Trek Tuesday

L: Duplicate Pike from Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. C: Half of Kirk from The Original Series. R: Thomas Riker from The Next Generation.

Double Double: 6 STAR TREK Episodes With Duplicates

Avery Kaplan

For this week's Trek Tuesday, we're recalling six Star Trek episodes wherein our heroes are subject to duplication.

Una in front of the Enterprise warp core on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.

STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS: ‘Ad Astra Per Aspera,’ a Trans Rights Allegory

Avery Kaplan

For the final Pride Month Trek Tuesday, we're unpacking a possible trans allegory in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' "Ad Astra Per Aspera."

Riker and Soren on Star Trek: The Next Generation

T4TNG: The Accidentally Trans STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION Episode

Avery Kaplan

This week, Trek Tuesday explores Star Trek: The Next Generation's "The Outcast," the show's "accidentally trans" episode.

L: Gray Tal. C: Jadzia Dax. R: Odan's new host, Kareel. From Star Trek.

STAR TREK: The Trans Trill, Explained

Avery Kaplan

For this week's Trek Tuesday, we're examining the history of Star Trek's Trill, and why they're considered a trans allegory.

Kirk and Spock together on the cover of Spockanalia, the first Star Trek fan zine.

The Premise and How STAR TREK Fans Created Fanfic as We Know It

Avery Kaplan

For this week's Trek Tuesday, we're recounting how Star Trek laid the foundations for the modern fanfic ecosphere.

L: O'Brien after 20 years in the matrix. C: Janeway thinks she's part of the workforce. R: Old Man Picard (probe edition). From Star Trek.

STAR TREK: 5 Alternate Lives

Avery Kaplan

Here are five Star Trek episodes where our Starfleet heroes live lives that are alternative to their true realities.

L: Trip visits the alien holodeck on Star Trek: Enterprise. C: Riker enters the Enterprise-D's holodeck on The Next Generation. R: Uhura and Sulu enter the rec room on The Animated Series.

STAR TREK: Tracing the Holodeck’s History

Avery Kaplan

For this week's Trek Tuesday, we're surveying the development of the holodeck across the Star Trek Franchise history.

L: Admiral April. C: M'Ress. R: Bem. All from Star Trek: The Animated Series.

STAR TREK: THE ANIMATED SERIES: 5 Characters and Species Introduced by the Show

Avery Kaplan

Here are five characters and species that first appeared onscreen in Star Trek: The Animated Series and later returned to the Franchise.

L: T'Pol. C: Riker. R: Locarno. All returning guest stars on Star Trek: Lower Decks.

STAR TREK: LOWER DECKS: 16 Returning Franchise Characters

Avery Kaplan

For this week's Trek Tuesday, we are counting down 16 legacy Franchise characters who returned on Star Trek: Lower Decks.

Spock re-creates the Spongebob "imagination" meme on the bridge of the Enterprise.

5 STAR TREK Meme Source Episodes

Avery Kaplan

We all know that the Star Trek Franchise has produced many internet memes, so this week's column explores five meme source episodes.

Left: Book and Burnham sharing coffee on Star Trek: Discovery. Center: Kirk making breakfast in Generations. Right: Picard and Number One in the vineyard.

STAR TREK: 5 Captains With Rural Retirements

Avery Kaplan

For this week's Trek Tuesday, here are five Star Trek captains who eventually left the center seat behind for retirement in rural settings across the galaxy. Did we include your favorite?

Mariner and Boimler in a kart on Starbase 25, heading straight for a merchant kiosk. From Star Trek: Lower Decks.

STAR TREK: LOWER DECKS: 7 Non-Franchise References

Avery Kaplan

Here are seven references on Star Trek: Lower Decks that pay homage to non-Franchise movies and television shows.

L: Rasmussen holding a phaser. C: Spock and his lover. R: Telek R’Mor. All from Star Trek time travel episodes.

STAR TREK: 8 Episodes Wherein Time Is Out of Joint

Avery Kaplan

In "honor" of Daylight Savings Time, here are 8 Star Trek episodes in which time is out of joint, from TOS to Prodigy.

Ensigns Sam Lavelle, Sito Jaxa, Taurik and Nurse Alyssa Ogawa seated around a Ten Forward table as waiter Ben stands nearby.

STAR TREK: 5 Episodes From Different Perspectives

Avery Kaplan

Here are five Star Trek episodes featuring different perspectives than the usual starring characters bring. Did we include your favorite?

Left: The clown in Star Trek: Voyager's "The Thaw," in front of a audience. Center: Frazzled Janeway meets put-together Janeway. Right: One of the lizards from "Threshold."

4 Freaky STAR TREK: VOYAGER Episodes

Avery Kaplan

Look for an escape from our disturbing present predicaments? For this week's Trek Tuesday, here are four Star Trek: Voyager episodes where things get freaky.