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Discord: http://discord.thisweekintrek.com Twitch: http://twitch.tv/starmiketv Review spreadsheet https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zWUJXbg-ShYgZLfBWIqCih3G_DgFdujgkZsrDsFllxA/edit?usp=drive_web#gid=1 News Harlan Ellison: “For a brief time I was here, and for a brief time, I mattered.”—HE, 1934-2018. 6/28 Star Trek Discovery, Sonequa Martin-Green Win Saturn Awards. http://www.startrek.com/article/discovery-martin-green-win-saturn-awards The president of Bell Media recently purchased Pinewood Studios where Discovery is produced. May start offering tours. CBS would have to agree. Kirk & Picard 7" figures from McFarlane Toys delayed from June to Sept. bit.ly/2t81n4W Ten Forward: Chris on Twitter: Why do you think there was no communications officer in TNG? Star Trek in pop culture: Think Like a Man. (2012) Chris Brown, Gabrielle Union. Something about a relationship being like war. 00:12 Last week in Trek Episode insight: DS9: The Emissary pt2 Character insight - Admiral Leyton and

Discord: http://discord.thisweekintrek.com Patreon: http://patreon.com/starmike Twitch: http://twitch.tv/starmiketv News CBS All Access Expands To Canada, but without DSC. bit.ly/2qS3Lff https://trekmovie.com/2018/04/19/see-and-hear-the-2018-hallmark-star-trek-ornaments-in-action/ (there’s no music in the sulu one!) Original Series t-shirts at amzn.to/2EZVeLC pic.twitter.com/Jdv5UuIEEB Star Trek Adversaries now on Steam Ten Forward: Chris on Twitter: Being assimilated by the Borg, tortured by the Cardassians, living another life in “The Inner Light”, possessed/captured by numerous aliens; when does it become unrealistic on how much Picard or anyone can endure? Star Trek in pop culture: The Five-Year Engagement (2012) Jason Segel, Emily Blunt, Chris Pratt In this clip, he’s trying to propose to her & gets interrupted Last week in Trek Episode insight: TAS: BEM Subspace communications

Discord: http://discord.worldofwarcast.com Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/starmike Twitch: http://twitch.tv/starmiketv Ren: Not played much in past couple weeks Next projects: mechanical pets for hunter, Field Medic, Fisherfriends Mike: Started working on Field Medic. No bueno cjracer20 in Discord suggested premades. Will do that soon™ Did not get into alpha this week yet. Ali couldn’t Monday, and then Wednesday turned into hell. Been doing follower missions. Mount and mog runs. Tailoring/enchanting finally at 800. Went through old pics. This Week in WoW Mage Tower currently active on North American realms Legion Timewalking this week. Pet Battle event next week General News Blizzard Balance can now be gifted - send a friend an electronic gift card with a personalized message Remote Auction House: Blizzard confirmed in a blue message that the reason they closed the RAH is that a "tiny fraction of one percent" of their user base was actually using the RAH and it was not worth their time and effort anymore

Discord: http://discord.thisweekintrek.com Patreon: http://patreon.com/starmike Twitch: http://twitch.tv/starmiketv News DSC nominated for Peabody Award in the entertainment category to “honor the most powerful, enlightening and invigorating stories in television, radio and digital media. Other nominees: Better Call Saul, The Handmaid’s Tale, and Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. TNG won a Peabody award in 1988 for "The Big Goodbye" (Holodeck, Dixon Hill). DSC Season 2 began filming yesterday! Jonathan Frakes will direct ep 2 & 10. Many ask who will play Spock, but he wasn't the first officer in "The Cage", that was Number One played by Majel Barrett. Chief Engineer Denise Reno of the USS Hiawatha, played by Tig Notaro! Last week Amazon started selling exclusive DS9 shirts. They've now done the same with TNG. Ten Forward: Chris on Twitter: Which TOS character (Scotty, Uhura, Chekov or Sulu) deserved to have more screen time and backstory better told? Star Trek in pop culture: The Middleman (200

Discord: http://discord.thisweekintrek.com Patreon: http://patreon.com/starmike Twitch: http://twitch.tv/starmiketv News Anson Mount is Capt. Pike New DS9 shirts only at Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=ds9+shirts Robert Duncan McNeill (Lt Paris) and Robert Picardo (the EMH) both back working on The Orville, S2. Star Trek: Lost Scenes Hardcover – August 21, 2018. Preorder now. $39.95 @StarmikeT Ten Forward: Chris on Twitter: Do u think that Trek 2 saved the Trek movie franchise and sets the bar for all other movies? Star Trek in pop culture: From a 2012 NASA video about why it’s hard to go to Mars. https://youtu.be/fturU0u5KJo Last week in Trek Episode insight: ENT S3: The Shipment Character insight - Vice Admiral Nakamura Subspace communications

Discord: http://discord.worldofwarcast.com Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/starmike Twitch: http://twitch.tv/starmiketv Ren: Have a new Highmountain Tauren - enhancement shaman Got the noblegarden bunny Working on the four hatchling pet quests -- haven’t finished any of them Mike Exalted with Army of the Light. 8000 from exalted with Argussian Reach Tol Dagar BfA dungeon Odd thing about BfA - some people have quests, I don’t. Finally finishing up getting followers to 950 Noblegarden fun Field Medic This Week in WoW Pandaria Timewalking this week, Battleground Bonus event next week Darkmoon Faire Noblegarden (ends Monday) March of the Tadpoles (Borean Tundra - ends tonight at midnight) News: General and Current April Fool’s patch notes Remote Auction House is retiring on April 18th. Realm connections New round of realm connections is “on the way” to help with low pop servers. Family Guy: a 30 second Leeroy Jenkins reference. News: Battle for Azeroth 8 - 14 - 18 Ren’s Ridiculous Fun Facts about the Histo

Discord: http://discord.thisweekintrek.com Patreon: http://patreon.com/starmike Twitch: http://twitch.tv/starmiketv News Dan Curry stuff up for auction at Heritage Auctions https://entertainment.ha.com/c/search-results.zx?N=53+793+794+792+4294948259+4294967090 DSC episode Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad nominated for Hugo award in the the Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form category. DSC Vinyl soundtrack has now been revealed by Lakeshore Records, coming this summer! 2 record set, 2 per customer. $34.98. Misc. comments on Twitter about DSC S2. @StarmikeT Ten Forward: Chris on Twitter: You are in charge of your cohosts bachelor party. Which 3 Star Trek characters would you invite to it? Star Trek in pop culture: What’s My Line 1974 Last week in Trek Episode insight: TOS S2: Friday’s Child Character insight - Hugh

Discord: http://discord.worldofwarcast.com Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/starmike Twitch: http://twitch.tv/starmiketv Ren: Finishing zones, changing to Beastmaster on hunter The handy parts about thinking about alt priority Mike: Island Expeditions Antorus Rep This Week in WoW World Quest Event - bonus reputation Darkmoon Faire starts on April 1 - rep bonuses from carousel and top hat stack with World Quest Event Noblegarden - April 2 Reminders: 2 pets and 1 mount - spring rabbit, noblegarden bunny (added 2017), springstrider mount News: New Naked & Afraid Finisher: Settlersrule, Alliance panda windwalker monk, with 5 days 23 hours and 28 minutes, and 24,483 gold. Next highest in progress: Norgreyclub, dwarf retribution paladin, level 92, closely followed by Alcina, a night elf arcane mage at 91 and Buffysummers, a human windwalker monk at level 90 Pax East - Apr 5-8 at Boston Convention Center - Demo stations for new Island Expedition feature Family Guy episode April 1 - Warcraft references Player

Discord: http://discord.thisweekintrek.com Patreon: http://patreon.com/starmike Twitch: http://twitch.tv/starmiketv News https://twitter.com/startrekcbs/status/977685643689017344 From CBS on Twitter: “The backdrop of Season 1 was war. Next season will have a more exploratory and diplomatic tone.” Season 2 will be 13 episodes. Filming begins in April. Shazad Latif is confirmed to be back. Jonathan Frakes to direct an early DSC S2 episode. If CBS re-merged with Viacom (Paramount), CBS management would be in charge. Terry Farrell and Adam Nimoy got married yesterday @StarmikeT Ten Forward: Chris on Twitter: At the dentist office now. Do u think there will be a need for dentists by the 23rd century? Star Trek in pop culture: Levar Burton was on Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me last weekend. Episode insight: TNG S6: Descent part 2

Discord: http://discord.worldofwarcast.com Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/starmike Twitch: http://twitch.tv/starmiketv Ren - Life invasions of all life invasions - Had to update laptop to make WoW run - Game goals: - get Field Medic done - get toons left behind caught up on Argus and professions - running up a void elf warlock for the hell of it - Question to self: do I have too many alts? - 12 110s with two duplicates (rogue and mage on Alli/Horde) - no DK or DH - Question: Is Blizzard both encouraging more alts AND not paying enough attention to making game alt-friendly? - If I had to pare down my alts, who would make the cut? Mike So close to finishing up this rep from Hell. Thanks to Ali for filling in last week about alpha Infinite Timereaver mount dropped while doing timewalking. That was fun. Alpha is still fun, but obviously limited in scope at the moment. There was a 1GB patch. Maybe I’ll try tanking again. I have a ton of quests I need to finish up. The Argus version of the fligh

Discord: http://discord.thisweekintrek.com Patreon: http://patreon.com/starmike Twitch: http://twitch.tv/starmiketv News Saturn Awards nominations: Best New Media Television Series Sonequa Martin-Green for Best Actress on a Television Series Jason Isaacs for Best Actor on a Television Series Doug Jones for Best Supporting Actor on a Television Series Michelle Yeoh for Best Guest-Starring Performance on a Television Series Jason Isaacs won best actor in a TV Series from Empire Magazine Simon pegg sez the Tarantino Trek would not be rated R and is an old idea. Sets now under construction for season 2. Ten Forward: Chris on Twitter: Do u think that Voyager overused the Borg in that any other potential series couldn’t use them with any effectiveness? Star Trek in pop culture: NPR’s interview of Jimmy Buffett about his new musical, Margeritaville. Last week in Trek Episode insight: TNG S6: Descent part 1 Character insight: The characters of Brock Peters

Discord: http://discord.worldofwarcast.com Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/starmike Twitch: http://twitch.tv/starmiketv Special guest host Ali (@aliandrasK) joins us to talk about Battle for Azeroth alpha. This week is Cataclysm Timewalking. Tuesday the 20th Arena bonus week. Un'Goro Madness starts Sat goes through Mon.

Discord: http://discord.thisweekintrek.com Patreon: http://patreon.com/starmike Twitch: http://twitch.tv/starmiketv News The Anovos phaser is based on an early prototype & isn't what's on-screen. It was changed from the original design for ease of show production. Creation Entertainment has canceled all its Trek cons except for STLV. @StarmikeT Ten Forward: Chris on Twitter: If you consider the Doctor on Voyager a sentient being, then would all EMH’s be considered the same? Star Trek in pop culture: Gilmore Girls. 2004. S4 E11. A character named Kirk tells of his Tinnitus. Last week in Trek Episode insight: VOY: False Profits Character insight: Timothy Lang

Discord: http://discord.thisweekintrek.com Patreon: http://patreon.com/starmike Twitch: http://twitch.tv/starmiketv News 2-foot Polar Lights K’t’inga Klingon Battlecrusier Model Kit Coming This Fall bit.ly/r2ktinga THinkGeek Ent-D speaker OVERPRICED GARBAGE @StarmikeT Ten Forward: Chris on Twitter: Do u think Discovery succeeded in bringing new fans to Star Trek? Star Trek in pop culture: 30 Rock. 2012 S7 E4. Discussing an upcoming election and a scandalous photo. Last week in Trek Episode insight: TNG: S3 The Price Character insight: Dr. Timicin

Discord: http://discord.worldofwarcast.com Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/starmike Twitch: http://twitch.tv/starmiketv Ren MAJOR life invasions, may be more interruptions in weeks ahead Dinged 110 in Naked and Afraid challenge - final money total about 62,000 gold, time 4 days 22 hours 1 minute BUT ... forgot to take a screenshot (took one later; time finished can be calculated from the played time minus the time played at level, which was about 14 hours at the time) Also moved the toon to Whisperwind and did a race change to undead BUT ... plans to run up a void elf warlock to fulfill promise to Silvermoon gang Odds and ends - getting things tidied up in prep for expansion Advancing neglected professions Finished paladin mount quest and working on monk Getting all the class hall followers - Maximilian of Northshire is totally worth it Mike Interviews all day, every day. Wrath timewalking was fun. 700 badges from my next mount. This Week in WoW Legion Dungeon event until next Tuesday - additional loot Lu

Discord: http://discord.thisweekintrek.com Patreon: http://patreon.com/starmike Twitch: http://twitch.tv/starmiketv News My prediction for DSC S2: Burnham will have a Klingon baby. Why didn’t Saru’s hackles go up 100 times on the Mudd Time loop episode ? DSC: 56M, GOT: 42M, https://twitter.com/startrekmoments/status/968233291370377218/photo/1 The Nimoy doc being on iTunes in spring that I posted in Discord Today is the 3rd anniverary of Nimoy’s death Ten Forward: Chris on Twitter: What commonly used Trek tech (no Technobabble) do u think has zero chances of ever becoming invented? My first choice is inertial dampers. Star Trek in pop culture: Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee - Jerry Seinfeld talking to comedians. Here, talking about gambling. S4, E12 00:18 Last week in Trek Episode insight: DS9 S3: Through The Looking Glass Character insight: Buck Bokai Subspace communications

Discord: http://discord.thisweekintrek.com Patreon: http://patreon.com/starmike Twitch: http://twitch.tv/starmiketv News McFarlane Toys phaser all kinds of lights, sound, and accuracy! Ten Forward: Chris on Twitter: Would you put Captain Jellico from TNG in your top 10 list of best Trek captains? Star Trek in pop culture: Buffy the Vampire Slayer. S1, E12 Prophecy Girl Last week in Trek Episode insight: TAS S1: The Terratin Incident Character insight: Koss Subspace communications

Discord: http://discord.worldofwarcast.com Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/starmike Twitch: http://twitch.tv/starmiketv Ren Life invasions: thank you Cara - did not touch Love is in the Air Naked & Afraid monk: level 95, 3 days 22 hours, 46k gold Northrend: Leveling time slow, money amazing Pandaria: Leveling time medium-fast, money good Draenor: Leveling time medium-fast, money bad Mike Life invasion This Week in WoW Lunar Festival starts 2/17, runs to 3/3 Love is In the Air ends tomorrow Battleground bonus event starts Tuesday Ulduar Timewalking News Dungeon XP hotfix to bug introduced in 7.3.5 https://www.wowhead.com/news=281885/dungeon-experience-hotfixes Side effect to creature scaling broke awarded XP in some situations Significantly increased XP awarded for queuing for random Normal dungeons, Classic through Draenor Mobile Auction House has been restored New mount: Shu-zen, The Divine Sentinel - $25 in Blizz store (6 months game time for Chinese servers) - and fixed a scaling bug http://www

Discord: http://discord.thisweekintrek.com Patreon: http://patreon.com/starmike Twitch: http://twitch.tv/starmiketv News DSC to start shooting in April. A certain dead person (Culber) verified to return in S2. Discovery & Shenzou models from Anovos. $9k & $8k. 36.9” & 26.6” Ten Forward: Chris on Twitter: What was your initial reaction when you learned that a Klingon was going to be an officer on the bridge of the Enterprise in TNG? Star Trek in pop culture: This is Us, S2, E5 A class reunion is going on? 00:26 Last week in Trek Episode insight: TNG S1: Where No One Has Gone Before Character insight: Ensign Murphy Subspace communications

Discord: http://discord.thisweekintrek.com Patreon: http://patreon.com/starmike Twitch: http://twitch.tv/starmiketv Our look at Star Trek Discovery Episode 15, "Will You Take My Hand?" Thanks to everyone who supported the Discovery Edition of This Week in Trek!