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Episode 127, Stardate 1402.20 "What does Uhura need with a comic book store?" Feb 20, 2014

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WoK bobbleheads. After 2 crappy toy releases in a row (hot wheels & bad STID figures) these are acceptable. http://www.startrek.com/article/first-look-wrath-of-khan-borg-bobble-heads
Nichelle Nichols on Comic Book Men
WHY is Nichelle in the middle of NJ when there are other places to find what she needed?
Was visiting friends? Extra spending money? Doing a play?
NASA finds wind-blown dunes in the shape of Starfleet insignias.

Ten Forward:
Is Avatar just a big fluffy Trek episode?

Star Trek in pop culture:
Valentine’s Day last week: Love Boat the Next Generation SNL early 90s? This is the very end.
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Next time: Ron & Don show on KIRO Seattle discussing the justice system, when suddenly Star Trek shows up.
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Episode insight: TNG S6: Frame of Mind

Intermission: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wh4lCZoEo5o

Character insight: Guinan

Strawpoll: http://strawpoll.me/1175936

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Ken P.

Episode 126, Stardate 1402.11 "Captain Ruk" Feb 11, 2014

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More extra crappy merchandise http://www.startrek.com/article/first-look-star-trek-hot-wheels
“Redshirts” is getting its own TV series. Very good for Trek if it does well because if a parody makes money, a new Trek certainly would. http://io9.com/redshits-is-getting-its-own-tv-series-1518552683
Star Trek Continues Episode 2 is out. http://www.startrekcontinues.com/episodes/#.Uvgq2_Z-YcI
Darrell: It’s like it’s 1970, the original actors were all fired, and replaced with excellent substitutes I have no problem with any of them except a bit with Spock, but at least his hair is right this time.

Ten Forward:
Chris on Twitter: What do u think the appropriate age for a child should be before they start watching Trek?
Chris on Twitter: Using any Trek character, what is your all star crew? Captain, First Officer, Doctor, helmsman, etc.
Shaun Austin on Twitter: Why are the people always eating on ST:Enterprise?

Star Trek in pop culture:
The Running Man, 1987, A wrongly convicted man must try to survive a public execution gauntlet staged as a game show. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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Episode insight: DS9 S5: The Darkness & the Light

Character Insight - Barclay

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Ken P.

Episode 125, Stardate 1402.4 "Vicious podcaster things" Feb 04, 2014

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New Kirk & Spock figures from Square Enix at bit.ly/1akQCPH
Icky Comcast/Xfinity commercial
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfxxqlPo4uE
Nimoy has COPD. Stop smoking now!

Ten Forward:
Chris on Twitter: After watching TMP, I was wondering what Trek movie u think has the best name? I like The Undiscovered Country. || Darrell: This or First Contact

Star Trek in pop culture:
Daft Punk wins album of the year, Paul Williams at the Grammys.
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Episode insight: TNG S1: Hide & Q

Character insight - Ezri Dax

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Ken P.

Episode 124, Stardate 1401.28 "I've got Star Trek nuts" Jan 28, 2014

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Anovos - Spock uniform from ST2:WOK - Preorder tiers by date: $950, $1000, $1100, $1200
Enterprise S4 Blu-ray, April 1, $130.00 U.S. and $150.00 Canada.
ThinkGeek :: Star Trek Family Car Decals thinkgeek.com/product/f48d/
Gnomewise: I pulled the trigger on my Indiegogo fundraising effort. Any promotion or exposure you can provide would be greatly appreciated. Here is the link: http://bit.ly/alphageek

Ten Forward:
Chris on Twitter: If @TheTrekNerd and @starmike finally meet and go out for a movie and food. Who would pick the movie and who would decide where to eat?

Star Trek in pop culture:
Castle episode “Always Buy Retail”

Episode insight: ENT: S2 The Expanse

Character insight - Lore

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Ken P.

Episode 123, Stardate 1401.21 "Golden engrams" Jan 21, 2014

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March 10, 1988 Thursday 7pm. 2 crazy fans break into Paramount and try to film a fake documentary & get caught. 3 days into writer’s strike.
STID - Nominated Best Visual Effects

Ten Forward:
Chris Twitter: What Trek term do u think is the most widely used today by the general public? My vote is "Warp Speed".
Chris Twitter: Who do u think had a bigger impact in Trek, the Borg or Q?

Star Trek in pop culture:
Sniper: Reloaded, 2011. U.S. Marine Sgt. Brandon Beckett takes on the toughest assignments -- including a deadly mission to rescue a Belgian plantation owner from hostilities in the Congo.
In this scene, troops are going somewhere in a truck.

Episode insight: Voyager: Equinox Part 2

Character insight - Silik

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Ken P.

Episode 122, Stardate 1401.14 "Senior flutterer" Jan 14, 2014

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Star Trek Equinox: The Night of Time (TV Movie - and pilot)
Fifteen years after the destruction of the U.S.S. Equinox, Captain Rudy Ransom makes his break for freedom!
NC politician writes resignation letter in Klingon fw.to/IuZXIfV
The official William Shatner watch: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/passages-a-watch-by-william-shatner-and-egard
Egard. Dusted with asteroid dust. Engraved signature, Retail value: $1199.
revamped TMP

Ten Forward:
Doctor Who fans know what it was like for Star Trek around 1990.

Star Trek in pop culture:
A Bit of Fry & Laurie. S3, E3. 1992 (British sketch comedy written by and starring Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie between 1989 and 1995.) In this clip they’re discussing a translocation pod - handheld transporter (worn like a watch).

Episode Insight: "Equinox Pt. 1" from Voyager Season 5

Character insight - Abramsverse Spock

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Ken P.

Episode 121, Stardate 1401.7 "Space Seeded" Jan 07, 2014

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Mike and Darrel do a running audio commentary on "Space Seed"

Episode 120, Stardate 1312.17 "Darrell III" Dec 17, 2013

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12/12 was Harry Kim day as proclaimed by Garrett Wang.
TNG Rough cut tapes now on Youtube patchou.com/trek/ The Wounded – Peter’s Cut, The Child – 1st Cut and Later Cut, The Bonding – Cut 4, Evolution – Director’s Cut

Ten Forward:
Would u consider Scott Bakula an "A" list actor before he was in Enterprise? Just a thought from the last TWiTrek.

Star Trek in pop culture:
Troll (1986) A wizard who's been transformed into a troll attacks the residents of an apartment building, seeking a ring that will make him human again.
Noah Hathaway, Michael Moriarty, Shelley Hack
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Episode insight: TOS: Requiem for Methuselah

Character insight - Abramsverse Kirk

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Ken P.

Episode 119, Stardate 1312.10 "Hugh's the boss" Dec 10, 2013

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Joe Cornish is out as Trek 3 director.
J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay to Write Trek 3 after their successful careers as having never written any movie. Ever.
James Woods - MIT, Futurescape - Science Channel [CLIP!]

Ten Forward:
Vulcan nerve pinch: It’s not just pressure cuz Spock couldn’t do it as McCoy in ST3. How does it work?

Star Trek in pop culture:
"The Great Buck Howard" (2008) - A young man, much to the chagrin of his father, becomes the new assistant to an illusionist in decline.
This is the last half of the trailer. Spot the Star Trek.
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Episode insight: TNG: I, Borg

Character insight - Samantha Wildman

Subspace commnunications

Ken P.

Episode 118, Stardate 1312.4 "Gooey aliens" Dec 04, 2013

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Star Trek Germany - Feb 21-23, Frankfurt. TNG guests + William Shatner
Article floating around about CBS developing 2 new tv trek series. One, a crime drama like CSI. Another like ER. I choose to ignore these because they are so perversely horrible & must be pranks.

Ten Forward:
Marc Diego Sanchez (Twitter): I just re watched ST V mov,noticed Kirk wearing Levi's 501s, what companies do you think will still be around in the Star Trek Universe?

Star Trek in pop culture:
Movie: The Man From Earth (2007) IMDB “An impromptu goodbye party for Professor John Oldman becomes a mysterious interrogation after the retiring scholar reveals to his colleagues he never ages and has walked the earth for 14,000 years.”
Credit: Written by Jerome Bixby who wrote the TOS episodes: Requiem for Methuselah, Day of the Dove, By Any Other Name, Mirror, Mirror.
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Episode insight: DS9: S4 Hard Time

Character insight - Abramsvers Sarek

Subspace communications

Ken P.

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