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Episode 295, "It's a 3-watt life form" Jun 20, 2017

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News
DSC premier Sunday, Sept. 24 at 8:30 p.m. ET (Time approximate after NFL football). First 8 episodes will come out thru Nov 5, then in Jan, we get the other 7.
We have not yet seen the Discovery bridge. The trailer was the Shenzhou.
John DeLancie will guest star in Ep 9 of STC.
STC Ep 9, 10, 11 are filmed and in post production. That’s all there is.
Ten Forward:
Chris on Twitter: Worst case scenario: what is the one thing that they can do in Discovery that will make u stop watching it?
Star Trek in pop culture:
Another one From The Sarah Jane Adventures “The Empty Planet” (recommended by M’Ress)
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Episode insight: TNG: The Child

Character insight - Julian Bashir

Episode 294, "Admiral Mustang" Jun 13, 2017

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News
Star Trek: Operation Enterprise is now open at Movie Park Germany. Federation Plaza is a 1 sq km area also containing a holodeck, 2 transporter rooms & an Ent D bridge.

Ten Forward:
Chris on Twitter: Have u ever cancelled or rescheduled something very important so that u can watch Trek on TV?
Star Trek in pop culture:
The Flash - S3, E21 - suggested by Pastor McKinley & Chris on Twitter.
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Episode insight: TNG: Pen Pals

Character insight - Kira Nerys

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Episode 293, "Data the Mustang Transformer" Jun 06, 2017

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News
Darrell got a car loan (there was no real news, so...)
Star Trek VR
Ten Forward:
Chris on Twitter: Which Trek character would u choose to be stranded in the delta quadrant with your cohost?
Star Trek in pop culture:
Another one From The Sarah Jane Adventures (recommended by M’Ress)
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Episode insight: TNG: One of our Planets is Missing

Character insight: Jake Sisko

Subspace Communications

Episode 292, "Manufactured Triumph" May 30, 2017

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News
DSC rank is TNG pips on metal badges.
Harry Mudd to be on multiple episodes.

Ten Forward:
Chris on Twitter: Which Trek alien race has zero chances of existing in real life?

Star Trek in pop culture:
From The Sarah Jane Adventures (recommended by M’Ress)
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Episode insight: DS9 Take me out to the holosuite - suggested by JP Wiegand

Character insight - Odo

Episode 291, "Mystery Date" May 23, 2017

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WHAT: ZERO-G Roddenberry Adventures Flight with William Shatner
DATE: Friday, August 4, 2017
TIME: 9am – 2pm
WHERE: Las Vegas, NV
COST: $9,950 plus 5% tax (per person)
TICKETS: Tickets for this event can be purchased at www.gozerog.com.
Ten Forward:
Chris on Twitter: Which Trek character do u think gives out the best advice? I vote for Guinan with McCoy a close 2nd.
Star Trek in pop culture:
(Thanks listener M’Ress) Dr Who - The Daleks seemed to have learned something from The Borg.
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Episode insight: DS9 S2, E9: Second Sight

Character insight - The Star Trek Discovery teaser

Episode 290a, "Discovery First Look" May 17, 2017

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Our thoughts on the first Star Trek: Discovery trailer.

Episode 290, "Borg Crumbs" May 16, 2017

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News:
Firm DSC launch date this week?

The Orville - Seth MacFarlane. Looks like a Futurama-like space comedy. This makes me sad because he should
have made a Trek competitor.

More Trek stamps from Canada: Photos of Kirk from WOK, Picard from BoBW, Sisko, Janeway & Archer each with a bad guy from their series. Also TOS shuttlecraft & Borg cube. April 27th.

Star Trek Continues is now an official affiliate of CBS.

DSC footage should be coming soon (tomorrow?) for CBS advertisers and affiliates.

Ten Forward:
Chris on Twitter: You suffered a near death injury while saving Kirk from the Gorn. Which Trek doctor do u want try to save your life?

Star Trek in pop culture:
Latest episode of Doctor Who. S10, E5: Oxygen. This is the very beginning of the episode.
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Episode insight: VOY S5, E7: Infinite Regress

Character insight - Jadzia Dax

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Episode 289, "Last Week in Trek" May 09, 2017

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News
DSC: Since the writer’s strike was averted, CBS higher ups are back to saying early fall.
Hallmark Picard/Data Keepsake ornament coming this summer. $29.95
USS Franklin w/lights from Beyond $29.95.
Convention-exclusive ornament Enterprise C will be available at various cons.

Ten Forward:
Chris on Twitter: How well do u think Captain Riker would perform compared to the other 5 series Trek captains?

Star Trek in pop culture:
Last Saturday on SNL - Chris Pine barely in an awful sketch playing Shatner’s Kirk.
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Episode insight: Voyager S5, Bliss

Character insight - Sarah Sisko

Subspace communications

Episode 288, "We'll Always Have Puns" May 02, 2017

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News
Writers strike averted. Episodes being written now would have been affected.
Casting news: Rekha Sharma, as Commander Landry, the ship’s security officer. Was in Star Trek Continues episode “Still Treads the Shadow”.
Shatner at NYCC Sunday

Ten Forward:
Chris on Twitter: What would u rather have: a piece of the original Enterprise model or a personal autograph from Gene Roddenberry?

Star Trek in pop culture:
Buffy the Vampire Slayer. S5, E3 The Replacement. Their friend is split in half by a demon.
3 Clips. They’re all kind of obvious. (The Enemy Within)

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Episode insight: TNG: S1, We’ll Always Have Paris - One of Darrell’s faves when new

Character insight: Ensign Culhane

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Episode 287, "Borg Lite" Apr 25, 2017

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News
Nimoy COPD Film starting on PBS May 4
VR game Star Trek Bridge Crew from Ubisoft comes out May 30 for Oculus Rift, HTC Vive & Playstation VR.

Ten Forward:
Chris on Twitter: Which TNG alien race deserved to be shown in more episodes: the Binars, the Sheliak, or the Pakleds?

Star Trek in pop culture:
Michael Okuda talks about the time Stephen Hawking visited the TNG set. Around 1994
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Episode insight: TNG S1 - Justice

Character insight - Ensign Youngblood

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