# ? about Star Trek TOS: Vina the green-skinned dancer

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**Created:** [June 24, 2001, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-star-trek-tos-vina-the-green-skinned-dancer/69967 "2001-06-24T13:43:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![lurkernomore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2001, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-star-trek-tos-vina-the-green-skinned-dancer/69967/21 "2001-06-28T18:08:19Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Fiver \*  
> \*\ ***Gartog** , your story, while amusing, smacks of apocrypha. Cite?
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> But you remind me of another one. Originally Vulcans were supposed to be red, but they changed this because the red make-up made Spock look too much like the Devil on color televisions, and too much like a black man on black and white televisions (no, of course I don’t have a cite!).  
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I understood the Vulcans were supposed to be GREEN. This would be in keeping with the copper-based hemoglobin. It just didn’t come out very well on TV since it was more understated. Also would’ve fit well in the episode (“Tomorrow is Yesterday”?) where they picked up the USAF pilot, who, on entering the bridge said “I never did believe in little green men.” and turned to see Spock say “Neither have I.” I also had a puzzle when I was little of the Enterprise, with Kirk, Spock, Mc Coy and Scotty in the corners - and Spock WAS green.

And I would gladly lick the green dye off the slave girl.

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**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2001, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-star-trek-tos-vina-the-green-skinned-dancer/69967/22 "2001-06-28T19:02:51Z")

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Thanks for the cite, **lolagranola**. I like it when too-good-to-be-true stories turn out to be true after all.

**Heloise** , do you have any pictures?

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**Author:** ![Heloise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e36b37/32.png) [@Heloise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heloise)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2001, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-star-trek-tos-vina-the-green-skinned-dancer/69967/23 "2001-06-28T20:49:51Z")

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Sorry, Fiver. I’m sure there are pictures floating around somewhere, but I don’t have any of them.

Maybe I’ll be an Orion again. How about a doper Halloween party?

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