One of the big highlights of Salt Lake Comic Con Fan X for me was getting the opportunity to see much of the “Star Trek: The Next Generation” cast live on stage, both, all together and in their separate panels. The cast are all charming, funny, and really good story tellers. They all seemed genuinely excited to be in Salt Lake City, and I can assure you, I was genuinely excited to see them here.
I had the opportunity to attend the panel featuring Denise Crosby and Gates McFadden on Friday, and I must say, these two know how to put on a show. Upon coming on stage, McFadden began to apologize to the audience for her inability to save Crosby in the “Star Trek: TNG” episode, “Skin of Evil”; Crosby followed that up with, “Some doctor you are!”
A majority of the panel, which was hosted by Bill Allred from local radio station, X96, was spent taking questions from the audience, which gave Crosby and McFadden the opportunity to talk about their careers, their lives, and of course, “Star Trek”. The highlight of the panel is perhaps their discussion about their decisions to leave the show, and later come back.
You can listen to the panel in its entirety via the link below. If your a fan of these two amazing women, I’m sure you’ll enjoy it as much as I did.