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20050720 Wednesday July 20, 2005

 He's been beamed up...

A sad day for trekkers and trekkies everywhere.

James Doohan, better known as 'Scotty' from the original series of Star Trek died today aged 85. Not a bad innings to be honest!



I've been a fan of the original series of Star Trek for as long as I can remember, boldly going where all the re-runs had been before. As a kid it was awesome and the theme tune and 'Space, the final frontier' still makes me twinge with excitement.



Thanks for some great lines Scotty.

My favourite was in the episode 'Trouble with Tribbles' where the Enterprise is infested with tiny but highly reproductive little furry creatures. Scotty manages to get rid of them, but when Captain Kirk asks him how he did it he looks a bit sheepish, before finally admitting that he beamed them all over to a nearby Klingon ship, where he assures the Captain they will be...

"No tribble at all." ;-)



Thanks a lot James, rest in peace.

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oh man. bummer indeed.

bsg is my new fix. love that show.

Posted by gonzo on July 20, 2005 at 07:16 PM BST #

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