Ceti Alpha 3: A Star Trek Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

If we were in charge of Star Trek...

It's not the new year yet, but the trio are ready to look to the future. With the sale of Paramount still not quite official until 2025, and the renewal of some series, the cancellation of others, and the development of even others - it's time for a brief thought experiment.

What if we ran Star Trek?

As the helm of the franchise has gone from Gene Roddenberry to Rick Berman and now to Alex Kurtzman, it's now our turn. Do we keep current projects going or start from scratch? What platform will the future of Star Trek be carried on? Should we concentrate on movies or TV series? What new ideas will keep the franchise going for the next generation?

Join us as we sit in the big chairs and imagine our own version of Star Trek's future.

Whittling Down Season Four (VOY) to 10 episodes

The trio continues their series of chopping down the longer 1990s seasons of Star Trek into the 2020s average ten-episode limit. This time "the victim" is season four of "Star Trek: Voyager," also known as "when Seven of Nine joined the show."

The season begins with battling Species 8472 with the Borg in "Scorpion, Part II" and ends with "Hope and Fear," when the surprising (and suspicious) new starship Dauntless appears to take them home. These episodes also feature the Paris/Torres romance, the introduction of the Hirogen, and begins Seven's journey into humanity. Will your favorite episode make the cut? Will two-parters be split up? And how many episodes does "The Killing Game" count as???

Join us as we whittle down season four of Voyager!

TOS plots in TNG

Trek has experimented with either re-visiting older episodes with new crews, as in DS9's "Trials and Tribble-ations" or SNW's "A Quality of Mercy", or recycling plots with TNG's "The Naked Now." The trio look at how exact stories from The Original Series would play out with The Next Generation crew. How would "Galileo Seven" work in Next Gen? Which Enterprise-D crew member would be forced back home in "Amok Time"? How would the classic episode "The City on the Edge of Forever" work in the 24th century?

Join us as TOS stories play out in TNG - which combination of crew members can replace the triad of Kirk, Spock, McCoy?

Star Trek: Prodigy Catch-up

The trio take stock of the second quarter of season one of "Star Trek: Prodigy." This new series has broken barriers in a few ways - including teasing the return of Voyager's former first officer. Which characters are starting to ease into their positions? Which characters are maybe misplaced? What lingering questions do we have? What predictions do we have for the rest of the season? Let us know your animated thought about the newest series in the Trek franchise.

Darren, Daniel and Phillip discuss what they would like in a Star Trek: Enterprise video game. Developing a civilizations like strategy game where you form the Federation with your choices.

Ships of the Line You Want in a Museum

There have been fascinating and captivating space-faring vessels in the Star Trek franchise. The trio creates a dream "space-sonian" museum where they can choose any ship to add to their collection to walk around in and have schools trips learn from. Which starships would you choose? We go through the years of ships to explore which would be the best to feature in the best space exhibit.

Trek - Past, Present, and Yet to Come: The end of 2021 and the beginning of 2022 is a great time to take stock of the Star Trek franchise. It's healthier and thriving than it has ever been. With the arrival of "Star Trek: Discovery" seasons 3 and 4, "Star Trek: Lower Decks" season 2, and the introduction of "Star Trek: Prodigy", there's a lot to look back on. Next year promises more of Discovery and Prodigy, and season two of "Star Trek: Picard." Will we also see "Star Trek: Strange, New Worlds"? And even more seasons of our beloved Trek shows? And what about a potential movie? Or more?? Join us as we talk about what's come in 2021, and what we look forward to in 2022.

Trek Trivia

It's the holiday season - so it's time to settle down for a round of Trek trivia. Grab a pen and paper, and get ready to answer 8 rounds of Star Trek quiz questions, along with a special "pre-" and "post-" round to rack up extra points. Can you beat Daniel and Darren? Were the questions too easy or too hard? Let us know your score as you play along with Trek trivia.

Star Trek: First Contact

It's hard to believe (for some of us) that it's been a generation since "Star Trek: First Contact" hit the big screen. The first TNG-only cast feature film with new uniforms and a new Enterprise (along with an old enemy) ranks high on many fans' list of best Trek films. Was it the story? The guest characters? The design? The Jonathan Frakes direction? Let us know what makes this film so great after all these years.

Star Trek: Discovery Updates. New Star Trek continues with season four of "Star Trek: Discovery." The trio looks at the scale (both story-wise and astronomically) of the current threat facing Captain Burnham and her crew. One of the co-hosts has missed the latest episodes - so join as the other two "pitch" the newest stories and offer a multiple-choice test about the latest story developments - can he guess right about what's happened? Let us know what you're looking forward to in season four.