Transporter Room 3: The Star Trek Podcast

After two long years, Star Trek: Picard is back. And the former Enterprise captain has brought with him the Borg Queen, Guinan, and *in exasperated Picard voice* Q. So is the Season 2 premiere any good? Listen and find out! We also have one of our biggest collections of Red Shirts ever. So pour a glass of Chateau Picard and listen to the newest TR3!

With Star Trek: Picard bringing back Q for the first time in 21 years, we revisit his last TV appearance: Star Trek: Voyager's "Q2." We also offer our two cents on the news that Chris Pine's Kirk and the crew of the Kelvin Timeline Enterprise are coming back (Hopefully? Maybe?) in Star Trek 4, while wishing the new Star Trek: Prodigy toys only cost two cents (zing). Another Replimat trip and Red S...

This week, we beam up two Star Trek episodes: Prodigy's mid-season finale, the excellent "A Moral Star, Part 2," and Deep Space Nine's "Return to Grace." Dukat, Dal, Janeway and Kira - what's not to love? We also dive into Strange New Worlds news, those Starfleet Academy show rumors, and eulogize approximately 30 to 60 Red Shirts. So settle in with your Admiral Janeway coffee mug and listen to the...

Picard and Guinan beam on down this week with a new Star Trek: Picard Season 2 trailer, which we recap. We also break down Star Trek: Prodigy’s recent run of episodes (which Scott and Phil don’t totally agree on) and all the latest Star Trek show news for 2022. So slingshot around the sun and listen now to the latest TR3!

Before we beam into 2022, we wrap up 2021 with a deep-dive into "The Neutral Zone," the lowkey-good Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 1 finale that finds Picard and crew dealing with former human popsicles from the 20th century, the Romulans, and some foreshadowing of the Borg. We also take another trip to the Replimat with James Bond and Ridley Scott! To quote Hallmark's Galileo 7 shuttlecraf...

“The line must be drawn HEREUH!” It’s the 25th anniversary of Star Trek: First Contact, so of course TR3 is celebrating with a deep-ish dive about the movie and some insights from Phil’s articles with Ron Moore on the making of it. Plus, we also recap Star Trek: Discovery’s Season 4 premiere and Star Trek: Prodigy before its mid-season break. And we’ve got a Red Shirt as well, because reasons, so...

Just in time for Star Trek: Prodigy’s premiere, TrekCore.com’s Ken Reilly joins us to review the newest animated series set in the Final Frontier. We also have a special “guest appearance” from Kate Mulgrew that you can’t miss, as well as an interview with the writers of Star Trek - The Original Series: A Celebration — Ben Robinson and Ian Spelling — and a Red Shirt all the way from the Gamma Quad...

This week we celebrate the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Starship Down" -- it's The Poseidon Adventure on the Defiant, and it's a good one. We also are lucky to have with us the author of The Autobiography of Mr. Spock, Una McCormack, who helps us add another Red Shirt to our roster. So watch out for atmospheric probes and listen now to the newest TR3!

Captain James T. Kirk himself beams down this week to share some behind-the-scenes secrets from his first four Star Trek movies, which arrive in a-mah-zing 4K just in time for Star Trek's 55th anniversary. We also recap the last few Star Trek: Lower Decks episodes and discuss the new Borg Queen coming to Star Trek: Picard. So modulate your shield settings and listen now to TR3!

Star Trek: Lower Decks returns for its second season and we have a review of the premiere episode. Plus, showrunner Mike McMahan also beams down to chat with us and provide this week's Red Shirt. So press pause on your holodeck extreme cardio workout and listen to the new episode now!

What started out as a Star Trek: Voyager pitch for “dinosaurs with guns” turned into Jurassic Scientist. This week, we review “Distant Origin,” discuss its, ahem, origins from rough concept to final episode, and eulogize a Redshirt with ties to this fan-favorite episode. We also break down the pros of Alex Kurtzman’s newly extended tenure overseeing the Final Frontier and what’s up with that Worf...

This week, we dive into 55 years worth of Star Trek Development Hell and explore some great (and maybe some not so great) episodes that were never made. We also have a mini-review of Discovery Season 3 on Blu-ray (it's great!) and break down all the recent big Trek news: WandaVision director Matt Shakman beams down to helm Star Trek 4, Playmates Toys gets back into the Trek action figure game, and...

Klingon Civil War has come to Transporter Room 3. This week we review Next Generation's "Redemption, Part 1" Season 4 cliffhanger, written by Ron Moore -- and drop some cool behind-the-scenes trivia. We also break down the Picard Season 2 trailer, and Gates McFadden beams on down to chat about her new Star Trek podcast! And we talk about that time Harrison Ford made Phil very uncomfortable. How? L...

This week, we review the one where Q gets naked and plays with a mariachi band: "Deja Q." How well does one of the most meme-able TNG episodes hold up? Listen and find out. We also have a Red Shirt and a name for our "one cool thing" segment. (We think.)

20 years ago, on May 23, 2001, Star Trek: Voyager's journey came to an end with "Endgame, Parts 1 and 2." This week, we review one of the most disappointing series finales ever. And also talk SeaQuest DSV for some reason.

This week, Transporter Room 3 visits the Delta Quadrant for two fun episodes of Star Trek: Voyager, "Hope and Fear" and "Night." And Lower Decks showrunner Mike McMahan also beams on down to talk his favorite Trek episodes!

This week we recap the big news about future seasons of Picard, Discovery, and Lower Decks, along with our first look at Star Trek: Prodigy. We also debut a new segment of the pod, so replicate some of Janeway's coffee and listen to the newest ep of TR3!

And we’re back from the Nexus and ready to talk about TOS’ “Court Martial,” the first but certainly not the last Star Trek episode to do the courtroom drama thing. Plus, some final thoughts on Disco Season 3, a catch-up on some news, and much more!

It's been a long road, getting from there to here... with here being our final Transporter Room 3 of 2020. This week, we review "Terra Firma, Part 2" and look back at Star Trek: Discovery's third season so far. And there be plenty of Red Shirts here, too. 

Happy 200th episode! To celebrate, Phil literally recorded in his parents’ basement (a step up from the van, honestly) and did our first ever feature commentary track -- for Star Trek: Generations as it hits its 26th anniversary!

Michael is back with her crew and we're back with a new TR3! This week, we review the newest (and very exciting) episode of Star Trek: Discovery, "People of Earth," as well as last week's episode, “Far From Home.”

This week, one of the biggest Star Trek fans we know beams on down to Transporter Room 3: Adam Mallinger. You might know him better as Bitter Script Reader on Twitter! With Scott out this week, Adam joins TR3 to celebrate the anniversary of Deep Space Nine’s “Take Me Out to the Holosuite,” which just turned 22 this month.

Burnham is back. And she shot out of a wormhole and hit a guy. "That Hope Is You" launches us and one of our favorite Trek characters to the 32nd century, and we learn everything about this strange new time as Michael does. What's "The Burn"? Who is this Book guy? And why is his cat so damn cute? We break down all that and more this week.

Star Trek: Lower Decks' first season has come to an end (sad face) but, wow, what a great freshman debut. We review the big finale and then creator Mike McMahan beams in to discuss all the revelations… and drop some hints about Season 2!

"Crisis Point" is Lower Decks' version of Star Trek VI porn which is very much our jam. Every Trek feature film iteration gets skewered in this deceptively poignant homage to the franchise's big screen legacy, and… oh, just listen to us gush about it in our review. And we look back at Next Generation’s classic “Family” for its 30th (!) anniversary.