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Star Trek Turns 60, Promptly Sells You A Casserole Dish
The Star Trek 60th anniversary brings a new Paramount film and a Le Creuset cookware range, the 2026 Dragon Awards hand out rockets…
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Star Trek: a future filled with Warp Drives but void of Roombas (video).
In the odd tapestry of science fiction, Star Trek stands out like a sore, albeit a beloved, thumb, reckons Rowan J Coleman as…
August 2022
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Star Trek: the original series… what were the Top Ten best episodes, ever?
Let’s get into some real controversial stuff, here. Not politics and whether Biden could beat Trump in a game of Battleship, but the…
May 2022
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Having a deep Star Trek conversation with a Star Trek script-writer (video).
He’s written for shows including Star Trek: The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Babylon 5, The Twilight Zone, Sliders, and, most recently, Space…
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What if the Federation didn’t exist at all? (Star Trek video essay).
Even though the United Federation of Planets has been a mainstay of the Star Trek universe since its inception, what would happen if…
December 2021
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What inspired Star Trek? (video)
Star Trek is one of the most well-known science fiction series of all time. It’s often recognised as a watershed moment in the…
November 2021
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Star Trek writing over the ages (video).
In the second part of the Critical Drinker’s series examining the problems in contemporary filmmaking, he investigates why intelligent, mature people have all…
October 2021
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Star Trek: just how much action is the right amount of action? (video)
Rowan J Coleman delves into the recent fan arguments that the modern Star Trek franchise’s outings are trying to over-action the once thoughtful…
August 2021
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Star Trek: the various Doctors and medical cast rated (video).
Who was the best doctor in the sickbay of a Star Trek movie or TV series? That’s a tricky question that will divide…
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Star Trek: what’s the future of the franchise? (video).
The Critical Drinker rips the top of a tin of the cold stuff and ponders the issue of Star Trek, and asks what’s…
July 2021
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Star Trek’s society without money: how did that work? (video)
Here’s a short dive into the the Star Trek universe, which had a society without money inside the Federation. So, was that true,…
June 2021
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Star Trek heresies: Wesley Crusher was… ^%$%^ing good? (video)
Here’s a Star Trek heresy for you… many fans believe that Wesley Crusher is one of the most hated characters in all of…