On Star Trek Day, 934 fans flocked to London’s Science Museum to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the groundbreaking series. In addition to commemorating the occasion, they were there in an effort to break the Guinness World Record for the biggest simultaneous Vulcan salute.
For those of you who are heathens, Leonard Nimoy’s character Spock is credited with popularising the Vulcan salutation. It entails lifting your hand, palm facing front, and producing a “V” shape with the middle and ring fingers apart. It initially surfaced in the 1967 episode of the television show “Amok Time” and is typically used in conjunction with the phrase “Live long and prosper.”
To win the championship on Tuesday, competitors had to keep doing the famous hand signal for a minute.Dr. Glyn Morgan, main curator and head of collections at the Science Museum, said they were “really excited at the idea of breaking a world record.”
“We wanted something that people would truly remember and mark this event as something special—and what’s more special than breaking a world record?” he stated, referring to Star Trek’s 60th anniversary.
Actor Martin Quinn, who portrays chief engineer Montgomery “Scotty” Scott in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, also took part. He stated: “I’m going to hang my Guinness World Record certificate in my brother’s room to really rub it in.
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