Jack Lord is Kirk!

By John Freeman on February 28, 2007

With all the excitement over the announcement that there will be a new Star Trek film, casting discussions can begin in earnest. But what about the casting of the original Star Trek series this film will apparently reboot, with new actors in the iconic roles of Kirk and Spock?

Way back in the 1960s, William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy weren’t the only actors in the frame to play Kirk and Spock. Hawaii 5-0‘s Jack Lord was up for the role of starship captain while Martin Landau – who instead did Mission: Impossible – was up for the role of the alien Spock.

Artist Martin Geraghty came up with this “What If” image many moon ago, which I thought some reading this might enjoy…

Martin Geraghty created this art featuring Martin Landau as Spock and Jack Lord as Captain Kirk for Star Trek Magazine.

John Freeman

The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.

He’s the writer of “Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies” for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs” with Dave Hailwood.