Captain’s log: date unknown Long before their culture popped up in the 24th century, and apparently giving the 23rd century a complete miss, at least as far as the United Federation of Planets was concerned, the Ferengi showed up in 2151, and attempt to loot the Enterprise. Written by Maria and Andre Jacquemetton from a…
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Star Trek: Enterprise (2002) – Fusion, and Rogue Planet
Captain’s log: date unknown Rick Berman and Brannon Braga come up with the story that was turned into a teleplay by Mike Sussman and Phyllis Strong. It first debuted on 27 February, 2002. The Enterprise comes into contact with an usual group of Vulcans. It seems they embrace their emotions, a fact that bothers T’Pol…
Star Trek: The Lost Years (1989) – J.M. Dillard
So what happened to James T. Kirk, Spock, McCoy and the rest after the close of their five year mission and before the events depicted in The Motion Picture? This week, I start to find out with the next instalment in the Pocket Books series. I think I have read this one before, as I…
Star Trek: Enterprise (2002) – Shadows of P’Jem, and Shuttlepod One
Captain’s log: October 2151 Rick Berman and Brannon Braga concocted the story for this episode, Shadows of P’Jem, which was transformed into a teleplay by Mike Sussman and Phyllis Strong, It debuted on 6 February, 2002. The Enterprise is receives some troubling news as T’Pol (Jolene Blalock) is to be relieved/replaced. The crew are informed…
Star Trek: Enterprise (2002) – Dear Doctor, and Sleeping Dogs
Captain’s log: date unknown Maria and Andre Jacquemetton penned this Phlox (John Billingsley) episode that first aired on 23 January, 2002. Taking a cue from Next Generation’s Data’s Day, there are letters sent back and forth while the Enterprise is in orbit around a planet that is suffering from a plague. We get to see…
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) – J.M. Dillard
The next novel that I picked up on the Star Trek list, was the adaptation of the fifth film, The Final Frontier. The film was much maligned and slighted, and some of it for good cause, though one could argue that there is a Trek story in there, and it does have some of the…
Star Trek: Enterprise (2001/2002) – Cold Front, and Silent Enemy
Captain’s log: 12 September, 2151 Robert Duncan McNeill directs this episode which sees another piece in the temporal war puzzle play out. Written by Stephen Beck and Tim Finch, this episode first debuted on 28 November, 2001. The Enterprise is serving as host to a delegation observing a comet, when Captain Archer (Scott Bakula) is…
Star Trek: Enterprise (2001) – Civilization, and Fortunate Son
Captain’s log: 31 July, 2151 Phyllis Strong and Mike Sussman pen this episode that first aired on 14 November, 2001. When the Enterprise arrives at an Earth-like planet, Captain Archer (Scott Bakula) leads an away mission that allows him to masquerade as one of the planet’s denizens. It seems T’Pol (Jolene Blalock) has discovered that…
Star Trek: Double, Double (1989) – Michael Jan Friedman
Space, the final frontier… My ongoing voyages with the starship Enterprise continue this week with the next non-canon novel in the Pocket Books series. Set during the original five year mission, this novel is set a few months after the events of The Original Series episode “What Little Girls Are Made Of?” Captain James T….
Star Trek: Enterprise (2001) – The Andorian Incident, and Breaking the Ice
Captain’s log: 19 June, 2151 Roxann Dawson directs while Fred Dekker pens the script for this episode from a story he developed alongside Rick Berman and Brannon Braga. It first aired on 31 October, 2001, and added a new and interesting wrinkle to the Trek universe. In what became one of the defining episodes of…
Star Trek: Enterprise (2001) – Unexpected, and Terra Nova
Captain’s log: unknown Rick Berman and Brannon Braga pen this episode that puts Trip (Connor Trinneer) in a fun place with something Kirk never had to go through(as far as we know) in Unexpected. It first aired on 17 October, 2001. Trip, in an effort to foster relations, is helping out an alien race repair…
Star Trek: Vulcan’s Glory (1989) – D.C. Fontana
Space, the final frontier… I dove into another Trek novel from Pocket Books this week, and this was one I wouldn’t have read when I was younger despite the fact that it was penned by one of the writers of The Original Series, D.C. Fontana. In fact this was the only Trek novel she wrote…
