J.M. Colt

Species:

Human

Affiliation:

FederationStarfleet

Rank:

Enlisted

Occupation:

Yeoman

Status:

Active(2254)

Played by:

Laurel Goodwin

YeomanJ.M. Colt was a femaleStarfleetenlistedcrewman who lived during the mid-23rd century. She served in theoperations division aboard theUSSEnterprise underCaptainChristopher Pike. In2254, she served as the captain's personal yeoman, replacing his previous yeoman,Zac Nguyen who was presumed to have been killed byKalars during a fight onRigel VII. (TOS: "The Cage";SNW: "Among the Lotus Eaters")

According to theTalosianmagistrate known asthe Keeper, Colt's attributes were youth, strength, and unusually strongfemale drives.

When Pike was captured by the Talosians, Colt was one of six crewmembers who volunteered tobeam into the Talosians' underground city to rescue him. In fact, the Talosians had read Colt's attraction to Pike and manipulated events so that only she andUna Chin-Riley transported down. All threeEnterprise crewmembers escaped the Talosians alive and uninjured. (TOS: "The Cage")

Footage of her experience aboard theEnterprise under Captain Pike during the original visit to Talos IV, from thirteen years prior, was transmitted from that planet duringSpock's fictionalcourt martial aboard the same ship in2267. (TOS: "The Menagerie, Part II")

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Who was J.M. Colt's predecessor as Captain Pike's personal yeoman on the USS Enterprise?

In the mid-23rd century, J.M. Colt, a female Starfleet crewman, took over as Captain Christopher Pike's personal yeoman on the USS Enterprise. She succeeded Zac Nguyen, who was believed to have been killed by Kalars on Rigel VII.

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What was J.M. Colt's role in the operations division aboard the USS Enterprise?

In the mid-2250s, J.M. Colt was part of the operations division on the USS Enterprise. The division ensured the ship's systems and facilities were operational.

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What incident led to J.M. Colt replacing Zac Nguyen as the captain's personal yeoman?

In the early 2250s, Zac Nguyen served as Captain Christopher Pike's personal yeoman on the USS Enterprise. However, during an incident on Rigel VII, Nguyen was reported killed, and he was one of three casualties. Following this, J.M. Colt, a female Starfleet enlisted crewman, took over as the captain's personal yeoman.

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What attributes of J.M. Colt were noted by the Talosian magistrate known as the Keeper?

The Keeper, a Talosian magistrate, recognized J.M. Colt's youth, strength, and pronounced female drives. The Talosians exploited Colt's attraction to Pike in a rescue mission scenario.

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What was the significance of J.M. Colt's role in the episode 'Among the Lotus Eaters'?

J.M. Colt, played by Nicole Dickinson in 'Among the Lotus Eaters', had her name and rank revealed in the episode's end credits. This was a significant tribute to the original J.M. Colt, Captain Pike's Human yeoman in 'The Cage' from Star Trek. Her speaking role in her second appearance added to her character's importance.

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Background information[]

Yeoman Colt was played byLaurel Goodwin in "The Cage".Cindy Robbins was considered among the finalists for the role of Colt, even going so far as to appear in makeup test shots withLeonard Nimoy, while wearing a prototype Starfleet uniform.

Colt's name was not spoken onscreen, and was derived purely from script or background sources, with the following character biography appeared in the series proposalStar Trek is...:

The Captain's Yeoman. Except for problems in naval parlance, J.M. Colt would be called a yeo-woman. With a strip-queen figure even a uniform cannot hide, Colt serves as Captain'ssecretary,reporter,bookkeeper – and with surprising efficiency. She undoubtedly dreams of servingRobert April with equal efficiency in personal departments.

The note about Colt's title not being yeo-woman was included in the scripts of "The Cage", which went on to say of the character, "Abouttwenty, she's pert and shapely, but carries herself with trained precision." Her assignment as the captain's yeoman was referred to in the scripts as being merely temporary, though this line of dialogue is not in the final version of the episode. In another example of scripted but ultimately omitted dialogue, Colt was established as having had the same training as everyone else on theEnterprise, despite being new to the ship herself.[1]

This character eventually developed into YeomanJanice Rand for the later episodes ofStar Trek: The Original Series. (Star Trek Memories, p. 24)

Colt was played byMahé Thaissa in the765874 series of films by theRoddenberry Archive andOTOY.

Apocrypha[]

Thecomic book series,Star Trek: Early Voyages, named her "Mia Colt". Although this might seem contradictory to her first initial being "J", her second initial was "M", and she may have gone by her middle name rather than her first.

The titles of the short concept films "765874", "765874: Memory Wall", "765874: Regeneration", and "765874: Unification" released in 2022, 2023, and 2024 for theRoddenberry Archive, reference Colt's serial number as stated inStar Trek: Early Voyages #13 "Future Tense". The first two shorts center on thealternate reality Colt[2], portrayed by actressMahé Thaissa, in scenes adapted from the EV comic story arc "Futures" (#12-15) in which Colt travels to an alternative future in2293 before returning to back to2254 through the "Well of Tomorrows (β)" onAlgol II, and briefly experiencing myriad realities and timelines. An original scene in "Memory Wall" shows Spock, portrayed by Lawrence Selleck, performing a Vulcan mind meld on Colt in the2270s.

External link[]

• J. Mia Colt atMemory Beta, the wiki for licensedStar Trek works