Anomalies in fandom

[Pauln6]

Prevented a Klingon war? Prevented negative universe incursion? Destroyed Doomsday device? Saved Earth from V'ger? Sure sure sure, but what have you done for the Federation TODAY?

 

[Grant]

I just was reminded that William Shatner's first wife's maiden name was Rand. He was married to her up until after the series was canceled. Can it be a coincidence that his love interest in the first part of season 1 was yeoman Rand?

 

[BK613]

IIRC, that Vulcan shuttle was just a one-man vehicle. As in, basically just a coffin attached to a warp sled. Surely too crowded for five people.

The size of its docking ring means it's way bigger than a travel pod (And seven people can fit in one of those pods.) So probably not coffin-sized. Also, someone piloted it away after Spock was deposited on the Enterprise.

 

[JonnyQuest037]

I just was reminded that William Shatner's first wife's maiden name was Rand. He was married to her up until after the series was canceled. Can it be a coincidence that his love interest in the first part of season 1 was yeoman Rand?

Yes.

 

[ZapBrannigan]

The size of its docking ring means it's way bigger than a travel pod (And seven people can fit in one of those pods.) So probably not coffin-sized. Also, someone piloted it away after Spock was deposited on the Enterprise.

And this: didn't Spock walk aboard the Enterprise upright (when he ignored Chekov), not wriggle head first out of a coffin?

 

[JonnyQuest037]

And this: didn't Spock walk aboard the Enterprise upright (when he ignored Chekov), not wriggle head first out of a coffin?

Not literally a coffin.

 

[johnnybear]

I just was reminded that William Shatner's first wife's maiden name was Rand. He was married to her up until after the series was canceled. Can it be a coincidence that his love interest in the first part of season 1 was yeoman Rand?

Gloria Rand and boy did she take him to the cleaners after their marriage collapsed!!!
JB

 

[ZapBrannigan]

Gloria Rand and boy did she take him to the cleaners after their marriage collapsed!!!
JB

The story is, his alimony payments were based on his Star Trek salary, and suddenly Star Trek was canceled but he still owed the money. That's a disastrous bit of timing for the man in a divorce.

There is news that he just filed for divorce from his current wife. I feel it's my business to know about it.

 

[JonnyQuest037]

The story is, his alimony payments were based on his Star Trek salary, and suddenly Star Trek was canceled but he still owed the money. That's a disastrous bit of timing for the man in a divorce.

Yeah, that was why Shatner spent most of the 70s taking any job he could get, good or bad.

Dave Foley from The Kids in the Hall and News Radio had it worse. Under the terms of divorce from his first wife, he had to pay her $17,700 a month in child support, which was literally 400% of his income. As you might imagine, he fell pretty behind very quickly.

 

[Ssosmcin]

There is news that he just filed for divorce from his current wife. I feel it's my business to know about it.

Makes you wonder why he just didn't have girlfriends.... Marriages are expensive and troublesome to dissolve.

 

[johnnybear]

I won't get married again I can tell you that!
JB

 

[Henoch]

I won't get married again I can tell you that!
JB

I married my second wife twice...and glad I did (at least that's what she tells me.)

 

[johnnybear]

They always tell you what's best for you even if it ain't what's best for you, yonder!
JB

 

[Maurice]

IIRC, that Vulcan shuttle was just a one-man vehicle. As in, basically just a coffin attached to a warp sled. Surely too crowded for five people.

Actually, it was supposed to be bigger (~60' long) than the standard shuttles the Enterprise was supposed to carry (~40'), as discussed in this interview (link) and seen in the image below by Probert, which compares the sizes of the two. Note the humanoid figure to the left.

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[JonnyQuest037]

Thanks for the info, Maurice!