The Romulan Commander (female)

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The Romulan Commander is an unnamed female character in the Star Trek: TOS episode "The Enterprise Incident". She is one of the most intriguing and fannishly-imagined characters in Star Trek and is featured in many fanworks. 
==Brief Canon Description of the Romulan Commander==
==Fontana's Comments==
In 1979, D.C. Fontana gave an interview in which she explained why she'd left "Star Trek" after the second season, citing a change in leadership and laziness and ignorance in script writing (which Fontana called "drek) and that "I didn't want to work for anybody who didn't even have a working concept of the show.": 
==Fans Imagine Her Name==
Her name is never given in canon, though at one point she whispers her private one to Spock. Spock remarks that the name is rare and beautiful, but incongruous when said by a soldier. 
One of the earliest speculations on her first name was in December 1968, about five weeks after the show aired in the U.S.: "Just out of curiosity — a good Vulcan trait — what do you think would be a good name for the Romulan Commander in "The Enterprise Incident"? If you have a name for her, send it in and we'll print a list next issue, just for the logical mental exercise of it. (How about Dicifontana?) from Plak-Tow #12 
In 1987, a fan asked: "Could someone in fandom, please give our favorite Romulan a real name?" from Treklink #8 
Some fanon speculations:
* Rho from Courts of Honor
* T'Loral in Romulan Woman
* Lexa from Dreadnought Explorations
* Lareesha in Time Warp
* Mara Tokan in In a Different Reality #18
 
The licensed fiction (novels, comics and games) also used several names for the character over the decades: Liviana Charvanek; Di'on Charvon; Thea; and Nevesa. Memory Beta
==Fan Fiction About the Romulan Commander==
* The most well-known fan fiction featuring the Romulan Commander is Courts of Honor by Syn Ferguson.
* L.P. Santos wrote a series of stories, published mostly in More Missions, More Myths, about Subcommander Tal, his wife the Romulan Commander, and their son, Ty, who is actually the biological son of Spock.
* Time Warp includes "The Cytherean Cycle" by Anne Elizabeth Zeek: another explanation of the the Romulan Romulan Commander from the episode, 'Enterprise Incident,' explores her background and mission.
* Orion Archives: 2272-2275 The Second Mission includes "Homecoming" by Rick Endres (Spock is reunited with the Romulan Commander from the "The Enterprise Incident" under less than desirable circumstances: a pon farr brought on early by his mental contact with V’ger.) 
* First Time #1 has the story "Lantern in the Dark" by Chris Waken (Kirk and Spock are abducted by the now insane female Romulan commander and forced to have sex with her.)
* "Whither Thou Goest" by Carolyn Spencer (Kirk is used as bait for the Romulan commander to get Spock to go with her where she has Spock tortured, not knowing of the link that he and Kirk share.)
* From Abode of Strife #5: "Who But Thine Own Enemy" (Spock and the Romulan Commander must team to defeat a threatening superrace.)
* "The Enemy of My Enemy" eBook by Glenn E. Smith takes place after the live-action fanfilm episode, "Phase II: Kitumba". When Commander Dion Charvon returns home to a reception unlike anything she ever expected, her younger sister, Sub-Lieutenant D’Vahn Charvon of the Tal’Shiar, is afforded one opportunity to make things right and save her sister’s life. Star Trek: New Voyages/Phase II International (Accessed 8 January 2021)
==Fan Art Featuring the Romulan Commander==
File:Fartheststar2-9.jpg|from Farthest Star #2 (1981), artist is Kathy Carlson
File:Moremissions6-8.jpg
File:Fantasiesoftheheart-9.jpg|from Fantasies of the Heart ( 1987), artist is Anja Gruber
File:Starcant1art6.jpg|artist is Dotty Barry, from the zine Star Canticle #1
File:Beren10-9.jpg|inside Berengaria issue #10, from the poetry and art section-- M.S. Murdock
File:Inadiff25art7.jpg|Spock and The Romulan Commander, inside page from In a Different Reality, art by Gennie Summers
File:Kaiidth1-6.jpg|from Kaiidth #1, for Orpheus Syndrome, art by Suzan Lovett
File:Firsttimeart1.jpg|inside art for issue #1, Vel Jaeger, the Romulan Commander
File:CourtsofHonor.jpg|cover of Courts of Honor, art by Sat Nam Kaur Keahey
File:Inadiff18art2.jpg|inside art from In a Different Reality #18, Rick Braunshausen
File:Trekism5art6.jpg|inside art from TREKism at Length #5, Vel Jaeger
File:Nome9lovett1.jpg|art by Suzan Lovett for Courts of Honor, printed in Nome #9, see here for more examples
Image:wayofthewarrior4-4.jpg|from the story, Romulan Woman, artist is Chris Soto (1991)
Image:wayofthewarrior4-6.jpg|from the story, Romulan Woman, artist is Chris Soto (1991)
File:Past2art2.jpg|from Pastaklan Vesla issue #2, artist is Karen Flanery (photocopy)
File:Beyondantares23art8.jpg|art by Lana Brown from Beyond Antares #23
File:Grip27-8.jpg|artist is Nancy Gervais, from Grip #27
File:Impulse5art1.jpg|from Impulse #5, artist is Liz Danforth
File:Tneg12art1.jpg|from T-Negative #12, artist is Anthony Tollin
File:Nourishmentromulancommander.jpg|from Nourishment, artist is Kathy Carlson
File:Fartheststar2-9.jpg|from The Farthest Star #2, art by Kathy Carlson
File:Moremissions9-1.jpg|from More Missions, More Myths #9, Tom Howard
File:Grup5inside2.jpg|Inside art by Gayle F. from Grup #5, probably illustration to her story Beloved Enemy 
==Vids==
*Behind closed doors - Female Romulan commander by Becky2009
*Trouble ~ The Romulan Commander/ Spock, (Spock/Kirk) by killerwhaleocelot
* i've been nothing but good to you, Spock by Baxssy
*Strobelite | Star Trek Femslash by Little Whatsername
==Fan Reaction==
* A fan comments on this character in "Courts of Honor": The biggest reason I have to love this book is Ferguson’s fleshing out of the Romulan Commander from "The Enterprise Incident". I worship her, and although I do take issue with some of her actions as dictated by DC Fontana, she's one of my favorite Trek characters. In CoH she is so real, so perfectly imperfect it hurts—in the very best way." sans-pertinence. Big List of ST:TOS book recs, 17 June 2009. (Accessed 30 July 2010) 
* "I've always liked Tal and wondered what happened to him and the Romulan Commander. The characterization of Tal was crisp, gentle, and intelligent. I didn't particularly like the subservient role of the Romulan Commander, but this is Tal's story and a good one it is, too." from Datazine #49 
* "...an after story following up the events surrounding the Romulan Commander from "The Enterprise Incident." It has quite an interesting plot, namely, the overthrow of the Romulan empire because of internal corruption and other factors and how Lareesha (the Commander) winds up in charge of things by default." a review of "The Cytherean Cycle" in Spectrum #33 
==References==
Category:Star Trek TOS Characters