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Subject: Re: Spock, Sarek, and Amanda - (nf)
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Date: Fri, 23-Mar-84 05:34:01 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar 23 05:34:01 1984
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On the record Inside Star Trek (Columbia 34279) Gene Roddenberry
conducts an interview with Sarek, naturally portrayed by Mark
Lenard.  The interview stated that Spock's birth required removal of
the embryo after one month and treatment in a test tube for two
months, the fetus was reimplanted for months 4 -9, and because a
Vulcan's term of gestation is 12 not nine months, the fetus required
another 3 months in an incubator.  Because all this intervention was
necessary for the birth of Spock, Sarek mentioned that all previous
Terran-Vulcan matings were unsucessful, it is unlikely that Spock is
illegitimate.  Sarek also stated that at the advanced age that he
married Amanda he was not susceptible to the periodic mating madness
that overcomes younger Vulcan males.
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David Whiteman sdcsvax!sdccs6!whiteman
UCSD Medical School, La Jolla CA
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