It’s amazing. I must be the only person to think the Doctor talking to himself in the first episode of Storm Warning works. It’s absolutely obvious to me why he does this. Just as those scenes make it plain why the Doctor has companions with him almost all of the time. Quite simply, he likesContinue reading “On Doctor Who: Storm Warning II”
On Doctor Who: Storm Warning
I got Storm Warning today. What an experience! I’m not sure that it’s the best Big Finish audio yet (the second half is a little weak in comparison to the first two parts), but for reintroducing the world to Paul McGann as the Doctor, this really does fit the bill. I do have a fewContinue reading “On Doctor Who: Storm Warning”
On the Icarus and the Kzin
If you accept Star Trek: The Animated Series you have the Kzin attacking Earth almost simultaneously with the Vulcans’ arrival in Montana. And if you accept the UNSS Icarus mission to Alpha Centauri, you have that ship making contact with the native Centaurans before the Vulcans pass though the Sol system. Putting Star Trek: FirstContinue reading “On the Icarus and the Kzin”
On Nuclear War in the Star Trek Universe
Nuclear war happened in the Star Trek universe. “Encounter at Farpoint” talks about the Post-Atomic Horror. Star Trek: First Contact tells us 600 million dead. But where? Asia and the Pacific Rim? Gone, reduced to radioactive slag. That makes sense, given what Q showed us of the court from the Post-Atomic Horror, and the factContinue reading “On Nuclear War in the Star Trek Universe”
On Quintin Stone
Here’s what I think would be an interesting way to play with Quintin Stone in Star Trek: New Frontier. A Rock and a Hard Place makes the point that Stone used to be a quiet, by-the-book officer, until the Prime Directive situation on Ianni that drove him over the edge and made him the rough-and-tumbleContinue reading “On Quintin Stone”
On Borg History
I’ve been puzzled about the timeline for Annika Hansen’s meeting with the Borg. In tonite’s episode of Voyager, Janeway says to Seven that the Borg took away 20 years of her life and it was punishment enough. How is this possible if it was Q who brought the Enterprise and Picard to first contact withContinue reading “On Borg History”
More on Sulu novels
From John Ordover: Yes, we could use Spock as a prop for Sulu, just as we used Picard and Spock in the first New Frontier book – but why should we?:) For the exact same reason as the NextGen angle was played in New Frontier: to draw in readers. For the same reason Picard featuresContinue reading “More on Sulu novels”
On Alien3
I watched Alien3 last night. I hadn’t seen it in about two years, and I’d recently picked up Se7en on DVD and thought I’d watch another David Fincher film. Random thoughts…. Paul McGann is completely unrecognizable, and for the role he has I can’t figure how he ended up being fourth billed. He has allContinue reading “On Alien3”
Tania Tobias, Anyone?
While reading a book the other day, suddenly I wondered, whatever became of Tania Tobias? And might we see her appear in a future Star Trek: New Frontier novel, possibly as part of Shelby’s crew on the Trident, possibly as Shelby’s first officer? Or is Ms. Tobias no longer in Starfleet, or did she perishContinue reading “Tania Tobias, Anyone?”
The Psi Phi Project: Re(7870): SCE Interphase, Part II Cover
Am I the only one to think that Captain Gold bears a resemblence to Colonel Potter from M*A*S*H?