Aug 29 - Retro Review: Hero Worship A young boy who is the sole survivor of a disaster that killed his parents decides to emulate Data.
Aug 21 - Retro Review: New Ground Worf's human mother brings his son Alexander on board, insisting that she can no longer raise the boy.
Aug 14 - Retro Review: A Matter of Time When a visitor from a future era arrives on the ship, Picard asks for assistance about how to save a dying planet.
July 31 - Retro Review: Unification, Part Two Picard learns the reason for Spock's visit to Romulus: an attempted reunification of the Vulcan and Romulan races.
July 17 - Retro Review: Unification, Part One Shocked to learn that Spock may have defected to the Romulans, Picard and Data cross the Neutral Zone in to find him.
July 10 - Retro Review: The Game When an interactive game becomes addictive to the crew, Wesley Crusher and his new girlfriend must save the day.
June 20 - Retro Review: Disaster Troi must take command of the ship while Picard struggles to work with three children and Worf delivers Keiko's baby.
June 6 - Retro Review: Silicon Avatar A scientist pursuing the Crystalline Entity discovers that Data's brain holds her son's memories.
May 30 - Retro Review: Ensign Ro A court-martialed Starfleet officer from occupied Bajor is sent to help locate a terrorist leader.
May 23 - Retro Review: Darmok Picard is exiled with the leader of an alien race who speaks in incomprehensible metaphors.
May 9 - Retro Review: Redemption, Part One When Picard is asked as Arbiter of Succession to oversee Gowron's installation, Worf resigns from Starfleet to fight against the Duras family.
I've been hitting the fan fiction circuit pretty hard today, in search of some new material to read. Much to my dismay, there doesn't seem to be a lot of it about. Are all you Janeway-centric writers too traumatised by the finale to shuffle back to your keyboards?
If so, PLEASE start writing again. We Voyager fans need you now more than ever. PLEASE.
The one thing more traumatising than no new fan fiction at all, is of course, unfinished fan fiction. Two absolute classics that currently have me desperately waiting for more are C.A Brown's 'Of Mind, Body and Soul', a novella (or soon to be novella if I have my way) about the dashing Devore Inspector Kashyk from the season five episode 'Counterpoint.' Another absolute cracker of a story is Jules and Suz's 'Dark is Rising' series. Its dark, its violent, but its also rather amazing. Passing by their site earlier, I notice they've got a new Work In Progress posted too. Naturally, I read the first part, and am now bursting to know what happens next. Ack!
So please, fan fiction writers, return to your keyboards. We, your online fans, are desperate to hang from your every word, with the end of the series now more than ever. We need more adventures of Janeway and her crew. I'm very much looking forward to the first story from the Voyager Virtual Season 8 project.
In the meantime, I'm off to wear out my tape of 'Counterpoint' some more.
Trek BBS Today
Below are some of the topics currently being discussed at the Trek BBS:
-If the Borg are so efficiant, why do they have messy ships?
Below is a selection of the most important headlines that appeared on TrekToday on Tuesday June 1, 1999:
Sulu Actor Speaks
The San Antonio Express-News published an interview with George Takei (Hikaru Sulu). The actor talked about a possible series starring Captain Sulu, and William Shatner (James T. Kirk)
It's not just the adventures of this heroic, swashbuckling captain, but now we discover he's got a daughter. There's a whole romantic side. And we'll show how romantic THIS captain can be."
If you want to interpret that remark as a slam against William Shatner, who starred as Capt. James T. Kirk, go ahead. After all, Takei rarely misses a chance to get in a shot. "Let's just say he is a pompous and pampered and extremely self-centred individual."
Visitor's Future Plans
Nana Visitor (Kira Nerys) was interviewed by TV Guide about her post DS9 plans.
"I'd like to do some comedy... If it's stage, television or whatever, I'd just like to do something a little lighter now. It was heavy subject matter for sure... I was carried along by this wave of Star Trek, so now I'm manning the ship again."
Visitor partially got her wish, as she is currently starring as Roxie in the Broadway musical 'Chicago.'
Green Looks Back at Voyager Season 5
Michelle Erica Green took a look back at Voyager's season five. She commented on how widely uneven the quality of episodes was, and offered suggestions as to how the series might improve. You can read her full comments here at Get Critical.
More news from this day in 1999 can be found in our June 1999 archive.
Poll Results
Below are the results of the most recent TrekToday poll:
How would you grade 'Endgame'?
9-10
41.3% - (2819
Votes)
7-8
26.9% - (1842
Votes)
5-6
11% - (757
Votes)
Wasn't able to see it
10.8% - (743
Votes)
3-4
4.6% - (320
Votes)
1-2
3.6% - (251
Votes)
Didn't want to see it
1.3% - (92
Votes)
Total Votes: 6824
,Thanks for voting! In our new poll, we ask which Star Trek villain you'd most like to have as a dinner guest. Yes, really.,
Are you happy about the victory of Blu-ray over HD DVD?
Today's Television Listings
The Sci-Fi Channel will be showing The Original Series's 'A Piece Of The Action' at 5:00pm Eastern Time.
In Canada, Space! will be showing The Original Series's 'A Piece Of The Action' at 10:00am Eastern Time, TNG's 'The Offspring' at 12:00pm, a repeat of 'A Piece Of The Action' at 4:00pm, DS9's 'The Alternate' at 5:00pm, and Voyager's 'Darkling' at 10:00pm.
In the United Kingdom, Sky One will be showing TNG's 'QWho' at 17:00 GMT, with a repeat at 00:20.
Thanks go out to the Great Link for this!
In Germany, Sat.1 will be showing TNG's 'Planet Angel One' ('Angel One') at 16:00 CET, and Voyager's 'Unimatrix Zero, Teil 1' ('Unimatrix Zero, Part I') at 20:15.
In the Netherlands, Yorin will be showing DS9's 'Chimera' at 17:00 CET, and Net5 will be showing Voyager's 'Worst Case Scenario' at 18:35.
Thanks go out to StarTrek.nl for this!
Tomorrow's Television Listings
In Canada, Space! will be showing the Original Series 'The Immunity Syndrome' at 10:00 a.m Eastern Time. The Next Generation's 'Sins of the Father' is at 11:00 a.m. DS9's 'The Alternate' will be shown at 12:00 and Voyager's 'Darkling' at 1:00 p.m.
In the United Kingdom, Sky One will be showing DS9's 'A Call to Arms' at 14:00 GMT, followed by Voyager's 'Someone to Watch Over Me' at 15:00. Voyager's 'Relativity' will be shown at 17:00.
Thanks go out to the Great Link for this!
In Germany, Sat.1 will be showing the Original Series' 'Planet der Unsterblichen' at 14:00 ECT. Voyager's 'Die Denkfabrik' ('Think Tank') will be shown at 15:00.
41.3% - (2819
Votes)
