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1.1 Leader of the Syrrannites
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Biography [ ]

Leader of the syrrannites [ ].

In 2154 , T'Pau was the leader of the rogue Syrrannite sect of Vulcan dissidents who were persecuted by the Vulcan High Command . The High Command, under the corrupt Administrator V'Las (secretly a Romulan agent), considered the Syrrannites a threat because of their relatively pacifist views—particularly given V'Las's plans to launch a preemptive war against the Andorian Empire on the basis of allegations that the Andorians were seeking to develop weapons of mass destruction based upon Xindi technology . V'Las and his lackeys engaged in a conspiracy to bomb the Embassy of United Earth in Shi'Kahr and then frame T'Pau and her sect for the attack. This was then used as a pretext for destroying T'Pau and her followers' sanctuary in Vulcan's Forge .

With the aid of United Earth Starfleet Captain Jonathan Archer (with the aid of Surak 's Katra), however, T'Pau succeeded in uncovering the Kir'Shara , the artifact containing the true teachings of the ancient philosopher Surak . Even as T'Pau uncovered the Kir'shara , former Vulcan Ambassador to United Earth Soval provided evidence that Administrator V'Las's allegations against the Andorians were false, rallying Andorian resistance to the Vulcan invasion. This provided the opportunity for T'Pau to join with High Command Minister Kuvak in overthrowing V'Las and dissolving the High Command. ( ENT episodes : " The Forge ", " Awakening ", " Kir'Shara ")

First Minister [ ]

The following year, a new civilian democratic government was instituted in the Confederacy of Vulcan, with the position of head of government being restored to the First Minister . ( ENT novel : Kobayashi Maru )

T'Pau stood for election and won, becoming First Minister. That year, however, she was only able to provide 23 Vulcan ships to Archer's anti-Romulan task force as part of his attempt to detect the Romulan drone ship in conjunction with Andorian and Tellarite fleets. ( ENT episode : " United ")

First Minister T'Pau's government later participated in the United Earth Prime Minister Nathan Samuels 's negotiations to create a Coalition of Planets . ( ENT episode : " Demons ")

Under the T'Pau government, the Vulcan Council later ratified the Coalition Compact in March 2155 . ( ENT novel : The Good That Men Do ) Shortly thereafter, T'Pau appointed Soval as her Foreign Minister . ( ENT novel : Kobayashi Maru )

Also in 2155, T'Pau announced that Vulcan would not participate in the Earth-Romulan War . Both Soval and T'Pol attempted to convince T'Pau to bring Vulcan into the war, but she refused because she feared that Vulcan would move off the path of peace and onto the path of war. During this time, T'Pau also served as a host to Surak's katra. ( ENT - The Romulan War novel : Beneath the Raptor's Wing )

In 2160 , T'Pau was one of the signatories of the Articles of the Federation . ( ENT novel : Last Full Measure )

Relationship With Spock [ ]

T'Pau in 2265.

T'Pau was the matriarch of the tribe of the famous Federation Starfleet officer Spock of the USS Enterprise . In 2247 , T'Pau attended Spock's ceremony of adulthood, during which a hostage situation broke out and eventually ended in violence. This led to T'Pau turning down a seat on the Federation Council . ( TOS novel : Vulcan's Forge )

As of 2267 , T'Pau was the only person in history to have turned down a seat on the Council. ( TOS episode & novelization : Amok Time )

Around 2250 , T'Pau informed Amanda Grayson that Skon , Sarek 's father, had died. ( TOS novel : Sarek )

In 2267 , T'Pau officiated at Spock's wedding to T'Pring . She did not approve of the presence of Federation Starfleet Captain James T. Kirk and Doctor Leonard McCoy , commanding and Chief medical officers of the starship Enterprise . She only allowed their participation upon Spock's explanation that they were close, personal friends. She then saved Captain Kirk's career when she informed Starfleet Command that she had requested the Enterprise 's visit to Vulcan, allowing him to avoid the consequences of a direct violation of Starfleet orders due to her extreme political clout. ( TOS episode & novelization : Amok Time )

In 2269 , T'Pau appealed to the Federation Council to grant Spock permission to use the Guardian of Forever to retrieve Zar from prehistoric Sarpeidon . ( TOS - The Yesterday Saga novel : Yesterday's Son )

In 2276 , T'Pau appeared to have died shortly before the Vulcan people decided against seceding from the Federation. ( TOS novel : Spock's World )

Later life [ ]

In 2329 , she officiated at the betrothal ceremony of Spock and Saavik . Leonard McCoy , attending the ceremony, was surprised at her presence ("I thought she died fifty years ago!"). ( TOS novel : Vulcan's Heart .)

In 2376 , she officiated over the ritualistic duel between Burgoyne 172 and Dr. Selar of the USS Excalibur over the right to parenthood of their child. By this time, she was 254 years old and appeared to be positively ancient. ( NF - Excalibur novel : Renaissance )

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Connections [ ], chronological appearances [ ].

" The Forge " ( ENT episode)
" Awakening " ( ENT episode)
" Kir'Shara " ( ENT episode)
The Good That Men Do ( ENT novel)
Kobayashi Maru ( ENT novel)
Beneath the Raptor's Wing ( ENT novel)
Starfleet: Year One (novel)
Vulcan's Forge ( TOS novel)
Sarek ( TOS novel)
" Amok Time " ( TOS episode)
Yesterday's Son ( TOS novel)
Spock's World ( TOS novel)
The Pandora Principle ( TOS novel)
Vulcan's Heart ( TOS novel)
Renaissance ( New Frontier novel)

External link [ ]

T'Pau article at Memory Alpha , the wiki for canon Star Trek .
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After a bombing destroyed the Earth embassy on Vulcan, a group known as the Syrrannites are suspected. T'Pol receives a map from her Syrrannite mother, leading into a dangerous desert, the F... Read all After a bombing destroyed the Earth embassy on Vulcan, a group known as the Syrrannites are suspected. T'Pol receives a map from her Syrrannite mother, leading into a dangerous desert, the Forge. After a bombing destroyed the Earth embassy on Vulcan, a group known as the Syrrannites are suspected. T'Pol receives a map from her Syrrannite mother, leading into a dangerous desert, the Forge.

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Trivia Arev describes an ancient, final battle between Surak and those who espoused violence; those "who marched beneath the raptor's wings." As is later discovered in the original series, the Romulans are descended from Vulcans who fled their homeworld at some time in the past. The symbol of the raptor is the emblem of the Romulan Empire and is used as a decorative theme on their spacecraft. This statement by Arev is the first time in any of the television series or movies that the precise origin of the Romulans is revealed, that is, those who were defeated by the forces of Surak.
Goofs When Captain Archer and T'Pol are walking through the forge at night, you can see what looks like moonlight guiding their way. This of course can't be because in the Original Series episode "The Man Trap" when Uhura asks Spock what Vulcan looks like like when the moon is full, he responds that Vulcan has no moon.

Vulcan Ambassador Soval : It makes no sense to think the Syrrannites are responsible for this... outrage.

Captain Jonathan Archer : We have DNA evidence.

Vulcan Ambassador Soval : Recheck everything, Captain, question everything. And don't let them keep you on Enterprise. The answers you need are on Vulcan. And however far you have to take this investigation, you have my support.

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Star Trek: Enterprise season 4 reintroduced T'Pau (Kara Zediker), the younger version of the revered Vulcan icon played by Celia Lovsky in Star Trek: The Original Series . T'Pau was crucial to the Enterprise season 4 Vulcan-centric three-episode story arc, "The Forge," "Awakening," and "KirShara." Those episodes also featured notable guest stars in Robert Foxworth, who previously played Admiral Leyton on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , as Administrator V'Las, and Todd Stashwick, who now embodies Captain Liam Shaw in Star Trek: Picard season 3, as Talok.

T'Pau's first appearance was in the Star Trek: The Original Series classic, "Amok Time." Described as "all of Vulcan in one package" and the only person to ever turn down a seat on the Federation council, T'Pau officiated the kal-if-fee ritual combat between Spock (Leonard Nimoy) and Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner). Spock's fiancée, T'Pring (Arlene Martel), wanted to end their betrothal and Kirk was manipulated into fighting Spock in place of her lover, Stonn (Lawrence Montaigne). Notably, T'Pau saved Kirk's career by telling Starfleet she ordered the USS Enterprise to come to Vulcan because Kirk violated orders to bring Spock, who was undergoing pon farr , to his homeworld.

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Star Trek: Enterprise's Young T'Pau Explained

Star Trek: Enterprise , which is set over 100 years before TOS , introduced a young T'Pau under very different circumstances. A member of the Syrrannite sect dedicated to restoring the teachings of the Vulcan leader Surak, T'Pau was accused of bombing the United Earth Embassy , which resulted in the death of Starfleet Admiral Forrest (Vaughn Armstrong). Captain Jonathan Archer (Scott Bakula) and Sub-Commander T'Pol (Jolene Blalock) of the NX-01 Enterprise pursued T'Pau on Vulcan, but they soon learned the Syrrannites were being framed, and there was a greater plot to subjugate Vulcan under the Romulan Star Empire overseen by the Vulcan High Council's treasonous Administrator V'Las.

T'Pau's appearance in Star Trek: Enterprise was a crucial step in addressing one of the criticisms of the prequel: why the Vulcans behaved so differently than they do in the Star Trek series set later in the timeline. T'Pau, Archer, and T'Pol's recovery of the Kir'Shara statue containing Surak's original teachings eventually overthrew the corrupt Vulcan High Command, bringing in the more familiar Vulcans Star Trek fans know best. T'Pau eventually became one of Vulcan's greatest leaders and reset her people toward the logic of Surak. T'Pau also mind-melded with T'Pol and cured her Pa'nar syndrome.

T'Pol Was Originally Going To Be T'Pau On Enterprise

Originally, the character of T'Pol in Star Trek: Enterprise was intended to be the younger version of T'Pau. Enterprise 's executive producers hoped the link to Star Trek: The Original Series would give the prequel a "boost" from longtime fans. T'Pol was even referred to as T'Pau in Enterprise 's first series bible. However, Enterprise soon ran into the complicated legal rights needed to secure the name "T'Pau" for a series regular character. Further, it was decided that T'Pol was easier to pronounce than T'Pau, so the character was morphed into the Vulcan Jolene Blalock portrayed.

Along with her younger version in Star Trek: Enterprise season 4, T'Pau's legend endured in Star Trek after TOS . The Star Trek: Voyager season 3 episode, "Darkling," created a holographic version of T'Pau played by Betty Matsushita. The 24th-century Vulcan transport seen in Star Trek: The Next Generation 's "Unification" two-parter was named in her honor, as is the 32nd-century NSS T'Pau seen in Star Trek: Discovery . It's also possible Star Trek: Strange New Worlds could recast the elder T'Pau or have an aged-up Kara Zediker play her once again to set up why the Vulcan leader knows Spock and T'Pring in "Amok Time."

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In her early 30s by the 2150s T'Pau was a peace activist who opposed the militaristic direction of the Vulcan High Command under the leadership of Administrator V'Las . Eventually T'Pau became part of a movement lead by Syrran and other like minded Vulcans who sought to return Vulcan society to what Surak envisioned.

When V'Las had the United Earth Embassy on Vulcan bombed, V'Las planted genetic material to frame T'Pau for the bombing. Enterprise Captain Jonathan Archer and T'Pol beamed down to confront T'Pau. While they were away Dr. Phlox discovered the evidence had been falsified. Meanwhile Archer and T'Pol met T'Pau at the Syrranite headquarters. Realizing that Archer was holding the katra of Surak she tried to extract it but failed.

Realizing that T'Pol was suffering from Pa'nar Syndrome, T'Pau melded with her in order to cure the disease, and to give T'Pol the chance to experience to what T'Pal had touched when she had melded with T'Pol's mother.

Archer led T'Pau and T'Pol to where the Kir'Shara was hidden, which contained the original writings of Surak. Going to the High Command T'Pau and Archer presented the Kir'Shara to the high command. After V'Las was stunned to prevent him from destroying the Kir'Shara his invasion of Andoria was called off. In the days afterwards the High Command was dissolved as a reformation began on Vulcan to return to the ideals of Surak.

T'Pau was a major player in helping bring the various species of the Alpha Quadrant together through the Coalition of Planets. During the Romulan War T'Pau provided the ships to help Earth defeat the Romulans at the Battle of Cheron, but swore this was the last act of violence she would ever approve of. After the war T'Pau accompanied Archer to sign the Earth Romulan treaty at an Earth Outpost near the newly created Neutral Zone. In 2161 T'Pau was one of the original signatories to the Federation Charter creating the United Federation of Planets.

After the creation of the Federation, T'Pau declined a seat on the Federation Council, and became the only person in Federation history to do so.

An older T'Pau as she appeared in 2267.

In the 23rd century T'Pau was still living on Vulcan. She was revered not only by the Vulcans but by many humans as well. T'Pau became the matriarch of the Vulcan clan that Sarek and his son Spock were members of. She presided over his coming of age ceremony in 2247. The ceremony unfortunately was marred by violence caused by Romulan agents. The situation caused T'Pau to again decline a seat on the Federation council.

In 2267 T'Pau presided over the marriage ceremony of Spock to T'Pring. When Spock showed up with Leonard McCoy and Captain James T. Kirk she wasn't happy about that, but relented when Spock said they were his friends. For their part Kirk and McCoy were surprised, never having realized Spock's family was that highly placed in Vulcan society. After Spock was cured of his Pon-Farr and T'Pring's duplicity was exposed, T'Pau saved the career of Captain Kirk by telling Starfleet he had come to Vulcan at her request. Due to the level of respect Starfleet had for her Starfleet forgave Kirk the violation of the orders in taking Spock to Vulcan.

In Spock's World T'Pau died in 2276 while the Vulcan people were considering whether or not to secede from the Federation. The Vulcan people ultimately decided not to secede from the Federation. In Vulcan's Heart she was still alive in 2329 when she presided over the betrothal ceremony between Spock and Saavik. McCoy was surprised to see her, having though she had died 50 years ago. The Star Trek: New Frontier novel Renaissance had her appearing at the age of 254 years of age in 2276 when she officiated over the duel between Burgoyne 172 and Dr. Selar on custody rights of their child.

Chronologically T'Pau first appeared in Amok Time , and was played by Celia Lovsky. In her appearances on Enterprise the younger T'Pau was played by Kara Zediker.
Originally the producers of Enterprise considered making the first officer character a younger version of T'Pau before deciding to instead introduce a new character named T'Pol.

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Star Trek: 10 Things You Didn't Know About T'Pol

She was the first Vulcan to serve long-term aboard a Starfleet vessel, but never got the uniform.

T'Pol was to Enterprise what Seven of Nine was to Voyager - she was brought in to appeal to audiences who were fans of tight catsuits and slender women. However, the production team did make an extremely savvy decision that frankly saved the character - they cast Jolene Blalock in the role.

Much can (and will) be said about the various decisions that were made surrounding T'Pol's arc on the show, and the repeated attempts to get more and more skin on show, but Blalock managed to deliver a performance that has allowed the female Vulcan to stand the test of time. Now, twenty years after the show premiered, there are calls for T'Pol to make an appearance in Strange New Worlds.

It was far from easy sailing for her. T'Pol dealt with stigma and addiction storylines, along with a very up and down relationship with Trip. She was given the unenviable task of trying to boost the ratings as they slipped, which fell on the shoulders of Blalock and the costume department.

So, why is T'Pol loved as she is? What did she do that made her stand out so much?

10. T'Pol Vs T'Pau

T'Pau first appeared in the Original Series' episode Amok Time. She was revered enough to make a personal request of Starfleet - allowing the Enterprise to stay in orbit of Vulcan while Spock underwent Pon Farr - and to have it granted. One hundred years prior to this, she was slated to be the longest serving Vulcan on a Starfleet vessel - and she was to be played by Jolene Blalock.

T'Pau was originally to be the officer serving aboard Enterprise. This would lead to her understanding of humans, which in turn would lead to her becoming such an important voice on the Federation political circuit.

However, there were concerns over the licensing rights to the character, who had been created by Theodore Sturgeon when he was writing Amok Time. In a scenario similar to the Tom Paris/Nick Locarno switch that occurred between The Next Generation and Voyager, the character was remodeled so that Enterprise wouldn't have to pay royalties for the use of T'Pau in every episode that she appeared in.

The character would however go on to actually appear in the show's fourth season, played by Kara Zediker.

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T'Pau , Vulcan leader and elder, is present during Spock and T'Pring 's marriage ceremony in the episode Amok Time .

This is the Vulcan heart. This is the Vulcan soul. This is our way. --T'Pau from "Amok Time"

T'Pau greets Spock with the Vulcan hand salute , and he returns it. He kneels before her and she puts her hand on the side of his head, in what knowledgeable viewers would recognize as establishing mental contact. Fans speculate that this could be a simple mind-touch greeting or she could be seeing how far along he is in pon farr . She expresses doubt about the "outworlders"' presence, but accepts that they are his friends. She speaks of the ceremony's antiquity and importance.

When T'Pring issues her challenge, T'Pau takes this in stride and tells the earthmen what will happen. When they choose to stay, she says "Spock chose his friends well." Spock breaks through the silence of plak-tow for his friend's sake, and we see what T'Pau really thinks of earth people: It is said thy Vulcan blood is thin. Are thee Vulcan -- or are thee human? She cautions McCoy not to interfere in the ritual fight, but agrees to let him give Kirk a "tri-ox" injection. When Kirk apparently dies, she says "I grieve with thee", and when Spock leaves, she says "Live long and prosper, Spock".

Kirk described T'Pau as "all of Vulcan in one package", and felt he could not back out of the challenge in front of her. She had also contacted Starfleet Command to request diversion of the Enterprise to Vulcan. Admiral Komack, who had been extremely hard-assed with Kirk about staying on mission, instantly approved the request.

Celia Lovsky

T'Pau was played by veteran stage/film actress Celia Lovsky , who had worked many times with Fritz Lang. [1] Ms. Lovsky had previously played an Apache elder in the 1955 movie Foxfire [2] , then the deaf-mute Emma Chaney opposite James Cagney in Man of a Thousand Faces (1957) [3] both directed by Joseph Pevney. Pevney recommended Lovsky for the role, saying she would be "perfect", after reading Theodore Sturgeon 's script. [4] Leonard Nimoy agreed. He has told many times how he created the Vulcan salute out of a Jewish blessing gesture -- and how Celia couldn't do it, but kept her left hand in position ahead of time. Lovsky was actually the first person to give the Vulcan salute on television.

T'Pau was one of several characters which were added to the story of "Amok Time" by the episode's writer, Theodore Sturgeon, in an effort to address NBC's Stan Robertson feeling that more Vulcans than T'Pring had to be included in the episode. [5] In the first draft script for "Amok Time", T'Pau explains to the earth visitors why, on Vulcan, the Vulcans use English to communicate with them [6] . Other examples of T'Pau acting differently in the first draft script than she does in the episode's final version are tolerating numerous interferences during the fight between Kirk and Spock, such as Stonn throwing a rock at Spock [7] Not written into this first draft script is T'Pau's involvement in justifying Kirk's recent diversion to Vulcan. [8] "Amok Time"'s depiction of the matriarch T'Pau was one of numerous aspects which, though introduced by Sturgeon, were then refined in a script rewrite by D.C. Fontana. [5] In the final draft of the script, T'Pau is introduced with the following description: "Inside the sedan litter is T'Pau, an 'Elder,' a great force in the land. She is a woman of immense dignity, and her authority is obvious." [9]

T'Pau was described as the only person who ever turned down a seat on the Federation Council. Her officiating at Spock's wedding was an indication that his family was extremely important -- something he'd never mentioned even to his closest friends.

Ms. Lovsky played T'Pau as a leader of great dignity and power. In her few lines, her expressions and bearing, viewers saw her as protecting an ancient and proud tradition. "Amok Time" is still Star Trek fans' all-time favorite episode.

While this episode has a few clear drawbacks from a feminist POV, I greatly appreciate the character of T'Pau , as she is brought to life by Celia Lovsky. I am very glad that Sturgeon included this character, with all the indications of her stature on Vulcan and in the Federation. There’s no need for that character to be female. So Sturgeon gets extra “ahead of his time” points for that. Just consider, if the role of ceremonial presider had been filled by a male–we’d be left with a story where the female characters are coldly manipulative or hopelessly lovelorn, and either way emotionally focused on getting their man. The inclusion of T’Pau makes for a very different overall gender picture. [10]

Never mind age picture. Celia Lovsky's T'Pau remains one of the few elderly women with that much power ever seen in any media . In a television era and a culture and society where the focus was on youth, she had an incredibly resonating presence.

Topping it all off is the mythically good performance of Austrian actor Celia Lovsky as T'Pau, “the only person to ever refuse a seat on the Federation council”. Lovsky has a black hole level of gravity and utterly owns every single scene she's in. She, more than anyone else in the production, completely throws herself at the ancient, ritualistic pageantry of the setting and sells every iota of it. When William Shatner-as-Kirk expresses has awe at being in her presence, we believe it. T'Pau became so iconic, in fact, she got her own 1980s electronica band and got to come back for three episodes on Enterprise in one of the better stories from that show's fourth season, this time played by Kara Zediker. It's safe to say that, other than Spock, T'Pau is the character who most embodies and defines the Vulcans as a species within Star Trek : Apart from her fourth season guest appearance, T'Pau's regal presence and reticence towards humans was used as the blueprint for the exploration of Vulcan society on Enterprise and indeed she was even intended to be a regular on Enterprise at first, though that character eventually became Subcommander T'Pol for legal reasons (although Jolene Blalock still cites Lovsky as her primary influence). [11]

Celia died of natural causes on October 12, 1979. She was 82. [12]

Fanon Characterization

Fans have speculated endlessly about what T'Pau would have done when she found out that Kirk's "death" was a fake. Some suggest that she knew all along, [13] [14] while others believe that she did not and that she saw it as an example of how earth people didn't respect Vulcan traditions.

Another fanon speculation is that T'Pau is Spock's grandmother or great-grandmother.

In the Star Trek "reboot" movie, Irene Roseen plays an unnamed Vulcan elder. Because she looks something like Celia Lovsky and wore her hair in an upswept style, fans generally assume this was T'Pau.

Dorothy Jones Heydt only mentions T'Pau once in her "Dorothy and Myfanwy" stories . After Dorothy and Spock have been married and living on Vulcan for several months, she writes a long letter to Myfanwy. Speaking about the wedding, she says "Did you see the expression on T'Pau's face when the incense drifted out to her?" One can imagine the ironclad old lady looking briefly ethereal.

In Kraith , T'Pau does not appear often, but we learn a few things about her. Author Jacqueline Lichtenberg stated that T'Pau's family was directly descended from Surak and were connected to him in the First Realm. Lichtenberg invented the Daughters of Tradition because a woman as in charge of things as T'Pau should not go through the emotional instability of pon farr . Males with the "kataytikh" gene have the ability to create huge group mind melds, a trait vitally important to Vulcan society in its modern form, the "Affirmation of the Continuity" ceremony. Women with the gene are sterile, never have pon farr , and their lives are devoted to public service. In a later story, Lichtenberg stated that T'Pau was very young and uncertain when she first assumed the leadership role, apparently much earlier than she'd been prepared for. She wanted to raise the age of participation in the Affirmation.

Diane Duane deals fairly with T'Pau in Spock's World . Although she is not fond of Earth people or cultures, she realizes that Vulcan must be prepared for them and sends Sarek as ambassador to learn more of them. At the book's end, T'Pau is about to die, and surprisingly chooses Amanda as the recipient of her katra essence: You have the necessary training from Seleya to manage the Gift once I have left it to you and it will qualify you as Eldest Mother of the house, whatever others may say. She is able to make her thoughts known through Amanda after she dies. Three million people show up for her funeral.

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T'Pau's Tale by TFT. In which T'Pau figures out for herself what happened in the Challenge fight.

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part of Princess of Swords 's Triple Trek Goddess series with T'Pau as The Crone (2010)

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^ "If she had been able to stay in Europe and continue to perform in German, she would have become a great star there -- the Helen Hayes of Europe." Lovsky's agent and friend Walter Kohner, speaking about her after her death in Los Angeles on October 12, 1979. He called her "one of the great character actresses, a wonderful face, a personality of great aplomb, magnetism and humor." Lovsky acted in a lot of stage plays at the Neue Weiner Buhne, playing many different roles. She worked with Leopold Jessner and Max Reihardt. She was considered "a gifted and versatile actress whose ability to 'form her parts out of her heart and her mind' ranked her alongside Maria Orska and Elisabeth Bergner . (Stephen D. Youngkin, The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre. University Press of Kentucky, 2005.) She fled Germany with her husband Peter Lorre in 1934 to escape the Nazis. In the U.S. she performed in more than 50 movies and about 200 television shows.
^ Kohner described her as vastly amused by being cast as Saba. He said she told him she must have been the only Indian woman in history with a Viennese accent.
^ All her lines are in sign language. "His deaf mother (played by Celia Lovsky) suspects the nature of the problem and follows him outside, signing 'You didn't tell her your parents were deaf?' When he responds that he expected Cleva to understand, his mother scolds him: 'You don't understand your responsibility.' Chaney tries to avert his eyes, and in a very typical deaf manner she grabs his chin and forces him to maintain eye contact, then tells him to go to Cleva." Hollywood Speaks: Deafness and the Film Entertainment Industry , John S. Schuchman. Illini Books, 1999.
^ Edward Gross & Mark A. Altman, Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages (Little, Brown, 1995), p. 53.
^ a b These Are the Voyages: TOS Season Two.
^ Cinefantastique , Vol. 27, No. 11/12, p. 68.
^ Cinefantastique , Vol. 27, No. 11/12, p. 97.
^ The Star Trek Compendium.
^ Star Trek Magazine issue 155, p. 36
^ Comment by Saavik, Star Trek The Original Series Rewatch: "Amok Time" dated Wed Nov 11, 2015 9:29am.
^ Josh Marsfelder, " But what about sex?: Amok Time ". Vaka Rangi , 2013-08-04.
^ Celia at Findagrave
^ T'Pau's Tale by fan writer TFT suggests that T'Pau did know what McCoy was doing and that her official request to Starfleet for diversion of the Enterprise to Vulcan was a response to this, saving Kirk's career.
^ What makes a great villain? Part 1: Star Trek’s T’Pring at The Agony Booth

She's the only person who's ever turned down a seat in the Federation Council, she's that important , I mean, she is so important she is a TOS woman allowed to wear pants! - SF Debris Review

Examples Wanted
Star Trek TOS Characters

Of the S'chn T'gai family line of the Hgrtcha clan (ENT Novel: Uncertain Logic )
Born: 2122, Vulcan (ENT: "The Forge")
Species: Vulcan
Gender: Female
By 2154: Leader within the Syrannite political movement (ENT: "The Forge", "Awakening", "Kir'Shara")
2155: Administrator , Confederacy of Vulcan (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru , Beneath the Raptor's Wing , To Brave the Storm )
November 9, 2160: Signatory to Earth-Romulan treaty of 2160 (ENT Novel: To Brave the Storm )
Offered the position of councillor of the Confederacy of Vulcan to the Federation upon its founding; declined, citing a desire to withdraw from public service (ENT Novel: To Brave the Storm ; TOS: "Amok Time")
Politicians