It would make sense to make the new character female, since they just got rid of one female cast member, and probably wanted to keep the same gender balance.
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Nah, the Captain's Table is a mysterious bar that just happens to have starship captains hanging out; the books are just our favorite captains telling their stories.
Jeremy Clarkson's replacement on Top Gear confirmed!
Jeremy Clarkson's replacement on Top Gear confirmed!
In this picture he looks just like Gareth Hunt, who played Mike Gambit on The New Avengers. Different hair, of course.
Jeremy Clarkson's replacement on Top Gear confirmed!
In this picture he looks just like Gareth Hunt, who played Mike Gambit on The New Avengers. Different hair, of course.
Too me he strongly resembles Heath Ledger.
I'm surprised to hear that Sir Patrick Stewart was expected to wear a toupée, when he'd previously found notoriety from starring in DUNE and in EXCALIBUR without having worn one. Stewart was proud and vital. It would've been laughable to have him suddenly sporting a lush mane, out of a clear, blue sky ...
At the time, I don't think that either DUNE or EXCALIBUR had really made him all that well-known. He played smallish supporting roles in both movies, one of which flopped at the box office, so it's not like they had made him any sort of star prior to to TNG . . . .
"But I didn't need a wig when I did a couple scenes as the heroine's father in EXCALIBUR . . . ."
One of the worst looking hairpieces Patrick had was that one he wore in Beverly's flashback of viewing Jack's corpse ("Violations"?). I hope that wasn't his own.
And yeah, Patrick was a virtual unknown to American audiences in 1987, TNG put him on the map. Only LeVar Burton and Wil Wheaton were names at the time.
And yeah, Patrick was a virtual unknown to American audiences in 1987, TNG put him on the map. Only LeVar Burton and Wil Wheaton were names at the time.
Nicely and concisely put!
It's only hindsight that makes his prior genre roles stand out now.
It's fun spotting him as Dr. Armstrong in Lifeforce, which he said he did only because he needed new windows for his house. He also describes it as his first screen kiss, though it was with Steve Railsback.
He has a small part in 1985's Code Name: Emerald, playing a military colonel who does some plot exposition for hero Ed Harris.
Ditto!
I'm not sure anybody thinks that Stewart gave the most, um, memorable performance in LIFEFORCE . . ..
I just saw that scene a couple of minutes ago!
Stewart looks like Ben Affleck in this picture,
He must have forgotten about Code Name: Emerald, because he told his first con audience (Denver Star Trek Convention/Star Fest, 1988) that before appearing in TNG he had "done four films; of course three of them were Excalibur,Lifeforce, and Dune."
More fun facts 
When Stephen Hawking guest starred on the Star Trek: The Next Generation, he paused in front of the warp core set piece and remarked, “I’m working on that”.
Nichelle Nichols (“Lt. Uhura”) resigned from Star Trek after the first season, but reconsidered after a conversation with a big Star Trek fan. The fan was Martin Luther King, Jr.
The first scripted interracial kiss on US television was on Star Trek. It was meant to be filmed with and without the kiss. Shatner and Nichols deliberately flubbed every take of the shot without the kiss, so that they could not be used. (This is my all time favorite fact. When I was at comicon Shatner specifically talked about them doing this, he made the made all the "without kiss" shots look so ridiculous that they couldn't be used.)
Teleportation was used in Star Trek because the budget didn’t allow for expensive shots of spaceships landing on planets. (this one I'm not sure about if someone could find a source that would be awesome!)
DeForest Kelley refused to deliver his catchphrase “he’s dead, Jim” at the end of Star Trek II for Spock’s death, feeling the line was too glib for the moment’s gravitas, which is why Scotty says, “He’s dead already.” instead. (another I'm unsure of if a source could be found I'd appreciate it.)
When Stephen Hawking guest starred on the Star Trek: The Next Generation, he paused in front of the warp core set piece and remarked, “I’m working on that”.
Nichelle Nichols (“Lt. Uhura”) resigned from Star Trek after the first season, but reconsidered after a conversation with a big Star Trek fan. The fan was Martin Luther King, Jr.
The first scripted interracial kiss on US television was on Star Trek. It was meant to be filmed with and without the kiss. Shatner and Nichols deliberately flubbed every take of the shot without the kiss, so that they could not be used. (This is my all time favorite fact. When I was at comicon Shatner specifically talked about them doing this, he made the made all the "without kiss" shots look so ridiculous that they couldn't be used.)
Teleportation was used in Star Trek because the budget didn’t allow for expensive shots of spaceships landing on planets. (this one I'm not sure about if someone could find a source that would be awesome!)
DeForest Kelley refused to deliver his catchphrase “he’s dead, Jim” at the end of Star Trek II for Spock’s death, feeling the line was too glib for the moment’s gravitas, which is why Scotty says, “He’s dead already.” instead. (another I'm unsure of if a source could be found I'd appreciate it.)
She supposedly considered resigning but after MLK talked to her she realized she could tell her MLK story on and on into eternity and it's glory would be known to all AMEN.
Thank you!
As to the interracial kiss I consider its supposed victory bullshit. They were made to do that by evil aliens. And Star Trek has been touting this as some kind of landmark event ever since.
What was the first interracial kiss that was not against the kissers will shown on television? Because that one wins.
It's no different than the nonsense gay stuff with Trill in DS9 or Riker's little ambivalency romance. Knock it off Trek, do the real thing.
What was the first interracial kiss that was not against the kissers will shown on television? Because that one wins.
It's no different than the nonsense gay stuff with Trill in DS9 or Riker's little ambivalency romance. Knock it off Trek, do the real thing.
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