This Week in Trek: A Star Trek Podcast

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Episode 331, "Three lieutenants and a baby" Feb 27, 2018

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My prediction for DSC S2: Burnham will have a Klingon baby.
Why didn’t Saru’s hackles go up 100 times on the Mudd Time loop episode ?
DSC: 56M, GOT: 42M, https://twitter.com/startrekmoments/status/968233291370377218/photo/1
The Nimoy doc being on iTunes in spring that I posted in Discord
Today is the 3rd anniverary of Nimoy’s death

Ten Forward:
Chris on Twitter: What commonly used Trek tech (no Technobabble) do u think has zero chances of ever becoming invented? My first choice is inertial dampers.

Star Trek in pop culture:
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee - Jerry Seinfeld talking to comedians. Here, talking about gambling. S4, E12
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Last week in Trek

Episode insight: DS9 S3: Through The Looking Glass

Character insight: Buck Bokai

Subspace communications

Episode 330, "Honey, I Shrunk the City" Feb 20, 2018

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News
McFarlane Toys phaser all kinds of lights, sound, and accuracy!

Ten Forward:
Chris on Twitter: Would you put Captain Jellico from TNG in your top 10 list of best Trek captains?

Star Trek in pop culture:
Buffy the Vampire Slayer. S1, E12 Prophecy Girl

Last week in Trek

Episode insight: TAS S1: The Terratin Incident

Character insight: Koss

Subspace communications

Episode 329, "The Growling Season" Feb 14, 2018

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News
DSC to start shooting in April.
A certain dead person (Culber) verified to return in S2.
Discovery & Shenzou models from Anovos. $9k & $8k. 36.9” & 26.6”

Ten Forward:
Chris on Twitter: What was your initial reaction when you learned that a Klingon was going to be an officer on the bridge of the Enterprise in TNG?

Star Trek in pop culture:
This is Us, S2, E5 A class reunion is going on?
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Last week in Trek

Episode insight: TNG S1: Where No One Has Gone Before

Character insight: Ensign Murphy

Subspace communications

Episode 328-Discovery Edition, "Don't cross the streams" Feb 11, 2018

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Our look at Star Trek Discovery Episode 15, "Will You Take My Hand?"

Thanks to everyone who supported the Discovery Edition of This Week in Trek!

Episode 328, "Borg Patented Assimilation Procedure™" Feb 06, 2018

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News
Anovos Discovery Phaser review.
Quinto to do “In Search Of” remake. 10 eps for Hist channel.
Star Trek Continues sets to be preserved where they are (Kingsland, GA). Transferred to Ray Tesi.

Ten Forward:
Chris on Twitter: Your car breaks down in the middle of nowhere. Which Trek engineer would you call first to repair it?

Star Trek in pop culture:
Madam Secretary (2016), S3 E4. This scene: Political talk
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Last week in Trek

Episode insight: VOY: S6, E2. Survival Instinct

Character insight: James Horan

Episode 327-Discovery Edition, "A moon full of spores makes Discovery go 'round" Feb 05, 2018

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Our look at Star Trek Discovery Episode 14, "The War Without, The War Within"

Episode 327, "Amazunes" Jan 30, 2018

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News
Trek Cruise 2019: 17 actors scheduled including Wilson Cruz and Mary Chieffo. Jan 4-10, 2019. Miami to Jamaica & points in between.
Doug Jones says Mirror Saru was not eaten.
Wave one of DSC phasers are being sent out now. The deadline for ordering any is Jan 31.

Ten Forward:
Chris on Twitter: Do u think Trek 2 would have been better if David Marcus wasn’t included?

Star Trek in pop culture:
Please Stand By - Out now in theaters, on Amazon & Itunes. Wendy (Dakota Fanning), a young autistic woman and major Star Trek fan, runs away from her caregiver in order to deliver her 500-page Trek script to a writing competition in Hollywood.
In this scene, a policeman played by Patton Oswalt, talks her out of hiding IN KLINGON.
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Last week in Trek

Episode insight: DS9, S3: Past Tense Part 2

Character insight: Ikat'ika

Episode 326-Discovery Edition, "Big Word Sunday" Jan 29, 2018

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Our look at Star Trek Discovery Episode 13, "What's Past is Present"

Episode 326, "It's fine" Jan 23, 2018

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News
Jason Issacs nominated for best actor - Empire Magazine awards.
The Shape of Water nominated for several Oscars.
New gear on the Star Trek store.
Also - Charon

Ten Forward:
Chris on Twitter: “Watch DS9 season2 Past Tense: Part 1 and part 2. Seriuosly.”
Which would you rather have: a great Trek story that breaks cannon or an average story that doesn’t break cannon?

Star Trek in pop culture:
Veep (2016), HBO. Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Political comedy / drama. In this season finale, there’s a close election just like the one in 2016.
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Last week in Trek

Episode insight: DS9, S3: Past Tense Part 1

Character insight: Sito Jaxa

Subspace communications

Episode 325-Discovery Edition, "Fidget Spinners Were the Last Thing on Their Minds" Jan 21, 2018

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Our look at Star Trek Discovery Episode 12, "Vaulting Ambition"