Episode 159 - TNG - The Royale
This podcast review of the Next Generation episode the Royale was recorded live on YouTube and has been edited down a little for your listening pleasure. https://youtu.be/utTOQ_FrhEY
Baby needs a new pair of shoes and when the train comes in everybody rides!
The episode was a crap sandwich but the company was sizzlin’. We had so much fun that we decided to do it again. Join us for the next one, first Monday of May at 8pm UK time.
Episode 158 - DIS - Into the Forest I Go
Sure, just one last jump and then I’ll take you to the opera. Stammets, nooooo!
This week, Rachel and Chris are joined by guest Anika Dane to discuss her thesis on mental health in Star Trek’s utopian society, from TOS to Discovery.
You can find Anika and her work on portrayals of PTSD in Star Trek on Twitter @manicpixiedane
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Episode 157 - DIS - Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum
Rachel discovers Saru is really tough and also: blue leaves are nice.
Saru gets a dose of peace and kicks the livin’ heck out of Burnham and Tyler for it.
Rafe said on Patreon: “In my head, there’s a cut scene where the landscape gardener from the Shore Leave planet stops by Pahvo and likes the blue plants so much that he takes one to use in the Shore Leave garden. Just one.”
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Episode 156 - TNG - Contagion
Rachel fights to stay awake during this week's episode!
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Geordi finally gets results for the USS Enterprise by restarting it, after providing the only bit of action in this snoozefest by getting slammed around a turbo lift.
David Wetzel commented on Patreon: “I"m also wondering what they did while they restored and rebooted Life Support? I would have liked to see Riker give the announcement, "We are rebooting Life Support, everyone take a deep breath" :)”
Episode 155 - TNG - The Dauphin
We had a great time recording this one on YouTube live https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5-lXE2AL8I&t=1839s
Wesley gets the girl…I mean the yeti…I mean the light statue!
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Episode 154 - DIS - Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad
Discovery does Groundhog's Day, Mudd style!
Heists get high ratings, Michael & Ash lovin’ boosts the sexiness rating through the roof BUT that ending…really??
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Episode 153 - DIS - Lethe
Rachel and Chris talk about Dads. Vulcan or otherwise.
Michael discovers her Dad is not focused on her shame as he dies - it’s his own!
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Episode 152 - TNG - The Measure of a Man
Rachel and Chris get totally invested in Data's future. Riker is called on to argue against him, Picard kicks ass and then heads off for some sexy times with another old flame.
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Episode 151 - TNG - A Matter of Honor
Riker charms the pants off of us in this Klingon-centric extravaganza!
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Episode 150 - DIS - Choose Your Pain
Rachel and Chris really start to dig Discovery! Slogging through the first two eps is starting to pay off. Harry Mudd is back, Lorca is captured and we wonder why the Klingon guards are so easy to beat.
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Episode 149 - DIS - The Butcher's Knife Cares Not for the Lamb's Cry
Ooh! What a mouthful. Well get your teeth into this: Disco picks up and gives us some high scores and ethical dilemmas.
It’s not 'fun' (if you like that kind of thing) but it sure is interesting.
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Episode 148 - TNG - Unnatural Selection
Rachel and Chris fear another Deadly Years or Too Short a Season, as we return to the old classic - age related sci-fi mishaps.
The producers must have realised how badly Polaski was coming across so far and wrote a re-brand into the show!
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Episode 147 - TNG - The Schizoid Man
Well folks, this episode is a contender for lowest entertainment rating ever, even with an evil Data.
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We dig into how it all went wrong and improvise our own eulogies.
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Episode 146 - TNG - Loud as a Whisper
Rachel and Chris discuss the fashion choices of a deaf mediator and his entourage.
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This is not a reference to Van Gogh’s ear by the way! Chris just thinks the guy looks like him.
Troi does something! She’s more than a woman to meeee.
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Episode 145 - Discovery - Context is for Kings
Discovery is dead to us after taking our name in vain. Rachel gives it a low entertainment score in revenge, but loves Tilly.
What is going on on this ship?
Episode 144 - TNG - The Outrageous Okona
Happy 2021! Rachel and Chris are jazzed about the new year, we hope you are too!
In our defence, we recorded this in mid December, when we were so hopeful.
Wesley swoons over ‘cool’ Okona, Teri Hatcher has a steamy date with him and Rachel just wants to cut off his ponytail.
Episode 143 - TNG - Elementary, Dear Data, Part 2
It was Data’s big episode, but now Picard has swanned in to sort it all out and where has Geordi gone? Only Moriarty can solve this writers room mystery. Big on concepts though!
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This week, Rachel and Chris are joined again by Artist/Writer Kristyna Baczynski!
Buy her limited edition Data and Geordi holodeck print here! https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/910500900/a4-print-elementary-dear-data-star-trek
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Episode 142 - TNG - Elementary Dear Data, Part 1
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This week, Rachel and Chris are joined by Artist/Writer Kristyna Baczynski!
Buy her limited edition Data and Geordi holodeck print here! https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/910500900/a4-print-elementary-dear-data-star-trek
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Bonus Content - Boldly Go! RPG Play Through
This bonus content is being made available to all this month! Patrons will still get it a week early, but since it's over an hour-long, we thought we should share during this giving time of year!
Rachel plays her first Star Trek roleplaying game using the rules from the recently Kickstartered roleplaying game 'Boldly Go' by the amazing Geoff Bottone! You can find out more about the game here: https://www.geoffquest.com/boldly-go
Our game is set in the TOS era and Rachel plays Capt. Sexton, the commander of the USS Sparkle-N-Shine (I wonder who named it). Chris is playing the Caitian Engineer, Vistabo, with guest Marty Jopson (http://blog.martyjopson.co.uk) playing the security chief, Janine Tarian.
We hope you enjoy it!
Happy holidays from Rachel & Chris!
Episode 141 - TNG - Where Silence Has Lease
Rachel and Chris had a rough time with this bad boy. Not great, folks. Not great.
Relax with Rachel’s second sleep story here: https://youtu.be/2mCqY9MPMaY