wix@bergil.DEC (Jack Wickwire) (05/08/85)
This is being forwarded through me to NET.STARTREK. I only do some basic formatting and I am not responsible for its content. All responses sent to me will be forwarded to the author. Just for the record, the name of the Medusan ambassador in "Is There In Truth No Beauty" is, not Carlos, but Kollos. I strongly suspect that this is a minor alteration of the classical Greek word "kalos", which means "beautiful, fair." There's also the interesting reference to the Medusa, the orginal one of which did not drive men mad, but turned them to stone. The beautiful doctor's name was Miranda, which allowed for a lovely scene on the bridge when Spock and the ambassador have completed their mind link. Spock/Kollos says to Miranda, "Ah brave new world, that has such creatures in it" and she replies, "'Tis new to thee." These are lines from Shakespeare's "The Tempest", which also contains a character named Miranda. In the play, however, Miranda says the line used by Kollos in the episode. It's a very nice and significant reversal. As long as I'm deluging you with scholarly trivia, I'll add that the title of this episode comes from "Jordan (I)", a poem written by George Herbert (1593-1633). ------- PDDB