Scotty's ashes to be sent into space

Eighty-five-year-old actor James Doohan, who played Scotty in Star Trek and died yesterday, will be cremated and his ashes shot into space.

It’s a fitting end for a man who spent the majority of his on-screen career holed up in the engineering room of the Starship Enterprise.

Born in Vancouver, Canada, Doohan’s Scots brogue was created for the show. Always happy to chat with die-hard Trekkies, he spent the last few years as a regular on the convention circuit.