Mind meld tos series#
But in fact, it was never used in the original series until the third season, and then only twice. We’ve all come to think of “mind meld” as the standard term for the telepathic contact used by the Vulcans, and it’s been used consistently and near-exclusively in most Trek productions over the decades. If you watch the shows closely, you will see that Leonard Nimoy rarely applies pressure to his fellow actor - it’s just a touch.A while back, I noticed something interesting about the history of Star Trek terminology.
Mind meld tos tv#
It was never really explained during the TV shows, but the ‘touch that incapacitates’ (as the Vulcans call it) is a psychic ability, not a function of the physical pinch. It has been well documented that the nerve pinch was something that Leonard Nimoy came up with while shooting the first season TOS episode “The Enemy Within.” He was supposed to bop Kirk (well, half of Kirk) over the head and render him unconscious. Who received the first Vulcan neck pinch? Scientists said Tuesday they have completed the first human-to-human mind meld, with one researcher sending a brain signal via the Internet to control the hand motion of a colleague sitting across the Seattle campus of the University of Washington - an achievement one of the researchers jokingly referred to it as a ” … When Spock performs the first on-screen mind meld in TOS: “Dagger of the Mind”, he explains that it is an “old technique”, implying that humans are probably not familiar with it. There is overwhelming evidence that mind melds are both commonplace and socially accepted in the 23rd and at latest in the 24th century. Picard is aware of the public history of Spock’s role, but not the whole story.
Mind meld tos movie#
Spock makes reference to the events of the movie when he asks Picard if he was aware of Spock’s role in the first peace overtures to the Klingons. The main plot revolves around Sub-commander T’Pol (Jolene Blalock), who suffers from Pa’nar’s syndrome – a deadly telepathic disease that she contracted during a “mind meld” – the sharing of thoughts and memories through touch with another Vulcan – in last season’s episode “Fusion.” It is supposed to appear to be deadly pressure applied to the face and head. Its application was similar to that of the mind meld, except that it was administered with two hands, and without speaking. The Vulcan death grip was a fictitious Vulcan technique invented by Spock. (colloquial) A state of deep compatibility in opinion or plans between two people.
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