Star Trek: Voyager’s Robert Duncan McNeill and Garrett Wang would like to revisit Captain Proton

Garrett Wang and Robert Duncan McNeill in Captain Proton/Star Trek: Voyager

Captain Proton and Buster Kinkaid may battle the evil Doctor Chaotica yet again...if Robert Duncan McNeill and Garrett Wang have anything to say about it.

Over the weekend, actors Wang and McNeill took part in the first Creation Entertainment virtual panel to feature members of the Star Trek franchise. According to TrekMovie.com, the Star Trek: Voyager actors took questions from fans and when the topic turned to what might have been in store for their characters, Wang and McNeill focused their attention on the holodeck.

Fans of Voyager will remember The Adventures of Captain Proton, the holo-novel series full of campy, mid-twentieth century science fiction tropes written by Voyager helmsman Tom Paris. The holo-novel made its debut during the fifth season of the series and became a recurring bit, appearing in nine episodes overall. McNeill had recently suggested the idea of a Captain Proton web series, which co-star Wang is definitely interested in pursuing. “I loved the Captain Proton holodeck stories,” McNeill said. “I thought there should have been a lot more of that, partially because I liked the character I got to play. That could have been an amazing thing to explore the story within the story…We could have done so many things in the Captain Proton holodeck story. So yeah, I think there is a great opportunity to go revisit that.”

While there are no official plans for a Captain Proton series yet, it doesn’t seem to be out of the question for the future.

During the Creation Q&A panel, McNeill and Wang were also asked if they would consider reprising their roles in Picard, as some other Trek alumni have done. While neither seemed optimistic toward the idea, both spoke well of their colleagues and offered thoughts on what their characters might be doing while the action of Picard was going on. McNeill found an angle, saying “[Paris] is undercover. He is some kind of spy. He is pretending to be a bad guy, but that is his cover.” Wang, however, sees his character being… a bit disgruntled in the future, saying that “Ensign Kim quit Starfleet because he never gets promoted,” eventually opening a bar and grill where “only ensigns and lower in rank get discounts.” That sounds about right.

If you’d like to revisit Paris and Kim and the original Captain Proton, then you can do so in Star Trek: Voyager, now streaming on CBS All Access. You’ll want to aim for the season 5 episode “Night”.