European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 19, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Speaking of stars Okrand a klingon clings Onby the associated press there is Only one klingon master of the universe and he a a Mere human. Marc Okrand is author of the klingon dictionary the Only place where Star trek devotees can learn such utilitarian phrases As Quot Jol Al chum a Quot activate the transport Jeam a a and a Aqa Stavis was ram los sad Hugh so blah be Bogh Lod a or Quot four thousand throats May be Cut in one night by a running  in Star Tea s imaginary universe klingon is a planet whose denizens were once at War with the United federation of planets but Are now somewhat tenuous allies. Their language spoken properly sounds like German barked by an irate Samurai with a clogged Throat. By Day Okrand is a linguist at the National captioning Institute in Northern Virginia. He has a . From the University of California at Berkeley in the languages of West coast indians. But he moonlights As Star tre cos klingon consultant and has worked on several Star trek movies and for tvs Star trek the next generation. Its a Job for which most trekkie would gladly give their a Lithium crystals. But Okrand just fell into it Tike a worm Hole in space. In 1982, he was in los Angeles and had lunch with a Friend who worked at Paramount pictures. At the studio commissary Okrand a Friend introduced him to the Secretary to the executive producer of Star trek ii the Wrath of Khan. In the course of conversation the Secretary mentioned that her Boss was looking for a linguist to script a Brief scene in Vulcan the language of or. Spock. A a when does it have to be done a Quot Okrand asked. A and the Secretary said a it has to be finished by  so i said a i can do  a moments later the executive producer walked by met Okrand and the rest is intergalactic history. In three Days Okrand invented several lines of Vulcan and taught them to Kirstie Alley who played it. Savik and Leonard Nimoy the inimitable or. Spock. A i taught Vulcan to or. Spock a Okrand still marvels. A couple of years later Paramount was doing Star trek Iii the search for Spock and called Okrand again. A what i decided to do a they never told me to do this a was to make a real language a Okrand said. He went Back and looked at Star trek the motion picture the first in the series which begins with three klingon warships being zapped. The dialogue includes a couple of guttural klingon commands such As fire Okrand took those lines and accepted them As real klingon. Then he began to build a vocabulary and syntax keeping in mind that the producers wanted something coarse a a Warrior language. In writing the dictionary Okrand devised arbitrary rules just to keep himself amused. For example the Basic word order is the opposite of English. So if you want to say a Man bites dog a in klingon the Correct word order would be a dog bites Man a Okrand also threw out the Quot a Quot sound because he says its a linguistic cliche to give bad Guys names starting with a  sounds. What about capt. Kirk so even though klingon starts with a a a a a As do almost All klingon names in Star trek the Correct pronunciation is More like  Marc Okrand with Model of klingon Battle Cruiser. Or. Spock Leonard Nimoy and it. Valeris Kim Cattrall in Star trek i the undiscovered country. Continued from Page 5 and a beatles haircut. As history has shown Rod Denberry succeeded. In Early 1965, Abc rejected that episode As a too cerebral Quot and ordered up a second one. The network also ordered major cast changes that included dropping Spock a character from the lineup. Roddenberry resisted that assault As Well but when brochures and ads for the show came out he discovered that Abc had airbrushed Spock Sears to look like Normal human aural appendages meanwhile Roddenberry mulled Over changing the name of his Central character the Captain for the second Pilot. Among the candidates january Flagg Drake Thorpe Raintree Hudson Hannibal and the eventual Choice Kirk. When the show debuted on sept. 8, 1966, the premiere episode was actually the sixth to be filmed a Mantrap featuring an alien shape shifter who feasted on Salt in human bodies. By then William Shatner had been cast As Kirk and most of the familiar faces known today were aboard. They had replaced others from the first Pilot who have faded into trivia history such As Peter Duryea As navigator Jose Tyler and John Hoyt As or. Philip Boyce. Acceptance of the show far unlike any other seen to that Point was slow to develop As evidenced by to guide magazines Cavalier synopsis of the debut in which it called or. Spock a a Vul canian Quot and his Home planet  late in the first season saw the premiere of one of the series Best loved episodes City on the Edge of forever which had Kirk and Spock travelling Back through time to 1930s new York where Kirk has a Brief mostly Chaste fling with Joan Collins. The debut of the second season in the fall of 1967 saw the introduction of the final major character Ensign Pavel Chekov the enterprises navigator. After the second season As Abc dithered about whether to cancel the show More than 52,000 fan letters poured in demanding a third season a show of support that marked the beginning of the Quot trek Kie Quot phenomenon. Abc graciously obliged the shows fans. One of the series More memorable moments came Early in the third season when Kirk and communications officer it. Juhura Nie Heile Nichols shared the first interracial kiss in television history in the episode plutons stepchildren. The last episode turnabout intruder aired june 3, 1969. The first True Star trek convention was held three years later but fans would have to wait until 1979 for the return of the original Crew in Star trek the motion picture. That was the first of six trek films to Date with Star trek i the undiscovered country debuting late last year. The highest rated syndicated series in television history Star trek the next generation premiered in the fall of 1987, with a new Crew taking the Enterprise on fresh adventures several Hundred years after the events of the original show. Arguments have raged Ever since Over who is better suited to command the Enterprise the hot blooded Kirk or his Cool next generation counterpart Jean Luc Picard played by Veteran British actor Patrick Stewart. Chuck Vinch Page 6 a sunday april 19, 1992