By Chris Snellgrove
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Star Trek is a comparatively cerebral franchise, however its characters have all the time embraced intercourse, usually utilizing it to save lots of the day: for instance, Spock as soon as seduced a Romulan commander to assist full his mission, and Sisko slept with Mirror Universe Dax to keep away from blowing his cowl. Even Knowledge was keen (a little bit too keen) to get freaky with the Borg Queen in order that he might ultimately save the Enterprise-E. However in a deleted scene from one memorable Subsequent Era episode, the android did the reverse, saving the day by not having intercourse with an alien lady who wished to see simply how “totally practical” he actually was.
The scene in query was written for “The Most Toys,” an episode the place Knowledge is kidnapped by a collector (Kivas Fajo) who desires this android as a part of his assortment. He treats Knowledge like an unique doll, dressing him in particular clothes and forcing him to take a seat in a specific place. Ultimately, Knowledge makes a profitable escape with the assistance of the collector’s assistant, an alien lady who feels betrayed after her boss threatens to kill her regardless of her 14 years of loyal service.
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Within the broadcast episode of “The Most Toys,” that is the one motive given for her willingness to assist Knowledge out, nevertheless it’s a fairly good one; in spite of everything, who would need to stick by a boss who’s threatening to kill them? Nonetheless, within the unique script, she is given one other motivation in a scene that by no means made it into the ultimate episode. All of it begins when Kivas Fajo provides her a really uncommon command: to go have intercourse with their captive android.
Why the heck would a collector of the galaxy’s rarest objects ship his assistant to go have intercourse with an android? Easy: as Knowledge mentioned within the Season 1 episode “The Bare Now” (and as he discusses with the assistant, Varria, on this episode), he’s “programmed in a number of methods” in order that he can provide “a broad number of pleasuring” to his companions. Kivas Fajo apparently wished to confirm the existence of these methods, the identical method that any person who buys used electronics desires to ensure the objects he bought are nonetheless (ahem) totally practical.
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Satirically, Knowledge is initially down, which might have introduced his physique rely to 2 after Tasha Yar. However as soon as he learns that that is all a bizarre check on Fajo’s half, he refuses Varria, leaving her fully humiliated. Not solely did her boss attempt to use her, however the individual she was meant to seduce ended up rejecting her. This (together with the aforementioned menace on her life) finally ends up offering the motivation she wants to assist Knowledge escape from the clutches of Kivas Fajo.
Within the unique script, it looks like Varria wouldn’t have been keen to assist if Knowledge had slept along with her, however the humiliation of his refusal spurred her into motion towards her abusive employer. On this method, everybody’s favourite android did one thing that maybe no person else in Star Trek has finished earlier than or since. Specifically, he saved the day by staying abstinent (one thing Riker clearly by no means discovered about in Starfleet Academy).
Given how bizarre the fandom will get about these types of issues (don’t get Subsequent Gen followers began about Beverly’s ghost obsession!), it’s in all probability for one of the best that this plot level from “The Most Toys” script was by no means truly filmed. It’s even higher that such a scene by no means made it to a NuTrek present like Discovery. In any case, the one factor extra awkward than watching a Starfleet officer flip down stunning ladies can be watching Tilly attempt to flip this into an ethical lesson: “That’s the ability of abstinence, individuals!”