Who would've replaced Scotty in Generations if Doohan had said no?

[tim0122]

Scotty and Chekov replaced Spock and McCoy in Generations. If Koenig had turned down the role, Uhura or Sulu could've replaced him without too much trouble. But I find Scotty more difficult. If you can't get Spock to do the technical stuff in Generations, Scotty is your next good fit and, in some ways, works better than Spock. But I find it hard to see Uhura, Sulu, or Chekov coming up with the technical plan in his place if Doohan has also turned down the movie.

What do you think would've been a good fix if they couldn't have gotten Doohan either? Give it to a random Enterprise B crewperson? Have Kirk do it? Something else? Have the writers shared a back-up plan themselves?

 

[Sketcher]

Saavik?

 

[Allyn Gibson]

I think if they'd been unable to secure anyone other than Shatner for the film, the scene would have been rewritten to beef up the roles of the B bridge crew.

That said, I think Koenig, Doohan, and Nichols were all "gettable" when Kelley had to turn it down due to insurance issues and Nimoy bowed out. The only one I think was not "gettable" was Takei because "Sulu is a captain now." But the other three of the gang of four, the studio had a paycheck for two weeks' work, so some combo of them would have shown up, imho.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Rand

 

[Firebird]

Whomever was cheap to hire for the week.

 

[flandry84]

Put in a Vulcan (obviously competent) as Harrimans chief engineer.