Rachel Watches Star Trek
Summary: Rachel and Chris Lackey are a married couple living in Yorkshire, England. Chris loves Star Trek. Rachel has never watched it. Until now. This is a podcast where Rachel and Chris talk about each episode of the original Star Trek Series, from the original pilot, getting her outsider’s perspective on one of the most influential Sci-fi shows of all time. Chris I can not remember a world without Star Trek. My dad had me watching it when I was really little. He tells me I would cry when Kirk and Spock would fight. I still do. I love all Star Trek. TNG, DS9, Voyager, even Enterprise, I love them. I love the new movies, I love the animated Filmation series. I just love Star Trek. Rachel For as long as I can remember, I have not watched Star Trek. I was brought up not watching it, by parents with very clear views on what aspects of 1960s culture were acceptable. Star Trek was not for us. Plays, history and soul music were for us, Star Trek was for science-y types and I never considered watching it, even for a second. Not much changed when I got together with Mr Star Trek 9 years ago, nor when I married him in 2010. My only concession was watching (and enjoying) the film Star Trek (2009) but I would never watch the TV show. Or so I thought.
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Rachel and Chris try and unravel the mysteries of the Commodores in this week’s episode, The Doomsday Machine! Please, for the love of Kahless, support Our Patreon Page! Special thanks to Chad Fifer for our theme tune and to Greig Johnson for his vocal stylings! Next Week: Catspaw!
Rachel and Chris decide to take Vaal out to Denny’s for a Moons over My Hammy in this week’s episode, The Apple! Please, for the love of Kahless, support Our Patreon Page! Special thanks to Chad Fifer for our theme tune and to Greig Johnson for his vocal stylings! Next Week: The Doomsday Machine!
Chris gets the Agonizer as Rachel dons her goatee while delving into the alternate universe of Mirror, Mirror! Please, for the love of Kahless, support Our Patreon Page! Special thanks to Chad Fifer for our theme tune and to Greig Johnson for his vocal stylings! Next Week: The Apple!
Nomad is perfect. Something Rachel relates to on a deep level as she watches The Changeling! Please, for the love of Kahless, support Our Patreon Page! Special thanks to Chad Fifer for our theme tune and to Greig Johnson for his vocal stylings! Next Week: Mirror, Mirror!
Rachel and Chris decide it’s time for a toga party and to wonder, Who Mourns for Adonais?! Please, for the love of Kahless, support Our Patreon Page! Special thanks to Chad Fifer for our theme tune and to Greig Johnson for his vocal stylings! Next Week: The Changeling!
Rachel and Chris explore Vulcan sexuality and ritual conduct discussing the episode Amok Time! Please, for the love of Kahless, support Our Patreon Page! Special thanks to Chad Fifer for our theme tune and to Greig Johnson for his vocal stylings! Next Week: Who Mourns for Adonais!
Rachel and Chris talk about his childhood fears inspired by the episode Operation: Annihilate! Please, for the love of Kahless, support Our Patreon Page! Special thanks to Chad Fifer for our theme tune and to Greig Johnson for his vocal stylings! Next Week: Amok Time!
Rachel and Chris talk about Spock’s fashion choices while discussing The City on the Edge of Forever! Please, for the love of Kahless, support Our Patreon Page! Special thanks to Chad Fifer for our theme tune and to Greig Johnson for his vocal stylings! Next Week: Operation: Annihilate!
Rachel and Chris wonder if they have seen the worst episode of Star Trek after watching The Alternative Factor! Please, for the love of Kahless, support Our Patreon Page! Special thanks to Chad Fifer for our theme tune and to Greig Johnson for his vocal stylings! Next Week: The City on the Edge of Forever!
Rachel and Chris discover it’s all about Kor when they go on an Errand of Mercy! Please, for the love of Kahless, support Our Patreon Page! Special thanks to Chad Fifer for our theme tune and to Greig Johnson for his vocal stylings! Next episode: The Alternative Factor!
This week, Rachel and Chris find out what it means to be a silicon-based lifeform in The Devil in the Dark! Please, for the love of Kahless, support Our Patreon Page! Special thanks to Chad Fifer for our theme tune and to Greig Johnson for his vocal stylings! Next episode: Errand of Mercy!
This week, Rachel and Chris’ hearts get broken on This Side of Paradise! Please, for the love of Kahless, support Our Patreon Page! Special thanks to Chad Fifer for our theme tune and to Greig Johnson for his vocal stylings! Next episode: The Devil in the Dark!
This week, Rachel is not amused by Chris’ references to The Cure every time someone brings up the ‘Disintegration’ chambers in A Taste of Armageddon! Also, the Enterprise goes to a planet where war is waged by computers. Please, for the love of Kahless, support Our Patreon Page! Special thanks to Chad Fifer for our theme tune and … Continue reading A Taste of Armageddon – Episode 24
Rachel and Chris sit down and discuss the classic episode of… KHAAAAAN!!! KHAAAAAAAAN!!! I mean Space Seed! Check out our sponsor! La Belle Esplanade will make your New Orleans dreams come true! Please, for the love of Kahless, support Our Patreon Page! Special thanks to Chad Fifer for our theme tune and to Greig Johnson for his vocal stylings! Next episode: … Continue reading Space Seed – Episode 23
This week, Rachel and Chris watch a creepy oldy-timey alien town, that looks a lot like earth in the early 20th century, do some ‘Purge’-like stuff, but then never talk about it again on the original series episode The Return of the Archons! Please, for the love of Kahless, support Our Patreon Page! Special thanks to Chad Fifer for … Continue reading Return of the Archons – Episode 22
