Star Trek Magazine – July 2019

The all-starguestlistforDestination
StarTrek 2019 attheNECin
Birmingham,UKon25–27October
continuestogrow,includingthe
additionofaStarTrekgueststar
whoseidentitywasthoughtlostto
themistsoftime.
AprilTatroplayedthepartof
shapeshifterIsis– feline-human
companionofGarySeven– inthe
originalseriesepisode“Assignment:
Earth”– a factthatwasonly
rediscoveredearlierthisyear.For
manyyearsthenon-speakingrole
wasassociatedwithanotheractress,
VictoriaVetri,untilin 2018 it was
establishedthatVetrihadn’tinfact
portrayedthecharacter.Then,early
in2019,LarryNemecekandThe
TrekFilesteamuneartheddocuments
inGeneRoddenberry’sarchivethat
pointedtoactressandcontortionist
AprilTatroas thegenuineIsis.
Tatrowillbeappearingat
DestinationStarTrekontheFriday,
Saturday,andSunday– “herfirst
eversigningeventintheworld,”
accordingtotheDSTteam,“soa
superraresignatureforyourStar
Tr e kcollection!”

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crowdsinthe

mainhallat

Destination

StarTrek 2018.

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asIsisin

“Assignment:

Earth.”

Otherguestsconfirmedforthe

showincludeEthanPeckandAlan

VanSprang–StarTrek:Discovery’s

SpockandLeland– whojointheir

alreadyannouncedco-starAnson

Mount,aliasCaptainPike.Also

attendingareJonathanFrakes

(Riker,as wellas directorofmultiple

DiscoveryandStarTrek:Picard

episodes),DeniseCrosby(Yar),Robin

Curtis(Saavik),andfromStarTrek:

Enterprise, ConnorTrinneer(Trip)and

AnthonyMontgomery(Mayweather),

withmanymoretobeannouncedin

therun-uptotheevent.

A varietyofticketsareavailable,

fromstandard3 day(£49),2 day

(SaturdayandSunday,£39),or1 day

(SaturdayorSunday,£29)tickets,to

Lieutenant,Commander,Captain,or

AdmiralVIPpackages,whichinclude

a varietyofadditionalguesttalks,

autographs,meetandgreets,andother

goodies,dependingonthepackage.

Headtowww.destinationstartrek.com/

ticketsformoreinfoandprices.

EVENT HORIZON

THINGSTODOONSHORELEAVE

DSTDST REDISCOVEREDREDISCOVERED

Long-lost Tr e k guest-star confi rmed for British con

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