So now a bit of grand finale of sorts. Well mid-season finale anyway Following right on from last week’s episode the Discovery is at that fairy dust planet awaiting the Klingons who will certainly attack the planet to destroy the crystal tower thingie. The crew of the Discovery want to stay and protect the fairy… Read More »
Ok, I’ll be honest, I’m not quite sure what to make of this episode. At the start of the episode we see the Discovery jump into action to try to save the USS Gagarin from the Klingons. But the Klingon’s stealth technology gives them the upper hand and the Gagarin is unfortunately toast. The Discovery… Read More »
Oh, I enjoyed this episode. The episode opens with Burnham attending a party. A disco on the Disco if you will. She and Ash Tyler, the guy Lorca rescued from the Klingon ship, are called to the bridge. The sensors have picked up an object that turns out to be an endangered space whale. Because… Read More »
So in this episode we focus mostly on the relationship between Sarek and Burnham. Sarek is taking off from Vulcan to go to some secret peace talks with some renegade Klingons who apparently are not part of the war. Turns out his companion on the journey is a Vulcan logic extremist. Said extremist blows himself… Read More »
Lorca is off meeting some admiral to discuss the war. She tells him he needs to give the spore drive a rest as it is Starfleet’s one secret weapon. On the way back to the Discovery Lorca’s shuttle gets captured by Klingons. PLOT HOLE ALERT – This begs the question why not just meet the… Read More »
Here are my thoughts on Star Trek Discovery episode 4. Be warned, spoilers below. Ok, so Burnham is kind of settling down to the new reality on board the Discovery. In addition to being assigned crew quarters she’s even been given a uniform out of the replicator (or fabricator or whatever the 23rd century version… Read More »
Some thoughts on episode 3 on Star Trek Discovery. Please note that some general spoilers follow. This is turning out to be a good show. Episode 3 in a way is the first proper episode of the series, picking things up six months on from the Battle at the Binary Stars as seen in episode… Read More »
A little follow up to my review of the first two episodes of discovery. Eaglemoss, who have been doing the Star Trek Starships Collection for a number of years now is doing a special set of Discovery series ship models. These models will be released one a month instead of one every two weeks. They… Read More »
I’m aware that it’s been ages since my last post on here so I’m trying to rectify that now. I thought I’d write a few words about the new Star Trek Discovery TV show. I’ve been following production of this show for some time now. If memory serves it had been announced in the later… Read More »
The BBC has announced that The Power of the Daleks is to be released as an animated story. The story was Patrick Troghton’s first as the Doctor and was broadcast as a six-part serial back in 1966. The BBC in their wisdom did away with their copies of the episodes in the 1970s and they… Read More »