Sulu photo ?

[ItsGreen]

Episode? What's he holding? What's he doing?

 

[SonicRanger]

It's an early promo photo -- look at his WNMHGB uniform. The same series of promo photos includes James Doohan holding a broken... something. They seem to have just grabbed props from the studio archives for these shots.

 

[Christopher]

Somehow I knew just from the title that the thread would be about that photo. It's memorably weird.

I notice another odd shape or two on the table at the bottom. Maybe these are meant to be alien plant/animal specimens? Sulu was originally portrayed as a scientist (well, an astrophysicist, but SFTV writers can't resist portraying scientists as experts in everything). Or maybe this was taken at a time when his botany hobby had been established as per "The Man Trap." Could these be bits of the exotic plants in the Sulu/Rand scene there?

 

[sbk1234]

Sulu was originally intended to be the ship's morale officer, who would frequently see to the crew's emotional well-being with his marionette show.

 

[Mytran]

...The same series of promo photos includes James Doohan holding a broken... something. They seem to have just grabbed props from the studio archives for these shots.

You mean this one?

http://www.trekcore.com/specials/albums/rare/article7/scotty_pilot.jpg

I think he's holding a burnt-out "point" from one of the Starboard Impulse Packs. Lt Kelso bought it to the Briefing Lounge after Gary Mitchell warned him about it.

 

[Gary7]

Given Sulu's keen interest in botany (see his bio), I'd venture to say it's intended to be some kind of alien plant. In reality, it could be part of a costume that was in general wardrobe and those "pipe cleaner" ends are used to attach it.

 

[Ryan Thomas Riddle]

It's an early promo photo -- look at his WNMHGB uniform. The same series of promo photos includes James Doohan holding a broken... something. They seem to have just grabbed props from the studio archives for these shots.

The photo is an early promo photo, circa early first season; however, it is not from the same set of WNMHGB photos.

Look at the uniform. It has the wavy rank braid and larger, more-defined insignia of the series proper, not the straight-gold band and smaller, less-defined insignia of the second pilot.

Moreover, the tunic has a jersey, raglan sleeve, which the pilot uniforms didn't have.

 

[Redfern]

Aw, he's just fixing his feather boa for a "fabulous" night on the town!

(Come on, you knew someone was going to suggest it sooner or later! )

Though, a bit more seriously, I've never seen that particular publicity shot of Doohan. It's amazing how "new" material keeps turning up after 45 years!

Sincerely,

Bill

 

[Doug Otte]

It's an early promo photo -- look at his WNMHGB uniform. The same series of promo photos includes James Doohan holding a broken... something. They seem to have just grabbed props from the studio archives for these shots.

The photo is an early promo photo, circa early first season; however, it is not from the same set of WNMHGB photos.

Look at the uniform. It has the wavy rank braid and larger, more-defined insignia of the series proper, not the straight-gold band and smaller, less-defined insignia of the second pilot.

Moreover, the tunic has a jersey, raglan sleeve, which the pilot uniforms didn't have.

Could it be the uniform from "Corbomite"? I bet we'd see a high dark collar if his arms weren't in the way.

Doug

 

[Captain Robert April]

I'm betting it was from around the time of "The Man Trap", but there's no real way to know.