Episode 127
Friday 4 October 2024
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Series 6, Episode 9
Stardate: 46307.2
First broadcast on Saturday 14 November 1992
Data is excited to get a new puppy and understandably miffed when Riker decides to explode it in order to solve this week’s space problem. Back on Earth, Nathan is delighted by the story’s optimism and sheer nerdery, while Joe remains sceptical.
Episode 126
Friday 27 September 2024
Star Trek: Voyager
Series 2, Episode 18
Stardate: 49301.2
First broadcast on Monday 19 February 1996
Opinions are split on this week’s Untitled Star Trek Project, with Nathan leading the prosecution and Joe the defence. Will Nathan sentence Death Wish to be imprisoned a comet, subsisting only on a rare form of Nogatch hemlock? Or will Joe prevail with the argument that at least it’s Voyager trying to have something to say and giving John DeLancie a new thing to do?
Episode 125
Friday 20 September 2024
Star Trek: Lower Decks
Series 3, Episode 7
Stardate: Unknown (2381)
First broadcast on Thursday 6 October 2022
This week, a mathematically perfect recurring villain gets her own episode of Star Trek, and we discover how much fun the show can be without all that relentless moralising, just moments before we also discover how much fun it is to watch a villain get her comeuppance while some dunderheaded bird people shake off the dead shackles of a stupid tradition.
Episode 124
Friday 13 September 2024
Star Trek: The Original Series
Series 2, Episode 25
Stardate: 4040.7
First broadcast on Friday 15 March 1968
In hoc episodio, cum nautae astronavis Enterprise ad Urbem Aeternam pervenissent, brevi tempore magister Kirk amicos suos in harena certantes spectavit, passerem garo elixum gustavit, ancillam formosissimam futuit, postremo festinanter discessit. Sed dum navem solvit, cognoscit se testem fuisse novam religionem pacis ac fraternitatis oriri.
Episode 123
Friday 30 August 2024
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Series 5, Episode 24
Stardate: 50901.7
First broadcast on Monday 19 May 1997
This week, Deep Space Nine does the best that it can with a slasher horror premise involving four redshirts and some murderous Cardassians, including beloved secondary character, plain, simple Garak. Fortunately, no one suffers any long-term ill-effects — except for the people who are no longer around to complain, I suppose.