Star Trek: 10 Best Episodes Showcasing Female Empowerment

3. The Lorelei Signal

The Animated Series offered ideas to the Star Trek universe that are still explored to this day, as well as depicting certain characters who would return half a century later, It was also instrumental in abolishing the short-lived, ludicrous idea that women couldn't command a starship, earlier suggested in the episode Turnabout Intruder.

That Uhura takes command of the Enterprise is no mere plot device. She does so under extreme duress, noting in her log that she must take complete responsibility for this action. She relieves Scotty of command in the same breath, correctly noting his incapacitated state.

While in command, Uhura organises the rescue of the missing crewmen, and their restoration to health, and negotiates with the women on Planet Two of the Taurean System to end their ageless pursuit of long life, relocating them instead to another world where they may age in peace.

The Lorelei Signal, owing a lot to the Sirens of mythology, is a critical example of women taking the initiative and taking control in Star Trek, one that is often forgotten simply because of the medium in which it was released.