The Beyond Star Trek Blogathon

The Beyond Star Trek blogathon is here at last!

Are you ready to go where no Trek fans have gone before?  (Okay, where not many have gone, if you want to be picky.)  To delve into all the interesting roles that the actors of our beloved sci-fi franchise took on aside from visiting all those new worlds and new civilizations?

If you're ready, set your phaser to stun and delve into these blog posts!

William Shatner as a professor from Germany?  Leonard Nimoy as an alien who doesn't come from the planet Vulcan?  DeForest Kelley as a cowboy?  LeVar Burton as a children's TV show host?  We've got something here for everyone!

Participants, leave a comment either on this post or on Quiggy's post with a link to your contribution and we'll add you to the official roster!

 The Roster

Quiggy discusses why you should never trust a Martian,

even if they're played by Leonard Nimoy,

in Zombies of the Stratosphere (1952).

Hamlette wonders why William Shatner didn't make more westerns

when he looks so good in that cowboy hat 
in the Big Valley episode "A Time to Kill" (1966).

Rich finds the black humor of Eating Raoul (1982) subversively relative

still today, including Robert Beltran's role as a sly thief.

Katie muses on the childhood joys of discovering new books to love

thanks to LeVar Burton via Reading Rainbow.

Paddy gives us an overview of all 4 episodes of Zane Grey Theater

that DeForest Kelley starred in.

Chris outlines Leonard Nimoy's turn as a self-help guru

who's anything but helpful in Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978).

Heidi explores William Shatner's portrayal of Professor Bhaer

in the 1978 miniseries Little Women.

MovieCritic gives William Shatner his due regarding his turn as

a man running a beauty pageant in Miss Congeniality (2000).

Rebecca delves into the world of X-Men (2000), where mutants

live among us, led by Patrick Stewart as the iconic Professor X.

Eric tells us all about the shenanigans in Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971),

which features James Doohan in a small role AND was written & produced

by none other than Gene Roddenberry!

Eva shares her appreciation for Leonard Nimoy's stint on

Mission: Impossible, especially season 4 (1969-1970)

If you want to see some other blogathons that are coming up, that I'm either participating in or hosting, you'll find links to those on my Upcoming Blog Events page as always.