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Let Dan and Kevin be your guides in watching the episodes of Star Trek--The Original Series. This watch along podcast includes bits of trivia about each episode, along with insights by 2 guys who've been watching Star Trek since the 1970's. Listen and enjoy!
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The Doomsday Machine (opens the original)
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Dan and Kevin FINALLY get to talk about their favorite episode of the whole Original Series, The Doomsday Machine. It's got everything--another Federation starship, a crazy captain, fight scenes, and all kinds of crazy ideas to overcome one of the most fearsome weapons of the whole Original Series. Not to mention the acting of William Windom, amazing music from Sol Kaplan, and you've got yourself the set up for one of the best episodes of Star Trek ever. Plus a little skit from Dan and Kevin. En
The Apple (opens the original)
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What happens when you combine a bunch of ideas that were used in other episodes with an Old Testament/Hebrew Bible type of punishing god like machine with a bunch of natives that have never had to stand on their own? It's the wacky, screwy second season episode The Apple! Dan and Kevin try to make sense of an episode that's all over the place which, in the end, is more about mid 20th Century imperialism and the Cold War than any enlightening thoughts about a better future. And there's a paper ma
Mirror, Mirror (opens the original)
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Dan and Kevin talk about another seminal Star Trek episode, Mirror, Mirror. They both wonder what it would be like to live in a universe where a government uses terror and fear to keep people in line, where opponents disappear with no trace, and individual freedoms are squashed for the good of the imperialist in charge. No guesses on if the Emperor has orange skin. Kevin and Dan also talk about this episodes influence on future Star Trek shows, Chekhov's creepy smile, how Uhura keeps getting the
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