Tag: James Doohan
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STAR TREK REWIND: “How Sharper Than a Serpent’s Tooth”
“How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is to have a thankless child!” I remember reading an article in the old Trek fanzine published and then re-printed for a paperback compilation in which writer Russell Bates was required to defend himself on charges of stealing the central idea of the second season episode, “Who Mourns…
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STAR TREK REWIND: “Bem”
“Mister Spock, something funny is going on.” David Gerrold returns to pen “Bem.” The titular character, voiced by James Doohan, is a bit of an annoyance for Kirk and crew as he insists on accompanying the landing party to the mysterious alien planet of Delta Theta III, populated by aborigine natives. He also seems to…
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STAR TREK REWIND: “The Pirates of Orion”
“Blasted Vulcan, why can’t you have red blood like any normal Human?” I don’t understand why there are outbreaks of disease on starships. I remember being told one time that vaccines are usually kept at airports in case they have to make a long trip to another location in the event of an epidemic. I…
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STAR TREK REWIND: “The Return of the Archons”
“You will be absorbed. Your individuality will merge into the unity of good, and in your submergence into the common being of the body, you will find contentment, fulfillment. You will experience the absolute good.”* Gene Roddenberry was a humanist. He didn’t embrace religion. In his works, he disliked religion, perhaps considering it the “opiate…
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FRANCHISE REWIND: Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
“What does God need with a starship?” Ooh, I knew we were going to get to Star Trek V eventually. I remember there was a bizarre theory circulating around for quite some time about the Star Trek movies in that the even-numbered movies were the good ones, and the odd-numbered movies were bad. The theory…
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STAR TREK REWIND: “The Jihad”
“My people are cautious, what you would call ‘cowards.’” The Soul of Skorr sounds like a talisman in a video game, a Myst-like (remember Myst?) connotation that requires the unlocking of boxes, scanning of maps in order to locate the lighthouse that reflects the Sun’s rays to pin-point the exact location of the Ark of…
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SHIP TO SHIP: A Star Trek Podcast “Absent Friends”
SHIP TO SHIP: A Star Trek Podcast “Absent Friends” https://archive.org/download/ShipToShip209Complete/Ship%20to%20Ship%20209%20Complete.mp3 Leonard Nimoy directs the third theatrical installment of the Star Trek franchise, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, starring William Shatner, De Forest Kelley, and Christopher Lloyd. Our YouTube channel! © Frequent Wire, David Lawler copyright 2018 for all original vocal and audio content…