Can you tell I was procrastinating (from a different, more difficult, writing task?) :)
Hy'Rell, the Efrosian librarian of the Eternal Gallery and Archive,
announces that this old blog entry from 2006 has now become a Page, and has moved here!
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Ian, we could really use your expertise over at Memory Beta (http://startrek.wikia.com). Perhaps after you've finished your novel :^)
How much does it pay? ( * Sound of maniacal, novel-avoiding behaviour * )
Actually, I have contributed a few times to Memory Alpha, Memory Beta and more general Wikipedias and IMDb, etc - mainly when I see errors I simply can't tolerate - and sometimes I notice that things have been lifted from my own websites - including the lovingly made title pic from my "Number 96" web page, and every attempt I made to have that corrected led to a dead end.
So yeah, maybe... :)
A stray thought:
Maybe Deltans wearing toupees helps with the Oath of Celibacy? Hey, maybe the pheromones come out of a Deltan's bald scalp, so the toupee blocks them?
Maybe it's just me, but I've long thought that 23rd Century Efrosians look more than a little like 24th Century Klingons...the forehead ridges aren't quite the same, but there's a more than vague semblance between a white-haired older Klingon Emperor and a white-haired older Federation President, or so it seems to my eyes.
(And by the way, am I the only one who hopes that we'll see a lot more Deltans the next time they revisit the franchise? A mature and intelligent treatment of a society which considers humans "sexually primitive" would be awesome beyond words.)
Hi Will!
I think when Nick Meyer saw the Efrosian on the Saratoga in ST IV it inspired him to request the same design for ST VI's President. That the UFP President so closely resembles Klingons, at least physically, creates some great irony to those scenes where people are having racist thoughts against Klingons.
The only problem with cinematic female Deltans is that the actresses have to be willing to shave their heads. There's a female Deltan in ST III wearing a (very obvious) bald cap makeup. Ick!
I told Leonard Nimoy, 'Look, I used to have a mohawk, and I'll dress the part—you won't recognize me.' Leonard said, 'Huh, really,' in that deep, basso profondo way. I couldn’t tell if he thought it was a stupid idea. [Kirk Thatcher]
https://www.wired.com/2016/09/punk-star-trek-iv-vulcan-nerve-pinch/
The punk returns in "Spider-Man: Homecoming":
https://flic.kr/p/Wqq6fM
The news is spreading.
http://www.startrek.com/article/trek-ivs-punk-on-bus-returns-in-spider-man-homecoming
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