This Week In Trek: A Star Trek Podcast

News: Star Trek Into Darkness out today on iTunes Gene’s Birthday 19th, Frakes, Muldaur DS9 turns 20 Ten Forward: Roddenberry’s Box A Set of rules about the 24th century that must never be violated. Basically, “the future is a paradise - there is no conflict, now go write drama.” Michael Piller: “it prevented writers from falling back on familiar storytelling devices and forced them to be original.” Michael Piller: “His demands seemed impossible at first glance. Even self-destructive. And yet, I couldn’t escape one huge reality. Star Trek worked. Or it had for thirty years. Gene must be doing something right.” Michael Piller: “I’m here to execute Roddenberry’s vision of the future, not mine. Let’s stop fighting what we can’t change. These are his rules. How do we do this story without breaking those rules?” Star Trek in pop culture: NPR’s Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me for Aug 3. Spot the Star Trek. Episode insight: DS9: Siege of AR-558 (Suggested by Rob Dalton on Twitter, and seconded by chatroom) ---- SP