Essays and reviews to do with Star Trek:

Note that these pages contain "spoilers", and are mainly intended for those who have already seen the Star Trek episodes and films referred to.

Live Long and Prosper

>>> Episodes
• Blink of an Eye
• A temporal anomaly in "Cause and Effect" (TNG)
• Comparing two happy planets (Episodes:)
     ("This Side of Paradise"; "Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum")
• Course Oblivion: The journey to nowhere
• Darmok, its meaning obscure
• Devil's Due: Star Trek meets Faust
• Dear Doctor: Genocide by Omission?
• Ethics: Almost great
• Parallels: the Many Worlds of Star Trek
• Parallels: the Divergences
• Stop the War Now: "The Day of the Dove"
• "Thine Own Self": Scientific Knowledge and Scientific Method
• Brain and Brain! A Celebration of "Spock's Brain"
• Three Episodes about Religion (Which are:)
    ("Who Watches the Watchers"; "Mortal Coil"; "Sacred Ground")
• Under-rated episodes: The Alternative Factor
• Under-rated episodes: The Savage Curtain
• Under-rated episodes: The Way to Eden
• Under-rated episodes: Spectre of the Gun
• Under-rated episodes: Wink of an Eye
• Warp 10 and Salamander Babies: Threshold
• The Star Trek films

>>> Some broader questions
• Alternative Earths in Star Trek (TOS)
• The Betrayal of Utopia
• Data's Humanity
• The Economy of the Federation
• Why Ferengi are Better than Klingons
• In Praise of Dr Pulaski
• The Militarization of the Federation
• The Mirror Universe: Some Reflections
• Odd language in Star Trek
• The Prime Directive, sane and silly
• Timelines in Star Trek
• Timelines: The Borg Queen's Mistake
• Voyager and Stories
• What is the Federation like?

>>> Stray thoughts
• Chess Night (instead of TNG poker)
• The conventions of Star Trek stories
• C. S. Lewis and Star Trek
• The curate's eggs of Star Trek: Good bits in bad episodes
• Why remastering Star Trek was a bad idea
• What if Star Trek had been made from the first pilot?
• How long is a Star Trek title?