Walter Koenig on the Appeal of Star Trek IV

TVC 530.4: Ed plays Part 2 of a conversation that began last week with Walter Koenig, the actor known around the world as Mr. Chekhov on the original Star Trek TV series (and the first seven Star Trek movies) and Alfred Bester on Babylon 5. Topics this segment includes what Walter describes as the "complexity of character" of actor William Shatner; why Leonard Nimoy was arguably the most indispensible actor on Star Trek; the broad audience appeal of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home; and a funny story involving Walter, James Doohan, George Takei, and a personal appearance at a video store in Dothan, Alabama. Walter's memoir, Beaming Up and Getting Off: Life Before and Beyond Star Trek, is available in hardcover and as an eBook through Jacobs Brown Media Group.

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