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From: frdish@aecom.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Re: pon farr query
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Date: Tue, 27-Nov-84 21:20:16 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 27 21:20:16 1984
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> 
> 	This may have come over the net already, so bear with me.
> 
> 	During the series, when Spock goes through pon farr
> ("Amok Time"?), he goes to great lengths to return to Vulcan,
> otherwise he will *die*.  Now, in STIII, there is no desire
> to return to Vulcan.  My question to the panel of experts is:
> why doesn't Spock die since he cannot possibly get to Vulcan?
> 
> 	I have a possible solution but I don't want to bias the
> responses that will probably be more clever!  Thanks.
> 
> 
> Joe Barone,		{allegra, decvax!brunix, ccieng5}!rayssd!m1b
> Raytheon Co,		 Submarine Signal Div., Portsmouth, RI

I don't think it was Vulcan that was so important to Spock, but
the fact that T'Pring was on Vulcan.
-- 

		"It's either believe that, or else believe we're 
		 only characters in a series of stories being 
		 written by a couple of hacks who need the money."

Larry Freund
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