Episode 129
Friday 18 October 2024
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Series 6, Episode 20
Stardate: Unknown (2374)
First broadcast on Wednesday 22 April 1998
Fly me to the moon
Let me trek among the stars
Let me taste the cocktails
In some holographic bars
In other words, please be true
In other words, I love you
Episode 128
Friday 11 October 2024
Star Trek: Discovery
Series 4, Episode 1
Stardate: Unknown (3190)
First broadcast on Thursday 18 November 2021
The crew of the USS Discovery are really settling down and starting to enjoy their new life in the 32nd century — repairing some butterflies’ GPS network, giving a commencement speech to some socially-distanced Starfleet Academy students, and fixing the unexpected and alarming angular velocity of a Federation space station. Then suddenly an unimaginable tragedy strikes.
Episode 127
Friday 4 October 2024
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Series 6, Episode 9
Stardate: 46307.2
First broadcast on Saturday 14 November 1992
Data is excited to get a new puppy and understandably miffed when Riker decides to explode it in order to solve this week’s space problem. Back on Earth, Nathan is delighted by the story’s optimism and sheer nerdery, while Joe remains sceptical.
Episode 126
Friday 27 September 2024
Star Trek: Voyager
Series 2, Episode 18
Stardate: 49301.2
First broadcast on Monday 19 February 1996
Opinions are split on this week’s Untitled Star Trek Project, with Nathan leading the prosecution and Joe the defence. Will Nathan sentence Death Wish to be imprisoned a comet, subsisting only on a rare form of Nogatch hemlock? Or will Joe prevail with the argument that at least it’s Voyager trying to have something to say and giving John DeLancie a new thing to do?
Episode 125
Friday 20 September 2024
Star Trek: Lower Decks
Series 3, Episode 7
Stardate: Unknown (2381)
First broadcast on Thursday 6 October 2022
This week, a mathematically perfect recurring villain gets her own episode of Star Trek, and we discover how much fun the show can be without all that relentless moralising, just moments before we also discover how much fun it is to watch a villain get her comeuppance while some dunderheaded bird people shake off the dead shackles of a stupid tradition.