Episode 180: …About That Alien Probe

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‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ Series And Graphic Novel Nominated For Hugo Awards – TrekMovie.com

Star Trek Tricorder | The Wand Company

Nacelle Announces Second Wave of STAR TREK Action Figures, Including GENERATIONS Kirk, T’Pol, Carol Marcus, and More • TrekCore.com

Pre-orders: Star Trek – The Nacelle Company

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Returns This Summer with Season 3 | Star Trek

Trelane’s Jacket: Its Trek Through Hollywood | Star Trek

On | Zone Dreamers – YouTube

No Star Trek Movie Update At Paramount Pictures Annual Presentation To Theater Owners – TrekMovie.com

Here are links to 168 additional stories.broken out by series, movies and other categories. 

CLASSIC TV SERIES (in order of premiere)

Star Trek [The Original Series] (1966 – 1969) [3 seasons]

  1. No, This Hated Star Trek: The Original Series Episode Isn’t The Show’s Worst
  2. Star Trek: Who Is Balok?
  3. I Never Felt As Badly For Captain Kirk As When He Was Replaced In This Star Trek: The Original Series Episode
  4. Star Trek’s Infamous ‘Nazi Episode’, Explained
  5. The greatest ‘Star Trek’ episode ever made, according to fans—and see if your favorite made the top 25
  6. Trelane’s Jacket: Its Trek Through Hollywood | Star Trek
  7. Star Trek’s First Proposed Spin-Off Could Have Changed The Franchise’s Trajectory
  8. I Agree With William Shatner & Leonard Nimoy That This Star Trek: The Original Series Episode Is The Best
  9. Star Trek’s Best One-Off Guest Star Appeared 58 Years Ago, And The Franchise Still Hasn’t Topped Them
  10. Why Gene Roddenberry Named The Laser Weapons In Star Trek Phasers
  11. Top Star Trek: The Original Series episodes, ranked
  12. Star Trek’s First Failed Spin-Off Had A Longer Lifespan Than You Knew
  13. Why Star Trek’s USS Enterprise Had 4 Different Doctors Across Captain Pike & Captain Kirk’s Eras
  14. Did Redshirts REALLY Die More Often on TOS?? | Star Trek

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987 – 1994) [7 seasons]

  1. Star Trek: TNG Understood Commander Riker Better After Introducing This Controversial Character
  2. This Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 5 Episode Was So Good, Patrick Stewart Declared It His Favorite
  3. Why a Star Trek episode was ‘banned’ for a prediction over Ireland | Metro News
  4. If You Only Watch One Star Trek Episode In Your Entire Life, Make It This One
  5. Every Season Of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Ranked
  6. Michael Dorn’s Favorite Star Trek: TNG Episode Is ‘Suits’ Set in Space: “I love courtroom dramas”
  7. Actors Who Were Almost Cast As Star Trek’s Jean-Luc Picard Before Patrick Stewart
  8. What happened to Jeremy Aster in Star Trek? Here’s what we know
  9. Star Trek: The Next Generation Broke A Big Rule By Making Captain Picard Quote Captain Kirk
  10. Star Trek: The Next Generation’s Original Geordi Plans Were Very Different

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993 – 1999) [7 seasons]

  1. I Just Discovered Deep Space Nine’s Horror Episode, And Now I Need A Star Trek Slasher Movie | Cinemablend
  2. The Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Episode Everyone Loves But No One Talks About
  3. Why Deep Space Nine Is the ‘Star Trek’ we need in 2025
  4. Every Season Of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Ranked

Star Trek: Voyager (1995 – 2001) [7 seasons]

  1. “Maybe I was nuts, or maybe I cared too much”: Star Trek Boss Burned the Midnight Oil to Change the Original, Deceptively Stupid Voyager Design
  2. Star Trek: Voyager’s Highest-Rated Episode Nailed Time Dilation 14 Years Before Interstellar’s Legendary Miller’s Planet Scene
  3. Star Trek: 10 Things You Didn’t Know About The Doctor
  4. This Star Trek: Voyager Season 3 Episode Is The Best Place To Start Your Rewatch
  5. Star Trek: Voyager’s 10 Best Season 4 Episodes Made Janeway’s Show Better With Seven Of Nine
  6. Star Trek Theory: Admiral Janeway’s Voyager Finale Time Travel Changed The Prime Timeline
  7. Rewatching Star Trek: Voyager Today, This Season 1 Joke Takes On A Whole New Meaning
  8. How Different Star Trek Would Be Without Seven Of Nine Blows My Mind
  9. Every Season Of Star Trek: Voyager, Ranked
  10. Seska Was Voyager’s Perfect, Messy Foil
  11. A Returning Character In Star Trek’s Next Show Confirms Voyager Is The Most Important Series Of The TNG Era
  12. Robert Picardo On How The Doctor Is “Deeper” In ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ – TrekMovie.com

Star Trek: Enterprise (2001 – 2005) [4 seasons]

  1. Of All Star Trek’s Major Character Deaths, This Is The One That Really Made Me Go “WTF?”

STREAMING SERIES AND MOVIES (in order of premiere)

Star Trek: Discovery (2017 – 2024) [5 seasons]

  1. I Wish Star Trek: Discovery Got To Do The Series Ending They Originally Wanted

Star Trek: Picard (2020 – 2023) [3 seasons]

  1. Star Trek Hinted Seven Of Nine Would Become The Borg Queen, But It Was Another Picard Character Instead
  2. I’m Glad Star Trek: Picard Abandoned This Awful Seven Of Nine Borg Queen Storyline
  3. I’m So Glad Geordi La Forge Fixed Star Trek’s “Bad Commodore” Problem In Picard Season 3
  4. I’m So Glad Star Trek Realized It Wasn’t Too Late To Fix TNG’s Two Biggest Romance Mistakes

Star Trek: Lower Decks (2020 – 2024) [5 seasons]

  1. Star Trek: Lower Decks Final Season Seemingly Changes A Voyager Character In A Way Fans Will Appreciate
  2. Review: ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ The Final Season Blu-ray Is Fully Dilated, Including 5 Episode Commentaries – TrekMovie.com

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2022 – present) [4th season announced]

  1. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds “Very Special” Ep. 404 Filming Begins
  2. ‘Strange New Worlds’ Season 3 Release Window, Cast, Trailer, And Plot For The Flagship Star Trek Series
  3. ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Season 3 – Everything We Know So Far – Newsweek
  4. The First Trailer for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 Is a Wild Trip
  5. ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Season 3 Trailer; Premiere Window Set
  6. New ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Trailer Reveals A Genre-Bending Third Season – TrekMovie.com
  7. ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Season 3 Trailer
  8. ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Season 3 Teaser Released
  9. Season 3 Teaser Trailer | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | Star Trek
  10. ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Season 3 teaser trailer promises more gimmicky hijinks in the final frontier (video) | Space
  11. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Somehow Gets A Famous Piece Of TNG Technology 100 Years Early
  12. Strange New Worlds Sets Up Another Member Of Kirk’s Classic Star Trek Enterprise Crew
  13. 15 Cool Things We Learned From Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3’s Trailer
  14. 2 Years Later, Strange New Worlds Season 3 May Become Star Trek’s Longest Wait To Resolve A Cliffhanger
  15. Strange New Worlds gets nostalgic with its first Season 3 trailer – TREKNEWS.NET | Your daily dose of Star Trek news and opinion
  16. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds sets phasers to camp is new S3 trailer | The Verge
  17. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 Sadly Debunks A Dr. McCoy Fan Theory
  18. Watch These 8 Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Episodes To Truly Understand La’an
  19. Strange New Worlds Confirms Season 3’s Time Jump With A Star Trek: Enterprise Callback
  20. Strange New Worlds Season 3 Copies Star Trek: Voyager’s Fan Favorite Sci-Fi Spoof
  21. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Goes Retro in Season 3 Trailer, But What Does This Mean For Captain Pike and His Crew?
  22. I Just Noticed Strange New Worlds’ Series Premiere Quietly Paid Tribute To 2 Star Trek Heroes
  23. One Star Trek: Discovery actor was going to play an Andorian instead of a human
  24. Sorry Strange New Worlds, But I Don’t Want This Classic Star Trek Character In Season 3
  25. Strange New Worlds Is A Better Version Of What Star Trek: Discovery Was Trying To Be
  26. 1 Missing Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Character Has Me Worried They’ll Die In Season 3
  27. Star Trek Makes Strange New Worlds’ Version Of TNG’s Ten Forward Even More Important
  28. Strange New Worlds’ Musical Episode Was Great, But I’m Worried A Season 3 Story Will Make Star Trek Too Meta
  29. 6 Things We Want from Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 – Fangirlish
  30. I firmly believe that first trailer of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 is all retro and more is yet to come
  31. If Strange New Worlds Season 3 Is Bringing Back Trelane, It Means A Big Change For Modern Star Trek
  32. I Really Want Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 To Prove Pike’s Enterprise Has The Same Ability As Picard’s

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy (no release date announced) [season 1 in production]

  1. ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ Just Got an Otherworldly Update
  2. The EMH In Star Trek’s Next Show Is Voyager’s Original Doctor 800 Years Later & I Love What This Means
  3. Trekkies Are Torn On Tawny Newsome Joining Starfleet Academy
  4. Star Trek’s Robert Picardo Said What He Could About The EMH’s Return In Starfleet Academy, And The Voyager Fan In Me Is Absolutely Thrilled | Cinemablend


THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES (in order of premiere)

Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

  1. Star Trek: The Motion Picture Is Better Than You Remember & Here Are 6 Reasons Why

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)

  1. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Ending Explained: What Happened To Kirk & The Whales
  2. I Can’t Believe Chekov Was Called THAT Insult In Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

Star Trek: Generations (1994)

  1. I’ll Never Understand Why Captain Picard Didn’t Save His Family In Star Trek Generations

Star Trek: First Contact (1996)

  1. Why is April 5th the Most Important Date in Star Trek?

Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)

  1. Star Trek: Nemesis Didn’t Understand Captain Picard & Jean-Luc’s Treatment Of Troi Proves It


Star Trek (2009)

  1. J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek Totally Changed Where USS Enterprise Was Built Because Of Kirk
  2. Star Trek Still Owes JJ Abrams Credit For Its Revival

    Star Trek Beyond (2016)
  3. Leonard Nimoy’s Final Star Trek Appearance Has Major Ramifications For The Kelvin Timeline’s USS Discovery

Untitled Star Trek Kelvin-verse movie [currently not on Paramount announced roster]

  1. Simon Pegg Still Has Hope For Star Trek 4

OTHER MEDIA
Star Trek books, audio bookss

  1. Captain Pike and his crew explore a lost Starfleet vessel in a new ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ novel coming later this month | Space

Star Trek video games/board games

  1. 10 Games Star Trek Games We Need ASAP

Star Trek toys/collectibles/other merchandise

  1. Review: EXO-6’s New ‘Star Trek: The Motion Picture’ Figure Is The Real McCoy – TrekMovie.com
  2. Second Wave Of Nacelle Star Trek Figures Includes ‘Generations’ Kirk, Sailor Worf And Geordi, And More – TrekMovie.com
  3. More of Nacelle’s Excellent Star Trek Toys Are Coming, and We Need Them All
  4. Hiya Toys Takes Flight with Star Trek (2009) USS Enterprise Starship

Star Trek Comics/graphic novels/magazines

  1. After More Than 20 Years, Star Trek: Voyager’s Comeback Is Really Making Season 8 Happen
  2. ‘Star Trek: Lore War’ #1 Preview: Sisko to the Rescue
  3. Star Trek Just Made a Classic Episode Way More Disturbing With an Unexpected Reveal
  4. Star Trek: Voyager’s Revival Really Needs to Fix Its Failed Villains
  5. After 36 Years, Star Trek Is Finally Calling Out Its Most Controversial Movie
  6. Star Trek Is Paying Tribute to One of the Show’s Forgotten Victims After 32 Years
  7. Star Trek Really Tried to Make 1 Species Evil, And It’s Ready to Explain Why

MISCELLANEOUS

Paramount Global/Paramount+ News

  1. Yellowstone Drama Gives Little Help to Paramount Stock (NASDAQ:PARA) | Markets Insider
  2. Paramount first to adopt iSpot’s new outcomes-based data feed for TV, streaming ads
  3. Paramount Global-B (PARA) Up 3.9% Since Last Earnings Report: Can It Continue?
  4. Paramount Stock (NASDAQ:PARA) Slips as it Loses a Big Name in College Football | Markets Insider
  5. FCC opening probe into diversity practices at Disney and ABC | Reuters
  6. Jim Cramer’s Bearish Call On Paramount Global (PARA) – “Take the Money and Run”
  7. This Week in Chancery Court: Mattel Settlement, Paramount Files
  8. Wall Street Analysts Are Bullish on Top Communication Services Picks – The Globe and Mail
  9. Yahoo Hires Josh Line, Former Paramount Chief Brand Officer, as CMO
  10. Paramount Stock (NASDAQ:PARA) Gains Despite Planned Streaming Budget Cuts | Markets Insider
  11. Paramount-Skydance Merger Status: Slow Going Amid New Obstacles
  12. Paramount Press Express | 10 CBS SERIES DELIVER 10 MILLION OR MORE VIEWERS IN LIVE+35 MULTIPLATFORM VIEWING
  13. Paramount’s Brian Robbins Touts Slate Amid “Noise Going On At Our Parent Company” – CinemaCon
  14. Taylor Sheridan And The New Paramount+ Owners Are On Collision Course – 2oceansvibe News | South African and international news
  15. Paramount Global Announces Writers for 2024-2025 Mentoring Program
  16. MobLand Secures 2.2 Million Global Viewers on Premiere Day
  17. ‘The Running Man’, ‘The Naked Gun’ footage impress at Paramount CinemaCon session | News | Screen
  18. Is the CBS Simulcast of the VMAs the Final Blow to MTV?
  19. M&A News: Paramount Stock (NASDAQ:PARA) Slumps as the Teamsters Fight the Merger | Markets Insider
  20. Paramount Stock (NASDAQ:PARA) Slides as it Shows Off at CinemaCon | Markets Insider
  21. Latham Partners Named to the Hollywood Reporter Power Lawyers 2025 List
  22. Paramount+ To Limit Budgets, License Series – Dark Horizons
  23. In fight over video privacy, 1980s law still has teeth | Reuters
  24. ‘MobLand’ Debuts To Record-Breaking Audience On Paramount+
  25. 26 ‘Almosts’ in TV Casting That Would Have Drastically Changed Your Favorite Shows | Cracked.com

Star Trek related science news

  1. Satire: Star Trek: One Small Step for Mammoth, One Giant Leap for MammothKind
  2. How accurate is the science in movies and TV? – DW – 04/15/2025

Franchise-wide/Miscellaneous

  1. ‘Star Trek’ Movies, Ranked From Worst to Best – Newsweek
  2. Star Trek: Star Trek Starfleet uniforms changed colors over the years and the reason might surprise you
  3. Star Trek Storylines That Disappeared Without Explanation
  4. The importance of humor in the Star Trek franchise
  5. A Star Trek Writer Explained A Long-Running Replicator Joke In The Franchise, And I Can’t Believe I Never Considered This | Cinemablend
  6. Julian Bashir Helped Me Make Trek My Own | Star Trek
  7. Star Trek’s Funniest Episodes | Star Trek
  8. What’s With Star Trek Lately? – Shepherd Express
  9. Alex Kurtzman isn’t part of the “larger vision of Star Trek” beyond the TV shows
  10. Unpopular Opinions About Star Trek That Raise Good Points
  11. America’s “Mirror, Mirror” Moment: How one classic “Star Trek” episode reflects our chosen reality | Milwaukee Independent
  12. Rachel Garrett: From Section 31 to the Enterprise | Star Trek
  13. Is This Popular Star Trek Showrunner Done with the Franchise?
  14. Which Star Trek Finale Was Worse: The Original Series Or Enterprise?
  15. 10 Times Star Trek Dared To Be Different
  16. In Seven of Nine, I Saw My Own Immigration Story | Star Trek
  17. 5 Star Trek Storylines That Have Aged Terribly
  18. 10 Convincing Star Trek Theories That Are Just Too Good To Be Wrong
  19. I Want Star Trek’s Origin Movie Even More After Watching Black Mirror’s USS Callister
  20. 10 Convincing Star Trek Theories That Are Just Too Good To Be Wrong
  21. Paramount Had a Wildly Short-sighted Reason for Delaying Star Trek: TNG, Thanks to George Lucas and Star Wars
  22. Did you know that these 4 Star Trek captain actors have other surprising talents?
  23. Star Trek: Every Starfleet Uniform Ranked From WORST To BEST

Convention news/fandom

  1. DA Steve Mulroy put in the hotseat in Star Trek Day grilling – YouTube
  2. Podcast: A Denobulan, A Vorta, A Ferengi, A Human, And A Producer Walk For Pancreatic Cancer… And Talk Star Trek Biz – TrekMovie.com


Actor Watch

  1. 10 Actors Who Appeared In Star Trek AND The MCU
  2. Podcast: John Billingsley And All Access Star Trek On Trek Talks 4, ‘Enterprise,’ And Pranking Scott Bakula – TrekMovie.com
  3. How Star Trek’s George Takei Felt About Working With John Wayne In Green Berets
  4. Patrick Stewart and other Star Trek stars set for Avengers: Doomsday
  5. Star Trek actor, John de Lancie to join RPO for Dr. Seuss reading
  6. Simon Pegg Tried To Get Nick Frost Cast As An Iconic Star Trek Character: “I’ve Pitched It Multiple Times”
  7. Live long and prosper as Star Trek Day returns — with Will Riker and Quark – Memphis Local, Sports, Business & Food News | Daily Memphian
  8. Brent Spiner’s Data Spinoff Idea Is The Perfect Next Star Trek Movie For Paramount+
  9. ‘I Have This One Idea’: Brent Spiner Talks Possible Star Trek Return as Data

Main Mission

Star Trek novel
“Probe”
Hardcover first published April 1992
Written by Margaret Wander Bonanno

Women at Warp – A Star Trek Podcast
Bonanno’s Manuscript: MUSIC OF THE SPHERES

End Of Show

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