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There’s plenty to celebrate with this issue of Star Trek Explorer — not least that plenty of new Star Trek is on the way in 2023, from the final season of Star Trek: Picard, to new seasons of Discovery, Strange New Worlds and more to look forward to in coming months. I hope you’re looking forward to them all as much as I am. Tying in with the arrival of Picard on our screens, I hope you’ll enjoy our interview with showrunner Terry Matalas, talking about his unique contribution to the show. Many thanks to him for taking time out of his schedule to talk with Ian Spelling. Were also, of course, continuing our celebration of 30 years of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine this issue, a series only slightly older than…

Star Trek's Newest Stars There are some major additions to the Star Trek family this year, on the live action shows. Amanda Plummer, Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut, and Mica Burton suited up for Star Trek: Picard’s final season, launching globally this February, while Star Trek: Discovery welcomed Callum Keith Rennie, Elias Toufexis, and Eve Harlow to its fifth season. Plummer, the daughter of Christopher Plummer (Star Trek VI’s General Chang), Toufexis (previously seen as a convict in Discovery), and Burton, the host of several Star Trek events and real-life daughter of Star Trek: The Next Generation legend LeVar Burton, already have their own prominent Trek connections. • For teasers about Star Trek: Picard, check out our interview with showrunner Terry Matalas interview on Page 12 Kirstie Alley, Louise Fletcher Remembered Star Trek fans have mourned the…

Star Trek, for Terry Matalas, meant Sunday afternoons perched on the couch with his dad, excitedly watching repeats of episodes featuring Captain Kirk, Spock, Dr. McCoy and the rest of the classic cast. For his first Trek movie in a theater, he ventured out to see The Search for Spock. As a result, “the U.S.S. Enterprise returning to space dock, the Excelsior, and Klingon Birds of Prey are all burned into my DNA,” and the "incredible” trilogy of The Wrath of Khan, The Search for Spock, and The Voyage Home informed "a lot of who I would become as a storyteller." Then, it was back to the couch for Star Trek: The Next Generation. It all paved the way for Matalas to put his own mark on Star Trek. While attending…

A STATE OF FLUX

Doug Jones is a people person. His lines at conventions and autograph shows are endless. And there’s a reason for that - or reasons. He’s played so many characters that people love. At his table, he engages each and every fan, turning the moment into an experience that almost always concludes with a patented Doug Hug. His warmth, his appreciation, the sense that he wants to be there, and be with you; it's something to behold. It’s safe to say that Saru is his most popular and most-beloved character creation. The Kelpien is so exotic, so well-written, so relatable, so evocatively portrayed by Jones, and - this may be the secret sauce - so Doug Jones-like. And with season five of Discovery on the horizon, fans will be seeing much…

A STATE OF FLUX

Nana Visitor is not one to sit around idly. Check out just a smattering of her recent activities. Visitor regularly attends Star Trek conventions, but she goes deeper than participating in a panel, signing autographs, and posing for photos. She interacts in the most personal ways with fans, asking about them, listening to their stories, and she’s been known to lead a cooking demo (as she did on a cruise) or sing (dropping in occasionally on performances by The Enterprise Blues Band) or participate in a reading (we all loved when she'd team up with Rene Auberjonois to perform Love Letters). On other fronts, she continues to act, recently completing an indie feature called Six Feet Apart and joining Armin Shimerman to reprise their respective Star Trek: Deep Space Nine…

QUARK, RETURNED!

"The makeup wasn’t that difficult when I did it in England,” Shimerman says. “Karen was there, and I knew I was in good hands. When you’re being made up, you really have no input. You are simply a piece of canvas the artist draws on. What I was surprised by, when Karen was finished — and because we’d meticulously gone and found pieces used on the show — was how much like Quark I looked. “That may seem overly simplistic, but it isn’t. I know I’ve aged. I look in the mirror and see how much older I’ve gotten, so I assumed the Quark makeup would not be the same, because of the changes in me. But, because so much of my face was covered with prosthetics, because Karen remembered meticulously…

QUARK, RETURNED!

LARRY NEMECEK’S A FISTFUL OF DATA

You know, for years during the Fallow Times, I campaigned among fans (and, hopefully, future show writers!) not to fall into the trap of viewing the Star Trek universe as a "series of series," with each cast and format nearly boxed and framed with logo title. I mean, I get it: 26 episodes a year over seven years across multiple series, when that’s all you’ve had? It’s an understandable perception. But no, I used to yearn for the concept of the Star Trek universe, when you realize the first three "Berman era” series all happened at the same time in the timeline. It almost seems like creative negligence to let beloved characters and actors of an ended series stay… "ended.” Add to it that some species - like Vulcans and Klingons, even old…

LARRY NEMECEK’S A FISTFUL OF DATA

For our even deeper dive into all things canon continuity for this issue, Martin R. Ojeda of Portsmouth, UK, has a common question via Twitter that really points back to how Star Trek has changed: I was re-re-re-watching "The Host” yesterday. Isn’t it contemporary with Star Trek: Deep Space Nine’s first seasons? Has the difference between TNG and DS9 Trills ever been officially addressed? Kind of like Worf’s "we don’t discuss it with outsiders"? Actually, that’s three questions, Martin - which seems to fit Canon Fodder, because of the broader point they make us see. Talking about the difference between the first-time and one-off guest star Trill appearance of Ambassador Odan in TNG’s “The Host” and the Daxes of DS9 actually reveals an unplanned case of “apples and oranges.” But to answer your first…

LOST & FOUND ARCHIVE IMAGES RETRIEVED

W It's a rare look at the scene of a crashed Jem’Hadar attack fighter on Torga IV in 2373 in the Gamma Quadrant — cleverly disguised as a built set piece in Hollywood for the early DS9 Season 5 episode “The Ship.” The date is Monday, July 29, 1996, and DS9’s location crew is set up in a rock quarry in Canyon County, about 30 minutes north of Paramount Studios and about 30 minutes shy of infamous Gorn combat location Vasquez Rocks. It’s Day 6 out of seven for the episode, the first of two at this site, and stunt actor Ken Lesco can be seen in his blue sciences uniform as Crewman T‘Lor, standing alone atop the inverted “ship” as the crew huddles up beneath him, the camera crane hovering a…

LOST & FOUND ARCHIVE IMAGES RETRIEVED

TOP 10 DS9 MOMENTS

10 Lockdown Laughter (STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE “CIVIL DEFENSE”) After accidentally triggering a Cardassian security protocol that left the DS9 crew trapped throughout the station, Chief O’Brien worked his way out of ore processing with Commander Sisko and Jake while Garak and Gul Dukat paid a visit to Ops. Despite the tension, several moments between Odo and Quark, who were confined together in security, added humor to the situation. Most notably, Quark blamed Odo’s reputation as an honorable man for the additional layers of security that the Cardassians had installed around the Changeling’s office. 09 The Dominion Invades (STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE “CALL TO ARMS”) Faced with the combined might of the Dominion and Cardassian Union, Deep Space 9 valiantly defended the wormhole until cloaked, self-replicating mines were in place to prevent Dominion…

TOP 10 DS9 MOMENTS

LIFE AND LEGACY OF BENJAMIN SISKO

Defined by Wolf 359 The son of Joseph and Sarah Sisko, Benjamin grew up in New Orleans before eventually deciding to attend Starfleet Academy. Sisko served aboard the U.S.S. Livingston before transferring to the U.S.S. Okinawa during the Tzenkethi War. As his career flourished, Sisko also found success in his personal life. Benjamin and his wife, Jennifer, welcomed their son Jake into the galaxy, and the trio lived together on the U.S.S. Saratoga, where Benjamin earned a post as the ship’s first officer. Unfortunately, this familial bliss would be short lived… When the Borg assimilated Captain Jean-Luc Picard and turned him into Locutus in 2367, the Saratoga was one of forty ships dispatched to intercept the Collective’s cube at Wolf 359. Jennifer was killed during the battle, while Benjamin and Jake narrowly…

LIFE AND LEGACY OF BENJAMIN SISKO

(Author's note: this story takes place in 2374, during the Dominion War, prior to the events of the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Inquisition") Section 31 Hyperchannel XCF-221-1 (Encrypted) Sender Identity: Sloan, Luther / Recipient Identity: [REDACTED] Here’s everything I’ve managed to scrape together about the disappearance of the operative we dispatched to Deep Space 9. It’s sketchy at best, fragments of personal logs and security recordings — and that in itself is troubling. But I’ll let you review the data and draw your own conclusions rather than burden you with mine. I will preface this with just one statement: the following material proves this approach was flawed, as I warned you it would be. Let me handle things with Sisko and his people from here. I have a potential asset in place… I…

Bases Amongst the Stars

There’s no argument Deep Space Nine is one of the most important structures ever to feature in Star Trek, but as a starbase, the Cardassian-built processing facility is far from unique… From the earliest days of the show, space stations have been some of the most impressive examples of Treknology, with the great majority proving far more reliable and better constructed than the cause of Chief O’Brien’s perpetual headaches. First seen in the Star Trek episode “The Trouble with Tribbles”, platforms such as Deep Space K-7, perched precariously close to the Klingon border, have provided Federation crews with everything from repair facilities to much-needed rest and relaxation (if you can describe a brawl with Klingons in such terms). If we look to Star Trek continuity, K-7 gets a mention under Captain…

Bases Amongst the Stars

FINAL FRONTIER CREATURES

Whether it’s Romulans, Gorn or Tellarites, aliens have been an integral part of the Star Trek franchise for the better part of half a century. Most of those characters incorporated cuttingedge creature construction techniques, from liquid latex in the 1960s, to today's use of computer-generated technology. The latest evolutionary chapter is Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, which although set in the original series timeline, utilizes modern-day makeup and digital work to help populate its universe. The physical side of that job went to Legacy Effects, known for such A-list features as Iron Man, Alice in Wonderland and The Shape of Water. Ironically, although the shop had been involved with some of the biggest films in Hollywood history, it was a relative newcomer to episodic television. According to company co-owner J. Alan Scott,…

FINAL FRONTIER CREATURES

THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO… STAR TREK DEEP SPACE NINE …AT 30

30 years ago, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine hit our TV screens, a series that, looking back, has proven hugely influential… January 3, 1993 - June 2, 1999 Syndicated (Viacom) 7 seasons; 173 episodes Season 1: 19 episodes Season 2: 26 episodes Season 3: 26 episodes Season 4: 25 episodes Season 5: 26 episodes Season 6: 26 episodes Season 7: 25 episodes Stardate: 46379.1-52902.0 (2369-2375) Star Trek's middle child never got the chance to stand alone, sandwiched between the exiting Star Trek: The Next Generation and heir apparent, Star Trek: Voyager. Perceived by some as “antiTrek" - not on a ship boldly going; too much religion, angst and conflict - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine’s unwanted progeny status turned out to be its saving grace and source of its profound humanism. By this 30th anniversary, DS9’s big swings, bold characters and epic…

THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO… STAR TREK DEEP SPACE NINE …AT 30

'Things Can Only Get Better'

This mission to retrieve the Breen ship had pushed them all to their limits and, in some cases, Kira suspected, well beyond. They’d barely started when Damar learned about the death of his wife and son, and he ended up shooting his friend, Rusot. Odo was sick — no, Odo was dying, Kira must face up to that, must admit that — and now he lay helplessly on a bed in the infirmary, hoping that somehow Julian would perform some miracle. As for Kira herself — there was nowhere she wanted to be less than on board this flyer heading toward Cardassian space. She wanted to be sitting with Odo, holding his beloved hand, giving whatever consolation she could. How desperately she wanted to see him. How bitterly she regretted…

'Things Can Only Get Better'

Beyond the Wormhole: A New Era of Star Trek Comics Begins

On the heels of Star Trek: Year Five, IDW has launched another ongoing comic, simply titled Star Trek, featuring Deep Space Nine’s Benjamin Sisko. Written by Year Five’s Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly, with interior art by Ramon Rosanas and covers by a range of new and established artists, the series returns to the space station orbiting Bajor, following the events of the finale, "What You Leave Behind.” Sisko has come home from the wormhole, his omnipotence fading, to carry out a mission for the Prophets to stem an unknown threat killing off gods - a timely concept, given Star Trek: Picard's revelation of Q dying. Starfleet lends Sisko a starship, the U.S.S. Theseus, and his motley crew comprises not only Ben’s son Jake, but Characters from multiple Star Trek iterations:…

Beyond the Wormhole: A New Era of Star Trek Comics Begins

Comics at the Edge of the Final Frontier

MALIBU COMICS: Deep Space Nine (monthly comic, miniseries, one-shots) Deep Space Nine/The Next Generation (DC Comics crossover) MARVEL COMICS: Deep Space Nine (monthly comic) Starfleet Academy (spinoff series) Telepathy War (miniseries) WILDSTORM COMICS: DS9: N-Vector (miniseries) TNG/DS9: Divided We Fall (miniseries) Star Trek Special (one-shot) IDW: DS9: Fool’s Gold (miniseries) Alien Spotlight: Cardassians (one-shot) New Visions #4 (photocomic) Flesh and Stone (one-shot) Star Trek #35-40 (Kelvin timeline series) Waypoint (issues #3 and 5, plus two specials) The Q Conflict (miniseries) DS9: Too Long a Sacrifice (miniseries) The Mirror War (miniseries) Aliens (Ferengi and Trill one-shots) Star Trek 400th Issue (one-shot)…

William Marsano

THE FANS INSPIRED BY STAR TREK Columbo was on the cover of TV Guide dated March 25, 1972, but inside was an exclusive piece that both surprised and thrilled Star Trek fans - William Marsano's coverage of the world’s first Star Trek convention, held in January 1972 at the Statler-Hilton hotel, New York City. His thoughtful, engaging article made it clear that, despite Star Trek’s network termination three years earlier, the series still lived on, for thousands of fans. Until then, the chances for its revival were bleak, but the TV Guide coverage of the convention changed that. Re-energized, even more fans sent letters asking for Star Trek’s return in far greater numbers. The numbers jumped from around 100 letters a month NBC and Paramount had jointly been getting in 1971 to…

William Marsano

TREK THROUGH LIFE

COSPLAY COLLECTIVE Assimilating knowledge and stories from our fandom’s finest costumers Classically Casual A Star Trek fan since watching The Next Generation with their mom, Suzie believes cosplay is for everyone. “I’ve always enjoyed putting together costumes but take extra joy in showing that you don’t have to be a master seamster to partake in cosplay,” observes Suzie. “There are many different ways to dress up like your favorite characters! Sometimes I put looks together by imitating the streetwear I see on screen; other times, I buy and wear actual uniforms and screen replicas.” Inspired by the civilian looks worn throughout Picard’s time-traveling second season, Suzie put their creativity to the test with some very unique cosplays. “I had a lot of fun scouring thrift stores and the Internet to put together looks like…

TREK THROUGH LIFE

THE COLLECTORS GUILD

What You Don't Want to Leave Behind from Deep Space Nine DS9/Terek Nor Poster Manufacturer: SciPub Tech Year: 1996 I know about a lot of Star Trek collectibles. But I found out about this amazing 36” by 24” Star Trek: Deep Space Nine cutaway poster with technical call outs from a fellow fan who was looking for one and thought I’d know where to find it. I didn’t. But I started looking. The fan’s picture of the poster was blurry, but I could still recognize the 30 Years Anniversary logo at the bottom, which gave me a place to start. After some precision hunting on the internet, I eventually I found a description, and learned that this DS9 poster had been limited to 2500 copies. Sad news for the fan, as I could find nowhere…

THE COLLECTORS GUILD

PRODIGY WORDSEARCH

01. ROKTAHK 02. DREDNOK 03. JANEWAY 04. GWYNDALA 05. DAL 06. DIVINER 07. ZERO 08. PROTOSTAR 09. JANKOM 10. MURF 1 - 6: It’s the brig for you cadet! 7 - 12: You've escaped tars Lamora! 13 - 20: Welcome aboard the U.S.S. Protostar! Wordsearch Spock the Difference To Boldly Quote "Compassion: that's the one thing no machine has ever had. Maybe it’s the one thing that keeps men ahead of them.""The acquisition of wealth is no longer the driving force of our lives. We work to better ourselves and the rest of humanity.""I cannae change the laws of physics!" SPOCK THE DIFFERENCE The U.S.S. Protostar is blasting off on its adventures but can you help the crew spot some last minute changes before they boldy go into the unknown? TO BOLDLY QUOTE THE CREW OF THE USS PROTOSTAR HAVE A…

PRODIGY WORDSEARCH

This sixth issue of your subscriber exclusive digital edition of Star Trek Explorer sees a bit of a change in format this time out, with the inclusion of some stunning Star Trek visuals from the franchise archives! For those of you wondering where the coloring pages are, worry not we’re planning to have some more next issue, but we thought you’d like to get a first look at some of these fantastic spaceship images! This digital special also features a special Star Trek: Deep Space Nine story from Michael Carroll, perhaps better known for his work on the long-running British comic, 2000AD, and another smashing story from author John Peel, this time bringing us a Star Trek: Enterprise adventure, which you could say has a twist in the tale! Let us know what…

Frontier Medicine

Gentle laughter and the clinking of cocktail glasses reached Julian Bashir even before the turbolift’s doors opened. He stepped out into the cruiser's opulent reception room to be greeted by wide smiles and firm handshakes from people who seemed far too eager to be his friend, which did little to quench his imposter syndrome: his graduation from Starfleet Medical Academy was still eight days away and yet here he was, being treated to a luxury cruise to the Ferenginar system by the Onotark Corporation. They did this every year hoping to recruit the Academy’s best and brightest as medical researchers. After ten minutes of uncomfortable Smalltalk with an Andorian woman who laughed a lot but never smiled, Bashir spotted a familiar face and politely excused himself. Standing with his hands casually clasped behind…

Frontier Medicine

Cark was hunting. Normally, this was simply a matter of it sliding through the scrubby brush until it drew close enough to a victim to be able to feel its thoughts. Chark could then send out its thought controls that would compel its victim to see the hunter as something harmless and comforting until Chark was close enough to pounce and extrude its feeding tubules and absorb the life-energy of its victim — along with the memories and thoughts of its prey. Chark learned from these memories, making it a swifter and more deadly predator. Generally it could find a Swift Four-Leg or even a Slouching Two-Leg without difficulty, but for some reason its hunting was resulting in nothing at all this day. Chark cast out its mental web as…

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