So, it’s been 50 years since “The Trouble With Tribbles” first purred and multiplied their way across a TV screen—and no, I was not there to see it.* I was a rerun baby, remember? It’s remarkable as an outing of original Trek, or any entry of the successors, to show how Star Trek’s classic crew-and-mission format could do comedy (as …
STV: Noelle Hannibal, 1st Vulcan woman on Earth*, says Happy First Contact Day!
Happy “First Contact Day!” Want to hear from a witness? I mean, it’s only 46 years until the T’Plana-Hath catches Zefram Cochrane’s pioneering warp trail while passing nearby to Sol, and its Vulcan crew decide they better check it out… and humanity’s first First Contact (on the record!) makes history. So here‘s a celebration today you weren’t expecting, (below the …
STV: Rekha Sharma is the latest guest to join the Star Trek Continues crew
Now that Star Trek Continues‘ eighth and latest episode is out, “Still Treads the Shadow,” I can share this delightful on-set chat I had with guest star Rekha Sharma (below the fold), best known to many of you amid a busy career as Tory Foster on the rebooted Battlestar Galactica. Except… something here is not quite what you see in …
20 years since ‘First Contact’!: A couple thoughts to add
Occasionally, Star Trek has this thing about its movie premieres, and infamous dates that will live in infamy. And if TMP‘s Dec. 7 was one, First Contact‘s Nov. 22 was another. Premiere dates are hardly a complete snapshot of a film, of course, but it’s what the ticket-buying public most identifies with. Thankfully, neither of those infamous dates were …
STV: Happy 50th from Star Trek crews past
YES! Finally, new Trekland video—and a brand-new intro! But the 50th celebration has only just begun … for a whole year, yes? So here’s some faces and voices I’ve been holding back for the Happy 50th party—just the kind of behind-the-scenes insight that I love recording and revealing… from the TNG Companion where I met many of them, to our …