Last week’s Star Trek Day brought a new trailer for one of my favorite ST series, Picard, and news that season 3 has been approved well before season 2 airs. Terrific news! But the first season left me with all kinds of questions, many of which were answered in part one of a newer trilogy […]
It didn’t take but a few moments to realize that Paramount+ is upping the Star Trek animation game a notch or two during a panel at Comic-Con@Home 2021. The virtual panel got off and running in a big way with appearances from the cast and crew of Star Trek: Prodigy. While the new offering, which […]
For the Star Trek fan that needs more, more, more, you’re going to get just that. Gates McFadden, who played Dr. Beverly Crusher on Star Trek: Next Generation, will debut her new podcast InvestiGates: Who Do You Think You Are? through NacelleCast’s podcast network on May 12. The company recently opened NacelleCast Studios, a state-of-the-art podcast studio next […]
It had been whispered since the first episode of Star Trek: Picard flickered across the screen. Those whispers grew more excited and hopeful as the season progressed and faces from Jean-Luc Picard’s past began showing up in episode after episode. And as we learned that there will be more Next Generations connections coming in season […]
The recently-released feature-length documentary, “Woman In Motion: Nichelle Nichols, Star Trek and the Remaking of NASA,” chronicles the inspiring, untold story of how Star Trek actress Nichelle Nichols transformed her sci-fi television stardom into a real-life science career. In 1977, she embarked on a campaign to bring diversity to NASA. Nichols formed the company Women […]
Hard-core Trek fans know this secret already. But for those of you who enjoy the shows, and especially for fans of the first season of Picard, you may be feeling like you missed something. Who the heck is Raffi Musiker? And Agnes Jurati – what’s the backstory there? Romulans? What was that deal? There is […]
Gifts for all the Trekkies in your life – or, let’s face it, gifts for yourself. Nothing wrong with that! Here are some of the more interesting items I found, cruising through the world of Star Trek merchandise. Would you like your own Tribble, without all the trouble associated? This app-enabled interactive Tribble won’t reproduce […]
After an excellent season opener last week, I was a little nervous about the rest of the third season of Star Trek: Discovery. But watching the second episode, I think I can start to relax – just a little bit – and enjoy the ride. Not literally – who would have wanted to go through […]
Welcome to the brave new world! I’m happy to see you here. Well, happy…. that’s a relative term. Star Trek: Discovery started its third season today with a blockbuster opener – in the wrong place, where the gang’s not all here, but hey, we’ve got a giant worm. And joy juice in a fun new […]
The eternal argument about what’s ‘Trek’ and what isn’t ‘Trek’ seems superfluous to me on many levels as the continued quest to get inside the mind of Gene Roddenberry makes no sense. As with all forms of creativity, the root will sprout many branches and they will all be different even as they bare similar […]
