"The Castaway" -- a Star Trek fan production

Seven years ago, the U.S.S. Potemkin, NCC-1711, Captain Alex Grigory, commanding, was set upon by eleven Romulan Birds of Prey. The crew abandoned ship, but Alec Grigory was lost, presumed deceased. Now, many of his old crew have been reunited, assigned to a new U.S.S. Potemkin, NCC-4517, and dispatched with orders to meet a shuttlecraft with its pilot, a Doctor Skep Anderson, formerly of the U.S.S. Tristan, and his passenger, identity unknown.
Starring Jeffrey Green as Captain Alec Grigory, MJ Johnson as Commander Cooper, John Wallace as Chief Engineer Dutch Mooney, Rachel Wallace as Tactical Officer Sara Rose Mallon, Ande Ross as Science Officer Gordon Avery, Nick Riemke as Security Officer Guy Lafayette, Dakota Dodge as Helm Officer Teddy Burroughs, Christopher Gilstrap as Navigator Jero Thrath, Ashley Longacre as Comm Officer Seka Jamison, Isha McKelvan as Bridge Officer Cassandra Brown.
Guest starring Cassie Martin as Callie, Jack Zumwalt as Captain Kesh, and William C. Searcy as Doctor Skep Anderson.
Featuring Kimberly White as Captain Eva Privette, Terrell Manasco as Captain Serrek, Shelton E. Walker as Admiral Eugene Alwine, Terrell Manasco as Comm Officer Kredok, Kyle Paul as Weapons Officer Malik, Richard A. Thornton as Security Chief Frazier.
Written by David Eversole and Randall Landers. Directed by Bill Mackenzie and Christin Woods. Additional scenes directed by Lee Drew. Edited by Randall Landers. VFX by Ross Trowbridge. Music by Alvaro Ardila, with Andrew Morgan Smith and Tony Lunn. Compositing by Rick Foxx and Randall Landers. Assistant Producers: Lee Drew and Terrell Manasco. Associate Producers: Michael Day, Kevin Palm, and Ross Trowbridge. Producers: Jeffrey Green, David MacKenzie, and Christin Woods. Co-Executive Producer: Rick Foxx. Executive Producer: Randall Landers.
Produced 2015-2022 by Randall Landers for Project: Potemkin.
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[@Potemkin1711]

In 2015, we filmed an episode of Project: Potemkin, "Callie." And we hadn't quite finished the location shoot (it was cold and windy in Mexico Beach that day), but word came suddenly and unexpectedly that we were relocating to Birmingham, Alabama. We quickly wrote a script about the destruction of the Potemkin, filmed it and without much notice, had a fitting end to the series with "Destinies." With barely any time to pack up the studio, we moved to the suburb of Pelham AL, came back and salvaged two truckload of materials from Studio 2, and went back to Pelham to set up house and to create Studio 3. Only a handful of actors were able to transition with us to Birmingham/Pelham and they appeared in Starship Tristan and Starship Deimos. Plans for Callie were set on what we thought was permanent hold. Footage saved and digitized. And we ending up using some of the footage from the teaser of Callie as the epilog for "Destinies." Five years later, and we moved again, this time to Lexington KY and in a house that had a full basement capable of serving proudly as Studio 4. Even fewer actors from Birmingham followed up to Lexington, but those that did comprised the crew of the Starship Deimos. Tristan, Marie Curie, Kupok, Endeavour, and Alexander were let go. We had footage from a partially filmed Starship Tristan, and Rick Foxx was able to assemble it into "36 Hours" during the COVID epidemic. We had created Starship Webster here in Lexington with local fans and actors, but the COVID protocols pretty much shut us down. I looked for something to do, and I thought back to "Callie" and assembled the edit. David Eversole and I bounced around a few ideas, and then came up with a script that utilized the footage. We worked out some details with Jeff Green, Christin Woods, MJ Johnson, Jack Zumwalt and William Searcy. Linda and I made a road trip to Albany GA (nine hours from Lex), and shot the footage we needed to complete, well, mostl complete "Callie" which had been transmorgrofied into "The Castaway." We missed a few things, and Jeff Green managed to get those shots to us. Actors were able to record their lines by phone (and yes, you can probably tell which ones!). Some actors we'd totally lost track of. Others were quite happy to help. Terrell Manasco shot the Tribunal sequence with three actors from Birmingham. So we're delighted to present to you a hodge-podge of a resurrected episode of Project: Potemkin. At least five cameras were used in this production, none of them at the same speed or resolution. And I don;t even want to think about the mics. But this one is still a work of love, just like all of our work has been, is, and will continue to be. We hope you enjoy it, and forgive us. And yes, Project: Potemkin is back.

[@andytay5507]

Well done, thanks!

[@Potemkin1711]

@@kadindarklordwe were trying to keep things vague. Five years, seven, maybe eight...

[@snakeplissken4552]

You make a very awesome series!!! I love it!!! The crew of the Potemkin is amazing!!! Superb work!!! Thank you, each of you, the writers, directors, actors, camera people, editors!!! Each of you has done an exceptional job!!! :'-))

[@JoeCannon1]

Wow thanks for that behind the scenes backstory of what it took to put this episode together. This was a great episode and an unexpected treat to see what happened to captain Gregory after all this time. Really glad Potemkin is back and looking forward to seeing her continuing voyages 🖖

[@gmajor1273]

I just can't get enough of these fan films. They are better to than the crap put out today by Paramount because they are being made by people who truly love Star Trek.

[@terryrose4804]

To get all the parts together this well along with the steady volume is truly outstanding. 🖖

[@BSlackN]

So exciting, absolutely looking forward to seeing more adventures from one of my all time favorite captains.. 🎉 Missed ya capt… 🫡 🤘

[@Prospero7714]

Thank you

[@mrock828]

Your opening cgi has some quite beautifully done shots in it like the back Enterprise shadows and the final 'going to warp'. Well done!

[@kellyjeaularson5786]

I genuinely appreciate the use of acts 🎬.

[@davideversole9767]

So good to see the footage on the screen and what wonderful new performances from Jeff, William, Jack and Callie to bookend MJ Johnson and our great group.

[@Raggedymannn]

WOW! All the Potemkin Super Stars minus some, not many, super story, acting, sound and all else beyond filming, thank you all for the visit to the past seeing old friends doing there magic again👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🖖

[@Prospero7714]

Thank you

[@Telemachus2814]

Yesss more Potemkin films!

[@Prospero7714]

Hmm, Telemachus? There is fodder in that.

[@Telemachus2814]

@@Prospero7714 fodder for?

[@Prospero7714]

Teleimachus was Ulysses son.

[@Telemachus2814]

@@Prospero7714 Yes, I know. Let me add that I havent yet been able to watch this video. I was just expressing my joy to have a new video.

[@donaldhiles_k9sgz428]

Well done everyone. Good script. I'm delighted to see another episode. Keep them coming, I will be right here patiently waiting 👍

[@01grhornet]

Congratulations to all involved in this production. Looking forward to seeing future developments!

[@citrullux]

It is an honor for me to have my model used in your fan film.

[@Potemkin1711]

It's a great looking ship, sir!

[@davemac2580]

Whoa! A tale worthy of Odysseus.

[@kalajel]

It's good to have you back captain.

[@eldergroan]

what fine Trek this is, and how thankful i am to see it!

[@andrewmilner3480]

Another belting job- I’m sure there’s an awful lot of people who are highly chuffed to see you all again

[@michaelaldredge-greenwell1692]

What a beautiful, brilliant, wonderful episode!! Full of heart, compassion, honor, & nobility. I love Captain Kesh; he’s honorable, noble, wise, & cool. Calypso is beautiful, powerful, full of grace & love.

[@ronhanks4610]

Welcome back Captain, it was well worth the wait.

[@Prospero7714]

Thank you

[@jwc00789]

Nicely written and produced! Looking forward to new Episodes with this Miranda Class Potemkin! Also nice to see Kimberly White acting!

[@DMSProduktions]

Oh yeah! GOOD to be back!

[@scotthawkins8707]

Welcome Back Captain.! Great restart.! aloha

[@Prospero7714]

Thank you

[@larrygrebler5054]

I'll add that this is a great film. Had no idea that it is "hodge-podge". This is a great way to bring back Captain Grigory.

[@MJ201254]

This was a long time coming, but well worth the wait!

[@Prospero7714]

Thank you

[@MJ201254]

@@Prospero7714 You're welcome. Thank you for allowing me to be your stand-in. Always a pleasure working with you. I'm looking forward to our next Project.

[@Prospero7714]

Gregory must have enjoyed Callie's food and libations. Needs to lose 20 to get back to fighting trim. ( down 10)

[@cwtnc]

Excellent! Love both the Potemkin's design and the print of the (pre?)dreadnought on the wall of the Captain's Ready Room.

[@Potemkin1711]

That would be the actual Battleship Potemkin from the Russian navy.

[@ianmitchell4231]

Fantastic episode you should all be very proud of this.

[@Buc_Stops_Here]

Watching this today because who knows if Paramount will attack with lawyers to pull it offline. It actually is pretty good for a fan film.

[@Potemkin1711]

Naw, they're not pulling fan films these days. They've too busy making the series.

[@Buc_Stops_Here]

@@Potemkin1711 I am glad to hear that. Keep up the great work!

[@andytay5507]

Paramount has guidelines, and they are following them. It WON'T get pulled. BTW, Axanar is within a few months of finally getting released.

[@melterofsnowflakes]

It's Thanksgiving in December! There's a NEW Starship Potemkin and a new video. Good to see Captain Grigory (Commodore?) and crew in action again.

[@acac3529]

I really like that you guys focused on an era between TOS and movie era, especially the uniforms. It felt like Starfleet is slowly transitioning out of the 2260's time

[@Robert08010]

"Focused on uniforms"? Hmmm... That Klingon costume looks like it was bought at a Halloween consume shop.

[@youjustneedtonamethemarkli9520]

It is very creative a whole new perspective I just think that you just bring a whole new dimension into a series I think it's going to be awesome good job keep it up

[@unname935]

Potemkin is back!!!!!

[@brachiator1]

An interesting take on The Odyssey.

[@wernerlouderback6796]

Nice 😊👍 I hope we’ll also see T’Noshi again 😁

[@Potemkin1711]

I would say that's a possibility.

[@artic6015]

The show ended way too quickly. Well done to the entire cast and crew, I am hoping that may be more in the future. Please make a film with the Klingon twist that was hinted at.

[@robertf3479]

"She's a new ship, but she's got the right name." Welcome back all. I'm looking forward to your new journeys and adventures. S vozvrashcheniyem, Alek. Vas propustili. (Welcome back Alec. You were missed.) Yes, I am a fan of Captain Grigory, or is it now "Commodore?" I noted the slightly different collar rank insignia.

[@Potemkin1711]

Good eye. ;)

[@NeverDoneEver]

Porcupine class. Gotta love it!

[@brunozeigerts6379]

Neat seeing the picture of the original Potemkin on the bulkhead. Though... since the crew of that ship mutinied... it might not be the most inspiring name for your ship. (but it is part of Star Trek lore) But then, Babylon 5 had a ship called the Icarus... destroyed by the Shadows. Go figure.

[@allenlovell1604]

Love these fanfilms! Please create more of these, soon ?

[@Potemkin1711]

We have more than a hundred on-line, including 37 Project: Potemkin films.

[@gorymarty56]

@Potemkin1711 do you have a link to a play list?

[@Potemkin1711]

@@gorymarty56 This should work: kzbin.info

[@andytay5507]

'3 to 1, that's a group marriage'? Hee!

[@drmayeda1930]

This is the longest video Potemkin1711 has produced, I think.

[@Potemkin1711]

Not hardly! Project: Potemkin's "The Night the Stars Fell from the Sky" clocked in at 54mins 45secs. Of course, that was before the guidelines were issued by Paramount/CBS/Viacom. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hXTVnXeveLV0lbM

[@quoniam426]

So Grigory going off the map just like Ulysses did with Circea and Calypso... He even has Ulyssses 31 haircut ! Oh and does Kesh refer to the potential betrayal of House Duras??? I wish the new Potemkin was an Excelsior class though...

[@Potemkin1711]

I wanted something different, something smaller, and I think the Porcupine class fits both of those. And Ross did a fantastic job with it.

[@seankean4101]

@@Potemkin1711 I see

[@janetbailey3804]

I MYSELF IF I WAS GRIGORY I DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD WANT TO LEAVE CALLIE, TRUTHFULLY AFTER ALL SHE HAD DONE FOR ME!!!GARY BAILEY KING OF DARKNESS I DO LOVE THE FACT THAT HE IS BACK THOUGH, FOR HE IS MY FAVORITE OF THE FAN CAPTAINS!!!GARY BAILEY

[@Potemkin1711]

Like Odysseus, it is the wanderlust which is part of his nature.

[@kalajel]

Is your capslock key broken?

[@JB-ym4up]

🖖

[@The1ReviewBoard]

The new Potemkin looks like a cross between an Excelsior, Miranda, and Soyuz.

[@Potemkin1711]

As intended. ;)

[@jerryb2945]

I would love pictures

[@Potemkin1711]

@Jerry B visit the Project Potemkin Facebook group. Plenty of pics there.

[@andytay5507]

That thing in the corner at the end looks suspiciously like a very large tribble. 😉

[@Potemkin1711]

Send me a screen cap. I don't see it!

[@Golden_Spike]

I think it's a spider plant.

[@jackieanderson9408]

Sweet 👍

[@PhilDrury]

Assuming Kesh's conversation ties into the Battle of the Alawanir Nebula, it would be nice to have a followup to the two episodes, be that Audio or even just a blog post story given the way things went with moving. I would like to know if Captain Kesh got a view to a kill on the traitor.

[@Potemkin1711]

We had a scene for the upcoming Project: Potemkin "The Polyphemus Program" specifically written for Kesh, but the travel-time from Albany GA to Lexington KY was prohibitive. We continue to look for a means to bring Kesh back to the screen.

[@PhilDrury]

@@Potemkin1711 Hopefully fate will find the way.

[@PhilDrury]

If we get no further visual historical documents from the Potemkin crew or the Kupok crew for the reasons you outlined, I hope the records can continue in audio format.

[@Potemkin1711]

We intend to film an episode annually. Barring that, we'll take a look at other options.

[@PhilDrury]

@@Potemkin1711 I've an idea. Kesh in his later decades advocating for an alliance after Narendra 3.

[@Potemkin1711]

@Phil Drury Sadly that's a long way off from our current timeline.

[@Taliesin-xd7ke]

Cool.

[@ChristinaMoore79]

I absolutely love that Potemkin is back, and I applaud all the efforts put forth to bring us this "hodge-podge" episode. It's great to see as many of the Potemkin crew back as you could get, but I gotta ask... Wasn't Avery an M.D.? Did he switch track to science or what?

[@Potemkin1711]

Gordon Avery started as an Environmental officer and switched to Sciences. The actor, Ande Ross, did play a doctor in a few Starship Tristan episodes.

[@ChristinaMoore79]

@@Potemkin1711 That's where I got confused -- I was imagining the doctor from Tristan and Avery as the same character. Thanks for correcting that error, though given the new Potemkin still needs a doctor, if Ross was available, he could take the job -- or maybe Skep!

[@Potemkin1711]

@@ChristinaMoore79 we actually have reassigned Dr. Skep Anderson from the Tristan to the new Potemkin.

[@ChristinaMoore79]

@@Potemkin1711 That is awesome! I loved Skep and his snark, though I imagine he's bummed he had to leave Privette who we all know he was sweet on.

[@bryangarton2313]

💓 very nice😍

[@michaeldelucci4379]

Is she an alien who was a Greek Goddess like Apollo in the TOS series

[@Potemkin1711]

She herself says who she is. Whether or not you choose to believe her is up to you. :)

[@michaeldelucci4379]

I was only asking a question about her I didn't get her explanation of who she is

[@michaeldelucci4379]

But it would be fun for me to think if she was the real god from the Odyssey

[@youjustneedtonamethemarkli9520]

I'm wondering what is the class of that new ship

[@Potemkin1711]

That is the Porcupine class.

[@deborahcapuano1223]

The blonde woman on Capt Grigori's inquiry panel, wasn't she part of his crew in the original Potemkin series? I know I've seen her...

[@Potemkin1711]

She's the commanding officer of the Starship Tristan. She's appeared in 21 fan films set aboard that starship.

[@deborahcapuano1223]

​@@Potemkin1711 thanks 🙂

[@drmayeda1930]

@@Potemkin1711 Captain Eve Privette from the credits. I've never seen her in full uniform before

[@Potemkin1711]

@@drmayeda1930 She's worn in most recent episodes of Starship Tristan.

[@seankean4101]

a new U.S.S. Potemkin, NCC-4517 not NCC -1711- A

[@Potemkin1711]

Yes, that's correct. The additional letters are reserved for extra special historical ships.

[@drmayeda1930]

Porcupine class? ugh that was not very good. I would like to see more of Captain Privett and the crew of the Tristain. It's impossible but an episode with both the Tristain AND the Cerritos might be interesting. Evacuating the human population of a planet that is going to be wiped out.

[@Potemkin1711]

@@drmayeda1930 Actually I liked the class of the new Starship Potemkin. Smaller, more maneuverable, and faster, if not so heavily armed. She'll be returning to the screen this fall, we believe.

[@Potemkin1711]

@@drmayeda1930 and quite right, the Cerritos is several decades in the future.

[@andytay5507]

Porcupine Class?

[@Potemkin1711]

Indeed.

[@thecopycat7153]

Alright he's back in the saddle and using a different restisrey number instead of NCC -1711- A, taking a cue from Star Trek Picard I see and as the Borg queen said in the Star Trek Voyager episode unimatrix zero part two welcome back,good job on this episode we missed him a lot.☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️

[@Potemkin1711]

Yeah, we were never going to go with NCC-1711-A.

[@Prospero7714]

Thank you