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In the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode, "It's Only a Paper Moon," Nog returns after treating his wounds from AR-558, but the adjustment to life back on DS9 is complicated. He finds solace in Vic Fontaine's holographic world until reality puts a damper on the fantasy.

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Welcome to Mission Log, a Roddenberry Entertainment podcast, where we explore the Star Trek universe one episode at a time. Each week, Mission Log examines a single episode of Star Trek, diving into its ethical subtext, metaphors, and cultural significance. From the show's most iconic moments to its hidden gems, we analyze what makes Star Trek one of the greatest science fiction sagas of all time.

In this Episode of Mission Log we'll...

• Recap the story and analyze key moments.
• Discuss the moral dilemmas presented.
• Debate whether the episode holds up and if the messages are still relevant.

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Perhaps it was the wrong show in the wrong place at the wrong time. Whatever the case, UPN's "Mercy Point" didn't last long and was derided as "ER in Space." Does the format hold up, though? A look back at "Mercy Point's" 1998 premiere on today's Sci-Fi 5.

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Written by Earl Green

Hosted by Ryan Myers

Music by Devin Curry

Nearly sixty years on, the James Bond film franchise is as strong as ever. As "No Time to Die" drops in theaters, we look back at "Dr. No," a movie that defined a genre and reshaped moviegoer expectations for decades.

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Written and hosted by Norman Lao

Music by Devin Curry

This week on The Trek Files, we return to the archival mail bag to sample some of the letters Gene Roddenberry ("Mr. Trek") was receiving in 1975. From the requests for props, plans and insider information to the insights hiding between the lines. Mission Log's John Champion joins Larry for our seasonal look at some of Star Trek's most ardent supporters.

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John and Holly Amos emerge from their holopods to take calls about everything from Boimler's Borg battles to pesto in the latest Lower Decks epic, "I, Excretus".

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This week on Episode 525 of Priority One: Jeffrey Combs speaks in evil robot about his appearance on Lower Decks, Prodigy showrunners drop some details about the series a month out from the premiere, and it’s confirmed - the TNG cast really are one big happy family.  In gaming news, a new T6 remaster of a classic workhorse starship comes to Star Trek Online, and finally we enter the holo-pod and look at the latest episode of Lower Decks “I, Excretus”.   This week’s Community Question is:  “Would you still play Star Trek Online if it wasn’t Star Trek?” Let us know on social media like Facebook, Twitter, or by visiting our website! TREK IT OUT Edited by Jake Morgan Weyooops...Jeffery Combs With i09 By Jake Morgan A great actor makes you feel. Whether joy, anger, love, hate - a truly gifted thespian makes you ache for their presence - be it revered or reviled. We Star Trek fans are graced with many such actors and characters. Nimoy’s Spock. Whoopie’s Guinan. Comb’s Weyoun. Comb’s Brunt. Comb’s Penk. Comb’s Shran. Comb’s...well, you get the picture. This week, i09 sat down with the prolific Star Trek trouper Jeffery Combs to talk about our latest favorite Comb’s role - the devious supercomputer Agimus! Comb’s had glowing things to say about the writing staff of Star Trek: Lower Decks, explaining to James Whitbrook of i09 what drew him to the show. ”I liked the script a lot and I’m really happy with how it turned out. I find it—the show—just to be really... witty. Rapid-fire. The joke is past you before you go, “Wh-wh-wha?” A different tone from any other Star Trek I’ve ever done. And I kind of like that. It’s refreshing. It doesn’t take itself quite so seriously as some of the other iterations.” While Combs was complimentary of Lower Decks, he wasn’t shy about his feelings towards the entertainment industry. When asked whether he’d return to a LIVE-Action version of the franchise, Comb’s said ”You have to be asked to dance. You have to be invited. It’s really not up to me. But I kind of feel I still have some gas in the tank. But you know, when it comes to commerce and entertainment it’s just like cereal: “New and improved!” [...]. So, I don’t really know what goes through decision-makers’ minds, but there always seems to be some sort of a disconnect between what the fans would enjoy and what they wind up doing. Not always. Not always.” To find out how Comb’s felt about playing an antagonist, his thoughts on Voice Acting, and much more, be sure to follow the link in our show notes at priorityonepodcast.com! One big happy TNG family By Rosco McQueen Some news that as Star Trek fans we’ve all known for a while, but is heartwarming to see it confirmed.  Yes, the cast of The Next Generation really do all like each other.  In fact, they’re all incredibly close. In an interview with The Express in the UK, Marina Sirtis confirmed that the cast do indeed see themselves as a family.  They’ve been friends since the early days of the series… and the producers hated it. "They hate when the cast like each other because they talk. Producers don't want you talking. They want us all hating each other and being competitive with each other, so that they can lie to you." Sirtis explains how after the death of her husband, it was the crew who were there for her soon after. Lavar Burton, Brent Spiner and Michael Dorn all immediately visited with Sirtis on the day her husband, Michael Lamper, died. She also spoke about the support she received from Gates McFadden. Akiva gets his Wish By Cat Hough Akiva Goldsman has been extremely busy of late, acting as executive producer and co-showrunner for both Star Trek: Picard and the upcoming series Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. If those two roles weren’t busy …

What might a Terran Empire education system look like? What about their family structures or arts and culture? Our crew looks at what we know and speculates on what we don’t know about Star Trek’s Mirror Universe.

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Three young people and a scientist ride around in an ice-cream truck and fight crime with their amazing, superhuman powers - except the ability to draw an audience for NBC. That was the promise, and failure, of "Misfits of Science" which premiered on October 4, 1985 and featured an up-and-coming Courtney Cox.

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Written by Johnny Kolasinski

Hosted by Earl Green

Music by Devin Curry

Star Trek Online is kicking butt at its latest fundraiser; vintage sci-fi is getting a reboot; Star Trek fiction is stronger than ever, and this week's history will take you down a wonderful rabbit hole of comic book art, if you want it to. Plus learn the details of how you can win a copy of The Autobiography of Mr. Spock.

Today's stories:

• Star Trek Online charity fundraiser

• TekWar reboot

• Star Trek Explorer fiction

• Dayton Ward interview

• Carl Tart on Kayshon in Star Trek: Lower Decks

• Jeffrey Combs on Agimus in Lower Decks

• Russ Heath

Star Wars was hot in 1977, but was it funky enough? Fortunately all doubt was laid to rest when Meco released "Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk" on October 1 of that year, making sure that disco and sci-fi would forever go hand-in-hand.

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Written by Earl Green

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