Essays and reviews to do with Star Trek:

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

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>>> Episodes

Blink of an Eye
A temporal anomaly in "Cause and Effect" (TNG)
Comparing two happy planets
("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
("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

>>> Stray thoughts