Masterpiece Science-Fiction Theater Podcast
1) StarTrek 01.33–Post Season 1 Analysis Part 2: World Building
In this episode: A complete analysis of World Building in Season One of Star Trek The Original Series: A Survey of all strange new worlds (30) and all new life forms and civilizations (25) A breakdown...Show More
2) StarTrek01.34–Post Season 1 Analysis Part 3: Diversity and Inclusivity
In this episode: This is an audio version of my essay, The Enterprise is not a White Space: why minority representation on Star Trek was so radical and risky in the 1960s. Much of American society,...Show More
3) Star Trek 01.32–Post-Season 1 Analysis Part 1: Narrative Structure
In this episode: The first part of our post-season 1 analysis of Star Trek: The Original Series, with a focus on trends in narrative structure. Antagonist Type: There are more monster episodes than yo...Show More
4) StarTrek 01.31–Operation: Annihilate!
In this episode: an analysis of “Operation: Annihilate!” the last aired episode of Season One of Star Trek a fitting season finale (even though 60s TV did not really do those as we understand them) be...Show More
5) StarTrek01.30–The City on the Edge of Forever
In this episode: An analysis of The City on the Edge of Forever: How the episode still lives up to the hype five decades later Edith Keillor voices Star Trek’s Mission Statement, and is a stand in fo...Show More
6) StarTrek01.29–Errand of Mercy
In this episode: An analysis of Errand of Mercy. The origins of the Klingon culture–hint: another Vietnam-era analogy. The Klingon look–not just swarthy villain stereotypes NOTE: I did not address con...Show More
7) StarTrek01.28–The Devil in the Dark
In this episode: A literary analysis of The Devil in the Dark Everyone’s favorite silicone-based lifefrom, the Horta Roddenberry and his producers believed this episode provided Stark Trek with its or...Show More
8) Discovery005-Brother
My initial throughs on Discovery’s second season premier, “Brother.” New and old characters on a new adventure. I also share some musings about where I think the season is headed thematically: the cla...Show More
9) StarTrek01.27–This Side of Paradise
In this episode: This Side of Paradise a heavy sci-fi episode by TOS standards the third episode by Trek’s best woman writer, DC Fontana a counterpart to The Naked Time with strong Kirk and Spock char...Show More
10) StarTrek01.26–A Taste of Armageddon
In this episode: “A Taste of Armageddon” Another rare pure science-fiction Star Trek episode: a 500 year war waged by computers. While the Federation was first mentioned in “Arena” this episode is fir...Show More