Written by Mr. Mouseburger 7th Jan 2007
Kindly submitted by Servo
"I'm afraid it's even harder than you think, Doctor," says Captain Clark Terrell. No, he's not referring to Admiral Kirk's reproductive equipment, but the situation in general, as he and Commander Chekov point phasers at the rest of the people in the room.
Terrell then signals to his master, Khan (q.v.) who tells him he's done well. As a desperate last gambit, David Marcus tries to rush Terrell and disarm him, but this proves to be a resounding failure, and while the struggle for control of the ensues, Terrell inadvertently vaporises not Marcus, who is one of the more developed characters in the film, but one of the unnamed scientists.
Anyway, Khan orders Terrell to kill Kirk. Terrell, finds that he's unable to obey his masters request, which is a little strange, considering he easily despatched the unnamed scientist earlier. Maybe he is a Trekkie? I digress. Kahn is furious at this insubordination, and punishes Terrell using the Ceti Eel that is implanted in Terrell's ear. The pain from the Eel is intolerable, and he falls on his knees, grasping his head in pain.
Kirk tries to move toward Terrell, but Terrell suddenly points the phaser at Kirk, who stops. Is this the end of our intrepid Captain Kirk? Not on your life!! Instead, Terrell's final act of defiance is to turn the phaser on himself and blast himself out of existence.
Brilliant! You have no idea how hard I laughed at that.
Should he also be listed under the self sacrifice category?
I am not sure this is in the spirit of self sacrifice Servo - after all his death does not really hinder Kahn in the slightest. All it does it takes away Kahn's control over him.
Cheers for the submission though, you will probably see I have added a few bits, but i will probably go back and tidy them, as they seemsa bit garbled on a second reading.
This is a clear example of "they get included eventually", as Servo submitted this in September!
Actually, Terrell was going to shoot Marcus, but fortunately Saavik was right there to tackle him just as Terrell squeezed off a shot, and because Jedda was standing right behind where Marcus was, he was the unfortunate bystander who caught a terminal case of red shirt disease.
Also, as I understand it, Khan didn't have any direct control of the Ceti Eels either, the pain had been steadily increasing ever since Khan implanted them. It just so happened that when Terrell and Chekov pulled their phasers that the pain got to be intolerable for both men.
Hmm, what would the Ceti Eels be counted as? "Animal" (or at least "Monster") for sure. Would their attack be counted as "Unique"?
Ok, i will make a few tweaks, the submission seemed to suggest a random person was killed.
I can't remember the death all that well, but i am pretty certain that Khan uses the Ceti eels to make his somewhat reluctant crew compliant, doesn't he?
And the death of Terrell was followed by Khan goading Kirk. Especially the part where Khan spoke of Kirk and his party being, "...Buried Alive...Buried Alive..."
Poor Kirk looked like he was going to pop a blood vessel or two as he started screaming Khan's name over and over. And what was the deal with Khan after Kirk went ballistic? Khan looked like he was getting off on that.
Wow I remember his death scene at the Empire Leicester square back in 1989 with an all-day Star Trek 70mm THX event! The death by phaser was felt I could actually feel the phaser vaporizing him!