William Shatner appeared in dozens of episode of the unique Star Trek, and the animated Star Trek sequence. He starred in seven Star Trek motion pictures — together with Star Trek Generations, the place Captain Kirk met his successor as Captain of the Enterprise, Jean-Luc Picard, performed by Patrick Stewart. Shatner even wrote a number of Star Trek novels.
However he’s by no means watched a single episode of Star Trek: The Subsequent Era.
Shatner made the startling omission throughout “Star Trek: The Captain’s Summit,” a particular function accessible on Star Trek DVD and Blu-ray collections. Recorded in 2009, the roundtable dialogue introduced collectively Shatner and Stewart and their respective first officers, Leonard Nimoy (Commander Spock) and Jonathan Frakes (Commander Riker) for a 70-minute chat concerning the historical past of the franchise, moderated by Whoopi Goldberg.
At one level within the dialogue, the subject turns to the assorted motion pictures that all of them made, together with the one Stewart and Shatner made collectively, Generations. Stewart begins to ask Shatner why he by no means appeared on The Subsequent Era TV sequence, though a number of different members of the basic Trek solid like Nimoy, James Doohan, and DeForest Kelley all did visitor spots on the present.
“So that they by no means approached you?” Stewart requested.
After which Shatner drops this bomb:
“Patrick,” he says, “ I’m going to confess one thing to you. You’re my buddy, I really like you, we’ve been collectively many occasions over time. We’re actually associates, and I’ve by no means informed you this. I’ve by no means watched your present. I by no means noticed a full episode of The Subsequent Era.”
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The entire room goes quiet for a short second. Frakes then jokes that it takes “big balls” to confess such a factor on digicam (on a Star Trek DVD particular function no much less).
“Enormous balls. Captain’s balls!” Stewart agrees.
Stewart warns Shatner he’s going to ask him over one evening to observe an episode. (When Stewart mentions he has 178 to select from, Shatner is shocked they did so many. “That’s 100 greater than we did!” he exclaims.) Shatner then gives his protection for the slight: He doesn’t watch tv. He additionally claimed he’d by no means seen Boston Authorized, a present he starred on for 5 seasons.
Shatner then concedes there was “some reluctance, buried manner deep” to observe the crew that changed the unique Star Trek solid, though he additionally stated he was “newsaholic” who’s continuously watching information and sports activities as a substitute of fiction reveals.
At the least one individual on the roundtable wasn’t shopping for it.
“Invoice, I really like you, you’re my buddy, we’re very shut to one another, and also you’re mendacity,” stated Nimoy. That acquired an enormous snort from everybody on the roundtable.
You possibly can watch the total “Captain’s Summit” roundtable at this hyperlink. The important thing dialogue about The Subsequent Era (and the truth that Shatner had by no means seen even a single episode) begins round 26 minutes in. (I suppose he might need watched some Subsequent Era since this roundtable was recorded. If that’s the case, I hope he loved it.)
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