who played lt uhura?
Nichelle Nichols
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 Other cast members included Paul Carr as Navigator Lee Kelso , Lloyd Haynes as Communications Officer Alden and Andrea Dromm as Yeoman Smith ( Alden and Smith were intended to be regulars in the show , but were replaced by Uhura and Janice Rand , respectively ) . The episode also is the first time long @-@ running background actor Eddie Paskey appeared ; his character would later be identified as Lt. Leslie . 

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 The original concept of an episode involving alternate realities was a room in Atlantis that shifts into alternate realities . However , the idea had several issues , including the possibility of no Atlantis in one reality , so Robert C. Cooper suggested using the Daedalus . The final draft of " The Daedalus Variations " was completed on February 11 . On February 12 , the prosthetics meeting for the episode , as well as " The Seed " , " Broken Ties " and " Whispers " took place , which most likely involved the unknown aliens featured from the episode . The appearance of the aliens was revealed in the advertisement for the episode on July 27 . In an interview with episode writer , Alan McCullough , he described the episode as a " great team show " , and a " visual effects spectacular . " On March 10 , Captain Sobol was cast . Sobol was the alternate commander of the Daedalus , rather than Colonel Caldwell ( Mitch Pileggi ) . By the time the episode aired , Sobol was female ( portrayed by Tracy Waterhouse ) , she held the rank of Colonel instead , and her name was spelled " Sobel " . 

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 The first season of the show became the basis for the 2010 live @-@ action film The Last Airbender , written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan . It was intended as the first movie of a trilogy , with each of the three films to be based upon one of the three television seasons , but the film 's reception was overwhelmingly negative from both critics and series fans alike , earning it a 6 % rating on Rotten Tomatoes and five Razzies in 31st Golden Raspberry Awards of 2011 , including Worst Picture . The film originally shared the title of the television series , but it was changed to simply The Last Airbender because producers feared it would be confused with the James Cameron film Avatar . The film stars Noah Ringer as Aang , Nicola Peltz as Katara , Jackson Rathbone as Sokka , Dev Patel as Zuko , and Shaun Toub as Iroh . 

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 Brent Spiner as Dr. Brackish Okun , the unkempt and highly excitable scientist in charge of research at Area 51 . Dr. Okun appeared to have been killed by an alien but returned in the sequel , where it was revealed that the character had merely been in a coma . The character 's appearance and verbal style are based upon those of visual effects supervisor Jeffrey A. Okun , with whom Emmerich had worked on Stargate . 

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 Anthony Zerbe originally auditioned for the role of Ru 'afo , and was considered to be the best choice for it . However , the production team decided instead to cast him in the role of Admiral Matthew Dougherty . During Zerbe 's audition , instead of reading the lines provided , he recited Dante 's Inferno before seamlessly moving into the script . Frakes and the producers unanimously decided to award him the part of Dougherty . In the film 's smaller roles , Stephanie Niznik played Ensign Kell Perim and Daniel Hugh Kelly appeared as Sojef . Gregg Henry appeared as Gallatin , and child actor Michael Welch played the Ba 'ku child Artim . Michael Horton returned as the tactical officer he portrayed in First Contact ; his character was called Lieutenant Daniels in this film . Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave guitarist Tom Morello played a Son 'a warrior . Morello 's make @-@ up regime began at 5am , at which time he said he would normally " be crawling back into my coffin " . 
