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CBS Studios harbinger Naveen Andrews as Khan and Wrenn Schmidt as Lt . Marla McGivers for the Star Trek : Khan audio drama .
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Fans have long wonder what happened between the events ofStar Trek : The Original Seriesseason one episode ' Space Seed ' that introduced the galaxy to the charismatic tyrant Khan Noonien Singh , played byRicardo Montalban , and 1982’sStar Trek II : The Wrath of Khanthat come across his return for retaliation against the U.S.S. Enterprise captain - turn - full admiral who maroon him in James T. Kirk ( William Shatner).The pic ’s film director and co - author , Nicholas Meyer , is revisit the iconic reference inStar Trek : Khan(formerlyStar Trek Khan : Ceti Alpha V , which directly follow the events of ' Space Seed ' and how Khan survived a world cataclysmal event that turn paradise to a desolate wasteland . CBS Studios has announced transcription has been dispatch on the scripted serial withNaveen Andrews(Lost ) andWrenn Schmidt(For All Mankind ) cast as Khan and his mutineer - wrick - sexual love , Lt . Marla McGivers , severally .
Star Trek: Khan Sets to Tell a Love Story and Survival of Khan and His Augments
During the outcome of theStar Trekepisode ' Space Seed , ' the Enterprise discover the Botany Bay , a ship without an active work party that put up passengers in suspend animation . As the away team investigates , one of the pods becomes fluid and the Enterprise saves the mysterious rider called Khan . As he regain consciousness , the truth starts to unravel , and the situation starts to become contentious . McGivers ( Madlyn Rhue ) , who specializes in story , becomes ravish by the dictator and help in an number of mutiny to free his crowd from the Botany Bay to take the Enterprise .
As things get tense and Khan attempts to bankrupt the will of his new hostage , McGivers ' guiltiness make her a catalyst to facilitate Kirk retake the enterprisingness . At the end of the episode , McGivers is given a choice to be royal court - martialed for helping Khan or fall in him in the Ceti Alpha system , which she chooses the latter . By the meter we get to the 1982 film , we discover that McGivers died as Khan ’s work party barely survived the dangers of Ceti Alpha V. As the U.S.S. Reliant investigates the presumably abandoned ship on the planet , as Reliant first officer Cmdr . Pavel Chekov ( Walter Koenig ) hear the name of the ship , it ’s too late , the ambush is sprung , and the programme is lay out in motion for Khan ’s revenge .
CBS Studios release the outline . " History remembers Khan Noonien Singh as a villain , the merchandise of a fail attempt to hone man through genetic engineering whose quest to avenge himself on Admiral James T. Kirk led to unimaginable tragedy and passing . But the truth has been buried for too long beneath the sands of Ceti Alpha V. How did Khan go from a eleemosynary autocrat and superhuman visionary with a new worldly concern at his fingertip to the monster we think we know so well ? Recently unearth , the rest of Khan ’s level will last be told inStar Trek : Khan . "
CowritingStar Trek Khanwith Meyers areKristen BeyerandDavid Mack . CBS ' Eye Podcast Productions Inc. , CBS Studio ’s podcasting arm , Secret Hideout , and Roddenberry Entertainment produce the serial publication . Executive producer areAlex Kurtzman , Aaron Baiers , Beyer , Molly Barton , Fred Greenhalgh , Trevor Roth , andRod Roddenberry . Robyn Johnsonserves as monitor producer , and Greenhalgh serves as theatre director . Star Trek Khanreleaseson all major podcasting platformsin 2025 .
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