Recently, Mr. Doohan, most famous for immortalizing Montgomery “Scotty” Scott on the original Star Trek television show, announced that his next convention appearence will be his last. It has just recently been revealed that he’s been diagnosed with the brain disorder (he is also battling Parkinson’s and diabetes).
Our thoughts, prayers, and well-wishes to the D-Day veteran and his family.
For good or ill, here’s the details from Sci-Fi Wire.
It also mentions that he passed on the job currently held by Manny Coto. I like his comment about “the powers-that-be”
No word on whether Paramount has any interest in his pitch or if he actually pitched anything at all (there’s still that old rumor-/hate-fest about DS9 vs B5).
TV Shows on
DVD has scored a large amount of Star
Trek DVD news, for the original series (now in
full season sets), Enterprise, and even the
animated series! Finally, I’ll be able to see “The
Soft Weapon!”
This
Cinescape article has all the info. Braga is
taking a step back as showrunner (although both he
and Berman will still be involved) and allowing Manny
Coto, current writer and creator of Odyssey
5, to step up and take over as showrunner.
Wandering aimlessly around the web, I stumbled across this nugget from DVDanswers.com. The Collector’s Edition is set to be released September 7th, 2004 (a day before Trek’s 38th anniversary). No details yet on what will be included in the 2-Disc set.
No date has been set for the film Trek fans really want, First Contact. Oh well, guess we wait till 2005.
shayward writes, According to a story on trekweb found here, Enterprise co-creator and executive producer Brannon Braga may take his hands off of season 4 because he is “not sure how [he] can top [his work in season 3].”
Not sure what I think about this. Probably just wild assumptions and fan dreams. Based on interviews I’ve read and seen over the years, Braga isn’t the problem. Berman’s a king-size jackass that doesn’t give a rip about the Star Trek name or the fans.
The Xindi story arc comes to an end. Or does it?
To quote T’Pol from next week’s ep: “We’re not dead yet.”
Indeed, Enterprise’s renewal is now official.
Those nice guys over at TrekToday have the scoop. It’s not official until UPN releases its Fall schedule on Thursday.
One downside, it may be moving to Fridays, not a fun place to be for ratings. At least it won’t have to compete with Smallville.
Only one episode left before the season finale!