From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: graemecree@aol.com   
   Subject: Re: Uniform colors & insignias   
      
   On Jan 20, 1:20aam, OM  wrote:   
   > ...They did a whole different color scheme for TMP that was used only   
   > for that one film.   
   And a weird one it was.  Uniform color no longer had anything to do   
   with division.  The rule was just Lieutenant Commander and below wore   
   gold, Commander and above wore blue.  EXCEPT for Ilia, who wore blue   
   even though she was a Lt. JG, because she photographed better in it.   
   There were also a few white uniforms, but I'm not sure where they fit   
   into things.  Perhaps they sold the ice cream.   
   Division was determined by patch color.  Everyone had a uniform patch   
   like in the series, except that they were all the command star.  No   
   planets or curly-cues any more.  There was a coloured circle behind   
   the chevron, and the colour of that identified your division.  White   
   was Command (Kirk, Decker), Orange was Science (Spock), Green was   
   Medical (McCoy, Chapel).  I forget the others, but I'm sure it's all   
   explained in one of the Marvel Comics.   
   Communicators were the wrist communicators, of course.  And the belt   
   buckles, which seemed to be merely big and decorative, like something   
   a truck driver would wear, were actually "Per Scan" units, which   
   functioned like a diagnostic bed, and constantly sent medical readings   
   down to Big Brother in Sickbay.  (Like many things, the belt buckles   
   were only explained in the novelization.)   
   They had three main uniform styles, all in dull pastel.  There were   
   the two piece uniforms with the braid on the sleeve.  Also the one   
   piece jumpsuits, with the braid on the shoulder.  And the two piece   
   short sleeve uniform, for hot days, I guess.  Also, a few extras, like   
   Kirk's Admiral's Uniform.   
   They sure had a lot of money to burn for this movie, didn't they?   
   Then for the next movie, they threw it all out and started over.   
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