TEX-TREK Mission 382: STAR TREK: VOYAGER's "Distant Origin" Back-Trekking Retrospective

Star Trek is about to do dinosaurs again in SNW but before season 4 gets her next month, let's revisit the VOYAGER dino-episode. This week TEX-TREK defies doctrine in the Delta Quadrant with a Back-Trekking Retrospective on "Distant Origin."

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Star Trek: Voyager, Season 3 Episode 23

"Distant Origin"

Written by Brannon Braga & Joe Menosky

Directed by David Livingston

An alien scientist finds evidence linking his species' ancestry to Earth, but government officials refuse to accept his evidence because it conflicts with existing doctrine.

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TEX-TREK Mission 381: STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE's "North Star" Back-Trekking Retrospective

After our recent discussions of "Spectre of the Gun" and "A Fistful of Datas," we now time travel back to the 22nd Century for the ENTERPRISE cowboy episode. This week Chris Garis of THE TRANSPORTER ROOM beams aboard TEX-TREK for our Back-Trekking Retrospective on "North Star."

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Star Trek: Enterprise, Season 3 Episode 9

"North Star"

Written by David A. Goodman

Directed by David Straiton

Archer and the crew try to discover why a 19th century-era Human settlement has been placed in the middle of the Expanse.

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TEX-TREK Mission 380: STAR TREK: TNG's "A Fistful of Datas" Back-Trekking Retrospective

This week we continue our Summer of Cowboys and Dinosaurs to prepare for STRANGE NEW WORLDS season 4 by returning the old west with Worf and Alexander. Join us for another western Back-Trekking Retrospective and revisit the Trek father/son cowboy adventure in TNG's "A Fistful of Datas."

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Star Trek: The Next Generation, Season 6 Episode 8

"A Fistful of Datas"

Teleplay by Robert Hewitt Wolfe and Brannon Braga

Story by Robert Hewitt Wolfe

Directed by Patrick Stewart

After a computer malfunction, Worf, his son Alexander Rozhenko, and Counselor Deanna Troi are trapped in an Old West holodeck program wherein the interactive characters physically resemble and have the same enhanced abilities as Data.

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TEX-TREK Mission 379: STAR TREK: TOS's "Spectre of the Gun" Back-Trekking Retrospective

With SNW season 4 coming out next month, we are taking a look at the previous cowboy episodes of Star Trek. First up is our Back-Trekking Retrospective of the first Trek western story, "Spectre of the Gun."

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Star Trek: The Next Generation, Season 3 Episode 1

"Spectre of the Gun"

Written by Lee Cronin

Directed by Vincent McEveety

Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Scott, and Chekov are forced to re-enact the gunfight at the OK Corral in Tombstone as the team that lost the gunfight.

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TEX-TREK Mission 378: STAR TREK: TNG's "Data's Day" Back-Trekking Retrospective

"Data's Day" has finally arrived! As requested, here is our Back-Trekking Retrospective on the classic TNG episode. Join us as Next Gen superfan Starfleet Sohail beams onboard to discuss "Data's Day" with Fatheree and Taylor.

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Star Trek: The Next Generation, Season 4 Episode 11

"Data's Day"

Teleplay by Harold Apter and Ronald D. Moore

Story by Harold Apter

Directed by Robert Wiemer

Data records a day in his life for Commander Bruce Maddox, including observations on Chief O'Brien's wedding, and the mystery of a Vulcan ambassador who apparently dies in a transporter accident.

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TEX-TREK Mission 377: STAR TREK: VOYAGER's "Real Life" Back-Trekking Retrospective

This week on TEX-TREK we return to the starship Voyager for another Back-Trekking Retrospective. Join us as we take another look at "Real Life," the first time the Doctor experimented with fatherhood. In the wake of the big Doctor and SAM stuff in SFA, there has never been a better time to spotlight this classic VOYAGER story.

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Star Trek: Voyager, Season 3 Episode 22

"Real Life"

Teleplay by Jeri Taylor

Story by Harry Doc Kloor

Directed by Anson Williams

The Doctor learns a few real life lessons with the holographic "family" he created; Voyager investigates massive subspace distortions.

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TEX-TREK Mission 376: STAR TREK: TNG's "Tin Man" Back-Trekking Retrospective

Earlier this year we met the the Betazoid cadet, Tarima, in STARFLEET ACADEMY who had some rare, extra powerful telepathic abilities. This week on TEX-TREK, we look back to the TNG episode that guest-starred a similar character above and beyond the typical 'Zoid telepath, "Tin Man." Join us on this Back-Trekking Retrospective on a fan favorite Next Gen classic.

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Star Trek: The Next Generation, Season 3 Episode 20

"Tin Man"

Written by Dennis Putman Bailey & David Bischoff

Directed by Robert Scheerer

The Enterprise races against Romulans to make first contact with a powerful entity code-named "Tin Man."

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TEX-TREK Mission 375: STAR TREK: VOYAGER's "The Omega Directive" Back-Trekking Retrospective

The week on TEX-TREK we return to VOYARGER for the episode that gave Nuss Braka his subspace destroying weapon, "The Omega Directive."

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Star Trek: Voyager, Season 4 Episode 21

"The Omega Directive"

Teleplay by Lisa Klink

Story by Jimmy Diggs & Steve J. Kay

Directed by Victor Lobl

Captain Janeway must carry out a top secret Starfleet directive regarding the most powerful and dangerous substance known to exist.

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