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- Filler Tier
This tier is for characters who dont harm the show theyre on, but who either do nothing of importance or whose negative qualities perfectly balance their positive ones.

52. Janice Rand
Is not a Starfleet officer entitled to the sweat of his own brow?

Janice Rand is the ultimate real life story is more interesting than the fictional story. The only interesting thing about Rand is why she was kicked off of the show. According to the actress, she turned down a producers advances and got canned for it. According to the studio, the producers were concerned that Kirk having a steady love interest would mean he couldnt romance the girl of the week, so they got rid of her for that sake. Which is true? It doesnt matter, because neither has much bearing on Janice Rand herself.

This character squeaks into Star Trek rankings purely because of how 1960s television shows credited actors. Because the format, opening credits only credited the main actors (Shatner, Nimoy, and Kelley), and everyone else had to wait for the back credits. This technically makes Rand as much of a main character as someone like Scotty. But for this technicality, no one would ever bother ranking her.

Ive watched every episode of every Star Trek, and I can remember exactly one Janice Rand moment. The actress boobs got huge as she got older, so when she appears in that one episode of Voyager and Janeway has to steal her uniform, its like comical how Janeway puts on the uniform of a woman with a chest three times her size and the editing cuts around it so the uniform just fits. And heres the thing: thats not even really a Janice Rand moment.

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Started: July 6, 2005