This Week in Trek

This Week in Trek Episode 238, “Porthos subplot”
News
Terry Farrell will be at Star Trek: MIssion NYC
Star Trek Exhibit tickets on sale – NYC
Ten Forward:
Chris on Twitter: What one item about Trek do you have a polar opposite opinion on? How good Enterprise is? Earth bound stories?
Star Trek in pop culture:
Old DirectTV commercial
00:29
Episode insight: ENT: Anomaly
Character insight – Scotty
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This Week in Trek Episode 237, “Voyager-The Musical”
News
CBS Trek: Pinewood Studios, Toronto – to be rolled out weekly
Going to Star Trek Missions: NYC
Star Trek Beyond contest
Ten Forward:
Chris on Twitter: What Trek trope are you tired of? For me, it is having a starship taken over by aliens. This happens too frequently.
Star Trek in pop culture:
NBC’s Cruel Intentions
00:15
Episode insight: VOY: Concerning Flight
Character insight – Uhura
Subspace communications
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This Week in Trek Episode 236, “There are two parts!”
News
CBS Trek to film in Toronto in the fall.
Ten Forward:
Chris on Twitter: Are u worried that the Trek movie is almost 3 months away and so little is known about it?
Star Trek in pop culture:
Power Rangers Turbo
00:14
Episode insight: TNG: Chain of Command, Part 2, S6
Character insight – Gul Madred
Subspace communications
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This Week in Trek Episode 235, “Casual Friday”
News
Star Trek Horizon sequel stopped by CBS. $250,000 budget. Their original film’s budget was $50,000.
Amazon: TOS-59.99, TNG-159.99
ST2 WOK Director’s Ed. Blu-Ray June 7th.
TAS coming to Blu-ray, (but why?)
Star Trek Continues. Help it continue.
Ten Forward:
Chris on Twitter: Do u think season 3 of TOS could have been better if it had a bigger budget or better writers?
Star Trek in pop culture:
The Simpsons: S18, Ep: Homerazzi
00:28
Episode insight: TNG: Chain of Command, Part 1, S6
Character insight – M’Pella
Subspace communications
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This Week in Trek Episode 234, “Cautiously Optimistic”
News
Rumor: CBS Trek prime universe before TNG.
Beyond trailer to debut at May Fan Event in Los Angeles.
4terryfarrell is on Twitter.
Ten Forward:
Chris on Twitter: Would u like to see a different spaceship design for the next Enterprise? Not 2 nacelles and a saucer section?
Star Trek in pop culture:
White Van Man – Episode Turf
00:18
Episode insight: DS9: Visionary. S3, E17. Suggested by listener JP “Wig-end”
Character insight – Jae
Subspace communications
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This Week in Trek Episode 233, “The Cilantro Syndrome”
News:
Today is First Contact day
Star Trek promo poster seen at Cannes
Ten Forward:
Would u rate The Best of Both Worlds Part 1 cliffhanger one of the best cliffhangers shown on TV?
Star Trek in Pop Culture:
Fringe
Episode Insight: TOS S3: “The Paradise Syndrome”
Character insight: McCoy
Subspace communications
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This Week in Trek Episode 232, “I’m the last person to ask about cosmetics”
Sunshine Reardon joins us again as guest host!
News
MAC cosmestics announced a new Star Trek line.
Star Trek II and the two JJ movies coming to 4K.
Ten Forward:
Should the new show’s uniforms have pockets?
Star Trek in pop culture:
Scooby Doo
Episode insight: Voyager S1: Prime Factors
Character insight – Chekov
Subspace communications
Ken P.
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This Week in Trek Episode 231, “The pretty ship is gone”
Special guest Sunshine Reardon joins us!
News
Whoopi Goldberg will be at Star Trek Las Vegas’s 50 year celebration.
Don’t forget – Trek Continues’ Indigogo
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/star-trek-continues
Star Trek: TAS coming to blu-ray
Star Trek: 50 artists, 50 years at SDCC
Ten Forward:
Chris on Twitter: Do u think it is better for the captain to go on away missions like in TOS rather than stay on the ship like in TNG?
Star Trek in pop culture:
Boston Legal
Episode insight: Star Trek-TAS S1E1 – Beyond the Farthest Star
Character insight – Amanda Grayson
Ken P.
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This Week in Trek Episode 230, “Home Depot ain’t gonna give us free lumber”
Our interivew with Vic Mignogna from Star Trek Continues.
http://www.startrekcontinues.com
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/star-trek-continues
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This Week in Trek Episode 229, “Some kind of…”
News
CBS Trek: Rod Roddenberry, Trevor Roth Announced As Executive Producers.
Netflix & Amazon wanted to pay lots for New Trek series.
Star Trek Continues Indiegogo
Star Trek ultimate Voyage
Ten Forward:
Chris on Twitter: What futuristic tech item used on TOS would you consider outdated by today’s standards?
Star Trek in pop culture:
Legends of Tomorrow. S1, E7. Suggested by listener Chicago Tom
00:18
Episode insight: VOY S1 E9: Emminations
Character insight – Private Hamboyan
Subspace communications
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