Posted on 04/17/2012 6:26:17 AM PDT by iowamark
STAR TREK brings life Jim, but not as we know it, to London this October in the form of a convention featuring all five captains – including 81-year-old William Shatner - of the long-running TV series, the first time the quintet has appeared on stage together.
Destination Star Trek London, as the live event is to be known, boldly goes to the Excel exhibition centre between the 19 and 21 October and is the first Star Trek convention in London for ten years. Its website launches today.
"We are going to make this really interactive," said Rob Nathan, one of the show’s organisers.
"There are going to be stunt displays, we are going to recreate some sets and get some original sets. People will be able to sit on the Starship bridge with members of the cast.
"It's going to be an absolute pilgrimage for Star Trek fans."
Up to 15,000 Star Trek fans are expected to beam down to Destination Star Trek, which will feature plenty of other cast members from the five series, as well as the captains.
"The Star Trek fan base in the UK is one of the biggest in the world, and it has waited a long time for the convention to return, so we wanted to make sure we did it right," said Liz Kalodner of CBS Consumer Products, which owns the Star Trek TV franchise.
Those five captains are:
William Shatner, Captain Kirk in the original series starting back in 1966; English skipper Sir Patrick Stewart, who played Captain Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation from 1987–94; Avery Brooks, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's Commander Sisko between 1993 and 1999; Kate Mulgrew, Captain Janeway in Star Trek: Voyager from 1995 to 2001 and Scott Bakula, Captain Archer in Star Trek: Enterprise from 2001 to 05.
Tickets for Destination Star Trek London go on sale on 30 April.
I need to finish it on netflex
I wish I could be there!!! Waaaah!
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where is Chris Pine(yeah I know...the TV Cap’ns)
mmmmmm... Seven-Of-Nine... Greatest. Trek. Character. EVAR!
Coming Saturday the 21st on TCM (all times EST)
8:00 PM Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (1977)
A blue-collar worker’s encounter with a UFO leaves him a changed man.
Dir: Steven Spielberg Cast: Richard Dreyfuss , Terry Garr , François Truffaut .
C-135 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format
10:30 PM Rollerball (1975)
The star of a bloodthirsty future sport tries to clean up the game before it kills him.
Dir: Norman Jewison Cast: James Caan , Ralph Richardson , John Houseman .
C-125 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format
12:45 AM Logan’s Run (1976)
A future police officer uncovers the deadly secret behind a society that worships youth.
Dir: Michael Anderson Cast: Michael York , Jenny Agutter , Richard Jordan .
C-119 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format
2:48 AM Look Into The 23rd Century, A (1976)
This featurette gives a behind the scenes look at the making of the sci-fi classic “Logan’s Run” (1976).
Dir: Ronald Saland
C-9 mins,
3:00 AM Westworld (1973)
A future fantasy park turns deadly when robot workers go on a killing spree.
Dir: Michael Crichton Cast: Richard Benjamin , Yul Brynner , James Brolin .
C-89 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format
4:30 AM Soylent Green (1973)
A future cop uncovers the deadly secret behind a mysterious synthetic food.
Dir: Richard O. Fleischer Cast: Charlton Heston , Edward G. Robinson , Leigh Taylor-Young .
C-97 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format
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