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Episode 426, "Get their headprint" Jan 25, 2020

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Picard show is out.
Whoopi Goldberg accepts offer to be in S2.
Huge Captain Picard Day Youtube playlist with among other things, the return of Star Trek Girl
Captain Picard Playlist
Ashley and Jason are doing a kickstarter for Jupiter Jet 2
Jupiter Jet 2 Kickstarter
Space Force
Section 31 starts filming in May
Ten Forward
Chris on Twitter: What is your favorite episode from each season of TOS?
Star Trek in pop culture
Avengers: Endgame

Episode insight: TNG Episode 5x17, The Outcast

Episode 425, "The color of radiation" Jan 18, 2020

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Noah Hawley on possible next film: “when a lot of franchises focus on ‘might makes right’, ‘Star Trek’ is about exploration and humanity at its best, and diversity and creative problem solving.”
DSC S3 is done filming.
Wil Wheaton will host the After Trek show that follows each DSC/Picard episode.
Two more unannounced live action Trek series are in the works. We know nothing at all about these.
Voyager 25th anniversary
New Picard trailers
Ten Forward
Chris on Twitter: In “Q Who”, it was briefly discussed that Q and Guinan had some dealings in the past. Do you think that they missed a big opportunity in not following up on that in a future episode?
Star Trek in pop culture
Peter Pan records. 1970s. 3 examples.
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Episode insight: VOY Episode 5x21, Juggernaut

Episode 424, "Press F8 for invasion" Jan 11, 2020

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"Children of Mars" Short Trek is out
Rumors of DSC S4

Ten Forward
Chris on Twitter: Why do you think that the Security in any of the Trek series never wore any body armor?

Star Trek in pop culture
Marketplace Tech (again) from APM / NPR - self explanatory.

Last week in Trek

Episode insight: DS9 Episode 413, Return to Grace

Episode 423, "Isn't there AAA in space?" Jan 04, 2020

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News:
OTD 1998: The Star Trek Experience opened at the Las Vegas Hilton Hotel.
WIlliam Shatner will be at the set tour in Ticonderoga, NY on Friday June 26 and Saturday June 27, 2020.
Short Trek: Children of Mars Jan 9 ties into Picard series.

Ten Forward:
Chris on Twitter: If given the choice, which TOS prop would you choose to keep: the phaser used by Kirk in “The Devil in the Dark” or Spock’s tricorder used in “The City on the Edge of Forever"?

Star Trek in pop culture:
The Xfiles, Dreamland 1998. They’re on their way to their next case.

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Episode insight: Enterprise S3, Damage

Episode 422, "Why is Kirk driving off a mountain?" Dec 30, 2019

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Our live commentary returns with Star Trek (2009)

Episode 421, "It sounds like the Shatner app" Dec 21, 2019

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Sound editing team for your MPSE Golden Reel Award nomination
DSC: Emmy - Best makeup effects.
Erin Macdonald - Science advisor for DSC (didn’t they have one already?)
Quinton seems less interested in Trek movie.

Ten Forward:
Chris on Twitter: Which do you think has more of a toxic fan base: Star Trek or Star Wars?

Star Trek in pop culture:
The Care Bears.

Episode insight: Enterprise S3 E18, Azati Prime

Episode 420, "Plums and prunes" Dec 14, 2019

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News:
2 animated Short Treks: Ephraim and Dot, and The Girl Who Made the Stars.
Picard pre-release showing Jan 13 at a Red Carpet Premiere in Los Angeles.
'Star Trek' attraction in Ticonderoga to expand to 'Next Generation'.

Ten Forward:
Chris on Twitter: Do you think we will see a new version of the Enterprise in Picard? If not, would that disappoint you?

Star Trek in pop culture:
CSI 313 Random Acts of Violence. “Why did you choose him for this case and not me?”

Episode insight: TNG S4 E2 "Family"

Episode 419, "SPF-47" Dec 07, 2019

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TMP’s 40th - 3 emails and a clip
Star Trek Picard’s first episode on broadcast TV?
3 days ago Viacom & CBS officially became one.
Robert Walker, Jr. and DC Fontana have passed
TOSSatNight will be doing Charlie X and Yesteryear
TMP DC with Eloysius

Ten Forward:
Chris on Twitter: If you could travel back in time and tell your younger self that Star Trek has lasted well over 50 years, do u think you would have believed it?

Star Trek in pop culture:
Marketplace Tech from American Public Media on NPR with Molly Wood. Just the intro. They talked about digital taxation and how they might affect the world economy.

Last week in Trek

Episode insight: TOS S1 Operation: Annihilate!

Character insight - Ilia

Episode 418, "December 33rd" Nov 30, 2019

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News

Dec 3: La-La Land Records’ 4 CD Voyager Collection — Volume 2. 5+ hours of music covering all 7 seasons of the show, including 18 tracks from “Endgame”.
Next week is TMP’s 40th

Ten Forward:
Chris on Twitter: Are you OK with how the writers of TOS handled George Kirk? Would you have liked to have seen him alive and involved in a few episodes of TOS?

Notes: As seen in “Operation Annihilate”, played by Shatner. Also mentioned in “What Are Little Girls Made Of”.

Star Trek in pop culture:
Argo. 2012. Best picture Oscar for 2013. Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, John Goodman. Set in 1979, a fake film crew goes to Iran to rescue hostages. This is their plan.

Last week in Trek

Episode insight: VOY S5 Extreme Risk

Character insight: Persis

Episode 417, "My eyes are still VGA" Nov 23, 2019

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News

Correction from last week: The DSC S2 Blu-ray is only 1080P.
Noah Hawley in talks to write & direct Trek 4 of the JJ Verse. I’d rather have a Pike movie with Anson Mount.
DSC S2 Blu-ray includes 6 minutes of deleted scenes from “Through the Valley of Shadows”.

Ten Forward:
Chris on Twitter: I am thinking a change in hair styles is a good indication that a Trek series is getting better. Riker’s beard, Sisko’s goatee and Janeway’s shorter hair. Now that Micheal has new hairdo in Discovery, that has to be good. Correct?

Star Trek in pop culture:
1987 American Movie Awards. “Spitting Image” characature puppet of Leonard Nimoy. Though the voice is more like Shatner.

Last week in Trek

Episode insight: DS9: S5 E16 "Doctor Bashir, I Presume".

Character insight - Malik

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