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Gary Lockwood Remembers "Where No Man Has Gone Before"

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By GustavoLeao / 08:29, 21 October 2008 / General Star Trek

The latest issue of Star Trek Magazine, out in the US and the UK, features a new interview with actor Gary Lockwood, who played James Kirk's best friend, Lt. Commander Gary Mitchell, in the 1965 Star Trek second pilot episode "Where No Man Has Gone Before". Here are few excerpts of the interview.

"I was about to do 2001 A Space Odyssey for Stanley Kubrick, and I was having a few drinks with Gene Roddenberry on his patio" Lockwood told the magazine "I had starred in Gene's pre-Star Trek series, The Lieutenant. As we had a drink, he told me about this pilot he'd done, Star Trek. It had problems, but they were going to re-do it. Gene then said "I created a part for you on Star Trek. I want you to do it as a favor for me. Would you ?'"

"I didnt think that pilot would be as good as it was" Lockwood confesses "Because it was a pilot, it was rushed, but when I made it, I must honestly tell you, I really didnt think it would be as interesting as it all turned out. I truly think Star Trek became a hit because the world was ready for it and Gene was the right guy to deliver it."

The full article can be found on the latest issue of Star Trek Magazine, now on sale.



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By: OV-101 (Odo's file, contact) @ 07:21:32 on Oct 22, 2008

I met Gary Lockwood at Jimmy Doohan's last convention in Hollywood. He lives just over the hill from where I am from. He is very funny and just a totally real guy. He aparently likes to, or used to, fly and we talked about airplanes and stuff. Just very enjoyable guy to be around.

I too would love to see Mitch in the movie. He's a critical character and has a major impact in Jim Kirk's life. It should be part of the movie. Certainly, if not this movie the next one.

Loved to hear Gary's interview on how he got the part. Just sounds so cool.....

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By: IamKirok!!! (Odo's file, contact) @ 06:51:24 on Oct 22, 2008

Huge missed opportunity. So little is know about Mitchell, it could have been a great role with a built in "end" and would have given Kirk/Spock friendship more of a foil. Too bad.


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RE: Gary Lockwood? | Report this post to moderator
By: GustavoLeao (Odo's file, contact, web site) @ 15:49:12 on Oct 21, 2008

I still think that the Star Trek XI writers choose to ignore Mitchell (since part of the movie takes place in Starfleet Academy) and so they did a retcon on the Kirk/Mitchell friendship, and instead choose to focus on the Kirk/Spock/McCoy relationship.

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RE: Gary Lockwood? by Yorik @ 23:25:57 on Oct 21
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By: falcon (Odo's file, contact) @ 08:38:30 on Oct 21, 2008

I thought he was dead. Must've been thinking about someone else. Just saw his most recent pic on IMDB - taken 4 Feb 2008 - and he looks like he could still play Gary Mitchell (with the gray hair on the temples, yet).

His daughter's pretty cute, too. :-) Go over to IMDB and do a search.

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RE: Gary Lockwood? by MILFORD1701A @ 14:29:01 on Oct 21
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