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Published Jun 18, 2013

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Deep Roy, Scotty's Alien Pal, Keenser

The really must have been a tremendous thrill, that you got your own day and your own scene to pave the way for more appearances as Keenser… ROY: I was thrilled. The thing about this business is you have to take the work while you can. They actually made a Star Trek uniform for me, practically on the spot. What kind of back story have you created for Keenser, and also for his friendship with Scotty? ROY: Well, Keenser is a smart alien. I try to bring a little bit of comedy into it, but he’s a great thinker. He is a guy… silence is golden, as they say, but he’s well aware of what’s going on around him. He doesn’t hold grudges against anyone. Even though Scotty gives him a hard time and always blames Keenser – whatever happens, it’s Keenser’s fault – Keenser just takes it with a grain of salt and moves on. Scotty even blames Keenser for Kirk throwing us off the Enterprise. He says, “You didn’t say anything. You just stood like a freaking oyster there and didn’t do anything.” That wasn’t Keenser’s fault. Scotty quit and Keenser followed Scotty. How did you enjoy working with Abrams and Pegg? ROY: J.J. is an amazing, talented writer-producer-director. I think he did an amazing job (on Star Trek ) and I think he’s the right man for Star Wars . May the Force be with J.J. I think he’ll reinvent Star Wars , like he did with Star Trek . I was at the premiere of Star Trek Into Darkness and he said, “Hope to see you in London (where Star Wars will be shot).” Let’s hope it happens. And Simon is a great guy. He’s very funny, very friendly, very talented. I love Simon. Hopefully, we’ll get to do another Star Trek together.

How long and involved is the makeup process for you? ROY: The first film, there were two people making me up. It took them about two hours. Then, on the second film, it started with two people and was reduced to one guy, and it took an hour and 45 minutes. It’s not too bad, but then you have to keep it all on you for the duration of the shoot that day. One relief you’ve got is they have three or four makeup pieces that they can take off me at lunch time. When people design these masks they never think that one has to eat. They forgot about that. So I was on a liquid diet. When I did the Planet of the Apes movie I ate in front of the mirror so that I didn’t destroy the makeup. But these guys work so hard, and you want to preserve their makeup. Plus, the less damage you do, the less time you spend getting touch-ups after lunch. Have you read the IDW comic book that’s devoted entirely to Keenser? ROY: No. Nobody sent it to me. You have a sizable following of fans thanks to your Star Trek appearances and your many other genre credits… ROY: I think I’m blessed. You’ve got to work doubly hard to get across what your character is trying to say when you’ve got the makeup on you or a mask on you, and it’s nice that people appreciate it. Someone reads this article and, as a result, decides to check out some of your other work. What’s one film you’d recommend to that person? ROY: I like all my films. You’re asking me whether I prefer a BMW or a Mercedes, but since you’re asking… I did a low-budget movie called Roots of Evil , where I played a mafia boss. I have all the muscle power, and I’m the brains behind it. I loved that. That was my best part in my opinion. Also, I’ve worked with Tim Burton several times and it’s always an amazing experience. I loved Charlie and the Chocolate Factory , and it was a challenge for me. A, I’m not a professional dancer. B, I’m not a professional singer. C, I portrayed all of the Oompa Loompas, and that kind of opportunity comes once in a lifetime. It was Tim’s vision and I delivered to him what I could. It started as four Oompas and I finished up doing 165 individually, myself.

Have you got anything coming up or soon to start? ROY: Let’s see what happens. I have a couple of things in development, but I can’t say anything yet. One thing, I might be going to Romania for, but they’re keeping it a big secret so that nobody can steal the idea. And maybe Keenser can get his own spin-off, The New Adventures of Keenser . That could be a new franchise. Last question: you’ve been in Blake’s 7, Doctor Who, Star Wars and Star Trek . What’s on your franchise bucket list? ROY: James Bond. If anybody is reading this, I want portray a Bond villain. I think I’d give Bond a great run as the villain.

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WARNING: Contains SPOILERS for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' Season 2 finale.

• Martin Quinn makes his debut as the fifth version of Star Trek's Chief Engineer, Scotty, in the season 2 finale of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.
• It is uncertain if Martin Quinn's Scotty will be a regular in season 3, but he may be groomed as a replacement for Commander Pelia before Captain Kirk takes command.
• Martin Quinn is the first Scottish actor to play the iconic Star Trek character, and his character's knowledge of Gorn technology may play a crucial role in resolving the season 2 cliffhanger.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds ' season 2 finale introduces Martin Quinn as the fifth version of Star Trek 's legendary Chief Engineer, Scotty. Originally played by Canadian actor James Doohan, the Starfleet engineer from Linlithgow, Scotland, played an integral role aboard the USS Enterprise. In Strange New Worlds ' season 2 finale, "Hegemony", Scotty gets his first trip aboard the Enterprise when he's rescued by Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount) from the surface of the Gorn-ravaged colony planet, Parnassus Beta.

It's currently unclear if Martin Quinn's Scotty will be a fully-fledged regular in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3 . It seems likely that he'll be groomed as an eventual replacement for Commander Pelia (Carol Kane) prior to Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) assuming command of the USS Enterprise. The first Scottish actor to play Starfleet's most famous Scotsman, Martin Quinn joins an exclusive club as only three other actors have played the five versions of the character in Star Trek 's long history.

5 Scotty In Star Trek: The Original Series, Movies & TNG

James Doohan played Scotty in three seasons of Star Trek: The Original Series from 1966 to '69. Mr Scott was responsible for keeping the USS Enterprise's engines running. Scotty was also in charge of the Enterprise when Kirk and Spock were both incapacitated or on away missions, which happened more often than some might think. Scotty loved the Enterprise and even defended the starships honor in a bar brawl with a Klingon in Star Trek: TOS ' classic comedy , "The Trouble with Tribbles".

After the Enterprise was decommissioned, Scotty was promoted to Captain as part of the great transwarp experiment. Working on the USS Excelsior was never as satisfying for Scotty as his work on the Enterprise. Luckily, or unluckily for Scotty, he was assigned to the USS Enterprise-A, its numerous flaws keeping him busy until its decommissioning. Scotty also got to visit both the Enterprise-B and Enterprise-D thanks to a life-saving transporter trick that kept him in stasis until the mid 2300s.

4 Scotty In J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek

Simon Pegg played Scotty in J.J. Abrams' Star Trek movies, playing a slightly more comic version of the character, complete with alien sidekick. However, Scotty also got to investigate some nefarious Section 31 activities in Star Trek Into Darkness . In Star Trek Beyond , Scotty was vital in getting the antiquated USS Franklin back up and running to save the USS Yorktown. Scotty and Captain James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) were just as close friends in the Kelvin Timeline movies as they were in the Prime Timeline.

Interestingly, Kirk and Scotty met the Prime Timeline Spock (Leonard Nimoy), who gifted them the secrets of Prime Scotty's transwarp beaming innovation. Scotty had been marooned on the barren ice planet Delta Vega as a punishment for apparently losing Admiral Archer's prize beagle. While this doesn't quite fit with the Star Trek: Enterprise timeline, it is funny to think of Montgomery Scott meeting Jonathan Archer (Scott Bakula) and infuriating the Starfleet legend.

3 Hologram Scotty In Star Trek: Prodigy

When Dal R'El (Brett Gray) discovered the holodeck aboard the USS Protostar in Star Trek: Prodigy , he decided to attempt the Kobayashi Maru simulation. Assembling a crew of Star Trek legends to assist him, Dal was joined by - among others - a hologram of Montgomery Scott. The hologram was based on Scotty in the Star Trek: TOS movies, and the voice was made up of pre-recorded dialog from James Doohan in previous Trek appearances. It was a fun nod to the previous generations of Starfleet legends in the youth-orientated Star Trek show.

2 Scotty (Voice) In Strange New Worlds Season 1 Finale

Scotty's Star Trek: Strange New Worlds return almost happened a year earlier in the season 1 finale. In the alternate timeline created by Pike's attempt to avoid his tragic future, Scotty was serving aboard the USS Enterprise in "A Quality of Mercy". Scotty wasn't seen on screen, but an unnamed actor voiced him in some brief dialog as Spock sought a staus update from the Chief Engineer during their battle with the Romulans. When Pike was returned to his own time, he kept his eye on Kirk's career, but didn't seem all that interested in Mr. Scott.

1 Scotty In Strange New Worlds Season 2 Finale

Pike eventually meets Lt. Montgomery Scott (Martin Quinn) in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds ' season 2 finale when his away team discover the survivors of the Gorn Hegemony's attack. Scotty was the only survivor of the USS Stardiver, which had been caught up in the destruction of Parnassus Beta. Forced to use his wits and engineering skills, Scotty was able to craft traps and learn all he could about the Gorn's strengths and weaknesses. He was also able to build a Gorn transponder to mask himself from their sensors, something which could be the key to the Enterprise resolving the season 2 cliffhanger.

Scotty actor Martin Quinn is the first Scottish actor to play the legendary Star Trek character in the franchise's 57-year history. Born and raised in Paisley, Quinn is only an hour's train ride away from the fictional Scotty's birthplace of Linlithgow. It's unclear if Martin Quinn's Scotty will be a regular or a recurring character in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3, but the signs are positive. As he and Commander Pelia attempt to adapt his Gorn tech for the Enterprise, he'll play a vital role in saving the day in the season 3 premiere.

All episodes of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2 are streaming now on Paramount+.

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Keenser's Story

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Summary [ ]

Background information [ ].

• The cover is based on a publicity photo of Simon Pegg in the 2007 film Hot Fuzz .
• There is no title within the book itself, but Star Trek, Volume 4 titles this tale "Keenser's Story".

Creators [ ]

• Mike Johnson
• Stephen Molnar (interior art)
• John Rauch (color art)
• Neil Uyetake (letter art)
• Tim Bradstreet (cover art)
• Grant Goleash (cover color art)
• Scott Dunbier
• Creative consultant: Roberto Orci
• Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry
• Special thanks to Risa Kessler and John Van Citters at CBS Consumer Products.

Cover gallery [ ]

External link [ ]

• IDW Star Trek, Issue 14 at Memory Beta , the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
• 2 Daniels (Crewman)
• 3 Bell Riots

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Few Star Trek characters are more beloved than Montgomery Scott. With his immense engineering skills and propensity for jury-rigged solutions, he spent much of The Original Series at the heart of the action, and even took command of the Enterprise when Kirk and Spock were busy on some planet's surface. And while it was never used in precisely those terms, the phrase "beam me up Scotty" became one of Star Trek's first tag lines: referring to his uncanny operation of the ship's transporters.

Along the line, he experienced multiple reboots and updates, and like his fellow OG characters, he's always a welcome presence regardless of the project. He served as inspiration for subsequent Star Trek engineers -- notably Miles O'Brien from Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine -- and yet his in-universe origins remain surprisingly murky. His arrival on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds may change that, in addition to generating renewed interest in the character and his rich Star Trek history.

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Scotty's Origins

The character's origins lie with actor James Doohan, who played him for over 30 years and who remains more closely associated with Scotty than any other. According to David Gerrod's 1973 reference guide The World of Star Trek , Doohan played a huge role in the character's creation. He delivered a variety of accents while auditioning for the show's second pilot, "Where No Man Has Gone Before." When asked which accent he himself would use, the actor suggested Scottish because Scots were "renowned for having great engineering skills." That established the core of the character more or less on the spot.

Doohan always played Scotty as utterly devoted to the ship, to the point of considering it his property. That was often played for laughs: notably in Season 2, Episode 14, "The Trouble with Tribbles," when he started a bar fight with a group of Klingons after they disparaged the Enterprise's honor. He could solve any problem with the warp drive -- or any other part of the ship's systems -- which gave the show a natural ticking clock whenever it needed one. Scotty would invariably fix the malfunction with seconds to spare, allowing the Enterprise to escape by the skin of its teeth.

Scotty in The Original Star Trek

Scotty appeared in 65 of The Original Series' 79 episodes, as well as the first seven Star Trek movies and all but one entry in Star Trek: The Animated Series . That established his modus operandi: diligent, plain-spoken, and given to simple but accurate assessment of the problem du jour. It also cemented his unwavering loyalty to Captain Kirk, and his steadfast ability to hold the line in the face of trouble. That arose most often during his stints in the captain's chair, which helped define the character alongside his last-minute repairs and timely use of the transporter.

The Star Trek movies largely relegated him to support duties, though they found quiet ways to develop his character. A cut subplot from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan introduced his nephew among the Enterprise's new cadets, who's killed in Khan's first sneak attack. The brief sequences further connected Scotty to the ship's redshirts, as well as shedding light on his family and background. He played a more lightweight role in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock when he sabotaged the Excelsior in anticipation of the crew's theft of the Enterprise. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home similarly let him flash his comedic chops, notably while dealing with a 1980s-era personal computer.

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Scotty in Later Star Trek

Doohan made a memorable cameo as Scotty in The Next Generation Season 6, Episode 4, "Relics," which also revealed details about his final years. After becoming a captain in The Search for Spock he remained the Enterprise's Chief Engineer until the end of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered County . One year later, he embarked on the U.S.S. Jenolan en route to retirement in the Federation colony of Norpin. The ship crashed on a colossal alien structure called a Dyson Sphere, and he survived in the transporter's pattern buffer until the Enterprise-D revived him a century later. Picard gave him one of the ship's shuttlecraft, and he departed for points unknown. That presumably marks the end of the character's life, at least as far as canon is concerned.

A holographic version of the character also appeared in Star Trek: Prodigy Season 1, Episode 6, "Kobayashi." He was one of multiple classic figures recreated by Dal aboard to holodeck to assist him with his Kobayashi Maru test . The production used dialogue previously recorded by Doohan to bring him back for the episode. (Doohan himself passed away in 2005 at the age of 85.)

Scotty in The Kelvinverse

2009's Star Trek movie entailed a massive reboot, resulting in a new alternate timeline dubbed "The Kelvinverse" by fans. Scotty was memorably played by comic actor Simon Pegg, who revised the role in the next two Kelvinverse films. The changes in continuity resulted in a slightly different version of the character: relegated to a remote outpost before joining the Enterprise crew mid-emergency. In practical terms, it allowed Pegg to pursue his own take on Scotty without altering Doohan's. (Pegg has always expressed the highest respect for his predecessor.)

Besides playing up the character's funnier side, Pegg infused him with slightly wilder qualities: making him more willing to take risks than Doohan's version. The actor also developed a non-canon backstory for his Scotty, which shifted his birthplace to Glasgow among other things. (Dialogue in The Original Series Season 2, Episode 7, "A Wolf in the Fold" implied that he was from Aberdeen.) The Kelvinverse also gave Scotty a sidekick: the diminutive alien Keenser, played by Deep Roy. It gave him someone to play off of, further enhancing his status as the series' comic relief.

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Scotty in Strange New Worlds

Pegg's background for the character is unofficial, and relegated to the Kelvinverse timeline regardless. The history of Doohan's "prime" version is very much a mystery prior to his position onboard the Enterprise. Strange New Worlds looks to change that by introducing a younger version of Scotty played by Martin Quinn in Season 2, Episode 10, "Hegemony." (Quinn has the distinction of being the first Scottish actor to play the part.) Christopher Pike's Enterprise crew finds him among the survivors of a Gorn attack. Before that, he served aboard a solar research vessel called the Stardiver. The Gorn wiped the vessel out, leaving Scotty the only survivor. The episode ends on a cliffhanger, to be resolved in the Season 3 premiere (unreleased as of this writing).

Quinn's version of the character is very likely to join the Strange New Worlds crew full-time. The series' first engineer, Hemmer, was killed at the end of Season 1. His replacement, Commander Pelia, isn't expected to remain onboard, and with Scotty destined for the position regardless, the move makes a lot of narrative sense. Strange New Worlds has an opportunity to fill in his early years much the same way it has for Uhura, Jim Kirk, and Mr. Spock . Regardless of its plans for him, it ensures that he will remain firmly a part of Star Trek 's future as well as its past.

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New Star Trek Into Darkness Images – First Look At Keenser

| April 2, 2013 | By: TrekMovie.com Staff 91 comments so far

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In December TrekMovie reported that Deep Roy was returning for Star Trek Into Darkness, again playing Scotty’s faithful sidekick. Now we have the first look at Keenser with a scan of a behind the scenes shot from Empire magazine.

Another new shot from Into Darkness features those lovebirds Spock and Uhura.

TrekMovie has already posted a version of this picture (and totally over-analyzed it), but here is a wider and higher resolution scan of JJ on the bridge of the ‘other’ Starship from Star Trek Into Darkness .

Thanks to John for tip, New images source: Empire via TrekBrazilis and Tumblr

As has already been said elsewhere on the internet, this photo of Spock & Uhura is very reminiscent of several TOS scenes.

aww look at Keenser with his dress uniform :DDDD just so cute!

and Spock/Uhura working on the bridge is reminiscent of some TOS scenes between them

Jesus H. Christ! Why does the guy look like an evil Space Nazi? Hat and all. Just the logo is all wrong!

Nice to see Abrams, as always, carrying his pocketful o’ lens flares. Wish he’d wear a hole in that pocket.

So that crab’s name is Keenser now? I had no idea, it wasn’t ever even mentioned in the first movie. To me he was just an irritating attempt at comic relief like Jar Jar Binks, I’d honestly hoped he’d be forgotten.

Yeah, gotta love those uniforms. I guess Abrams expects fans to dress up like Space Nazi’s at future conventions…

I would love it if those uniforms would become the standard-uniforms even on the bridge for the next movie.

more like SPACEBALLS..hahaha……let’s hope JarJar doesn’t make the final cut………… I recall many Spock-Uhura moments in TOS, but since Kirk evidently has no time for love in this movie….I guess we gotta give it up for Spock-Uhura!….

Love that bridge. Keenser is badass. I don’t care what the naysayers say. Love the Cage hat.

Great shot of Spock and Uhura, nice TOS vibe going on there. I love the new bridge consoles as well, also very much in the spirit of TOS . The texture of all those buttons and levers and switches is very interesting, visually…not to mention, it makes SO much more sense than all those smooth touch panels with no tactile feedback. Try working that IPad with your eyes closed sometime! lol

8. Kirk had always got the girls, him getting a romance is like the biggest given of ST sometimes I love that this time Spock is the one having a romance and hopefully it can be more mature and better developed than previous trek romances. Of course it can’t be the story and it’s fine like that but it’s still a nice touch. Who knows maybe Carol Marcus will be Kirk’s love interest here too but I think you can have tons of human/human relationships in other stories what’s new or interesting about a normal human couple? In trek at least I do find it way more fitting with the theme to have an interspecies/interracial couple like S/U, it also is more challenging to write. I mean you have this world in the future where people from different planets meet each other as if they just came from different countries in earth and these people may have relationships beyond their diversities just because some feelings seems somehow universal.. it would be a shame to not use this chance and have just usual human/human relationships only even in trek.

I want to see Keenser get angry and transform into a large-fanged and heavily-clawed vicious beast that rends his opponent limb from limb.

Yeah, I stated elsewhere on the Interwebs that the pic of Spock leaning over Uhura’s console is the best photo yet of this movie. It is such a perfect Trek look, like it was pulled right from TOS. I love it.

For me, THAT should be the movie poster. Only because I’m an obsessed Star Trek geek and like my Star Trek old skool only.

This movie take place a few months after ST09. Why is Keenser in an Ensign’s uniform? I guess if you can become a captain after 3 years in the academy, you could also graduate from the academy in four months.

Hey… Space Nazies? Does this mean Into Darkness is a recreation of “Patterns of Force” ? Oh-ho, man!

#9 Herr Keenser vill not tolerate ze naysayers! *clicks heels*

I know nussink! I see nussink! I hear nussink!

@14. Moputo Jones Accoding to Star Trek Ongoing #14 (Keenser’s Story), Keenser graduated from the academy several months after the Kelvin was destroyed, so he has actually many years of service. In the comic, he is also referred to as Lieutenant by Scotty when the latter is first assigned to Delta Vega.

However, at that point I get confused, as his dress uniform in the photo above seems to indicate he is an ensign – just like Chekov (i.e. only one rank badge on each epaulette and no sleeve braid). So it seems to me the comic doesn’t quite match up with the movie regarding Keenser.

Starfleet IS more martial in this timeline than in the Prime timeline. They spent 25 years wondering if the Romulans had a fleet of five-mile long killer behemoths massing on the other side of the Neutral Zone. Of course they went a little more military, and these uniforms reflect that.

Keenser is nothing like Jar Jar–the comparison is ridiculous.

I’m going to have to agree. He doesn’t have nearly the screen time that Jar-Jar had plus he was actually funny.

Still don’t care.

Is it me or does the non-Enterprise bridge look at lot like a smaller version of the Unity Bridge in Star Trek Online.

http://www.stowiki.org/File:Unity_Aft.jpg

Keenser is awesomely cute. And I love the dress uniform.

@14 We see Keenser in a red shirt and serving on the Enterprise at the end of the first film (not to mention that he had been serving with Scotty on Delta Vega for some time before that). So obviously he graduated from the Acadamy a long time ago.

Urghhhhh…hate Keenser!!!

And is it just me or does Abrams look a lot like him in that first pic?

I dont have anything against Keenser… but… this look stupid!

Shouldn’t be in the movie, hasn’t JJ learnt from Lucas’s mistakes… oh hang on…

God I hate the set and costume design for this movie. So much.

I’m glad they are introducing new characters, like Keenser, into the crew.

Keenser looks even smaller than last time somehow. LOL

My only problem with Keenser is why is he the only alien that doesn’t speak English?

The Keenser character does radiate a doglike ‘companion’ quality.

Hopefully, there will be only be a brief moment of Keenser onscreen.

What the….?

Why?! WHY are they bringing back Snarf….I mean Keenser? I hate that garbage…some stupid cartoony character meant for comedy relief. I hated it in the 70s and 80s cartoons and I hate it now.

Keenser sucks.

Forgot to say — the only way I’ll be happy about Keenser being in this movie is if he dies while getting sucked out of the ship vis-a-vis explosive decompression.

I’ll accept that. Nothing else.

Keenest sucks.

That adjustable light is very reminiscent of “The Cage” and “Where No Man Has Gone Before”. I think those were supposed to be miniature screens though. Oops! Oh well.

C’mon, Keenser is so small you’ll hardly notice ‘m! (contrary to Carol Marcus ;-)

31. martin: He did speak English.

Scotty: “Aye, that’s me. You’re in the right place. Unless there’s another hardworking, equally starved Starfleet officer around.” Keenser: “Yeah. Me!”

I love this bridge. They must’ve tweaked it because it looks different, improved even upon the last one.

pmsl that uniform is ludicrous. Even more so on the midget.

Keenser is already an officer in Trek 2009, so there’s no issue here.

‘Midget’ is considered offensive by most little people. Dwarf or little person is fine, though.

Looking sharp, Keenser.

How can Nu Trek get so much right and so much wrong at the same time? Keenser is such a stupid character. Way too Star Wars. And in this photo he looks like an alien Nazi. Not good.

I don’t understand the complaints about Keenser. If there’s one thing Star Trek should absolutely borrow from Star Wars, it’s the aliens that actually look like aliens. I for one am hoping we’re passed the old paper-plate-stapled-to-an-actor’s-forehead look.

You mean like the Gorn? Oh wait. Or the Melkots? Oh, um. Balok! No…ohhh, you’re thinking of Berman’s trek.

I think the actual complaints are about stupid comic-relief characters who don’t serve the plot in any way. It’s not too far from there to robot testicles.

I like Keenser. I don’t get why people hate him – he is inoffensive at the very least, and cool when you really think about him. He left his planet and his people to join Starfleet (like Spock). He’s clearly talented at what he does, if he got assigned to the Enterprise (like Spock). He does speak and understand English (“me”), he is just stoic and doesn’t bother yammering pointlessly away like all the humans around him (like Spock). He probably climbs on things if he needs to see, not just for fun (like Spock probably would if the situation warranted). And he rocks a dress uniform (like Spock undoubtedly does). It’s just his misfortune he’s not tall and hot and glossy-haired and mysterious with psychic powers (like Spock), otherwise he would be very popular.

I don’t get your complains about little cute Keenser. thank God we have him, it’s freaking star trek and yet we have a whole crew of humans (saved for Spock who is half human anyway) we need some actually looking alien characters. I sure hope to see more aliens, what’s the fun of a star trek without aliens?