DonProvan%CMU-CS-A@sri-unix.UUCP (07/13/83)
i just saw a rerun of part one of the menagerie episode of star trek and i saw somthing that puzzled me. in the flashback sequences (the ones cut from the pilot), spock is limping. does anyone know why this is? was it supposed to a part of his character that they decided to do away with in the real series, or did he just hurt his foot on the set during filming.
alle@ihuxb.UUCP (07/18/83)
I believe the reason had to do with the fact that the Spock character was a member of a "bird-like" race and the limping was to indicate the difference between humans and Vulcans. Allen England
dje@5941ux.UUCP (07/20/83)
Spock did limp in the flashback scenes in "The Menagerie." No, it
wasn't part of the Spock character definition, and it wasn't because
Leonard Nimoy hurt his foot. In the original pilot script (from which
the flashback scenes were taken), the Enterprise, before it intercepted
the "distress call" that led it to Talos, was returning
from a battle with the Kalars on Rigel 7 during which several crew
members, including Spock, had been injured.
Dave Ellis / Bell Labs, Piscataway NJ
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