This Week in Trek: A Star Trek Podcast

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Episode 87, Stardate 1304.16, "Those aren't nuns" Apr 16, 2013

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News:
New trailer for Star Trek Into Darkness!
Music clip from the concert in Switzerland
Original phaser prop sells for $231,000. http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/06/showbiz/star-trek-rifle-auction/index.html

Ten Forward:
What’s your favorite prop?

Star Trek in pop culture:
Boomerang, 1992 Eddie Murphy. He and his girlfriend are snuggled up on the couch watching Star Trek.
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Episode insight: DS9, S2: The Wire

Character insight: Spot

Subspace communications

A Thousand Questions

Episode 86, Stardate 1304.9, "My grandma takes Dytalix B" Apr 10, 2013

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News

INTO DARKNESS premiere is April 23rd in Sydney, Australia.
New trailer next weekend with Oblivion
Copy/pasted smoke poster http://www.treknews.net/2013/04/09/new-star-trek-into-darkness-international-poster/
@Marina_Sirtis now on Twitter!

Ten Forward:
What’s your favorite planet?

Star Trek in pop culture:
Whose Line is it Anyway (UK)

Episode insight: ENT: Daedelus S4

Character insight: Elim Garak

Subspace communications

Collectables:

Darrell: Franklin Mint 1992 City onthe Edge of Forver diorama http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/woodbridge/antiques-art-collectables/franklin-mint-star-trek-the-city-on-the-edge-of-forever-sculpture/1003021100
Mike: Star Trek iPhone 4 (boo) cases from entertainement earth

Episode 85, Stardate 1304.2, "Looks like you're using Windows 8" Apr 02, 2013

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News:
Soundtrack coming May 14th
Alice Eve reading the audiobook
William Shatner and George Takei in Star Wars Episode VII
NASA ad in front of STID
Shatner Gorn fight for the Star Trek game

Ten Forward:
What’s your favorite alien? Least favorite?

Star Trek in pop culture:
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. Jim Carey is looking for a missing dolphin in a giant pool - that’s why the echo.

Episode Insight - "Samaritan Snare" from TNG S2

Character insight - Engineer Alex from Enterprise

Subspace communications

Collectables - Fake Star Trek insignia branding iron and real Star Trek Chess Set

Episode 84, Stardate 1303.27, "Trekflix" Mar 27, 2013

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News

@Berman_rick is now on Twitter
Brannon Braga says Netflix Could Bring Star Trek Enterprise Back For Season 5
Trek Insignia over London: http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/25/4143968/drones-form-giant-glowing-star-trek-logo-over-london
IRS parody video: Bad acting, bad sets, mixed series uniforms on TOS bridge. Ugh!! No idea what it’s even about.
Watch Promo Of George Takei & Mark Hamill In ‘The Neighbors’ Finale + Sirtis Cast In NCIS
Star Trek Enterprise S1 on Blu
New new trailer

Ten Forward:

What’s your favorite uniform? Least favorite?
DS: Picard’s jacket, TMP/ Ent

Star Trek in pop culture:
Touchable Holograms: http://www.videobash.com/video_show/touchable-holograms-9269

Episode insight: Voyager S4: Message in a Bottle

Character insight: Ayala

Subspace communications

Collectables:
Darrell: Prometheus model $50 on Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/Prometheus-NX-59650-Furuta-Star-Trek/dp/B001K2PDPE

Episode 83, Stardate 1303.22, "The Galactic Roomba" Mar 22, 2013

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News

New trailer!
LeVar Burton To J.J. Abrams: “I Call BS”
“JJ Abrams says, There should be no Star Trek except the one I make,’ I call bulls—”
Ian McKellan officiating at Patrick Stewart’s wedding
Paramount Giving Away 50 Costumes From Star Trek Into Darkness via App Sweeps

Ten Forward:
What’s your favorite ship in all of Trek, ever?

Star Trek in pop culture:
Laren Cohen who plays Maggie Greene on The Walking Dead is a Trek fan (Bob Rivers show - Seattle)

Episode insight: TOS: The Doomsday Machine

Character insight: Doctor Bashir

Subspace communications

Collectables

Darrell: Fold-up Enterprise-D
Mike: Star Trek Paint By Numbers - $1800?? http://www.ebay.com/itm/1967-Hasbro-Star-Trek-Paint-by-Numbers-MINT-Sealed-/250308759804

Episode 82, Stardate 1303.5, "Spock Skywalker" Mar 05, 2013

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News
4 more Art Prints: “A Piece of the Action,” “Bread and Circuses,” “The Omega Glory” and “For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky.

Ten Forward:
Do TNG props stand the test of time? http://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/inconsistencies/modern_props_consoles.htm

Star Trek in pop culture:
Obama’s Jedi Mind Meld!

Episode insight: ENT: Season 3 “E²“

Character Insight: Jean-Luc Picard

Subspace Communications

Collectables: Galoob figures and beach towels

Episode 81, Stardate 1302.27, "You blew it on Pluto" Feb 27, 2013

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News
Pluto’s moon, Vulcan: 450,324 votes. Cerebrus: 100,000 votes. In Roman mythology, Vulcan is the god of lava and smoke, and nephew of Pluto.

Ten Forward:
What movies have been Star Trek like?

Star Trek in pop culture:
William Shatner as Kirk at The Oscars

Episode Insight: "Identity Crisis" from TNG S4

Character insight: Janice Rand

Subspace communications

Collectables: TNG Marbles and how to not buy junk

Episode 80, Stardate 1302.21, "Borg on Borg" Feb 21, 2013

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News:
Notes about "The City on the Edge of Forever" found.
$10k Enterprise-D replica up for pre-order.
The Best of Both Worlds Blu-Ray reduced to $15.99.
The Best of Both Worlds Fathom event announced.

Ten Forward:
What thing was never explained and should never be known?

Star Trek in pop culture:
Neil DeGrasse Tyson on The Joe Rogan Experience

Episode insight: VOY: "Natural Law", S7 E21

Character insight: Hoshi Sato

Subspace communications

Collectables: Air freshener and cuff links

Episode 79, Stardate 1302.12, "Shatner had 4chan cookies for lunch" Feb 12, 2013

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News:
The Art Director's Guild gave TNG Production Designer Herman Zimmerman their 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award.
CBS Blu-rays - TNG S3: April 30 (preorder Amazon $114.99) & Best of Both Worlds $19.95
Theatrical event April 25, 7pm: Best of Both Worlds & behind the scenes stuff.
Paramount Blu-rays - Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, Star Trek: Generations, Star Trek: Insurrection, and Star Trek: Nemesis. All others were released in 2009.
Entertainment Weekly says “Khan” in their latest issue.
Alice Eve says “Not Khan”
Shatner calls JJ a “pig”

Ten Forward:
What’s Star Trek’s payoff? Is there one?

Star Trek in pop culture:
The Cable Guy - Jim Carrey 1996

Episode Insight - "The Dauphin" from TNG S2

Character Insight - Seska

Subspace communications

Collectables - QMX figures and large shuttlecraft model.

Episode 78, Stardate 1302.6, "Get off my Wikipedia" Feb 06, 2013

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News:
Star Trek Into Darkness Wikipedia page has massive, hilarious argument over whether or not to keep the 'i' upper-cased.
Denise Crosby doing work on Star Trek Online.
Star Trek App is out. Is it dangeous?
Star Trek: TNG S3 Blu-Ray is up for pre-order.
You can buy tickets for Star Trek Into Darkness on May 15.

Ten Forward:
What would TOS season 3 be like if Gene Roddenberry had produced it?

Star Trek in pop culture: The Office "Junior Salesman"

Episode Insight: "The Immunity Syndrome" from TOS S2

Character insight: Jake Sisko

Subspace communications

Collectbles: Star Trek Pins and the Golden Star Trek Trivia game

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