Fan Fiction – An Audiobook

Oh! I almost forgot, but I listened to an audio-book in the last week or two, called Fan Fiction, by Brent Spiner.

Doctor Who & Star Trek The Next Generation–Non-Existent Crossovers (Seventh Doctor)

Doctor Who has been on (and off) the air since 1963, with a myriad of adventures showing the Doctor and his companions traveling to endless corners of the universe.

(Daily Doctor Who #215)

Favorite Fictional Heroes Countdown–Part 7 (#40-31)

And the countdown to my favorite fictional hero continues.  In today’s post, we have 10 characters who are all male.  Oh dear.  Amongst them, are four Americans, three Englishmen, two aliens and one Frenchman!

Read previous posts here:
• Part 1 (102-91) and rationale for the lists
• Part 2 (90-81)
• Part 3 (80-71)
• Part 4 (70-61)
• Part 5 (60-51)
• Park 6 (50-41)

Weekly Geeky Question #13: All-Star Enterprise Crew

Every week in 2018, the plan is that my friend Rod is going to ask me some geeky question that will answer in a post. This week is Week #13, and this week’s questions is…

Who is on my All-Star Enterprise crew?

Star Trek: The Next Generation – Homeward [7.13]

Worf’s adopted brother, Nikolai, tricks the Enterprise into helping a village from a doomed pre-warp civilization, in violation of the prime directive.  This forces Picard into allowing Nikolai to attempt to trick this village into thinking it is making a perilous journey to a new land, when they are in fact only on the holodeck awaiting re-location to a new planet. 

Star Trek: The Next Generation – Parallels [7.11]

Returning to the Enterprise after participating in an athletic tournament, Worf finds himself moving into a variety of similar but not identical parallel universes, seemingly randomly.  He must deal with the confusion of finding himself both married to Deanna Troi and being the first officer of the Enterprise.  Eventually, it is realized that Worf had encountered a strange phenomena in space which caused him to shift universes whenever he is close to Geordi’s VISOR.

Star Trek: The Next Generation – Rightful Heir [6.23]

Undergoing a crisis of faith, Worf spends time at a Klingon holy shrine and is shocked when Kahless, the legendary founder of the Klingon people, suddenly returns in front of him, in apparent fulfillment of prophesy. 

Star Trek: The Next Generation – New Ground [5.10]

Worf’s foster mother comes for a visit, bringing Worf’s son Alexander to stay. 

Star Trek: The Next Generation – Reunion [4.7]

The dying Klingon Chancellor K’mpec requests that Picard serve as the arbiter between the leading contenders to replace him as leader of the Empire.  At the same time, K’Ehleyr returns to the Enterprise with her child, Alexander

Star Trek: The Next Generation – Sins of the Father [3.17]

Kurn, a Klingon officer on board the Enterprise in an officer exchange program, reveals himself to be Worf’s heretofore unknown brother.  Kurn shares with Worf of a danger to their family honor which only he can address back on the Klingon homeworld.