This Week In Trek: A Star Trek Podcast

Spock's Brain does NOT belong on a "Best of Trek" compilation News: Mike does the show sick. More cast updates for the new Star Trek movie. Entertainment Weekly has a preview of TNG HD Ten Forward: Jonathan Frakes as Riker in a horrid company promo video. Trek in pop culture: The Colbert Report Episode insight: "Yesterday's Enterprise" from TNG Subspace communications Collectables

News: Simon Pegg tweets about getting to work on Trek George Takei on Celebrity Apprentice Ten Forward: holodecks Trek in pop culture: PADDs and iPads Episode insight: "Conspiracy" from ST:TNG season 1 Subspace communications Collectables

News: Update on the Polar Light TOS Enterprise model The Enterprise in lights for a Christmas parade. Ten Forward: Favorite and least favorite Star Trek characters Star Trek in pop culture Episode Insight: "Pathfinder" from Voyager season 6 Collectables

News: Google is creating a version of Siri called "Majel" Ten Forward: design your own, new Enterprise crew Star Trek in pop culture Episode insight: "The Naked Time" from TOS, and some thoughts on how bad "The Naked Now" is from TNG Subspace communications Collectables

News Star Trek gift ideas for the holiday season Subspace communications

News: Peter Weller joins the cast of Star Trek 2. Star Trek IV turns 25 and Star Trek VI turns 20. Ten Forward: Trek Nation Trek in pop culture: Stargate: SG-1 Episode insight: "Balance of Terror" from TOS Subspace communications Collectables: TOS chairs and Trek ornaments

News: Star Trek 2 has a release date! Mike gets his Star Trek FanMosaic poster Ten Forward: What happened to Star Trek: TNG in season 7? Star Trek in pop culture: Spot the Trek reference Episode insight: "Who Watches the Watchers" from TNG season 3 Subspace communications Collectables

News: Star Trek: TNG sampler available for pre-order on Blu-Ray. William Shatner wants to help you with being unfriended. Ten Forward: What ARE photon torpedoes? Star Trek in pop culture Episode insight: "Errand of Mercy" from TOS Subspace communications Collectables

We have a new theme from the band Rubinoos! News: TNG Blu-Ray trailer with HD footage Star Trek Online goes free to play Jan. 17, 2012 Ten Forward: Best fight scene in TOS? Trek in Pop Culture: NASA creates tractor beams? Episode insight: "Transfigurations" from ST:TNG Subspace communications Collectables: Star Trek figures and a marshmallow dispenser?

News: "Sins of the Father" missing 13 seconds of footage necessary for the Blu-Ray release Who may be cast as the villain in the new Star Trek film? "The Captains" now available on Netflix streaming Ten Forward: Are the uniforms practical? Episode insight: Enterprise's "The Mirror Darkly" Subspace communications Collectables

News: Treknews.net will be updating their list of awesome Star Trek podcasts, and we'll be on it! Portuguese site reports that the new enemies in Star Trek 2 will be Klingons. Be a red shirt in an upcoming comic! Ten Forward: We play a voice message that we forgot to last week. Where has Star Trek NOT gone yet? Star Trek in pop culture: New medical scanner Episode Insight: DS9's "Trouble and Tribble-ations" Subspace communications Collectables: Darrell has phaser replicas and Mike has Star Trek Giant Poster Books

News: Star Trek 2 is "imminent" Ten Forward: Why do you dress up for cons? Trek in pop culture: Mythbusters Episode insight: DS9's "Duet" Subspace communications Collectables: Vulcan ears and Trek on film

Thanks to Cameron for the generous donation! News: Seth MacFarlane wants to reboot Trek (who doesn't?) Hallmark had a limited edition TOS Defiant ornament for NY Comicon. Spiner and Wheaton on The Big Bang Theory. Was it a big bang? Ten Forward: What if aliens really did contact us? Star Trek in Pop Culture: Farscape, Family Matters, Friends, and an old McDonalds Happy Meal commercial. Episode Insight: "The Tholian Web" Subspace Communications Collecting Trek

News: Leonard Nimoy does his last convention appearance. Wil Wheaton and Brent Spiner on "The Big Bang Theory" this week. Ten Forward: Deflectors again! We nail it this time. Trek in pop culture: Family Guy Episode Insight: TNG's "First Contact" Subspace Communications. Bloopers

News: Star Trek TNG coming to Blu-Ray in 2012! Wil Wheaton and Brent Spiner on The Big Bang Theory soon Ten Forward: Good and bad technobabble Star Trek in pop culture: Ren & Stimpy Frasier Episode insight: Cold Station 12/The Augments Bloopers Subspace communications

Thanks to our sponsor today @ahscott News: Star Trek: Enterprise turns 10 this week. Hallmark Star Trek ornaments are in stores now. Shatner on Star Wars vs. Star Trek. Star Trek Exhibition opens at the St. Louis Science museum in October. Charlie Sheen roasted by Shatner. Ten Forward: How do you navigate a starship? Star Trek in pop culture: Wayne's World Episode insight: Enterprise's "Borderland" Subspace communications Bloopers: Enterprise

DS9 coming to Netflix streaming on Oct. 1 JJ Abrams signed for Star Trek 2 Leonard Nimoy helps open the Emmys Ten Forward: How DO you build a starship? Star Trek in pop culture: World of Warcraft Episode Synopsis: TOS' Assignment: Earth Subspace communications Bloopers

News: Star Trek's 45 - big or bust? "Trek Nation" premieres on Nov. 30 "The Captains" to be released on DVD Oct. 4 Ten Forward: Were transporters misused in Star Trek, or a properly used tool? Episode insight: TNG's "The Nth Degree" Subspace communications Bloopers

Timba, his barf spewing News: 45th anniversary mosaic from fanmosaics.com Star Trek Online going free-to-play before the end of the year Interview with Bjo Trimble on startrek.com about saving Star Trek Episode insight: TNG's episode "Relics" What happens to your soul in a transporter accident? Bloopers! ST 2009 and Voyager Subspace communications

Special Guest - Tom Merritt from TWiT! News: New Star Trek series being pitched to CBS. Will it work? Wil it even see the light of day? Maybe not, but it has an interesting premise. Episode Insight: "Far Beyond the Stars" from Deep Space Nine season 6. Ten Forward: With Tom as our guest, we asked how Star Trek has influenced him over the years. Subspace Communications