This Week in Trek: A Star Trek Podcast Michael Gaines and Cara Donley

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NEWS

• Enterprise is 20 years old!

• Prodigy character images

• Prodigy producers interview

• Voyager Documentary sneak peek

• William Shatner's YouTube channel

• TMZ says Shatner's going to space!

• Disco Does DnD + Noah's Tweet

• Noah Averbach-Katz on Dragon Talk

• Raven Duada on Trek Untold

• John Billingsley on Too Opinionated

• Scott Bakula on Bob Saget's podcast

• LeVar Burton on The Daily Show

• GalaxyCon Klingons panel

• Chase Masterson on Daily Star Trek News

• Jeffrey Combs on The 7th Rule


EVENTS

Oct 2, 2021 @ 9pm PT: #TOSSatNight for "The Savage Curtain"

Sep 21, 2021 @ 1pm PT: #StarTrekHour for "Where Pleasant Fountains Lie"

Oct 9, 2021: Kate Mulgrew at NYCC

Oct 12, 2021 @ 7pm ET: Brent Spiner's book discussion with Gates McFadden


OUR WEEK IN TREK

• Inglorious Treksperts with Tim Russ


TEN FORWARD WITH CHRIS ON TWITTER

• Which Trek episode theme music is your favorite? Mine is from Voyager Scorpion 1&2.


EPISODE INSIGHT

Star Trek: Lower Decks - Season 2, Episode 7: Where Pleasant Fountains Lie


• Week 7 Tee


Next Episode: Lower Decks S2E8 - Send us your five-word summary to be read on the show!

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NEWS

• Star Trek games on GOG

• Disco won an Emmy!

• Autobiography of Mr. Spock


EVENTS

Sep 25, 2021 @ 9pm PT: #TOSSatNight for "The Cloud Minders"

Sep 21, 2021 @ 1pm PT: #StarTrekHour for "The Spy Humongous"

Oct 7-10, 2021: NYCC + Virtual Badges


OUR WEEK IN TREK

• Wonderlands

• Brad Wright Podcast with Robert Picardo

• Lower Dorks podcast

• All the Asians on Star Trek with Eugene Cordero

• Enterprise Incidents on This Side of Paradise with Ralph Senensky

• Burnham's IDIC

• Auctions sorted by highest price


TEN FORWARD WITH CHRIS ON TWITTER

• If your cohost is going to attend StarFleet Academy, what Trek character (that is in StarFleet) would you think would be the worst roommate for your cohost?


EPISODE INSIGHT

Star Trek: Lower Decks - Season 2, Episode 6: The Spy Humongous


• Week 6 Tee

• Kzinti posture

• Denise Crosby


Next Episode: Lower Decks S2E7 - Send us your five-word summary to be read on the show!


End sounder: William Shatner

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NEWS

• Star Trek Day!!! StarTrek.com/Day

• Prodigy: Trailer + Panel

• Lower Decks: Trailer + Panel

• Picard S2 Trailer

• Strange New Worlds: Cast Reveal + Details from TrekCore, Panel, + Christina Chong IG

• Alex Kurtzman Interview + Starfleet Academy

• Discovery Panel

• Roddenberry Panel

• Starfleet Is...


EVENTS

• Sep 11, 2021 @ 8pm PT: #TOSSatNight for The Way to Eden + Star Trek V

• Sep 14, 2021 @ 1pm PT: #StarTrekHour for An Embarrassment of Dooplers


OUR WEEK IN TREK

• Original 4-Movie Collection

• TMP Remaster Comparison


TEN FORWARD WITH CHRIS ON TWITTER

• What alien race that hasn’t been seen since TOS are you hoping to see in Strange New Worlds? I would like to see a Horta.


EPISODE INSIGHT

Star Trek: Lower Decks - Season 2, Episode 5: An Embarrassment of Dooplers


• Richard Kind

• Week 5 Tee

• Mike McMahan on the Tee

• Eaglemoss USS Cerritos model

• Malvus' merchandise: @gaghyogi49, @TrekNexus, Riker Shirts, @TheTrekCentral

• bubble bath

• Bolians

• fish people

• Aurelians

• Shelby + Saru

• Bar photos 1, Bar photos 2

• Jenifer Lewis

• Okona


Next Episode: Lower Decks S2E6 - Send us your five-word summary to be read on the show!

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NEWS

• Star Trek: Prodigy main title sequence

• TNG Engineering Field Kit

• September eBook sales, with The Dark Veil being @TrekBookClub's next discussion topic Sep25-26

• Discovery Prop Auction

• Susan Nimoy


EVENTS

• Sep 4, 2021 @ 9pm PT: #TOSSatNight - Lights of Zetar

• Sep 7, 2021 @ 1pm PT: #StarTrekHour - Mugato, Gamato

• Sep 25, 2021 @ 4pm ET: Guests of Star Trek panel

• Sep 24-26, 2021: George Takei at Star Trek Set Tour

• Oct 7, 2021: Exploring New Worlds museum exhibit


TEN FORWARD WITH CHRIS ON TWITTER

• Who do you think is the most underdeveloped character in Star Trek? For me, it is Uhura.


EPISODE INSIGHT

Star Trek: Lower Decks, Season 2, Episode 4: Mugato, Gumato


• Week 4 Tee

• Gumato Credits

• A Private Little War

• GIF: Denobulan puffer face

• Phlox puffer face

• GIF: Compromise!

• GIF: Mariner with knife

• GIF: Mariner grossed out

• GIF: Boimler and Mariner grossed out

• Ferengi energy whips

• Tellarite blood

• Kynk's Mugato Land

• GIF: T'Ana swipe

• Surf movie reference

• GIF: Stevens' back


Next Episode: Lower Decks S2E5 - Send in your five word episode summary to be read on the show!


End sounder: Just Do It, Ensign by Ryan's Edits

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Announcing our new show: Keep on Trekkin'! Subscribe to the new feed!

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NEWS

• Prodigy villian cast announcements: @StarTrekOnPPlus, TrekCore, TrekNews

• William Shatner new songs: So Far From the Moon + Clouds of Guilt

• Star Trek Magazine rebrand: @StarTrek, TrekNews, The Trek Collective, Daily Star Trek News

• Write to Bjo and John Trimble



EVENTS

• Aug 28, 2021 @ 9pm PT: #TOSSatNight on Twitter - That Which Survives

• Aug 31, 2021 @ 1pm PT: #StarTrekHour on Twitter - Lower Decks S2E3 "We'll Always Have Tom Paris"

• Sep 8, 2021: Star Trek Day!!! - News at StarTrek.com, TrekCore TrekNews, and Daily Star Trek News... and watch the streams at StarTrek.com/Day!

• Sep 11, 2021 @ 8pm PT: #TOSSatNight Double Header - The Way to Eden + Star Trek V



OUR WEEK IN TREK


Mike's Haul



TEN FORWARD WITH CHRIS ON TWITTER


Do you think that there will ever be a Trek series that lasts more than 7 seasons? Is there any on now that has that kind of potential?






EPISODE INSIGHT


Star Trek: Lower Decks - Season 2, Episode 3: We’ll Always Have Tom Paris


• Week 3 Tee

• Qualor II signs

• T'Pol's hair

• Orion Emblem


Next Episode: Lower Decks S2E4 - Send us your five-word summary to be read on the show!

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Announcing our new show: Keep on Trekkin'!

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NEWS

• Lower Decks S2E1 free to watch on YouTube

• Rogue Elements audiobook clip

• Get a signed copy of Rogue Elements

• Coda trilogy cover art @TrekCore and @StarTrek

• Wrath of Khan remastered soundtrack: @LaLaLandRecords, TrekCore, TrekMovie, James Horner Film Music, and an interview download

• EXO-6 Janeway action figure

• Voyager Documentary store



EVENTS

• Aug 21, 2021 @ 9pm PT: #TOSSatNight on Twitter - The Conscience of the King, in honor of


Eddie Paskey (Mr. Leslie)'s passing.

• Aug 24, 2021 @ 1pm PT: #StarTrekHour on Twitter - Lower Decks S2E2 "Kayshon, His Eyes Open"

• Aug 25-28, 2022: 56-Year Mission Las Vegas



TEN FORWARD WITH CHRIS ON TWITTER

• Do you think that there should be closure for all TOS characters?



EPISODE INSIGHT

• Den of Geek Easter Eggs from Ep1


Star Trek: Lower Decks - Season 2, Episode 2: Kayshon, His Eyes Open


• This Week's Tee

• @gaghyogi49 is tracking down all the Easter Eggs!

• Den of Geek's ep2 Easter Eggs list

• Puppets made by @chandralcrane + @ammanartin, and art by @spacelizart

• "sucked to death" meme

• Riker "the hell" mashup


Next Episode: Lower Decks S2E3 - Send us your five-word summary to be read on the show!


End sounder: Robert Picardo singing Star Trek, in honor of Gene Roddenberry's 100th birthday