The Measure of a Fan

PJ, Mat and Eliot join the Discovery crew for their first away mission to an alien planet! We're thundering towards Discovery's mid-season finale, in this, our fifth season, our one-hundred and seventh episode. What better time to discuss Eliot's expectations of Star Trek? Theme tune by Eliot Red Artwork by Gavin Mitchell Follow the podcast on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BlueSky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

While we beaver away trying to get more episodes recorded and edited, our friends over at The Replimat have very kindly offered to let us share with you an episode of their show, in which PJ turned up to watch an episode of Deep Space Nine. Andy Frankham-Allen and Tim Gambrell meander through the entirety of Star Trek Deep Space Nine and Dr Who. For Tim it's his very first time on DS9, and And...

PJ, Mat and Eliot get stuck in a time loop. PJ, Mat and Eliot get stuck in a time loop. PJ, Mat and Eliot get stuck in a time loop. PJ, Mat and Eliot get stuck in a time loop. PJ, Mat and Eliot get stuck in a time loop. PJ, Mat and Eliot get stuck in a time loop. PJ, Mat and Eliot get stuck in... Theme tune by Eliot Red Artwork by Gavin Mitchell Follow the podcast on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BlueSky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠...

Ambassador Sarek is missing! PJ, Mat and Eliot know where he is, but no one else does. Will the crew of the Discovery use their high tech sensors to find him? Or will they find a convoluted way for Michael to psychically enter his head because Star Trek? What do you think? Theme tune by Eliot Red Artwork by Gavin Mitchell Follow the podcast on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BlueSky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠...

While we beaver away trying to get more episodes recorded and edited, our friends over at The Replimat have very kindly offered to let us share with you an episode of their show, in which they made Eliot watch an episode of Deep Space Nine. Andy Frankham-Allen and Tim Gambrell meander through the entirety of Star Trek Deep Space Nine and Dr Who. For Tim it's his very first time on DS9, and And...

PJ, Mat and Eliot join Captain Lorca as he gets taken prisoner by Klingons, and meets a classic Star Trek character, Harcourt Fenton Mudd! Plus! We love the Discovery cast. Especially Wilson Cruz. He's dreamy. Look, we might be crushing slightly on Wilson Cruz. And really, can you blame us? Theme tune by Eliot Red Artwork by Gavin Mitchell Follow the podcast on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BlueSky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

PJ, Mat and Eliot join Burnham's research into the strange creature the Discovery crew found on the USS Glenn. Will it be the weapon Lorca wants? Will Landry make some terrible decisions? And why are these Klingon scenes so boring? Theme tune by Eliot Red Artwork by Gavin Mitchell Follow the podcast on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BlueSky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠...

PJ, Mat and Eliot finally reach the USS Discovery! Although Eliot gets confused and thinks we're on an Enterprise. It's an easy mistake to make. Plus! Actually, that's pretty much it. It's a lot of spaceship chat. Theme tune by Eliot Red Artwork by Gavin Mitchell Follow the podcast on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BlueSky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

PJ, Mat and Eliot find themselves at the start of the war between the Klingons and the Federation! It's a mixed bag. There's some fun stuff, but there's also Klingons who speak so slowly. Plus! Bolognese! Theme tune by Eliot Red Artwork by Gavin Mitchell Follow the podcast on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BlueSky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

It's our 100th episode! And conveniently, it's also a momentous one, as we watch the very first episode of Star Trek: Discovery! An explosive episode to start a new series of Star Trek. But will Eliot enjoy it? Theme tune by Eliot Red Artwork by Gavin Mitchell Follow the podcast on ⁠⁠⁠⁠BlueSky⁠⁠⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠...

PJ, Mat and Eliot join Captain Pike's former science officer, Captain Lynne Lucaro, as she takes command of the USS Cabot, and runs into Edward Larkin, and the strange creatures he's experimenting on. Yes, it's our first Tribble episode. It's very silly. Even by our standards. Theme tune by Eliot Red Artwork by Gavin Mitchell Follow the podcast on ⁠⁠⁠BlueSky⁠⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Insta...

It's a momentous occasion. Artist and writer Andy W. Clift rejoins PJ, Mat and Eliot, as we finally reach the first piece of Star Trek ever shot. It's Star Trek's original pilot episode, shot in 1964, The Cage! Is this the most Gene Rodenberry episode of Star Trek ever? Theme tune by Eliot Red Artwork by Gavin Mitchell Follow the podcast on ⁠⁠⁠BlueSky⁠⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Spock! Spock's here! For the first time in our podcast, we're meeting Spock! It's Ensign Spock's first day on the Enterprise, so naturally, he gets stuck in a lift with his new first officer. And we get stuck there with them. Plus, Mat eats a lettuce. Theme tune by Eliot Red Artwork by Gavin Mitchell Follow the podcast on ⁠⁠BlueSky⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

PJ, Mat and Eliot meet Saru, as he decides that his backwards planet and his people's attitude to sacrificing themselves might be a bad thing. But it turns out, Eliot doesn't really like short films. So, we're onto a winner with the Short Treks. Theme tune by Eliot Red Artwork by Gavin Mitchell Follow the podcast on ⁠BlueSky⁠ , ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

We're back! And it's a new dawn as we leave Enterprise behind to take a look at our first Short Trek, and our first piece of animated Star Trek! And since it's an animated episode, we brought in a very special guest, animator Dani Abram! She's actually worked on animated Star.... Um... Wars. But that's good enough for us! Theme tune by Eliot Red Artwork by Gavin Mitchell Follow...

PJ, Mat and Eliot finally reach the end of the Enterprise leg of their Trek journey (for now). Mat tries to dig up dirt on Robocop. Any Robocop. Eliot's just done with the whole thing. PJ's trying to keep it together, but we're all very tired. Theme tune by Eliot Red Artwork by Gavin Mitchell Follow the podcast on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠ and Threads...

PJ, Mat and Eliot reach their penultimate episode of Enterprise (for now). Robocop turns up, and he's a massive racist with a convoluted plan involving a baby and a space gun. Plus! Admiral Leather Ducky, and Mat can't spell Robocop! Theme tune by Eliot Red Artwork by Gavin Mitchell Follow the podcast on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , ⁠Twitter⁠ and Threads. If y...

Enterprise promises dragons. It does not deliver on the dragons. Instead, we get to watch one of the worst episodes of Enterprise yet. It may have actually broken Eliot. And we owe our guest, Stace, an apology. In fact, if you listen to this episode, we owe you an apology. We're so sorry. Theme tune by Eliot Red Artwork by Gavin Mitchell Follow the podcast on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Kris Carter rejoins PJ, Mat and Eliot for the second half of the storyline that was created purely to explain why Klingons had smooth foreheads in the original series. Despite that flimsy premise, we manage to have some fun, as we take Eliot through the racist window. Theme tune by Eliot Red Artwork by Gavin Mitchell Follow the podcast on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠...

PJ, Mat and Eliot find themselves watching an episode of Enterprise that was produced specifically to explain a make up change that didn't need explaining. Yes, Eliot has now found out that there were Klingons with smooth foreheads. Plus! Are the crew of the Columbia in a cult? Theme tune by Eliot Red Artwork by Gavin Mitchell Follow the podcast on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠...

PJ, Mat and Eliot watch the third and final part of the Romulan / Andorian / Tellarite / Vulcan storyline. But it's mostly Andorian now. It's a weird third act. Plus! Romulan character development and Guylian chocolates! Wherever you get your podcasts. Theme tune by Eliot Red Artwork by Gavin Mitchell Follow the podcast on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Eliot continues his mission to make other people dislike Star Trek as much as he does. PJ and Mat can only watch. This whole podcast experiment has backfired terribly. Also, in Star Trek, Archer starts cutting bits off people, Travis gets something to do, and there's a Romulan named Nigel. It's spelled Nijil. But he's Nigel. Theme tune by Eliot Red Artwork by Gavin Mitchell Follow the...

PJ, Mat and Eliot attempt to discuss Babel One, but get distracted by helicopters and the Police. And the Police again. It's the level of professionalism you've all come to accept from us. Theme tune by Eliot Red Artwork by Gavin Mitchell Follow the podcast on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you enjoy the podcast, and would like to support it, you can buy us a c...

PJ, Mat and Eliot observe and episode of Enterprise, in which alien observers observe the Enterprise crew when two of them get rocks in their blood, or something. To be honest, two thirds of the presenters are starting to lose the will to live. But at least Travis finally gets something to do. Well, sort of. Theme tune by Eliot Red Artwork by Gavin Mitchell Follow the podcast on ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ ,...

PJ, Eliot and Mat Watch an episode that Increasingly angers and causes a spat. For Doctor Transporter Beams up with his daughter And takes Enterprise to where they shouldn't oughta. Theme tune by Eliot Red Artwork by Gavin Mitchell Follow the podcast on ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠ If you enjoy the podcast, and would like to support it, you can buy us a coffee on ⁠⁠ko-fi.com⁠⁠...