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Looks like we will be having a Star Trek TOS Gargoyles reunion!

According Spoiler TV Nichelle Nichols is joining the show!

Is the NBC hit Heroes becoming a proxy for Star Trek?. First there was the popular recurring role for George Takei (TOS: Sulu), then Dominic Keating (ENT: Malcolm Reed) was announced to recur in the 2nd Season and then series regular Zachary Quinto was announced as the new Mr. Spock for the new Star Trek movie. Earlier this week Heroes creator Tim Kring told E! News that he was looking "for another face that will have a very similar impact" to Takei when he came onto the show. Now TrekMovie.com can reveal the ‘face’ Kring was talking about is none other than Nichelle Nichols, the original Uhura. Last week TrekMovie.com was told by a source about the Nichols casting and today had a chance to ask the actress herself about it (at the Las Vegas Creation Star Trek Convention). Nichols confirmed that she will have a recurring role, but couldn’t give any more details - noting the show’s penchant for secrecy. According to our source Nichols will appear in 5-6 episodes of the second season of Heroes.

Hopefully they will use her well, she is a good actress. However Heroes has a bad habit of creating one note dull characters, and I hope they don't make her the stereotypical evil, mysterious older woman. They already did that with Mrs. Petrelli, and I think one is enough for a show.

In no way am I against stunt casting, I just wish some other show would utilize the talent of former sci fi and cult TV actors. Lost should think up some interesting roles for Leonard Nimoy, Walter Koenig and Brent Spinner. Each of those actors is very talented, and would do well against Michael Emmerson and Terry O'Quinn.