Posted:
11:44:22 on December 05 2001
By: Steve Krutzler
Dept: Enterprise | www.stenterprise.com
In case many haven't noticed, on Monday TrekWeb posted an interview with actor Jeff Combs here. Included were the first plot details about the upcoming episode "Shadows of P'Jem," featuring the return of the Andorians and Combs as the leader 'Shran'.
"Basically, it’s another hostage situation where the captain gets himself on another planet and gets himself caught in the crossfire of a civil war,” reveals Jeffrey. “It’s not a good situation, and basically we are the cavalry coming over the hill. We show up at the opportune moment and help them, and extradite the captain out of the situation.
“I point out to them ‘we said to you we were in your debt, now that debt’s repaid.’ Basically saying, we’re even now, we don’t like owing anybody anything, so that’s where it’s left.”
The warring planet in question will introduce another new race to the Star Trek universe. “There are fighting factions, and a corrupt government on this planet that has very close ties with the Vulcans. So we have very close ties to the rebels, because that’s what we are as well.”
So there are shades of Weyoun, interfering with another planet’s internal politics? “Yes, right. Well the captain was too, what’s he doing down there? That’s what’s interesting about Star Trek now, they don’t have the prime directive, so they get themselves in messes all the time.”
We won’t, however, get many scenes between Shran and Archer this time around. “I had just one scene with him,” Jeffrey says. “He’s in the hostage situation, so I team up with Trip and Malcolm to rescue the captain. They’re trying to rescue him, and we turn up and say ‘the way you’re going about it is going to get yourselves killed. So we’re here to save you, basically.’”
For the rest of the interview, please check out this page.
Helpful note from Steve K.
Allow me to encourage you to check not only the right-hand News Headline list at TrekWeb when visiting. The left-hand Features box is constantly full of interesting items including episode reviews, bulletin board listing updates, interviews, and live chat announcements. Finally, remember to scroll down the page ever so slightly to check out the Newsbits Section, where minor stories in the TREK universe unfold and are reported for your enjoyment. And all of these listings are included inside the news story pages on the right and left-hand margins of the screen. Enjoy the "total" TrekWeb experience! ;-)
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