Pon Farr Gone Too Far?

The Vulcan time of mating and sexual play, Pon Farr, may go a bit too far for some.  In 1984, Leonard Nimoy directed the 3rd big Trek feature film, Search For Spock, and though it's more remembered as the quest to find Spock and his soul or katra, it's also a search for a Vulcan's lost libido.  

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Star Trek Sexy - Starship Spotlight - The Excelsior

Star Trek's most famous space faring vessel is Captain Kirk's Starfleet starship - the U.S.S. Enterprise 1701.  Of course, Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart) may differ and say his Enterprise - U.S.S. Enterprise 1701-D was more popular.  Whichever you prefer - Voyager and Deep Space Nine are also contenders - the fact is the sci-fi franchise has given space ship fans a host of galactic goodies to choose from.  One of the more sleek, sexy and downright glorious is the U.S.S. Excelsior NCC-2000.

We first saw this awesome, and by the standards of Kirk's era a far more advanced star ship than Enterprise, in the feature film Star Trek III: The Search For Spock.  For all of its supposed might, however, it only takes Scotty a wee bit of tinkering to bring the grand old lady to a halt.  Our intrepid engineer removes key components of the warp drive, so that when Kirk hijacks Enterprise, the Excelsior can't follow.  Later, in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, none other than Hikaru Sulu (George Takei) now commands the trans-warp powered Excelsior.  At one point, it was even rumored that a new Trek show would debut with Captain Sulu at the helm of star trekking adventures.

Star Trek Sexy Spotlight - The Other Saavik - Robin Curtis

Saavik, as we originally knew her, didn't last long.  Actress Kirstie Alley (Look Who's Talking) who originated the role didn't put on the pointy ears for Star Trek III: The Search For Spock, the feature film follow-up to ST II: Wrath of Khan.  It's said financial agreements or requests from Alley's camp weren't indulged, and so a replacement was found.  Whatever the case in real life, the Saavik we got in front of the camera in director Leonard Nimoy's movie was actress Robin Curtis.

Curtis filled Alley's shoes (and ears) admirably.  She even went on to reprising the role - albeit not much more than a cameo - in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, which Nimoy also directed.  Robin Curtis couldn't seem to stray far from the Vulcan or Romulan race.  The New York actress also made a memorable appearance as a mercenary Romulan posing as a Vulcan on TV, in the The Next Generation 2 part episode, Gambit.