Punch It: Writing in Star Trek

Picard is on its way and hopefully, so are some Short Treks

The new teaser trailer for Picard dropped and it asks more questions than it answers. It begs you to watch it find out more and it feels like a tonal shift from Discovery that might bring in some different types of fans.

In this episode, we discuss what types of Short Treks could be made as a lead up to Star Trek: Picard as well as Discovery season three. We also talk about how other Star Trek shows would have handled Short Treks if given the chance.

Would Tom Paris fit on any show other than Star Trek: Voyager?

This week we take a look at everyone's favorite pilot, Tom Paris, and see how his character would fit and/or develop on all the other iterations of Star Trek. From TOS to DSC.

The hardest part seemed to be how to get a person with his past physically on the ship/station. Listen to find out how we did it. How would you do it?

The Sound of Thunder's Prime Directive Problem

Pike made a decision in Star Trek: Discovery's season two episode "The Sound of Thunder" that changed the course of evolution for one species and altered the balance of power with another. These were both non-federation races. The captain had a split second to make that monumental choice. How would other captains react?

In this episode, we discuss how Kirk, Picard, Sisko, Janeway, and Archer would have done if they were the captain of Discovery during that mission. We also discuss how the episode would have looked on their respective shows.

What if Seven came aboard the Enterprise-D instead of Voyager?

Adding to our "What If?" catalog, we tackle Seven of Nine and transplant her as a show regular on Star Trek: The Next Generation.

How would Scorpion be different? Would it be a rewrite of I, Borg? How would she get along with the crew. We discuss this and more on this week's episode.

Star Trek: The Next Generation "Ménage à Troi" Rewrite

After taking a forced two weeks off due to illness, Punch It is back and we are tackling Ménage à Troi from season three of TNG. An episode that was not as good we remembered it but was chock full of fun parts.

We open the show with a Star Trek: Discovery season two wrap up. Mild spoilers.

The Adventures of the U.S.S. Kelvin

We know so little about the U.S.S. Kelvin but it's impacted the Kelvin-Verse immensely. Hell, it's the reason it exists in the first place. But what about Kelvin Prime? How did this ship continue on in the Prime Universe? We know George Kirk lived to see James T. Kirk become the captain of the Enterprise but not much more than that.

In this episode, we explore how this ship could have been built, how George and Winona met, and why Captain Robau is a badass.

We most likely won't get a Star Trek 4 so we wrote our own

Completely on-the-fly we write our own version of a fourth Kelvin Star Trek film. As stated above, it most likely won't happen so we didn't​ want this prime opportunity to go to waste. We ask ourselves what kind of bad guy do we need? Where is Jaylah? Does it need to be another world ender?

We open the show with our reactions to Star Trek: Discovery's "Red Angel" and the likelihood of a Quinton Tarantino Star Trek film.

What is Star Trek V featured the Voyager crew?

Some of you might have already started to roll your eyes, but you only need your ears to hear this amazing tale! We take the template of Star Trek V: The Final Frontier and alter it to fit the Voyager crew.

Who breaks Janeway, Chakotay, and Tuvok out of jail? Does Neelix need his pain? Listen to find out.

What If Discovery's characters were transplanted to other shows?

We love our "What If" scenarios but we've purposefully left out Discovery until now. We always felt like we need more episodes under our belt to get to know the characters better. Now that season 2 is more than half over, we felt we could pursue it.

What would Michael look like on DS9? Would Saru fit on Voyager? Listen in and let us know what you think.

Almost everyone is excited about the new Picard show, but what comes after?

We know that there are a few things on the docket, Lower Decks, Section 31, and maybe even a few more. But what shows would come out if we were pitching them to the studio?

This week, we discuss what type of shows we would like to see produced on CBS All Access. Some are limited events, some are Short Treks, some are episodic. Listen and lets us know what you think.