Best Pick with Tom Salinsky and special guest Garrett Millerick

Episode 311. Star Trek (TOS): This Side of Paradise

Released 24 April 2024

“This Side of Paradise” is the 24th episode of the first season of Star Trek, first shown on 2 March 1967. It was written by Jerry Sohl and DC Fontana and directed by Ralph Senensky.

• Star Trek theme with lyrics https://youtu.be/x8UlFN0kNq4
• Variety list of best Star Trek episodes https://variety.com/lists/best-star-trek-episodes/

Continuing our short season of episodes looking at Star Trek, to promote Tom’s new book Star Trek Discovering the TV Series, which is out now from all the usual places, including…

• From the publisher https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Star-Trek-Discovering-the-TV-Series-Hardback/p/49373
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• US Amazon https://a.co/d/27aO9tZ
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Best Pick with Tom Salinsky and special guest Joy Wilkinson

Episode 310. Star Trek: The City on the Edge of Forever

Released 17 April 2024

Today we watched “The City on the Edge of Forever”, the 28th episode of the original Star Trek’s first season. The script is credited to science fiction author Harlan Ellison, and the director was Joseph Pevney. It was first broadcast on 6 April 1967, and – yes, it’s the one with Joan Collins in.

• Lola https://youtu.be/8uSa8XkogRE

Continuing our short season of episodes looking at Star Trek, to promote Tom’s new book Star Trek Discovering the TV Series, which is out now from all the usual places, including…

• From the publisher https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Star-Trek-Discovering-the-TV-Series-Hardback/p/49373
• UK Amazon https://amzn.to/3IG5N9L
• US Amazon https://a.co/d/27aO9tZ
• UK bookstore https://www.waterstones.com/book/star-trek-discovering-the-tv-series/tom-salinsky/9781399035040
• US bookstore https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/star-trek-tom-salinsky/1144095002?ean=9781399035040

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Best Pick with Tom Salinsky and special guest Dan Starkey

Episode 309. Star Trek: The Devil in the Dark

Released 10 April 2024

“The Devil in the Dark” is the 25th episode of the original Star Trek, from its first season. It was written by producer Gene L Coon and directed by Joseph Pevney, and it was first shown on NBC on 9 March 1967.

Thanks to special guest Dan Starkey who can shortly be seen on the London stage in The Government Inspector. https://www.marylebonetheatre.com/productions/the-government-inspector

This continues our short season of episodes looking at Star Trek, to promote Tom’s new book Star Trek Discovering the TV Series, which is out now from all the usual places, including…

• From the publisher https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Star-Trek-Discovering-the-TV-Series-Hardback/p/49373
• UK Amazon https://amzn.to/3IG5N9L
• US Amazon https://a.co/d/27aO9tZ
• UK bookstore https://www.waterstones.com/book/star-trek-discovering-the-tv-series/tom-salinsky/9781399035040
• US bookstore https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/star-trek-tom-salinsky/1144095002?ean=9781399035040

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