A LEGENDARY visitor beamed down to the North-East yesterday - much to the delight of sci-fi fans. Nichelle Nichols, better known as Lieutenant Uhura in the original Star Trek series, was in Middlesbrough to meet fans. Ms Nichols, above, shared the first inter-racial kiss ever seen on US television with William Shatner's Captain Kirk and her character once rescued Captain Kirk, Doc McCoy and Scotty from a parallel universe. Now aged 65, Ms Nichols was at the Forbidden Planet shop in central Middlesbrough.
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