News "Khan" podcast by Meyer, Beyer and Mack

[Lord Garth]

Are you going to watch Into Darkness, too?

Nope.

 

[Christopher]

Khan is said to be one the best of the tyrants. There were no massacres, but order was strict. This is consistent with Khan in that he hasn't killed anyone, but he does rule with an iron first.

Oh, I'm sure he killed plenty of people, just enemy combatants in the heat of battle rather than civilians.

I don't think Kirk knew that Ceti Alpha VI was about to explode when he left Khan on Ceti Alpha V.

Does that even need to be questioned? Obviously it's a ludicrous suggestion on the face of it. Only a conspiracy nut who knows nothing about Kirk's character could possibly think that.

The theory that Kirk suppressed the knowledge of what had happened is equally nonsensical, because the trial scene literally begins with Uhura confirming that it's being recorded. The audiodrama claims that the knowledge was suppressed, but it can't have been Kirk who did it.

Of other interest is that the genetic supermen came from all around the globe, explaining how they can all be of different ethnicities.

Well, the only way any "eugenics" program could actually work is if it embraces hybrid vigor, rather than the racist ideas of "purity" that drove the real-world eugenics movements of the 19th-20th centuries. So even if the creators were located in a single place (like, say, the Noonien-Singh Institute in Toronto), they would've naturally selected gene donors of all ethnicities.

 

[Lord Garth]

Oh, I'm sure he killed plenty of people, just enemy combatants in the heat of battle rather than civilians.

I agree with this. I didn't even think about combat in war, that was an oversight on my part. I was thinking of him more as a ruler. I'll make a change in my post to distinguish between the two. Thanks!

EDITED TO ADD: I've changed "hasn't killed anyone" to "hasn't killed civilians".