Gold Key Comics continued to boldly go with their Star Trek comics. Issue 20, A World Gone Mad, hit comic spinners for September, 1973. It featured a story by Arnold Drake, art by Alberto Giolitti, and a cover painting by George Wilson. The splash page suggests that a passing comet has not only driven a…
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Stargate SG-1 (2003) – Fallen, and Homecoming
Daniel Jackson (Micheal Shanks) shows up naked on a distant planet, and Jonas Quinn (Corin Nemec) begins to figure out the tablet and its references to a Lost City. Fallen was written by Robert C. Cooper and launched season seven on 13 June, 2003. O’Neill (Richard Dean Anderson), Jonas Quinn, Carter (Amanda Tapping) and Teal’c…
Stargate SG-1 (2002/2003) – Prometheus, and Unnatural Selection
A news crew is a little too close to the truth when they discover information about the X-303, and the fact that it makes use of an element not found on Earth. As O’Neill (Richard Dean Anderson) and SG1 attempt to deal with the news team, they realize their troubles are just beginning in Prometheus….
Stargate SG-1 (2001) – Between Two Fires, and 2001
Following an important funeral, Travell (Marie Stillin) of the Tollan suggests that they may be reconsidering sharing their technology with Earth. But when Narim (Garwin Sanford) passes on a warning of imminent danger to Carter (Amanda Tapping), SG-1 begins to suspect that there is something more going on. Written by Ronald Wilkerson, Between Two Fires…
Stargate SG-1 (1998) – Tin Man, and There But for the Grace of God
After SG-1 encounters the strange and eccentric Harlan (Jay Brazeau) they return to Earth, better, but discover that despite their memories and personalities, they aren’t human… they’re androids? Tin Man was written by Jeff King and debuted on 13 February, 1998. When they begin to falter at Stargate Command, they have to return to the…
Star Trek: Picard (2020) – Nepenthe, and Broken Pieces
Nepenthe, written by Sam Humphrey and Micheal Chabon, is arguably the best episode of the inaugural season of Star Trek: Picard. It first debuted on 5 March, 2020. While Elnor (Evan Evagora) struggles to survive on the Borg Cube, hunted by Rizzo (Peyton List), and costing Hugh (Jonathan Del Arco) his life and triggering a…
Star Trek: Spock’s World (1988) – Diane Duane
Space, the final frontier… It’s been a while since I dove into a Star Trek novel, but I felt like it was time, and the next one on the list was this 1988 classic by Diane Duane. It was also the first Star Trek hard cover novel. Set just after the events of The Motion…
Space: 1999 (1977) – Dorzak, and Devil’s Planet
Here we are in the penultimate week of my Space: 1999 reviews, which means including this review, there are four episodes left in the series. Having said that I don’t expect much of a tie up for the last episode. Dorzak is the first episode up this week (though the continuity is still a bit…
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1995) – Family Business, and Shakaar
Station log: stardate unknown Rene Auberjonois directs this episode that was written by Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe. This Quark (Armin Shimerman) story first aired on 15 May, 1995, and allowed for a brief respite before plunging towards the season finale. Quark and Rom (Max Grodenchik) have to return to the Ferengi homeworld…
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1994) – The House of Quark, and Equilibrium
Station log: stardate unknown Ronald D. Moore pens the script from a Quark (Armin Shimerman) story by Tom Benko. It first aired on 10 October, 1994. The Ferengi’s lies get him into big trouble this week when he claims he killed a Klingon in his bar. The warrior’s widow, Grilka (Mary Kay Adams) arranges for…
The Mind Reels 