Captain’s log: stardate 54622.4 Roxann Dawson (Torres) directs the concluding half of the Workforce story, that was written by Kenneth Biller and Micheal Taylor from a story by Biller and Bryan Fuller. It first aired on 28 February, 2011. Chakotay (Robert Beltran) attempts to rescue the rest of the kidnapped crew, including Janeway (Kate Mulgrew)…
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Star Trek: Voyager (2001) – Shattered, and Lineage
Captain’s log: stardate unknown Chakotay (Robert Beltran) gets the chance to take the centre stage in this episode written by Micheal Taylor from a story concocted by Taylor and Micheal Sussman, that first aired on 17 January, 2001. Following an accident, Chakotay seems to be able to travel through temporal distortions that are plaguing the…
Star Trek: Voyager (2000) – Body and Soul, and Nightingale
Captain’s log: stardate 54283.3 Robert Duncan McNeill (Paris) directs this episode that was written by Eric Morris, Phyllis Strong and Mike Sussman from a story by Micheal Taylor, it debuted on 15 November, 2000. Harry (Garrett Wang), Seven (Jeri Ryan) and the Doctor (Robert Picardo) are on a mission aboard the Delta Flyer II, when…
Star Trek: Voyager (1999) – Barge of the Dead, and Tinker Tenor Doctor Spy
Captain’s log: stardate unknown Bryan Fuller pens the teleplay for this Torres (Roxann Dawson) episode from a story by Fuller and Ronald D. Moore. It first debuted on 6 October, 1999. After a shuttle accident, Torres finds herself deceased, and on her way to Gre’thor, the afterlife for dishonored Klingons, and we examine her past…
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1998) – Image in the Sand, and Shadows and Symbols
Station log: stardate unknown Ira Steven Behr and Hand Beimler pen the season seven opener that ties in directly to the final episode of last season, with the wormhole aliens, or the Prophets as the Bajoran religion refers to them, still cut off from Bajor, and from their Emissary, Captain Benjamin Sisko (Avery Brooks) after…
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1997) – Sons and Daughters, and Behind the Lines
Station log: stardate unknown The Dominion War arc continues this week in this episode written by Bradley Thompson and David Weddle. It first aired on 13 October, 1997. With Worf (Micheal Dorn) currently serving on a Klingon vessel commanded by Martok (J.G. Hertzler), he is shocked to see his son, Alexander Rozhenko (Marc Worden) joining…
The Enemy Below (1957) -Dick Powell
Robert Mitchum and Curt Jurgens headline the next film on the What Else to Watch list following my screening of Das Boot while exploring the very enjoyable The Movie Book from DK Canada. Mitchum, Murrell, is the captain of an American destroyer, the USS Haynes, in the South Atlantic during World War II, who finds…
Star Trek: Voyager (1996) – Resolutions, and Basics: Part I
Captain’s log: stardate 49690.1 Jeri Taylor pens this episode that first aired on 13 May, 1996. Captain Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) and her First Officer, Chakotay (Robert Beltran) have contracted an incurable disease, which forces the Voyager to leave them behind, with Tuvok (Tim Russ) in command to discover a cure. They are left behind on…
Proxima Command – An Evening’s Sci-Fi Adventure
Ever since I was a kid and first discovered Star Wars, Star Trek, and science fiction in general, I had dreams of stepping onto the bridge of a starship, or spaceship, and exploring, seeking out new life forms, engaging in intergalactic battles, or watching the stunning starscape slip past my windows. I remember sitting at…
Star Trek: Voyager (1995) – Cathexis, and Faces
Captain’s log: stardate 48734.2 Brannon Braga comes up with the teleplay for this story by Braga and Joe Menosky. It first aired on 1 May, 1995. A strange nebula renders Chakotay (Robert Beltran) brain-dead, and also lets something else take over the minds of the crew. And no matter how many times the ship tries…
The Mind Reels 