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"Number One" (2254)

This page is for the character from "The Cage"; you may also be looking for the nickname Number one.

Number One was Captain Christopher Pike's First Officer on the USS Enterprise. While she served in this role, she held the rank of lieutenant. She was noted for her exceptional intelligence and rationality. In 2254, Captain Pike regarded Number One as the most experienced officer on the Enterprise. (TOS: "The Cage")

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Background

It is rare that an officer with the rank of lieutenant serves as the first officer of a starship. The likely reason for this is that, when Gene Roddenberry first created Star Trek, the first rank structure he employed was based on the system used in the 18th and 19th century British navy, in which a ship's second in command was generally a First Lieutenant in the sense of the most senior lieutenant, rather than 20th century naval ranks we have come to associate with Starfleet.

Number One was portrayed by Majel Barrett Roddenberry, credited as Majel Barrett in "The Cage," but as "M. Leigh Hudec" in "The Menagerie, Part I" and "The Menagerie, Part II" (possibly in order to not confuse her with regular character Christine Chapel played by Barrett at that time in the series).

The character of Number One was dropped from the series at the suggestion of NBC executives, and her highly-logical, steel-trap mind was given to the character of Spock instead.

Apocrypha

In the Marvel Star Trek: Early Voyages comic book series she is named Lieutenant Commander Eunice Robbins.

In the novel Vulcan's Glory by TOS writer D.C. Fontana suggested this name was not simply a nickname or title – she was an Ilyrian who was named "Number One," as the best intellect among her generation.

The Captains Table novel Where Sea Meets Sky, Number One was given the last name Lefler (an allusion to Robin Lefler).

Peter David's New Frontier series of novels suggested that her name (at least in the 24th century) may have been "Morgan Primus", and that she was an immortal like Flint. (from TOS: "Requiem for Methuselah") She was the mother of Robin Lefler.

The early days of Number One are currently being chronicled in Crew.

External links

• Number One at StarTrek.com, the official Star Trek website
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• Number One (Star Trek) at Wikipedia

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