Star Trek: Phase II

Star Trek: Phase II (formerly known as Star Trek: New Voyages) is a live-action fan film series created by James Cawley in April 2003, and funded by his career as an Elvis tribute artist (voted #1 in the country in 1997). In addition to Cawley Entertainment Company, a volunteer troupe of fans formed Retro Film Studios, LLC to help continue the project. The series picks up where The Original Series left off, filming season 4 and 5, and putting new actors into the original series roles.

This production reportedly has the blessing of Gene Roddenberry's estate. Several actors who once appeared on the original Star Trek series have appeared in this production including Eddie Paskey and John Winston, who both guested in "Come What May". In addition, former Star Trek: Communicator editor and current Star Trek Magazine contributor Larry Nemecek has had roles in "Come What May" and "To Serve All My Days".

Central characters

The series currently features the central characters of the USS Enterprise as well as several recurring characters. When other stories are added the cast will grow.

Enterprise crew

The three main characters (from left): Spock (Jeff Quinn), Kirk (James Cawley) and McCoy (John Kelley).

• Captain James T. Kirk

Played by James Cawley.

• Commander Spock

Played by Jeff Quinn ("Come What May", to "World Enough and Time")

Ben Tolpin ("Blood and Fire, Part 1", "Blood and Fire, Part 2").

Brandon Stacy ("Enemy: Starfleet", onwards)

• Doctor Leonard "Bones" McCoy

Played by John Kelley.

• Lieutenant Nyota Uhura

Played by Julienne Irons ("Come What May", to "World Enough and Time")

Kim Stinger ("Blood and Fire, Part 1", "Blood and Fire, Part 2", "Enemy: Starfleet", "Kitumba", onwards).

• Lieutenant Commander Montgomery Scott

Played by Jack Marshall ("Come What May" only)

Charles Root ("In Harm's Way", onwards).

• Lieutenant Commander Hikaru Sulu

Played by John Lim ("Come What May" to "World Enough and Time")

J.T. Tepnapa ("Enemy: Starfleet" onwards).

• Lieutenant Pavel Chekov

Played by Jasen Tucker ("Come What May" only)

Andy Bray ("In Harm's Way" to "Blood and Fire, Part 2")

Jonathan Zungre ("Enemy: Starfleet" onwards).

• Lieutenant Vincent DeSalle

Played by Ron Boyd.

• Nurse Christine Chapel

Played by Shannon Giles to "World Enough and Time".

• Lieutenant/Yeoman Janice Rand

Played by Meghan King Johnson ("Come What May" - "In Harm's Way", "Blood and Fire" onwards

• Ensign Peter Kirk Played by Bobby Quinn Rice ("Blood and Fire, Part 1" onwards)
• Lt. Sentell Played by Jeff Mailhotte
• Lt. Commander Prescott Played by Paul R. Sieber ("Kitumba" onwards)
• Lt. Joesph Kyle Played by Jay Storey

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Episode listing

The Enterprise passes through a spatial anomaly. (World Enough and Time)

0. "Come What May" (2004)

1. "In Harm's Way" (2004)

2. "To Serve All My Days" (November 2006)

3. "World Enough and Time" (August 2007)

4. "Blood and Fire, Part 1" (December 2008)

5. "Blood and Fire, Part 2" (Fall 2009)

6. "Enemy: Starfleet" (In post-production)

7. "The Child" (In post-production)

8. "Kitumba " (In post-production)

Vignettes

1. "Center Seat"

These vignettes were to be released in a staggered schedule but the remainder have been scrapped. This is, according to producer/"Kirk" actor James Cawley, due to the poor quality of the footage compared to the high definition episodes now being released.

Rebranding to Phase II

During an appearance at the Farpoint Science Fiction Media Convention in Baltimore, Maryland on 16 February 2008, James Cawley announced a rebranding of New Voyages to become Star Trek: Phase II. The renamed series will continue to follow the remaining two years of James T. Kirk's original five-year mission, while bridging the gap between the three seasons of the original Star Trek television series and Star Trek: The Motion Picture.

Trivia

• On 3 May 2004, TrekToday announced that Eugene Roddenberry Jr. had endorsed New Voyages, accepting a position on the production staff as "Consulting Producer". [1] He later provided the voice of the Timepiece Guard in "In Harm's Way". Other guest stars in this episode included Barbara Luna, William Windom and Malachi Throne.
• In March 2005, Walter Koenig was signed to reprise his TOS character Pavel Chekov in "To Serve All My Days", written by TOS/TNG writer D.C. Fontana [2]. Koenig introduced the premiere showing of the episode at the Planet Xpo Star Trek: 40th Anniversary Gala Celebration and Conference on 8 September 2006 [3], and has since previewed it at several other convention appearances. The episode was officially released Thanksgiving Day 2006. This episode also featured Mary-Linda Rapelye as Ambassador Rayna Morgan.
• George Takei appeared as his character Hikaru Sulu, captain of the USS Excelsior in the third "production episode" (fourth release), "World Enough and Time", written by Marc Scott Zicree (who also directed the episode) and Michael Reaves [4]. This episode also featured Grace Lee Whitney as communications officer of the Excelsior Janice Rand.
• "Blood and Fire" was written by David Gerrold, with the teleplay by Gerrold and Carlos Pedraza (a producer for Star Trek: Hidden Frontier) [5].
• Former Star Trek stuntwoman Leslie Hoffman served as stunt coordinator on the until "Blood and Fire, Part 2",episodes.

External links

• Star Trek: New Voyages series website
• James Cawley talks to TrekMovie.com
• Star Trek: New Voyages en español
• Star Trek: New Voyages Becomes Star Trek: Phase II