Shatner to board Enterprise

"Star Trek: Enterprise" producers Rick Berman and Brannon Braga have said they want William Shatner to appear in the next season of the sci-fi series.

15:04 01 July 2004

"Star Trek: Enterprise" producers Rick Berman and Brannon Braga have said they want William Shatner to appear in the next season of the sci-fi series.

"[Shatner] luckily has landed a wonderful role on the new David Kelley spinoff of 'The Practic'e but Brannon and I have plans within the next few weeks of sitting down with [Shatner] and discussing some possible ways of his being involved in this season of 'Enterprise'," Berman told Starburst magazine.

Shatner starred as Captain James T. Kirk in the original series of "Star Trek" and went on to play the part for 28 years and in seven films.

But the New York Post has said his contract with "The Practice" might stop him appearing on "Enterprise".

The newspaper quotes a studio insider as saying: "I don't think he would contractually be allowed to do so."