…But to Connect

Episode 35

Friday 1 July 2022

Sitting on a futuristic wooden table in a futuristic room is a glass cage containing a disgruntled and very fluffy tabby cat.

Star Trek: Discovery

Series 4, Episode 7

Stardate: Unknown (3190)

First broadcast on Thursday 30 December 2021

The crew of Discovery and the peoples of the galaxy are both facing the same dilemma this week: the cautious path of wariness or the risky path of connection with a faceless threat? But it’s Star Trek, and so love and bravery prevail. Meanwhile, Book leaves Michael to look after the cat, and Saru bashfully offers a succulent to the President of Ni’Var.

Recorded on Tuesday 28 June 2022 · Download (69.6 MB)

Star Trek: Discovery

Counterpoint

Episode 34

Friday 24 June 2022

Captain Janeway is sitting next to Inspector Kashyk, a handsome man in a tight short-sleeved shirt. She is looking into his eyes and touching his upper arm.

Star Trek: Voyager

Series 5, Episode 10

Stardate: Unknown (2375)

First broadcast on Wednesday 16 December 1998

This week: a clever script, a complete absence of banter, a frog alien that scores zero on the B’omar Scale, astonishingly good incidental music by Mahler and Tchaikovsky, and two outstanding performances from Mark Harelik and Kate Mulgrew — all working together perfectly to create one of Voyager’s Best Episodes Ever. Enjoy. (You will.)

Recorded on Tuesday 14 June 2022 · Download (65.4 MB)

Star Trek: Voyager

Looking for par’Mach in All the Wrong Places

Episode 33

Friday 17 June 2022

Kira is lying in bed, wearing a nightie that doesn't cover her legs. O'Brien is talking to her and massaging those legs. Kira seems extremely relaxed.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Series 5, Episode 3

Stardate: Unknown (2373)

First broadcast on Monday 14 October 1996

This week, on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Quark wants Grilka, Dax wants Worf, Nerys wants Miles, Worf wants Grilka, Miles wants Nerys, Worf wants Dax, Odo wants Nerys (probably), and Julian wants not to know any details about any of this. Meanwhile, Joe wants more of this sort of thing, while Nathan just wants some special effects and reflective surfaces, but will settle for a turbolift that goes up and down without jerking.

Recorded on Tuesday 7 June 2022 · Download (66.0 MB)

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

The Changeling

Episode 32

Friday 10 June 2022

Spock is mind-melding with a faceless robot. His fingers are splayed across its head, and he is looking at someone off screen.

Star Trek: The Original Series

Series 2, Episode 3

Stardate: 3541.9

First broadcast on Friday 29 September 1967

When the Enterprise takes on board an inexplicably touchy and unreasonable box of flashing lights dangling from a fishing line, hilarity ensues. Also, racism.

Recorded on Tuesday 31 May 2022 · Download (74.3 MB)

Star Trek: The Original Series

Dramatis Personae

Episode 31

Friday 3 June 2022

O'Brien looks over Sisko's shoulder but Sisko is weirdly fixated on the weird alien clock that he's been building.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Series 1, Episode 18

Stardate: 46922.3

First broadcast on Sunday 30 May 1993

You know how it is: it’s your first spinoff — a cast of delightfully high-concept characters set against a colourful backdrop, with story possibilities around every corner. But then you find yourself limping towards the end of your first season. You’ve done the plague one, the weird alien fugitive one, the buddy comedy one with the CGI shaving cream, and the terrible boardgame one that everyone will have such fond memories of. So what’s left? How about a story where all of your beloved regulars play people no one cares about, embroiled in a conflict that no one has any interest in? We can do that, can’t we?

Recorded on Monday 23 May 2022 · Download (65.0 MB)

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine