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30 juni

First Contact: ‘Relics’ Season 6 Episode 4

The Enterprise is answering a distress call when they encounter a Dyson Sphere, not a hand dryer but a gargantuan ball built around a sun designed to house a vast population. They find the source of distress, it’s a transport vessel, the Jenolan, that crashed 75 years earlier. An away team investigates and discovers that the transporter has been rigged to store a pattern over the long term. They dematerialise and it’s Captain Montgomery Scott. You know Scotty? He was in Star Trek. The original Star Trek. No, not Simon Pegg. After the ship crashed, he worked one of his miracles to try and survive, but his friend Franklin didn’t make it. On board the Enterprise, he wants to help in engineering, but his knowledge is out of date and his lack of professionalism annoys everyone. So he gets drunk and visits the holodeck, which is what most people in the 24th century are probably doing at any one time. Speaking to Picard, he confesses that he feels obsolete, so the captain asks Geordi to take him down to his old ship and try and fix it to get the scans. Look, it’s busy work but it’s better than nothing. While they’re down there, the Enterprise then gets sucked into the sphere and is propelled towards the sun? Can Scotty prove his worth once again and save the Enterprise-D? Listen to more season 6 episodes Time’s Arrow Realm of Fear Man of the People The post First Contact: ‘Relics’ Season 6 Episode 4 appeared first on The Spoilist.
21 feb.

First Contact: ‘Time’s Arrow’

The Enterprise is called back to Earth after someone finds Data’s head in a cave while doing an archaeological dig along with evidence of aliens on Earth some 500 years ago. Some cellular fossils lead them to Devidia II (the best Devidia) where Data gets sucked through a time hole and arrives in San Francisco in 1893. There, he tries to track down the aliens, claiming to be a Frenchman and winning money playing poker. And what’s a trip to the past without encountering a famous person? Look everyone, it’s Samuel Clemens and he’s friends with young Guinan. Back on the Enterprise, the crew plan a holiday to the past and Guinan tells Picard he better go or they might never meet. So Worf gets sent packing and everyone else goes back in time for a fun romp, but will they catch the aliens? Will they find Data? Will something interesting happen with Guinan? And can Data get his head back on? Yes, yes, no, yes. ‘Darmok’ ‘Ensign Ro’ ‘Silicon Avatar’ ‘Disaster’ ‘The Game’ ‘Unification’ ‘A Matter of Time’ ‘New Ground’ ‘Hero Worship’ ‘Violations’ ‘The Masterpiece Society’ ‘Conundrum’ ‘Power Play’ ‘Ethics’ ‘The Outcast’ ‘The First Duty’ ‘Cost of Living’ ‘The Perfect Mate’ ‘Imaginary Friend’ ‘I, Borg’ ‘The Next Phase’ ‘The Inner Light’ The post First Contact: ‘Time’s Arrow’ appeared first on The Spoilist.
29 mars

First Contact: ‘Realm of Fear’ Season 6 Episode 2

The Enterprise investigates a missing ship, the USS Yosemite, which is stuck in a plasma streamer with the crew unaccounted for. With weird space rays making a shuttle trip or use of the transporter impossible, Barclay suggests tying the two transporter systems together so that they can get through. But the trouble is, that will make the process take double the time and Reg has a fear of transporters this week. While in the beam, he sees some unconvincing special effects and starts to question his sanity. But when he starts glowing all blue, the crew work out that there are lifeforms in the plasma (aren’t there always) and that they’ve been caught in the transporter. Going back in and being terribly brave, Reg cuddles the giant transporter worm and beams back a missing crew member. And we all learned something about facing our fears. The post First Contact: ‘Realm of Fear’ Season 6 Episode 2 appeared first on The Spoilist.
11 jan.

First Contact: ‘The Inner Light’ Season 5 Episode 25

After doing some space stuff to bulk out the Captain’s log, the Enterprise encounters a probe of unknown origin. It emits a pulse which hits Captain Picard. He awakens on an unfamiliar world and is told his name is Kamin, an iron weaver recovering from a fever on a pre-warp planet called Kataan, and he’s married to Eline. Picard is initially is reluctant to accept this as truth but finds the people to be peaceful and friendly. As the years pass, he comes to accept his new life, has children with his wife and finds solace in playing his flute, but he has concerns about the future of the planet due to the ongoing drought. Over the years, he investigates the cause all while losing friends and family. He eventually discovers that the planet is dying due to the changes in its sun. A probe is launched… the probe the Enterprise encountered right at the beginning of the episode. Picard wakes up back on the Enterprise with a lifetime of memories, forever a changed man… until next week. More First Contact season 5 episodes ‘Darmok’ ‘Ensign Ro’ ‘Silicon Avatar’ ‘Disaster’ ‘The Game’ ‘Unification’ ‘A Matter of Time’ ‘New Ground’ ‘Hero Worship’ ‘Violations’ ‘The Masterpiece Society’ ‘Conundrum’ ‘Power Play’ ‘Ethics’ ‘The Outcast’ ‘The First Duty’ ‘Cost of Living’ ‘The Perfect Mate’ ‘Imaginary Friend’ ‘I, Borg’ ‘The Next Phase’ The post First Contact: ‘The Inner Light’ Season 5 Episode 25 appeared first on The Spoilist.
2024-04-12

Back To Earth Retrospective: Part Three

In our final ever episode of The Garbage Podcast, we’re closing out our celebration of Back to Earth’s 15th anniversary with a look back at the story’s concluding part. By the episode’s own quantum logic, is Lister a murderer? Which prime time family drama does Doug think is naff? And if your sitcom seems to be leaning more heavily into drama than normal, can you balance that by having one of your cast smash their cock and bollocks into a desk, while two of the others get twatted by rakes? All these painful questions and more will be covered as Alex, James and Andrew try one last time to prove that even though they’re disgusting, sometimes they can be quite listenable. The post Back To Earth Retrospective: Part Three appeared first on The Spoilist.
2015-09-02

Bonus Commentaries: Can’t Smeg Won’t Smeg

With more details of the recordings of the two new series of Red Dwarf seemingly imminent, it seems like as good a time as any for a new edition of The Garbage Podcast. So, we should look at one of the high points of the show to celebrate the excitement we are all feeling, right? Right? Well no, frankly that’d be effort, so instead this edition of the podcast has our commentary for Can’t Smeg Won’t Smeg. But as much as we joke about it, was it really that bad, or was it a quite enjoyable centrepiece to what is still the biggest celebration of the show on TV, Red Dwarf Night. I don’t know. Why are you asking me? We just recorded half an hour of commentary that (mostly) discussed that topic, so listen to that and I’ll get back to eating cereal in my underwear. What was the thinking behind the show? Was the rice manoeuvre pre-planned? And is Ansley Harriott truly an oily God as the Change.com campaign would have you believe? These kitchen lubricated topics and more are discussed as Alex, James and Andrew look at an look at an unusual oddity. The post Bonus Commentaries: Can’t Smeg Won’t Smeg appeared first on The Spoilist.
2023-03-08

P for Picard: ‘Disengage’ and ‘Seventeen Seconds’

With the Titan on the edge of Federation space, they’re outgunned by a ship who demand to take Jack Crusher as prisoner. Meanwhile, Picard and Beverly must confront their past mistakes. Also, Seven of Nine is there. On Blade Runner planet, Raffi finally meets her handler, and it’s Worf. Remember Worf? Listen to three men try to make sense of the bit before the middle of the very long movie that is Star Trek: Picard season 3. P for Picard on Apple Podcasts P for Picard on Spotify P for Picard on Google Podcasts The post P for Picard: ‘Disengage’ and ‘Seventeen Seconds’ appeared first on The Spoilist.
2017-03-05

Series V Commentaries: Terrorform

It’s been 25 years today since Terrorform first aired, and we’re marking the occasion with the latest edition of our Series V anniversary commentaries. It’s an episode that sees Rimmer stranded on a world where his own neurosis’ could very well be the end of him, and it’s down to the rest of the crew to save him. On the basis of that description, you’d be hard pressed to know if we were talking about this episode or Rimmerworld from Series VI, and perhaps that’s part of why this episode is often ranked at the bottom of Series V. But even if it’s the weakest of the series, that certainly doesn’t make it a weak episode overall. Even if it doesn’t quite compare to the extremely high standard of the other five episodes, there’s plenty to enjoy here, from the stranded Kryten, to Cat and Lister typing messages out to each other and the great big fake love in at the end. Was the episode better of for not showing much of The Unspeakable One? Are text based games still a thing in the future? And does anybody know what a POV shot is? All these laboured anecdotes and more will be discussed out as Alex, James and Andrew oil up and get down the gym to discuss an episode that launched some very excited letters through Chris Barrie’s letter box. And that’s not a euphemism. Hopefully. You can download it from the link below or via iTunes and if you enjoy it then please do leave us a rating/review to let other people know; we’d greatly appreciate it. You can also stream the podcast on the player below: iTunes / RSS / Android / Direct Download / Stream: http://thespoilist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/61-Series-V-Commentaries_-Terrorform.mp3 The post Series V Commentaries: Terrorform appeared first on The Spoilist.
2015-10-26

Channel 27 News: October 2015 Round-Up

With new episodes going in front on cameras and a studio audience in less than a month, it’s certainly been all go in the Red Dwarf world. And as production mounts, various bits and pieces have appeared online, giving us vague hints at bits of the production. In this edition of The Garbage Podcast, all of these interesting tweets, photos and confirmations are up for discussion, as Alex, Andrew and James delay editing and releasing the commentary they have already recorded by taking the easy news and discussing the news instead. Groovy, funky topics in this edition of Channel 27 news include OB shooting, the new Kryten mask, script workshops, production team updates, the recently discover Red Dwarf Movie concept art and more! The post Channel 27 News: October 2015 Round-Up appeared first on The Spoilist.
2021-10-02

First Contact: You Must Remember This – Season 4

We’ve been watching season 4 of Star Trek: The Next Generation for three years now as we cover it for this podcast. Do you want to listen to what happens when a man who has only seen these episodes once tries to remember what happened in them? Well, then this is the episode for you. The post First Contact: You Must Remember This – Season 4 appeared first on The Spoilist.

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First Contact: ‘Relics’ Season 6 Episode 4

First Contact: ‘Time’s Arrow’

First Contact: ‘Realm of Fear’ Season 6 Episode 2

First Contact: ‘The Inner Light’ Season 5 Episode 25

Back To Earth Retrospective: Part Three

Bonus Commentaries: Can’t Smeg Won’t Smeg

P for Picard: ‘Disengage’ and ‘Seventeen Seconds’

Series V Commentaries: Terrorform

Channel 27 News: October 2015 Round-Up

First Contact: You Must Remember This – Season 4

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