WHY do KLINGONS have no spine on their forehead in TOS?

Zefram Cochrane

Does anyone have an opinion on why the klingons didnt have spines on thier foreheads in the original Series???

thegame · **Thu Sep 19, 2002 7:28 pm**

The Origonal Series, you must remember, worked on a tight budget and didn't have the cash to create elaborate costume designs. When the time came to make "Star Trek: The Motion Picture", Paramount gave the project a larger cash flow, so the costume department created a more menacing look for the Klingons. Since that film, which came out in 1979, Klingons have kept the look, even on Enterprise.

There hasn't really been any justification of how the Klingons changed within a storyline, although Odo, Bashir and O'Brian did confront Worf about the subject in the season five episode of DS9, "Trials and Tribbilations."

Pah-Wraith · **Fri Sep 20, 2002 4:28 pm**

ahhhh can some MOD please lock this thread as there is already this question in the ds9 and Ent forum rooms heres the link http://www.startrekvoyager.com/Forums/viewtopic.php?t=5135

admiral · **Sat Feb 08, 2003 5:24 pm**

that's interesting

Red Quacker · Captain Joined: 21 Jan 2003 Posts: 714

Thanks a lot, admiral. This thread was practically printed on original papyrus and you're bringing it back up?