That was
not to be like
60 years ago, right or
50 years ago.
Anyway,
I just remember how colorful it was
that it was different.
It looked different than anything else
because it was so colorful
and I remember
being struck by
seeing Bill Shatner actually because I had seen him
in
other things
the brothers karamazov and
some other TV roles and I thought oh, well,
he's a good actor.
I really always
Tim and I thought well, I'll watch it because
of the chatter
and
but
the impact on me it was a TV show
for me
when I was a kid if that's what it
was.
I love television.
I've watched it.
You know
long
after I was supposed to be in bed.
When I was
that age
and
Star Trek was part of that
magic world that I enjoyed being a part of
the first
Star Trek,
I was working for the Royal Shakespeare company in
stratford-upon-avon
and on Saturdays.
I would do a massenet with an evening show
to follow
but I would
get out of makeup get out of costume and
drive quickly home
where my two little children
were
getting ready for bed.
And we would have bath time and
Story Time and some time
but
often I would come back and they will be
sitting in front of the television.
And they be watching these guys in colored t-shirts
and
I never really knew what it was.
But
when the
the
invitation to audition
came to me in
1986,
I had to turn to them and say
is
what is Star Trek.
What does it mean to you
and
and they filled me in and told me
everything and I think
they were far more excited than I was.
Initially to be with the potential of being involved
in a new series me.
I did watch it in reruns, but they run
really late at night after Benny Hill.
Remember Benny Hill actually very well.
I was very weird pairing any he'll start driving
by Benny Hill.
I was trying to doze off already, but I
would wake up to watch Star Trek but many
nights.
I fall asleep to that and I always identified
with Spock and one I dreamed always if I
want to be a Vulcan because I thought they
were so Like chill,
you know and like
nothing ruffle them.
Yeah,
that's my kind of first Contact Star Trek.
I
had seen a couple episodes of the original series
when I was a child because I don't think
anybody could have grown up in the last century
and not
encountered it,
but I came to sort of sci-fi fandom much
much much later.
So for me, I saw it like a, you
know watch like you said, it's TV series and
you know saw a few episodes and I watched
other stuff and it wasn't
It didn't really
I mean I was a kid.
I didn't really realize what
the message of the the show was.
I didn't really realize the impact of the show
until I was involved in it
as an actor
as an adult
and
you realize the Legacy and you realize what the
message behind the episodes
really is
and
It's a pretty special thing to be a part
of.