Sarak's brother and Spock's uncle--Uncle A'Tur. It would explain where Spock's "half-brother", Sybok, got his founding influences.
"The Laughing Vulcan", indeed.
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Sarak's brother and Spock's uncle--Uncle A'Tur. It would explain where Spock's "half-brother", Sybok, got his founding influences.
"The Laughing Vulcan", indeed.
One I can think of right away is Robert Duvall. Duvall did both "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" and "Time Tunnel", so why not Trek? He would have been ideal for the role of Beckwith in the original version of "City on the Edge of Forever."
Also, Martin Landau as a Vulcan.
Also, Martin Landau as a Vulcan.
A bit of an "in joke". The three actors were featured in "Forbidden Planet" as the CO, XO and CMO. You can replace Stevens with Richard Anderson to make in fit the thread premise
Mr. Jonathan Harris.
It would have looked something like this--
He PLOTS--
He STEALS this ship--
Then faces the consequences--
Would have been history.
It would have looked something like this--
He PLOTS--
He STEALS this ship--
Then faces the consequences--
Would have been history.
Adding to the fun would be Conrad's character confusing everyone with constant changes in hair style and hair length during the ep.
For example, he runs to Kirk's house (sporting a well-combed, clean pompadour after crossing the desert wearing a cowboy hat) to warn him that Kodos is rounding up undesirables. He enters the house with his hair cut very short, and combed forward. While talking to Kirk, his hair grows 4 inches. When he leaves, the hair is back to being short again. This continues over and over. A good example of this is seen in the 4th season WWW ep "The Night of the Tychoons".
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I thought that was killed at Spinrad's request during season TWO, because he didn't like the direction that Coon was taking it.
But as to other near-gueststars, we can recall that Spinrad's other one, DOOMSDAY MACHINE, was an attempt to get Robert Ryan to do the show. Having seen Ryan in a few films of the period, like THE PROFESSIONALS and HOUR OF THE GUN (which is probably what he was doing instead of DOOMSDAY, and HOUR also has Steven Ihnat -- GARTH -- in it), I have a feeling his Decker would have been a lot less unintentionally funny than Windom.
Reminds me of another show (The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.) which was contemporary with TOS and whose star later shared series billing with Wagner: Stefanie Powers.I didn't see any mention of Robert Wagner or Fred Astaire. (Yeah, I was watching 'It Takes a Thief' earlier)
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Reminds me of another show (The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.) which was contemporary with TOS and whose star later shared series billing with Wagner: Stefanie Powers.I didn't see any mention of Robert Wagner or Fred Astaire. (Yeah, I was watching 'It Takes a Thief' earlier
And that reminds of the story about the kid fans who wanted powers hired to play our universe's 'capt's woman' for Kirk.
I don't remember hearing that then, but it doesn't surprise me at all. What gives it an interesting twist is that she was married to Gary Lockwood at the time.Reminds me of another show (The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.) which was contemporary with TOS and whose star later shared series billing with Wagner: Stefanie Powers.I didn't see any mention of Robert Wagner or Fred Astaire. (Yeah, I was watching 'It Takes a Thief' earlier
And that reminds of the story about the kid fans who wanted powers hired to play our universe's 'capt's woman' for Kirk.
Fred Gwynne, as a Klingon captain who requests Kirk's help and permission to track down a dishonorable Klingon assassin, played by James Arness, who has fled to the Federation side of the border. Amongst others, the assassin killed the Klingon captain's brother. The assassin continues doing things on the Fed side that make him a criminal in Kirk's jurisdiction, too - but in the end, he decides to let the Klingons have him, with a promise that he will be given a process of justice and not just killed out of hand, and reports to Starfleet Command that the Klingons managed to get the upper hand and take the prisoner. This is all witnessed by a young Krige, played by Christopher Lloyd, who is in the Klingon crew.
John Astin, as a human agent working with the Orion Syndicate. He helps the crew of the Enterprise resolve a piracy problem fairly satisfactorily, but double-crosses everyone in the process, and manages to escape with a fortune.
Hedy Lamarr, as the Cardassian (yes, Cardassian) inventor of a new weapons system that she decides not to leave in Cardassian hands, and so defects to the Federation. The Enterprise is sent to get her.
Veronica Lake, who would have been in her late 40s during TOS, as a Starbase Commodore.
John Astin, as a human agent working with the Orion Syndicate. He helps the crew of the Enterprise resolve a piracy problem fairly satisfactorily, but double-crosses everyone in the process, and manages to escape with a fortune.
Hedy Lamarr, as the Cardassian (yes, Cardassian) inventor of a new weapons system that she decides not to leave in Cardassian hands, and so defects to the Federation. The Enterprise is sent to get her.
Veronica Lake, who would have been in her late 40s during TOS, as a Starbase Commodore.
Another actress I'd like to have seen would have been Judy Pace. She could be Uhura's sister and bring in some family conflict. http://cocoalounge.blogspot.com/2007...judy-pace.html
Yes, she is. And here she is in 2006, the years have been good to her.
http://www.jamd.com/image/g/71253802
trevanian
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The way I remember it, a whole group of kids somewhere kept writing to the show expressing this wish until somebody at TREK told them to ask their parents about what a capt's woman really is, that she isn't very nice at all. Guess that stopped the campaign.
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