Then why did his skin colour change between Space Seed & WOK? Simple lack of sun exposure would not account for it, eh?
HEY! I just realized! If Khan was from India...
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Better question: if Khan was a Sikh, where's his beard?
(I know, I know Greg Cox provided an answer in his Khan Trilogy.)
(I know, I know Greg Cox provided an answer in his Khan Trilogy.)
Even better question: does your avi mean that you are one of those young "Supermen?"
Even better better better question: Why was an Indian Sikh played by a Mexican? I mean, come on!
Thats the easy one. There weren't any indian sikh's working for hollywood at the time. Plus throw in a foreign accent and half the US population at the time it aired wouldn't know the difference.
Spending twenty years wrapped in tatters, living in a tin box surrounded by never ending sand storms can take it's toll on a person. Plus his hero is Moby Dick.
What Muslim first name would that be?
I wasn't even aware he had any names other than "Khan", "Noonien" and "Singh", neither of which is Muslim, or even normally a first name.
Religion has withered away by that time, so his parents didn't know or care about the origins of what they named their kid, anymore than people nowadays worry whether they are giving their kid an Old Testament or New Testament name (that used to matter a whole lot).
As for Khan's appearance, we know his ancestry is partially Sikh, but his grandmother could be Irish for all we know. People nowadays migrate all over the place, I'm sure by Khan's time his ancestry could be anything.
As for his accent, he was raised by a Mariachi band in Karachi.
They still wouldn't unless it's over the top stereotypical like "Kumar."
There was a discussion on the etymology of Khan's name not too long ago here:
http://trekbbs.com/showthread.php?t=78167
Some pretty cool stuff there - like the occasional switch between "Khan" and "Kahn", "Noonian" and "Noonien", etc.
http://trekbbs.com/showthread.php?t=78167
Some pretty cool stuff there - like the occasional switch between "Khan" and "Kahn", "Noonian" and "Noonien", etc.
Actually Khan would have been born in OUR time period, so 'futuristic' rules for naming do not apply.
Truth is that Ricardo Montalban was in his day one of the few real Mexican actors to achieve widespread work.. and recognition... as an actor.
It is too bad he played Robau, because if anyone could play a convincing Khan today... it would be Faran Tahir. Tahir is of similar ancestry as Khan, too.
Truth is that Ricardo Montalban was in his day one of the few real Mexican actors to achieve widespread work.. and recognition... as an actor.
It is too bad he played Robau, because if anyone could play a convincing Khan today... it would be Faran Tahir. Tahir is of similar ancestry as Khan, too.
Why not? He could be like Mark Lenard starting off as a Romulan Commander and then going on to be Spock's father.
And like Christopher said, Noonien is as far as anyone can tell no kind of name.
What Muslim first name would that be?
I wasn't even aware he had any names other than "Khan", "Noonien" and "Singh", neither of which is normally a Muslim first name.
Why can't he do it? His character died in the film, and Trek has never had a problem with re-using an actor in another role.
