A Star to Steer Her By - A Star Trek Podcast

I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid these artificial lifeforms can’t do that. by Ames Beep boop, fellow robots! A while back, we highlighted some of our favorite artificial lifeforms from various shows within Star Trek—featuring some of the show’s best characters—and the most.....

Bite our shiny, metal asses! This week, we're upgrading all our favorite artificial lifeform characters, so prepare for the singularity as we share some excellent robots, androids, holograms, and sentient computer programs. Beep boop!
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Episode 417: Hands (and Hand Stuff) In the Middle

Buddy up, kids, it's TEAM TIME on #startrek "Discovery" in "All Is Possible!"
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“In the future, if you are born in the Midwest and are lactose intolerant, that is the one time the Federation will let you use genetic manipulation. It is against the law to not eat cheese in the Midwest, even in the future. ... Tilly’s white. Tilly loves cheese.” -Chris, A Star to Steer Her By, Episode 416: That's a Space-ty Meatball

"Tilly's white. Tilly loves cheese." might be the Quotey of the year. #StarTrekDiscovery #StarTrek
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“Nobody told poor Fickett: ‘Okay, if somebody comes to steal this dilithium, let them do it. Don’t put up a fight. Don’t get yourself killed. If given the option, choose life! Because we’ve got a tracking device in that dilithium.’” -Jake, A Star to Steer Her By, Episode 416: That's a Space-ty Meatball

Guys, sometimes Starfleet is just utterly inept. #StarTrekDiscovery #StarTrek
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“We see a blue stripe on the screen and we stop there, I’m like, ‘Oh, it was right, Paul was right!’ And then they get out of it and say, ‘No Paul, you were wrong.’ I was FUCKING LOST!” -Ames, A Star to Steer Her By, Episode 416: That's a Space-ty Meatball

Someone doing effects on "Choose to Live" done goofed by adding a BLUE lens flare to a scene in which we were looking for BLUE tachyon signatures, utterly confounding the audience. #StarTrekDiscovery #StarTrek
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“Did you say her name was Tureen’a? Is there someone else whose name is, like, Colander’a? Like, a tureen is like a soup conveyance, isn’t it?” -Caitlin, A Star to Steer Her By, Episode 416: That's a Space-ty Meatball

Anyone else get utterly distracted whenever someone says Ni'Var President T'Rina's name? Just Caitlin? Okay.
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Take these aliens to your leader by Ames We’re throwing an intergalactic party this week, so prepare to make friends with a ton of aliens of all shapes and sizes! Luckily, the A Star to Steer Her By hosts each have a number of...

E.T.s, phone home! We're talking all manners of extraterrestrials this week over on the blog and one thing's for certain: we badly want all these aliens as our new best friends! 👽👽👽
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Episode 416: That's a Space-ty Meatball I really hope you saw season 1 of

Have you studied up on your first season Picard and watched your DS9? Otherwise the full impact of this episode might be a BIT lost on you... #startrek
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Ten Forward 48: Re-Animator Happy Halloween! We've transformed into

We're taking a short Halloween jaunt away from "Discovery" to talk about the Jeffrey Combs-starring "Re-Animator" on its 40th Anniversary! #reanimator #halloween
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Alright, so it DIDN'T come out of nowhere, then

She's just jealous he got the Kite Surfing background story instead of her. #startrek

Caitlin doesn't watch THAT much sci-fi, guys. If you ignore all the sci-fi she watches

Who wants some background? You? You?! Who'll bid the most? I see five strips of latinum from Bryce! #startrek

Scary Stories to Tell in the Void By Ames It’s spooky season here on A Star to Steer Her By, and as we gear up for watching a classic sci-fi horror movie for a special episode next week (make sure you’re following along because it’s.....

Sure, a full half of the hosts aren't really into horror, but it's a HUGE genre, and we were still able to come up with a sizable selection of sci-fi horror we've enjoyed over time
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Episode 415: Surf's Up! In

It's time to start pursuing the season's mystery that was set up last week. In "Anomaly" a dangerous mission is required to get information, and they decide to send a man in deep, deep mourning to check it out...oops. #startrek
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What? No, no, the usual person who posts these isn't on vacation and their backup didn't completely forget, no, why would you ever think that?!
#startrek #oops #fired

I can sort of see why the scientists trying to rebuild society weren't dropping everything to help Culber... #startrek #discovery

The Monster at the End of this Blogpost By Ames We’ve entered the spooky month, so we’ve got a spooky blogpost for you. And it’s right behind you right now! Aaah! Science fiction is full of some of the wildest, freakiest, grotesque monsters...

As Halloween approaches, make sure you keep an eye out for monsters. Here're some particularly nasty ones that we discussed this week on the podcast:
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Episode 414: A No-Kwejian Scenario Season 4 of

Season 4 begins as Book starts to reconnect with his family and home, and...oh. Oh no. #startrek #discovery
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“The one sticking point is the fact that, like, The Burn was kind of magic? And also, ya know, soundwaves? So apparently in space no one can hear you scream, but in subspace, THEY CAN!” -Chris, A Star to Steer Her By, Episode 413: In Subspace, Dilithium Can Hear You Scream

Subspace: The cause of, and solution to, all of #StarTrek 's problems. #StarTrekDiscovery
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“There’s no backstory you could give me about how Linus was the only one of his litter that survived the drowning bag or whatever the fuck. There’s nothing to redeem Linus.” -Caitlin, A Star to Steer Her By, Episode 413: In Subspace, Dilithium Can Hear You Scream

We're not big fans of Linus, the running gag factory of #StarTrekDiscovery, and we're not sure what could change our minds...
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“Imagine Mama Burnham making the case to the elders of Ni’Var like, ‘Listen, we have to go there.’ And they’re like, ‘We’re not doing this.’ … And then they show up and they’re immediately told to stand down.” -Jake, A Star to Steer Her By, Episode 413: In Subspace, Dilithium Can Hear You Scream

Last season's finale had every character we'd ever met showing up out of nowhere for a massive space battle. This season's finale seemed to be setting that up... and then forgot about it. #StarTrekDiscovery
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“I remember when I first watched this, thinking this was my favorite season because I really thought The Burn was interesting. And now that we’ve rewatched it, I’m not sure that’s still true anymore.” -Ames, A Star to Steer Her By, Episode 413: In Subspace, Dilithium Can Hear You Scream

The Burn in season 3 of #StarTrekDiscovery was less stoking the flames and more poking a fire that had long been extinguished.
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Discovery Season 3: Do you have some aloe for that Burn? By Ames After Star Trek: Discovery’s uneven Klingon War first season and utterly confounding Red Signals second season, the series has leapt 900 years into the future. In their Burn Mystery third...

Season 3 of #StarTrekDiscovery is a wrap and we're still sitting with our thoughts on The Burn as its embers start to cool. For a season with a lot of great concepts, it doesn't really fulfill them. Check out the Highlights and Lowlights on the blog. Let's fly!
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Episode 413: In Subspace, Dilithium Can Hear You Scream It's the end of Season 3 and the answer to the big mystery that was set up so long ago: where's

It's the end of season 3 of #StarTrekDiscovery and things are wrapping up in a big messy bow! How does the crew escape the Emerald Chain? Can they resolve the Burn? What do we think of the season? Who are all these people? Listen to find out!
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“I know it’s not his fault, but I found Ryn so off putting to look at that I’m glad he’s gone. I’m sure he’s lovely without all that shit on.” -Caitlin, A Star to Steer Her By, Episode 412: The Hard, The

Somehow, we're more put off by the slight adjustments to Andorian makeup in #StarTrekDiscovery than we were to the full redesign of the Klingons. Go figure. #StarTrek
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“See, that’s his leverage. Vance now knows that Osyraa has eaten his shit. And he’s gonna leak that everywhere.” -Ames, A Star to Steer Her By, Episode 412: The Hard, The

Shit apples are to Discovery what ass pennies are to Upright Citizens Brigade. #StarTrekDiscovery #StarTrek
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“Okay, if the payoff for the fucking Linus gag had been he saves the day by popping in unexpectedly, I might’ve had respect for that.” -Chris, A Star to Steer Her By, Episode 412: The Hard, The

Character redemption moment: Linus accidentally transports INSIDE Zareh on the bridge, Zareh explodes, and Linus says, "This isn't the mess... but it ~is~ a mess..." Fixed it. #StarTrekDiscovery #StarTrek
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“Just one time, I really needed Book to say, ‘It’s morphin’ time.’” -Jake, A Star to Steer Her By, Episode 412: The Hard, The

Now all we need to know is which part of Mighty Morphin' Megazord will Book's ship make up? #StarTrekDiscovery #StarTrek
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Thank sci-fi we invented the whatever device By Ames Eureka! A little while back, we talked about what Star Trek tech we want in our own homes (and why it’s always the replicator!), but other science fiction media have even more great examples.....

Over on the blog, we've got sci-fi gadgets and gizmos aplenty. Check out all our cool thingamabobs (we've got twelve!) as we discuss great inventions across science fiction.
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