Star Trek Revisits 58-Year-Old Episode for New Spin-Off – and Offers New Perspective on Iconic Villain
The 'Star Trek: Khan' podcast, premiering on Star Trek Day 2025, explores Khan's survival on Ceti Alpha V and deepens the character's legacy with nine episodes.
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Star Trek revisits 58-year-old episode for new spin-off – and offers new perspective on iconic villain
Star Trek fans are getting a fresh glimpse into the life of iconic villain Khan in a new audio series, which has revisited a 58-year-old episode.The first episode of audio series Star Trek: Khan, released on 8th September for Star Trek Day, hearkens back to to the episode Space Seed, which saw James T Kirk (William Shatner) meet Khan Noonien Singh (then played by Ricardo Montalbán).The end of the episode saw Khan and his people exiled to the har…
58 Years Later, 'Star Trek: Khan' Flips The Script On A Famous Sci-Fi Villain
CBS Photo Archive/CBS/Getty ImagesWhile 1982’s Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is, arguably, tied with The Empire Strikes Back and Aliens for best sci-fi sequel of all time, the origin and meaning of Khan’s titular wrath is somewhat vague. When Capt. Kirk (William Shatner) exiles Khan (Ricardo Montalban) at the end of the 1967 Star Trek episode “Space Seed,” no one is particularly upset. Sure, Khan tried to take over the Enterprise, but Kirk rec…
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