Doctor Who, SFF, history, and other things I think about far too much
Because what better way is there to mark finishing a telly series than by ranking it! And unlike some of its predecessors, I don't know Disco Trek well enough to do a good faith episode ranking, so it's seasons. But, alas, this ranking has no rancour, for I love this series. The characters, the relationships,…
Star Trek Discovery will always have a special place in my heart. I grew up with nineties Trek. After three shows hitting seven seasons a piece (and in the delicious days of 22 plus episodes seasons) this glorious era ended on a low of Enterprise being cancelled in only its fourth season with an finale…
Continue reading ➞ Thoughts Upon Finishing Star Trek Discovery
"But Star Trek doesn't have any Christmas episodes," you might say. And you would be correct. Technically. But you don't need actual Christmas when you have the spirit of Christmas, and that's exactly what these Trek episodes have: the hardiest of Christmas spirits. (If you absolutely insist that it must actually be Christmas, I suppose…
I've been writing this post a lot in my head over the past few days. Partly because I very much wanted to mark the end of last year with some words and it wasn't until June that I finally accepted that wasn't going to happen. But surely if I *thought* about it enough, then that…
A long time ago I wrote a post on my Top 5 Star Trek Original Series episodes. So today I thought I would carry on, and write about some top Next Gen. And since it's two and a bit seasons as long as TOS, it's a slightly longer list. Now, I may have, at some…
Continue reading ➞ Top 12 Star Trek The Next Generation Episodes
I always find it a bit weird to be so saddened by the death of someone I don't know, even though it makes perfect sense: just because you don't know someone doesn't mean they can't affect your life, bring you joy, inspire you, give you comfort. They're still a part of your life, and when…
Continue reading ➞ Five Brilliant Odo Moments in Deep Space Nine
An Admiral hails you. They're probably going to betray you and Starfleet principles. Half of the senior staff are giving acting lessons. Half of the senior staff play a musical instrument. None of them offer music lessons. The Captain is wearing a red shirt. The walls are beige. They are closing in. Beigely. The holodeck…
Continue reading ➞ How To Tell If You Are In Star Trek The Next Generation
For my blogathon month, and not such a cheating post as yesterday, here's a beautiful listicle of entirely sensible opinions. So, the Original Series. Now, much as I wouldn’t call myself a Trek fan, mostly cause I can’t stomach the idea of being called a fan of TNG (I’m sorry, it’s a great show! Many…
I am sleeping so badly this week. And I know part of it's down to ridic anxiety with the world at large. Not even mental health related anxiety, since I really don't think it's irrational to be anxious given the daily news of what's going on. As my dear friend Deb Stanish put it on…
This week’s Trek post (it’ll stop soon, it will) is about the most reviled genre of Trek story: the Holodeck episode. after copious and diligent research,* there are three main reasons I’ve found that makes this Trek genre beat out even the dreaded One Episode Romance as Worst Trek Genre: 1) It’s considered lazy writing…
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