Spectre of the Gun

Episode 20

Friday 18 March 2022

In the distance, the Enterprise Crew and Sylvia kneel over Chekov's body. They are framed by two enormous dark figures in the foreground.

Star Trek: The Original Series

Series 3, Episode 6

Stardate: 4385.3

First broadcast on Friday 25 October 1968

The crew of the Enterprise find themselves in a weird and beautifully directed simulacrum of Tombstone, Arizona with a couple of hours to kill before their certain death at the hands of Wyatt Earp’s gang of off-puttingly ugly cowboys. Meanwhile, we all learn a valuable lesson about why Star Trek is superior to real TV westerns. A classic.

Recorded on Saturday 12 March 2022 · Download (61.7 MB)

Star Trek: The Original Series

The Raven

Episode 19

Friday 11 March 2022

A raven, its wings outstretched, flies towards us  along a corridor in a ruined spaceship.

Star Trek: Voyager

Series 4, Episode 6

Stardate: Unknown (2374)

First broadcast on Wednesday 8 October 1997

In this week’s meeting of the Jeri Ryan Appreciation Society, we watch the most aggressively average Star Trek episode the Randomiser can find, only to discover that there’s still a lot of fun to be had — hilariously sluggish action scenes, a shockingly low-effort Intransigent Alien Race, and some wonderfully subtle and nuanced performances from Ethan Phillips, Tim Russ and Jeri Ryan.

Recorded on Thursday 10 March 2022 · Download (66.0 MB)

Star Trek: Voyager

All Good Things…

Episode 18

Friday 4 March 2022

A shot from above — the bridge crew of the Enterprise-D are all sitting  around the poker table. Picard is dealing.

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Series 7, Episodes 25–26

Stardate: 47988

First broadcast on Monday 23 May 1994

After seven years of thorny space problems and some of the most ingenious space solutions in Starfleet history, what do we have left to learn? Something about tachyon scans and anti-time, inevitably, but also something about the enduring power of love and friendship. Let’s see what’s in here.

Recorded on Tuesday 1 March 2022 · Download (111.3 MB)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

That Hope Is You, Part 2

Episode 17

Friday 25 February 2022

Michael sitting in the captain's chair, about to give the order, Let's fly.

Star Trek: Discovery

Series 3, Episode 13

Stardate: Unknown (3189)

First broadcast on Thursday 7 January 2021

Previously, on Star Trek: Discovery: it’s the distant future, the Federation is broken, and isolationism runs rampant. Then, of course, lots of things happen, we make new connections, and find a new purpose. And now, the very noisy conclusion. Explosions! Gunfights! Space battles! There’s plenty of action, but do we find ourselves missing the days when Star Trek was a lot of people talking urgently in rooms?

Recorded on Tuesday 22 February 2022 · Download (84.4 MB)

Star Trek: Discovery

In the Pale Moonlight

Episode 16

Friday 18 February 2022

A very angry Romulan holds up a data rod. He is shouting.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Series 6, Episode 19

Stardate: 51721.3

First broadcast on Wednesday 15 April 1998

This week, we discuss one of Star Trek’s most sacred texts — a forty-five minute Ben Sisko soliloquy, in which he saves the galaxy in a trolley problem of Garak’s devising, killing in the process a Romulan Senator, an obnoxious blue guy and at least one really hot Romulan bodyguard. Is this a great episode, a truly great episode, or something else altogether?

Recorded on Thursday 3 February 2022 · Download (71.9 MB)

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine