Nearly three years after the project was first announced, IGN Fan Fest can exclusively reveal the lead voice stars for the all-new scripted audio series Star Trek: Khan, which will stream on all major podcast platforms later in 2025.
Lost’s Naveen Andrews voices the iconic Khan Noonien Singh while For All Mankind’s Wrenn Schmidt voices his wife, Marla McGivers. Recording has now wrapped (see an exclusive photo of Andrews in the recording booth in the slideshow below).
Additional cast will be announced at a later date.
Star Trek: Khan is based on a story by Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan writer and director Nicholas Meyer. Kirsten Beyer and David Mack serve as writers on the series.
The official plot synopsis says the audio series “will explore the dramatic untold events that unfolded in the desolate world of Ceti Alpha V after Captain Kirk left Khan and his followers stranded there, paving the way for the iconic clash in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.”
“History remembers Khan Noonien Singh as a villain, the product of a failed attempt to perfect humanity through genetic engineering whose quest to avenge himself on Admiral James T. Kirk led to unimaginable tragedy and loss. But the truth has been buried for too long beneath the sands of Ceti Alpha V. How did Khan go from a beneficent tyrant and superhuman visionary with a new world at his fingertips to the monster we think we know so well? Recently unearthed, the rest of Khan’s story will finally be told in Star Trek: Khan.”
As depicted in the classic original series episode titled Space Seed, Khan and his genetically engineered disciples were awakened from cryogenic sleep after two centuries only to then try to commandeer the USS Enterprise.
Lt. Marla McGivers was a Starfleet historian who fell in love with Khan and aided him in his attempted takeover. In the end, she opted to follow Khan into exile on Ceti Alpha V rather than face court martial. Those who have seen The Wrath of Khan know McGivers met a grim fate while marooned on Ceti Alpha V.
Star Trek: Khan is produced by CBS’ Eye Podcast Productions Inc. CBS Studio’s podcasting arm; Secret Hideout; and Roddenberry Entertainment. Executive producers include Alex Kurtzman, Aaron Baiers, Kirsten Beyer, Molly Barton, Fred Greenhalgh, Trevor Roth and Rod Roddenberry. Supervising producer is Robyn Johnson and the podcast was directed by Fred Greenhalgh. Realm serves as the production studio for the series.
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