Cleverer

TV That didn't take long. After a while, when it was becoming clear that Doctor Who would never return the the screens, fans began to make sell-thru licensed video drama featuring original cast members sometimes playing the original parts. Now the Star Trek fans are doing it too...

"A feature-length Star Trek film for Internet distribution is going to be shot next month in the village of Port Henry on Lake Champlain.
The production will star actors from four Star Trek television series. It's the brainchild of Ticonderoga resident James Cawley, whose New Voyages series of short Star Trek fan films have exceeded 30 million downloads on the Internet.

"The film will be directed by Tim Russ, who played the Vulcan Tuvok on Star Trek: Voyager. It will be shot on high-definition digital video on sets built in a cavernous former garage building in downtown Port Henry.

"Russ will also recreate his role of Tuvok in the production. Joining him from Voyager will be Garrett Wang, who played Ensign Harry Kim. From the original Star Trek will be Nichelle Nichols, who played Lieutenant Uhura, and Walter Koenig, who was Ensign Chekov."

Of course the difference was that the Who fans actually managed to get people to pay money for theirs. Clever. And then some of them went into the industry and got to make the programme for real. Even cleverer. [via]