arnold@gatech.UUCP (06/19/84)
Sorry folks, but even tho the conversation ("I will always be your friend")
occurred at the beginning of ST2, at the end of ST3, Spock also asks Jim,
"The ship?! Out of danger?", so he's definitely remembering the events after
linking to McCoy.
Now for my answer to the proplem: The mind meld does *not* require continuous
physical contact for it to be maintained: Remember the episode where Spock
melds with the Medusan ambassador in order to navigate the ship back to
known space? He wasn't in physical contact w/the ambassador, but both of them
were there and talking with the bridge crew.... So, in ST2, Spock made the
initial link to McCoy, and stayed connected to him, until his body died.
*That* is how he remembered things even after he went into the radiation
chamber (or whatever it was).
Now, for yet another inconsistency: How come Spock, who is aging rapidly,
is still *clean shaven*??? He should have had a beard down to his navel!!
And don't tell me Vulcans don't grow beards, I don't believe it. (I'll
admit this is a rather dumb point, but I just thought I'd throw it out)
--
Arnold Robbins
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Aren't there any *embarassed* sponsors of the 1984 Olympics?jrb@wdl1.UUCP (jrb ) (06/21/84)
#R:gatech:-825500:wdl1:2700004:000:283 wdl1!jrb Jun 21 11:15:00 1984 We know that Vulcans can grow beards from the episode "Mirror, Mirror", in which the transporter flips Kirk, Mcoy, and others into an alternate universe. Spock is definitaly bearded. John R Blaker UUCP: ...!fortune!wdl1!jrb ARPA: jrb@FORD-WDL1 and blaker@FORD-WDL