"Star Trek" has always loved a deep-cut starship name. In the original series, the U.S.S. Farragut borrowed a name from a Civil War-era Union Navy officer. In "Star Trek: Lower Decks," every California Class ship is named after a different city in the West Coast state, from Redding to Riverside. Figures ranging from Ursula K. Le Guin to Thomas Edison to Elmer Fudd have all gotten the starship name treatment, but one of the earliest named starships in the series had a much less admirable origin story.
The S.S. Botany Bay made its first appearance in the "Star Trek: The Original Series" episode "Space Seed," which introduced viewers to the infamous villain Khan Noonien Singh (Ricardo Montalban). Viewers with a keen sense of geography may have realized they were due to meet a baddie before Khan ever appeared, though, because Botany Bay holds a uniquely horrifying place in history.
The S.S. Botany Bay made its first appearance in the "Star Trek: The Original Series" episode "Space Seed," which introduced viewers to the infamous villain Khan Noonien Singh (Ricardo Montalban). Viewers with a keen sense of geography may have realized they were due to meet a baddie before Khan ever appeared, though, because Botany Bay holds a uniquely horrifying place in history.
- 2/2/2024
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
This Star Trek: Strange New Worlds article contains spoilers.
At the end of the latest episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, La’an Noonien-Singh makes a shocking discovery. Hurled back to 21st-century Toronto, alongside James T. Kirk (Paul Wesley), to stop a history-changing attack by Romulans, La’an finds the holding area of her infamous ancestor, the genocidal warlord Khan Noonien Singh.
Tempted by the opportunity to not only destroy a vicious warlord but to also shake off the hatred for her name that still exists in her reality, La’an enters the room, gun drawn. However, she finds not the glowering madman played by Ricardo Montalbán in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan nor the simmering terror played by Benedict Cumberbatch. Instead, she finds a small child, whom she immediately comforts.
As sweet as this moment is, even more notable is who is playing Khan in the scene.
At the end of the latest episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, La’an Noonien-Singh makes a shocking discovery. Hurled back to 21st-century Toronto, alongside James T. Kirk (Paul Wesley), to stop a history-changing attack by Romulans, La’an finds the holding area of her infamous ancestor, the genocidal warlord Khan Noonien Singh.
Tempted by the opportunity to not only destroy a vicious warlord but to also shake off the hatred for her name that still exists in her reality, La’an enters the room, gun drawn. However, she finds not the glowering madman played by Ricardo Montalbán in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan nor the simmering terror played by Benedict Cumberbatch. Instead, she finds a small child, whom she immediately comforts.
As sweet as this moment is, even more notable is who is playing Khan in the scene.
- 7/3/2023
- by Joe George
- Den of Geek
Listen: Lance Reddick on How a Childhood Love of ‘Star Trek’ and William Shatner Informed His Career
Lance Reddick never planned to be an actor. But the star of series such as “Bosch,” “Corporate,” “Fringe” and “The Wire” always cites his youthful obsession with William Shatner as the catalyst that eventually led to his career on the screen.
“I didn’t really start acting until college and I didn’t even think about being an actor professionally until I was 27,” Reddick told Variety‘s “My Favorite Episode” podcast. “But whenever I’m asked about my early influences, what made me want to be an actor, it was William Shatner.”
As a teenager, when Reddick learned that Shatner had been a Shakespearean actor, he unearthed his father’s copy of “Julius Caesar” and taught himself the speech that Brutus makes to the crowd before Mark Antony takes over.
“I started trying to do it the way I thought Captain Kirk would do it,” he said. “Growing up I...
“I didn’t really start acting until college and I didn’t even think about being an actor professionally until I was 27,” Reddick told Variety‘s “My Favorite Episode” podcast. “But whenever I’m asked about my early influences, what made me want to be an actor, it was William Shatner.”
As a teenager, when Reddick learned that Shatner had been a Shakespearean actor, he unearthed his father’s copy of “Julius Caesar” and taught himself the speech that Brutus makes to the crowd before Mark Antony takes over.
“I started trying to do it the way I thought Captain Kirk would do it,” he said. “Growing up I...
- 4/15/2019
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
Cover A by Steve Stanley
Danger, Will Robinson! Irwin Allen’s legendary Sci-Fi property returns! Before being prematurely canceled during its third season, Lost In Space had several screenplays lined up and ready to film. These are those lost episodes, adapted for comics from screenwriter Carey Wilber’s original teleplays! First up is “The Curious Galactics,” a three-part tale that sends John Robinson, Will Robinson, and Major Don West from a run-of-the-mill radar scouting mission into a potentially deadly alien maze.
Written by Carey Wilber, adapted by FM’s own Holly Interlandi, illustrated by Kostas Pantoulas, and colored by Patrick McEvoy, Irwin Allen’S Lost In Space: The Lost Adventures #1 is now available in comic stores everywhere, as well as on CaptainCo.com — where all four variant covers are available — and Comixology. You can also write-in to the letters column and let us know what you think! Direct letters...
Danger, Will Robinson! Irwin Allen’s legendary Sci-Fi property returns! Before being prematurely canceled during its third season, Lost In Space had several screenplays lined up and ready to film. These are those lost episodes, adapted for comics from screenwriter Carey Wilber’s original teleplays! First up is “The Curious Galactics,” a three-part tale that sends John Robinson, Will Robinson, and Major Don West from a run-of-the-mill radar scouting mission into a potentially deadly alien maze.
Written by Carey Wilber, adapted by FM’s own Holly Interlandi, illustrated by Kostas Pantoulas, and colored by Patrick McEvoy, Irwin Allen’S Lost In Space: The Lost Adventures #1 is now available in comic stores everywhere, as well as on CaptainCo.com — where all four variant covers are available — and Comixology. You can also write-in to the letters column and let us know what you think! Direct letters...
- 3/17/2016
- by Cameron Hatheway
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
According to new spoiler reports, the character of the villain 'John Harrison' in "Star Trek Into Darkness" is not 'Gary Mitchell' as many have speculated, but a 'Nordic Superman', whose name is familiar to "Star Trek" fans.
John Harrison is 'Khan Noonien Singh', aka 'Khan'.
The character debuted in "Space Seed" (1967), a first season episode of "Star Trek: The Original Series" and reappeared as the antagonist in the 1982 film "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan".
In "Space Seed" writer Carey Wilber's first draft of the script introduced the character as 'John Ericssen', a 'Nordic Superman' involved in the 'First World Tyranny'. According to the backstory, Khan is a genetically engineered superhuman who once controlled more than a quarter of the Earth during the 'Eugenics Wars' of the 1990s. After being revived from suspended animation in 2267 by the crew of the 'USS Enterprise', Khan attempts to capture the starship,...
John Harrison is 'Khan Noonien Singh', aka 'Khan'.
The character debuted in "Space Seed" (1967), a first season episode of "Star Trek: The Original Series" and reappeared as the antagonist in the 1982 film "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan".
In "Space Seed" writer Carey Wilber's first draft of the script introduced the character as 'John Ericssen', a 'Nordic Superman' involved in the 'First World Tyranny'. According to the backstory, Khan is a genetically engineered superhuman who once controlled more than a quarter of the Earth during the 'Eugenics Wars' of the 1990s. After being revived from suspended animation in 2267 by the crew of the 'USS Enterprise', Khan attempts to capture the starship,...
- 4/30/2013
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
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