Actor George Takei attends an unveiling ceremony honoring actor Walter Koenig with the 2,479th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles on September 10, 2012. Koenig, who portrayed the Russian character 'Chekov', is the final member of the "Star Trek" television show to receive a star. UPI/Jim Ruymen | License Photo

Cast member George Takei, the voice of S.T.E.V.E. in the animated motion picture comedy "Free Birds" attends the premiere of the film at the Westwood Village Theatre in Los Angeles on October 13, 2013. In the film, two turkeys from opposite sides of the tracks must put aside their differences and team up to travel back in time to change the course of history - and get turkey off the holiday menu for good. UPI/Jim Ruymen | License Photo

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Star Trek actor and social media guru George Takei said James Doohan was his favorite drinking buddy from his days on the hit science fiction series.

Takei, who played Sulu on the series, told Parade he enjoyed tossing back a few cold ones with the actor who played Montgomery "Scotty" Scott.


When asked who from the cast he stays in touch with most, he said Nichelle Nichols and Walter Koenig.

"Nichelle is more telephone, and we have dinners and you know, there are still Star Trek conventions that happen, so we go out to dinner, chew over old times," he said. "But my favorite, my best drinking buddy, was Jimmy Doohan, who's passed now. He was a great guy and I had some wonderful times with him."

Doohan died in 2005.