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Yes, I heard this on the six p.m. news. Don't think I'd have described Scotty as dour - he was much too cheerful for that. But a classic character, and much beloved.
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Bye Scotty, sigh, now I feel all melancholy.
Apparently the "dour Scot," whose own accent was Canadian, wanted to play the engineer with a Russian accent but they had already cast the role of Checov. It seems quaint now but it was, in its day, a ground breaking show in many ways.
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From nancyk's link:
The series, which starred William Shatner as Capt. James T. Kirk and Leonard Nimoy as the enigmatic Mr. Spock, attracted an enthusiastic following of science fiction fans, especially among teenagers and children, but not enough ratings power. NBC canceled it after three seasons.
Somehow 'enigmatic' doesn't seem quite the right word for Spock.
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