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STAR TREK/DEAD ZONE executive producer/writer Michael Piller will chat live at StarTrek.com Wednesday, June 26th @ 3p PT. Submit questions here.
Jun 18
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Teleportation breakthrough likened to STAR TREK's "Beam me up, Scotty!" Read more at the official site.
Jun 17
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James Darren's official web site writes to inform fans that the DS9 guest star did not cancel his appearances at recent Boston and upcoming Chicago Slanted Fedora events; rather, the promoter made the cancellations.
Jun 17
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According to StarTrek.com, Russell Watson's ENTERPRISE theme song "Wherever My Heart Will Take Me" served as wake-up call for the Space Shuttle Endeavor astronauts Sunday morning.
Jun 15
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Jeri Ryan joins Ewan McGregor, Rene Zellweger and David Hyde Pierce in DOWN WITH LOVE, a film to be directed by Peyton Reed for Fox 2000 and Regency, according to IGN Film Force.
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Jul 3, 2002: STAR TREK: NEMESIS trailer hits U.S. screens with MEN IN BLACK II
TNG Season 3 DVD Box Set U.S. Release
Aug 6, 2002: STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN Director's Edition DVD hits U.S. streets
Q3, 2002: UK ENTERPRISE premiere on Channel 4 (non-satellite customers)
Sep 3, 2002: TNG Season 4 DVD Box Set U.S. Release
Nov 5, 2002: TNG Season 5 DVD Box Set U.S. Release
Dec 3, 2002: TNG Season 6 DVD Box Set U.S. Release
Dec 31, 2002: TNG Season 7 DVD Box Set U.S. Release
2002: Click here for full 2002 TREK DVD/VHS UK release dates
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Posted:
10:44:51 on May 29 2002
By: Steve Krutzler
Dept: People
Actress Nichelle Nichols joined Scotland Today this morning to promote her new book SATURNA'S QUEST and she spoke about the early genesis of STAR TREK.
"Gene Roddenberry literally started the first ensemble cast in television of people who had equal parts," she said of the original STAR TREK series. "The studios and networks weren't used to that and so they were nervous about it so they started cutting down peoples roles a little bit so that they could have a lead character -- the captain -- and the first mate. But the writers kept writing for me and Gene kept saying 'no, you've got to get her in there' more and more, so he did some wonderful episodes like "Mirror, Mirror" and "Trouble with Tribbles" -- and I love the little tribbles!
Nichols goes on to say that her role was important for African American women: "I got to have the first non-stereotypical role on television," she says. "In other words, I had a role that was neither black nor white or any other -- as any of the roles [were] -- so it was not a 'black' role. So it was just really a ground-breaking event. As a matter of fact I was going to leave the show at the end of the first year to get back to theater, which was my first love, musical theater, and which I was doing so well in-- I always tease that STAR TREK interrupted my career, for the last 35 years! [laughter]"
The actress goes on to talk about her new book, SATURNA's QUEST: "I got this opportunity to publish a science fiction novel called SATURN'S CHILD, which went over very well, and so I wrote this sequel because everyone started writing me going 'where is the sequel?'," she recalls. "So I wanted to write the adventures of Saturna, this beautiful young child. It's about Earth's first mission to Saturn and of course it's on Saturn's largest moon, Titan. When we get there, we discover another race of people from another planet not in our solar system. They've been there for fifty years mining the place magnificently -- the turn out to be peaceful people, and as we come in peace -- startled when we see them -- we find that they've been monitoring us for fifty years and haven't made contact with us because we still settle our differences with war."
Nichols also talks about her role in the Cuba Gooding Jr. Disney film SNOW DOGS and pleasantly recalls the 36 takes it took William Shatner to get their history-making interractial kiss on film. To check out the video interview, go to this page.
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