Has any novel ever explained the resurrections of Leslie and Galloway?

[WebLurker]

That article never claims that those 6 episodes were Leslie's only appearances. In addition to those episodes, Leslie definitely appeared in The Ultimate Computer, Assignment: Earth, And The Children Shall Lead and The Enterprise Incident, since he was called by name.

Fair enough. However, since "Obsession" would've been an important show in the character's life, the fact that it's not is very telling that that's not Leslie. And on top of that, beyond the actor (which is meaningless, since actors play a lot of different characters), there's no evidence that Leslie was the "Obsession" redshirt and a lot of evidence that he wasn't (since Leslie was alive after the fact).

 

[Bibliomike]

(Only half a joke, I always liked the justification across the franchise that it was some crew purposefully shifting positions in order to make them more well-rounded at lower ranks.)

I always assumed this was so, given the example Sulu set early on (astrophysics in "Where No Man...," biology/botany in "The Man Trap," and then helm thereafter. We just saw him find his true calling.

 

[Idran]

Weird fact: If I recall correctly, Paskey's character from "Obsession" is not given a name period. So, there's nothing connecting him to Leslie except the actor (by which reasoning, Sarek of Vuclan was living a triple life as a Vulcan, Romulan, and Klingon -- and cheated death twice).

Didn't Paskey himself say it was Leslie and there was originally a scene where he came back to life?

Edit: Yeah, he said exactly that on his personal webpage; down at the bottom.

 

[Christopher]

I always assumed this was so, given the example Sulu set early on (astrophysics in "Where No Man...," biology/botany in "The Man Trap," and then helm thereafter. We just saw him find his true calling.

The botany thing in "The Man Trap" has generally been interpreted as one of Sulu's hobbies, not his actual posting. He is seen at the helm in that episode, though only in the closing scene (probably so they could use the stock shot of the viewscreen over Sulu's shoulder). The opening shot of the bridge is a reused shot from "The Naked Time" (even though that was both filmed and aired later) with Leslie at helm and Uhura at navigation. And the first couple of times we see Sulu on the bridge, he's operating Uhura's station (while Uhura is at Spock's station!). So, yeah, that one's basically crew musical chairs. But he was shown as a bridge officer, so I think we can safely assume that we weren't supposed to interpret him as the ship's botanist in that episode.

 

[Therin of Andor]

So, yeah, that one's basically crew musical chairs. But he was shown as a bridge officer, so I think we can safely assume that we weren't supposed to interpret him as the ship's botanist in that episode.

And, in the "Phase II" script of "In Thy Image", Janice Rand is subbing for Uhura at her communications station at one point in the telemovie.

 

[Stevil2001]

Didn't Paskey himself say it was Leslie and there was originally a scene where he came back to life?

Edit: Yeah, he said exactly that on his personal webpage; down at the bottom.

I'm skeptical of this claim (though I've seen it a lot). A magic potion!? And where would such a scene fit in, and why wouldn't all the other dead folks get to be resurrected?

 

[Christopher]

What I recall hearing is that there was a deleted scene in which all the dead security officers somehow came back to life when the cloud creature was killed. "Just this once, everybody lives!"

 

[Andrew_Kearley]

Fair enough. However, since "Obsession" would've been an important show in the character's life, the fact that it's not is very telling that that's not Leslie. And on top of that, beyond the actor (which is meaningless, since actors play a lot of different characters), there's no evidence that Leslie was the "Obsession" redshirt and a lot of evidence that he wasn't (since Leslie was alive after the fact).

Well, apart from the fact that Kirk calls him Leslie to his face, right there in the opening scene...

 

[Nyotarules]

In the 23rd century cloning humans was still legal, a leftover from The Eugenics wars.....

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

I always assumed this was so, given the example Sulu set early on (astrophysics in "Where No Man...," biology/botany in "The Man Trap," and then helm thereafter. We just saw him find his true calling.

He may have minored in these other two disciplines.

 

[Avro Arrow]

Well, apart from the fact that Kirk calls him Leslie to his face, right there in the opening scene...

Connors corrected Kirk once before when Kirk called him "Leslie". Kirk then changed his posting from medical technician to security guard.

Connors learned to just let it go after that.

 

[WebLurker]

Well, apart from the fact that Kirk calls him Leslie to his face, right there in the opening scene...

Okay, it's been awhile since I've seen the episode, so I don't remember that one way or the other [looked up an online transcript]. Okay, you're right.

However, why do we need to concoct improbable explanations as to how the character survived, when it would be simpler to assume that Eddie Paskey played two different characters, one who died, and the other who lived?

 

[Christopher]

Then there's the Roddenberry TMP-novelization interpretation, that TOS was an occasionally inaccurate dramatization of Kirk's "real" adventures. The dramatization of the vampire-cloud incident simply got its wires crossed and included Leslie among its casualties, then quietly undid its mistake in the next episode.

 

[The Wormhole]

assume that Eddie Paskey played two different characters,

That might me pretty damn close to the truth. I can remember a few episodes where we see Eddie Paskey on the bridge, then Kirk goes on the intercom, and when we see crowds in the corridors walking while Kirk is delivering his announcement over the intercom, Eddie Paskey can be seen walking in those crowds.

 

[Christopher]

And Eddie Paskey was also the 1930 truck driver who ran over Edith Keeler, and a resistance member on Ekos. He's everywhere!

I was amused when Paskey was a member of the IMF team in a first-season Mission: Impossible episode, and his job on the mission was basically to be a stand-in, taking the place of an unconscious patient so nobody would notice that the team had kidnapped him from the hospital. I like to believe that he was playing himself.

 

[Therin of Andor]

That might me pretty damn close to the truth. I can remember a few episodes where we see Eddie Paskey on the bridge, then Kirk goes on the intercom, and when we see crowds in the corridors walking while Kirk is delivering his announcement over the intercom, Eddie Paskey can be seen walking in those crowds.

Ryan Leslie and his brother Leslie Connors, and their other brother, Leslie Leslie.

 

[Kinggodzillak]

Leslie's Greatest Hits;

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[locutus101]

I think the likeliest explanation is that TOS redshirts are merely clones that can be remade on demand, sort of like the Vorta (e.g. 7 or 8 weyouns )

In later shows the federation issued a regulation that clones could no longer be used.

 

[Stevil2001]

Leslie's Greatest Hits;

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That video is a delight. Eddie Paskey's overdramatic background face acting is always on point. I love the eyeroll in "The Trouble with Tribbles."

 

[The Wormhole]

Something I always wondered, in Space Seed when Khan has cut off the oxygen to the bridge and Kirk is giving commendations to the bridge crew in his log, why doesn't he give a commendation to Leslie?