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There’s an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation in which Commander Riker takes part in an officer exchange program and goes to serve on a Klingon vessel for a time. As part of his effort to familiarize himself with Klingon food, he goes to Ten Forward and orders himself up a smorgasbord of Klingon food, all of which looks very odd. The most notable dish here is Gagh, which he later learns is “best eaten live”. (When he looks askance at eating live Gagh, a Klingon japes, “Perhaps we can arrange for one of the females to breastfeed you!”)Down the rabbit hole….

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William Shatner’s birthday is today. How old is he? Who cares? Here’s one of my favorite scenes from all Star Trek, from the much-maligned Star Trek V: The Final Frontier. Trek V is what I consider to be a ‘noble failure’, in that it doesn’t succeed, but even as it falls short it has some really nice moments, and it really tries to do something interesting, something that really involves sending the Enterprise crew into an unexplored place to confront an unknown. The above scene comes early in the film, while the crew is on shore leave, and Kirk, McCoy,Down the rabbit hole….

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It’s easy to Captain the Enterprise! I think that at some point, Worf should have just said, “Captain! I recommend we hold position and do nothing whatsoever.” This would likely have been met with Picard replying, “No, Mr. Worf, issue a Red Alert, lock all phasers on target, all crew to battle stations, raise all shields, and FIRE!” Share This PostDown the rabbit hole….

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I have just found a thing so awesome on the Internet that…I can’t even begin to describe this thing. If Shakespeare at the height of his powers had encountered this, the only soliloquy he could write singing its praises would boil down to “Yea verily, that is awesome. I beseech thee check it out, dude!” Go forth, and go boldly. That is all. Share This PostDown the rabbit hole….

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_DSC8763-1, originally uploaded by preloc and kanar. Last week saw the birthdays of William Shatner (born March 22, 1931) and Leonard Nimoy (born March 26, 1931). Best to both! It’s too bad DeForest Kelley is no longer with us; way too many folks think of Star Trek‘s “Original Series” characters as Kirk and Spock instead of the real dynamic of Kirk, Spock, and McCoy. (Kelley was born January 20, by the way; if he were still around, he would be 91.) The best recent tribute to Leonard Nimoy, of course, comes from the Christmas episode of Season Two of TheDown the rabbit hole….

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A Star Trek quiz-thing. Because the world needs more Star Trek quiz-things, by gum! FAVORITE THINGS: Star Trek Series: The Original Series, closely followed — very closely followed — by Deep Space Nine.Star Trek Movie: The Undiscovered Country, closely followed — very closely followed — by First Contact.Star Trek Character: Montgomery Scott.Star Trek Pairing: The Companion and Zefram Cochrane. (Track down the episode “Metamorphosis”.)Alien Race: The Horta.Alien World: Rigel VII. (Love that giant purple moon.)Federation Class Starship: The Enterprise as refitted for Star Trek: The Motion Picture.TOS Episode: “The City on the Edge of Forever”TNG Episode: “Yesterday’s Enterprise“DS9 Episode: “TheDown the rabbit hole….