Episode 77: TNG. It stands for Those New Guys

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• Star Trek Welcomes Back Kate Mulgrew
• Alex Kurtzman Readying Production For 3 Star Trek TV Series, Wants Unification With Paramount Movies – TrekMovie.com
• Noah Hawley On The Challenge Of Making A Star Trek Movie With So Much Trek On TV – TrekMovie.com
• ‘TV’s Top 5’: Inside the State of ‘Star Trek’ With Franchise Captain Alex Kurtzman | Hollywood Reporter
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In Vulcan, Alberta, Canada news:

While there is no new “Star Trek” news out of Vulcan, we do note that the expansion to the Vulcan Community Health Center is now open. With reports of a second wave of COVID reaching Alberta, we are glad to see the people of Vulcan taking care of each other.
Expansion to Vulcan Community Health Centre opens to the public | Vulcan Advocate

71 additional stories. Everything from Mike McMahan giving hints about what will happen in season two of “Lower Decks” to Data being reimagined as a 90’s sitcom star to and more. 

1. ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ Season 2 Will Explore Mariner’s Sexuality; And (Probably) Feature More TNG Cameos – TrekMovie.com
2. Noah Hawley on Fargo Season 4, Legion, Star Trek, and Alien TV Series | Collider
3. Destination Star Trek London Postpones 2020 Date
4. Star Trek: How TNG’s First Contact & DS9 Mocked Each Other (& Why)
5. Star Trek: Picard’s Debut Season Hits BluRay | Star Trek
6. George Takei On “Star Trek” & Legendary Hollywood Career [Video]
7. Cadet Sidhu should join the cast of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
8. Rumor: Slumdog Millionaire Star Dev Patel Wanted For Lead Role Of Khan In Star Trek Spin-Off Series – Bounding Into Comics
9. Below Deck With Lower Decks: Mike McMahan Breaks Down Season One
10. Paramount Reportedly Still Making Quentin Tarantino’s Star Trek Movie
11. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Reread — The Missing | Tor.com
12. From Khan To Xon, ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ Easter Eggs In “Crisis Point” – TrekMovie.com
    Mike McMahan Shares Star Trek: Lower Decks — Crisis Point Easter Eggs | Star Trek
13. Star Trek October 2020 Publishing Highlights
14. Star Trek: Voyager went full My Fair Lady with Someone To Watch Over Me
15. Interview: Jonathan Frakes On ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’; Hopes To Helm ‘Short Treks’ Musical – TrekMovie.com
16. STAR TREK’s Data Reimagined as a ’90s Sitcom Star – Nerdist
17. CBS Potentially Teases New Cast Member for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds! – Bounding Into Comics
18. Star Trek just threw its entire movie canon into question
19. Exclusive: See Clip From ‘Star Trek: Picard’ Season One Blu-ray Special Feature On “Picard Props” – TrekMovie.com
20. The ‘Star Trek’ kiss that broke ground for race relations – ABC13 Houston
21. Star Trek Timelines announces Spocktober mega-event — Daily Star Trek News
22. Star Trek’s Zachary Quinto says the Kelvin Timeline cast still wants to return for another film • GEEKSPIN
23. ‘Picard’ exclusive clip reveals the drama behind Isa Briones’ Trek debut
24. Star Trek Online Adds Training Simulation of the Synth Attack on Mars | MMORPG.com
25. Star Trek Picard The Motley Crew Featurette Exclusive
26. Star Trek: What Happened To Spock’s Vulcan Replacement
27. Watch: ‘Star Trek’ Stars Assemble For Starfleet To Recruit You To Protect Democracy With “Trek The Vote” – TrekMovie.com
28. ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ May Be a Cartoon Comedy, But it is 100% ‘Trek’
29. 10 Most Unexpected Star Trek Moments
30. H&I | All Star Trek
31. Star Trek: Discovery Character Recap: Ensign Sylvia Tilly | Star Trek
32. Deep Space Nine Runs on Raktajino
33. 3 Star Trek characters we’d love to see on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
34. Book Nook – Star Trek Discovery : The Way To the Stars, Una McCormack joins us 10/03 by Trek Talking | Television
35. Watch: Patrick Stewart Goes Formal To Read The Final ‘Sonnet A Day’ – TrekMovie.com
36. Why Ensign Harry Kim should’ve been promoted on Voyager
37. Star Trek: The Musical – The Most Memorable Song And Dance Moments – TrekMovie.com
38. Interview: Jonathan Frakes Ponders The Future Of Star Trek Movies (And If He’s Ready To Return To Direct) – TrekMovie.com
39. Star Trek TNG: Wesley Snipes Was Almost Cast As Geordi La Forge
40. SNEAK PEEK: IDW’s Star Trek Deep Space Nine Too Long A Sacrifice #3 – Comic Watch
41. Star Trek Almost Cast Wesley Snipes as The Next Generation’s Geordi La Forge
42. Star Trek: Discovery, where we left off – Asap Land
43. Star Trek: Discovery: How Tilly is breaking new ground for female characters
44. Former ‘Battlestar’ Cylon is now a Klingon on ‘Star Trek Online’ | Space
45. The Boys’ Hughie and Star Trek: Lower Decks’s Boimler might bond, Jack Quaid says
46. The Deep Space Nine Young Readers Series, Ranked
47. Preview: Star Trek: Year Five #15 | Star Trek
48. Review: ‘Star Trek: Picard’ Season One On Blu-ray Looks Beautiful, With Just Enough Special Features – TrekMovie.com
49. ‘Star Trek Online: House Shattered’ Available Now – Watch Launch Trailer – TrekMovie.com
50. Star Trek: 10 Hilariously Incorrect Memes That Are Too Funny
51. Test a Starfleet rifle in this exclusive behind-the-scenes clip from ‘Star Trek: Picard’ Blu-ray | Space
52. ‘Jews in Space’: From early astronomy to Star Trek, Baltimore museum explores the celestial fascination of Jewish scholars, artists – Baltimore Sun
53. Halt and Catch Fire co-showrunner Christopher Cantwell just noticed something inspiring about the timing of Star Trek’s “risk is our business” speech — Daily Star Trek News
54. Today in Star Trek History: Bajorans make their first appearance in “Ensign Ro” — Daily Star Trek News
55. Watch: Teaser For Virtual NYCC Star Trek Universe Panels Hints At Announcements And Surprises – TrekMovie.com
56. Star Trek Online
57. Star Trek: Discovery Shares Exclusive Clip at NYCC | Star Trek
58. Star Trek: Prodigy Beams Down to NYCC | Star Trek
59. David Ajala Talks Star Trek: Discovery at NYCC | Star Trek
60. Star Trek: Discovery’s Future is Here
61. Trek Out the Vote, Part Two
62. Star Trek Online continues the Year of Klingon with its newest update: House Shattered — Daily Star Trek News
63. Star Trek: Discovery Character Recap: Lieutenant Commander Hugh Culber | Star Trek
64. NYCC 2020: Every Sci-Fi & Fantasy TV Show Panel | Screen Rant
65. Star Trek eBook Deals $.99 | Simon & Schuster
66. Star Trek: Discovery Character Recap — Lieutenant Commander Paul Stamets | Star Trek
67. Star Trek: Lower Decks Creator Breaks Down The Season 1 Finale – YouTube
68. Star Trek: Voyager Originally Had A Different Captain Janeway
69. A Star Trek: Lower Decks: Deep Dive | Star Trek
70. DS9’s Far Beyond the Stars is still one of Star Trek’s most necessary episodes
71. Doug Jones talk’s Hocus Pocus, Buffy & Star Trek Discovery’s new season. | www.98fm.com

Star Trek Discovery in the 32nd Century (Buck Rogers Mash-Up) – Season 3 Teaser – YouTube

Main Mission

This week we’re talking about episodes 9 and 10 of Season 1 of “Star Trek: Lower Decks” 
Crisis Point
First released on October 1, 2020
Written by Ben Rodgers
Directed by  Bob Suarez

No Small Parts
First released on October 8, 2020
Written by Mike McMahan
Directed by  Barry J. Kelly

Warp Speed Round Table

This time around…

What’s a civilization or situation you’d like the Cerritos to check back in on?

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