Yes, but somehow Therin seems to. How do you suppose an Andorian knows so much about Vulcans? A little listening post at P'Jem, perhaps? 
They don't really 'search' for Spock
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I'm still trying to figure out what happened to Spocks body on Genesis. Did it reanimate, deage and then start aging again? And why did the Genesis "bomb" do this to Spock? Doesn't seem consistant with the way its supposed to work. His corpse lands on the planet after its formation. Is there some sort of "Genesis Radiation" that affect any lifeform that lands on the planet. If so why are the Klingons, David and Saavik immune?
When I first saw the movie, I misheard the line "regenerated his cells" as "regenerated some of his cells". To me, that meant a small part of his body mass reverting to a fertilized ovum, or maybe an early-stage fetus, and starting over from there. Perhaps "hatching" out of Spock's corpse. Makes more sense than the other way.
That doesn't explain where the rest of his body went, though. Well... I guess Reanimated Spock had to eat something....
Seems reasonable that the Genesis effect would be designed to work in stages, with different radiations. One stage to terraform the surface, cool it, condense water, etc. The next stage to seed and grow life. It doesn't do any good to try to grow life while the surface is still molten!
Anyway, if the "life" radiation was only emitted during a narrow window of the process, it would only affect objects on the surface at that time... and luckily, Spock's body landed at the right time. It it wouldn't affect anything introduced after that window, including David and Saavik.
Just a thought.
IIRC, not all Vulcan katras are offered a place in the Hall of Ancient Thought, onlt those deemed worthy. Spock had been preselected - but I think he'd requested burial in space in his will?, IIRC.
The transfer into McCoy's mind was, of course, not completely successful. McCoy was supposed to insist that Kirk "climb the steps to Mt Selaya" with Spock's body, but he didn't start babbling that until long after the funeral service.
That's why the planet is unstable. Not just due to the protomatter.
Yes, but somehow Therin seems to. How do you suppose an Andorian knows so much about Vulcans? A little listening post at P'Jem, perhaps?
Ha! I'll never tell.
Actually, there was lots of fannish discussion in the newsletters and fanzines of the day. ST III added plenty of Vulcan mysticism to ST fanfics and Vulcan lore.
All I know is it was pretty damm funny that he left his katra to McCoy. I mean McCoy? The guy who disagreed with for all these years. You could just imagine the conversations that were going on in his head between his thoughts and Spock's.
McCoy said it best, "It's his revenge for all the arguements he lost throughout the years." Funny stuff.
McCoy said it best, "It's his revenge for all the arguements he lost throughout the years." Funny stuff.
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^ For me that's the best line in the movie, and Kelley's delivery of it was perfect. 
Don't forget the title actually started out as a media joke. After ST II, the media began to suggest that "In Search of Spock", named for the Leonard Nimoy-hosted doco series, "In Search Of...", would be a funny/ironic title for the next film.
Harve Bennett's ST III script treatment was initially called "Return to Genesis".
Harve Bennett's ST III script treatment was initially called "Return to Genesis".
Maybe in one of those globes like in Return to Tomorrow.
An episode in which Christine Chapel carries Spock's katra, only no one had a name for it then.
