August 9, 2003, Monrovia, CA

After brunch, Dominic did a valiant job of answering a number of questions after very little sleep. He was up very late filming the night before. To top it off, although he fed his two cats when he got home at 4:30 a.m., they felt that they had a right to be fed again at the proper time – 6:00 a.m. – and yowled until they got their way (he imitates the yowling very well, then his kicking and swearing at the cats). Then Gayle called and woke him up again ( – more yowling from Dominic, followed by lots of laughter).

I’ll start off by noting that Dominic has expanded his collection of Australian sheep farmer jokes. I don’t know whether that is a good thing or a bad thing, but they were worthy of a few groans and laughs at the same time.

Directing his first show while working on Enterprise was grueling. Dominic had to film one day after working late into the night. He was very tired. He remembers being asked how to set up a particular shot, and not really knowing how he would find the inner resources to come up with the right solution. Somehow, he did, and from the sounds of it the results so far are good. At the time of the brunch, he was just about to do some editing. We wish him the very best of luck with this project and many more directing opportunities in the future. (And it couldn't hurt to change his name to Scott Bakula's recent suggestion for the enthusiastic budding director: Lord Dominic Keating, The Tyrant.) One attendee asked Dominic whether he was the class clown in school. He admitted that he garnered some laughs, but denied being the annoying kid in the back of the class who would do anything for attention.

When asked about how filming is going for Enterprise so far this year, Dominic noted that Reed has at least one confrontation with the new commandos so far. He also reiterated that he often wishes that in addition to the action scenarios, Enterprise could incorporate more character drama – something like E.R. in space.

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"I've taken a few people to dinner since then."

[Ed. note: Good thing we have John to give us the real scoop.]

Bonita: He was very excited when he got the job because I don't think you were expecting to know that very day. You did only go to producers once and there was no one else there, just him.

John: There's no denying I was excited. I did know enough about Star Trek to know that the shows ran 7 years and that we would be able to go out and have a nice dinner at least that night. Which we did.

Bonita: So he bummed someone's cell phone and called me.

John: I have the most spartan trailer of all the cast. Actually Jolene's trailer is something to be seen and someday you all should take a tour or Jolene's trailer and put it on film. She's got every surface covered with beautiful images and pictures of space. She's a method person, she wants to be surrounded by space. Me? I've just got a bunch of old magazines and video tapes. Clean video tapes. Not like Conner Trinneer. No wait cut that! Don't put that in! That's what I live for. Getting all the other actors in hot water. I haven't said anything about Hoshi yet. What can I say about Hoshi.

Bonita: I'm sure you'll come up with something but she has no vices sweetheart.

John: Sure she does.

Bonita: Dominic on the other hand . . .

John: Dominic! That's a whole hour long special. "The vices of Dominic Keating."

Bonita: Well we should mention that he took his bed out of his trailer and put in a workout area. . .

John: He put in a workout bench and he keeps the door open so you're always walking by and seeing Dominic half naked grunting and straining and lifting and sweating. While on the phone. Shut the door Dominic for heaven sakes.

Bonita: It's the very same cell phone that John stole from him that day he got cast.

John: See it's all tied together from the beginning of the interview all the way to the end.

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Premiere: Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre, February 9-25, 1989

Author: Michael Wall

Publisher: Nick Hern Books, 1989

Cast: Dominic Keating (Bryan), Ronan Vibert (Ralph), Tariq Yunus, Zubie Dar, and Anji Dar (Gaolers/Guards), Sakuntala Ramanee (Lawyer), Christopher Hancock (George), Avril Elgar (Wendy), Kathy Burke (Lilly), Rosalind March (Toni), Ricardo Sibelo (Barman).

My fiancé thinks I've become too attached to my Enterprise action figures. I travel a lot on business and I take them with me where ever I go. I take them out to dinner or into the hot tub. It just wouldn't be the same without the boys along. My fiancé says there's no way he'll allow them on our honeymoon. He says I have to choose them or him. I don't know what to do. Can you help?

Signed, Hangin’ Out with the Crew

Dear Hangin’ Out:

Simple. Negotiate a trade. There are probably plenty of things that you wouldn't allow your fiancé to partake in before you became addicted to your action figures. Now might be the time to loosen the rules a little. Buy your fiancé something he's always wanted - an XBox or another new technical

gadget to keep him distracted for hours. Let him buy that motorcycle he always wanted that you know will just end up gathering dust in the garage. Let him have that stripper at his bachelor party (unless your name is Jennifer Lopez, in which case, forget it!)

If you make a few concessions for him, he'll either bend the rules for you because you did for him or he'll forget about your action figures all

together because he's so obsessed

with his new toy. If all else fails, give him your T'Pol action figure. He'll be so preoccupied staring at her rack that he won't have time to complain about you. Good luck!

Signed, Sincere and Disconsolate

Dear SAD,

My advice to you would be to pop in some old episodes, relive the past, get yourself all revved up on Classic Keating (give those Chromiumblue and Desmond’s episodes a spin too!). You will remember the good ol' days, as well as get your Dominic Fix. Giving yourself a super-dose of Dominic will be sure to get your blood pumping and make the stars seem a little bit brighter. In fact, if you can get everyone on the message board to participate, you can all relive the great moments -

such as Reed & Tucker getting tanked in a shuttlecraft or Dominic's naked butt in Love Street - and you'll all have something to talk about until the season premiere. Good luck!

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Sausages can be made out of almost anything from beef and pork to kangaroo, but people tend to prefer the kind of sausage they were brought up with. In England pork sausage is the most popular, in Wales it's lamb and in Scotland it's

beef. Having been on board a Klingon ship and hearing about its galley, our Mr. Reed has no interest in encountering some other planets' versions of sausages. There are some good vegetarian sausages that have been used for non-meat-eaters who like their bangers and mash, but Malcolm has yet to convince Chef

to serve veggie bangers and mash to T'Pol.

The name "bangers" comes from the Second World War when meat shortages meant sausages had a higher water content. When you cooked them the steam made them

Mashed potatoes: for four people, you'll need about a pound of potatoes, cooked - more if everyone's hungry. Use plenty of butter, and double cream, not

skim milk or low fat chicken stock. (Americans, that means heavy whipping cream at the least. You're already eating sausages, so just be quiet about the calories and cholesterol. No Reed has ever died of clogged arteries and neither

will you if you go chasing bloody Suliban all across C Deck a couple of times a month, will you?)

Peas: Ordinary boiled peas are fine with this. Mushy peas are better with fish and chips. Unless you like mushy peas with your bangers and mash, in which case, go right ahead. Nice big marrowfat peas would be lovely. If you do want mushy peas, you could buy them canned (Batchelor's mushy peas are even

available for Americans), but Malcolm says that's how they come out of the bloody resequencer anyway, so just program that for "peas, boiled" and you'll get

mushy peas like it or not.

     2 large red onions

     1 glass red wine (not

     Andorian, please!)

     Water 

     Stock cube to taste (chicken,

     vegetable, pork, and beef all

     work)

Roughly chop the onions, place in a medium saucepan with 2 tablespoons of water and caramelize over a low heat, stirring frequently. Phase pistol cooking does not work well for this, so if you're going on an away mission, you'll need real cooking heat if you're camping.

Once the onions are gooey and soft, stir in the red wine and stock cube, made up with a little boiling water. Stir over a low heat until thick.

Put a lovely huge mound of mashed potatoes in the middle of the plate and pour the sauce on that. Arrange the bangers around it, or, more fun, arrange the chipolatas in the mash, sticking out. Serve peas on the side.

Many thanks to everyone who contributed to this issue.

The next newsletter, which will publish mid-to-late October, will feature stunning, exclusive photographs of Dominic and Anthony from Michael Fijolek, as well as an article about the historic Channel Four (UK) comedy Desmond’s, in which Dominic played a young hair stylist named Tony.

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