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The Original Series’ “The Naked Time” in Review

In this episode, the Enterprise encounters a mind-altering disease that affects the crew like alcohol. It’s time to strip the episode naked! Summary The Enterprise orbits Psi 2000, a frozen planet about to disintegrate. Beaming

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Bernadette Croft on SNW Season 2

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing SNW Costume Designer Bernadette Croft. We previously discussed the first couple of episodes from Season 2 of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. Consequently,

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very Short Treks’ “Skin a Cat” in Review

Newsflash — Star Trek: The Animated Series returns for the first new episode in forty-odd years or so! Not quite. In a fusion reminiscent of the beloved Short Treks intertwined

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Lower Decks’ “I Have No Bones Yet I Must Flee” in Review

As the fourth season of Lower Decks had a double-bill opener, the second episode was also released on 7th September. So, what of the questions left hanging from “Twovix”? Summary

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Lower Decks’ “Twovix” in Review

Following on from “that Pike thing we aren’t supposed to talk about,” the crew of the USS Cerritos is back in fully animated form, for a fourth season of craziness.

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The Animated Series’ “Beyond the Farthest Star” in Review

Star Trek: The Animated Series is exactly fifty years old, inviting reflection on its beginnings and series premiere. How did the show start? Was the first installment enjoyable? Let’s delve

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An Interview with Model Maker Kim Smith

I recently enjoyed interviewing Kim Smith, who has worked as a model maker on three of the thirteen Star Trek feature films. Among many other films in general, she has

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The Musical Legacy of Star Trek: The Original Series

For the past two years, I’ve been developing a series of YouTube videos I call Scoring Star Trek. The viewer comments have impressed me and reveal a still-abiding appreciation for

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The Original Series’ “The Man Trap” in Review

This was the first Star Trek episode ever broadcast, commemorated annually with “Star Trek Day” on 8th September. But is the episode any good? Summary Imagine encountering an alluring young

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Star Trek at 57!

Today, the world is celebrating Star Trek Day, marking the fifty-seventh anniversary of Star Trek: The Original Series. This is remarkable to me. Otherworldly, really. So much of who I

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