[Timewalker]

I wanted to see what had been established about her in canon or in the tie-in fiction. One of the first things I came across was some very extensive slash fiction involving her & McCoy. Some people out there have some very vivid imaginations.

Unless one or the other had a sex change, that's not slashfic. Slashfic is fanfic that shows two or more same-sex characters in a sexual relationship.

She was a guest-star on a 60s show so she didn't stick around, but, yeah, that's a shame. She was an appealing character that did indeed have great chemistry with McCoy. More so than, say, what what's-her-name in "The World is Hollow . . .."

Natira. My term for that whole relationship was "marriage of convenience." As soon as it was no longer convenient for McCoy, he took off.

Spoiler: Fanfic about McCoy's marital status

There's a short fanfic story I read somewhere in which Starfleet contacts McCoy and orders him to clear up his marital status, since he appears to have just abandoned Natira and there's no evidence of them divorcing or getting an annulment.

 

[johnnybear]

In the stories I'd say each and every time the ship docked at a star base, crew and visitors were rotated onto other ships if the Captain wasn't entirely happy with their performance or could be they had requested a leave back to earth or another ship! That way we get to explain the disappearances of possible regular characters like Barrows, Garrovick and Lt.Carolyn Palamas!
JB