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 Contents EYMORG STARSHIP
P04: EYMORG STARSHIP
SPECIFICATION
P10: DESIGNING THE SHIP
STARSHIP
P14: TOS PRODUCER GENE L. COON

P18: ON SCREEN

Stand assembly:
Slide the stand
over the back of
one of the pods.

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Final position

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 SHIP PROFILE

 The Eymorg starship had an

unusual configuration, and was
much different to most vessels
used by Federation worlds. The
front of the Eymorg starship was
a spherical dome, and it was
surrounded by five pods with
each one containing an ion
drive. Incredibly, the technology
used to create the ship was first
devised by the Eymorgs’
ancestors 10,000 years earlier.

T
he Eymorg starship was a small spherical craft The Eymorg starship that the Enterprise
that was capable of very high speeds thanks encountered in 2368 was piloted by Kara, the high
to its ion drive. It was much faster and more priestess and leader of her people. She had been
maneuverable than even Starfleet’s best vessels. sent on a mission by a complex computer from
When it was encountered by the crew of the her homeworld known as ‘The Controller,’ which
U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 in 2368, it was operated incorporated a living brain. After 10,000 years it
by just one crew member, and was considered to began to fail, so it instructed Kara to acquire
be much more advanced than anything Starfleet a suitable replacement – Spock’s brain.
produced. Chief Engineer Montgomery Scott
was deeply impressed by its technology, and CONTROLLING SOCIETY
described it as “a beauty… that could teach us ‘The Controller’ device had been constructed
a thing or two.” around the same time as the Eymorg starship, and
The Eymorg starship was actually built by before an ecological disaster had devastated
their ancient ancestors on Sigma Draconis VI Sigma Draconis VI. An ice age had enveloped
thousands of years earlier, making its technological the planet 10,000 years earlier, but the inhabitants
achievements even more impressive. The interior had taken measures to insure their survival.
had a conventional nitrogen-oxygen atmosphere, They created an underground refuge that was
and it was equipped with direct site-to-site operated by a central ‘brain’ that was able to
technology similar to Starfleet’s transporter. run maintenance-free for around 10,00 years.

EYMORG DATA FEED

STARSHIP
The Eymorgs and the Morgs lived on Sigma Draconis
VI. Their society was an example of retrograde
civilization in which at its peak it was more advanced
than 23rd-century Federation capabilities, but after
an ice age it slipped back to a primitive level.

 Kara was the leader of the Eymorgs and she piloted the starship
The Eymorg ship used highly advanced ion propulsion, that intercepted the Enterprise in 2268. Once she had beamed on
board the Starfleet ship she used a device worn on her wrist to
which made it much faster than any Starfleet vessel. render the crew unconscious. Her mission was to surgically remove
Spock’s brain and take it back to her home on Sigma Draconis VI.

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 SHIP PROFILE EYMORG STARSHIP OVERVIEW SHIP PROFILE

 The Morgs were the

male inhabitants of
Sigma Draconis VI. They
lived on the icy surface
and had reverted to a
caveman-like existence.
They feared the Eymorgs,
who were able to inflict
pain on them by using
their control bracelets.

 The landing party

from the Enterprise found
an elevator room on the
inside of a cave. It
descended hundreds of
meters beneath the
surface to a complex
where the Eymorgs lived.

 The knowledge the  After wearing the

‘Teacher’ passed to Dr. ‘Teacher,’ Dr. McCoy
McCoy allowed him to temporarily gained the
breeze through the knowledge which
procedure of reuniting allowed him to restore
Spock’s brain with his Spock’s brain with his
body, and he claimed it body. Kara had earlier
was so simple “a child worn the same device to
could do it.” However, gain the knowledge of
before the operation was how to operate the
over, the knowledge Eymorg starship and
faded, and Dr. McCoy remove Spock’s brain
was forced to rely on in the first place.
Spock to help him finish
the surgery.

 The rear of the During this time a subterranean home was In 2368, ‘The Controller’ instructed Kara to put on Fortunately, the Enterprise was able to follow
Eymorg starship was created to house the females. The males, a helmet-like device called the ‘Great Teacher.’ It the Eymorg starship’s ion trail back to the Sigma DATA FEED
almost entirely made
meanwhile, continued to live on the surface, an featured feeder circuits that connected directly to Draconis system. Eventually, they found Spock’s ‘The Controller’ was the
up of its ion propulsion
name the Eymorgs gave to
system. There appeared increasingly harsh environment that rarely reached the wearer’s brain and transferred vast amounts of brain being used to operate ‘The Controller.’
an advanced computer that
to be one large central more than a few degrees above freezing. technical knowledge to the user. Unfortunately, the Dr. McCoy was able to use the ‘Teacher’ to start
engine surrounded by maintained their underground
With the central brain running everything and knowledge it passed on was only temporary and reuniting Spock’s brain with his body, but before he home. It used a living brain as
five smaller engine pods.
It was incredibly fast and providing for all their needs, over the centuries all lasted about three hours. was finished the surgical knowledge faded. He had a processing device, which
agile, and completed the trace of their civilization was erased. The females, to reconnect Spock’s speech center and Spock controlled the ventilation,
journey back to Sigma known as the Eymorgs, lost the knowledge they TEMPORARY KNOWLEDGE himself was able to talk Dr. McCoy through the rest heat, light and other life
Draconis VI in about an support functions of the
once held. Their mental faculties had atrophied, After using the ‘Great Teacher,’ Kara knew how of the procedure.
hour, whereas it took the complex. After 10,000 years,
Enterprise around 15 making them almost childlike. They were no longer to pilot the Eymorg starship, which she used to ‘The Controller’ now had no brain to continue
the brain realized it was dying
hours to reach the cognizant of the technology to which they owed intercept the Enterprise. After beaming aboard, running the Eymorgs’ society. Kara was worried and instructed Kara to find
same destination. their comfortable existence. Meanwhile, the she used a bracelet device to knock out the entire what would become of them, but Captain Kirk a replacement. Without a
males, who were called the Morgs, had reverted crew. She then extracted Spock’s brain, leaving his was confident that with the help of the Federation brain, ‘The Controller’ could
to a stone-age existence. Their technology, social body still alive in sickbay, and returned with it to her their civilization would continue successfully on the no longer function, leading
to the failure of the Eymorgs’
organization, culture and intellectual capacity had homeworld. Before the knowledge subsided, Kara surface of the planet as the Eymorgs and Morgs
underground environment.
all diminished. transplanted Spock’s brain into ‘The Controller.’ learned to build a society together.

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 SHIP PROFILE EYMORG STARSHIP PLAN VIEWS

Ion propulsion pod shield Weapons emitter

ION PROPULSION
Almost all Federation starships relied on warp
engines powered by matter-anti-matter
reactors to travel at faster-than-light speeds.
Warp drive, however, was not the only way
of traveling faster than the speed of light.
Another of the advanced propulsion
technologies that could be used to achieve
faster-than-light speed was the ion drive. This
worked by generating a continuing thrust
that constantly accelerated the ship to ever Crew entry hatch
greater velocities. The Eymorgs, who had
access to extremely sophisticated technology
favored this type of engine. This propulsion
system was created by the Eymorgs’ ancestors
around 10,000 years earlier, indicating that
they must have been a highly-advanced
ancient civilization. Even thousands of years RARE POWER SOURCE
later in 2368, their ion propulsion drive was Apart from the Eymorgs,
more than 10 times faster than the warp the only other species
known to use ion
engines fitted to Starfleet vessels.
propulsion on their ships
was the Akritirians,
whose homeworld was
in the Delta Quadrant.
Their ion engines were
fueled by paralithium.

REAL WORLD STAR

Sigma Draconis is a
real star in the northwest
part of the constellation
Draco. It is an orange-
red 4.7-magnitude dwarf
star located just under
19 light years from our
own Sun.
 With its ion drive, the Eymorg starship approached the Enterprise
at high speed. One moment it was thousands of kilometers away,
SIGMA SYSTEM
but a few seconds later its image filled the Enterprise’s viewscreen. Weapons emitter
The Sigma Draconis
system featured one star
and nine planets. Three of
the planets were capable
DATA FEED of supporting life. In
Another piece of technology that the Eymorgs
Ion propulsion engine 2268, Sigma Draconis
possessed was a device worn on the wrist that III had a civilization that
featured a number of buttons. Kara was able to was equivalent of Earth’s
use it to render the entire crew of the Enterprise in 1485, while Sigma
unconscious. Later, the same device was used to Primary ion propulsion engine Draconis IV’s population
induce crippling pain on members of the landing was more advanced,
party. The Eymorgs had also fitted a belt-like roughly equivalent to
appliance to some of the Morgs, and this increased that of Earth’s in 2030.
the level of pain dispensed by the bracelet device.

8 EYMORG STARSHIP PLAN VIEWS

 DESIGNING THE SHIP

project, designed the ships that were needed, but

on this occasion he passed the task along to visual
effects supervisor Niel Wray. Rather than simply
update the look of the rocket-shaped vessel that
had been built for the episode when it first aired
in 1969, Wray went for a different approach that
reflected its much more advanced design.

UPDATING THE MODEL

The remastered version ditched the antiquated
rocketship look for a much more sophisticated
visual style, which took on more futuristic thinking
about ion-powered propulsion. The entire rear of
the craft was given over to its ion engines, with
a large central power unit surrounded by five
p The Eymorg starship as it appeared in 1968 was more of a conventional rocket-shaped design.
smaller pods encased in protective capsules.
The special effects back then were severely limited by the budget, but they managed to meet the
The semispherical-shaped front of the vessel, requirements of the script, which asked for a “long, slender, needle-like” vessel.
meanwhile, resembled half a metallic ball and
did not feature anything as conventional as
windows or a recognizable command center.
Its appearance also better reflected its use as
a single-person craft, while retaining a sense of
mystery and awe about who could fly such
a revolutionary design.
There was constant pressure to finish the
digitally remastered episodes to meet the rigorous
schedule, and Wray did a fantastic job with the
Eymorg starship, especially considering the budget
limitations and time constraints. Producer David
Rossi summed up the challenge Wray faced.

DESIGNING THE EYMORG “A famous engineer once said ‘I can’t change

the laws of physics.’ Alas, the same holds true

STARSHIP
for producers and time. First and foremost, many
of the designs were driven by schedule and but also to signify that we had never encountered p It was difficult to
how much time we could afford to spend on an ion drive ship before. The multiple engine pods film the original 1968
model closing in on the
development. I’m sure that sounds rather bleak, – short and stubby versus the longer, cylindrical
Enterprise with the filming
but even with those constraints, Niel Wray, who shapes we’re used to on most matter/anti-matter technology they had back
designed many of the remastered looks of some designs – were a visual cue for the audience that then. In some shots it
was almost lost against
of some of these ships, was still able to have fun, this ship was not only incredibly fast, but also unlike
Visual effects supervisor Niel Wray leapt at the chance of creating and to add to the story with his designs. We were anything used by the Federation or its neighbors.
the starry background,
while in others it looked
a new look for the Eymorg starship for the remastered ORIGINAL SERIES. always surprised by his inventiveness under pretty It’s exactly the kind of ship you’d want when more like the starship that
appeared in the 1950s
harsh time conditions. hunting for brains!”

D
series Tom Corbett –
igitally remastering THE ORIGINAL SERIES shots and took months to finish. By the end, they  The finished design of “In this case, while the original ship was indeed For his part, Wray, who is a long-time fan of
Space Cadet, or the ship
was a labor of love that took a team at estimated that had produced around 2,200 new the remastered Eymorg a classic sci-fi rocket design of the 1950s and THE ORIGINAL SERIES, jumped at the chance to from Captain Proton.
starship better reflected the
CBS Digital numbering around 30 people, effects shots, many of which included updated, 1960s, Niel did take some inspiration from that create something new. He was very aware that
idea that it was extremely
many dedicated to the project full time, 21 months or entirely new, starships. advanced and fast. It also model, honoring it by making the redesign similarly changing anything about the classic series would
to complete. The average episode had between One of these vessels was the Eymorg starship fulfilled the brief that it symmetrical,” continued Rossi. “In addition, we meet with some concern from fans, but he hoped
20 to 30 new visual effects, which took about three from ‘Spock’s Brain.’ Normally, Michael Okuda, was unlike any vessel that wanted it to be a completely different, alien take people would like his new design, especially as for
Starfleet had seen before.
weeks to create, while others had over 100 new who was one of the producers on the remastered on a vessel, not only to play off Scotty’s reaction, him this was a dream project.

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Coon also wrote four scripts for the third season,

including the infamous ‘Spock’s Brain.’ The fact
that he used a pen name for this script has led to
persistent rumors that he was unhappy with it.
Rumor also has it that he intended the episode to
be a comedy, but there is simply no truth to these
suggestions. The fact was that Coon had signed
an exclusive contract with Universal Television after
leaving STAR TREK, which meant he could not use
his real name on any of the further scripts he
contributed to the show. He was therefore
credited as Lee Cronin for all four of the stories
he wrote for the third season, and he was even
referred to by his pen name in all the behind-the-
scenes documents for the final season.

KEY CREATOR Hero,’ and those in the know refer to him as  The first episode Coon
Given the way ‘Spock’s Brain’ turned out, Coon ‘TREK’s other Gene.’ worked on after joining
STAR TREK was ‘Miri.’ The
was probably glad that the episode didn’t credit Although Coon only worked on STAR TREK for
story concerned a planet
his real name, and it certainly shouldn’t be the about two years, he had a massive influence and exactly like Earth, where
main way his STAR TREK contributions are developed some of the cornerstones on which its the entire population was
made up of feral children.
remembered. In fact, after Gene Roddenberry, universe was built. He is credited with introducing
Due to a bioengineering
Coon should be celebrated as one of the people the Klingons (‘Errand of Mercy’), Khan Noonien experiment, they were
who was most instrumental in making it the iconic Singh (‘Space Seed’), Zefram Cochrane over 300 years old.
show it became. Fellow STAR TREK producer Robert (‘Metamorphosis’) and the Prime Directive (‘The
Justman dedicated a chapter of his book Return of the Archons’). He invented the terms
STAR TREK Memories to him entitled ‘The Unsung Starfleet Command (‘Court Martial’) and the

TOS PRODUCER t Much of the humor

and camaraderie among
the crew, particularly

GENE L. COON
between Kirk, Spock and
McCoy was introduced
by Coon. The good-
natured banter added
greatly to the popularity
of the show, and would
continue right through
to the films and the
Producer and writer Gene Coon worked on STAR TREK for just under two subsequent TV series.

years, but in that short time he contributed so many vital aspects to the
show, helping it turn it into the lasting cultural phenomenon it became.

T
 One of Coon’s most HE ORIGINAL SERIES episode ‘Spock’s Brain’  Gene Coon may not
enduring contributions to was written by Lee Cronin, which was the be as well known as
STAR TREK was creating Gene Roddenberry, but
pseudonym of Gene L. Coon. He was a
the iconic Klingons in he played a major role in
‘Errand of Mercy.’ This in writer-producer on THE ORIGINAL SERIES from the developing STAR TREK.
itself would be enough to first season episode ‘Miri’ to the second season He invented many of its
achieve legendary status, episode ‘A Private Little War.’ He is one of the familiar elements such as
but Coon also did so Starfleet Command and
most important people in the history of STAR TREK,
much more for the series. the Prime Directive.
and his contributions really can’t be understated.

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 BEHIND THE SCENES

 In ‘The Devil in the

others, he had written for Bonanza, Zoro, Dragnet Dark,’ another episode
and Rawhide. He was renowned for his ability written by Coon, the
to work quickly and complete scripts in a matter Enterprise crew learn
that a creature has been
of days.
attacking miners only
For his part, Coon was incredibly excited to in an effort to defend its
have the opportunity to work on STAR TREK. He young. It was a story
recognized what made it special and was full of about tolerance to those
who were different to
praise for its creator, saying, “[Roddenberry] didn’t yourself, and a principle
create a show. He created a universe, and it that STAR TREK would
works, and it works well. This was a massive, titanic continue to espouse.
job of creation. One of the most impressive feats
of its kind that I’ve ever seen. You can submit our
ship or our technology or anything you want to
NASA and they will say, ‘Well, it’s pretty far out, but
I don’t see why it shouldn’t work.’ Nobody can tell
us that it’s impossible or that it won’t work.”

SUPER PRODUCER
To these foundations, Coon also added humor
and humanity, and to those that were there, he
was the glue that held things together. Apart from
p ‘Arena’ was written United Federation of Planets (‘Arena’). He also handling everyday production business and writing death, only to realize that the Metrons are testing pancake-shaped glob of gook.” Prohaska asked
by Coon over a solitary added humor, developing the good-natured his own scripts, he also rewrote and polished many him and that the Gorn was merely protecting Coon and the other producers to come outside,
weekend, an amazingly
short amount of time. It,
ribbing between Kirk, McCoy and Spock, and others through what many people regard as a planet his species considered their own from where he proceeded to lay a rubber chicken on
of course, featured the turned McCoy into a lead character, as previously THE ORIGINAL SERIES’ best batch of episodes. an invading force. the road and then disappeared round the corner
Gorn, and the fight scene he had been written as a supporting role. In other Much of what Coon brought to the series to put the costume on. The rocky creature
between him and Captain
words, if Coon had never worked on STAR TREK, it was about expanding the show’s message BIZARRE INSPIRATION suddenly appeared, passed over the chicken,
Kirk has extended far into
popular culture, and is wouldn’t have been the same show, and might of enlightenment and tolerance, but through There was also the episode ‘Devil in the Dark,’ which disappeared, and the monster skittered
still widely known today. never have become as popular as did. stories that were fun and exciting. There was which came about after a Hungarian stunt man down the road leaving chicken bones in its wake.
William Shatner was certainly under no illusion as ‘Metamorphosis,’ the Zefram Cochrane episode, named Janos Prohaska showed Coon an unusual Coon burst out laughing, and promptly declared
to how much of its success was owed to Coon. In in which a human and an alien cloud fall in love, costume he had created. It was a rubbery that he had to use the creation.
a public speech he said, “In my opinion, Gene and ‘Arena,’ the classic Gorn episode. Here, creation that looked like a pile of rocks, or as Just four days later, Coon had finished writing
Coon had more to do with the infusion of life into Kirk has to fight the large humanoid lizard to the producer Bob Justman described it, “a large ‘The Devil in the Dark,’ which featured the silicon-
STAR TREK than any other single person. Gene
 Many of Coon’s scripts
Roddenberry’s instincts for creating the original were about trying to
package are unparalleled… but after 13 shows understand life forms
other people took over. Gene Coon spent a year that were radically
different from humans.
and set the tenor of the show and there were
In ‘Metamorphosis’ there
several other producers who were writer/ is an acceptance of love
u Khan Noonien Singh,
the genetically enhanced
producers who defined its character.” between a human and an
alien cloud known as the
superman, is another
‘Companion.’ The episode
iconic character that Coon FOURTH CHOICE also introduced Zefram
created when he wrote
It seems strange now to imagine it any other way, Cochrane, the inventor
‘Space Seed.’ To think,
but Coon was Roddenberry’s fourth choice to of warp drive on Earth.
without Coon, that later
we would never have become producer on STAR TREK. Coon joined in
had one of the very best August 1966 after associate producer John D.F.
STAR TREK movies in
Black left the show. By this point, Coon, who had
THE WRATH OF KHAN,
and the Augments in fought in World War II and the Korean War, had
ENTERPRISE. worked on a number of popular shows. Amongst

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 BEHIND THE SCENES

script, and may of the stories held a mirror up to  ‘Spock’s Brain’ was
contemporary issues. The clashes with the Klingons, the first episode Coon
who originally represented the Soviets, served as wrote after leaving his
position as producer on
commentary on Cold War politics. The subject of
STAR TREK. It is often
race came up in one of Coon’s later scripts ‘Let voted as among the worst
That Be Your Last Battlefield,’ in which a species episodes, but it does
have the ‘it’s so bad,
that was black on the left side of their body and
it’s good’ quality to it.
white on the right were persecuted by members After all, it has Kirk and
of the same species whose body colors were the the gang battling some
opposite way around. In the end, the entire eye-catching women in
shiny go-go boots to get
species was annihilated in a civil war, but the
Spock’s brain back.
madness did not end as the final two remaining
people of their kind, Lokai and Bele, continued
to fight each other.

COMEDIC EPISODES
While Coon tackled difficult subjects that reflected
mankind’s follies, he also oversaw many light-
hearted episodes, which ensured the show didn’t
take itself too seriously. There was ‘I, Mudd,’
‘A Piece of the Action’ and of course the classic
 While he did not write the episodes, Coon oversaw several more light-hearted installments such
‘The Trouble with Tribbles’ written by David Gerrold. on just one episode in the third season, ‘Spock’s Perhaps it was because of Coon’s early death
as ‘I, Mudd.’ He was always looking to push the show in new directions, but Roddenberry was not
so keen on the humor and thought that they should be focusing on more serious issues. Later, Gerrold feared that his script, at least in Brain,’ and producer Robert Justman left after that he is not as well as known as Roddenberry
part, led to Coon leaving the show because nearing nervous exhaustion and complaining of and Justman. The massive influence he had on
Roddenberry felt the humor had gone too far a decline in standards. Roddenberry, meanwhile, STAR TREK is not as well known among the general
and he wanted the show to concentrate on had pretty much left the series at the beginning of public. There’s no question, though, that his
more important matters. the season after learning of the revised time slot. contributions, whether they be the interpersonal
The fact was, though, that Coon’s departure dynamics, the humor or some of the central
was more complicated. He was working all hours INSPIRATION FOR DATA tenants, elevated Roddenberry’s creation to new
of the day to not only write his own scripts and Coon and Roddenberry would work together heights. Much of what he introduced to the show
deal with production issues, but he also had to do again when the two co-wrote a 1974 pilot called is what people love about STAR TREK, and for that
revisions, sometimes major, on scripts turned in by The Questor Tapes. It featured a human-looking he should not be forgotten.
others. Not only was he dealing with this crushing robot named Questor looking for his creator, and
workload, but many of the other writers were this character was said to have later been the  Coon returned to more
unhappy that he changed so much of their scripts. inspiration behind Data for THE NEXT GENERATION. serious matters in his
last script for STAR TREK,
The pressure got to Coon, especially as Perhaps then, Coon can also said to have
which was ‘Let That Be
Roddenberry had taken a step back to create contributed significantly to another of STAR TREK’s Your Last Battlefield.’ He
a new show concerning Robin Hood. When that most popular and iconic characters, even if he summed up the madness
wasn’t picked up, Roddenberry returned to was not around to see it. of racism by having the
final two members of the
STAR TREK, and Coon decided to take a better Sadly, Coon died in 1973 at the age of just 49, Cheron continue to fight
 Writer David Gerrold based lifeform, the Horta, and it was played by paying job on a show called It Takes a Thief. shortly before the spectacular resurgence of THE each other even after the
was mentored by Coon Prohaska. The story revolved around the premise It was probably just as well because for the third ORIGINAL SERIES in syndication and never got to rest of their species has
and encouraged him in annihilated themselves
that miners had inadvertently killed the Horta’s season of STAR TREK the studio slashed the budget see how popular it became. He was a chain
his writing of fan favorite over the difference in
‘The Trouble with Tribbles.’ offspring, and it retaliated as any protective and moved the broadcast time to Friday at 10pm, smoker, and Justman recalled how Coon visited his their skin color.
Coon did a rewrite of the parent would do. Once this had been established, a known graveyard slot. Coon still contributed office not long before his death using an oxygen
final script, and it was the the Horta and the miners learned to live together scripts in the third season, as has been said, under tank, all the time blaming his breathing difficulties
first out-and-out comedy
on a mutually beneficial basis. the pen name Lee Cronin, but the show was dying on Los Angeles smog. Of course, this wasn’t the
of the series, but at the
time Roddenberry felt it This was typical of the tolerance that both Coon a slow painful death. Director Marc Daniels, who cause and Coon was diagnosed with lung cancer
was pushing it too far. and Roddenberry wanted to get across in the had helmed more episodes than anyone, worked about a week before his death.

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 APPEARANCES ROMULAN WARBIRD
EYMORG STARSHIP
NCC-1701-D
COMING IN ISSUE 128
ON SCREEN
SPACE SHUTTLE OV-165
TRIVIA
A similar idea to the one used in ‘Spock’s
Brain’ was revisited in STAR TREK III: THE
SEARCH FOR SPOCK when Spock’s katra, or
soul, had to be reunited with his resurrected
body. Another twist on the idea featured in
THE ANIMATED SERIES episode ‘The Infinite
Vulcan’ written by Walter Koenig [Pavel Inside your magazine
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