Montgomery Scot!

[cgrinder]

What tartan is this?? Is it the standard Wallace??



This is the tartan James Doohan (Scotty) off of Star Trek wore as his dress uniform apparently.

[Nick]

One of the ones, actually. I'm guessing this is from Star Trek: The Wrath of Kahn, but I could be wrong, I don't recognize it. He wore a different red tartan in the episode "Is There in Truth No Beauty," and that kilt was also seen on his cabin wall in "By Any Other Name." He wore a different tartan, a black and white one, in "The Savage Curtain," one of the last original series episodes.

[cgrinder]

Yeah the one you're talking about I posted in Kilts in the Media

[Warlock]

James Doohan in cooperation with the City of Aberdeen, did research and came up with the actual Scott tartan. After he died, Aberdeen Erected a staue to James Doohan for contributing to tourism. So it is the Scott tartan.

[cgrinder]

James Doohan in cooperation with the City of Aberdeen, did research and came up with the actual Scott tartan. After he died, Aberdeen Erected a staue to James Doohan for contributing to tourism. So it is the Scott tartan.

Oh wow that is awesome!! I totally didn't know that. Thank you for that

[M. A. C. Newsome]

James Doohan in cooperation with the City of Aberdeen, did research and came up with the actual Scott tartan. After he died, Aberdeen Erected a staue to James Doohan for contributing to tourism. So it is the Scott tartan.

Since this thread is being dusted off and given new life, I thought I'd chime in with a correction. The kilt pictured at the top of this thread is not in any of the Scott tartans.


It's hard to tell for certain from an image this small, but if anything I'd say it was the Kerr tartan.


For comparison, here is the Scott tartan that comes the closest to it, the red Scott:


The other Scott tartans (green Scott, black and white Scott, hunting Scott, Sir Walter Scott, etc.) don't even come close.

[chasem]

I'm too late in the ball game!

[Warlock]

I recently read that in a Trekkie magazine I saw on a newsstand. It was dedicated to James Doohan. When he treid out for the original series, He did several accenrts hoping to get a role as one of the crew. Gene Roddenberry loved all of the accents he did. He offered him the role of Chief Engineer. James said "Well, If I'm to be an Engineer, I best be Scottish, as they are the best engineers in the world." That's how the Chief Engineer on the U.S.S. Enterprise came to be Scottish. It was also James' idea to wear a kilt in the Original series.

[Warlock]

Oh yeah, they also renamed some pubs there, to cash in on Star Trek.

[cgrinder]

Oh yeah, they also renamed some pubs there, to cash in on Star Trek.

Beuth, I don't care who you are that's awesome information right there!! I didn't know that either about Gene Roddenberry. I'm a major Trekkie and you've opened my eyes this evening.