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  2. Vulcan salute - Wikipedia

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    Leonard Nimoy demonstrating the Vulcan salutation at the Las Vegas Star Trek Convention in 2011. The Vulcan salute is a hand gesture popularized by the 1960s television series Star Trek. It consists of a raised hand with the palm forward and the thumb extended, while the fingers are parted between the middle and ring finger.

  3. Cultural influence of Star Trek - Wikipedia

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    A group photo of people costumed as Star Trek characters at San Diego Comic-Con 2008. The science fiction multimedia franchise of Star Trek since its original debut in 1966 has been one of the most successful television series in science fiction television history and has had a large influence in popular culture as a result.

  4. Elaan of Troyius - Wikipedia

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    "Elaan of Troyius" is the thirteenth episode of the third season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek. Written and directed by John Meredyth Lucas, it was first broadcast on December 20, 1968. In the episode, the Enterprise ferries a spoiled princess whose betrothal, it is hoped, will bring peace to a star system at war.

  5. Geordi La Forge - Wikipedia

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    Geordi La Forge [a] (/ ˈ dʒ ɔːr d i l ə ˈ f ɔːr dʒ / JOR-dee lə FORJ) is a fictional character who appeared in all seven seasons of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation and its four feature films as well as the third season of Star Trek: Picard.

  6. Star Trek - Wikipedia

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    The Starfleet emblem as seen in the franchise. As early as 1964, Gene Roddenberry drafted a proposal for the science fiction series that would become Star Trek.Although he publicly marketed it as a Western in outer space—a so-called "Wagon Train to the stars"—he privately told friends that he was modeling it on Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels, intending each episode to act on two ...

  7. Jean-Luc Picard - Wikipedia

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    Jean-Luc Picard is a fictional character in the Star Trek franchise, most often seen as the commanding officer of the Federation starship USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D).Played by Patrick Stewart, Picard has appeared in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation (TNG) and the premiere episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, as well as the feature films Star Trek Generations (1994), Star ...

  8. Facepalm - Wikipedia

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    Caïn by Henri Vidal, Tuileries Garden, Paris, 1896. Cain is depicted hiding his face in his hand after killing his brother. [1]A facepalm is the physical gesture of placing one's hand across one's face, lowering one's face into one's hand or hands or covering or closing one's eyes.

  9. Bat'leth - Wikipedia

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    The bat'leth was also used in the 1994 film Star Trek Generations. [2] The mek'leth appeared in the television series Deep Space Nine and in the 1996 film Star Trek: First Contact. [9] The Sword of Kahless appeared in the 2000 video game Star Trek: Armada [16] and normal bat'leths appeared in the 1996 video game Star Trek: Klingon. [17]