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

• Alternative Earths in Star Trek (TOS)
• The Betrayal of Utopia
• Blink of an Eye
• A temporal anomaly in 'Cause and Effect' (TNG)
• Chess Night (instead of TNG poker)
• Comparing two happy planets
• The conventions of Star Trek stories
• Course Oblivion: The journey to nowhere
• C. S. Lewis and Star Trek
• Darmok, its meaning obscure
• Data's Humanity
• Devil's Due: Star Trek meets Faust
• The Economy of the Federation
• The curate's eggs of Star Trek: Good bits in bad episodes
• In praise of Dr Pulaski
• The Militarization of the Federation
• The Mirror Universe: Some Reflections
• Odd language in Star Trek
• Parallels: the Many Worlds of Star Trek
• Parallels: the Divergences
• The Prime Directive, sane and silly
• Stop the War Now: 'The Day of the Dove'
• Why remastering Star Trek was a bad idea
• Brain and Brain! A Celebration of 'Spock's Brain'
• What if Star Trek had been made from the first pilot?
• Three Episodes about Religion
• Timelines in Star Trek
• Timelines: The Borg Queen's Mistake
• How long is a Star Trek title?
• The Star Trek films
• 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
• Voyager and Stories
• What is the Federation like?