10Backward - A LowerDecks Podcast
147 episodes - English - Latest episode: 12 months ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratings10 Backward is a Star Trek discussion podcast from the United Kingdom.
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Ep.138 – Halfway... Picard season 3 episode 6
April 28, 2023 07:00 - 50 minutes - 58.1 MBEpisode Notes Hello lovely listeners!! We continue our watch through of season 3 of Picard and... Look, you've seen it, you know what's been going down! (And if you haven't seen it, maybe go do so before you listen to this!) So what are our hot takes this episode? Find out within...
Ep.137 – Picard Season 3 Imposters
April 21, 2023 07:00 - 48 minutes - 55.7 MBPicard Season 3 - Imposters Hello lovely listeners! Our episode by episode analysis of this season of Picard continues onwards as we hit the halfway point! What did we think of this episode? Is it continuing the dizzying highs? Find out by listening!
Ep.136 – Picard season 3 episode 4
April 12, 2023 12:22 - 46 minutes - 52.9 MBPicard season 3 episode 4 Welcome to our latest episode! We continue our look at the episodes of Picard's third season by examining episode 4. What did we think? Does it maintain the performance so far? Find out within...
Ep.135 – Picard Season 3 episode 3
March 25, 2023 08:00 - 54 minutes - 63 MBPicard Season 3 episode 3 Hello and welcome back to our ongoing set of episodes about the first three episodes of Picard season 3! I say ongoing, this is the last one, but fear not, we are planning to carry on with this so we will pretty much cover all episodes! Anyway, enjoy this one in the meantime! It's pretty great! And still has the awesome Rob Chapman guesting!
Ep.134 – Picard Season 3 Part 2
March 17, 2023 07:00 - 24 minutes - 28.6 MBPicard Season 3 Part 2 We're continuing our look at Picard Season 3 first 3 episodes with part two of our discussion with the awesome Rob Chapman still joining us to discuss the wonders of Picard!
Ep.133 – Picard Season 3 - The Next Generation
March 09, 2023 20:30 - 37 minutes - 42.6 MBPicard Season 3 - The Next Generation Hello lovely patrons! Welcome to a new episode, early released for you. With the debut of Picard's 3rd season, we're going to dedicate a little time to looking at these episodes and to help us, we've got the awesome returning guest, Rob Chapman! Here, we start of with Episode 1, The Next Generation.
Ep.132 – Romulans - Balance of Terror
March 01, 2023 16:09 - 1 hour - 84.5 MBRomulans - Balance of Terror Hello lovely listeners and welcome to our latest episode! We've decided we're going to have some ongoing fun looking at the way the Romulans are developed across the various Trek series, so here that begins with us looking at the first appearance, all the way back in the Original Series episode, Balance of Terror!
Ep.131 – Obsessed with Obsession
January 16, 2023 06:16 - 1 hour - 73.5 MBObsessed with Obsession Hello and welcome to our latest episode. This time we are talking about the original series episode Obsession, which deals with some different themes and character moments for Captain Kirk renowned space hero.
Ep.130 – In defence of Wolf in the Fold
December 23, 2022 07:59 - 1 hour - 69.1 MBEpisode Notes Welcome to the latest episode of 10Backward. This time, we continue our series of defending the less celebrated episodes by looking for the good in Wolf in the Fold. Often seen as having some problematic moments, we see if these overwhelm the episode or if there's a good episode buried amongst the misogyny.
Ep.129 – Aaron Waltke Interview
November 25, 2022 15:37 - 1 hour - 74.4 MBAaron Waltke Interview In our latest episode, we interview Star Trek Prodigy Writer, Co-Producer, Co-Executive Producer and Story Editor Aaron Waltke. We ask him about writing for Trek, some of the Prodigy writing and so forth.
Ep.128 – When they got away with it...
November 07, 2022 16:10 - 2 hours - 115 MBWhen they got away with it This episode, we're talking about times the crew did something questionable but... Got away with it. It was glossed over, or tucked into the background, just to advance the plot. Who are we calling out? Are they justified or will we condemn them to the brig?
Ep.127 – Strange New Worlds part 2 - Stranger and newer!
October 10, 2022 13:36 - 1 hour - 106 MBHorld Pt 2 - Stranger and Newer Hello and welcome to our latest episode! Following on from our earlier discussion about Strange New Worlds, we are completing our look at it's first season by talking through the final 5 episodes. What did we think? Are we liking it? Or is it too strange and new? And Worlds? Which of us has a massive crush on Captain Pike? (Spoiler, it's all of us) Find out by listening and enjoy
Ep.126 – Bill Blair - The Alien Actor
September 26, 2022 13:14 - 1 hour - 97.3 MBBill Blair - The Alien Actor Our latest episode has us interviewing the incredible Bill Blair, known as 'The Alien Actor' as he holds the Guinness record for most appearances in prosthetics, he's appeared in a lot of sci-fi, including Babylon 5 and most importantly, StarTrek! He is an absolute delight to speak to and has incredible stories, so we hope you enjoy this! Bill's website: alienactor.com Bill's Twitter: @billblair4reel https://twitter.com/BillBlair4Ree l
Ep.125 – Strange New Worlds
September 11, 2022 18:48 - 1 hour - 106 MBStrange New Worlds It is here! After all the build up and delay of Covid etc. We finally have our new series with Pike, Spock, Una and more! The question is, is it good solid Trek fun? We waited till it was available in the UK and now Paramount + is here, we can talk about it! So this is our lengthy discussion about the first 5 episodes of season 1 of Strange New Worlds! Episode Notes
Ep.124 – Q's and Queens and Paradoxes... Oh my!
July 23, 2022 06:19 - 1 hour - 77.1 MBEpisode Notes Hello! Welcome to our latest episode, where we finish our thoughts on the second season of Picard! We previously talked about the first few episodes so here we are mainly concentrating on episodes 4-10.
Ep.123 – In Defence of Threshold
July 08, 2022 15:39 - 1 hour - 75 MBIn Defence of Threshold Hello and welcome to our latest episode, which is another in our series defending those episodes that take a lot of heat, we look to find the good in the Warp 10 barrier breaking, body horror, weird idea of evolution, bad salamander parent-fest that is Threshold! Usually an episode that evokes strong opinions, what do we have to say about it? Find out here.
Ep.122 – Son of a Pitch
April 13, 2022 00:06 - 1 hour - 82.6 MBSon of a Pitch Scome to our latest episode... This time, we have one we've been wanting to do for nearly 2 years, we felt it would work best when we could all get back in a room together and... well that took a while! But we got there and we are happy to present our special episode where we each pitch our ideas for new Trek series! Hope you enjoy!
Ep.121 – Butt Naked Talking to Skulls
March 29, 2022 11:12 - 1 hour - 86.1 MBButt Naked Talking to Skulls Hello and hi! It's our latest episode, where we discuss 2nd and 3rd episodes of Picard season 2! How do we feel about alternate timeline shenanigans? Do we need a blackboard? What inspired this title? Find out by listening!
Ep.120 – Problematic old Grandpa - Picard Season 2 Episode 1
March 10, 2022 18:00 - 50 minutes - 58.2 MBProblematic old Grandpa - Picard Season 2 Episode 1 So, you may have noticed that Picard has returned! The long awaited second season began and Amazon Prime have been showing it round the world. How did everyone enjoy that first episode? It was a pretty packed ride wasn't it? We recorded a reaction on Friday after watching, to go through some thoughts. And here are those thoughts!
Ep.119 – Borg Beyond
February 25, 2022 07:30 - 1 hour - 91.8 MBEpisode Notes Hello and welcome to our episode, where we look at the Borg beyond Best of Both Worlds in TNG. Specifically I, Borg and Descent. We discuss the idea that this began a weakening of the Borg and how they are as stories returning TNG's baddest villan. Hope you enjoy!
Ep.118 – Piping hot tea and big hats!
February 04, 2022 08:00 - 41 minutes - 47.8 MBPiping hot tea and big hats Hello and welcome to our latest episode! We are down to discuss the new trailer for season 2 of Picard which recently dropped and we wanted to get some thoughts out about it before the season started! You may have noticed we are big fans of Picard, so this trailer was a pretty big deal and there's a lot to be excited about in it!
Ep.117 – In Defence of: Is there in truth, no beauty?
January 21, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 82.3 MBIn Defence of: Is there in truth, no beauty? Hello lovely listeners and welcome to a new episode of 10Backward. This time, we're going back to the Original Series to look at a maligned episode that actually has some pretty awesome concepts. But also... is problematic! Can we defend it? Is there enough beauty to overcome the uncomfortable truth?
Ep.116 – Cowboy Crossover Capers
January 07, 2022 18:00 - 136 MBCowboy Crossover Capers Howdy pardners! This episode is a mighty fine special event! We've gathered at high noon with the amazing Jenn Tift and Ross Webster of Snap Trek to do a special, Snap Trek comparison of Trek Western episodes! It's a high noon showdown with a lot of fun discussion and cowboy accents thrown in!
Ep.115 – More LowerDecks
December 31, 2021 09:09 - 1 hour - 74.1 MBMore Lower Decks Hello lovely listeners! Hope you've had a good holiday season, apologies for the delays, hopefully we'll get our schedules sorted for 2022! So here's our 2nd part of the LowerDecks season 2 discussion, to finish off 2021. Hope you enjoy and Happy New Year! Stay safe and we'll see you in 2022 for more Trek talking!
Ep.114 – Back on the Cerritos
November 18, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 78.9 MBWelcome to our latest episode! We've recorded this a little while back, while LowerDecks Season 2 was on and it's our thoughts on the first half of that season! Fair to say, it's a lot of fun! We'll be bringing out thoughts on the second half at you very soon!
Ep.113 – Fight! 2 - The Live Show
October 14, 2021 09:39 - 48 minutes - 44.4 MBWelcome to our latest episode, a bit of a trip back in time, to October 2019, where, at Destination Star Trek, the 10Backward crew did Fight! 2, a sequel to our popular Fight! episode. When I say at Destination Star Trek, I mean, on stage as a schedule panel, they actually let us do that... what were they thinking? Anyway, it was quite a good one, however, we thought it might never be released as the sound quality was poor. We've been working on it and trying our best to minimise the backg...
Ep.112 – Star Trek Day Reactions
September 27, 2021 15:29 - 1 hour - 77.3 MBStar Trek Day Reactions 2021 Hello lovely listeners and welcome to our latest episode. We discuss some of the trailers and revelations that came out of the recent Star Trek Day. That's it, that's what we're doing this episode! Its a good discussion though and a lot of exciting stuff to process.
Star Trek Day Reactions
September 27, 2021 15:29 - 1 hour - 77.3 MBStar Trek Day Reactions 2021 Hello lovely listeners and welcome to our latest episode. We discuss some of the trailers and revelations that came out of the recent Star Trek Day. That's it, that's what we're doing this episode! Its a good discussion though and a lot of exciting stuff to process.
Bonus Interview - T'Pons theatre on subspace
September 10, 2021 16:19 - 45 minutes - 52.3 MBBonus Interview: T'Pons Theater on Subspace Hello and welcome to our bonus episode featuring the full interview we did with the excellent Rich Masters, who writes for the brilliant T'Pons Theatre. Originally recorded for our 100th episode we had such a great chat with Rich we had more material than we could fit in the episode again so here it all is!
Ep.111 – Way of the Warrior
September 10, 2021 16:16 - 1 hour - 83.4 MBWay of the Warrior Greetings gentle listener and welcome to the latest episode. Here we discuss what is arguably one of Deep Space Nines finest episodes the 4th season opener, Way of the Warrior. Basically we flipping love it and can bang about the great moments and how it compares to The Rock joining the fast and the furious movies. Yeah... That is actually part of it!
Way of the Warrior
September 10, 2021 16:16 - 1 hour - 83.4 MBWay of the Warrior Greetings gentle listener and welcome to the latest episode. Here we discuss what is arguably one of Deep Space Nines finest episodes the 4th season opener, Way of the Warrior. Basically we flipping love it and can bang about the great moments and how it compares to The Rock joining the fast and the furious movies. Yeah... That is actually part of it!
Ep.110 – In defence of Shades of Grey
July 30, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 69.5 MBIn defence of Shades of Grey Hello lovely listeners and welcome to our latest episode, where we take on our toughest challenge and attempt to find something great about The Next Generation's season 2 finale, Shades of Grey. A clip show, in the worst sense of the term, but surely a bunch of clips of Star Trek can be only awesome? What possible defence can we mount for such a widely lambasted episode? Find out by listening!
In defence of Shades of Grey
July 30, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 69.5 MBIn defence of Shades of Grey Hello lovely listeners and welcome to our latest episode, where we take on our toughest challenge and attempt to find something great about The Next Generation's season 2 finale, Shades of Grey. A clip show, in the worst sense of the term, but surely a bunch of clips of Star Trek can be only awesome? What possible defence can we mount for such a widely lambasted episode? Find out by listening!
Bonus Interview - Snap Trek
July 21, 2021 15:44 - 46 minutes - 53 MBBonus Interview - Snap Trek In another of our bonus full interviews recorded for our 100th episode, we talk to Jenn Tiftt and Ross Webster of the excellent Snap Trek podcast and just have a really lovely time, because they're so flipping lovely!
Ep.109 – Favourite Enterprise Episodes
July 16, 2021 16:40 - 1 hour - 69.4 MBFavourite Enterprise Episodes Hello lovely listeners and welcome to the latest episode of 10Backward. Join us on a long road, getting from there to here, as we all discuss our favourite episodes of Enterprise! It's a pretty happy Enterprise lovefest, with a lot of input from our twitter followers who all tweeted us with their favourites... we couldn't mention them all lest the episode be about 4 hours long, but it gave us a bit to talk about.
Favourite Enterprise Episodes
July 16, 2021 16:40 - 1 hour - 69.4 MBFavourite Enterprise Episodes Hello lovely listeners and welcome to the latest episode of 10Backward. Join us on a long road, getting from there to here, as we all discuss our favourite episodes of Enterprise! It's a pretty happy Enterprise lovefest, with a lot of input from our twitter followers who all tweeted us with their favourites... we couldn't mention them all lest the episode be about 4 hours long, but it gave us a bit to talk about.
Ep.108 – In Defence of... Profit and Lace
July 03, 2021 09:42 - 1 hour - 78.8 MBIn Defence of... Profit and Lace Our latest episode is here early for your wonderful people. We try and find some good things to say about oft crticised DS9 episode Profit and Lace. The one where Quark has to pretend to be a lady! With sexy... wait not sexy, with hilarious... wait, not that hilarious... with results. Just results. Do we find anything good about it? Or can we only conclude everyone is right and this is a rare misfire on the part of DS9? You... you have to listen to find ou...
In Defence of... Profit and Lace
July 03, 2021 09:42 - 1 hour - 78.8 MBIn Defence of... Profit and Lace Our latest episode is here early for your wonderful people. We try and find some good things to say about oft crticised DS9 episode Profit and Lace. The one where Quark has to pretend to be a lady! With sexy... wait not sexy, with hilarious... wait, not that hilarious... with results. Just results. Do we find anything good about it? Or can we only conclude everyone is right and this is a rare misfire on the part of DS9? You... you have to listen to find out...
Bonus interview - Vintage1983 of Trek This Out
June 11, 2021 10:49 - 38 minutes - 44.1 MBBonus interview - Vintage 1983 of Trek This Out Hello and welcome! Its another bonus episode, from our full interviews that we recorded for our 100th. Well they were all so flipping good and we couldn't use the full amount of talking so we are releaseing them seperately. Here we chat with Andrea, oft known as Vintage 1983, from the Trek This Out Podcast
Ep.107 – The Alternative Factor
May 21, 2021 15:00 - 31 minutes - 28.7 MBThe Alternative Factor Hello and welcome to our latest episode. This time is actually an old one. You might remember waaaaay, back in 2019, the beforetimes, Rick did a couple of episodes as a test bed for an idea. Basically he'd have one guest and they'd try to find the good in an episode generally considered not so great. One of these he recorded with the lovely Johnny Staggs where they talked about The Alternative Factor. But... then he lost it! Yeah... the idiot! However, it's turned up...
The Alternative Factor
May 21, 2021 15:00 - 31 minutes - 28.7 MBThe Alternative Factor Hello and welcome to our latest episode. This time is actually an old one. You might remember waaaaay, back in 2019, the beforetimes, Rick did a couple of episodes as a test bed for an idea. Basically he'd have one guest and they'd try to find the good in an episode generally considered not so great. One of these he recorded with the lovely Johnny Staggs where they talked about The Alternative Factor. But... then he lost it! Yeah... the idiot! However, it's turned up ...
Bonus interview - Trek Ranks
May 16, 2021 17:02 - 29 minutes - 33.7 MBBonus interview - Trek Ranks Hello and welcome! Its another bonus episode, from our full interviews that we recorded for our 100th. Well they were all so flipping good and we couldn't use the full amount of talking so we're releaseing them seperately. Here we chat with Jim Moorhouse, also known as Enterprise Extra and the genius behind the amazing Trek Ranks podcast.
Dolphins on the D
May 08, 2021 17:09 - 1 hour - 68.5 MBDolphins on the D Hello, welcome to a new 10Backward! This time we're talking with some porpoise, discussing the potential of the heard about but never seen Cetecean Ops department on the Enterprise D. We also cover other sea bound life in Trek, such as George and Gracie!
Ep.106 – Dolphins on the D
May 08, 2021 17:09 - 1 hour - 68.5 MBDolphins on the D Hello, welcome to a new 10Backward! This time we're talking with some porpoise, discussing the potential of the heard about but never seen Cetecean Ops department on the Enterprise D. We also cover other sea bound life in Trek, such as George and Gracie!
Whom Pods Destroy - Interview Bonus
April 30, 2021 15:02 - 41 minutes - 47.9 MBWhom Pods Destroy Hello listeners... this is not an episode! Well it obviously is, but not in our usual run, but another in our series of bonus interviews that we carried out for our 100th episode. So much fun material was recorded, but ended up cut out lest episode 100 end up almost as long as Kirk's journey to the refit Enterprise in the Motion Picture! So here is the full interview with the brilliant Terry Duffelen of excellent UK Trek Podcast, Whom Pods Destroy, which you should also g...
Discovery Season 3 Part 2
April 17, 2021 06:41 - 1 hour - 87.8 MBDiscovery Season 3 Part 2 Hello! Our new episode continues our discussion about season 3 of Discovery. We continue talking about the Burn, the characters and wander off on some strange tangents as always!
Ep.105 – Discovery Season 3 Part 2
April 17, 2021 06:41 - 1 hour - 87.8 MBDiscovery Season 3 Part 2 Hello! Our new episode continues our discussion about season 3 of Discovery. We continue talking about the Burn, the characters and wander off on some strange tangents as always!
Bonus - Trek Book Club interview
April 08, 2021 10:19 - 30 minutes - 35.5 MBBonus - Trek Book Club interview Remember our 100th Episode? Sure you do, it was only recently! Anyway, we recorded some excellent interviews with some awesome folk and they were so awesome that we talked for ages but couldn't use everything in the episode. So we're releasing full interviews as bonuses! This is our first one, with the excellent Rob Chapman, who created the Trek Book Club.
Discovery Season 3
April 01, 2021 10:04 - 1 hour - 77.2 MBDiscovery season 3 Hello, it's a new episode of 10Backward! We're talking season 3 of Discovery. While we did start discussing this earlier (episode 99, 'Feel the Burn') now the season has concluded, we thought we'd look at the rest. And we did! Here it is, or at least part one of this nacelle detatching discussion!
Ep.104 – Discovery Season 3
April 01, 2021 10:04 - 1 hour - 77.2 MBDiscovery season 3 Hello, it's a new episode of 10Backward! We're talking season 3 of Discovery. While we did start discussing this earlier (episode 99, 'Feel the Burn') now the season has concluded, we thought we'd look at the rest. And we did! Here it is, or at least part one of this nacelle detatching discussion!