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This Week in Trek Episode 270, “What’s the transfer rate of a Vulcan Mind Touch?”
News
Star Trek Timelines is now free-to-play on Facebook.
Ten Forward:
Chris on Twitter: Should the uniforms in the new Trek series stay the same as in TOS or should they be modernized (pockets!)?
Star Trek in pop culture:
Futurama: Where no Fan Has Gone Before. S4, E12, 2008. Both the Futurama ship & Enterprise crash on a planet & the crews meet.
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Episode insight: TAS: The Infinite Vulcan
Character insight – New Year’s
Subspace communications
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This Week in Trek Episode 260, “Tan’Ru the druid”
News
More non-news?
CBS Actor announcements to come soon?
Star Trek Encylopedia is out today
Ten Forward:
Chris on Twitter: What Trek character do u think u relate to the most? For me, it is Geordi…someone who never gets the girl.
Star Trek in pop culture:
Garfield & Friends, Horrible Mind-Rotting CRAP from the 80s
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Episode insight: TOS: The Changeling, S2
Character insight – Grand Nagus Zek
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World Of Warcast Episode 219, “Keep the crits rollin'”
Special Guest Cara (@Xandara) joins us this week!
News:
Dev Q&A about patch 7.1 this Friday
Hallow’s End starts Tuesday
Timewalking is back! Burning Crusade this week.
Why getting more AP feels like a wall (but isn’t).
World Quest reward hotfix.
Did Blizzard hit a home run with Legion’s content creation?
Why leveling alts will be better in 7.1
Raiding in Emerald Nightmare
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This Week in Trek Episode 259, “Here’s to you, Mr. Episode Request Guy”
News:
NYCC
Ten Forward:
Chris on Twitter: Who would you go to to get advice on a personal problem: Counselor Troi or Dr. McCoy?
Star Trek in pop culture:
Parks & Rec S2 E21
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Episode insight: TNG: Ensigns of Command
Character insight – Ensign Kellogg
Subspace communications
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World Of Warcast Episode 218, “Netflix and fish”
News:
Blizzcon is in a month
World Quest bonus XP starts today for one week.
Darkmoon Faire is this week.
Economy updates.
Assassination quest experience from Renata
Your feedback and emails.
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This Week in Trek Episode 258, “Polar Lights’ Lights”
News
ST Beyond commentary track only on itunes, not Bluray??
Ten Forward:
Chris on Twitter: Who do u think had a better working relationship: Kirk/Spock or Picard/Riker?
Star Trek in pop culture:
Crossing Jordan, S1, E5
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Episode insight: VOY: Virtuoso, S6
Character insight – Lt. DaSalle
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World Of Warcast Episode 215, “We’re all crack dealers now”
It’s week two of Legion. Mike and Renata talk about class halls, artifact quests, farming AP, gated professions, and is the game alt friendly?
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This Week in Trek Episode 255, “Could be a bird, could be a balloon”
News
Tiered CBS All Access pricing
Roddenberry Vault now available for preorder on Amazon.
12 episodes and scene fragments from them. Interviews.
Commentary & Isolated music tracks. 3 Blu-rays. $76.99. Can you wait for the inevitable price reduction?
Ten Forward:
Chris on Twitter: I think my biggest problem with the movie Generations is not that Kirk died. It is the dark rooms on the ship.
Star Trek in pop culture:
Dead Snow 2 –
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Episode insight: TOS: The Man Trap
Character insight – Vedek Bareil Antos
Subspace communications
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This Week in Trek Episode 252, “Vorta and the Minions”
News
The Smithsonian Channel will air a special entitled Building Star Trek, about the restoration of the Enterprise on September 4
50 years of Star Trek is available on the history channel.
Ten Forward:
Chris on Twitter: I watched the 50th Trek anniversary show on The History Channel. It said TAS kept Trek alive. Do u agree?
Star Trek in pop culture:
Outrage. 2009.
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Episode insight – DS9 – Rocks and Shoals
Character insight – Board games
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This Week in Trek Episode 251, “Ha ha! They’re using their hands!”
News
Big news about STD:
Set 10 years before TOS.
More aliens on the crew than before.
There will be robots.
Serialized but each weekly chapter will also feature closed-end stories (Like Dark Matter).
Alien looks and ships will be modernized & updated.
Female minority lead – not the captain.
Set in the Klingon wars.
Gay character.
Spock’s mom will be in it.
Casting is underway now.
Roddenberry Vault Film Restoration Project bit.ly/2aF92Qa
At ST50LV, Ira Steven Behr said: “We are making a DS9 documentary” that will include the story of Season 8 Episode 1
Star Trek Continues next episode debuts Sept 2 at SLC Comicon
Ten Forward:
Chris on Twitter: With your current skills, what position would u be assigned to on the Enterprise?
Star Trek in pop culture:
Eddie Murphy – Delirious, 1983. Live standup show.
Lots of bleeps for the next 1.5 minutes.
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Episode insight: TAS: Albatross
Character insight – Angela Martine
Ken P.
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