Legendary Star Trek actor William Shatner has revealed what it would take to persuade him to appear on Star Trek: Discovery, the new Trek incarnation currently streaming on CBS All Access.
Considering all the many ways Star Trek has found to bring back characters from past movies and TV series, it was logical to think Captain Kirk himself might make it into the mix, either via a Shatner appearance (which would obviously require some kind of time-travel scenario, or other story that allowed an old Kirk to communicate with the distant past) or a young actor taking over the role.
After a 12-year absence from the small screen, Star Trek returned to much fanfare with Discovery, a series set 10 years before the original show.
Star Trek: Discovery, a series that, if nothing else, is committed to pumping new, youthful vigor into the rickety old franchise, certainly would not be the proper venue for such an exploration.