Hello World!

My 10 year-old brother has finally discovered Instant Messaging. He now spends more time on the computer than I do (quite a feat, I can assure you), and every time I open up my Outlook Express I get messages from all his friends saying "are u there?" Sometimes I wish he wouldn't grow up so fast....

Trek BBS Today

Below are some of the topics currently being discussed at the Trek BBS:

- What connections do Cheers and Frasier have with Trek?

- Should 'Nemesis' have been filmed digitally?

- Where did the Enterprise-A come from?

More topics can be found at the Trek BBS!

Trek Two Years Ago

These were some of the major news items on October 27, 2000:

• BrannonBraga.com Posts 'System Error' Student Film
  BrannonBraga.com uploaded the Trek writer's 1990 student film 'Student Error,' which features Braga eating himself. No joke.

• Trek Spinoff Reruns To Move To Cable Channels
  Paramount Television let cable networks know that it was prepared to sell the rerun rights for 'The Next Generation', 'Deep Space Nine' and 'Voyager' for the record-breaking license fee of $364 million. The series were eventually acquired by the Viacom-owned TNN.

  More news can be found in the archives.

Poll Results

Below are the results of the most recent TrekToday poll:

Which Star Trek pet would you prefer? Data's cat, Spot 30.6% - (736 Votes) A Tribble, of course! 21.1% - (507 Votes) Picard's Lionfish, Livingstone 15.3% - (369 Votes) Janeway's dog, Molly 10.2% - (246 Votes) No pets for me thanks. 8.4% - (202 Votes) Martok's Targ 7.1% - (172 Votes) Phlox's Pyrithian bat 5.2% - (127 Votes) Hoshi's Slug 1.7% - (41 Votes) Total Votes: 2400

,Thanks for voting! Please participate in our new poll, which asks if you prefer story arcs or standalone episodes.,

Happy Birthday!

Today is the 49th birthday of Robert Picardo, who played the EMH on Star Trek: Voyager.

Today's Television Listings

• In the United Kingdom, Sky One will show the Voyager episode 'Displaced' at 14:00 GMT, with 'Worst Case Scenario' at 15:00 and 'Scorpion (Part 1 of 2)' at 16:00. Channel 4 will show the Enterprise episode 'Acquisition' at 18:45. Thanks go out to the Great Link for this!

Tomorrow's Television Listings

• TNN will be showing TNG's 'The Loss' at 8:00pm Eastern Time.

• The Sci-Fi Channel will be showing the Original Series's 'Wink of an Eye' at 6:00pm Eastern Time.

• We are unable to provide you with the Canadian listings due to a problem with the Space! web site.

• In the United Kingdom, Sky One will be showing DS9's 'Meridian' at 06:00 GMT, E4 will be showing the Original Series's 'Wink of an Eye' at 14:00, and Sky One will be showing TNG's 'The Loss' at 17:00. Thanks go out to the Great Link for this!

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