Nichelle Nichols, best known for her role as Lieutenant Uhura in the original Star Trek TV series and movies, has joined the cast of Hayden Black’s musical comedy Sci-Fi series The Cabonauts, a new web-only project set in a “space-cab,” launching in an exclusive partnership with DailyMotion.com.

It’s 2183 AD and humans have finally conquered the stars. But the inky blackness that separates the galaxies and the hundreds of thousands of human outposts and colonies is vast and needs a firm hand to navigate. Which is why Cabonauts Inc. is so handy – you can just call a cab.

“When I read the beautifully written, comical, futuristic script… I thought that whoever wrote it was crazy and I couldn’t wait to be a part of it,” Nichols said. “I love the sheer nonsense of it – we’re in a seemingly normal situation then suddenly break out in crazy song. It’s such fun and so smart, with elements in it that you have not seen before on screen, and I think it can’t miss.”

“We see ‘The Cabonauts” as a breakthrough in Web comedy and we are absolutely thrilled to see Nichelle Nichols not only agree, but join the cast,” said Joy Marcus, General Manager of Dailymotion US, the world’s second largest web video entertainment site.

The series is currently in production, and will debut online, via DailyMotion, later this year. You can subscribe to the projects website feed, to stay abreast of all its developments, if interested. Go to Cabonauts.com.

Here she is talking about the project: