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I don't really recall what the guy in BB looked like, but I don't recall that he looked like a turtle. And the Rigellians from TMP definitely looked like turtles.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't the Rigellians supposed to resemble the Vulcans more than a "saber-toothed turtle?" I thought that "Journey to Babel" and "Inter Arma Silen Leges" established the Vulcans, Romulans, and Rigellians to all have a similar physiology?
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At last count there are several inhabited planets in the Rigel system, and more than one has an indigenous population. One is related to Vulcans.. i believe the correlation noted is that they have copper based blood, and can share blood tranfusions/drugs with Vulcans under certain conditions. Doesnt mean they have to look like Vulcans. Just like Dopterains are related to Ferengi by the nature of their four lobed brain, but they only share a few external feature due to the fact that they were transplanted or otherwise diverged from Ferengi evolution long ago. The turtles from TMP are definitely specified as Rigelians, but may or may not be the Rigelians referred to in TOS.. remember that Hengist fom 'Wolf in the Fold' was Rigelian too, but may have been a human colonist of Rigelian birth. Or he could have been a humanoid and had green blood. and the Kaylar from 'The Cage' was Rigelian of a different planet..
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1)Kaylar's people ("The Cage"). Rigel VII 2)Sabre-toothed turtles (TMP). 3)Vulcanoids (IASL, "Journey.."). Rigel V 4)"Broken Bow" Rigelian dancing girls (according 5)to script, IIRC). Rigel X 6)"Broken Bow" Little man. Rigel X
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Hmm... Yeah, I remember that list of four-lobed brained species that the Betazoids couldn't read. I don't see issues with completely different species sharing a similar brain structure. But with the correlation between Vulcans and Rigellians, they use the same copper-based blood and both their bodies have the same reaction to a specific type of medication and medical condition. That, in my mind, points to a similar physiological structure than three species with the same brain construction. Of course, my grasp on the medical sciences is not all that firm.
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quote:Originally posted by Siegfried: ...Of course, my grasp on the medical sciences is not all that firm.
And neither is that of the staff who write these shows.
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The fact that Dopterians were specifically related to the Ferengi was the plot point which allowed Odo to catch the pickpocket.. It was established that the races were offshoots of each other, not just similarly evolved. I think the (vulcanoid) Rigellians could look quite different from Vulcans but still fulfill the qualities spelled out by 'Journey to Babel' and 'IAESL'
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In my head, the vulcanoid Rigel(l)ians are shiny blue-skinned Vulcans .
I assume these Rigelians are either an old colony of the Vulcans (remember Spock calling it the "Rigel colonies", but also remember T'Pol's silence regarding Rigel). Or the vulcanoid Rigelians are another decendant of Sargon's people.
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You know, there was that pointy-eared bald guy in ST4 working at Command...
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