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From: ks@astrovax.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Re: Spock's first name? - (nf)
Message-ID: <31@astrovax.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 27-Sep-83 15:14:00 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep 27 15:14:00 1983
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To the best of our knowledge, Spock's first name was never explicitly stated 
in the television series.  The reference you give is not exactly correct;
"The Paradise Syndrome" is a third-season episode with an amnesic Captian
Kirk falls for an Indian-like princess for a few months while the handicapped
Enterprise tries to divert an asteroid.  The episode you meant to refer
to is "This side of Paradise", a first season episode (and therefore a better
one) in which a human colony has been seduced by spore-shooting flowers
(Yes, this one is a bit silly too).  Anyhow, the closest we ever get to hearing
Spock's first name is when he tells Jill Ireland's character that his first
name is unpronouncable.  Close, but no cigar.                                        If his name was ever mentioned at another point in
the TV series, the animated series, the movies, or the books, we're not
aware of it.
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