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 HARCOURT FENTON MUDD

PLAYED BY: Roger C. Carmel
SPECIES: Human Male

Con-artist extraordinaire, Harry Mudd's list of crimes includes smuggling, transport of stolen goods and purchase of a space vehicle with counterfeit currency. His latest venture was the selling of wives to lonely settlers. After acquiring passage aboard an unregistered transport under the command of Leo Walsh, Mudd assumed Walsh's name upon his death, "in memoriam" as it were. The vessel was destroyed by an asteroid collision when Mudd attempted to escape the U.S.S. Enterprise. Having rescued him and his three female cargo, Mudd used the Enterprise's emergency visit to Rigel XII to sell his three cargo women to the miners on the planet; married via subspace radio. Mudd also provided the three women with the fabled "Venus Drug", a pill that enhances a person's existing traits; making males more muscular and aggressive and women more feminine and beautiful. Having cracked his scheme open, Captain Kirk delivered Mudd to the authorities, promising to appear as a character witness at his trial... although Mudd wasn't so sure that would help him.

   
 EVE McHURON

PLAYED BY: Karen Steele
SPECIES: Human Female

One of Harry Mudd's cargo, Eve came from an agricultural planet where there weren't many women and desired a husband. Although, in actuality, Eve's "normal" appearance was slightly askew, her use of the Venus Drug enhanced her beauty. Having taken a liking to Captain Kirk, she was wed to Ben Childress via subspace radio, even though Childress disproved of many of her qualities. Knowing the Venus Drug made her appearance a complete fake, she took the drug anyway, but was surprised to learn that Captain Kirk switched the drug with coloured gelatin, proving that Eve had true beauty in her all along. She remained on Rigel XII with Childress, who claimed he wanted to discuss some things with her.
   
 RUTH BONAVENTURE

PLAYED BY: Maggie Thrett
SPECIES: Human Male

One of Harry Mudd's cargo, Ruth, like Eve and Magda came from planets where there were not very many women took the Venus Drug to enhance her beauty so she could take a husband. She was wed to a miner on Rigel XII via subspace radio.

   
 MAGDA KOVACS

PLAYED BY: Susan Denberg
SPECIES:
Thasian Male

One of Harry Mudd's cargo, Magda, like Eve and Ruth came from planets where there were not very many women took the Venus Drug to enhance her beauty so she could take a husband. She was wed to a miner on Rigel XII via subspace radio.

   
 BEN CHILDRESS

PLAYED BY: Gene Dynarski
SPECIES:
Human Male

Leader of the mining team on Rigel XII, Childress became a rich man by virtue of the fact that lithium crystals are a very valuable commodity, worth thousands of time their weight in gold and diamonds. Childress took great pride in the fact that he could live well enough without a wife, but wanted one nonetheless. He was wed to Eve McHuron via subspace radio and gave Captain Kirk an ultimatum: either he set Harry Mudd free and allow his women to transport down to stay on Rigel XII or he wouldn't give Kirk the lithium crystals needed to repair the Enterprise. Childress was furious to find that Eve was not as lovely in appearance as the Venus Drug had led him to believe, but was willing to give her a chance when he learned she had the power of true beauty inside her.


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