# Per tonight's Enterprise episode apparently Vulcans are like elves - Spoiler warning

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**Created:** [December 8, 2002, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/per-tonights-enterprise-episode-apparently-vulcans-are-like-elves-spoiler-warning/141301 "2002-12-08T14:24:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/per-tonights-enterprise-episode-apparently-vulcans-are-like-elves-spoiler-warning/141301/1 "2002-12-08T14:24:23Z")

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In that they are immortal -

T’Pol is as young and perky in the 1950’s as she is in 2150’s. I thought the canon was that Vulcans lived for around 200 - 250 years or so and that T’Pol was supposed to be 65 or so years old in the show in 2151. I missed the first 20 minutes of the show. What’s the scoop?

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**Author:** ![3waygeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/e95f7d/32.png) [@3waygeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3waygeek)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/per-tonights-enterprise-episode-apparently-vulcans-are-like-elves-spoiler-warning/141301/2 "2002-12-08T15:03:49Z")

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The T’Pol character in the 50s isn’t T’Pol – it’s her great-grandmother. Evidently, large, gravity-defying breasts run in her family.

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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/per-tonights-enterprise-episode-apparently-vulcans-are-like-elves-spoiler-warning/141301/3 "2002-12-08T16:18:53Z")

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> \*Originally posted by 3waygeek \*  
> \*\*The T’Pol character in the 50s isn’t T’Pol – it’s her great-grandmother.

Oh…:o

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> Evidently, large, gravity-defying breasts run in her family. \*\*

Nonsense it’s just her umm…ah… Vulcan physiology. Yeah that’s it. That’s the ticket!

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**Author:** ![Zap\_Rowsdower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3da27b/32.png) [@Zap\_Rowsdower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zap_Rowsdower)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/per-tonights-enterprise-episode-apparently-vulcans-are-like-elves-spoiler-warning/141301/4 "2002-12-08T19:59:26Z")

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That reminds me of an old Mad Magazine cartoon. Kirk is telling Spock to talk to a female vulcan about wearing tight shirts because it is distracting the crew. The next frame shows a female vulcan with pointy boobs, like their ears.