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   From: 3cjmd@comcast.net   
      
   On 26 Nov 2006 12:15:24 GMT, storvik@gmail.com (Arthur Levesque)   
   wrote:   
      
   >     I've just started re-watching the first season of Star Trek (TOS) on   
   >DVD...   
   >   
   >     In "Man Trap", the first episode of Star Trek to be aired, there is a   
   >creature (dubbed "the salt vampire" by fans) who is able to change the way   
   >that people perceive it through mental suggestion - so multiple people can   
   >simultaneously be seeing it differently.  Ignoring the scene near the end   
   >when the Enterprise's department heads meet and the SV is impersonating Dr.   
   >McCoy, every named character (even the three who die on the planet) sees   
   >the SV as a human of the opposite sex -- Kirk, McCoy, Green, Sturgeon, and   
   >Darnell all see the SV as a woman, and both Rand and Uhura see the SV as a   
   >man.  The sole exception to this is Hikaru Sulu - whenever he sees the SV,   
   >he sees the SV as another man.   
      
   His destiny was in his name from day one ("I, George, Takeit up de   
   kabooty...")   
      
   Cheers,   
      
   Jaime   
      
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