In this special Supplemental Edition of Trek Geeks, Bill and Dan will react to the brand new trailer for Star Trek: Discovery which premiered at CBS' Upfront presentation on May 17, 2017. Plus, hear about their newly-renamed Discovery podcast premiering this fall! FIVE YEAR MISSION Music for the Trek Geeks Podcast is provided by Five Year Mission! They're writing an original song for every episode of The Original Series and they're all amazing! Check them out today at FiveYearMission.net !...
May 19, 2017•23 min•Season 1Ep. 102
Back in 2003, Enterprise aired an episode featuring the Borg! It was a controversial move among fans. The Borg weren't introduced until season 2 of Star Trek: The Next Generation--and event which wouldn't happen in the timeline for another 175 years or more. Still, the episode was based on the events of First Contact, creating both a sequel and a prequel. This week, Dan and Bill dig in on this episode! We'll discuss some of Regeneration's finer points and discuss some key questions: Was this epi...
May 16, 2017•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 102
This week, we kick off our post Episode 100 journey with a fun discussion about the one and only William T. Riker, first officer of the Enterprise D and E. As the reigning champion of our First Officer Thunderdome Episode last year, we felt it was time to give the Commander the attention he deserves! Not only will we dive into his past, his present and his future, we will do so with a very special guest! This week, Terilynn Shull from The G & T Show is with us to talk about her favorite Firs...
May 09, 2017•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 101
A message from Dan Davidson, co-host of Trek Geeks: YOUR Independent Star Trek Podcast "Not too long ago, oh about the time the Patriots were hoisting their 5th Lombardi Trophy, my illustrious Executive Producer decided to subject me to a "Superbowl Sized" Stump the Geek episode. I wasn't at the top of my game, however I fared OK. I told him that he would pay...and well, the time has come. Ahhh Bill, my old friend. Do you know the Klingon proverb that tells us revenge is trivia that is best serv...
May 02, 2017•25 min•Season 1Ep. 100
It has been too long since the cast and crew of Star Trek Continues released Episode 7, so we have been waiting as patiently as possible for the latest adventure from our friends at STC. As Nero would say, "The wait is over!" and we are thrilled that Episode 8 of this highly acclaimed fan production is now available. Released to fans over the weekend of April 1st, "Still Treads the Shadow" continues the story first told in the TOS episode " The Tholian Web ." While investigating an event horizon...
Apr 18, 2017•1 hr 35 min•Season 1Ep. 99
We get such great reaction to our See-It or Skip-It episodes, that we're back with a brand new one! This week, we'll take on the third season of Star Trek: The Next Generation and joining us in the discussion is Amy Nelson from Earl Grey--Trek.FM's podcast dedicated to TNG! She's a die-hard TNG fan, and she's got plenty to say about our ratings for Seasons 1 and 2! Will Season 3 fare better? Find out this week in Your Independent Star Trek Podcast! Plus, we'll talk about some Discovery news, an ...
Apr 04, 2017•1 hr 27 min•Season 1Ep. 98
Well, as the 30th anniversary of Star Trek the Next Generation continues to ramp up, we thought it would be fun to have another great "which is the best of the best" discussion. With 178 episodes of TNG to choose from, we figured there will be a great mix of expected episodes, and possibly a few surprises! But that's not all! Since we are doing another "ranking episode," it only makes sense to bring back is Mr. TrekRanks himself - yeah, yeah, the man who actually fired the phasers on the good ol...
Mar 28, 2017•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 97
In our ninth Supplemental Episode, we provide an episode commentary for the " Miri " from The Original Series! Cue up this classic episode on your DVD, Blu-Ray, or even Netflix, and we'll tell you when to hit play. Then, sit back and enjoy our comments on one of our least favorite episodes! Plus, we have special guests this week! Our wives, Sue Davidson and Kelly Smith, provide their opinions on this episode--and we guarantee you won't want to miss that! It's our first installment of Trek Geeks ...
Mar 21, 2017•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 96
The passing of the baton. In 1994, Paramount debuted the first of the movies to feature the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation. It would serve as a bridge for the two generations of the franchise and do so in epic fashion! ...but did it? Joining us to talk about this seventh Star Trek film is our friend Brandon-Shea Mutala from Trek.FM ! He's the host of Melodic Treks and the co-host of Warp 5--and Generations is his favorite TNG movie! Sadly, Brandon is outnumbered: Bill and Dan don't count...
Mar 14, 2017•1 hr 21 min•Season 1Ep. 96
Many of our listeners have made it clear that they LOVE our See-It or Skip-It episodes. We love doing them, so this week we decided to do something that may ruffle a few Tarkelian Bat feathers! We are going to give our take on Season 1 of the show that started it all: The Original Series! How could ANYONE say that an episode of TOS is a Skip-It? Well you may be surprised to see what we think. Season 1 has a huge amount of episodes, 29 in all, and we will get the breakdown of each story-line, and...
Mar 07, 2017•1 hr 28 min•Season 1Ep. 95
This week we take a look at the two-part Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Chain of Command!" Picard is captured and tortured by the Cardassians? Riker is relieved of his duties? Troi has to wear a standard uniform? Data wears Command red? This is perhaps one of TNG's darkest episodes, and we'll dive in and discuss all the aspects. Could this be a look inside the Obsidian Order? We'll examine the central questions of this episode, too: We'll discuss whether Edward Jellico was a bad Captai...
Feb 28, 2017•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 94
This week, we return with a favorite topic among listeners of Trek Geeks: SEE-IT OR SKIP-IT! This time we'll focus on the much-maligned second season of Star Trek: The Next Generation and decide whether that season deserves the reputation it has. Starting with "The Child" and progressing all the way through the infamous "Shades of Gray," we'll tell you which episodes you should definitely see, and which ones you might be OK to just avoid entirely. We'll be joined by fellow podcaster and Camp Khi...
Feb 21, 2017•1 hr 25 min•Season 1Ep. 93
This week, we'll take a look at the fifth season cliffhanger/sixth season premiere of Star Trek: Voyager! "Equinox" premiered in May of 1999 and told the story of a second Starfleet ship stranded in the Delta Quadrant, the U.S.S. Equinox, and its crew has been doing some very dark things to get home. We'll discuss the events of this episode and some of the fantastic character moments and Captain Janeway's obsession with going after Captain Ransom and whether or not that was in character for her....
Feb 14, 2017•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 92
It's the biggest stage. It's the ultimate competition. It's a national past time. Football? Heck, no! We're talking, of course, about the return of Stump The Geek and this time, it's Superbowl Sized! Dan will have to answer double the amount of questions in addition to one mega bonus. It won't be easy, especially since some of the questions came from our Camp Khitomer Facebook Group! Will Dan be victorious and bring home the STG trophy? Find out in this special supplemental episode! FIVE YEAR MI...
Feb 07, 2017•36 min•Season 1Ep. 91
With just 11 days before the start of a copyright infringement trial, Axanar Productions and Alec Peters announced they had settled the lawsuit brought against them by CBS and Paramount Pictures. It was a case that had taken many twists and turns, ultimately revealing in court filings that the "Independent Star Trek Film" was out of money, having spent $1,400,000.00 with nothing to show for it. Joining us to talk about the settlement is screenwriter and producer Carlos Pedraza--the principal beh...
Jan 31, 2017•1 hr 27 min•Season 1Ep. 91
This week, Trek Geeks is back and we're celebrating our second birthday! We figured what better way to celebrate than to take a closer look at one of the best pilots of all the Trek shows! "Enterprise" (without the "Star Trek") premiered in 2001 and it's first episode, "Broken Bow," took us back to a time before Kirk and Spock. We'll take a look at this episode and discuss it's central themes, as well as some of the things that we think make it outstanding. We'll also examine some of the things ...
Jan 25, 2017•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 90
This year mark's the 30th Anniversary of Star Trek: The Next Generation and kicking off our celebration early! We'll talk about the launch of the second Trek series--our initial thoughts when it was announced, our concerns, and we'll even confess to thinking the show would be a huge failure... We've never been so glad to be wrong in our lives--especially considering that NextGen ran for 178 episodes! Plus, we'll talk about our favorite and least favorite episodes as well as when we think TNG ach...
Jan 10, 2017•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 89
This week, we give 2016 one last look and talk about the biggest Star Trek stories of 2016! Several weeks ago, we asked the members of our official Facebook group, Camp Khitomer , to vote on what they thought the biggest news items were over the last year. They've spoken, and we run down their list in this week's show! Plus, we'll catch up on some of the things that happened during our Holiday Break, including huge casting news for Star Trek: Discovery and, if you stay through the end theme, you...
Jan 03, 2017•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 88
As 2016 winds down, we thought we'd put together some special bonus content in the form of outtakes before we return with an all-new episode on January 3, 2017! Many of you know that following the end theme of every podcast episode, there is an outtake--something that we talked about either immediately before or after recording that week's show. Some of you have heard them, and some of you haven't, so we assembled a collection of all our clips from 2016 in not one, but TWO Supplemental Episodes ...
Dec 27, 2016•2 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 87
As 2016 winds down, we thought we'd put together some special bonus content in the form of outtakes before we return with an all-new episode on January 3, 2017! Many of you know that following the end theme of every podcast episode, there is an outtake--something that we talked about either immediately before or after recording that week's show. Some of you have heard them, and some of you haven't, so we assembled a collection of all our clips from 2016 in not one, but TWO Supplemental Episodes ...
Dec 20, 2016•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 87
With Star Trek's 50th Anniversary Year coming to an end, what better way to close it out than to look at the career of one of Trek's central figures? It's undeniable that William Shatner has had an amazing career and done so many amazing things that we think he deserves his own holiday! Back in 2009, Bill declared the first-ever Shatnermas on his Facebook page and now, he and Dan have turned this celebration into an eight day affair and reintroducing it on the podcast! They've each selected one ...
Dec 13, 2016•1 hr 21 min•Season 1Ep. 87
This week, we continue with our wind down of the celebration Star Treks 50th anniversary with one of the very best episodes of them all - " The Doomsday Machine !" As you may recall from our last episode, this one ranks #4 in Bill's all time favorite TOS episodes, while Dan had it ranked as his 3rd favorite. Any way you slice it, it is a PHENOMENAL episode and we will discuss all aspects of this classic as well as discuss the amazing remastering of the episode by Mike and Denise Okuda. We will a...
Dec 06, 2016•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 86
Well, as the 50th anniversary of the phenomenon known as Star Trek starts to wind down, we thought it would be a great idea to jump onto the "which is the best of the best" bandwagon. So, as our special tribute to the series that started it all, this week we rank our top 10 Original Series episodes! But that's not all. Here to help us with this special episode, is Mr. TrekRanks himself - the man who actually fired the torpedoes on the good ole NX-01, Mr EnterpriseExtra, Jim Moorhouse! You can se...
Nov 22, 2016•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 85
This week, we decided to tackle our all time favorite Star Trek series, Deep Space 9 with our signature "See-It or Skip-It" extravaganza! You would think that we love every aspect of every episode, but we think you will be surprised on what we say about the first season of this completely "not Gene's vision" series. From the Battle of Wolf 359 all the way through the season ending tension with the Bajorans, we hit every episode and give you our take on whether you should "See-It or Skip-It". WIN...
Nov 15, 2016•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 84
This week we focus on the greatest adversary Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the Starship Enterprise ever faced! We speak, of course, of Khan Noonien Singh! We'll examine the backstory of this genetically-engineered super human, look at his appearances in Star Trek and talk about the character's evolution from Space Seed all the way to Into Darkness! Plus, we'll also discuss some of Khan's other appearances in books and comics. Plus, we'll give our picks for the actors we would have cast a...
Nov 08, 2016•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 83
They're the second in command on their respective ships, carrying out the orders of the Captain---they're the First Officers and they play a critical role in Star Trek. In this week's episode, we'll take a look at the five First Officers to date and talk about several key areas where these individuals excel and, in the end, only one will be left standing! Plus, we'll talk about the latest news in the Star Trek universe from our good friends at TrekNews.net, and we'll also tell you how "The Trial...
Nov 02, 2016•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 82
This week, Dan and Bill deep dive into arguably one of the very best episodes of TNG, "The Pegasus!" Riker's past comes back to haunt him in the form of his former Captain, Admiral Eric Pressman. What is the secret they are both hiding from Captain Picard? Terry O'Quinn shows us why he is one of our favorite actors with his portrayal of the admiral with questionable intentions. Was he simply a "badmiral" or was he just "Lost" with his twisted sense of devotion to the Federation? Either way, you ...
Oct 25, 2016•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 81
One of the coolest ideas in Star Trek Timelines is the ability to have any single member of the Star Trek Universe as part of your crew. We are talking ANY character from any series, ship, timeline, universe, etc. That got us thinking. Who would WE pick for our ULTIMATE Crew? We break down all the main crew assignments in this "infinite possibilities episode". Heck, even waste extraction is discussed because Bill thinks that would be perfect for Dan! In Star Trek news, perhaps one of the most EP...
Oct 18, 2016•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 80
The year was 1998. Dan and Bill were working in telephone support jobs supporting stock trading software and 56k dial-up modems ruled the day. One day at work, they got the bright idea to download the brand-new trailer for the third movie featuring the cast of The Next Generation--Star Trek: Insurrection! It took hours for the trailer to download and these two future Geeks looked forward to December. Then they saw the movie. The follow-up to First Contact didn't exactly overwhelm. It's been a lo...
Oct 11, 2016•1 hr 21 min•Season 1Ep. 79
This past Spring, we asked the members of our Camp Khitomer group on Facebook to send us their questions for an " Ask Us Anything " episode! Their questions were fantastic, but there was one we thought could truly be its own episode--we were asked to pick a series and recast the characters with different actors. Challenge accepted! This week we'll recast our favorite series, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, with an all new set of actors--and some of the selections may just surprise you! Plus, we'll u...
Oct 04, 2016•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 78
