Daily Star Trek News

Nichelle Nichols gets a special award; William Shatner gets a documentary; there’s a new Star Trek video game coming to consoles next year; and Paramount+ keeps expanding (here and here). Plus show and tell and this week's poll!

This week: updates on the Star Trek Universe including Discovery, Prodigy and Picard; William Shatner goes to a fan’s wedding; lifetime achievement awards for the Okudas; brand new tiny starships from Eaglemoss and Hero Collector...and much more! Plus a show and tell/giveaway and this week's poll.

Listener Anne and I have been talking about her experiences as a blind Star Trek fan, so I invited her to come on the show. We had a discussion about her experiences, what she thinks about how Star Trek treats disabilities (particularly blindness) and what she would consider a good depiction of blindness in Star Trek. She also told me about what she does to help her enjoy Star Trek as a blind person. RESOURCES: Aira professional assistance service: https://aira.io The Audio Description Project: https://adp.acb.org Paramount+ audio description: https://adp.acb.org/paramountad.html iBug Trekkie Talk: http://www.ibugtoday.com/trekkie-talk/ 

There’s hope yet for a Star Trek: Deep Space Nine HD remaster; a newly-announced theme park in China is getting a Star Trek Land; LeVar Burton is moving on from Jeopardy! in a trivial way...and yes - I will discuss the international incident that is Star Trek: Discovery getting pulled from Netflix mere days before the premiere of season 4.

We’re gearing up for the premiere of Star Trek: Discovery season 4; we’ve got new details for the rest of the season of Prodigy; the new Star Trek film has been delayed; and Wil Wheaton’s wife Anne reveals details of his serious seizure back in August. Plus show and tell and this week's poll!

Paramount CEO Brian Robbins and Star Trek boss Alex Kurtzman lay out their plans for an animated Star Trek movie; a Voyager fan wows producers with his “ready room”; Marina Sirtis reminisces about her late husband Michael Lamper and the support of her Star Trek: The Next Generation castmates; and I’m letting you in on my latest interview with Brian Volk-Weiss, director of the new docuseries The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek. Plus, we lost two members of our Star Trek family this week: Richard Evans and William Lucking.

Brian Volk-Weiss is the founder and CEO of The Nacelle Company, and director of the upcoming documentary series The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek, on The History Channel. We’re talking about that show and about his history as a documentarian and mega-Star Trek fan. You can watch our whole conversation now on YouTube, or check back here soon for a transcript of our conversation. And of course, be sure to catch The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek when it comes out later this week on The History Channel.

Star Trek: Prodigy is offering a chance to win a $100 Paramount+ gift card - if you’re quick! The Star Trek franchise won a few awards this week (here and here); new docuseries The Center Seat has a premiere date on The History Channel; and John de Lancie has a skeptical chat. This show was recorded as part of Virtual Trek Con’s virtual mini-con series.

Brent Spiner hints at his new character in Star Trek: Picard season 2; a one-of-a-kind prop is going up for auction at an eyewatering price; Lower Decks composer Chris Westlake posts some behind-the-scenes video; and LeVar Burton's got a new book coming out - about imagination.

On today's Star Trek news roundup: William Shatner reacts emotionally to his trip to space; Robert Beltran confirms his role in Star Trek: Prodigy; and Anson Mount announces a wrap on Strange New Worlds. Plus Star Trek Online launches a new Halloween event, and we talked to Ian Spelling about Star Trek: A Celebration.

William Shatner is headed to space; SNL parodies the whole billionaire space race with a new

Star Trek Online is kicking butt at its latest fundraiser; vintage sci-fi is getting a reboot; Star Trek fiction is stronger than ever, and this week’s history will take you down a wonderful rabbit hole of comic book art, if you want it to. Plus learn the details of how you can win a copy of The Autobiography of Mr. Spock. Today’s stories: Star Trek Online charity fundraiser TekWar reboot Star Trek Explorer fiction Dayton Ward interview Carl Tart on Kayshon in Star Trek: Lower Decks Jeffrey Combs on Agimus in Lower Decks Russ Heath

It’s a bumper show as we’re catching up on a few stories we missed last week! There's news that there are multiple Star Trek movies in the works; Star Trek: Picard’s Michelle Hurd has been honored for basically making the world a better place; there’s an epic new Star Trek novel trilogy starting next week; the gaming world is just going gangbusters; AND we finally have a date for The Orville season 3.

I’ve got another special guest today on Daily Star Trek News! Here to celebrate the launch of the latest season of Star Trek Online, I’m talking to Star Trek: Deep Space Nine’s Leeta - and now Star Trek Online’s Admiral Leeta - Chase Masterson. We’ve got plenty to talk about, from her journey with the game, to her charity work with Pop Culture Hero Coalition, and why Star Trek Online fans are helping make a real difference to people in the real world.

The biggest news this week comes courtesy of Star Trek Day 2021, but it's not all that happened! Join me to discuss Star Trek: Prodigy, Lower Decks, Discovery, Strange New Worlds and Picard, as well as other stuff like Star Trek bibles, a Reading Rainbow documentary, a new Roddenberry Foundation campaign, and more. Today's show was sponsored by BetterHelp. Get 10% your first month of counseling at betterhelp.com/dstn.

The new title sequence from Star Trek: Prodigy has just dropped; there’s a new - huge - casting announcement for Star Trek: Picard; we’ve got a new sneak peek from the upcoming Star Trek: Voyager documentary To The Journey; and in science news, Voyager’s Tim Russ is helping NASA detect asteroids. This show is supported by people like you through Patreon - find out more and add your support at patreon.com/dailystartreknews.

We're saying goodbye to Eddie Paskey and Bill Burke; talking about Robert Beltran (and maybe Chakotay?) in Star Trek: Prodigy, as well as John Noble and Jimmi Simpson as new Prodigy villains; The Orville has wrapped season 3; and Star Trek Day is coming on September 8th. I'm rounding up this week's biggest Star Trek news and looking forward at what's coming. Today's show was sponsored by BetterHelp. Get 10% off your first month of counseling at betterhelp.com/dstn.

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Kenneth Mitchell defies ALS with an on-stage appearance at the 55-Year Mission convention in Las Vegas; The Prop Store has teamed up with ViacomCBS to offer official Star Trek: Discovery and Short Treks props at auction; and the answer to this week’s Trek trivia. Today’s show is sponsored by BetterHelp. Get 10% off your first month of counseling at betterhelp.com/dstn.

Mike McMahan says that in Star Trek: Lower Decks season 2 “the training wheels are off”; Wines that Rock have released two new Star Trek wines; and the weekend’s Star Trek events (spoiler alert: it’s pretty much just STLV). Today’s show is sponsored by BetterHelp. Get 10% off your first month of counseling at betterhelp.com/dstn.