Mary Janowski was one of the child survivors of the Starnes Exploration Party on Triacus in 2268.
Mary was an unwilling follower of the entity Gorgan. Seemingly unphased by the death of her father as a result of the so-called Friendly Angel's influence, she asked Captain James T. Kirk to play with her and the other children; before joining her friends in playing a carefree game of "Ring Around the Rosie" around Kirk, much to the disbelief of the USS Enterprise's landing party.
After coming aboard the Enterprise, Mary enjoyed getting ice cream from the ship's computer and welcomed Kirk to join her and the others. She then disputed Nurse Christine Chapel's assertion that parents liked children. Shortly afterwards, Mary rushed Kirk as part of the swarm of bees the children were imitating, warning the captain that she'd sting him, but he stopped her by lifting her before she could run into him.
She and the other children were coerced by Gorgan to take the Enterprise to Marcos XII, to spread the evil entity's persuasion. Mary spent most of her time on the bridge with Tommy Starnes and together, they maintained control of the ship. When Kirk told her and Tommy that the crew would not take them to Marco XII once Gorgan's hold on them was broken, Mary refused to believe it, assuring Kirk that Gorgan would come to the children if they called, and that he wasn't afraid of anything.
Mary and her father
Later, while viewing video images of herself and the other soon-to-be-orphaned children picnicking with their parents, Mary began to feel grief for her father and cried, prompting Kirk to console her. (TOS: "And the Children Shall Lead")
Mary Janowski was played by actress Pamelyn Ferdin.
According to the episode's novelization in Star Trek 12, by James Blish, Mary's last name was "Jaworski".
External link[]
- Mary Janowski at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works