William Shatner is ready to boldly go into Coronation Street for its first major sci-fi storyline.But show bosses think his idea is too wacky – and warned he would find life on the soap more dangerous than going into space.The world’s oldest astronaut, 90, has been a fan of the ITV soap for years.He joked when fans asked him if he would appear on Corrie: “They are working on a UFO crash storyline with me as the central character who comes in and buys the pub and turns it into a tourist crash site tchotchkes (bric-a-brac) shop!”A Coronation Street spokesperson said: “We may have just had collapsing sinkholes, terrible storms, car crashes, explosions and escaped convicts, but I think aliens might be a stretch too far, even for.
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