He then made a two piece plaster sculpt of each piece. Chang sculpted the head, hands, and feet using modeling clay on plaster positives. The script went into as much detail to describe a close up of The Gorn's hands as he throws a rock at Kirk which is why Chang sculpted the gloves extra carefully. Various pieces from the original Gorn suit. This way it was also possible to wear only a portion of the suit whenever it was neccesary to shoot a close up or an insert. Chang proceeded to build the costume in sections so the stuntmen could slip in and out of it multiple times during the day. In order for the episode's director to accomplish the task of shooting the fight between The Gorn and Captain Kirk it was soon realized that the character had to be a highly mobile creature realized through the creationof a sculpted costume which could be worn by a stuntman, in this case Bobby Clark and Gary Coombs - who alternated playing the Gorn during the grueling shoot in the warm exteriors of Vasquez Rocks near Los Angeles. Wah Chang accepts his academy award for 'The Time Machine'. In 1960 he won an academy award for his work in bringing HG Wells' time machine to life in George Pal's feature film adaptation of the classic time travel tale. At the age of 20 landed a job at Disney where he contributed multiple designs to such films as Fantasia, Bambi, and Pinocchio. At the young age of 7, Wah Chang was already exhibiting his paintings and sculptures regularly at various art galleries in San Fransciso.

The other part has to be atributed to the creature's design by legendary Hollywood prop and creature designer Wah Chang. Part of the popularity of the Gorn has to be atributed to the storyline for the episode which made for an exciting, and immensely fun hour of television. The Metrons transport Kirk and the Gorn captain to an uninhabited asteroid to fight to the death in which the victor and his ship will be set free, while the loser will be destroyed, along with his ship and crew. Angry at the two ships for trespassing into their space the Metrons inform the crew's of each ship that physical combat is the answer to finding justice. The Enterprise and the alien ship are trapped by an advanced race called the Metrons. Brown agreed without really knowing that the script had already been written.ДЄs the episode opens The Enterprise is in pursuit of an unknown alien ship which has destroyed a Starfleet base on the planet Cestus 3. Desilu's Business Affairs officials decided to call Brown and offer to buy the rights to his story, before the episode went into production.

According to various accounts Desilu's research department noticed the similarity between Gene Coon's script and Brown's short story after the script made its way through the studio's rights and clearances department.

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