Changes: Singing plant

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The Talosian singing plant was a plant native to Talos IV. It was a blue plant with a single, broad lilypad-shaped leaf on a long stem. It could be found growing among the many boulders and plains that made up the planet's surface.

As its structure vibrated in the near constant winds on the planet's surface, the Talosian singing plant emitted a beautiful, wailing chime, which was very pleasing to the ear. Holding the plant's leaf still in one's hands would cause the song to cease, but it would resume again once let go. Even Vulcans were not immune to finding pleasure in the sound, as evidenced by Spock's joyous reaction. (TOS: "The Cage", "The Menagerie, Part I")

The script of "The Cage" describes the noise produced by this kind of plant as "a musical flute-like sound" and characterizes the plant itself as "a plant with paper-thin rigid leaves which vibrate in the breeze. [Spock] blows on it, produces new musical notes." The script continues with a bracketed production note that reads, "These wind-plant sounds will identify and set mood for all our scenes on the surface of Talos IV."

The sounds created by this type of plant were actually provided by Star Trek composer Alexander Courage. ("The Menagerie, Part I" text commentary)

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-The '''Talosian singing plant''' is a plant native to [[Talos IV]].  It is a blue plant with a single broad, lilypad shaped leaf on a long stem.  It can be found growing among the many boulders and plains that make up the planet's surface.
+The '''Talosian singing plant''' was a [[plant]] native to [[Talos IV]]. It was a blue plant with a single, broad lilypad-shaped leaf on a long stem. It could be found growing among the many boulders and plains that made up the [[planet]]'s surface.
-As its structure vibrates in the near constant winds on the planet's surface, the Talosian Singing Plant emits a beautiful, wailing chime, which is very pleasing to the ear.  Holding the plant's leaf still in one’s hands will cause the song to cease, but it will resume again once let go.  ([[TOS]]: [[The Cage]])
+As its structure vibrated in the near constant winds on the planet's surface, the Talosian singing plant emitted a beautiful, wailing chime, which was very pleasing to the ear. Holding the plant's leaf still in one's hands would cause the song to cease, but it would resume again once let go. Even [[Vulcan]]s were not immune to finding pleasure in the sound, as evidenced by Spock's joyous reaction. ({{TOS|The Cage|The Menagerie, Part I}})
+{{bginfo|The script of "The Cage" describes the noise produced by this kind of plant as "a musical flute-like sound" and characterizes the plant itself as "''a plant with paper-thin rigid leaves which vibrate in the breeze. <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Spock]]<nowiki>]</nowiki> blows on it, produces new musical notes.''" The script continues with a bracketed production note that reads, "''These wind-plant sounds will identify and set mood for all our scenes on the surface of Talos IV.''"|The sounds created by this type of plant were actually provided by ''[[Star Trek]]'' composer [[Alexander Courage]]. ("The Menagerie, Part I" [[text commentary]])}}
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