Episode 126, Stardate 1402.11 "Captain Ruk"

This Week in Trek: A Star Trek Podcast

English - February 11, 2014 21:05 - 1 hour - 34.3 MB - ★★★★ - 112 ratings
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News

More extra crappy merchandise http://www.startrek.com/article/first-look-star-trek-hot-wheels

“Redshirts” is getting its own TV series. Very good for Trek if it does well because if a parody makes money, a new Trek certainly would. http://io9.com/redshits-is-getting-its-own-tv-series-1518552683

Star Trek Continues Episode 2 is out. http://www.startrekcontinues.com/episodes/#.Uvgq2_Z-YcI

Darrell: It’s like it’s 1970, the original actors were all fired, and replaced with excellent substitutes I have no problem with any of them except a bit with Spock, but at least his hair is right this time.

Ten Forward:

Chris on Twitter: What do u think the appropriate age for a child should be before they start watching Trek?

Chris on Twitter: Using any Trek character, what is your all star crew? Captain, First Officer, Doctor, helmsman, etc.

Shaun Austin on Twitter: Why are the people always eating on ST:Enterprise?

Star Trek in pop culture:

The Running Man, 1987, A wrongly convicted man must try to survive a public execution gauntlet staged as a game show. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

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Episode insight: DS9 S5: The Darkness & the Light

Character Insight - Barclay

Subspace communications

Ken P.