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io9Tig Notaro Returns as Jett Reno in Season 4 of Star Trek: Discovery
Season four of Star Trek: Discovery started production in November 2020. While writing for the series has wrapped, filming still continues. And returning for the new season is comedian Tig Notaro. Notaro’s character Jett Reno debuted in season two episode “Brother” and has been a recurring character since her debut. In a recent interview with … Continued
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io925 Years Ago, Star Trek: Voyager Tackled One of Its Most Infamous Transporter Questions
Star Trek’s world raises a lot of ethical questions—but its transporter technology has always been one that strikes at some of the most existential. Are we the same people if all our molecules are mapped, broken down, and copied into a different location? What happens if that process is disrupted? And what happens if multiple … Continued
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io9The A to Z of Star Trek‘s Q
Star Trek’s galaxy is filled with mysterious alien races, unexplained phenomena, and incomprehensible technology that our Starfleet heroes would love to explore and understand. And then there’s the Q Continuum, a group of beings that a lot of those Starfleet officers wish would leave them alone instead. But you can’t keep a good omnipotent being … Continued
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io9The Long History of Star Trek Uniform Fashions
The debate over whether or not Starfleet is a military organization, a scientific one, or a messy, often contradictory combination of both has been a part of Star Trek since it began. One thing that we can always be certain of though? It loves a wardrobe shakeup. With Discovery’s upcoming season adding yet another uniform, … Continued
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io9Star Trek: Prodigy Reveals a First Look at Captain Janeway’s Surprising Return
Grab a pot of coffee and raise a cup in celebration: Kathryn Janeway is back, and she’s here to teach a whole new generation of heroes how to lead. Just revealed by Kate Mulgrew herself as part of CBS and Paramount’s “First Contact Day” Star Trek celebration, we now have our first look as to … Continued
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io9TrailersStar Trek: Picard Season 2 Will See John de Lancie’s Q Return
Jean-Luc’s most belligerent, enduring frenemy is back. Just revealed to kick off CBS’ celebration of “First Contact Day”—the day Zefram Cochrane became the first human to achieve warp flight and encounter the Vulcans in Star Trek: First Contact—Sir Patrick Stewart debuted an early teaser for the currently filming second season of Star Trek: Picard for … Continued
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io9Star Trek Celebrates First Contact Day Decades Early With New Panels and Marathons
April 5—42 years from now—it’s “First Contact Day” in the Star Trek universe. It’s the day that, give or take some attempted intervention by the Borg, humanity’s Zefram Cochrane meets Vulcans for the first time, catapulting humanity into a galactic standard way beyond Earth. To mark the momentous day, we can expect…some news? On Monday, … Continued
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io9Watch Robert Picardo ‘Sing’ the Star Trek: Voyager Theme in the Middle of the Woods
Here’s quick jolt of joy for your afternoon. Robert Picardo, formerly of Star Trek: Voyager, has a lot of fun on his YouTube channel, reciting old monologues, making in-jokes about Brent Spiner, and wandering around the woods like a National Geographic reality star. In his latest video, he puts his vast musical skills to their … Continued
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io9Books & ComicsSee Dan Curry’s Star Trek Work Come to Life (or Death) in This Exclusive Art Gallery
Dan Curry is a Star Trek icon. Across The Next Generation, Voyager, Deep Space Nine, and Enterprise, he shaped the look of the strange new worlds, new life, and new civilizations our heroes boldly sought out week in and week out. He also helped put together some of the most iconic space battles and creature … Continued
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io9Star Trek‘s Kate Mulgrew Returns as Captain Janeway in the Animated Prodigy TV Series
Welcome back, Captain. Just revealed at the climax of Star Trek’s New York Comic Con panel, Kate Mulgrew will reprise her role as coffee aficionado, virus-stabbing badass, and intrepid captain of the U.S.S. Voyager, Kathryn Janeway, in Nick and CBS’s upcoming Star Trek animated series, Star Trek: Prodigy. “I have invested every scintilla of my … Continued
