Nicola Bryant as Janeway? (Doctor Who story review reveals that)

[Qonundrum]

To view this content we will need your consent to set third party cookies.
For more detailed information, see our cookies page.

Accept third party cookies

Yep. Nicola Bryant auditioned for the role of Captain Janeway. That might have been interesting. That factoid, plus a lot more, is present in rather a crafty and fun video. Enjoy!

 

[diankra]

Yep, she did (ISTR she was dating Michael Dorn at the time). Though the producers wanted a female captain, Nigel Havers and Richard Dean Anderson also auditioned, as did Susan Gibney.

 

[flandry84]

Richard Dean Anderson..wow!
I didn’t know that.
Now that SNW is produced in Canada you would think that some SG1 alumni would appear on it.

 

[The Wormhole]

Now that SNW is produced in Canada you would think that some SG1 alumni would appear on it.

SNW is filmed in Toronto, while the Stargates were filmed in Vancouver.

 

[Allyn Gibson]

Richard Dean Anderson..wow!
I didn’t know that.

Berman wasn't certain the Paramount brass would greenlight a female captain, so he wanted options. Ultimately he went to Paramount with Genevieve Bujold and Nigel Havers, and they greenlighted Bujold who, as we know, decided a few days into filming that she couldn't do it.

 

[Oddish]

Rick Berman mentioned in an interview that he had been concerned that Bujold was temperamentally unsuited for a role like Janeway. Proof that the man wasn't wrong all the time.

I can see the memes if Susan Gibney had been chosen to play Janeway: FLED 70,000 LIGHT YEARS TO ESCAPE GEORDI'S STALKING

 

[F. King Daniel]

Richard Dean Anderson..wow!
I didn’t know that.
Now that SNW is produced in Canada you would think that some SG1 alumni would appear on it.

Todd from SGA was in Discovery once.

 

[diankra]

Todd from SGA was in Discovery once.

Tony Todd was offered Augar in EFC but didn't want to commit to a series that he'd have do most months for years.

 

[Oddish]

My favorite Richard Dead Anderson duality...
RDA as MacGyver: Hates guns, won't even use one to save his life, or let anyone he's working with use one either.
RDA as Jack O'Neil: "Check out my awesome FN P-90!"

 

[Iamnotspock]

Yep. Nicola Bryant auditioned for the role of Captain Janeway. That might have been interesting. That factoid, plus a lot more, is present in rather a crafty and fun video. Enjoy!

factoid
/ˈfaktɔɪd/
noun

• 1.an item of unreliable information that is reported and repeated so often that it becomes accepted as fact: "he addresses the facts and factoids which have buttressed the film's legend"

It is indeed a factoid, I'm afraid.

Nicola Bryant on X: "Yes I’m often asked this. I too have no idea where this story came from. I’m sure if you could find the date of these auditions you’d see I wasn’t even in LA then. So the answer is no. I did not audition for the role of Kathryn Janeway, though I would have loved to." / X (twitter.com)

 

[Captaindemotion]

Barry Keoghan in Banshees of Inisherin gif: well, there goes that dream

 

[arch101]

If this is true, I'd love to see the screen test.

 

[diankra]

Seems it's not true, according to herself.

 

[Timewalker]

I can't imagine her as anyone other than Peri. Even if she'd auditioned and gotten the part, they'd have had to replace John deLancie in the Q episodes with Brian Blessed (as King Yrcanos, he was very fond of "the splendid Perpugilliam of the Brown!").