I’ve been a huge Star Trek fan for over a decade now, and for most of my teenage years, The Next Generation television series became my cornerstone for the kind of geek culture I would grow up embracing.

Yet in the past few months, I’ve been so immersed in the original Star Trek series, due to the fact that I’m actually doing it as part of a Lit module. Combine this with the fact that I work in a law firm that seems to be the basis for much of Boston Legal’s episode material… makes for a lot of William Shatner overdose.

So whilst refusing to admit that my favourite Trek character is now Captain James T. Kirk, I present to you just how much of an icon Bill Shatner has been for modern cult entertainment:

Taken from “Comedy Central: Roast of William Shatner”, a must watch!