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Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
 
OK, we know in "Allegiance" [TNG] That there was a Bolian Cadet (who wasn't exactly who she appears to be - but any hoo she would have to be believeable to all involved) who had a curly head of hair. Now I was just over at trekpulse.com and saw this alien in the background of the episode "Menage a Troi" [TNG] - look at the Blue alien in the background - looks like a bolian - with a head of black-grey hair. Also in other pictures you see a Zakdorn.

Here is the pic.
 

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Posted by Mighty Blogger Snay (Member # 411) on :
 
So the female of the species have hair. Either that, or its a cultural thing for the men to shave their heads.
 

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Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
 
I think we saw a bald female Bolian on Voyager at some point. I know Tuvok spoke of ensign Golwatt(SP?) who was Bolian (and would thus be unaffected by the acidity of Neelix' citrus drink). But I'm also pretty sure we saw, presumably her, walk by the camera during some episode.

Also... weren't there a pair of bald Bolians in the Doctor's holographic documentary on mating customs in "Someone to Watch Over Me"?

Lord, that show got crappy...
 

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Posted by SoundEffect (Member # 926) on :
 
I thought there was a semi-regular female Bolian (a very tall one) that always hung around at Quark's Bar, and she was completely bald as well.
 

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Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
 
Yeah the Bolian woman on DS9 was bald. I think there was also a bald Bolian woman on Risa in "Let He Who Is Without Sin...".
 

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Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
 
Ohh there's also a Selay there too. We saw a Selay in "Tapestry" and in another ep too I think... (apart from their original appearance in "Lonely Among Us".
 

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
 
theory 1: Most Bolians are bald, but there's a race within their species that has hair and sometimes yellow skin. They're just rather rare. Like black Vulcans.

theory 2: Male Bolians are bald, females aren't. The bald females we've seen have shaved their heads. Because... I dunno, they're lesbians or something.
 

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Posted by Reverend (Member # 335) on :
 
For some reason I prefer to think of the "hairy Bolians" as being hybrids. That seams the least convoluted approach since hybrids seam to be accepted, if not totally common place. Case in point the four part Klingons that we've seen, plus the corpse from the future seen on ENT had quite a mixed genetic background and if I recall even Nelix had some none Talaxian heritage. Oh yeah, mustn't forget Spock.
 

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Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :
 
Golwat was the female Bolian from Voyager.
 

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Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
 
The woman in Andrew's pic may not be aBolian at all: nothing says there are no blue-skinned races besides Andorians and Bolians.

For all we know. dying one's skin for special occasions may be common to some races.

...or Bolians may like the notion of having hair and wear wigs (while traditionalists prefer to go with the smooth look).
 

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Posted by Harry (Member # 265) on :
 
IIRC, there were at least two distinct blue-skinned species seen in TUC. They did not have Andorian antennae or Bolian ridges.
 

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Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
 
I like Jason's take, myself. This is a gosh-wow technological (near) utopia, after all. People should be free to engage in all sorts of extreme body modifications. That year all the kids on Bolarus IX probably had freakish human hairdos, while on Earth hipsters were having seams grown down their face. Plus I bet they listen to really strange music. (I'd really like to see more examples of the art and culture that would develop in a society as multicultural as the Federation, as described, ought to be.)
 

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Posted by Harry (Member # 265) on :
 
And the Enterprise had a Bolian barber. So hair isn't completely alien to them.

Jezus Christ. We're discussing fictional haircuts.
 

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Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
 
I think the humor of that was supposed to be that the best barber in Starfleet (seriously... according to whom?) was from a species that had no hair.

Plus... Mott seemed to have, like, a fetish for it...
 

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Posted by Captain Boh (Member # 1282) on :
 
Sort of how they had a blind guy flying the ship for a bit?
 

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Posted by Captain Boh (Member # 1282) on :
 
Sort of how they had a blind guy flying the ship for a bit?
 

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Posted by Curzon Dax (Member # 1481) on :
 
Theory 3- Maybe she is part of the Hair Club for Bolians where they will clone you a new head of hair for little latnum. Visa/Master Card and all major insurances accepted exept for Blue Cross/Blue Shield of the Ferenginar (to much insurance fraud)

Theory 4- Maybe she just stole Shatner's tribble toupee.

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Originally posted by TSN:
theory 1: Most Bolians are bald, but there's a race within their species that has hair and sometimes yellow skin. They're just rather rare. Like black Vulcans.

theory 2: Male Bolians are bald, females aren't. The bald females we've seen have shaved their heads. Because... I dunno, they're lesbians or something.

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Originally posted by Jason Abbadon:
The woman in Andrew's pic may not be aBolian at all: nothing says there are no blue-skinned races besides Andorians and Bolians.

For all we know. dying one's skin for special occasions may be common to some races.

...or Bolians may like the notion of having hair and wear wigs (while traditionalists prefer to go with the smooth look).

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Originally posted by Jason Abbadon:

We should change the Enterprise forum description to: "It's cancelled now: Berman blames you."

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