Trek Tuesday

3 Women Who Helped Make STAR TREK

Avery Kaplan

This week Geek Girl Authority shares three women who helped craft the Star Trek Franchise, including D.C. Fontana.

L: Mae Jemison astronaut portrait. C: Spockanalia cover featuring Spock and Kirk. R: Stacey Abrams as Earth President on Star Trek: Discovery.

STAR TREK Fandom: 9 Famous Women Trekkies

Avery Kaplan

Here are 9 famous women Trekkies, proving that without women Star Trek and its associated fandom wouldn't exist at all.

Khan Noonien-Singh in "Space Seed," aboard the U.S.S Enterprise.

How the STAR TREK: KHAN Podcast Connects to Franchise Canon

Avery Kaplan

For this week's Trek Tuesday, Geek Girl Authority explores the relationship between the Star Trek: Khan podcast and Franchise canon.

Terry and Korvo in a Sci-Fi Romantasy story.

Connections Between STAR TREK and SOLAR OPPOSITES Season 6

Avery Kaplan

Here are several allusions to Star Trek from Solar Opposites Season 6, co-created by Lower Decks creator Mike McMahan.

Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator Arcade Game ornament hanging on a tree with white lights on it.

Exploring Hallmark’s 2025 STAR TREK Ornament Offerings

Avery Kaplan

For this week's Trek Tuesday, we're exploring the 2025 Star Trek Hallmark Ornament offerings, including the Titan-A and Hologram Janeway.

The rock alien greets the PlanEx crash survivors in Futurama's Star Trek referencing "Neutopia."

10 STAR TREK References on FUTURAMA, Part 5

Avery Kaplan

Here are 10 more allusions to Star Trek on Futurama, including several from the animated sitcom's recently released thirteenth season.

Left: JR on Star Trek: Scouts. Right: Ransom on Lower Decks.

Does STAR TREK: SCOUTS Connect to LOWER DECKS?

Avery Kaplan

Fresh episodes of the new preschool series Star Trek: Scouts are now on YouTube. Is there a connection to Lower Decks? Read on to find out for this week's Trek Tuesday.

Ma'ah, Malor, Mariner and Boimler on Qo'noS in Star Trek: Lower Decks

STAR TREK: 9 Great Klingon Episodes

Avery Kaplan

For this week's Trek Tuesday, in honor of Star Trek: Lower Decks' "A Farewell to Farms," here are nine great Franchise episodes about Klingons. Qapla'!

Ortegas and a Gorn play chess on an alien moon. From Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.

It Takes Two: 5 STAR TREK Episodes About Two Characters

Avery Kaplan

For this week's column, we're looking at five Star Trek episodes that feature a pair of characters forced to work together on an alien planet.

Kara Zediker as T'Pau, Kirstie Alley as Saavik, Sonequa Martin-Green as Michael Burnham, Gabrielle Ruiz as T'Lyn, and Tara Rosling as T'Rina.

STAR TREK: 8 Women of Vulcan

Avery Kaplan

Spock may be the first Vulcan introduced on The Original Series. However, we've met many women of Vulcan throughout Star Trek's tenure.

Cover for Star Trek: Open A Channel: A Woman's Trek by Nana Visitor featuring Crusher, Yar, Uhura, Janeway, Kira, Burnham, Seven, La'an and Ortegas.

5 Facts From STAR TREK: OPEN A CHANNEL: A WOMAN’S TREK by Nana Visitor

Avery Kaplan

Here are five fun facts we learned from Star Trek: Open A Channel: A Woman's Trek by Deep Space Nine star Nana Visitor.

Tendi, Rutherford, Mariner, Boimler and T'Lyn in the turbolift at the conclusion of Star Trek: Lower Decks.

Celebrating STAR TREK: LOWER DECKS’ Two Hugo Awards

Avery Kaplan

Star Trek: Lower Decks' series finale and the Lower Decks: Warp Your Own Way graphic novel have each won Hugo Awards.

Spock, La'an, Chapel, Korby, N’Jal, Uhura and Beto explore an ancient alien temple on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.

The Ancient Aliens of STAR TREK

Avery Kaplan

In this week's Trek Tuesday, we explore Star Trek episodes that focus on ancient alien civilizations and technologies.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds holodeck episode "A Space Adventure Hour." Alternate versions of Pike, Kirk, Chapel and Ortegas appear in a holodeck simulation of a 60s sci fi TV show.

Computer, Please End Program: 6 STAR TREK Holodeck Malfunctions

Avery Kaplan

For this week's Trek Tuesday, Geek Girl Authority recalls six Star Trek episodes in which the holodeck malfunctioned.

R: Data in "Masks." C: The black cat in "Catspaw." R: A zombie from Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.

5 Spooky STAR TREK Episodes

Avery Kaplan

In honor of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3's "Shuttle to Kenfori," here are five spooky franchise episodes.