T'Khut was an uninhabited class G planet in the Vulcan system. It formed a binary pair with Ni'Var, both of which orbited the star 40 Eridani A, and had one moon.
In 2259, T'Khut was depicted on a diagram of the Vulcan system displayed in the shuttle Cervantes. (SNW: "Charades")
| Vulcan system |
|---|
| 40 Eridani A |
| 40 Eridani A I • Ni'Var • T'Khut (T'Khut moon) • Delta Vega • Asteroid belt |
| 40 Eridani B/40 Eridani C |
| Kerkhov (Kerkhovian moon) |
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Appearances[]
- TAS: "Yesteryear"
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture (original theatrical edit)
- DIS:
- SNW: "Charades"
Background information[]
This planet's name was only mentioned in writing.
The first depiction of T'Khut in "Yesteryear"
The idea of Vulcan having a sister planet was proposed by D.C. Fontana to resolve the contradiction between the appearance of a celestial body in Vulcan's sky in TAS: "Yesteryear", and Spock's statement in TOS: "The Man Trap" that "Vulcan has no moon." The planet was first named as "T'Kuht" in the "Landing Party Six" series of stories, published in 1975 as part of the Warped Space fanzine headed up by Gordon Carleton. Subsequently, beginning with the 1984 novel The Vulcan Academy Murders by Jean Lorrah, the name was picked up by various non-canonical licensed works; the spelling changed to "T'Khut" in Spock's World by Diane Duane, published in 1988. [1]
The planet was alternatively named T'Rukh and "The Watcher" in the 1994 novel Sarek, and Valdena in the 1998 Last Unicorn Games RPG sourcebook The Way of Kolinahr.
T'Khut was finally canonized in 2023 in a display graphic of the Vulcan system created by Star Trek: Strange New Worlds art director Timothy Peel. It first appeared on an astrogator console display in the first season. [2] A modified version of the graphic, with additional information about the 40 Eridani system and Kerkhov, appeared in "Charades". [3]
External link[]
- T'Khut at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works