 | "What are you talking about?" you say. "We all know that the Original Series hasn't been producing any new material for over five years!"
Too true, but if we are to learn anything by William Shatner's recent marriage, it's that this crew still has a lot of life in it yet! Hence the introduction of the Original Series News page, which will attempt to keep track of the doings of Original Series stars and producers. And, in the long spans of time when TOS cast members become sedate and non-newsworthy, for whatever reason, this part of the site can also act as shrine. |
Sadly, Persis Khambatta, who played the stunning Deltan navigator Ilia in Star Trek: The Motion Picture died of a massive heart attack at the age of 49.
Star Trek Film Actress Dies
BOMBAY, India (AP) Wednesday August 19 1:51 AM EDT- Persis Khambatta, a former Miss India, who was a navigator in the film ``Star Trek - The Motion Picture'' died in Bombay following a massive heart attack, newspapers reported today.
Khambatta, 49, who died Tuesday in a Bombay hospital, had undergone a by-pass operation in 1983.
She began modeling at the age of 13 and went on to win the Miss India beauty crown in 1965, dressed in off-the-rack clothes she bought in London at the last minute.
Khambatta starred in a few Hindi language films in India and then went to feature in Hollywood productions, such as ``The Wilby Conspiracy,'' ``Conduct Unbecoming'' and ``Night Hawks.'' Her biggest break as an actress was playing Lt. Aliea in the ``Star Trek'' movie.
Her funeral will be held today in Bombay, her family said.
She is survived by her mother and a brother.
Star Trek to Begin Re Running on The Sci Fi Channel!
The "restored" Original Series with enhanced visual effects and un-cut scenes will start being shown on the Sci-Fi Channel on September 1.
Canadian viewers will also get the new versions (eventually) when they begin airing of Space: The Imagination Station which has already been carrying TOS for the past year.
A&E's trademark series Biography featured William Shatner's life story on Monday, March 8.
Included in the profile was Shatner's debilitating injury from the set of "Arena"-- an explosive went off close to him and gave him a hearing disability, which causes him to hear ringing in his ears most of the time. Shatner states he was near suicide until he was able, with the help of a specialist, to learn to block the ringing out of his mind, but states as he gets older, the injury is getting worse. Shatner turns 67 later this month.
Other than that...
Not much, frankly, though many TOS'ers have made it in to the news lately. Most recently, William Shatner stunned, yes, I repeat: stunned the entertainment community by getting married again-- This is his third marriage.
Previous marriages include, according to the Internet Movie Database:
All the episodes will be shown un-cut, hosted by William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy, and will feature interviews with many of the show's actors and producers.
The Sci-Fi Channel's FAQ explains their position on getting TNG, DS9 and Voyager as well, here's what is says:
Why Don't You Carry Star Trek?
As for the more recent Star Trek series...well, all of them are currently covered by exclusive syndication contracts that render them unavailable to us for many years to come. The same is true for any series that is currently available on any channel anywhere in the U.S. National network and syndication contracts are exclusive - if a series is presently scheduled on any other channel, then it can't be on Sci-Fi. Hopefully, someday, the whole Star Trek universe will find a happy home on the Sci-Fi Channel...
Soon it will be possible to set foot where no tourist has gone before: aboard an $8.5 million version of the Starship Enterprise of the television and film series Star Trek.
William Shatner, better known as Capt. James Kirk, commander of the Enterprise, announced this week in Dusseldorf, Germany, that the Enterprise was about to embark on a five-year journey across planet Earth.
Shatner and Hermann Zimmermann, the chief designer for the films, said the new Enterprise was built in Bavaria. The Star Trek World Tour is to begin June 20 in Dusseldorf and proceed after a month to London; Milan, Italy; Vienna, Austria; Stockholm, Sweden; Vancouver, British Columbia; Tokyo; Osaka, Japan; Seoul, South Korea; Singapore; and Sydney and Melbourne, Australia.
Some 280,000 visitors are expected in Dusseldorf, where an hourlong tour of the spaceship will cost $25 and include an attack by extraterrestrials.
Star Trek is popular in Germany, where some 150,000 people belong to fan clubs.
