KHAN'S PET: LAURA BANKS UNBOUND (KHAN 40th TRIBUTE)

THIS EPISODE, Treksperts MARK A. ALTMAN (author, The Fifty Year Mission, writer/producer, Pandora, Agent X, The Librarians) and DAREN DOCHTERMAN (vfx producer, Star Trek: The Motion Picture - Director's Edition) continue their celebration of the 40th anniversary of THE WRATH OF KHAN with the Reliant's genetically enhanced super navigator, LAURA BANKS. Immortalized in Time Magazine as Khan's Pet in the first image released from the film in 1981, Banks shares her candid memories of working on The Wrath Of Khan, Nick Meyer, meeting Bill Shatner at 1982's Ultimate Fantasy Convention, working in B-Movies for Roger Corman, rebuffing the overtures of Jack Nicholson and being the captain's woman... and liking it. Banks new book "Close Encounters With Captain Kirk and The Making Of The Wrath Of Khan" comes out this month and you can find out more at laurabanks.com... and after hearing this episode, you know you'll want it.   Don't miss the Trreksperts as they beam down to CREATION'S STAR TREK LAS VEGAS  CONVENTION August 25 - 28th. For more information, visit creationent.com. Special Guest: legendary triviamaster (and Organian) RAFE NEEDLEMAN! NEXT WEEK: The fourth season of finale of INGLORIOUS TREKSPERTS in the super-sized STARSHIP SMACKDOWN 2022 REDUX. Don't miss our last episode of season four before we conclude our five year mission next season.  Learn all that is learnable about Star Trek in Mark A. Altman & Edward Gross' THE FIFTY-YEAR MISSION, available in hardcover, paperback, digital and audio from St. Maritn's Press. And if you're a James Bond fan, don't miss NOBODY DOES IT BETTER, in hardcover, paperback, digital and audio from Forge Books. And don't miss SECRETS OF THE FORCE, the definitive unauthorized, uncensored oral history of STAR WARS, now available in hardcover, digital and audio!! And this summer, it's THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE KILLED HIS DOG, the complete oral history of John Wick, Gun-Fu and The New Age of Action in hardcover and digital. Follow Inglorious Treksperts at @inglorioustrek on Twitter, Facebook and at @inglorioustreksperts on Instagram. And now follow the Treksperts Briefing Room at @trekspertsBR, an entirely separate Twitter & Instagram feed. "Mark A. Altman is the world's foremost Trekspert" - Los Angeles Times #StarTrek #TOS #TAS #TNG #DS9 #VOY #ENT #DISCO #PICARD #LLAP #comics #IDW #Marvel #DC #GoldKey #Discovery #DeepSpaceNine #STTMP #StarWars  #CaptainPike #StrangeNewWorlds #55YearTour  #casting #ST55 #StarTrek55 #TheCage #StrangeNewWorlds #SNW #Voyager #Janeway #Enterprise #TheSearchForSpock #StarTrekIII #BSG #TMP #Trekkies During the pandemic, we are still recording remotely and not in the studio. As a result, the quality of the audio may not be up to our usual high standards. We trust you will nursemaid us through these difficulties. Please stay healthy and safe... and keep on Trekkin' - ingloriously, of course!