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From: ericb@dartvax.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Klingon Appearances; apparent deviation
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Date: Sat, 19-May-84 06:26:46 EDT
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> From: popes@tellab1.UUCP (Jerry Pople)
> Subject: Klingon Appearances; apparent deviation
>
> Why do the Klingons at the beginning of ST 1 look noticeably different
> than the Klingons in the TV series? 

I've heard two rumors about this discreptancy, the first of which is:
  The Klingons underwent a species-wide phenotype change, i.e. induced
  by genetic engineering.
the second is:
  The Klingons in ST1 were the aristocracy of the race, a different
  evolved phenotype (perhaps race difference, perhaps symbiotes?).

I have yet to read The Final Reflection, but it might shed some light
on this question.

Eric Bivona
"Once a gene sequence, always a gene sequence"
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