Into Darkness In 2009 Star Trek was rebooted. It is the in-word for taking a much loved series and starting again. That movie took risks changing what was a well-loved brand, universe and let’s face it huge fan base. However, it worked, despite a few niggles and maybe one set that was never quite right. It worked because it did too things; made money and made new fans. So we move on and wait. Unlike other studios, with Trek there…
A Fans Thoughts The Naked Time Star Trek seldom featured episodes with no ‘guest’ aliens, it was the nature of space to almost always find someone. However, there were the occasional stories which explored the crews. The Naked Time is one of the better explorations of a crew trapped by an unknown virus with, as always, time running out. The episode opens with USS Enterprise in orbit of the dying planet Psi 2000. Their mission is to locate a missing…
Hello Dear Reader DST50 What might you ask is DST50? Well, this weekend a 50th birthday (of sorts) was celebrated at the NEC Birmingham. Star Trek, one the top five sci-fi franchises reached 50 years. DST50 was Destination Star Trek 50. I had known about this for some time, both the birthday and event, however, I was unsure about returning to something of my past. Confession. I used to go to Trek conventions and they were always damm good fun….
