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Jack Fennell, editor of Irish sci-fi collection, A Brilliant Void, joins Alan and Sarah to talk about Star Trek: The Next Generation. Alan was obsessed with TNG when he was young, Sarah was not but she has many questions which Alan and Jack…

I find myself talking about two Star Trek moments a lot these days (sometimes in pubs, declaiming to friends’ boyfriends I’ve only just met, because social cues are clearly my forte). ‘Past Tense!’ I declare. They wait, patiently, politely,…

September 8th 2016 sees Star Trek celebrate its fiftieth anniversary, as five decades have passed since ‘The Man Trap’ was first broadcast (in colour) on American television sets. In that five decades, the franchise has endured everything…