In the "Star Trek" episode called "The Savage Curtain", an all-powerful, psychic lava alien from the planet Excalbia is able to read the minds of Kirk and Spock (William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy), and resurrect reasonable facsimiles of historical heroes personally dear to them. For Kirk, the alien creates Abraham Lincoln (Lee Bergere) and for Spock, the alien creates Surak (Barry Atwater). Surak is a messianic, philosopher king figure to the people of Vulcan, as it was he who first suggested that emotions be jettisoned in favor of logic. When Surak first appears, he introduces himself...
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- 6/15/2022
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
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