Leonard Nimoy

...be "particularly provocative to women", reports The Sun. In the sci-fi series, Leonard Nimoy played Spock, who had the catchphrase "to boldly go where no man has gone before". But it was William Shatner''s character Captain James T Kirk...

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...Starfleet Academy; a battle with giant alien worms). Nimoy and Meyer came up with the winner: an intergalactic take on glasnost, with Klingon chancellor Gorkon as a stand-in for Gorbachev. It works, too (although the anti-Klingon racism...

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...Simon Pegg as Enterprise engineer Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott. Leonard Nimoy, 77, who first portrayed Spock is the only original cast member who has a cameo in the new film. He had joined a campaign for the movie to hold its premiere in...

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...Light and Magic. All of it state of the art. But Nimoy noted that he only responded to the screenplaya s ability to recall the spirit of the original 1960s Gene Roddenberry series. After a 19-year absence from the franchise, the...

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...Hunt," "Bonanza" and "Dr. Kildare. " It was in a 1964 appearance on "The Lieutenant," a short-lived military drama based at Camp Pendleton, where Nimoy caught the eye of that show's creator, Gene Roddenberry. Roddenberry had another slightly...

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...his preparation for the part. That meant viewing the complete Gene Roddenberry series starring William Shatner as Captain Kirk and Leonard Nimoy's logical Spock, which aired from 1966 to 1969. As added incentive, he also studied the...

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.... Roddenberry cast Nimoy because he knew him from his guest appearance in The Lieutenant, which Roddenberry had created and sold as a pilot; after Roddenberry saw Nimoy's thin face and sharp features, no other actors were considered. Had...

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The man himself -- the Gorn Captain from Gene Coon's "Arena" Nimoy also describes Coon as a "sensitive, kind man" and an "imaginative talent who added much to Star Trek lore." And indeed, when he wasn't keeping the wheels of Roddenberry's...

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...was "grueling" for Kelley. "Exquisite chemistry" among Kelley, William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy manifested itself in their performances as McCoy, Captain James T. Kirk and science officer Spock, respectively. Nichelle Nichols, who played...

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