Trek Mate: Ten Forward

This week Sina’s crazy schedule prevented her from recording with Chris and Matt on the weekend, so she dragged Ryan Porter with the Positively Nerdy podcast out from under his comics and twisted his arm to guest host a show with her. I think the title of the episode says it all.  Hope y’all enjoy the show, and beware of turbolifts. You can reach Ryan at: @PositivelyNerdy or at positivelynerdy.com Usual places: @queenkatblue @tenforward1701 trekmatetenforward@gmail.com forum.trekmatefamily.com Complaints:  @firbob1

This week Sina and Matt welcome Dan Levitt (aka Lt. Dan) and Brigitte and Shawn Vanderloo from the Rusted Robot Podcast (northeastern Ontario’s highest rated robot related podcast) to discuss our favorite One Shot Villains.  That’s right.  No discussion about how awesome Gul Dukat is.  No whining about how Voyager ruined the Borg and how they were way scarier in TNG.  Not a Romulan, Klingon or Xindi to be seen or heard in this podcast.  Just worthy villains that appeared in one episode (or two parters).  Did we discuss your favorite evil maniac or misguided soul?  If not, let us know! You can reach our guests at: @dlevitt79 @darthvaderloo, @brigvanderloo, @therustedrobot, therustedrobot@gmail.com, therustedrobot.podbean.com Usual places: @queenkatblue, @mhansen0207, @tenforward1701, trekmatetenforward@gmail.com, Facebook.com/TenForwardPod And as always, complaints go to: @firbob1    

Sina speaks with Larry Nemecek, Shawn Case and Lynn Zielinski with Enterprise in Space.  Enterprise in Space is a non profit organization that is going to put an orbiter in space with student experiments by the year 2018.  The orbiter will be named Enterprise and will return to earth after its mission to be displayed and provide educations opportunities.  The first phase is a design contest for the orbiter with a deadline of December 8, 2014.  Listen to the show to find out how you can help support this world wide effort. Hope you enjoy this bonus episode! You can find out all about Enterprise in Space by going to their website at enterpriseinspace.org Of course, you can reach Larry Nemecek to learn about all of his projects at: larrynemecek.com or @larrynemecek  

Sina, Paul, Scott and guest Dave the Hot Dogg gather in Ten Forward to discuss Jeff Lang’s The Light Fantastic. All complaints to @firbob1

This week, in celebration of its 20th anniversary, Sina, Chris and Matt welcome Marc Stamper to discuss Star Trek Generations…the good, the bad and the boring. Marc had some connection problems, and we apologize that he could not be on for the entire show.  Let us know what you think about Generations and about the show.  Also, don’t forget to wish Chris a happy birthday, as he turns 21 for the 20th time on Saturday, November 15th. The usual places: @marcstamper @queenkatblue @chriscantfly @mhansen0207 trekmatetenforward@gmail.com forum.trekmatefamily.com facebook.com/TenForwardPod  

This week on Ten Forward, Chris is left to his own devices, so he has gathered Mike Ortiz and Jason Thomson of Bat Talk to discuss the politics and philosophy of the factions we see in Star Trek. What does Mike think of The Federation? Does Jason want to sign up to The Dominion? Has Chris finally found a home with the Romulans? Find out all this and more in this special episode of Ten Forward, and if you want more of the same, let us know.   Mike and Jason are on twitter here and here Bat Talk and be found at www.battalk.com Chris is on twitter Contact Ten Forward via the usual means Trekmatetenforward@gmail.com @tenforward1701  

There is something really scary lurking in Ten Forward………..oh wait.  It’s just the boys. This week Sina, Chris and Matt discuss, well, spooky Trek episodes.  Listen as your bartenders let you know what their favorite scary episodes are and talk about other episodes chosen by some random person.  Do you agree or disagree? Happy Halloween! The usual details: @queenkatblue  – for all your adoration @chriscantfly – for all your grumpy comments @mhansen0207 – for you tell him he’s a know it all @firbob1 – for all your complaints trekmatetenforward@gmail.com   forum.trekmatefamily.com   facebook.com/TenForwardPod Some sound effects provided by Mike Koenig, BlastWaveFX and Maximilien at SoundBible.com.  

Why is our Book Club episode regarding Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore’s Star Trek Seekers: Point of Divergence called The Bell Hag?  Well, you will just have to listen to it to find out! This week, Sina, Paul and Scott return to discuss Part 2 of the first two Seekers books, which are books set in the TOS world/23rd century.  Sina tries valiantly to defend the book against the mean men on the podcast.  Tell us what you think of the episode, the book and the Bell Hag. You can find Scott’s blogs on the interweb thingy by going to the following web pages jfilmlove.wordpress.com http://everblueocean.web.fc2.com/englishindex.html  under the nome de plume of DC Graylocke If you want to get in touch with the show, give your opinions or even be a guest on the show you can find us in the following ways; trekmatetenforward@gmail.com forum.trekmatefamily.com Sina can be found on Twitter @queenkatblue Paul can be found on Twitter @firbob1

On 3rd -5th October 2014 I (Firbob) attended DST3 at the Excel Arena in London.   In this Episode I am joined by one of The Battle Bridge hosts Mr James Roberts who I was lucky enough to meet up with at the show, and we share our thoughts and experiences of the weekend.   As an extra special treat, I videoed the podcast and edited in various pictures, photos and video footage I took at the show. So if you want to watch me picking my nose and drinking tea, follow the link below and you will “see” the podcast.     Sina can be found on Twitter @queenkatblue Kat spelt with a “K”   Paul can be found on Twitter @firbob1   You can get in touch with the show via; Twitter @tenfoward1701 Email us at – trekmatetenforward@gmail.com Post a comment on the Trekmate Forum at forum.trekmatefamily.com

Mr Music Matt Warwick rejoins Sina and Chris for more adventures in the wonderland of soundtracks and scores. This edition focuses on the music of television, with Matt offering up some prime cuts of TV show compositions, along with picks from the hosts. For more from Matt check out @qbie or qbie.com Anything to tell the show? email trekmatetenforward@gmail.com Want to talk to Sina? catch her on twitter @queenkatblue Need to talk policy with El Presidente Galactico? Join the queue chumps! All complaints should be directed to @firbob1 Chris is awesome.

This week Paul and Jarman welcome back Shawn Vanderloo with the Rusted Robot Podcast to discuss his Desert Island Trek episodes.  Discussions of Team Boring, Canadian landscapes and time travel abound, as they drop in a reference to Hamlet.  But wait!  They actually discuss some Trek episodes too!  Some darn good ones, if Sina (who is writing these show notes) does say so herself. Usual places: @firbob1 (send complaints here) or @histrionicspock or @aplayonnerds @queenkatblue (send compliments here) or @chriscantfly trekmatetenforward@gmail.com or facebook.com/TenForwardPod Shawn can be reached at: @darthvaderloo or @therustedrobot  

This week Sina, Chris and Matt discuss, dissect and decide which episodes they never ever want to talk about again on Ship Wreck Trek.  There are some expected choices, but some really off the chart ones too.  Just because we are like that.   Paul and Jarman did not send in their suggestions – too bad for them!   So if you are on the show be creative with your Ship Wreck Trek choices…or they will watch The Little Mermaid, The Hunt for Red October and Sister Act. Send all complaints to @firbob1

This week Sina and Paul delve into the 23rd century of the Star Trek book universe.  Following the events of the series Star Trek Vanguard, Seekers #1 (Point of Divergence by David Mack) follows the story of the crew of the USS Sagittarius while they investigate a planet in the unexplored Taurus Reach.  Klingons show up and mayhem ensues. Scott joins us from the Nexus; Paul gets confused about the book title (he must have been smoking something); Sina ends up singing (or something); and there is a live studio audience too (thanks Chris! not ChrisCan’tFly, who is not a book nerd). Hope you enjoy the podcast! The usual places: @queenkatblue and @firbob1 trekmatetenforward@gmail.com     forum.trekmatefamily.com     facebook.com/TenForwardPod      

First, we apologize for the delay in posting the episode.  The editing program decided to ship wreck the editing, and everything had to be redone. Second, we debut a new segment suggested by our guest, Dan Levitt:  Middle Decks Trek.  What is this concept?  Listen to Sina, Chris and guest host Ryan Porter with the Positively Nerdy Podcast to discuss Dan’s choices and to find out what Middle Decks Trek is all about.  Along the way, we go on some tangents, including the Riker Leg Maneuver and The Walk of Shame on the Enterprise D.  Oh and bloopers.  Lots of bloopers. You can reach Sina and Chris at: @queenkatblue, @chriscantfly, trekmatetenforward@gmail.com, @tenforward1701, facebook.com/TenForwardPod You can reach Ryan at: @PositivelyNerdy You can reach Dan at: @dlevitt79  

Chris, Jarman and Matt sit around the ten Forward fire, sip on a cup of hot chocolate and discuss the finer points of the sexy side of Trek, or to put it another way, they list the characters and actors they would take to a Desert Island…. a lurrrve Desert Island.