The Ready Room
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Podcast Description
The Ready Room is a casual Star Trek discussion show with Trek.fm's Christopher Jones and Greg Harbin.
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The Ready Room 37: Stroking Lobes for Profit | Q-Less. When DS9 premiered in 1993 the writers wasted no time in bringing one of TNG’s favorite characters to the show. Q makes his first—and only—appearance in the sixth episode of the series, and the pairing with Sisko did not necessarily work as well as the pairing with Picard. Couched within this unusual Q story is an interesting commentary by one Star Trek series about its predecessor. In this episode of The Ready Room we’re joined by Brian Finifter and Tristan Riddell as we discuss the episode “Q-Less” as well as Q in general and the nature of the society portrayed in Star Trek. In news we cover the TNG EXPOsed panel scheduled for the Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo, IDW’s Star Trek/Dr. Who Crossover Comic, IDW’s other May 2012 Star Trek titles, Hasbro’s KRE-O bricks and KREON figures, and movie news and rumors including Chris Pine’s battle with his former agency, Quinto’s comments about the next film’s story, Cumberbatch’s intensity, and Greenwood’s contentment. Plus we reveal another of our rejected Star Trek IV plots and Greg channels Simon Pegg. | 2/20/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Ready Room 36: Group Clicking | Schisms and Brannon Braga. When season six of The Next Generation rolled around we started to get some seriously creepy stories, thanks largely to the influence of Brannon Braga. One of the creepiest of the bunch was “Schisms,” in which solanogen-based fish monks began kidnapping Enterprise crew members in their sleep and using them for bizarre medical experiments. In this episode of The Ready Room we’re joined by Larry Nemecek as we discuss the episode “Schisms” as well as Brannon Braga’s influence on Star Trek from late TNG forward. In news we cover Hollywood Collectibles’ 1:4 Scale Kirk Statue, Greg Cox’s new TOS-era novel The Rings of Time, the lack of social networking in the Star Trek future, the Spring 2012 issue of Star Trek Magazine (and the future of the publication), and our first impressions of the TNG “The Next Level” Blu-ray. And we also recast the missing 13 seconds from “Sins of the Father” with younger actors. | 2/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Ready Room 35: Spock's Periwinkle Tights | Errand of Mercy. The Klingons are perhaps the best-known of all Star Trek villains, and that status is due as much to The Original Series as to their role on The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine. It’s an interesting point since they made only seven appearance on TOS and were not even the main focus of all of these episodes. Still, John Colicos’s portrayal of Kor in the first ever appearance of the Klingons ensured that they would be a long-lived adversary of the Federation. In this episode of The Ready Room we’re joined by David Taylor as we discuss the episode “Errand of Mercy.” In news we cover the upcoming Broadway run of Shatner’s World: We Just Live In It, a possible Star Trek TV series pitch from Bryan Fuller and Bryan Singer, the TNG Remastered Season One trailer and more new surrounding the TNG-R project, and some movie news and rumors. We also dip into our mailbag for some listener thoughts on our recent discussions of “Blood Fever” and “Regeneration.” Oh… and did I mention our mind scanner? JW Player goes here jwplayer("mediaplayer").setup({ flashplayer: "http://trek.fm/storage/jwplayer/player.swf", width: "620", height: "349", file: "http://www.stellardebris.net/podcasts/trr/trr-ep35.m4a", image: "http://trek.fm/storage/thumbnails/trr/trr-035-th.jpg" }); Running Time: 1 hour 53 minutes We recommend downloading the enhanced podcast version from iTunes. It includes chapter markers for each news item and topics during the feature discussion, plus changing artwork and links to more info. Hosts Christopher Jones and Greg Harbin Guest David Taylor Show Notes TNG Remastered Season One Blu-ray Trailer Watch the trailer… Possible Bryan Fuller and Bryan Singer Star Trek TV Series Pitch Find out more… Shatner’s World: We Just Live In It Find out more… Movie Rumors and News Chris Pine Says Star Trek Sequel Filmin | 2/6/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Ready Room 34: Borg School Dropouts | Regeneration. As a prequel series Enterprise had to perform a delicate balancing act. While on the one hand it had to serve as a lead-in to everything we knew from TOS onward, it also had to be entertaining and not be so rigidly locked into the vast canon of Star Trek as to cripple the writers. The appearance of the Borg on the series in the second season set off a firestorm even before the episode aired. The move is easily dismissed as an attempt by writers devoid of new ideas to grab a popular element from the 24th century for their own benefit. In reality, however, this was a case of Enterprise fulfilling its purpose of tying up loose ends from other series. In this episode of The Ready Room we’re joined by Michael Fisher as we discuss the episode “Regeneration” and how it fits into the bigger Star Trek universe. In news we cover Levar Burton receiving the Tufts University Eliot-Pearson Award, Patrick Stewart’s appearance on BBC “Hard Talk,” Scott Bakula signing on to Star Trek Las Vegas 2012, Jordan Hoffman’s One Trek Mind Top Tear-jerking Moments, and a bag full of movie news and rumors. Plus, we go where no dog has gone before. | 1/30/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Ready Room 33: Vorik Ex Machina | Blood Fever. The Original Series episode “Amok Time” established the Vulcan mating ritual known as pon farr, the effects it has on male Vulcans, and the rituals surrounding it. When Voyager launched in 1995 it was the first series since TOS to feature a Vulcan as part of the main cast, and so it was inevitable that the writers would revisit this biological trial. When the time came, however, they threw in an unexpected twist. In this episode of The Ready Room we’re joined by our Voyager series editor Charlynn Schmiedt as we discuss the third-season episode “Blood Fever” and how Voyager handled the touchy subject of the pon farr. In news we cover Priceline killing off Shatner, the ThinkGeek Electronic Door Chime, real-life transparent aluminum, Star Trek Who Wants to be A Millionaire?, updates on the TNG Remastered project, and IDW’s Star Trek Ongoing #5 “Operation: Annihilate!” Plus we take another dip into our bag of rejected Star Trek IV plots and Greg auditions for the role of “Sound Effects Guy” on Star Trek: The Original Series. | 1/24/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Ready Room 32: The Albino On the Mantel | Blood Oath. Jadzia Dax may be a young Starfleet Lieutenant, but she is also one of the wisest members of the Deep Space 9 crew. Thanks to the seven lifetimes of experience carried by the Dax symbiont, Jadzia is both young and old at the same time. She is Starfleet and yet not Starfleet. The writers of DS9 played this up in the second-season episode “Blood Oath,” which also marked the return of three famous characters from The Original Series—Kor, Koloth, and Kang (and the actors who originally portrayed them). This is a story that played a key role in the early development of the Jadzia character by giving us a look at how Dax had deep roots within the larger Star Trek universe and how Jadzia was tied to that past despite being only 29 years old. In this episode of The Ready Room we’re joined Brian Finifter as we discuss “Blood Oath,” how DS9 looks at the world differently from other Star Trek series, and how this story affects how we see Jadzia. In news we cover the arrival of Star Trek Online Free-to-Play, ThinkGeek’s plush Enterprise, Shatner’s response to George Takei, Scanadu’s Real-life medical tricorder, plus lots of movie news and rumors including the start of shooting, upgrades to engineering, J.J. Abrams’s thoughts on 3-D, Thor Actor Joseph Gatt joining the cast, and whether Benedict Cumberbatch might be playing Sybok? Plus Greg serves up the official show drink—a G&T. (It’s not what you think.) | 1/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Ready Room 31: Brought to You by Brylcreem | The Bonding. Few writers played a larger role in shaping modern Star Trek than Ronald D. Moore, but his first foray into Roddenberry’s universe came in the form of a spec script that was turned into the early third-season episode “The Bonding.” It’s a story that is often forgotten, but one that offers the first glimpses of the cerebral, introspective, and philosophical stories that came to define The Next Generation. In this episode of The Ready Room we discuss “The Bonding” and a number of issues that are addressed in the episode including the practice of carrying families on starships, coping with the inevitability of death when exploring the unknown, and why children in Star Trek look like little adults. We also explain the apparently extremely simplistic Klingon ritual known as The Bonding. In news we cover the third trailer for the TNG Remastered project, George Takei’s casting on Celebrity Apprentice, the new Bandai “Next Phase” expansion set for the Star Trek Deck Building Game, the casting of Benedict Cumberbatch as the villain in the next movie, and we preview the final two tracks from Five Year Mission’s Year Two. Plus we reveal yet another of our 1,000 rejected plots for Star Trek IV. | 1/10/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Ready Room 30: Holographic Vaporization | Worst Case Scenario. When Rick Berman, Michael Pillar, and Jeri Taylor set out to create the fourth live-action Star Trek spinoff they were faced with an enormous challenge. The franchise had become so weighted down by more than two decades of stories that it was difficult to find a new way to approach things, and Gene Roddenberry’s no-conflict rule was proving more and more difficult for the writers. Throwing the ship to the other side of the galaxy was one way of starting over with new worlds to explore and new aliens to encounter. But in addition to this an effort was made to break the shackles of the no-conflict rule by forcing Starfleet officers to co-exist with outsiders—the rebel Maquis. It was a good idea in theory, though the success of the approach is certainly questionable. In this episode of The Ready Room we discuss the third-season Voyager episode “Worst Case Scenario” and how the Starfleet-Maquis relationship played out in reality. In news we cover Nichelle Nichols’s 79th birthday, Avery Brooks and Sir Patrick Stewart confirmations for Creation’s 2012 conventions, IDW’s Star Trek Ongoing #4, clues hidden about the next movie that have been hidden in the comics, and we preview two more tracks off of Five Year Mission’s Year Two. Plus Greg sings in Klingon and an unexpected musical guest pops in. | 1/2/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Ready Room 29: Rudolph In the Original Klingon | Remembering 2011. The past 12 months have been busy for Star Trek despite the lack of original content on TV. Leonard Nimoy bid farewell to convention appearances, Star Trek Las Vegas saw an enourmous gathering and brought us a new World Record for fans in costume, IDW launched a new series of comics based on the Abramsverse, the gaming world was abuzz with activity, and let’s not forget about the Star Trek Light-up Feeding System. In this episode of The Ready Room we look back at 2011, remember those members of the Star Trek family who we lost this year, and look ahead to 2012. In news we cover Star Trek and the holidays plus some movie news including the conversion from 2-D to 3-D, more casting including Bruce Greenwood as Pike, whether or not any Original Series cast members will appear, and our latest villain theory… it’s someone you’ll never expect. Along the way we take many detours and are paid a visit by a very unexpected guest. | 12/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Ready Room 28: The Search for Boots | The Undiscovered Country. In 1991 we bid farewell to the voyages of the Enterprise and its original crew. In a film of heavy Cold War allegory, released just 26 days before the Soviet Union ceased to exist, we were given a final chance to spend time with the characters we had known as Star Trek for 25 years. In this episode of The Ready Room we’re joined by Larry Nemecek to discusses Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, how it worked as sendoff for TOS, and how it started us down the road to the world of TNG. In news we cover Paramount’s plan to feature Star Trek in their 2012 Tournament of Roses float, George Takei’s foray into the Star Trek vs Star Wars feud, the release of the complete Voyage Home score, movie rumors, IDW’s first original Abramsverse content, and we’ll preview two more tracks off of Five Year Mission’s new album Year Two. Plus a character from a galaxy far, far away makes a surprise appearance on the bridge of the Enterprise. | 12/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Ready Room 27: This Thing Can Blow. Stuff. Up. | The Search. Deep Space Nine shaved the head in the Season Four premiere “The Way of the Warrior,” but the shears of change started trimming a season earlier. “The Search” is a title with many meanings. It’s Odo’s search for his people as well as the show’s search for its own identity. It’s the birth of the Dominion, the introduction of the Defiant, Ronald D. Moore’s debut on the writing team, the first Romulan involvement in the series, and so much more. In this episode of The Ready Room we discusses the Season Three premiere and how it marks the beginning of DS9’s greatness. In news we cover the 20th anniversary of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country and recount our memories of the premiere, the Dodd’s Furniture Star Trek Mattress Commercial, movie news and rumors including Benicio Del Toro, Edgar Ramirez, Jordi Mollà, and KHAAAN!!!, the results of our Alice Eve poll, and we’ll preview two more tracks from Five Year Mission’s Year Two. Plus Greg teaches us what kind of sound the Prime Spock Probe makes. | 12/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Ready Room 26: Interns with Spears | The Galileo Seven. Logic is good for a lot of things, but command may not be one of them. In the first season TOS episode “The Galileo Seven” we see Spock take command for the first time. The results almost get the crew killed, but this episode is an important turning point in the development of Spock’s character. It’s an episode that combines the best elements of The Original Series with the worst, and tosses it all at the viewer like giant spears. In this episode of The Ready Room we discusses “The Galileo Seven,” its importance in the growth of Spock, and how delightfully cheesy the execution of the script turned out to be. We also compare the new IDW Ongoing comic reimagining of the episode with its original TV version. In news we cover the Trek Nation Director’s Log, TrekCore’s SD/HD Analysis of TNG Remastered, the new issue of Star Trek Magazine, Star Trek Online Season 5, movie rumors about Benicio Del Toro and Alice Eve, and we’ll preview two more tracks from Five Year Mission’s Year Two. Plus Greg does his imitation of Patrick Stewart as Captain Picard as Captain Kirk. | 12/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Ready Room 25: Yorushi Gasig Bashiru Mashimash!!! | Five Year Mission: Year Two. A collaboration of five Star Trek fans who endeavor to write and record a song for each of the episodes of The Original Series, Five Year Mission is a favorite of ours here at Trek.fm. Their first album, Year One, quickly rose to the top of our playlists over the past year, and the wait for Year Two has been a long one. On recent shows we’ve been previewing tracks from the new album and now we are pleased to bring you the band itself! In this episode of The Ready Room we’re joined by Noah, Andy, Patrick, Mike, and Chris to discuss the making of Year Two and to give us live acoustic performances of four new tracks! In news we cover the results of our Neelix Thanksgiving poll, new movie developments that are multiplying faster than Tribbles, a contest to win a walk-on roll on the next Star Trek movie, some details from Mike Okuda about the TNG Remastered project, and the Anovos Command Division TOS Dress replica. Plus Chris makes whale noises and Greg channels Riker from “The Icarus Factor.” | 11/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Ready Room 24: 7.1 Surround Sound Flute Action! | Past Tense. Star Trek has often been prophetic, but few episodes have been more prophetic of today’s world than the DS9 two-parter “Past Tense.” Many parallels between the Occupy movement and the Sanctuary Districts of 2024 can be drawn, though it’s not necessarily a clear-cut comparison. Still this episode can come across as being “ripped from the headlines” today, despite that fact that it first aired in 1995 years ago. In this episode of The Ready Room we discuss “Past Tense” and how it shows where we may be headed as the rift between the rich and poor in our society grows. In news we cover new movie developments, more confirmed guests for Star Trek Las Vegas 2012, the second TNG HD trailer that shows some side-by-side comparison, Star Trek’s ten least-threatening villains, upcoming IDW Star Trek Ongoing comics, and we preview two more tracks from Five Year Mission’s “Year Two.” | 11/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Ready Room 23: Let's Blame It On the Cabbage | These Are the Voyages… Enterprise was a series that was often misunderstood and was cancelled before its time. Under the guidance of Manny Coto, the fourth season saw the series finding solid footing as a TOS prequel. Bit by bit we were building toward the founding of the Federation and setting up Kirk’s era. Sadly they ran out of time and hastily ended the series with a very misguided finale titled “These Are the Voyages…” also known as the 177th episode of TNG. In this episode of The Ready Room we discuss the Enterprise finale, which has been explained as an intended “valentine” to Star Trek. In news we look at the upcoming HeroClix Star Trek edition, Star Trek Online Free-to-Play details and changes to the game’s economy, the possible cancellation of Star Trek Infinite Space, Carrie Fisher’s response to William Shatner on Star Trek vs. Star Wars, Google+, and we preview two tracks from Five Year Mission’s upcoming album Year Two. | 11/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Ready Room 22: Jeri Ryan's Magic Bag of Catsuits | Scorpion. As with TNG and DS9, Voyager reached a turning point at the end of its third season. The episode “Scorpion” brought several changes and new elements to the show that shaped the future direction of the journey through the Delta Quadrant. The Borg, Seven of Nine, and even internal conflict that had been missing from the show, all come together to help Voyager grow up a bit. In this episode of The Ready Room we discuss “Scorpion” as well as the nature of Voyager before and after this turning point. In news we look at the possibility of Benicio Del Toro being cast as Star Trek’s next villain, tractor beams, The Captains on Netflix streaming, Star Trek potato heads, IDW’s Redshirt contest, Star Trek Ongoing #2, and we preview two tracks from Five Year Mission’s upcoming album Year Two. | 11/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Ready Room 21: Docile Surrender Monkey | After completing a successful first season The Next Generation continued to find its identity in season two despite a number of potential setbacks. The departure of Gates McFadden as Dr. Crusher, a writers strike in Hollywood, and continuing struggles to emerge from the shadow of TOS put this new Star Trek series to the test. In this episode of The Ready Room we discuss the good and the bad of TNG’s second season, and how it set up the greatness to come. In news we look at the Comikaze Expo, new names added to the roster for Star Trek Las Vegas 2012, Star Trek: The Exhibition at the St. Louis Science Center, Star Trek’s spookiest moments, and the state of Star Trek fiction and the Enterprise novels about the Romulan War. | 11/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Ready Room 20: Shaving the Head | DS9 promised a new kind of Star Trek from the very start, yet the early seasons had more in common with the TNG method of storytelling than the rich and intricate Deep Space Nine we came to love. Just as TNG grew the beard with “The Best of Both Worlds,” so did DS9 with “The Way of the Warrior.” Shaving the head set DS9 on a course for greatness and its place as the most unique series in the Star Trek franchise. In this episode of The Ready Room we discuss “The Way of the Warrior” and how it changed Deep Space Nine. In news we look at the official music video for William Shatner’s cover of “Bohemian Rhapsody,” Five Year Missions “Errand of Mercy,” a comparison of Star Trek technology to real-world progress, Microsoft’s progress in holodeck technology, John de Lancie reading “The Raven,” and the Roddenberry Foundation’s $5 million dollar gift to the Gladstone Institutes for stem cell research. | 10/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Ready Room 19: It Doesn't Have to Be Seven Years Apart | The Star Trek Pendulum. With the reboot of Star Trek in 2009 the TOS time period came back into style. But is TNG poised for a comeback? Is the Star Trek Pendulum about to swing back toward the Enterprise-D? In this episode of The Ready Room we’re joined by Larry Nemecek to discuss how fandom moves back and forth between the series. We also talk about how each series was a reaction to the one before it, and about the future of Star Trek on television. In news we look at what it might be like if Seth MacFarlane were to reboot Trek on TV, the Star Trek Deck Builder Card Game, William Shatner’s new album Seeking Major Tom, Apple’s Siri, how Quinto may be prepping for the next Star Trek movie, and we cast the next Starfleet engineer. | 10/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Ready Room 18: They Spray-painted the Llamas | In 1998 Paramount followed up the great success of First Contact with a film called Insurrection. This third outing of the TNG cast on the big screen received mixed reviews from critics and a lukewarm reception from fans. It’s a movie that’s not as great as fans had hoped and not as bad as many make it out to be. In this episode of The Ready Room we discuss Insurrection and look at where it succeeds and where it falls short. In news we cover Leonard Nimoy’s final convention appearance, Creation’s 2012 convention plans, the experience of watching Star Trek in IMAX, the new Star Trek: Expeditions expansion set, Trek.fm games, Star Trek: Phase II “Mind-Sifter,” and the surge in popularity for TNG. | 10/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Ready Room 17: Maybe They Could Go to Neptune | IDW Star Trek Ongoing. Leading up to the 2009 J.J. Abrams reboot of Star Trek comic publisher IDW released a series of comics that told the backstory of the movie. Now IDW has launched a monthly series that is set in the alternate timeline of the Abramsverse. Titled Star Trek Ongoing, this new series re-imagines episodes of The Original Series under the creative direction of Roberto Orci. In this episode of The Ready Room we discuss the first issue, as well as where this series may be headed and how it may tie in to the next J.J. Abrams movie. In news we cover the details that have finally emerged about TNG HD on Blu-ray, the Star Trek.com poll that named First Contact the most underrated TNG movie, upcoming IDW titles for autumn, Ethan Phillips talking about Neelix, M&M’s Star Trek figurines, and Brannon Braga saying that he takes responsibility for decisions that some believe hurt the Star Trek franchise. | 10/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Ready Room 16: Manny Coto's Magic Bag of Hindsight | The Temporal Cold War. It’s one of the most puzzling aspects of Enterprise, both in terms of story and purpose. It’s the Temporal Cold War. What started off as a central element in the pilot episode “Broken Bow” became a strand that was difficult to tie together with the missions of the NX-01. In this episode of The Ready Room we discuss the exploits of Future Guy and the many other players in this conflict that quietly spanned the centuries. In news we cover The Captains documentary DVD, the upcoming Science Channel premier of Trek Nation, Shatner’s thoughts on geekdom’s favorite battlefield—Star Trek vs. Star Wars—plus Kate Mulgrew and a Voyager movie, Jonathan Coulton’s Star Trek Nemeses, and more. | 9/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Ready Room 15: Growing the Beard | The Best of Both Worlds. It was the turning point for The Next Generation and perhaps for all of modern Star Trek. The season three finale left fans wondering for the entire summer of 1990 whether Picard was returning or whether Riker was the show’s new lead. It also brought us one of the greatest villains ever, the Borg. In this episode of The Ready Room we discuss “The Best of Both Worlds” and how it changed the course of the franchise. In News we discuss new developments surrounding TNG on Blu-ray, Marina Sirtis as the Wicked Queen, Diamond Select retro Picard and Borg figures, Star Trek Online going free-to-play, a real-life sickbay, silicon-based life, the remaining TOS cast on Star Trek’s 45th anniversary, and the results of our poll “Which villain’s name do you most want to shout in battle?” | 9/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Ready Room 14: Sybok's Magic Stare | Yes, that’s right. Star Trek V. It’s a movie many fans pretend doesn’t exist. But if you look closely you can find some good moments in this mess of a film, especially in the relationships between Kirk, Spock, and McCoy. In this episode of The Ready Room we take a look at Shatner’s masterpiece and call it out where needed, praise it in those spots where it deserves it, and admire the beautiful menace that is Captain KLAA!!!!! In News we discuss the most underrated series, most underrated TOS movie, the JJ sequel and possible TV series, Star Trek: The Exhibition at Kennedy Space Center, David Warner, tractor beams, and Patrick Stewart at Chicago Comic Con. | 9/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Ready Room 13: It's Kind of Like that Iron Curtain Thing | Romulans. Our feature discussion follows the Romulans from TOS to the J.J. movie and beyond. In news we cover Will Decker and The Office, a fan edit of The Motion Picture that creates what would have been the pilot for Star Trek Phase II, “In Thy Image,” Trek on Amazon Prime, remembering Gene’s birthday, a preview of IDW’s November 2011 comics, Klingon and Ferengi Monopoly, the possibility of Vulcan coming back in the next movie, a proposed David Foster Star Trek Series, Toughest Villains, and the favorite Enterprise design. | 8/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Ready Room 12: Patrick, Brent, Worf... and Laverne | Star Trek Las Vegas 2011 is in the history books, but for those who couldn’t be there we have TrekNews.net’s Brian Wilkins with us to give a recap of what happened at the con. Then in the feature we discuss the good, the bad, and the just plain weird of the last of the TNG films, “Nemesis.” | 8/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Ready Room 11: Sisko's Blue Beard | The Captains. In this episode we discuss each of the five Star Trek captains, their pros and cons, and under whom we’d prefer to serve. In news we look at some new Mego-style retro action figures from Diamond Select Toys and Art Asylum, StarTrek.com’s interviews with Terry Ferrell and Connor Trinneer, a Technorati interview with Alice Krige, a possible animated series from Roberto Orci, and Five Year Mission’s “Year Two.” | 8/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Ready Room 10: Chakotay's Stockholm Syndrome | Year of Hell. In this episode we are joined by Down In Front’s Brian Finifter and Trek.fm Political Science Editor Anthony Davis to discuss the two-part Voyager episode from season 4, “Year of Hell.” In news we look at the first IDW Comic based on the Abramsverse, the IDW Star Trek - Legion of Super-Heroes crossover comic, the Star Trek VI sequel novel Cast No Shadows, Star Trek.com’s interview with Jeffrey Combs, Wil Wheaton and Jeri Ryan on Eureka, Netflix expanding into Latin America and Canada, and the humorous TNG review podcast Dork Trek. | 8/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Ready Room 9: Wesley and the Amazing Technicolor Sweater | Star Trek Generations and the Death of Kirk. In this episode we take on Star Trek Generations and discuss the transition from TOS to TNG on the big screen, and of course the death of Kirk. In news we look at the $5,000 QMx 1701-A replica, the final three convention appearances for Leonard Nimoy, Marina Sirtis on Dancing with the Stars, StarTrek.com’s preview of Star Trek Las Vegas, George Takei’s induction into the California Hall of Fame, the Delphies, Trek Nation coming to the Science Channel, TNG on Blu-ray, a new Five Year Mission video, Orci talking possible changes to the Enterprise, the new canon Enterprise 1701-F, and the Voyager theme song closing out the shuttle era. | 7/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Ready Room 8: The Great Tribble Hunt | The Great Tribble Hunt is underway as we talk about these prolific balls of fur in TOS, TAS, and DS9. In news we discuss Shatner, Google+, James Darren’s Vic Fontaine, Photon Torpedoes, the Borg as a social network, Robot Chicken, Amazon streaming Trek, the end of Star Trek: Vanguard, and the 2011 Hallmark Keepsakes. | 7/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Customer Reviews
Very informative podcast
I heard about this podcast through another great one called Treknologic, and have just begun listening to the episodes. I find that the hosts work well together and the atmosphere is very friendly. They thoroughly prepare the news and background information, so each episode is informative. Great guests from the Star Trek world round out the show. On the Trek.fm forum I enjoy the trivia, polls and newsletter very much. I'm glad I found out about this podcast, and I would definitely recommend it to any fan looking for in-depth info and commentary.
Knowledgeable and good
This is a great Star Trek podcast! Wonderful source for news and in-depth discussion of Star Trek. I don't need to go anywhere else to get my scoop on what is going on in the Star Trek world, although the Trek.fm Hyerpchannel (also by Christopher Jones) is also good for news in a short video format.
Chris and Greg have a nice relaxing manner about them and are very respectful of the Star Trek universe.
I look forward to this podcast each week, please keep it going for a very long time!
Pretty good
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