▁of ▁Disc overy , ▁confirmed ▁that ▁the ▁show ▁had ▁taken ▁the ▁name ▁from ▁the ▁nov els . ▁Una ▁is ▁the ▁femin ine ▁singular ▁version ▁of ▁unus , ▁the ▁Latin ▁word ▁for ▁" one ". ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 9 , ▁it ▁was ▁announced ▁that ▁the ▁character ▁Number ▁One ▁would ▁appear ▁in ▁three ▁install ments ▁of ▁the ▁series ▁of ▁short ▁films ▁Star ▁Tre k : ▁Short ▁Tre ks . ▁ ▁Cont ro vers y ▁During ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁pilot ▁for ▁Star ▁Tre k : ▁The ▁Original ▁Series ▁(" The ▁C age "), ▁Rod den berry ▁wrote ▁the ▁part ▁of ▁Number ▁One ▁specifically ▁for ▁Bar rett . ▁There ▁was ▁rel uct ance ▁from ▁the ▁N BC ▁execut ives ▁to ▁agree ▁to ▁an ▁actress ▁who ▁was ▁almost ▁unknown . ▁Rod den berry ▁did ▁see ▁other ▁actress es ▁for ▁the ▁part , ▁but ▁no ▁one ▁else ▁was ▁considered . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁Gene ▁Rod den berry ▁and ▁Stephen ▁Whit field , ▁the ▁prom in ence ▁of ▁a ▁woman ▁among ▁the ▁crew ▁of ▁a ▁star - ship ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁reasons ▁the ▁original ▁Star ▁Tre k ▁pilot ▁was ▁rejected ▁by ▁N BC , ▁who , ▁in ▁addition ▁to ▁calling ▁the ▁pilot ▁" to o ▁c ere br al ," ▁felt ▁the ▁al ien ▁Spo ck ▁and ▁a ▁female ▁senior ▁officer ▁would ▁be ▁rejected ▁by ▁aud ien ces , ▁although ▁Rod den berry ▁also ▁related ▁the ▁tale ▁of ▁how ▁women ▁of ▁the ▁era ▁had ▁difficulty ▁accepting ▁her ▁as ▁well . ▁Executive ▁producer ▁Her b