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By Cyrus

David Goodman posted the following update (to this CFQ article) a few weeks ago on another bbs (link):

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I didn't get too far with it, to tell you the truth. Towards the end of season two, Brannon said he was open to a Gorn idea. The Gorn had a comparable technology to Earth, so an individual could have made it into Enterprise's neck of the woods. I was concerned about canon, to the extent that I didn't want it to step on "Arena." But, I thought, why does every individual of every species we meet have to tell us everything about them? If this Gorn didn't give a sh-t about Enterprise and it's crew, would he fill them in and immediatley open peace talks? That's the superficial character trait I started with, and began developing an "Assault on Precinct 13" story. The story I developed had some superficial similarities to what became "Impulse", but I couldn't crack it to Brannon's satisfaction (or mine) and the season ended.

Why do a Gorn story? I love seeing TOS aliens done with modern production values, and it would've been fun to see what the effects guys could do with a Gorn. Before one of you screams "I knew it! All they wanted to do was break continuity! See? They hate us! They hate us!" remember, KIRK FIRED A DIAMOND OUT OF A CANNON (not "canon" a CANNON!) FROM TEN FEET AWAY, and the Gorn captain WAS STILL CONSCIOUS! Gene Coon built an incredible monster. So there was A LOT of abilities we could give them that would've been consistent with what we had already seen, and we could've developed a character that might have filled in the picture of what kind of race the Gorns are. And, if he didn't give a crap about us, he never would get around to saying "By the way, my people call themselve the Gorn. Did you get that? GORN. G-O-R-N. Don't forget it. We own most of the space around Cestus. Write that down. Cestus, C-E... what? No one has a pen? Well, someone remember, please, I wouldn't want some misunderstanding. So stop by and see us, we're friendly. Just remember to call ahead."

But in the end, there wasn't a good enough story to justify it.

The decks were cleared for "The Xindi" in season three, so the Gorn story disappeared, although as I said some elements ended up being used in "Impulse." I don't know if Rick, Brannon and Manny have any plans to use the Gorn, since I'm not there anymore, which some of you may consider to be the more important point...

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