By and photos copyright of Owen Quinn
I’ve always been a fan of Denise Crosby ever since the tough Tasha Yar stepped on to the bridge of the Enterprise in Encounter at Farpoint. The security chief would leave the show in the first season but make a stunning return in the classic Yesterday’s Enterprise. There, Tasha would learn from Guinana that history has chnaged and she should be dead, an empty death. She returns to the past with the crew of the Enterprise C on a suicide mission which will bring peace between the Klingons and the Federation.
We would later learn tyhat Tasha made a deal for the lives of the survivors and ended up having a child with a Romulan. But that same child would cause her death and begin a Klingon civil war aided by her Romulan forces. She’s a wasted opportunithy.
Denise would return in the Spock two-parter Unification and again in All Good Things but the character’s mark is felt to this day. Sela, her Romulan daughter was not used enough as her existence had serious repercussions for both Picard and Worf. The fact we never got a story where Worf faced her and came to terms with his feelings about his former boss is a wasted opportunity.
Thanks to a friend of mine, Denise sent me a birthday card thirty years ago which I still have but I wanted a signed photo and it wasn’t until the 7th and 8th of March 2026 at Dublin Comic Con, that I finally got to meet her. Denise was every bit the lady I expected. We had a great chat about her time on the Walking Dead, Tasha and the loss of her home in the terrible fires recently. She was deeply appreciative of the love and support from fans everywhere. She even got to sit on the bridge of the Enterprise courtesy of the local Trek group USS Cuchulainn.
It took me ages to find a Tasha comic cover I liked as there are very few so ended up with a Sela one which is quite stunning. Denise signed it in gold and with that, another of my bucket list moments was ticked off.
Denise Crosby landed in Dublin and she was a legend.
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