Editing Newsletter/Winter 2007 (section)

== Determined Fans Make Roddenberry’s Dream Continue ==
by [[herbalsheila]]

The Star Trek New Voyages website, http://www.startreknewvoyages.com/ now has live streaming video of the new webisode, '''World Enough and Time''' guest starring George Takei as an older well-aged Hikaru Sulu. [[Image:WEAT Release Poster Small.jpg|150px|right]]

This particular webisode is directed by Marc Scott McCree, and was written by him and Michael Reaves.

Though the episode can be still be downloaded utilizing Bit Torrent as a QuickTime .mp4 file, the online video has been provided by Dragonfly at http://stnv.dragonfly.com/# as an Adobe Flash video stream and requires an updated Adobe Flash player.
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James Cawley again plays Captain James T. Kirk, with the lovely Julienne Irons as Lt. Nyota Uhura, John Kelley as Dr. McCoy, Jeff Quinn portraying Commander Spock and also guest starring Christina Moses as Alana Sulu, Hikaru Sulu’s daughter. Grace Lee Whitney has a cameo appearance as an older Janice Rand.

The plot hangs together fairly well and is complimented with reasonably decent acting by Jeffery Quinn, James Cawley, Christina Moses and George Takei. The special effects are spectacular and well executed, but do not overshadow the plot. '''World Enough and Time''' is a far better piece of filming than '''Come What May''' and is light years beyond it in screenplay and acting. 

Upcoming webisode '''Blood and Fire''' featuring guest star Denise Crosby, completed shooting in June 2007. Written and directed by noted Star Trek author David Gerrold, this episode by the New Voyages cast and crew looks to be even better. As of this writing January 2008 it is still in post production.  

According to a recent interview given by James Cawley, each webisode has cost around $70,000 to produce and he has himself supplied more than half of the money, presumably from his work as an Elvis Presley impersonator. Other fans that have participated have done what they could to contribute. The group now calls itself the Cawley Entertainment Company. They seek to continue the rest of the original 5 year voyage of the Enterprise.

Much of the rest of the behind the scenes work, including makeup, lighting, camera work, and special effects is supplied mainly by volunteers and fans who have joined together out of love for the dream of a better tomorrow started by Gene Roddenberry back in 1966.