So Star Trek: Discovery has finally been released into the wild, and we’ve all had a chance to watch the pilot and let it percolate a while. If you haven’t watched it,…
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Retro Review: Far Beyond The Stars
Original Airdate: February 11, 1998. I’ve recently had the time to enjoy some Star Trek: Deep Space Nine reruns on SyFy here in the UK. At present, they’re working their way through Season Six,…
Rate Star Trek Into Darkness
Well, we’ve all seen it. What did you think?
The Perks of Being a Picard
In 2011, I married the love of my life – Mr. Picard. No, not that Picard. My parents are long-time Trekkies, though I don’t think I necessarily loved the series in the…
Second Star Trek Into Darkness Trailer
The second, extended trailer for Star Trek Into Darkness. And it’s a million times better than the first, truth be told!
Sci-Fi Characters You Can Never Defeat In A Poker Match
Sci-fi, or science fiction, is not a big fish in French cinema. Although the country produced some critically acclaimed science fiction films such as Jean-Luc Godard’s Alphaville and Bertrand Tavernier’s Death Watch,…
Best Sci-Fi Fan Trailer
This magnificent piece of trailer craftsmanship may be over half a decade old, now, but it’s still a brilliant tribute to Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
NASA Working On Warp Drive
In the second of today’s new technology stories, it’s the exciting news that NASA have begun work on warp drive. [quote]Perhaps a Star Trek experience within our lifetime is not such a…
Azati Prime Finale
In this week’s Clip of the Week, have a think back to Star Trek: Enterprise – namely the final scenes of Season Three’s Azati Prime. Actually, don’t. Just give it a watch. One of…
Star Trek Renegades
The latest Star Trek fan project that’s causing people to turn their heads and notice is Star Trek: Renegades. It’s the team behind Of Gods and Men, and they’ve just released their second teaser…
No More Trek! Ad
I remember this airing (terrifyingly, that’s eleven years ago now) but this was a pretty funny commercial launched in the run up to Enterprise. The words Star Trek would later be dropped from…
Star Trek, or Star Wars?
It’s time to settle this one, once and for all. Kirk vs Luke? Khan vs Darth Vader? Wesley vs Angsty Anakin!? Sure, we could argue over little points, but for now, let’s…
In The Pale Moonlight Closing Monologue
In this week’s Clip of the Week, we take a look at a very fine piece of acting from Deep Space Nine‘s Avery Brooks. Doesn’t get much better than that, eh?
Who is your favourite Deep Space Nine character?
I was watching clips of Deep Space Nine the other day, and it struck me what a brilliant array of supporting characters the show had accompanying strong leads. So I figured I’d ask the…
George Takei releases ‘Oh My’ Ringtone
Star Trek’s George Takei has released his now-signature ‘Oh My’ line as a ringtone! The actor, who played Sulu in the original series, has gone on to do a series of advertisements…
Tom Hardy’s Star Trek Screen Test vs Nemesis Performance
Entertainment Weekly have shared a very interesting video, showing Tom Hardy (recently Bane in The Dark Knight Rises) during a screen test for Star Trek: Nemesis (2002). The video begs the question: was his screen…
Sci-Fi’s Most Memorable Prisons
There’s a nice little article over at Giant Freakin’ Robot, commenting on the most memorable prisons in sci-fi. Have to say, it’s hard to look past Rura Penthe, but I’d imagine the prison…
7 Great Morally Dubious Characters of Sci-Fi TV
Topless Robot have uploaded their 7 Great Morally Dubious Characters of Sci-Fi TV. Quite how they can put Nerus from SG-1, and Todd from Atlantis in ahead of Robert Carlyle’s Nicholas Rush…