News Bullets
By CaillanNovember 5, 2001 - 1:10 PM
- The official site will be holding a live chat with William Shatner (James T. Kirk) at 9:00pm PST/12 noon EST this Thursday. You can sumbit questions via the main page.
- Trek stars William Shatner (James T. Kirk), Denise Crosby (Tasha Yar), Wil Wheaton (Wesley Crusher), LeVar Burton (Geordi La Forge), John de Lancie (Q), Armin Shimerman (Quark), Robert Picardo (The Doctor) and Roxann Dawson (B'Elanna Torres) will be appearing on a special Star Trek edition of The Weakest Link, set to air Monday November 26 on NBC. The original report can be found here at the official site.
- TV Guide's Matt Roush has posted an article entitled 'Space: A Fun Place On Enterprise.' "Maybe we'd been taking Star Trek for granted, or vice versa," he wrote. "Whatever the reason, close encounters of the Starfleet kind had started to seem awfully routine, even mundane until Enterprise arrived." The full article can be found here.
- The Daily Trekker reported that the German 'Galaxy Convention 2002,' originally scheduled to take place in January, has been delayed until September. Head over to the site for more information.
- The ABC has pulled the Jason Alexander vehicle Bob Patterson from its line-up. Not only did Alexander appear in the Voyager episode 'Think Tank,' but former DS9 executive producer Ira Steven Behr was a producer on the series. Additionally, William Shatner (James T. Kirk) was to have had a recurring role on the series. The full report can be found here at Zap2it. Thanks to Tom A-N for this!
- William Shatner (James T. Kirk) will be participating in the ultimate paintball challenge next year. Head over to Spplat to find out more.
- Over at the Trekker Newsletter, Jacqueline Bundy has posted her review of the conclusion to the 'Gateways' saga, entitled 'What Lay Beyond.' "The was no reason at all that these 6 respective endings could not have been included in the prior novels other than that the TNG component is the key to it all and as the third book there would be no reason for the subsequent four books," she wrote. "No reason at all except for Pocket Books to attempt to pull off a con of their own." Further comments can be found in the full review.
- Mediatrek.com has posted both the 20 and 30 second versions of the 'Breaking The Ice' promo here.
- The 2nd Annual Jeri Ryan (Seven of Nine) Charity Auction has begun. To bid on a variety of Voyager, Enterprise and Boston Public items, head over to the actress's web site.
- Robert Duncan McNeill (Tom Paris) will guest star in an episode of The Outer Limits, entitled 'The Human Factor,' to air next year on the Sci-Fi Channel. More information can be found at Random Flight.
- Over at Delta Blues, James Gardner has posted his review of 'Fight Or Flight.' "The episode's main predicament – that of the murdered alien crew – is well thought out and well written," he wrote. "Rick Berman and Brannon Braga have done an excellent job of showing us a turn of events that could conceivably lead to the way Starfleet handles these types of encounters in Kirk's or Picard's time." The full review can be found here.
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