apparently there were lots of them, i hadn't noticed. mark lenard (spock's dad) has been different characters, so has marjel barrett. don't forget the nick locarno to tom paris travesty that was, imo, just lazy.
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apparently there were lots of them, i hadn't noticed. mark lenard (spock's dad) has been different characters, so has marjel barrett. don't forget the nick locarno to tom paris travesty that was, imo, just lazy.
It's the same reason they hardly ever used the Gorn or Tholians again, those aliens belonged to their writers and not TOS (unlike the Klingons and Romulans, who showed up more than once) and they didn't want to shell out the cash for every usage of them. Their use in ENT was because they were willing to shell out the cash for those occasional usages.
^really? How did they know Klingons or Romulans wouldn't appear again. For all we know, there is an alternate universe when the Klingons only showed up ONCE, and the fans are decrying the overuse of Gorn in TNG and DS9 and the absurd appearence of them in Voyager.
holy crap, i didn't realize not knowing was such a hot button issue. if only one of you had pointed out my error, i may have forgotten and made it again, but FIVE, well, i will certainly get it right next time.
They didn't know, until they DID use them again. Once any character or species is used more than once they become property of the show and not the original writer. Since the Tholians and Gorn never reappeared in TOS they remain the intellectual property of their creators.
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Yeah, I've never heard this before either.
Time Russ has only played 3 other Star Trek characters, besides, Tuvok, one Klingon, & two Human (Looking)
I'm not sure, but if you count all the Weyoun clones as one character, I think Jeffery Combs was tied with J.G. Hertzler, (Martok) for the most appearances as a different character, which was eight
However Hertzler appeared in 'Of Gods & Men' So that might put him one up, unless you count all Comb's Weyoun clones
It was some article at Memory-Alpha on intellectual property for the TOS writers. Go ask Exodus, he'd know better.
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Time Russ has only played 3 other Star Trek characters, besides, Tuvok, one Klingon, & two Human (Looking)
I'm not sure, but if you count all the Weyoun clones as one character, I think Jeffery Combs was tied with J.G. Hertzler, (Martok) for the most appearances as a different character, which was eight
However Hertzler appeared in 'Of Gods & Men' So that might put him one up, unless you count all Comb's Weyoun clones
I think you guys are all wrong. If memory serves, Vaughn Armstrong leads this contest.
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I too haven't heard that particular interpretation before either. Everything I've read/heard/researched indicates to me that individual guest characters (T'Pau, Locarno, Shelby), if re-used by the studio come with a price -- the original writer is due a re-usage fee. This is why, purportedly, T'Pau became T'Pol and Locarno became Tom Paris.
I would very much like to see some legit documentation that would suggest otherwise, though I doubt it exists.
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