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Walter Koenig Says NEW VOYAGES Wraps His Career

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By GustavoLeao / 04:18, 8 December 2005 / General Star Trek

STAR TREK actor Walter Koenig talks to Wired Magazine about his return to the role of Pavel Chekov in an upcoming episode of STAR TREK NEW VOYAGES online series. In "To Serve All My Days", written by D.C. Fontana, the younger Chekov is suddenly aged and has to deal with living out his twilight years.



"This was the episode I never got to play and never would get to play," Koenig says. "I've never had the opportunity to do something that required more than reading off Warp Factor numbers on the navigation console."

"I don't mean to be morbid, but I did have a quadruple bypass 13 years ago," Koenig says. "This might be a really good wrap for my career."

Since Paramount is not producing new STAR TREK at the moment, Koenig said "Paramount is licking its wounds. But that doesn't mean the people can't rise up and defend STAR TREK. In the absence of the ruling class, the peasantry has picked up their pitchforks and shovels and gone into battle."

"To Serve All My Days" will likely be released in January

The full article, which contains quotes from the NEW VOYAGES team and spoilers for "To Serve All My Days" and the first photo of Koenig as Chekov in the episode, can be found here.



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By: mustangman289 (Odo's file, contact) @ 17:49:06 on Dec 12, 2005

TOS, in my opinion, is not an ensemble show. The way it developed, whether by design and/or happy accident, was the emphasis on the Kirk/Spock/McCoy triumvirate. That's what makes these shows still so enjoying to watch, even today. The junior bridge crew were hired to be just that. Junior. Now they resent it, it seems. Shatner mostly vied with Nimoy for screen time, especially after the Spock character proved to be so popular (especially with the female viewers!). You know that really got Shatner's goat. (LOL). Now, the real question is: was Shatner really that bad to everyone, or have they just turned their resentment of being a minor cast member into resentment of anything Shatner--in other words, making him a scapegoat for all their frustrations?

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