William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy made a joint appearance at VegasTrekCon10.  There was also a surprise appearance by Patrick Stewart.

Whilst on stage Shatner talked about his various projects, including  The Captains documentary, which he revealed Chris Pine would be involved in.  Shatner also revealed that his favourite original Star Trek feature film was Star Trek V.

During his Q&A Leonard Nimoy said "never say never" to appearing in the next Star Trek sequel.

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Actor Sir Patrick Stewart paid tribute to a former teacher as he was knighted by the Queen at Buckingham Palace.

The 69-year-old said he owed "literally everything" to the English teacher who first encouraged him to perform.

"Although many people in my life have had great influence on me, without this man none of it would have happened," he said following Wednesday's investiture.

The classically trained actor is best known for his roles in Star Trek: The Next Generation and the X-Men films.

He was recently seen on the London stage appearing alongside fellow actor knight Sir Ian McKellen in Waiting for Godot.

Sir Patrick said his knighthood - announced in the New Year Honours List - had been "an unlooked-for honour".

"But as I grew up as a child, falling in love with the theatre and Shakespeare, my heroes were Sir Laurence Olivier [and] Sir John Gielgud," he continued.

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Q: So you're doing Stravinsky ("Oedipus Rex") with Michael Tilson Thomas - are you a musician?

A: No, there's a storyteller in it, threaded through the music. We did something like that together in San Francisco about six years ago, and we really enjoyed working together. ... I'm passionate about music - it fills my life. So to spend five days with some of the best musicians in the world is my idea of heaven.

Q: You haven't done many films lately. Are you taking a break?

A: I've been almost exclusively focusing on theater the last five years, because I have a lot of catching up to do (smiles). It's all I ever wanted to do. I had no ambition to work in television, I had no ambition to work in film, because it just seemed improbable and unlikely. All I ever wanted to be was on the stage, because the stage was, well, quite crudely, the safest place to be. Far safer than the outside world. ... Everything else that happened was an accident. A wonderful accident.

Q: An accident that led to two prominent roles in two major franchises: "Star Trek" and "X-Men."

A: My feeling is you cannot have too many franchises in a career! My dear friend Ian McKellen was in "X-Men," "Lord of the Rings" trilogy and soon will make it three, with "The Hobbit."

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