tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jul 02 10:00:41 1997
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Re: Klingon's looks
- From: "Ruby M. Harper" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Klingon's looks
- Date: Wed, 02 Jul 1997 13:02:05 -0400
- Organization: Growth Strategies, Inc.
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Scott Inman wrote:
>
> Mr. Wakeman wrote:
>
> >Hi my name is Tim Wakeham (Klingon name: Kabron) and this is my first
> >message.
> >Klingons in the 23rd century (Kirk's time) look totally different to the ones
> >in
> >the 24th century (Picard's time) now can someone please tell me why this is.
> >
> >It has puzzled me for years and Klingons have never revealed to outsiders.
> >Please can someone put me out of my misery.
>
> This is because of the Romulan influence. The Klingons in Kirk's time may have had
> some minute amount of Romulan DNA in thier systems, which by Star Trek: The Motion
> Picture, was eventually filtered out so that their DNA returned to true Klingon DNA.
>
> If I am wrong, I welcome comments.
I would reply that it is because Paramount got a better make-up artist.
Regardless of the reason, I am grateful. Early Klingons gave me the
creeps, Worf, on the other hand, is almost TOO attractive. Of course,
there's no explaining Lursa and B'etor. Go figure ... the men are
better looking than the women.