Marina Sirtis, who is famous for playing Counselor Deanna Troi on the sci-fi series will be back on TV playing a role that’s many years away from her glamorous role in Star Trek
Marina Sirtis is lightyears away from Star Trek for her latest role. The actress is famous around the world for playing glamorous Counselor Deanna Troi on the sci-fi series. The iconic show, following the space adventures of the crew on board the Starship Enterprise, first aired in 1966.
The ship is captained by William Shatner’s iconic character, Captain James Kirk, and the show has had a loyal fan base since. But this week she’ll be back on TV playing a grandma in new crime drama The Sunshine Murders.
An insider said: “Marina is thrilled to be part of the show. It’s certainly different from her time on Star Trek!” The series starts tomorrow at 2.15pm on 5.
Previously, Star Trek fans pointed out a glaring error in the original series. Fans were left scratching their heads when they noticed the series appeared to get his name wrong in one of the very first episodes of the show.
In the third episode, titled Where No Man Has Gone Before, Kirk is forced to fight against an Enterprise crew member who gains telekinetic abilities and goes mad with power. Commander Gary Mitchell taunts Kirk by showing him a grave for his “old friend”.
He says Kirk deserved a decent burial and forces Kirk to pray to him as a god and for an easy death.
But the grave reads James “R” Kirk, which is odd considering Kirk’s middle name is Tiberius, meaning there should be a T on the tombstone. Viewers on Star Trek pointed out the error.
One on Reddit asked: “Why didn’t they fix that? Obviously there has been enough times where it has been established that Kirk’s middle initial begins with a T.”
Another asked: “When did James R Kirk become James T Kirk?” with the post getting 15 upvotes by fans presumably wanting answers.
However, it seems the apparent name error occurred as it was a pilot episode, so its creators may have assigned a random initial and changed Kirk’s name later on in the series.
One fan wrote: “It’s a production goof. It should read T.” Another said: “It might have something to do with it being a pilot episode.”
According to DC Fontana in the introduction for Star Trek: The Classic Episodes 1, when the blunder was discovered, Gene Roddenberry decided that if asked about the mistake, he’d reply: “Gary Mitchell had godlike powers, but at base he was Human. He made a mistake.”
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