It’s time to get your stolen spaceship hurtling round the sun and going back in time to the 1980’s with Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home! We’re joined by our occasional editor and perpetual Pokémon expert, Reanna Reid-Lobatto, with some news about whales (and transparent aluminium). There’s some impressive Shacting as Spock and the crew get up to hijinks in order to get whales going back to the future! Then we’ve got the second part of this ‘bus punk’ duology with Picard’s “Watcher,” where we’re reminded why ICE should be abolished, Rafi is the most fun she’s been in the show and Guinan’s already fed up of JL!

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Talking points include: Continuum, Dr Who, Ecco the Dolphin, Whale Song, Tavern Talk, Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuux, Final Girl, Top Gun, Karate Kid cosplay, the pronunciation of aluminium, the “I choose to stay” trope, is there no pizza in Star Trek’s future?, Bester from Babylon 5, John Lithgow’s acting career, Bill & Ted’s poorly-aged comments, transparent aluminium facts! Hitchhiker’s Guide dolphins, Some non-bummer news about humpback whales, I urge Comrade Whales to go further, Genma Saotome’s parenting, McCoy Vs the American Health Industry, Alexa & the PS5’s voice recognition, Eddie Murphy, Back to the Future & Howard the Duck’s Lea Thompson, Fly me to the Moon, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Buffy, ICE should be abolished, Edith Piaf, do you like references?, Jerati’s history of constantly fucking up, Eternal Law, Ageing punks, Miles’ connection to Kirk Thatcher, fuck Peanut Hamper, The Rosa Parks episode of Dr Who, Charlie has now finished Yoshi’s Island. Oh, and occasionally Star Trek.

The Matthew Rosenberg Wolfsbane thing is covered here: https://www.cbr.com/rosenberg-apologizes-for-wolfsbane-death-scene/

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Music by Alfred Etheridge-Nunn. Read Miles’s blog or Charlie’s blog.

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