Visionary Trek

In this special show Bunny and Michael are joined by Commander Chakotay himself Robert Beltran. Robert tells us about the upcoming Resilient film project, his love of Shakespeare, joining social media and of course Star Trek Voyager. Synopsis: Dermot Turner is a spaceship engineer working on a solar sail concept at a research campus on Mars while Earth is on her final days, ravaged by natural disasters and the arrival of planet X in the Solar System. Dermot, whose wife Claire has died in a tornado in California, returns to Earth to battle the elements, rescue his friends and family, and build a space sail ship in time to depart Earth and find a way to stay alive, forever resilient. News article about Resilient 3D New Sci-Fi Film “Resilient 3D” Starring Star Trek’s Robert Beltran http://www.visionarytrek.com/help-fund-new-sci-fi-film-resilient-3d-starring-star-treks-robert-beltran/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/robertbeltran74 Facebook: www.facebook.com/Resilient3DTheMovie Twitter: https://twitter.com/Re

Welcome to our sixth episode and our fifth and final show looking at our first theme: the captains’ of Star Trek. In this show Bunny and Michael look at Captain Kathryn Janeway. We start by looking at Janeway’s first appearance in “Caretaker” and then look at one of the best written shows for the character “Counterpoint” and end our discussion looking at how Janeway got her crew home in “Endgame”. We also look at some of the news stories from the world of Trek, Michael manages to plug” not only the Holodeck but also The Captains’ Table show and in the bloopers we get to hear some singing, some interesting impressions and of course Michael’s pronunciations at their worst…. We also look at the latest Trek news Happy First Contact Day! http://www.visionarytrek.com/happy-first-contact-day-2/ Star Trek: The Next Generation – The Light Fantastic http://www.visionarytrek.com/star-trek-the-next-generation-the-light-fantastic/ Star Trek’s Michael Dorn Finally Verified On Twitter http://www.visionarytrek.com/sta

Welcome to this special edition of Visionary Trek. We start the show with the news of Destination Star Trek London which returns in October 2014. In the main part of the show Bunny and Michael are joined by Will Ross and James Zeun from FCD Events Group to discuss the fan funded event First Contact Day held in April 2014. During the show Will and James tell us about their vision for fan funded events, their reasons for starting FCD and what we can expect for 2015. Visionary Trek are pleased to say we will be covering First Contact Day in 2015 and will be keeping everyone up to date on the latest news as it happens. We are also pleased to welcome FCD Events as a friend of Visionary Trek. DST 3 Website: http://www.destinationstartrek.com/ Our section on DST 3: http://www.visionarytrek.com/category/destination-star-trek-3/ First Contact Day Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FCD2014uk Website: www.fcdevents.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/FCD_Equulus Wil Ross Twitter: https://twitter.com/yankie79 Contac

Exploring the Star Trek Universe through comics. Spanning four decades reviewing the newest stories & those from the comic archives. Welcome to Issue 42 of the Holodeck. Bunny and Michael are pleased to welcome back to the Holodeck artist Joe Corroney. Joe tells us about his experiences working on issues 33 & 34 of IDW’s ongoing Star Trek series and “The Lost Apollo Saga”. Joe also tells us about his work on The X-Files, Star Wars and his crazy convention schedule. You can find Joe: Twitter: https://twitter.com/Joe_Corroney You can find Joe on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/JoeCorroneyArt Website: JoeCorroney.com http://www.joecorroney.com/ Art Store: joecorroney.storenvy.com/ http://joecorroney.storenvy.com/ Instagram: joecorroney http://instagram.com/joecorroney Visit IDW Publishing for more info on the latest comics. http://www.idwpublishing.com/ Twitter https://twitter.com/IDWPublishing Contact us via: www.facebook.com/visionarytrek www.facebook.com/TheHolodeckPod https://twitter.com/h

Exploring the Star Trek Universe through comics. Spanning four decades reviewing the newest stories & those from the comic archives. Welcome to Holoshorts 5. This week Bunny and Michael continue their review of TAS with episode seven: “The Infinite Vulcan”. Michael had previously painted a bleak picture of this story so find out if Bunny agrees or if Michael right. Before that Bunny and Michael catch up with the latest comic news including the breaking story of the Star Trek / Planet of the Apes crossover from IDW and Boom comics. IDW & Boom! Studios Present: Star Trek/Planet of the Apes – The Primate Directive http://www.visionarytrek.com/idw-boom-studios-present-star-trekplanet-of-the-apes-the-primate-directive/ Visit IDW Publishing for more info on the latest comics. http://www.idwpublishing.com/ Twitter https://twitter.com/IDWPublishing Contact us via: www.facebook.com/visionarytrek www.facebook.com/TheHolodeckPod https://twitter.com/holodeck1701 http://www.visionarytrek.com/contact-us/ Send

Exploring the Star Trek Universe through comics. Spanning four decades reviewing the newest stories & those from the comic archives. Welcome to Issue 41 of the Holodeck. On this show Bunny and Michael review the five part Khan mini-series from IDW. They start by looking at the releases for June and July including some news about the Holodeck and issue 35 of IDW’s ongoing Star Trek series. They also look back at Fedcon and how they met David Messina. As always expect bloopers, tangents and some hints to upcoming shows Visit IDW Publishing for more info on the latest comics. http://www.idwpublishing.com/ Twitter https://twitter.com/IDWPublishing Visionary Trek Presents: Fedcon 23, Part 1 http://www.visionarytrek.com/visionary-trek-presents-fedcon-23-part-1/ Visionary Trek Presents: Fedcon 23, Part 2 http://www.visionarytrek.com/visionary-trek-presents-fedcon-23-part-2/ Contact us via: www.facebook.com/visionarytrek www.facebook.com/TheHolodeckPod https://twitter.com/holodeck1701 http://www.vision

Welcome to this special edition of Visionary Trek as Bunny & Michael bring you all the news from Fedcon 23. Bunny and Michael recount some fedcon tales now it’s all over. Star Trek: Axanar Website: http://startrekaxanar.com/ Facebook: StarTrekAxanar https://www.facebook.com/StarTrekAxanar Twitter: https://twitter.com/StarTrekAxanar Larry Nemecek Twitter: https://twitter.com/larrynemecek Website: www.larrynemecek.com Facebook: Larry Nemecek https://www.facebook.com/pages/Larry-Nemeceks-Trekland/121273617091 The New Starship Twitter: https://twitter.com/thenewstarship Website: http://newstarship.com/ Facebook: The New Starship https://www.facebook.com/TheNewStarship Fedcon Website: http://www.fedcon.de/en/ Contact us via: www.facebook.com/visionarytrek https://twitter.com/VisionaryTrek http://www.visionarytrek.com/contact-us/ Send us a voice message by clicking on the “Send Voicemail” button

Welcome to Visionary Trek. You may have been expecting our next theme to start with this show but as Bunny and Michael explain the last few weeks have been really crazy around Visionary Trek. For this show Bunny and Michael take a look at the current Star Trek news, discuss the latest guest announcements for Destination Star Trek London and talk about the London Film and Comic Convention where they met Terry Farrell, Dominic Keating and Glenn Morshower Destination Star Trek http://www.visionarytrek.com/category/destination-star-trek-3/ Convention Report: Star Trek at London Film and Comic Con – July 2014 http://www.visionarytrek.com/convention-report-star-trek-at-london-film-and-comic-con-july-2014/ Photo Gallery: LFCC – July 2014 – Star Trek Talk http://www.visionarytrek.com/lfcc-july-2014-star-trek-talk/ Visionary Trek News http://www.visionarytrek.com/category/news/ Trekkies bash the JJ films - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02LgdXVkXgM The Warp Ten Podcast https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-w

Welcome to this special edition of Visionary Trek as Bunny & Michael bring you all the news from Fedcon 23. Bunny and Michael share their first impressions of Fedcon and look back at the last 2 days. Contact us via: www.facebook.com/visionarytrek https://twitter.com/VisionaryTrek http://www.visionarytrek.com/contact-us/ Send us a voice message by clicking on the “Send Voicemail” button

Welcome to Visionary Trek. Bunny and Michael start the show with a look at the current Star Trek book releases, they also look at the new Star Trek Into Darkness Compendium and discuss Destination Star Trek London which returns in October 2014. In the main part of the show Bunny and Michael are joined by Andy Sciacca who has organised the Mersey-Sci Fantom Weekend which is a fan funded event being held on July 19th 2014 in Southport. The guests include Dominic Keating and Max Grodénchik. During the show Andy tells Bunny and Michael about his reasons for setting up the event and what we can expect from the day. Visionary Trek are pleased to say we will be covering the Mersey-Sci Fantom Weekend and will be keeping everyone up to date on the latest news as it happens. We are also pleased to welcome Andy as a friend of Visionary Trek. Fantom Weekend Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/FantomWeekend KR Rocks Foundation https://www.facebook.com/KRROCKSFOUNDATION Pocket Books - http://series.simonandschuste

Welcome to Visionary Trek – Off The Record #1 where we move away from Star Trek to look at other events, Sci-fi shows or anything else that has caught the attention of the Visionary Trek Team. In our first show Bunny and Michael look back some events and conventions they have been to recently and some of the guests that have caught their eye. They also look forward to some great events and conventions coming up over the next few months. The events visited to by Bunny and Michael were: Throne Con run by Starfury http://www.seanharry.com/throne/ Cardiff Film and Comic Con run by Showmasters http://www.cardiffcomiccon.com/ London Super Comic Con by London Super Comic Convention http://www.londonsupercomicconvention.com/ Look forward to more convention updates over the coming months. For more coverage on these events visit Bunny’s http://unconventionalblog.co.uk/ Visit Michael’s blog for his article on Cardiff Film and Comic Con http://mbartletclark.wordpress.com/2014/03/19/the-cardiff-film-and-comic-con-

Welcome to our fourth episode where we continue our first theme: the captains’ of Star Trek. In this show Michael and Laura along with special guest Roslyn Scoular look at Captain Jean Luc Picard. They begin by looking at Picard’s first mission as captain of the Enterprise in “Encounter at Farpoint”, they also take a look at the impact of Picard’s assimilation in “Family” and “First Contact”. Finally they look at “All Good Things…” with Picard travelling through time in a bid to save humanity. Michael, Laura and Roz explore the development of Picard’s character, some of his key relationships and what we thought of this amazing captain of the Starship Enterprise. We would love to know what you thought of the show and Jean Luc Picard. Contact Roz https://twitter.com/RoslynS Contact us via: www.facebook.com/visionarytrek https://twitter.com/VisionaryTrek http://www.visionarytrek.com/contact-us/ Send us a voice message by clicking on the “Send Voicemail” button

Welcome to our fifth episode and our fourth looking at our first theme: the captains’ of Star Trek. In this show Bunny, Michael and Laura look at Captain Benjamin Sisko. Starting from the beginning with “Emissary” they discuss how Sisko was like no captain Star Trek had ever seen before, they look at his first encounters with some of his crew and an explosive encounter with Jean Luc Picard. They also look at the darker side of Sisko by discussing “In the Pale Moonlight” and how his obsession with bringing the Romulans into the Dominion War puts him into an ethical and moral dilemma with himself. We also look at the latest Trek news with Jon Taylor, discuss Ro Laren (well, Michael does) and talk Eve Myles…… iPhone Case That Works Similar To Star Trek’s Tricorder http://www.visionarytrek.com/iphone-case-that-works-similar-to-star-treks-tricorder/ Star Trek: The Worf Of Wall Street http://www.visionarytrek.com/star-trek-the-worf-of-wall-street/ Star Trek Nominated For 6 Saturn Awards http://www.visionarytr

Welcome to the Captains’ Table where we have intimate chats with those that have shaped Star Trek in words. Michael is joined by Star Trek author Jeffrey Lang and beaming in from Texas is Sina from the Ten Forward Book Club. Jeffrey talks about how he discovered Star Trek, how he became a writer and we get to discuss some of his amazing Star Trek stories including: “The Left Hand of Destiny” Books One and Two, “Section 31 : Abyss”, “Mirror Eyes” and “Talent Night”. We also speak in depth about his story “Immortal Coil” which was the inspiration for David Mack’s “Cold Equations” Trilogy and Jeff’s new book (coming out in July) “The Light Fantastic” which is a continuation of the story from Cold Equations. Jeffrey Lang’s Facebook page www.facebook.com/jeff.lang.338?fref=ts Jeffrey Lang’s Author page on Simon and Shuster http://authors.simonandschuster.co.uk/Jeffrey-Lang/1801683 Contact us via: www.facebook.com/visionarytrek https://twitter.com/VisionaryTrek http://www.visionarytrek.com/contact-us

This episode, Sina and Michael interview New York Times Best Selling Author David Mack about his “Cold Equations” Trilogy. Find out what the original story outline for the trilogy was, about Dave’s writing process for these stories, and about the Cold Equations / choices that the characters had to make. Learn about Dave’s upcoming projects as well. Hope you enjoy the show! A big thank you to Dave for taking time from his busy schedule to discuss his books with us. Always enjoyable to have him on our show. You can find Sina on: Twitter: https://twitter.com/queenkatblue You can find Michael on: Twitter: https://twitter.com/mclark1701 You can reach David Mack at: https://twitter.com/DavidAlanMack https://www.facebook.com/TheDavidMack http://www.davidmack.pro/

Welcome to the Captain’s Table where we have intimate chats with those that have shaped Star Trek in words. This week we have Michael Jan Friedman returning to the show to tell us about his new Kick Starter project: “ I am the Salamander”. Listen as Mike tells us about why this project is so important to him, how this could become an ongoing series and universe. Mike also explains how the money that is raised from the Kick Starter will be spent and what you can expect to receive if you donate. Find out more about the Kick Starter project here: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1354092292/i-am-the-salamander You can find out more about Mike at his website: http://www.michaeljanfriedman.net/ or you can go to Crazy 8 Press: http://www.crazy8press.com/ Follow Mike on Twitter: https://twitter.com/FriedmanMJ You can find Michael on: Twitter: https://twitter.com/mclark1701

Welcome to this special edition of the Captains Table. Our guest is author Christopher L. Bennett. First appearing in the Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers series of eBooks in 2003, Chris went on to write short stories in several anthologies, as well as contributing novels in the TOS and Star Trek: Titan series, and detailing the life of Jean-Luc Picard in the nine years preceding TNG. Bennett’s non-Trek work includes the original science fiction novel Only Superhuman and tie-in novels set in the Marvel Comics universe. Listen as Sina and Michael discuss Ex Machina, Greater than the Sum and Chris’s new Enterprise novels charting the birth of the Federation. Chris also talks about how he discovered Star Trek and his first original novel Only Superhuman. You can find Chris on: His website – http://home.fuse.net/ChristopherLBennett/ Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/ChristopherLBennettAuthor Blog – http://christopherlbennett.wordpress.com/ Graphicaudio – Only Superhuman – https://soundcloud.com/gra

Welcome to the Captain’s Table where we have intimate chats with those who have shaped Star Trek in words… In this edition Michael speaks to one of his childhood Star Trek novel / comic legends Michael Jan Friedman. Michael Jan Friedman is an American author of nearly sixty books of fiction and nonfiction, more than half of which are in the Star Trek universe. Mike has also written for the Aliens, Predator, Wolf Man, Lois and Clark, DC Super Hero, Marvel Super Hero, and Wishbone licensed book universes. Eleven of his book titles, including the autobiography Hollywood Hulk Hogan and Ghost Hunting (written with Sci-Fi’s Ghost Hunters), have appeared on the prestigious New York Times primary bestseller list, and his novel adaptation of the Batman & Robin movie was for a time the no.1 bestselling book in Poland (really). Mike has also written for network and cable television, radio, more than 150 comic books, most of them for DC Comics. During the interview Mike tells us the influences behind his writing, how h

Welcome to The Captains Table where we have intimate chats with those who have shaped Star Trek in words… For chapter six of our ongoing interview series we are very pleased to present to you our interview with New York Times Best Selling author David R George III. David R. George III is an author of several Star Trek novels. George also co-wrote the story for the first-season Star Trek: Voyager episode “Prime Factors” with Eric A. Stillwell. George’s literary Star Trek works, include novels in the Pocket DS9 series. He collaborated with Armin Shimerman on The 34th Rule, set during Deep Space Nine’s fourth season and also wrote Twilight, set after the end of the series. He authored “Olympus Descending”, one of two short novels in the book Worlds of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Volume 3 and the Star Trek: The Lost Era novel Serpents Among the Ruins, set aboard the USS Enterprise-B in 2311, under the command of Captain John Harriman and first officer Demora Sulu, and which tells the story of the Tomed Inciden

Welcome to The Captains Table where we have intimate chats with those who have shaped Star Trek in words… For chapter five of our ongoing interview series we are very pleased to present to you our interview with Ron Wilkerson. Ron Wilkerson is a writer, musician, producer, director, and inventor. He has written and produced multiple episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Voyager, Stargate SG-1 and VH1’s Strange Frequency. He was nominated for an Emmy as a part of the writing team on the seventh season of Star Trek: The Next Generation. He made a cameo appearance in the Stargate SG-1 fifth season episode “Wormhole X-Treme!” in which he played a studio executive. He recently published a novel: Houdini & Lovecraft, The Ghost Writer. During the interview we discuss how Ron started writing, his love of Star Trek, writing for TNG and in particular “Lessons” from season six, We also discuss Voyager, Stargate and much more. The picture that inspired “Lessons” is called “The Kreutzer Sonata” You ca