So! What did we learn? Let's start by answering that narrowly, by turning to the results. Deep Space Nine has been undergoing a welcome...

The Original Series Season 1 Retrospective Well, this is a bit of a thing. Six years past, back when I first had the ludicrous idea to...

Operation -- Annihilate! It was in 2021 that my sister emigrated to Canada, to continue her research career in a small Ontarian...

The City On The Edge Of Forever "...And in other news, celebrated science-fiction author Harlan Ellison has died, barely a week after his...

The Alternative Factor Another episode to be filed under "what the hell am I supposed to do with this?". The Saddest Joyride We've been...

Errand Of Mercy Well, who do we have here? "There's Klingons On The Starboard Bow..." I think it's important we start with the crushingly...

Star Trek Enterprise Season 1 Retrospective I hold in my hands a lede. Fetch me not a shovel, but a spotlight. This is not a season of...

The Next Generation Season 1 Retrospective The bad - if hardly new - news: the first season of TNG really doesn't work. The good - if...

Shockwave, Part 1 Our creation had strode out into the world. Which is to say both that it had legs, and that it lived. But much can live...

The Neutral Zone A look back at how we've reached this point. "You Would Have Left One Of Your Own Kind To Die" "The Neutral Zone" is one...

The Devil In The Dark Back when I wrote up "Space Seed", I complained about the difficulty inherent in writing up an episode which is...

Summary We present below copies of the expert mathematical testimonies from Professors Field and T'Mont, submitted to the court martial...

Two Days And Two Nights Today I tutor you in Trek's taxonomy of travel. Its list of leisure labels. The holiday-makers guide to the...

Conspiracy Oh, it's you! For a moment I was worried it might be... well, that doesn't matter now, I'm sure. Take a seat, while I fix you...

This Side Of Paradise (My thanks to friend of the blog and friend of the me @hammard_1987 for steering me round the sharp corners of...

Desert Crossing So here’s a fun little paradox. A story that’s fascinating in the ways by which it fails to be interesting. Trade Secrets...

We'll Always Have Paris Here at last. Endgame "We'll Always Have Paris" is an episode with special significance when it comes to IDFC,...

A Taste Of Armageddon Another handful of footfalls into a wider and more interesting galaxy. First Impressions It’s one of those...

Fallen Hero Well, this is nice. To Reiterate... “Fallen Hero” continues an approach Enterprise introduced with “Vox Sola” last episode...

Skin Of Evil “It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live.”- Victor Hugo The Swan On Its Song This is another of those episodes...