This week, Scott and Phil revisit an oldie but a goodie: Star Trek: First Contact! In honor of its 20th anniversary on Nov. 22, we sat down with our new friend (and fan!) Aaron Couch from The Hollywood Reporter to discuss his must-read oral history on the film and our favorite First Contact memories. Transporter Room 3, Episode 98/99 Subscribe: And

In the wake of the highly divisive presidential election, we’ve got a handful of Star Trekky Star Trek episode recommendations -- shows from The Original Series, Next Generation, Deep Space Nine and more that remind us that working together towards a positive future is what it’s all about. Transporter Room 3, Episode 97 Subscribe: We also delve into the recent news that Star Trek: Discovery showrunner Bryan Fuller… is not the showrunner of Star Trek: Discovery anymore. We find this news most distressing, and we’re not entirely convinced that the official reasoning for his taking a step back (but not completely a step away, as he’ll still be involved with the show) is the full story. Is it ever? And then of course we’ve got another Red Shirt of the week. A whole planet of ‘em, in fact. But we bring it all back to the election, so don’t let anyone ever say we aren’t heavy-handed! So put on your Federation President John Lennon shades, turn off the cable news for a spell, and listen to the latest episode of Transporter Room 3… Please subscribe (click the icon) to get all the latest episodes of our podcast automatically. Friend us on Facebook, star-rate us on iTunes, and e-mail us at Transporter Room 3 at Gmail dot com. Also, stalk us on Twitter: Scott Collura: twitter.com/ScottCollura Phil Pirrello: twitter.com/Phil_Pirrello Listen to Episode 97 of Transporter Room 3 right here: Transporter Room 3, Episode 97 Subscribe:

You guys have to get the new Star Trek book The Fifty-Year Mission: The Next 25 Years, which dives into all the behind-the-scenes drama of TNG (the series and movies), DS9, Voyager, Enterprise and the Abrams movies. Transporter Room 3, Episode 96 Subscribe: You also need to add the Star Trek 50th Anniversary 30-disc Blu-ray set to your collection

Star Trek: The Next Generation fans? You're in for a treat. Transporter Room 3, Episode 82 Subscribe: This week, we review William Shatner's Chaos on the Bridge, a very compelling -- and very frank -- behind-the-scenes look at the crazy sh** show that was the first two seasons of TNG. The late then-showrunner Maurice Hurley makes his first

We’re continuing Star Trek’s 50th anniversary celebration with another new episode of Transporter Room 3 this week, and another look back at where it all started! Transporter Room 3, Episode 95 Subscribe: This time out, we talk to writer, legend and OG of TOS D.C. Fontana about her time on the classic show as well as her stint helping to launch

726 episodes. 13 movies. 4,579,829 red shirts. Star Trek has given us so much in 50 years… including Transporter Room 3, so we're celebrating it old school. Yep, we're slingshotting 'round the sun with a discussion of "The Man Trap," the first Trek episode to ever air half a century ago today. Salt vampires never get old (unlike Doctor McCoy’s ex-girlfriend). Transporter Room 3,

This week, Bryan Fuller finally let some cats out of the considerable bag that is Star Trek: Discovery, the first new Trek series since Enterprise. Transporter Room 3, Episode 93 Subscribe: We know when it's set (not after Star Trek VI) and we know who the hero is (and it's not the captain). Aliens, robots (!) and more are waiting for us aboard

This week, we're still suffering from Beyond fever -- and so are most of you, it seems! Transporter Room 3, Episode 92 Subscribe: So we’ve got some listener reviews on the third Nu-Trek film, plus Scott and Phil figure out who liked the movie more… And Star Trek: Discovery revealed its new starship at Comic-Con recently, so check out our

Good news, everyone -- we’re reviewing Star Trek Beyond this week in a super-sized episode! Transporter Room 3, Episode 91 Subscribe: What did we think? We liked it! One of us more than the other -- listen to find out who. And, guys? While the first part of the podcast is spoiler free, we eventually go pon farr and pon deep into SPOILER TERRITORY

We're back. With a new episode... talking about an old episode. BRAAAAM! As promised, the topic is Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. And the episode, the scary-underrated "Indiscretion," is one that you've (probably) never seen. If you haven't then you need to fix that, because it's an all-timer for Kira and Dukat. Transporter Room 3, Episode 90