Your Favorite TOS Yeoman

[CrazyMatt]

I like several of them. To pick one favorite, I'll go with Venita Wolf as Yeoman Teresa Ross.

Trelane said it best: "Is this the face that launched a thousand ships and burnt the topless towers of Ilium? Fair Helen, make me immortal with a kiss."

 

[Push The Button]

What about the male Yeomen?

What about Sisko?

Captain Pike had an unnamed and uncredited male yeoman in "The Cage" that was onscreen for a few seconds and didn't speak any lines, so he was really only an extra.

As for Sisko, I believe that he was wearing a command gold lieutenant's uniform in "Trials and Tribble-ations", and that was a DS9 episode in any case.

(Bill Adama would have flushed Rojan and his crew out of an airlock, or maybe beamed them into space if the Colonials had transporter technology.)

 

[Duncan MacLeod]

Another vote for Tonia Barrows.

It would have been nice if McCoy had, had a steady lady. Just because Kirk liked playing the field didn't mean everyone had to.

And Emily Banks would have been a good addition to the cast as a semi-regular.

 

[Push The Button]

Jones.....I mean Smith. Reminds of my girlfriend from college.

Lucky you.

 

[Green Shirt]

I was quite fond of Yeoman Thompson.

As I've said in another threat, I thought the big flaw of "By Any Other Name" was having the Kelvan leader murder her and then have the episode say we're all friends at the end.

Friends forgive things.

 

[kirsten187]

I voted Tonia Barrows - very surprised that she is leading this poll.

 

[bbjeg]

For me, she was cute and into Bones. She wasn't another head over heels in love girl for Kirk.

 

[Pauln6]

My personal favorite is Janice Rand, but honorable mentions go to..

Yeoman Tamura, for standing shoulder to shoulder with Kirk, Spock and the male redshirts on Eminiar Seven

Martha Landon, for kicking Vaalian ass on Gamma Trianguli VI

Doris Atkins, for showing her loyalty by defending the elderly and senile Kirk at his competency hearing

Pretty much this. If Rand had been kept on maybe these elements could have all been rolled into one very interesting character, although Landon''s fisticuffs were added because the actress knew judo or karate or whatever it was.

Although I admit, if you are going for pure cute personality, Barrows is up there.

 

[kirsten187]

For me, she was cute and into Bones. She wasn't another head over heels in love girl for Kirk.

Both points are always a plus

 

[CorporalCaptain]

But you can probably tell I'm a Yeoman Thompson fan, and I'd be crushed if I turned out to be the only one.

Yeoman Thompson was crushed.

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[Nerys Myk]

Maybe the science division has its own yeomen.

 

[The Old Mixer]

But you can probably tell I'm a Yeoman Thompson fan, and I'd be crushed if I turned out to be the only one.

Deliberate groaner?

 

[ToddPence]

Trivia: Thompson was the first and only female redshirt (or reddress?) to die in the original series.

But two female blueshirts also died this season.

 

[Push The Button]

As all true TREK fans should be at her passing.

Yeoman Lawton from CHARLIE X was a blueshirt. Were junior yeomans blue? Maybe the rule was only one red yeoman a week. Or was she a crewman? Maybe in James Blish's adaptation, anyway.

Memory Alpha listed Tina Lawton as a Yeoman, Third Class in the Sciences division. And that Charlie Evans creep turned her into a lizard, damn him.

 

[CorporalCaptain]

Memory Alpha listed Tina Lawton as a Yeoman, Third Class in the Sciences division.

She is introduced that way by Rand. The sciences division is inferred by her wearing blue. From http://www.chakoteya.net/StarTrek/8.htm:

"I'd like you to meet Tina Lawton, Yeoman Third Class."

 

[BillJ]

Funny there were no yeomen in the third season. Must have fell victim to the Starfleet budget ax.

 

[Push The Button]

More trivia: Julie Cobb, who played Yeoman Thompson, was married to James Cromwell from 1986 to 2006. Thompson was her first TV role.

I'm a little surprised that Tonia Barrows is leading the poll, I thought for sure that Janice Rand would be in the top spot by now. I'm also surprised at Martha Landon's poor performance so far.

 

[Admiral2]

Tonia Barrows, and I am unanimous in this!

 

[t_smitts]

FWIW, Rojan and his crew may have looked human, but they were truly non-humanoid aliens and would-be galactic conquerers, and Kirk had to talk them into giving him back control of his ship. He saw to it that the yeoman's life wasn't sacrificed in vain by ensuring the safety of our entire galaxy.

Yeoman Thompson was only mentioned by name once, after her death, in Kirk's log. End credits of BY ANY OTHER NAME just refer to her as ''Yeoman.'' The only reason she's gone is because Kirk attempted to flee the cave. Obviously they needed a first act finish. Had Kirk stayed put, we'd've been bored for five minutes, but the Big Four, counting Scotty, would still have ended the episode the same way.

And after Kirk's single mention, she's never brought up again. Typical redshirt nonentity. McCoy in particular is all smiles at the episode's conclusion. Coincidentally or not, no yeomans ever beamed down to TOS planets again.

But you can probably tell I'm a Yeoman Thompson fan, and I'd be crushed if I turned out to be the only one.

Ignoring the dreadful pun, I'm a fan too. And to the person before, it does indeed cast a pallor over the rest of the episode and can't be chalked up to a misunderstanding, like with the Horta or the Gorn.

My guess is her death was a holdover from the original writer's treatment of the story (which was apparently much darker), before Gene had DC Fontana do a rewrite and lightened it up.

As all true TREK fans should be at her passing.

Yeoman Lawton from CHARLIE X was a blueshirt. Were junior yeomans blue? Maybe the rule was only one red yeoman a week. Or was she a crewman? Maybe in James Blish's adaptation, anyway.

Memory Alpha listed Tina Lawton as a Yeoman, Third Class in the Sciences division. And that Charlie Evans creep turned her into a lizard, damn him.

But she was presumably changed back by the Thasians.

 

[The Old Mixer]

Yeomen Gone Wild: U.S.S. Enterprise!