In 1843 The practice and terminology of hypnosis began to spread through the psychological community to the rest of the 19th century and in the 20th, and was used openly during the war as a valuable psychological tool to combat PTSN. Until the 50's of the last century, hypnosis was found by mainstream approval around the world.

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Of course, the main head of hypnosis caused some people to give up a little. The thought that the hypnotist can make you sleep and implant mental suggestions that can control them effectively make you a slave, scare some people who have not fully understood his medical applications. It did not help that hypnosis also multiplyed as a popular form of stage entertainment, with eerie, cadaver bamboo -bambooing volunteers in nasty, shared places. "Hypnosis" has become, for many, a synonym for "mind control".

Hollywood, as it is, responded to fears of hypnotism by not creating a small number of horror films based on hypnosis. Movies like "Monster Bride" (1955), "Hypnotist" (1957), "Hypnotic Eye" (1960), And one of the biggest films of the Cold War ever, "Mandzurian candidate" (1962)All employee hypnotism, as well as almost every movie "Dracula". These films all presented hypnosis as something suspicious and frightening real.

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Hypnosis seems to be an important part of the 1966 "Star Trek" episode, but NBC has opposed the idea. Article for 2017 in CBR It published a NBC note in which the studio expressed fears of a script in which the volcanic character Spack (Leonard Nimoy) had hypnotized a patient with psychology. They thought the scene of hypnosis would have an unnecessary hypnotic effect on the audience and put Kibosh at the scene. Writers, to escape the fears of studio hypnosis, found a brilliant thing. The volcanoes can, overcome, insert the thoughts of others by touching their faces and doing the "mind". And, it is one of the most details of the Star Trek franchise.

The "Star Trek" episode was "Dagger of the Mind" (November 3, 1966). The episode takes place in a distant space colony for criminal mad. The supervised doctor of the colony, Dr. Tristan Adams, had incredible success treatment and calming the mentally ill, to some extent that it looks suspicious. Captain Kirk (William Shatner) and Spack (Leonard Nimoy) reveal that Dr. Adams uses a tormented hypnosis device that can aggressively tear the contents of the brain's brain, leaving them in his stroke. A man named Dr -Simon van Gelder (Morgan Woodward) knew about the secret of D -Adams, but was unable to speak out loud because he suffered a brainwash.

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In the original episode script, written by Shimon Winselberg (credited as S. Bar-David), Spack was to restore Dr. Van Gelder's brain with the use of "foreign hypnosis". Unfortunately, the process of hypnosis of the Vulcan of the Spack is not described. According to NBC, it was strange that the stranger should use hypnosis. If hypnosis is required, it should not be treated with that Spokes' objective professional discomfort, Dr. McCoy (DeForest Kelley)? The note read:

"In accordance with our precautions to avoid hypnotizing the viewer, the act of hypnotizing must be out of context or done outside the camera. Further, because you show hypnotism as a legitimate medical tool, Van Gelder should be hypnotized by Dr. on this technique. "

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Winselberg could easily make McCoy make Van Gelder's hypnosis, or said it was something Spack was qualified to do, but the "Starwater Trails" congratulations wanted to rely on the foreign to Spack a little more, preferring to have his hypnosis. No, Spack had to be the one.

But how to overcome NBC fears that her audience can be hypnotized? Simple: Make the technique only for the touch. Indeed, Spack had a line of dialogue in "Dager of the Mind" explaining that the volcano mind is unique: "This will not affect you, Dr. McCoy, only the person I touch. It is not hypnosis." He also explained that it is a very personal matter for the volcanoes, usually used only as intimate and spiritual practice. The final draft of the script is read as follows:

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"(Spock) puts his hands on each side of the junction of his neck and shoulder. His thumbs deep pressing in Van Gelder's torso. Spack seems to feel with his fingers for the dishes and nerve endings. Van Gelder is grilled, writes a little ... Spack seems to be.

Then, touching and mental abilities became a regular feature of the Star Trek volcano, and even became the main plot points later in the franchise. In "Star Trek II: Khan's anger", Spack avoided all his consciousness in Dr. McCoy's brain through the mind. The whole subculture of the volcano of the mind was explored in the episodes of "Star Trek: Enterprise". And to think that all this was born of the NBC executives, they were afraid of mass hypnosis.

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There is a certain debate about who comes from the idea of ​​the mind. Winselberg is probably the inventor, though Nimoy said in His autobiography, "I'm Spack", That creator of the show, Ein Bornobi, came up with the idea. Bornbury was notorious about the coalition of othersHowever, so you can't be sure whether his claims are confidential.