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Spock using the Vulcan neck pinch, from the third-season episode "And the Children Shall Lead" (1968). In the fictional Star Trek universe, the Vulcan nerve pinch is a fictional technique used mainly by Vulcans to render unconsciousness by pinching a pressure point at the base of the victim's neck.
Mindmeld or Mind meld may refer to: Star Trek mind melds, a form of telepathic touch performed by Vulcans. Dagger of the Mind, the Star Trek episode with the first appearance of the Vulcan mind meld. Spock, the Star Trek character who generally performs the Vulcan mind meld. Mind Meld: Secrets Behind the Voyage of a Lifetime, a 2001 American ...
Mind Meld was released for sale on Shatner's website on November 6, 2001, coinciding with the release of the director's cut of Star Trek: The Motion Picture. Mind Meld attracted some notoriety because of an unintended sound in one scene that became a popular subject of flatulence humor among Star Trek fans and on morning zoo radio programs.
Mind melds can be used both to erase and restore memories; Spock performs each of these on Captain Kirk during TOS ' s third season. A mind meld was even used to rejoin Spock's katra (see below) with his physical body in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock. Mind melds can also allow more than one mind to experience memories and sensations, and ...
Spock attempts to mind meld with a non-humanoid Horta in "The Devil in the Dark", having initially suggested that Kirk should kill the creature. Following a second mind meld, Spock relays the history of the Horta and is able to create peace between the aliens and a nearby colony. [26]
Spock finds a way around the cave-in and joins Kirk. He attempts a mind meld with the creature, but perceives little but intense pain. The creature, having gained some knowledge of human language from the meld, etches the ambiguous message "NO KILL I" into a rock. By making physical contact with the creature, Spock establishes a deeper mind meld.
On Romulus, Data and Picard bid farewell to Spock. The Ambassador is intent upon his goal, realizing that it cannot be achieved through diplomacy or politics but that the Vulcan philosophy is beginning to spread among the young of Romulus. Picard offers Spock a chance to touch what Sarek shared with him, and the two mind-meld.
To uncover more information, Spock performs a Vulcan mind meld with the machine. He discovers that Nomad collided with a meteor and was severely damaged. It then wandered through space, finally coming into contact and merging with a powerful alien probe called Tan Ru, designed to obtain and sterilize soil samples from other planets.