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http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap081031.html


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Kang : Male : Age 50,000
Job Intergalactic invader
Voiced by Harry Shearer
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Kodos : Female : Age 50,000
Job Intergalactic invader
Voiced by Dan Castellaneta
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<<Kang and his sister Kodos are evil tentacled cycloptic aliens from the planet *RIGEL 7* , a rocky, desert-like planet with an asteroid field that orbits the star *RIGEL*, and their sole preoccupation is assembling a galactic empire for their planet, starting with the conquest of Earth. They are members of a species of creature known as *RIGELlians* , which are the only form of life on *RIGEL 7* . Another *RIGELlian* , Serak the Preparer, accompanied Kang and Kodos in their debut appearance in "Treehouse of Horror". Kang and Kodos have also claimed to live near a ringed planet close to the Earth.

Kang and Kodos are named after two characters from Star Trek, Kang, a Klingon captain, and Kodos the Executioner, a human villain. Their cook, Serak, derives his name from an inversion of vowels in the name Sarek, the Vulcan father of Spock. *RIGEL 7*, the home of Kang and Kodos, is mentioned in the original Star Trek pilot, The Cage. The planet *RIGEL IV*, to which Kang and Kodos intended to take the Simpson family in Treehouse of Horror I, is also a planet used in Star Trek in the episode Wolf in the Fold.

Kang and Kodos are siblings. In the "Treehouse of Horror IX" Kang introduces Kodos as his sister. They are green, approximately seven feet tall, continuously drooling one-eyed beings with eight tentacles. Peculiarly, Kang and Kodos occasionally vomit through their eye (which looks like tears) and they must hold hands to exchange long protein strands. They speak the *RIGELlian* language, which, by coincidence, is identical to English.

Kang and Kodos have access to advanced technology including interstellar travel, ray guns, a fertilization ray, and in their society's standard of games, 'pong'. They have declared their religion to be "Quantum Presbyterians", and in "Gump Roast", a non-canon episode, they claimed to have been observing Earth since it was created "5000 years ago, by God". They then performed the sign of the cross.>>

I am almost ashamed in a discussion of such sophisticated entertainment as Star Trek and The Simpsons to mention a show as minor as Farscape, but here's the character Rigel from the same team that brought you muppets.

Breaking away from the 'Rigel' theme but keeping with the seasonal theme I thought others might enjoy this ecard from JPL...

http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/i ... card100606



Spooky sounds from Saturn...
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/feature ... card100606

apodman wrote:I am almost ashamed in a discussion of such sophisticated entertainment as Star Trek and The Simpsons to mention a show as minor as Farscape, but here's the character Rigel from the same team that brought you muppets.

I dunno, I found Farscape and Babalon 5 both to be very enjoyable and was saddened by their premature demises. (at least on my cable service)