Episode 27
Friday 6 May 2022
Star Trek: The Animated Series
Series 1, Episode 12
Stardate: 5267.2
First broadcast on Saturday 24 November 1973
Exhausted from last week’s astonishingly brilliant performance, this week Bill Shatner is literally phoning it in — so bored with Star Trek that he can’t even be bothered to say all five digits of this week’s stardate. Meanwhile, the Enterprise is trapped in a thing, unable to escape until they do another thing. Or something. Whatever.
Episode 26
Friday 29 April 2022
Star Trek: The Original Series
Series 2, Episode 6
Stardate: 4202.1
First broadcast on Friday 20 October 1967
A nameless and unknowable monster which has destroyed whole star systems and wiped out an entire Starfleet crew is now heading towards the most populated part of the galaxy. The only things standing in its way: a dramatic soundtrack, a memorable guest actor, an incredibly confident production, and William Alan Shatner. It doesn’t stand a chance.
Episode 25
Friday 22 April 2022
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Series 5, Episode 15
Stardate: 45571.2
First broadcast on Monday 24 February 1992
This week, on Untitled Star Trek Project, Joe and Nathan sit down to watch a sentimental sci-fi favourite from their youth, only to discover that it’s really just a police procedural where some of the regular cast get to do funny voices. Still, they get to see Marina menacing people with a gun, so there’s that, I guess.
Episode 24
Friday 15 April 2022
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Series 7, Episode 14
Stardate: Unknown (2370)
First broadcast on Monday 31 January 1994
This week, Star Trek takes its first ill-judged stab at the Gothic romance genre. Will Beverly fall for her dead grandmother’s lover (sorry), a rangily unattractive anaphasic ghost who encourages her to give up her job and to stand by helplessly while he attacks her friends? Or will she learn a valuable lesson about not dating sociopathic men? (Temporarily and no respectively, it turns out.)
Episode 23
Friday 8 April 2022
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Series 5, Episode 23
Stardate: Unknown (2373)
First broadcast on Monday 12 May 1997
Previously, on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Tired of being a supporting character in a thankless role, Michael Eddington leaves DS9 to star heroically in a TV show which we never see and which exists entirely in his own imagination. After most of the cast and crew are killed by Cardassians — which can happen — and he himself is imprisoned for treason, he is recruited by Sisko for one final mission — to stop a deadly attack on Cardassia that is also entirely imaginary. Hero, traitor, or just some asshole with bad hair and a penchant for lavish Broadway musicals? Let’s find out.