Ways to bring back Kirk! (and Spock! and McCoy??) - Science Fiction Fantasy Chronicles: forums

Dave · 5th July 2001, 07:34 PM

What would be your favourite plot to bring back William Shatner as Captain Kirk?

(1) Q brings him back just to annoy Picard some more.

(2) Vorgon criminals from the 27th Century arrive on Veridian via time travel moments before he dies and kidnap him.

(3) SS Enterprise NX-01 runs into the Nexus energy ribbon and Captain Archer releases Kirk, Picard and Tollian Soran a little earlier.

(4) Spock takes Kirks body to the Genesis planet to return the favour.

(5) Kirks body is dug up and injected with a massive dose of altered Borg Nano-probes.

(6) His body is dug up and taken through the Bajoran wormhole, where he becomes a Prophet, just to annoy The Sisko.

(7) Tom Paris writes him into Holo-program as Captain Proton's new sidekick.

(8) 'Generations' only exists in an alternative timeline, and he never really died at all.

(9) The mirror-universe Kirk crosses over to ours again.

markpud · 10th July 2001, 05:50 PM

(10) Spock was getting bored in the Romulan underground....

Dave · 10th July 2001, 05:55 PM

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Originally posted by markpud
(10) Spock was getting bored in the Romulan underground....

He must be very bored after all these years!!

markpud · 10th July 2001, 07:58 PM

hmm a bit OT for the TOS forum, but i wonder if he's still there?? Since the Roms have gotten more friendly with the Federation at the end of DS9, maybe he his hopes for reunification would be mroe likely now??

Dave · 11th July 2001, 05:45 AM

It would be nice if he was to be one of the guest stars in ST:X, but I think it is unlikely. I just read a recent interview, and he is very busy (for a man is age) with writing books mainly, he doesn't even think he will ever direct a movie again.

markpud · 12th July 2001, 07:18 PM

well he doesnt need to direct it, just show his face for 1/2 hr to chat with his old buddy Picard, and possibly get his butt phasered away if he wants trek closure....

Dave · 13th July 2001, 05:57 PM

That's about all we would get.

But, films are complicated to make, actors often have to keep going back to re-film sequences. It would be different if a TV series in his era was still running.

markpud · 18th July 2001, 04:58 PM

hmmm.. just had a thought... how old was Spock in TOS?? Maybe he was alive in 2150, and could show up on "Enterprise"

He would look a bit old considering how he looked on TOS though

Dave · 19th July 2001, 09:04 AM

Nice idea, but unfortunately he is not supposed to have been born until 2230.

His parents Sarek and Amanda were not married until 2229, plus he says that he served for 11 years with Pike before Kirk, and the Enterprise was his first posting.

I was going to say he might be a gleam in Sarek's eye, but it would be a very small one because Sarek wasn't born until 2165.

little star · 22nd July 2001, 03:52 AM

Any of the ST characters could pop up on 'Enterprise'-----damn the timeline!! Just throw in one of those handy-dandy solves-it-all time travel storylines.

BTW, Leonard Nimoy was born in 1931, which makes him 70 years old this year.

little star :star:

markpud · 24th July 2001, 06:41 PM

wow, 70!!

Hey, i was thinking they can mow use computer effects to bring back dead actors to life etc, so they could also insert a young looking Spock or whoever into the new show (if they can afford the cost of this effect!).

Shame he isnt born yet

Dave · 25th July 2001, 08:28 AM

I predict that we will see his Grandfather, if not a very young Sarek as well, at some point in the run of 'Enterprise'. That is too good a plotline for them to avoid it.

little star · 26th July 2001, 01:06 AM

Yes, I was thinking of the 'ancestor' appearances,too.

I suppose it would be possible for Leonard Nimoy, for example, to make an appearance as one of Spock's ancestors, rather than Spock himself---that wouldn't interfere with the timeline.

little star :star:

markpud · 26th July 2001, 10:25 PM

that would be a kewl idea!!

Dave · 29th October 2001, 10:17 PM

Jerri Ryan told the Ventura County Star she would be willing to appear as Seven of Nine's ancestor on Enterprise.

"If my schedule allowed it and Brannon (Braga) wrote it, I would consider it," she told the US Newspaper.

OH NO! They should have called the new series Star Trek: Grandparents. There are going to be so many knocking around in it!

5th July 2001, 07:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
Dave Wherever I Am, I'm There Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Greater London Posts: 11,421	How to bring back Kirk! What would be your favourite plot to bring back William Shatner as Captain Kirk? (1) Q brings him back just to annoy Picard some more. (2) Vorgon criminals from the 27th Century arrive on Veridian via time travel moments before he dies and kidnap him. (3) SS Enterprise NX-01 runs into the Nexus energy ribbon and Captain Archer releases Kirk, Picard and Tollian Soran a little earlier. (4) Spock takes Kirks body to the Genesis planet to return the favour. (5) Kirks body is dug up and injected with a massive dose of altered Borg Nano-probes. (6) His body is dug up and taken through the Bajoran wormhole, where he becomes a Prophet, just to annoy The Sisko. (7) Tom Paris writes him into Holo-program as Captain Proton's new sidekick. (8) 'Generations' only exists in an alternative timeline, and he never really died at all. (9) The mirror-universe Kirk crosses over to ours again.

11th July 2001, 05:45 AM	#5 (permalink)
Dave Wherever I Am, I'm There Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Greater London Posts: 11,421	Re: Spock. It would be nice if he was to be one of the guest stars in ST:X, but I think it is unlikely. I just read a recent interview, and he is very busy (for a man is age) with writing books mainly, he doesn't even think he will ever direct a movie again.

22nd July 2001, 03:52 AM	#10 (permalink)
little star expert member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: USA Posts: 497	let's not forget... Any of the ST characters could pop up on 'Enterprise'-----damn the timeline!! Just throw in one of those handy-dandy solves-it-all time travel storylines. BTW, Leonard Nimoy was born in 1931, which makes him 70 years old this year. little star :star:

10th July 2001, 05:50 PM	#2 (permalink)
markpud Super-Mod to the gods Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: with Buffy, in Manchester, England... Posts: 4,732	(10) Spock was getting bored in the Romulan underground....

10th July 2001, 07:58 PM	#4 (permalink)
markpud Super-Mod to the gods Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: with Buffy, in Manchester, England... Posts: 4,732	hmm a bit OT for the TOS forum, but i wonder if he's still there?? Since the Roms have gotten more friendly with the Federation at the end of DS9, maybe he his hopes for reunification would be mroe likely now??

12th July 2001, 07:18 PM	#6 (permalink)
markpud Super-Mod to the gods Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: with Buffy, in Manchester, England... Posts: 4,732	well he doesnt need to direct it, just show his face for 1/2 hr to chat with his old buddy Picard, and possibly get his butt phasered away if he wants trek closure....

13th July 2001, 05:57 PM	#7 (permalink)
Dave Wherever I Am, I'm There Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Greater London Posts: 11,421	That's about all we would get. But, films are complicated to make, actors often have to keep going back to re-film sequences. It would be different if a TV series in his era was still running.

18th July 2001, 04:58 PM	#8 (permalink)
markpud Super-Mod to the gods Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: with Buffy, in Manchester, England... Posts: 4,732	hmmm.. just had a thought... how old was Spock in TOS?? Maybe he was alive in 2150, and could show up on "Enterprise" He would look a bit old considering how he looked on TOS though

19th July 2001, 09:04 AM	#9 (permalink)
Dave Wherever I Am, I'm There Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Greater London Posts: 11,421	Nice idea, but unfortunately he is not supposed to have been born until 2230. His parents Sarek and Amanda were not married until 2229, plus he says that he served for 11 years with Pike before Kirk, and the Enterprise was his first posting. I was going to say he might be a gleam in Sarek's eye, but it would be a very small one because Sarek wasn't born until 2165.

24th July 2001, 06:41 PM	#11 (permalink)
markpud Super-Mod to the gods Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: with Buffy, in Manchester, England... Posts: 4,732	wow, 70!! Hey, i was thinking they can mow use computer effects to bring back dead actors to life etc, so they could also insert a young looking Spock or whoever into the new show (if they can afford the cost of this effect!). Shame he isnt born yet

25th July 2001, 08:28 AM	#12 (permalink)
Dave Wherever I Am, I'm There Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Greater London Posts: 11,421	I predict that we will see his Grandfather, if not a very young Sarek as well, at some point in the run of 'Enterprise'. That is too good a plotline for them to avoid it.

26th July 2001, 01:06 AM	#13 (permalink)
little star expert member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: USA Posts: 497	Yes, I was thinking of the 'ancestor' appearances,too. I suppose it would be possible for Leonard Nimoy, for example, to make an appearance as one of Spock's ancestors, rather than Spock himself---that wouldn't interfere with the timeline. little star :star:

26th July 2001, 10:25 PM	#14 (permalink)
markpud Super-Mod to the gods Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: with Buffy, in Manchester, England... Posts: 4,732	that would be a kewl idea!!

29th October 2001, 10:17 PM	#15 (permalink)
Dave Wherever I Am, I'm There Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Greater London Posts: 11,421	Jerri Ryan told the Ventura County Star she would be willing to appear as Seven of Nine's ancestor on Enterprise. "If my schedule allowed it and Brannon (Braga) wrote it, I would consider it," she told the US Newspaper. OH NO! They should have called the new series Star Trek: Grandparents. There are going to be so many knocking around in it!