Spock

By telling the story of James T. Kirk's origin in the Federation, and the beginnings of his relationship with Spock, Uhura, Scotty, Sulu and McCoy, Abrams brought a reborn franchise to the masses as a loud, wiz-bang summer blockbuster. And...

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...and adopted that as the character's name. Uhura's first name was not used in Star Trek canon until Abrams's 2009 film , in a scene where the young Spock calls her "Nyota" in a moment of intimacy. Although other names had been suggested,...

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...nerve pinch" that incapacitated enemies. In the letter from 1973 Roddenberry refers to Spock as "Spoke" and writes: "I'll take credit for formulating Spoke and guiding the character." The letter was penned when Star Trek had been...

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...France, Japan, New Zealand and the UK. The film chronicles the early days of the USS Enterprise and stars Chris Pine as Captain James T Kirk and Heroes' Zachary Quinto as Mr Spock. The re-imagined story based on creator Gene...

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...by the Nashville Associations of Talent Directors. Actor Leonard Nimoy has claimed that Lindsey was Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry's first choice of actor to play Spock. He said this during a series of interview clips on TV Land...

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...to be a sex symbol London, July 15 : The legendary character of Mr Spock in 'Star Trek' was originally conceptualised to become a sex symbol, revealed a newly-discovered letter from the cult TV show's creator. In the letter, Gene...

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...''. A contract dispute that year between Leonard Nimoy and the producers of Star Trek '' forced ''Herb Solow, Robert H. Justman and Gene Roddenberry to compile a list of candidates for consideration as replacements for Mr. Spock. As...

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...off at the mouth." A long-standing rumor has it that Gene Roddenberry, creator of "Star Trek," based his Spock character on Klaatu, adding the pointy ears as an offbeat visual for the more mundane medium of television. Is Reeves a fan of...

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...Solar System in the 1964 spin-off The Dalek Book. In 1966 Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry gave the name of Mr. Spock's homeworld and race as Vulcan , but placed it in another star system. Some fictional tie-ins, including Lance Parkin's A...

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