Title: Datalore
Original Air period: January 18, 1988
Teleplay by: Robert Lewin and Gene Roddenberry
Story by: Robert Lewin and Maurice Hurley
Directed by: Rob Bowman
Episode: S01E013
Stardate: 41242.4

Synopsis: After dropping off a bunch of Human Horn for Lurr in the Omicron Persei system,…

If you’re even sparingly a fan of Star Trek: The Next Generation, you’ve no doubt heard of the recent release of the 20th anniversary edition of the complete series DVD set, total with new bonus features. First you probably said to yourself, “holy crap, that was 20 years ago?! Get outta my yard!” Yo…

Tonight at dinner, a friend of mine mentioned that he recently met Brent Spiner at an event. He next proceeded to tell me approximately how a particularly annoying Star Trek fan spent the entire evening bothering Spiner with questions approximately his character notes.

It reminded me of an episod…

Are you a Captain Kirk fan or a Captain Picard fan? On one hand you have toupees and overacting and awesome songs, and on the other hand you have a calm, tea-drinking guy who pulls at his shirt all the duration. I lean increasingly toward Picard, but I often find that punching an alien ins…

Title: The Big Goodbye
Original Air moment: January 11, 1988
Written By: Tracy Torme
Directed by: Joseph L. Scanlan
Episode: S01E012
Stardate: 41997.7

The Enterprise is on a diplomatic mission to Alderaan, and the imperial senate will not stand for — oh. Wait. Sorry. Wrong Star. Let’s…

Filed under: OpEd, Video, Web, Star Trek: The Next GenerationDon’t ask me why, but someone has compiled a video consisting of the final ten seconds of every episode of the first season of Star Trek: the Next Generation.
Now many of you may know that, but nearly every episode ended with someone sayin…

Bullshit” thing. Yar calls Riker out of his quarters, where he’s been watching two holographic young women play the harps together. . . While Tasha rubs the box’s nose in it so it can think about what it’s done, Troi tells Riker that the box didn’t contain a boat after all. It’s a Betazoid Gift …

Some of the technology explored in that essay comes from shows like Star Trek: The Next Generation, Futurama, Star Trek: Enterprise, and an old German series called Raumschiff Orion.
Schmitz’s essay looks at the technology used in these series and compares them to similar technology in the real worl…

Holland and Gene RoddenberryStory By: C.J. The colonists are in luck (as are Trekkies who have had their fill of “Pain! There’s been an accident, and they need urgent medical attention. it’s one of the classic Sci-Fi cliches.)The Enterprise kicks it up to Warp 9.1, but quickly runs into a familia…

Picard doesn’t remember him but wants to know why he requested a meeting and kept the Enterprise waiting for three days, and why in the world they chose Chicago X as their hold music, considering “If you Leave Me Now” is cool once, but every 38 minutes for three days is a little much.Continue readin…

It’s a cool shot — so cool, in fact, we reused it about 900 times by the duration of the series, with different planets (or no planet at all) put into the background.Picard walks onto the bridge, and before he can find out the Hood’s reply to his taunt bon voyage, mon ami (which loosely translates …

. . Fontana and Gene RoddenberryDirected by: Corey AllenEpisode: S01E01Stardate: 41153.7Synopsis: The Enterprise, which is huge and beautiful and majestic, cruises through space toward the camera, and Trekkies who have waited since the 60s to have new Star Trek on television let out a mighty cheer….

G4 will start airing ST:TNG 2.0 on January 15 at 9 PM.I’m certain the folks at G4 will do a fine job with that. I mean, as far as behind-the-scenes info and wise-ass reviews are concerned, how much better can you do than using someone who was actually on the show? Filed under: Other Science Fictio…

Filed under: Other Science Fiction Shows, TV on DVD, Retro Squad, Star Trek: The Next GenerationTitle: JusticeOriginal Air term: November 09, 1987Written By: Worley ThorneStory By: Ralph Wills and Worley ThorneDirected by: James L. ConwayEpisode: S01E08Stardate: 41255.6Synopsis: After dropping some…

Wrong. Filed under: Other Science Fiction Shows, TV on DVD, OpEd, Retro Squad, Star Trek: The Next GenerationTitle: Lonely Among UsOriginal Air term: November 02,, 1987Written By: D.C. The ship scans the cloud, and big blue bolts of energy zap right out of the the wall and into Worf, knocking him …

But he plus received a bit of a surprise in the comments: a response from one of the co-writers of the episode, Diane Duane.People who are animation buffs know Diane pretty well already; she has written for cartoons as diverse as Scooby and Scrappy-Doo (let’s just hope she wasn’t the one who came up…

Data backs him up with a surprisingly brief and to the point explanation. (Riker must be so happy he brought her along for that deep and difficult to observe insight.) But she soon after adds that she doesn’t feel anything from the mysterious assistant, like he isn’t even there. Picard is totally …

Geordi says that he isn’t even touching the gas pedal, and that his foot is securely on the brakes. Rumors about the Ferengi are numerous, and include some terrifying suggestions: they eat humans, they’re big and scary, and they have really huge wangs.The Enterprise makes visual contact with the Fe…

McCoy in the original series episode “The Tholian Web”, going for $144,000.The History Channel streamed the auction live on their website, but whether you missed it, they additionally filmed everything for a future documentary. Models and miniatures were the big winners. Eight other items in the m…