Maneuvers

Episode 140

Friday 17 January 2025

On Voyager’s main screen is an image of Seska, a young Cardassian woman with long blond hair. Her face is lit from below, and she is smiling an evil smile.

Star Trek: Voyager

Series 2, Episode 11

Stardate: 49208.5

First broadcast on Monday 20 November 1995

And Seska is back! Everyone’s favourite Bajoran Maquis Cardassian traitress returns — with a daring plan to unite the Kazon sects, or to destroy Voyager, or to capture Chakotay and collect a couple of teaspoonfuls of his DNA. Ahem. Anyway, at least Joe and Nathan get the chance to reminisce about a version of the show that they enjoyed and that gave the cast plenty of fun stuff to do.

Recorded on Tuesday 14 January 2025 · Download (65.0 MB)

Star Trek: Voyager

The Way to Eden

Episode 139

Friday 10 January 2025

We're in the Enterprise transporter room. Sitting on the transporter pad are a group of five young people and an older man with a shaved head and massive latex ears — all dressed as hippies and all making a triangle shape with their hands. Standing upright opposite them is Spock, who is making the same shape with his hands as they are.

Star Trek: The Original Series

Series 3, Episode 20

Stardate: 5832.3

First broadcast on Friday 21 February 1969

This week, we learn a valuable lesson previously only known to the most tedious middle-aged people: that young people these days are arrogant, embarassing, and stupid — and also probably communists. Meanwhile, the crew of the Enterprise have all forgotten to remove their “Nixon’s the One!” badges, upsettingly.

Recorded on Tuesday 7 January 2025 · Download (73.0 MB)

Star Trek: The Original Series

Move Along Home

Episode 138

Friday 27 December 2024

We're in Quark's Bar. Quark is holding his hand out to Odo, while a man with a moustache and some horrid forehead tattoos looks on. They are  standing around a perspex frame, which might just be a board game  of some kind.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Series 1, Episode 10

Stardate: Unknown (2369)

First broadcast on Sunday 14 March 1993

This week, we travel back to a time in the distant past aboard Deep Space Nine, a time before anyone has worked out how the show should be played, written or directed. There’s some fun to be had, of course, but not from watching this episode.

Recorded on Tuesday 24 December 2024 · Download (59.6 MB)

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Star Trek: First Contact

Episode 137

Friday 20 December 2024

For the first time in history, a rough-looking human being shakes hands  with a slightly taken-aback Vulcan.

Star Trek Movie #8

Stardate: 50893.5 and 4–5 April 2063

Release date: 1996

After a botched first attempt back in 1994, the Star Trek movie franchise brings back many of the beloved characters from Star Trek: The Next Generation in a thrilling adventure, packed full of action, scares and laughs — as well as some sexy moments with an undead cyborg lizard and an optimistic message about the future of humanity. Five stars, really.

Recorded on Tuesday 17 December 2024 · Download (131.2 MB)

Star Trek movies

Absolute Candor

Episode 136

Friday 13 December 2024

Aboard La Sirena, Elnor, a tall young Romulan man with long hair and a sword strapped to his back, is talking to Jean-Luc Picard, who is holding his left arm.

Star Trek: Picard

Series 1, Episode 4

Stardate: Unknown (2399)

First broadcast on Thursday 13 February 2020

It’s been thirty-five years since the Romulans turned up again out of the blue, but now we couldn’t imagine a day without them. And so many of them! Narek and Narissa, two English Romulan Game of Thrones fans who are trying to kill Data’s (remaining) daughter. Zani, a stunningly calm and beautiful Romulan Sincerity Nun. Her ward Elnor, an adorably elfin Romulan Truth Ninja from Melbourne. And a whole angry mob of hot refugee Romulans bearing a justified grudge against Picard for making a loud moral stand while failing to actually help them in any way.

And Rios, Agnes and Raffi are here too of course, in a transitional episode that gives us the chance to talk about where Picard goes wrong, and what it still manages to do very well.

Recorded on Tuesday 10 December 2024 · Download (76.1 MB)

Star Trek: Picard