Pon Farr Gone Too Far?

The Vulcan time of mating and sexual play, Pon Farr, may go a bit too far for some.  In 1984, Leonard Nimoy directed the 3rd big Trek feature film, Search For Spock, and though it's more remembered as the quest to find Spock and his soul or katra, it's also a search for a Vulcan's lost libido.  

Check out my new OMNI article to learn more.

Sci-Fi Stage: Trek's Broadway Theater Connection

Trek Article Flashback - this was first published online in 2009

Star Trek stars don't only act on TV or in movies. Big actors like William Shatner, Patrick Stewart & Kate Mulgrew not only command Starships in the deepest regions of space, but also act on the stages on Broadway's great white way.

The iconic sci-fi TV show and feature film series is light years away from New York City's Broadway theater in time and space, but there's a creative connection between the two entertainment worlds. Many of its biggest actors have graced Broadway's stage on the great white way. With J.J. Abram's new Star Trek movie starring Chris Pine as a youthful Captain Kirk coming out in May 2009, moviegoers will see a new cast of actors playing familiar roles. Much as Broadway's stage actors have assumed great roles of Shakespeare to Sondheim to Andrew Lloyd Webber over the years, we'll soon see new faces play classic characters.

From Captain James T. Kirk William Shatner to Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart) to Voyager's own Captain Janeway (Kate Mulgrew), these daring and adventurous starship commanders dazzle us by piloting spaceships amongst the stars, and also wow earthbound Broadway theater audiences for many years.

William Shatner

Before William Shatner became the most famous TV spaceman of all, he commanded audience attention on stage, instead of on television.

The Canadian born actor was classically trained as an actor and performed in the Statford Festival of Canada. He made his Broadway debut in Tamburlaine The Great (1956). In 1958, he appeared in The World of Suzie Wong, opposite France Nuyen, who would later guest star on original Star Trek opposite Shatner in the episode Elaan of Troyius. Finally in 1961, Shatner appeared on Broadway in A Shot In The Dark, a comedy along with Walter Matthau (The Odd Couple) who won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor.

Patrick Stewart

This classy and classically trained British actor performed in theater before he was chosen to play Star Trek: The Next Generation's Captain Jean-Luc Picard and later as Professor Xavier in the X-Men feature films.

Stewart's first Broadway role was in 1971 as Tom Snout in A Midsummer's Night Dream.  In 1991, four years after his Star Trek series premiered in television syndication, Stewart began the first of four revivals of Dicken's A Christmas Carol, as a one man play and snagged a 1992 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Solo Performance/One Person Show for his acting efforts. Most recently, Stewart earned a 2008 Tony Award nomination for his electric performance in the acclaimed rival of Macbeth.

Avery Brooks

Captain Benjamin Sisko of Deep Space Nine has worked extensively in live theater.

In 1979, Brooks appeared on Broadway in Are You Now or Have You Ever Been? Brooks played actor and social activist Paul Robeson in Paul Robeson in 1988, and it was a role which he'd reprise often. Brooks played Robeson at the Westwood Playhouse in Los Angeles, and also at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Brooks played Othello in various Shakespeare productions, including the Folger Shakespeare Festival (1985) and at the Washington Shakespeare Theater in 1990.

Kate Mulgrew

Star Trek: Voyager's Kate Mulgrew is best known to daytime TV watchers as Mary Ryan in Ryan's Hope, this actress made history by being the first woman to head a Star Trek show as commanding officer.

In 1993, before leading her lost starship safely through the Delta Quadrant, Mulgrew appeared in the Broadway comedy White Liars & Black Comedians as Clea. Mulgrew then played Hesther Saloman on Broadway in Equus - with boy wizard Harry Potter (actor Daniel Radcliffe) playing the fragile Alan Strang.

Scott Bakula

Bakula stars in Star Trek: Enterprise as Captain Jonathan Archer in this prequel series - chronicling a time before Kirk, Spock, the birth of the Federation of Planets and the early days of the space faring Starfleet itself.

Scott Bakula first came to Broadway theater when he understudied in Is There Life After High School? in 1982. In 1983, he played joltin Joe DiMaggio in the musical Marilyn, then finally in 1988 he played two roles in the musical Romance/Romance.

Nana Visitor

In Deep Space Nine, Nana Visitor played Kira Nerys, the tough, but emotionally sensitive Bajoran officer.

Visitor comes from a prominent stage and dancing family - her aunt was the legendary Cyd Charisse. In 1983, she appeared in the smash hit show My One And Only, starring Tommy Tune and Twiggy. Visitor then starred in the revival of the musical Chicago, as Roxie Hart.

Leonard Nimoy

Logical Mr. Spock of Vulcan is also an accomplished Broadway actor and director.

Nimoy's first appearance on the Broadway stage was in Full Circle (1973) - four years after Star Trek finished its original NBC network television run. In 1974 Nimoy appeared in Equus. Finally in 1996, Nimoy worked behind the scenes as director of the play The Apple Doesn't Fall.

Brent Spiner

Android Data is a marvel of technology mixed with the human equation. Actor Brent Spiner brought the mechanical man to life, though before he wore thick pancake make-up and sported blinking circuits, he acted on Broadway.

Spiner first appeared on Broadway in A History Of The American Film as Hank in 1978. He then played Franz in Sunday In The Park With George, starring Mandy Patinkin and Bernadette Peters. In 1997, Spiner earned a Drama Desk Award nomination for his role as John Adams in the musical 1776.

A First Officer Is Always Number One

Number One!  Which one is your number one?  Captain Pike's? Captain Picard's?  What about Captain Janeway's Chakotay?  Take the Twitter poll!

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Is The Beard Evil or Sexy?

The Beard.  Riker did it.  Data tried to do it.  Geordi even tried the lusty lure of the beard.  Before all of them, there was that naughty Mister Spock from that alternate universe who did the facial hair thing in a most logical way.

Mirror, Mirror on the wall:  Is the beard sexy or evil?  Maybe both?

Trek Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself

Vulcans really know how to turn a memorable phrase.  Live Long & Prosper.  Infinite Diversity Infinite Combination.  Fascinating.  Logic dictates.  Etc.  You could even say Vulcans know how to rap.

Check out Mister Spock flashing that Vulcan peace sign.  Vulcan philosophy?  Maybe it's simply good old fashioned common sense.

William Shatner On His Bromance With Leonard Nimoy

Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock go together like milk and cookies or Han and Luke.  With the passing of Leonard Nimoy, that iconic pair has finally been separated.  Leonard's co-star and longtime friend William Shatner, has written a tribute book detailed their unique friendship.  Sadly at the end of Nimoy's life, the actor stopped talking to his former starship Captain.  Why?  You'll have to buy the book to find out. 

http://metro.co.uk/2016/02/15/william-shatner-admits-he-misses-star-trek-co-star-leonard-nimoy-as-he-pens-new-book-about-their-friendship-5684318/

Leonard Nimoy's Daughter Seeks To Finish His Last Project

Spock was known to help out Bones in sickbay more than a few times. With that spirit in mind, a look at a real life medical condition will hopefully be Leonard Nimoy's last and lasting film legacy.  Nimoy's final film project, unfinished at the time of his death, is being picked up and will be finished by his daughter, Julie Nimoy.  

The film is a documentary on the condition known as COPD - Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease - the illness which contributed to actor Leonard Nimoy's death.  Read more about the project here.

Spock's Got Wheels

It's only logical.  Even Vulcans love a set of hot wheels.

Hallmark Christmas Ornament - Spock's Death

It may not be everyone's idea of an acceptable festive tree ornament, because hey, it's a death scene, but every Trekkie or Trekker would put this on their Christmas tree.  

Live Long And Prosper.

That OTHER Kiss

Much is made of Captain Kirk and Lt. Uhura's kiss in the classic episode, Plato's Stepchildren.  The alien enforced liplock was the first interracial kiss on television.  Despite a recent revelation that an obscure British live drama snagged the title a few years prior, the great cultural interest in Star Trek makes the William Shatner and Nichelle Nichols scene still the one most talked about.

But there was another kiss.

In the same episode, Spock and Nurse Chapel - Leonard Nimoy and Majel Barrett Roddenberry - were also forced into romantic play by the sadistic Platonians.  Because of Chapel's pining lust for the stoic Vulcan, and Spock's romantic resistance to her, their embrace and smooch is, in many ways, even more dramatic.

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Where No Poster Has Gone Before

Wonderful new Star Trek posters are now available. Check out one of the very best of the bunch.

For more information - check out this article: 

http://www.ew.com/article/2015/11/23/star-trek-posters-voyager-wrath-khan-tos

Spock's Almost Wedding

Spock almost got married - remember?  It was a casual affair, only a few good friends invited, kinda low-key.  Ultimately, it was really an amok time!

Don't they both look thrilled?

Romulan Commander And Spock

In The Enterprise Incident, Spock must team up with his Captain for a sort of James Bond meets Jason Bourne mission.  Stealing a Romulan cloaking device isn't easy - the job tasking Kirk - but romancing a steely Romulan Commander may be even harder.

Only known as the Romulan Commander, actress Joanne Linville brings a classy and smokey sexuality to the character and always makes us wonder if Spock will be able to resist her temptation. 

Nurse Chapel And Lwaxana Troi

Nurse Chapel is one of the sadder characters on Star Trek. Wonderfully played by Majel Barrett Roddenberry, Chapel has to keep her romantic secret - that she dearly loves Spock.  When the revelation is finally made, it's both poignant and touching.

It's no wonder that when Next Generation was created, Majel was given the joyous and highly libidinous character of Lwaxana - a woman who never was shy about admitting her attraction to the bemused Jean-Luc Picard.  Oh Jean-Luc!

T'Pring - A Vulcan Woman Of Sexual Strategy

T'Pring always gets what she wants...

Do You Really Want To Get Involved, Captain Kirk?

The Look Of Love

It's that rare look we all treasure - the look of love.  That undeniable feeling that must burst forth and show the whole world just how you feel about that special someone.  In This Side of Paradise, City On The Edge of Forever and All Our Yesterdays, Captain Kirk and Spock saw that special look on their special someone - even if it only lasted for a few brief moments.  Actresses Jill Ireland, Joan Collins and Mariette Hartley brought that look to amazing life.

Spock The Logical Vulcan Zombie

It's only logical - Vulcans make FASCINATING zombies.  IDIC = Infinite Decay Interred Corpse

Die Quickly & Rot