Amanda Grayson
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| Gender: | Female |
| Species: | Human |
| Spouse(s): | Sarek (Husband) |
| Children: | Spock (Son) |
| Played by: | Jane Wyatt Majel Barrett ("Yesteryear") Cynthia Blaise (Star Trek V: The Final Frontier) |
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Amanda Grayson was the Human mother of Spock and wife of Vulcan Ambassador Sarek. Amanda was originally a teacher who met Sarek when he was an ambassador to Earth. The two later married, and she returned to Vulcan with Sarek. (TOS: "Amok Time")
- According to the Star Trek Encyclopedia, a line in an early draft of the script for TOS: "Journey to Babel" suggested that Sarek and Grayson were married in 2230.
In an alternate timeline created by the death of Spock in 2239, Amanda and Sarek separated and she returned to Earth, where in transit, she was killed in a shuttle accident at Lunaport. (TAS: "Yesteryear")
During the Babel Conference of 2268, she accompanied her husband aboard the USS Enterprise, and helped Sarek and Spock to reconcile some of their differences. Spock wondered why his father would marry an emotional woman; Sarek replied it seemed the logical thing to do at the time. (TOS: "Journey to Babel")
During this journey, Captain Kirk was at a loss on how to properly refer to her, calling her "Mrs. Sarek." Amanda says that her married name is usually unpronouncable by human, although she can do it, "after a fashion, and with much practice." She says to simply call her "Amanda." In the Vulcan society, she is referred to as "the Lady Amanda."
Amanda was particularly fond of reading books, especially the work of Lewis Carroll. She often read stories, such as Through the Looking-Glass, to Spock during his youth. (TAS: "Once Upon a Planet")
In 2286, Amanda helped her son to re-educate himself, after his death and rebirth on the Genesis Planet and fal-tor-pan rejoining. In particular, she tried to help Spock rediscover his Human side. (Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home)
Years after her death, Sarek hadn't forgotten her. During his Bendii Syndrome, he regretted not having been tender to her, and having never told her how much he loved her. (TNG: "Sarek")
[edit] Appearances
[edit] Background
Amanda, played by Jane Wyatt, died some time between Star Trek IV and TNG: "Sarek", as Sarek had remarried to Perrin. The voice of Amanda was provided by Majel Barrett in "Yesteryear". The role of young Amanda in Star Trek V was played by Cynthia Blaise.
[edit] Apocrypha
- In the book Crucible: Spock The Fire and the Rose, Amanda Grayson's death is established similarly to her death in the alternate timeline in TAS: "Yesteryear". She dies in 2311 in a shuttle accident when returning from an art exhibition in Paris.
- The novel Sarek established her death to take place shortly after the events of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country; however, this has not been confirmed canonically.
- The Enterprise Log 3 collection from Golden Press lists her maiden name as "Amanda Druce", and her birthplace as "New Chicago", daughter of "Melvin Druce", an interstellar trader-explorer.
