I wouldn’t be able to justly call myself a Star Trek fan if I didn’t flag this new short film up today. In it, William Shatner at last returns to the role of Captain Kirk – or at least appears to. As explained in this Trekculture video, it’s a fantastic film by Otoy films called Unification, which blends together old and new footage and has loads of awesome Star Trek references. While it isn’t the full on, big screen, resurrection of Shatner’s Kirk we might like to see – well, I would anyway – it is fantastic to see what people can produce these days. Watching it, it may strike you as slightly sentimental, but as they did with Regeneration a year or so ago, it’s great to see these characters who we trekkies grew up with return in some way. As I wrote when I saw that film, it’s also amazing to see just how advanced such unofficial online fan films are becoming. Ultimately, though, it’s a very touching short film indeed, particularly if you’re a Star Trek fan.