Trek to the Holodeck

What controller would you use to pilot the the USS Voyager ? The crew spars with trash aliens over a probe stuck in the clouds of a gas giant. What better time, then, for Tom to convince the crew to build a space car! Meanwhile, B'Elanna Torres has a secret: she keeps trying to get herself killed in... THE HOLODECK! Hosted by Darius Hamilton-Smith, Dylan Hamilton-Smith and Jan Lefrancois-Gijzen Co...

It's a peaceful transition of power on the USS Enterprise-D as Captain Jean-Luc Picard cedes control to Captain Jellico, who straight up does NOT like Commander Riker. Why is this happening? Join Beverly and Worf as they train in super cool black-ops outfits in...  THE HOLODECK! Hosted by Darius Hamilton-Smith, Dylan Hamilton-Smith and Jan Lefrancois-Gijzen Computer Voice provided by Verona Blue M...

The infamous Kevin ‘Chef Kevin’ Bartelt ( Maybe Don’t, Hollywood Handbook ) joins the Trek to the Holodeck crew to help us figure out how to make a table in... THE HOLODECK. Hosted by Darius Hamilton-Smith, Dylan Hamilton-Smith and Jan Lefrancois-Gijzen Computer Voice provided by Verona Blue Music by  b o d y l i n e   available on Bandcamp

What happens when you take an "I Think You Should Leave" sketch and make it Star Trek? Terminal Provocations! Mariner and Boimler help Ensign Fletcher (TIM ROBINSON) recover a core while the Cerritos goes toe-to-toe with an alien salvage ship. Oh, and Tendi & Rutherford go on a training mission that goes horribly wrong in... THE HOLODECK! Hosted by Darius Hamilton-Smith, Dylan Hamilton-Smith a...

What happens when you take an awesome sci-fi premise (planet phases between corporeal and non-corporeal state every 60 years) and turned it into a chemistry-less love story? Meridian! This Brigadoon-inspired episode is a certified snoozer, but is saved by a B-plot featuring Jeffrey Combs in his first Star Trek appearance as a bigtime creeper who wants a copy of Major Kira for personal use on... TH...

And now the conclusion... ... to our first Trek to the Big Screen as we review 1996's Star Trek: First Contact ! Featuring Henri Boulanger, a guest host from fellow podcast "Frames and Fools." We break down perhaps the tightest, densest holodeck scene in all of Trek canon as Picard takes Lily to... THE HOLODECK! Hosted by Darius Hamilton-Smith, Dylan Hamilton-Smith and Jan Lefrancois-Gijzen Comput...

It's our first Trek to the Big Screen as we review 1996's Star Trek: First Contact ! Featuring Henri Boulanger, a guest host from fellow podcast "Frames and Fools." In First Contact , the borg are BACK and Jean-Luc Picard is on a mission of vengeance. This is the first of a two-parter. Tune in next week for Part 2 where we Trek... to the HOLODECK! Hosted by Darius Hamilton-Smith, Dylan Hamilton-Sm...

Three klingons and a trill symbiont walk into Quark's bar. They've all taken a blood oath to kill somebody called "The Albino" - except two of the klingons aren't so sure about the trill. So they ask her to prove herself in combat in... THE HOLODECK! Hosted by Darius Hamilton-Smith, Dylan Hamilton-Smith and Jan Lefrancois-Gijzen Computer Voice provided by Verona Blue Music by  b o d y l i n e   av...

This EARLY Star Trek: Voyager episode may just be an all-timer! Harry Kim gets himself all sorts of stuck in his Beowulf holodeck program. Shortly thereafter, Tuvok and Chakotay get sucked in, too. The solution? Send Voyager's greatest holographic warrior, The Doctor himself, on an way mission to... the HOLODECK! Hosted by Darius Hamilton-Smith, Dylan Hamilton-Smith and Jan Lefrancois-Gijzen Compu...

What, exactly, constitutes a Trek to the Holodeck-certified "Snoozer"? There's nothing quite outrageous about Okona, a Han Solo knockoff whose ship doesn't even have real phasers. Perhaps the most "outrageous" thing Okona does is convince Data to try his hand at comedy, leading Data to... the HOLODECK. Hosted by Darius Hamilton-Smith, Dylan Hamilton-Smith and Jan Lefrancois-Gijzen Computer Voice p...

Are you ready for a luau on the USS Voyager's holodeck? How about teen romcom levels of romance? Kim falls in love with a holodeck character, who in turn falls in love with... Tuvok? What's going on?! This episode features some legit Hawaiian shirts and also the consensus WORST Vulcan: Vorik. Hosted by Darius Hamilton-Smith, Dylan Hamilton-Smith and Jan Lefrancois-Gijzen Computer Voice provided by...

Get ready to experience one of The Next Generation 's most David Lynch-esque episodes as the Enterprise-D simultaneously develops a subconscious (in the holodeck!) and... reproduces?! It's "Trek" at its best, as the crew takes every measure to avoid having to harm this strange new life. Oh, and there's a little Shakespeare to top it all off. Hosted by Darius Hamilton-Smith, Dylan Hamilton-Smith an...

This episode may feature one of the shortest holodeck segments in all of Trek canon, but it does have one thing going for it: Vulcan foreplay. Tuvok is Pon Farring bad and he needs an outlet. Oh yeah, and meanwhile OFF the holodeck, Jeri Ryan crushes it as The Doctor possessing Seven of Nine's body. It's a classic Season 7 episode! Hosted by Darius Hamilton-Smith, Dylan Hamilton-Smith and Jan Lefr...

It's the first episode ever of "Star Trek: Lower Decks" and, yep, there's some holodeck content! Where do Mariner, Boimler and Tendi choose to go on the holodeck? And why does this technically rank as... the worst holodeck episode ever according to our patented D.R.A.S.C.S. system? Hosted by Darius Hamilton-Smith, Dylan Hamilton-Smith and Jan Lefrancois-Gijzen Computer Voice provided by Verona Blu...

In one of the most thrilling episodes of television history, Riker goes toe-to-toe with his dad, Riker, in an "anbojitsu" match. We also find out why Worf is yelling at everybody, and the solution: a trip to the holodeck. Plus, it turns out Dr. Pulaski has mad game? Good for her. Hosted by Darius Hamilton-Smith, Dylan Hamilton-Smith and Jan Lefrancois-Gijzen Computer Voice provided by Verona Blue...

Why didn’t Bashir think to check the DNA? Is Odo the one who committed the murder? Why are phasers shaped like tiny pet vacuums? Join us for all these answers and more! Hosted by Darius Hamilton-Smith, Dylan Hamilton-Smith and Jan Lefrancois-Gijzen Computer Voice provided by Verona Blue Music by b o d y l i n e available on Bandcamp

"You're a woman, right?" Geordi creates the perfect holodeck date, down to a beachside pirate violinist... and somehow strikes out?! No worries - the Enterprise gets caught in a thousand-year-old radioactive "Booby Trap" and Geordi decides the best way to find a way out is to... form a relationship with a holographic projection of the ship's designer, Leah Brahms. Yeah. Hosted by Darius Hamilton-S...

In this “Unexpected” holodeck episode, the NX-01 Enterprise ’s Commander Tucker finds himself in intimate contact with a species named Xyrillians - and their ship is a real… “Trip.” Trip learns the hard way that what may seem a simple holographic "RIDE ON A ROWBOAT" can end up having lifelong repercussions. This is one of two “Enterprise” episodes to ever feature the holodeck, so enjoy! Check out...

Captain Sisko’s old nemesis from Starfleet Academy, Solok, has challenged Deep Space 9’s crew to a game of baseball. Sisko wants to win at any cost, but will his obsession drive a wedge in the DS9 crew? Will Solok and his team of all-Vulcans learn a lesson about sportsmanship? It’s “The Niners” vs “The Logicians” - Sisko vs Solok! We encourage you to watch Star Trek: Deep Space Nine’s “Take Me Out...

The Doctor has penned a holonovel: Photons, Be Free. In the process, it turns out he may have committed some accidental defamation. See, his holonovel takes place on the USS “Vortex” commanded by Captain “Jenkins” and piloted by Lieutenant “Marseille.” And he’s made everybody in the story a huge jerk. We encourage you to watch Star Trek: Voyager’s “Author, Author” - Season 7, Episode 19! Hosted by...

Lwa… Lwax… Lwaxa… LWAXANA? Troi’s mom comes aboard the Enterprise and thanks to Betazoids’ Super Menapause called “The Phase” she’s ready to mingle. Captain Picard retreats into the holodeck’s “Dixon Hill” program to relax, but the program (and Lwaxana) have other ideas. We encourage you to watch Star Trek: The Next Generation’s “Manhunt” - Season 2, Episode 19! Hosted by Darius Hamilton-Smith, Dy...

Photonic aliens (from the 5th dimension!) invade Tom Paris and Harry Kim's adventures in the Captain Proton holodeck program. Voyager's crew now has to stop the holodeck program's ultimate villain - CHAOTICA - from endless war with these photonic beings. Who else is better positioned than the "Bride of Chaotica" herself: Captain Janeway! Please check out "Bride of Chaotica!" from Star Trek: Voyage...

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It’s an episode of firsts! We examine the first time the holodeck ever appears in a CANON episode of Star Trek, in the series premiere of The Next Generation, while also watching the first time a version of the holodeck appears in The Animated Series, where it’s called “The Rec Room.” We discuss holodeck bug reports, “Chekhov’s rock,” the undercelebrated genius of a “Kirk is a Jerk” shirt, and go...

CBS has announced another new Star Trek series: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. The boys spool up the holodeck to discuss the news. Will there be… exploration? Will it be good fanservice or BAD fanservice? Will they bring back Kirk? SHOULD they bring back Kirk? Hosted by Darius Hamilton-Smith, Dylan Hamilton-Smith and Jan Lefrancois-Gijzen Computer Voice provided by Verona Blue Music by b o d y l i...