, who played Sulu in the original.
The series would take off where Voyager left off. "I'm the poster girl for the geriatric generation," said Whitney, who was promoting her autobiography, The Longest Trek: My Tour of the Galaxy.
Whitney attributed the continuing fascination with all things Star Trek to the approachability of the stars.
"They've been watching us on film for 35 years," she said. "And who else can they go to a convention with and talk and laugh and carry on?"
Xena fans were equally enamored of their idol.
Deborah Abbott of Austin, Texas, who bears an uncanny resemblance to Xena star Lucy Lawless, was dressed in a leather-and-lace outfit.
"My first Xena costume I made for Halloween," she said.
Xena: Warrior Princess went on the air in 1995 as a spinoff of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys.
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