No, I’ll beam *you* up, Scotty
James Doohan, who played Scotty in the original Star Trek, is dead.
“The engines canna take it!” (Pleading voice) “The dilithium crystals..” (Stern voice) “Well, if 10 minutes is all we’ve got..”
He was splendid. The one most important thing he did through his role was to make people think that engineers were people who were smart and made stuff work - rather than the people who linger under your car (they’re mechanics).
And he was Canadian, not Scottish. Actors, y’see, they do accents…
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July 21st, 2005 at 12:05 pm
Did anyone ever really believe he was Scottish??? The accent always sounded clearly fake to me.
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July 21st, 2005 at 4:17 pm
I have the same problem with Gordon Brown. Always thought he was a londoner : )< ! spaminator saw this >