Episode 169, "Marvel, not Marvel"
This Week in Trek: A Star Trek Podcast · Michael Gaines and Darrell Skeels
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Show Notes
News
Star Trek 3’s release date is July 8, 2016.
Roxanne Dawson tweeted: “Star Trek is Paramount’s (and CBS’s) Marvel, and they don’t even know it.”
NCC-1701 model is now at Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center where they have a giant x-ray machine for determining fatigue and repairs needed. Infra-red photography has determined the paint is cracking due to shrinkage.
Ten Forward:
Chris on Twitter: If u were offered a job as a consultant for the next Trek series but had to quit your current job and move, would u?
Star Trek in pop culture:
The Simpsons
Ricochet (1991) An attorney is terrorized by the criminal he put away years ago when he was a cop. Denzel Washington, John Lithgow, Ice-T. This is your typical cops at the carnival scene.
(Clip: 00:32)
Episode insight: ENT: Stratagem
Character insight - Leah Brahms
Subspace communications
Ken P.