Kirk Promo Picture Question

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  1. Kirk1980

    Kirk1980 Fleet Captain Fleet Captain

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    I thought it would be easy to find, but for the life of me, I can't seem to dig it up.

    Are you guys familiar with (of course you are, duh, but polite not to assume!) the promotional picture of Kirk aiming a phaser up at the camera? A book I saw that came out (a Doctor WHO novel based on the Brigadier) had the lead character posed in a very similar way to Kirk in that photo and I wanted to share that with people.

    BUT I CAN'T FIND IT! Help me, TrekBBS, you're my only hope! (NOTE: I am not a princess.)
     
  2. ZapBrannigan

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    Do mean the three-shot of Kirk, Spock, and Scotty in front of the Engineering pipes, holding type II hand phasers?

    Edit: I also have him pointing the phaser rifle, and one in the Transporter chamber where he's looking up at the camera and pointing a phaser II.
     
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  4. Kirk1980

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    Thank you very much!:) It's a classic shot. I'll share the cover here. [​IMG]

    Oh, and thanks for all the suggestions, Zapp. Those are all great pictures:)
     
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  5. drt

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    Heh, pretty much looks like the artist who did the cover pretty much traced the Kirk promotional shot.

    The face also looks more like James Doohan than Nicholas Courtney.
     
  6. Kirk1980

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    Someone else thought that, too!
     
  7. MAGolding

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    So did I, I thought it was Montgomery Scott.
     
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  8. Richard S. Ta

    Richard S. Ta Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

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    Ya, that’s a tracing. Down to the Brig having a weird collar on his jumper and a slightly odd gun even. It does look enough like Courtney for me.
     
  9. Scott Kellogg

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    Given that the lower half of the photo (including the font) seem to be Trek themed, I can only assume that the choice of source material is deliberate.
     
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  10. Phaser Two

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    Right on. If that's not supposed to be a woman from Starfleet in a red mini, I'll eat my TARDIS.
     
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  12. drt

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    yeah, it’s obvious that the Brigadier is wearing a pilot episode Starfleet tunic and holding a phaser. The gal at the bottom is also wearing a 2009 movie dress. It really seems to be a Trek drawing barely repurposed for Doctor Who.

    I’m also pretty sure I’ve seen that mini-dressed gal on John Eaves old blog, he used to post some semi-questionable beefcake shots from time to time. So that element of the drawing was also traced.
     
  13. Maurice

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    Cheesecake. Beefcake shots are of guys.
     
  14. F. King Daniel

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    Not gonna lie, I didn't even notice the girl in the 2009 uniform. And that's Spock's scanner behind her! It looks like they just googled Star Trek and used whatever came up.

    I mean, IDW do that in official Trek comics but at least they're meant to be making Trek:lol:

    Who remembers the Companions of Doctor Who book that had the STIII spacedock on the cover?
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  15. Commishsleer

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    When I first saw this I thought that was Scotty on the cover. You know between TOS and TMP.
     
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  16. Kirk1980

    Kirk1980 Fleet Captain Fleet Captain

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    Well, the Brigadier IS Scottish. If that helps?:)