When we say Doug Drexler is a Super Fan, we mean it! He’s not just a fan of Star Trek, though. Doug is a devoted fan to many other Sci-Fi franchises and media, including Marvel Comics! Doug grew up in the 1960s as a Marvel Comics fan. He shares his memories of living in the Greater New York area and realizing it was the center of the Marvel Universe. While working at the Federation Trading Post in Manhattan during the 1970s, he was able to meet many Marvel artists and writers, including Stan Lee himself! Doug grew up as Marvel…
70s TREK - Star Trek in the 1970s
Before Doug Drexler won an academy award for his make up work on the film Dick Tracy…before he was nominated for two Emmys for his work on Star Trek The Next Generation…before he designed the Starship Enterprise NX-01…he was a fan of The Original Series in the 1970s! Co-hosts Bob Turner and Kelly Cast talk to Doug about his amazing Trek career and how he discovered the show in the 1960s, only to become something of a “Super Fan” in the 1970s. This week we have Part 1 of a two-part interview with Doug.
The Galileo 7 shuttlecraft is a legendary ship in science fiction. Almost as iconic as her mother ship, the Galileo made an impression on every Trek fan. Just as the Enterprise model had been safely preserved at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, most fans thought that something similar had happened to the Galileo. But that was not the case. What really happened to this shuttlecraft prop will shock you. It’s a dramatic tale worthy of a screenplay. This week, co-hosts Bob Turner and Kelly Casto tell you the history of the Galileo 7 on this episode of 70s Trek.
Walter Koenig played ensign Pavel Chekov on Star Trek for two seasons and has the distinction of not only being the last regular cast member hired, but was also the only one not included in The Animated Series. This week co-hosts Bob Turner and Kelly Casto discuss the actor who was brought in to lighten up the show. Koenig graduated from college with a psychology degree, but decided to go into acting, instead. He studied acting at the prestigious Neighborhood Playhouse in New York. Some of the actors who also studied there while Walter did include Dabney Coleman, Christopher Lloyd…
This week on 70s Trek co-hosts Bob Turner and Kelly Casto have some fun as they recast Star Trek with TV stars from the 1970s. Did you ever sit around with your friends and talk Trek, coming up with alternative plot lines or twists? Bob and Kelly did in college and it’s f those conversations that inspired this episode. There are no right or wrong answers and the only rule is that the actors had to be on TV during the decade. Are there any good matches? It really doesn’t matter because it’s all done for fun. Leave us your…