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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Ryan McReynolds: [QB] Six years ago, I put together a website about the Klingon differences. It was on Geocities, I have no idea if it's still up and I don't know the address. Point is, I think I reached some pretty decent conclusions. The facts I used (remember this was before [i]Enterprise[/i]): 1) Kahless had ridges 1500 years ago. 2.) Kor, Koloth, and Kang didn't have ridges in the 2260s (TOS), but at least Kang had them in the 2290s ("Flashback") and they all had ridges in the 2370s ("Blood Oath"). 3.) Andre Bormanis, then science consultant and now writer, wrote a book called [i]Science Logs[/i] in which he referred to Klingons developing a genetically engineered "battle class." 4.) I asked Robert H. Wolfe, then a DS9 writer/producer, about some of the theories. He said that the writers [i]did have[/i] an explanation for "Trials and Tribble-ations," but replaced it at the last minute for the easy laugh. He also said that of two theories I mentiond, they were both wrong, but one was more wrong than the other. One of the theories was FASA's "altered to look human" explanation for TOS. My conclusion? The official explanation that was never said on air was probably that given by Bormanis. The TOS Klingons engineered themselves into the TNG Klingons in an effort to be bigger badasses. This is why Wolfe said that one theory wasn't as wrong as the other: the FASA theory involves alteration, but in the wrong direction. Knowing writers, they probably ignored Kahless. Knowing fans, we would come up with a fix. I did. Klingons have always had ridges, but they developed them at middle age. Kor, Koloth, and Kang were fairly young (30s) and so were their crews. In the 2260s/70s, they engineered a battle class that had ridges from birth, and that's what we saw in TNG. Of course, now [i]Enterprise[/i] shows youngish Klingons with ridges, so it's all shot to shit. But it's an interesting historical note, and I'd like to know just what explanation the DS9 staff came up with afterall. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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