William Shatner has told of his heartbreak that he won’t be able to make it to the funeral of Star Trek co-star Leonard Nimoy.

William posted a tribute to the Mr Spock actor soon after news broke of his death saying “I loved him like a brother”.

Since then William has taken a a 24-hiatus from social media.

Now, in a series of tweets, he’s revealed that he is actually in Florida and will be unable to make it to Leonard’s funeral.

William who played the often-emotional Captain Kirk opposite Leonard’s half-human, half-Vulcan character Spock, has instead suggest that March 1 be a day of Twitter celebrations.

His hashtag sign off #LLAP, Live Long And Prosper was the same one used by Leonard in his poignant final tweet on February 23.