In November 2015 it was announced that a new Star Trek series was going to be launched. It has been a long wait with multiple delays but Star Trek Discovery is finally here. Star Trek Discovery launches in the US on 24th September and in the UK on 25th September. Lets have a look back how we got here. Star Trek was...
I am really excited a new Star Trek Discovery trailer has just been released, if you haven’t seen it yet, watch it now. The rumour mill has been going crazy about Star Trek Discovery but now we have a trailer with actual footage to analyse. In my opinion all the concerns about changes in the production team have gone...
On September 8th 1966 a TV show called Star Trek first aired. Today 50 years later people around the world are still watching Star Trek. I was going to blog about the Star Trek story, but instead why not watch this video.
My latest podcast can be found http://www.trekmate.org.uk/brothers-tng-s4-e3-review-the-battle-bridge/ and feedback can be left on the trekmate forums http://forum.trekmatefamily.com/2016/05/brothers-tng-s4-e3-review-the-battle-bridge/ Data jeopardizes an emergency mission to save an ill child when he gets a signal...
Episode Title: The Best of Both Worlds Star Trek Type: TNG Original Air Date: 18 June 1990 & 24 September 1990 Written By: Michael Piller Directed By: Cliff Bole The Borg threaten the Federation, when they kidnap Captain Picard and destroy a fleet of 39 Starships. Luckily some original thinking from Commander Riker...
Episode Title: Arena Star Trek Type: TOS Original Air Date: 19 January 1967 Teleplay: Gene L Coon Story By: Frederic Brown Directed By: Joseph Pevney The episode begins with the Enterprise in orbit of Cestus III. Commodore Travers requests a tactical team join the away team. When the away team beam down Cestus III has...
In 1966 a TV show called Star Trek first aired in the USA. Since then 726 episodes have been made and 12 films have been released. 2016 marks the 50th anniversary and Star Trek is as alive as ever with a new film due out this summer and a brand new TV series in the works for broadcast in 2017. But what can I do to...
The Oatmeal created a comic which you really should check out. It can be found here . The comic tells the story of a plane crash, in which the 25 year old co-pilot goes back into the burning plane to rescue passengers and lead a group of survivors through the desert to find help. The co-pilot was named Gene...
As you have probably heard Star Trek is coming back to TV. I recently joined with the Sci Fi Waffle podcast to discuss. Sci Fi Waffle: Episode 12 – STAR TREK IS BACK!! In this episode we discuss the great news that Star Trek IS BACK!!. Shawn and I are joined again by James Roberts and TrekMates News feed Editor Simon...
I don’t want to go to work Just want to hang with Captain Kirk I am a big Warp 11 fan. Warp 11 are a Star Trek rock band from Sacramento, California. Their songs often feature bad language, sex and drinking but always feature references to Star Trek characters and episodes and a good dose of humour. I first listened to...