Re:Sad (Score 2, Interesting)

I'll clarify a bit. While Doohan did not create the complete lexicon he was among the first to develop the spoken language. To which Okrand himself assets: "The Klingon dialogue in "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" was devised by James Doohan and spoken by Mark Lenard, who, of course, played the Klingon commander in that film. My understanding is that Doohan recorded the dialogue on tape and Lenard then listened to the tape and wrote down what he heard in a way that would help him learn the lines. To the best of my knowledge, Lenard's handwritten transcription of this tape is the only written version of what Doohan made up." also: "My involvement with Klingon began with "Star Trek III." In devising the Klingon dialogue for that film, I first listened to the lines spoken in "The Motion Picture" regardless it was a funny story none the less ;) link below: http://klingonska.org/canon/1998-02-02.txt