Producer Rick Berman speaks in the newest issue of STAR TREK Monthly, now available in the United Kingdom, updating fans on the ENTERPRISE writing staff's latest addition: former ODYSSEY 5 writer/producer Manny Coto.

"He's a major prospect for us," Berman says in excerpts available at Sci-Fi Pulse. "Along with Chris Black, Brannon [Braga] and myself, he'll be one of our co-executive producers. He's done a lot of writing and producing and also some directing. His last show was actually ODYSSEY 5, which I thought was a very, very interesting show."

Berman responds to a fan question about a subplot involving Archer's romance with a woman on Earth that was cut from "The Expanse."

"Would I ever imagine scenes like that being put onto DVDs? Yeah," he says. "Basically everybody is doing that now on DVDs of feature films and television shows. If a scene was cut because it wasn't done well, or because of the way in which it was directed or performed, then I would say that's something that I would not be too prone to put onto a DVD. But I think that when a scene was a good one but was just cut for time, as was the scene you're talking about, then sure, I'd consider that for inclusion on a DVD."

None of the ST:TNG or ST:DS9 DVD sets, which will be entirely available by year's end, include deleted scenes. Berman also talks about Wednesday's episode "Exile" and the prospects for future TREK feature films here.