Alice Krige didn�t know what a Star Trek was

I must be one of the small number of people in the world, comparatively speaking, who actually grew up without Star Trek.

Because I grew up in South Africa and, at that time, there was no television in South Africa. It arrived the year after I left. So I was a Star Trek virgin.

When I was asked to come in and read for the Borg queen, I realised, obviously, that I knew nothing about the universe that I was entering into, so I called a friend who had written for Star Trek in the past and, of course, he has every episode ... So I rushed over there and I watched all the Borg footage and then went in and read for Jonathan [Frakes] and Mr Berman.

By the time I�d finished the audition I understood how interested I was by her. It was something about the power of her that I hadn�t understood until I had actually acted out the scene.