When James Doohan passed away a few weeks ago, the Scottish town of Linlithgow proposed a memorial plaque to honor Star Trek's Montgomery Scott. Now, a few other towns are claiming that honor. From CBC/Arts:
Scottish cities battle to be Scotty's hometown
James Doohan, who played Montgomery "Scotty" Scott in the original TV series and its subsequent films, died on July 20.
The next day, the town of Linlithgow announced plans to raise a memorial plaque to honour the Canadian actor, claiming that Star Trek lore pointed to the central Scottish town as the birthplace and hometown of Doohan's defining character.
However, three other cities have now also claimed to be the fictional space engineer's hometown: Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Elgin.
In their arguments, representatives of the cities point to lore from fan websites as well as to past interviews with Doohan, who has said he based Scotty's accent on that of a soldier from Aberdeen he befriended during his service in the Second World War.
West Lothian councillor Willie Dunn, who first announced the Linlithgow initiative, accused the rivals of "boldly clinging onto our coat-tails" in an interview with U.K. newspaper the Times and said representatives from the four locations "should all agree to meet up in 2222 and see who was right."
Heh... Love that last line.
