This Week in Trek: A Star Trek Podcast

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Episode 416, "Antfleet Command" Nov 16, 2019

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News

Short Trek Ask Not
2 animated shorts next month
TAS gone from Nextflix Dec 1.
The countdown has begun: Only 68 days until Star Trek: Picard
DSC S2 is out on blu-ray NOW! 34.99 on Amazon, but wait & it’ll be cheaper.
Star Trek Command Training Program (internship) https://www.emmys.com/foundation/programs/internship/startrek/apply

Ten Forward:
Chris on Twitter: What is your preferred way that Trek shows are made: episodic, 2-3 episode arcs, or a whole serialized season?

Star Trek in pop culture:
SCTV “Check Please” fake commercial for a new series (1977?)

Last week in Trek

Episode insight: Enterprise S3: Hatchery

Character insight - Calvin Hudson

Episode 415, "The Yesterday Syndrome" Nov 09, 2019

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News
We’re number two!
⅓ scale Spock $1500 coming in 2020. Darksidetoy.com
Nov 14 is the next Short Treks with Captain Pike. “Ask Not”

Ten Forward:
Chris on Twitter: If you were in the 24th century, would you have riskier hobbies knowing that the medical advancements can heal you better in case of an injury? Boxing for example.

Star Trek in pop culture:
Drunk History (Comedy Central) on Nichelle Nichols.

Last week in Trek

Episode insight: TOS: S1, Tomorrow is Yesterday

Character insight: Icheb

Episode 414, "Khitomer, when the shields fell" Oct 26, 2019

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News

Picard is not age appropriate
Lower Decks is canon
Characters are fans of Data and Janeway
Not good for 5 year olds
Room for 90s cameos
10 episodes, 30m each
Autobiography of Janeway coming out
Art of Discovery coming out

Ten Forward:
Chris on Twitter: Do u think the viewing audience could have related better to how far TOS was in the future if the Gregorian calendar was used instead of Stardates (which to me was confusing and inconsistent)?

Star Trek in pop culture:
Who invented the Klingon language? Mark Okrand tells us.

Last week in Trek

Episode insight: TNG: Sins of the Father

Character insight - Rebecca Romjin

Episode 413, "Sentient toaster" Oct 20, 2019

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News

Galaxy Quest documentary coming out.
https://www.fathomevents.com/events/never-surrender

Ten Forward:
Chris on Twitter: I think we can agree that Scotty is the best Trek engineer in all of the Trek series. Who do you think is the 2nd best?

Star Trek in pop culture:
South Park S3 E2. It’s Sunday so here’s a bible quote. Sort of.

Last week in Trek

Episode insight: VOY: Latent Image

Episode 412, "Gorn, clean your room!" Oct 12, 2019

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News
"The Trouble With Edward" Short Trek is out.

Ten Forward:
Chris on Twitter:
Did the thought of naming one of your children after a Star Trek character ever enter your mind?

Star Trek in pop culture:
2 Broke Girls - The Past and the Furious. The girls are sitting in an expensive car and I don’t know why this is said or why it’s funny.

Episode insight: TNG S3: Hollow Pursuits

Character insight - Chris Brenner

Episode 411, "How much is that warbird in the window?" Oct 06, 2019

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News

All about Star Trek at NYCC:
Discovery Season 3 trailer!
Picard trailer!

Ten Forward:
Chris on Twitter: What one thing would you change about the design of the TOS Enterprise? For me it would be the deflector dish.

Star Trek in pop culture:
Party Down S1 E10. A catering service is preparing food.

Last week in Trek

Episode insight: ENT S1: Terra Nova

Character insight: Cameron

Episode 410, "Planet Vasquez rocks" Sep 29, 2019

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News

Aron Isenberg’s son: Retail WoW server Area 52, this sunday 9/29 at 7-8pm PST. I want to invite ALL of you there to gather in game and honor him with me, the friends HE had in wow, Malissa, and my mom. My dad played horde ONLY for 15 years. https://www.reddit.com/r/startrek/comments/d8z22z/im_aron_eisenbergs_son_i_want_to_invite_everyone/

Ten Forward:
Chris on Twitter: Which holodeck program would like to experience: Dixon Hill from TNG, Captain Proton from Voyager or Vic Fontaine from DS9?

Star Trek in pop culture:
DirecTV commercial from 2006 with William Shatner

Last week in Trek

Episode insight: Voy S2: Initiations

Subspace communications

Episode 409, "This is the cleanest episode ever" Sep 22, 2019

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News

Aaron Eisenberg has passed
A GoFundMe campaign has been established to help Aron's widow, Malissa, deal with funeral expenses. https://www.gofundme.com/f/aron-eisenberg-memorial
Setphaserstorun.com October 20, 2019, the Cast and Crew from Star Trek Discovery will be in the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon to raise funds for The Alzheimer's Society.

Ten Forward:
Chris on Twitter: Which Star Trek captain’s chair do you think is the most comfortable to sit in?

Star Trek in pop culture:
Aron Eisenberg on early reception of DS9.

Last week in Trek

Episode insight: DS9 S7: Shadows and Symbols

Character insight - Nog

Subspace communications

Episode 408, "Functional Goo" Sep 14, 2019

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News

Smithsonian: Enterprise studio model will be off display beginning October 7 when the portion of the hall where it is displayed closes for renovation. It will remain in safe storage and will return in 2024/2025.
DSC won Saturn Award for Best Streaming Science Fiction, Action & Fantasy Series.

Ten Forward:
Chris on Twitter: What is the worst death scene you have seen on Trek? For me it is the transporter accident in TMP. I still get the chills today every time I see it.

Star Trek in pop culture:
Video Game Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time. Near the start of the same before ratchet enters the Zoni temple, Qwark (yes Qwark - one of the game’s heros) says something Trek related.

Last week in Trek

Episode insight: TNG: Ship in a Bottle

Character insight - William Morgan Sheppard

Episode 407, "And now you know the rest of the story" Sep 07, 2019

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News

Kelvin timeline trilogy 4K $34.99 on Amazon. Blu-ray slightly more.
NYCC 90 minute Discovery / Picard panel Oct 5.
DSC S2 blu-ray out Nov 12 in North America, and a bit later elsewhere.

Ten Forward:
Chris on Twitter: I think it is safe to say the “The Best of Both Worlds” is the best two part episode on TNG. What do you think is the worst two part episode on TNG?

Star Trek in pop culture:
Ricardo Montalban on Animaniacs 1995. Voices a villain & slips into a familiar character.

Episode insight: TNG: Elementary, Dear Data

Character insight - Ensign Giusti

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