vlv@drux1.UUCP (Vaughn Vernon) (04/04/85)
> Was Chekov in the original Khan TV episode? (Space Seed). > In the movie TWOK; Khan and and Chekov recognize each other but I > do not remember Chekov being in the original episode. > No, he wasn't in it. I posted this to the net a little under a year > ago. He was *not* in the TV episode. ANd, yes, he *could've* been a > junior officer working int the Enterprise laundry room or something. > So, there'd be an explanation for why he remembers Khan, but not how > Khan could know him. (Actually, Khan was probably just being polite....) >This is one of those bugs that everybody has picked up on at one time >or another. There was some notion a while back that Chekov had learned >about Khan whilst reviewing log files of the Enterprise. Something like that. >The problem about Khan being "polite" is that he says "I never forget a face..." >Either he's lying or Chekov was some minor officer (and Khan has a DARN good >memory for faces) or somebody blew it. Isn't that called "Superior Intellect" or something? ! Vaughn Vernon AT&T ISL Denver, CO drux1!vlv