Yet another "ST:TOS" WI thread

For those of us who liked "DS9" best.:p

I've wondered what would have happened if Gene had pitched "TOS" less Hornblowersque, less "Wagon Train to the Stars", & more "Naked City in Space'.

So, WI he does? He proposes a big space-based facility. (I imagine it looking more like Moonbase Alpha that DS9, somehow.)

Presuming there are butterflies in flight just to get it approved, let's say the cast is different: De Kelley as Th'renn [the ren] (Andorian; in the role of Odo OTL), Jeff Hunter as Pike (Th'renn's chief deputy/partner), Leonard Nimoy as Cdr H. Wendell Perry (senior JAG assigned; think of a judge or prosecutor), Paul Fix as Commodore Robert Christie (recurring; in the role of Cisco or Bareil OTL), Paul Carr as Lt Kelso (recurring; junior JAG), Ja'net Dubois as Lt T'vrel (Vulcan; senior JAG under Perry), George Takei as Dr. Phil Boyd (recurring; in the role of McCoy & Bashir OTL), Mark Lenard as Andrew Douglas Mackenzie (in the role of O'Brien/Scotty), Ossie Davis as Ambassador Sobek (recurring; in the role of Sarek), Serena Sande as Ambassador Thelev (Andorian; recurring), Majel Barret as Zorn (recurring; in the role of Quark), William Campbell as Elisel (Denebian trader; recurring), Susan Denberg as Shipmaster Vraath (Orion, recurring villain; in the role of Garak), Jimmy Doohan as Subcommander Skrek (Romulan, recurring villain; in the role of Koloth), & Shat as Captain Kludge (recurring villain, in the role of Dukat/Kang OTL).

So, does it succeed? Or does it get cancelled in the first season?:eek:
 
Yeah, kinda hard to see happening. TOS came out in pretty scary and negative times and it was all about postivity for the future which was why it was popular.
DS9 came out in the 90s, rather positive times in which putting a dark spin on everything was very much in fashion.
 
It's an insult to Marc Alaimo, myself, and my family to even suggest William Shatner have even the slightest connection to the character of Dukat. I demand you take it back.
 
Tyr said:
DS9 came out in the 90s, rather positive times in which putting a dark spin on everything was very much in fashion.
Where did I even imply it would have a "DS9" tone...?:confused:

It could've had a DS9-like setting, with a TOS tone.
It's an insult to Marc Alaimo, myself, and my family to even suggest William Shatner have even the slightest connection to the character of Dukat. I demand you take it back.
No. Shat, like Alaimo, had the talent to carry off a role needing big, stagey acting. So did Andrew Robinson as Garak. It's why you cast Shat for it, instead of somebody without stage training.
 
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