The Devil in the Dark

Episode 115

Friday 21 June 2024

In a dark blue cave, a concerned Spock is touching a surface  that might be organic or might be rock. Is he mind melding with a silicon based lifeform?

Star Trek: The Original Series

Series 1, Episode 25

Stardate: 3196.1

First broadcast on Thursday 9 March 1967

A terrifying cave monster attacks a bunch of miners in pastel jumpsuits and burns them alive: it must be killed to ensure a continuing supply of raw materials for the engines of capitalism. But then, of course, we reach out, learn that the monster is a person, and thereby discover a terrifying truth about ourselves. A triumph: literally the thing that Star Trek is for.

Recorded on Tuesday 4 June 2024 · Download (66.0 MB)

Star Trek: The Original Series

Grounded

Episode 114

Friday 14 June 2024

We're looking at the bridge of the _Phoenix_, the first warp capable Earth ship — or at least an amusement park recreation of it. In the captain's chair is Zefram Cochrane, and seated behind him are Boimler, Mariner, Tendi and Rutherford. They all look excited to be on their way.

Star Trek: Lower Decks

Series 3, Episode 1

Stardate: Unknown (2380)

First broadcast on Thursday 25 August 2022

While we wait for the final season of Lower Decks to drop, we head back into the show’s distant past to see how it reintroduces itself to the world at the start of its third season. As you might expect, it’s with love, loyalty, extreme cartoon violence and a few affectionate digs at one of our favourite Star Trek films. And, inevitably, gallons and gallons of alien seminal fluid.

Recorded on Tuesday 4 June 2024 · Download (52.2 MB)

Star Trek: Lower Decks

Far Beyond the Stars

Episode 113

Friday 7 June 2024

Benny Russell and Cassie are dressed in their best clothes and enjoying a night out. They are standing on a street corner, holding one another and smiling at someone off camera.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Series 6, Episode 13

Stardate: September 1953

First broadcast on Monday 2 November 1998

Some time in 2374, Ben Sisko, tired of helming Deep Space Nine in wartime, considers handing the job over to someone else. At the same time but in 1953, Benny Russell dreams of a version of himself living beyond the daily indignities of existing as a Black man in America. And meanwhile in 1998, people tuning in for this week’s episode of White People Living on the Moon find themselves watching something far better than they had a right to expect.

Recorded on Tuesday 14 May 2024 · Download (68.8 MB)

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Chosen Realm

Episode 112

Friday 31 May 2024

A middle-aged man with a grey ponytail stands with his back to us, looking out over the grey landscape of a ruined city.

Star Trek: Enterprise

Series 3, Episode 12

Stardate: Unknown (2153)

First broadcast on Wednesday 14 January 2004

This week, untrustworthy foreigners attack and terrorise Enterprise for literally no reason other than the arbitrary tenets of their weird and incorrect religion. There’s a lesson to be learned here, but only if you don’t think too hard about it.

Recorded on Tuesday 14 May 2024 · Download (61.6 MB)

Star Trek: Enterprise

Heart of Glory

Episode 111

Friday 24 May 2024

We're in an Enterprise corridor. There are three Klingons here. The two on the left are in traditional Klingon armor, but on the right is Worf, with his short Season 1 hair, looking concerned at something off camera.

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Series 1, Episode 20

Stardate: 41503.7

First broadcast on Monday 21 March 1988

Long before the invention of Ronald D Moore, the Klingons were simple souls who enjoyed brownface, poisoning grain, making lists of rules, and planting a bomb on the bridge of the Enterprise. But by 2364, the next generation of Klingons had embraced the wave of liberalism sweeping across the galaxy, all except for a few holdouts who refused to read the series bible and decided they would pass their time yelling and pointing guns at the warp core instead.

Recorded on Tuesday 7 May 2024 · Download (68.0 MB)

Star Trek: The Next Generation