From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos
From Address: graemecree@aol.com
Subject: Re: Turnabout Intruder: my review
On Apr 28, 10:58apm, Wiseguy wrote:
> What fear? aWhy are we bothering Star Fleet???
> As I said, they made him think nothing was wrong.
And does Spock normally interject to try to tell Kirk when to call or
not call Starfleet? As he said in this episode (Turnabout Intruder),
that's the Captain's job.
KIRK: Mister Spock, if youAd concentrate on the areas for which you
are responsible, Starfleet Command would've been informed already.
SPOCK: Since the captain usually deals with Starfleet in these
matters, I assumed that my suggestions might be deemed interference.
So, why should he care whether or not Kirk makes an unnecessary call
to Starfleet? Why should he care enough to challenge a direct order
that doesn't really concern him? Except for the reason he indicated:
fear of "bothering" them.
It's not that complicated. We saw the same thing again in Devil in
the Dark. McCoy laughs at Spock's silicon based life theories, and
suddenly he doesn't want to talk about it any more, even when Kirk
asks him to.
KIRK: Speculate.
SPOCK: I have already given Doctor McCoy sufficient cause for
amusement. I'd prefer to cogitate the possibilities for a time.
Spock doesn't like being laughed at, or thought foolish, especially in
front of his superiors. We didn't need And the Children Shall Lead to
tell us this, It's common sense, really. He was taunted as a kid,
and goes to great lengths to maintain his demeanor. Children didn't
really tell us anything we couldn't have guessed, it's just
interesting that that was the way they chose to go after him.
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