Since the original pitch document Star Trek is… from 1964, Gene wanted to do a story with a planet where women ruled and men were either slaves or treated as second-class citizens to examine how ingrained our biases and prejudices about our own sexes and genders are and how to break them.

It eventually got made as the TNG Season 1 episode “Angel One” which is hardly many if any fans’ favorite episode. What I want to learn from people here is how do we do such a concept without scrapping the episode or message of it entirely. We need to be able to examine ourselves through a mirror often.

My proposed idea for an episode would be if another Enterprise investigated a planet like early 21st century Earth - but where white, Christian, heterosexual, cisgender masculine men are second-class citizens or slaves to all who are not what they are when inside main cities or otherwise exiled to an all-male leper colony continent. A mixed-races, religiously tolerant, sexual orientation on top of gender spectrum, democratic woke utopia planet that is nuanced with its flaws and benefits.

What would you suggest should happen in or to the episode without nixing the concepts or messages of the episode outright about people respecting what others want to be for themselves and true equality? If the episode concept triggers people, I do so because I want you to look at yourselves and examine how you’re treating others and what it may be like to live in the other person’s worldview.

I look forward to seeing what can be done in and with the premise of Angel One yet a little updated with better writing and characters.

Does anyone have an outline drawing of a mek’leth? And the rough dimensions? I am making one for my husband for xmas but online I can only find pictures of ones others have made and I’m no artist. For reference it will be cut from stainless steel so I need an outline drawing and sizes to be uploaded to the plasma cutter. TIA!

When I watch discovery I have a hard time remembering the character names. I can name only half. Then I realized they have a lot more characters than the other series. The other series have about 7 or 9 main cast members and Discovery has more than that depending on who you consider main cast.

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Every one gives Reg so much shit and he is ALWAYS RIGHT! Barkley for president of the federation!

I recently started watching Voyager's Equinox, and in addition to feeling at times like the new ship's 78-person crew was almost nonexistent, it made me wonder: What was Captain Ransom's plan once he reached the Alpha Quadrant? Starfleet would know one way or another what he did and he would probably spend the rest of his life (along with his crew) in a penal colony.

I'm watching worst case scenario and think these two clash amazingly. Almost like McCoy and Spock. (I think this was an underrated gem of an episode, the story, bringing back Seska in a creative way, the clever ending.)

I know they did futures end and the one with Noss trapped on the planet where time went faster.

Anyone else think similarly?

I just watched this episode of Star Trek TNG and I think A Fistful of Datas is another great and fun episode to watch. There is alot of great humor. The old style western plot was great. I also liked the scene and studio layout to show a western. These studios are massive to have so many building frames on a street. Also Brent Spiner's acting was funny in all the different roles he had to play. All the cowboy talk and swagger was great. Spiner must have had so many coatume changes. It was funny when Worf was trying to end the holodeck program when a Data dressed as a woman showed up. Counselor troi was a good outlaw. Also Alexander actor (Brian Bonsall) was a good deputy. Wolf trying on hat at the end was cool too. Also Laforge forgot to shave his face.

Watching TNG for the 4th time though and it occurred to me…. Why do the engines have to work so hard to maintain high warp? Space is a vacuum right? So once you hit warp 9.3, you should stay at 9.3 even shutting the engines down.

Am I wrong here? If not, I’m curious why Star Trek couldn’t have taken that into account and built the show a bit differently surrounding that nuance.

I rewatched the scene between Wesley and Beverly in Transfigurations and it hits a bit different as an adult.

It's in the first half of the episode, after the alien heals O’Brien’s shoulder (also the first mention of Miles' kayaking). Beverly and Wesley have a quiet conversation in her quarters over coffee (maybe after dinner?). They’re discussing her mysterious patient, their mutual fondness for him, and Beverly's potential feelings for him. It’s refreshing to see a conversation that isn’t just Beverly worrying, Wesley pushing back, Wesley saves the day, etc.

Wesley’s genuinely curious and eventually asks if she has feelings for the guy. Beverly doesn’t try to avoid or neutralize the question. She answers honestly, showing real respect for her son’s intelligence and maturity. It’s a small moment but feels like some of the most authentic Beverly-Wesley bonding we get.

Both actors deliver a solid performance and it tells a different part of their story as mother/son.

going through a rewatch and having some fun with episodes i'd normally skip over or just demonizing details as it's been a few years since my last rewatch

Marc Daniels sticks out as a great director, especially in the changeling, tv esp in this era can get so stale but the creative shots in this episode are fun even if a few and far between

there's one particularly strange angled frame of the enterprise after kirk orders nomad to be held in the brig where it's almost an overhead shot but canted like an attempt at a dutch angle

nomad getting to float above so many portions of the set is so seamless and makes for an exciting and unsettling presence in the ship, it makes the sets feel disturbed in a way, the scenes often draw your attention away from how they're hanging it off screen which is good, only when you pay attention do you notice how they achieve the affect

my favorite shot is the rear tracking shot of nomad entering the turbo lift, it's a bit wonky but interesting enough to capture an unsettling feeling; sulu's reaction is probably the best coming out of the turbo lift

If you had Data's head and Lore's body, could you just connect the two?

I’m watching DS9 for the first time (no spoilers please) and I’m about halfway through the 2nd season. I throughly enjoyed most of the episodes in the first season, especially the one about Bajoran Religious fundamentalists and the siege arc, but the pacing for most episodes seems a bit…off. I guess I’m trying to ask for when DS9 gets to the highs of TNG S3-4? I’ve also found the Ferengi episodes a bit boring, why do most of the fan base absolutely LOVE Quark? Does he get more character development past always being the shady guy in every episode?

For the sake of argument, instead of a 23rd century alternate timeline, the 2009 version of the Enterprise is a 25th century Enterprise (maybe F or G since we last saw the E fighting the Scimitar), featured in a movie that moves the prime timeline forward, with a new crew? Maybe early-ish in the 25th century so we can include some TNG-VOY era cameos.

In that episode crew of the Enterprise getting addicted to a game that Riker brought from Risa. Then crew start to act mysteriously. The game is being reflected to the player's eyes. My question is how did Geordi played it? Cuz he plays it but we never see.

Daily Star Trek Quiz: ''Journey to Babel''

In which the Enterprise picks up some delicate delegates!

Ok , so everyone is a fan of lower decks. Sooo how about a TNG lower decks, we all know the episodes, but what about a lower decks type series running parallel to the TNG? Yes there's a fair few episodes that wouldn't really work parallel, but they could focus on the lower decks character building.

Has anyone found a good sewing pattern to make the Picard season 3 uniforms? I'm hoping to make a new outfit for next year and I'm either going with this or Lower Decks, depending on which pattern I can find (they're honestly kinda similar). Sciences division either way.

Anyway, any recommendations are greatly appreciated!

Just rewatched VOY "Prophecy", very good episode and I love the Klingon captain, I thought it was Avery Brooks playing him.

In the episode, Janeway orders the crew to share quarters with each other in order to make room for the Klingons and their families, because the Klingons blow up their own ship due to some religious purpose, they think B'lenna's baby is a Klingon messiah. Neelix gave his quarters to a Klingon family and he ends up bunking with Tuvok. Now, Neelix didn't choose Tuvok because as it turns out Tuvok is the only one not bunked with anyone else.

I know this was made for laughs, but it kinda makes Tuvok seem like an entitled person and he seems to think he is above Janeway's orders, I mean, it was kinda his fault why Neelix became his bunkmate and there was other Vulcans on the ship, he could have bunked with them or invited one of them to his quarters.

So much for the needs of the many (Klingons and their families) outweighs the needs of the few (himself).

"second star on the right and straight on till morning"...Chekov turns with a Rye smile and sets a heading to.....?

And don't say Rysa, that's too easy you perv's 😜

Hello! I was wondering if these Vulcans arrived on Earth before the official and unofficial first contact, what era do you think they would fit?

Solok: for some reason I think he would fit in any place that had an elitist environment, because I got a little bit of an elitist vibe in that episode and that was after the Vulcans had had work with humans for centuries. Imagine what he would be like after just meeting humans.

Mestral: I know we saw him in the 1950s so I was wondering what other eras he would fit into, he seemed like the type who could adapt quickly. He might do okay before DNA testing became a thing.

That's all the only ones I could think of for now, if anyone thinks what era fits these two best let me know.

I would stress I'm only a very casual/entry level Star Trek fan but I had high hopes of adopting SNW as 'my' series of Trek. However I'm halfway through the second season and despite all the goodwill I'm giving it, something seems off to me. I think the issue is this: there's been too many episodes focussing on the individual crew members too early and not enough of them working together as a team. And arguably the individuals without enough solo episodes are arguably the most important: Pike and Number One.

Yesterday I watched Lost In Translation. It seemed utterly bizarre to me that, despite her good performances in season 1, Pike would act on Uhura's utterly devastating 'orders' with so little investigation into the matter himself. Is that who he is as a captain? I don't really know.

Possibly the issue is caused by the practicality of episode numbers - there's not nearly as many episodes per series as there were in TOS or Next Gen so there's less time to character build subtly?

Or am I alone in this and everyone else has a really good feel of the crew as a whole and Pike in particular? Maybe I should go and watch him in Discovery, see if the extra screen time with him helps.

Also, wow do I find the chief engineer in season 2 annoying 🙄

I have this scene burned into my memory, but I cant find it anywhere in Ds9! I want to say it was Kira, who has to go off station, and ends up running into some super crazy advanced civilization's either... ship? Or cargo of some sort? Going through a wormhole or something similar to that. Once back on DS9, she asks who I think is a Cardassian, what they are, the guy replies with something like "Nobody knows, but to us we are but ants" or something very similar to this..... Are any of you able to ease my suffering? :(

So, the Talosians bring Yeoman Colt and the First officer to their underground holding area as potential mates for Captain Pike. Supposedly the Talosians are able to read the minds and know everything about their captives.

So, either they're ok with getting a human Illyrian hybrid species, or somehow Number One is able to screen her thoughts (and her DNA/physiology) from the Talosians. Which makes me wonder if the Federation has a point about fearing Augments and Illyrians.

I was watching the Descent two parter and I just reminded me how good Brent was when he got to play outside the confines of Data. Lore was such a fun character to hate.

In all honestly we should feel bad for him. He was discarded because he wasn't perfect according to his creator and forgotten about. But Brent plays the manipulative gaslighting little turd so well you look forwarwd to seeing him get his comupance. Even at the end he was trying to manipulate Data saying he loved him when I doubt Lore even knew what love was.

Sadly there are no more Soong style androids floating around the universe....NONE.