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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This week, Rachel and Chris watch Kirk get fingered by a computer… for a crime he did not commit! In Court Martial! 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 Return of the Archons!
This week, Rachel and Chris watch Kirk get deeper into time trouble by trying to fix previous mistakes in the Tomorrow is Yesterday!! 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: Court Martial!
This week, Rachel and Chris watch Kirk battle for his life, and the life of his crew against a LIZARD MAN in the Arena! Please, for the love of Kahless, support Our Patreon Page! Special thanks to Chad Fifer for our theme tune, Greig Johnson for his vocal stylings and Kevin Macleod for his song ‘Jaunty Gumption“! Next episode: Tomorrow is Yesterday!
This week, Rachel and Chris get their first real taste of an omnipotent tricksterwith The Squire of Gothos! 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: Arena!
This week, Rachel and Chris see what happens when giant cavemen attack and Spock is in charge on The Galileo Seven. 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 Squire of Gothos!
This week, Rachel and Chris get out their neon-pink, fur bikinis because it is time for some Shore Leave! 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 Galileo Seven
This week, Rachel and Chris recapture that old, submarine feeling with Balance of Terror! 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: Shore Leave!
Thanks to our very special Patreon backer, Brian Dymit, we have done a bonus episode on the Outer Limits Episode: The Zanti Misfits! It’s a winner! 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!
This week, Rachel and Chris see what it’s like when you mix a little Shakespeare with your Star Trek, by covering The Conscience of the King. Spoiler alert! It’s delicious! 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: Balance of Terror!
Rachel and Chris go back to Talos IV to get their wildest dreams made reality! Please join the Patreon Crew! Special thanks to Chad Fifer for our theme tune and to Greig Johnson for his vocal stylings! Next episode: The Conscience of the King!
Rachel and Chris re-visit Talos IV, but now with court room drama! Please join the Patreon Crew! Special thanks to Chad Fifer for our theme tune and to Greig Johnson for his vocal stylings!
Rachel and Chris get a poker lesson from Captain Kirk in this weeks episode, The Corbomite Maneuver. We’re not bluffing, this episode is better than Tranya! Please, for the love of Apollo, support Our Patreon Page! Special thanks to Chad Fifer for our theme tune and to Greig Johnson for his vocal stylings!
This week, Rachel and Chris get their mind meld on while watching the episode Dagger of the Mind! In this episode, Kirk and Dr. Noel check out a Penal Colony whose administrator hands out cocktails like they’re going out of style! Please, for the love of Kahless, support Our Patreon Page! Special thanks to Chad Fifer for our theme tune and to Greig … Continue reading Dagger of the Mind – Episode 10
We go through listener comments with great joy! This one we dip a toe into Afrofuturism and dedicate it to cool uncles and Hart to Hart! Nichelle Nichols Interview about Dr. Martin Luther King This American Life: We are in the Future
This week, Rachel and Chris explore their childhood fantasy of living in a post apocalyptic world with no parents by covering the episode Miri! In this episode, Kirk, Spock, McCoy and Rand go down to an exact duplicate Earth. Instead of freaking out about how amazing this is, they get distracted by a disease and some kids, then … Continue reading Miri – Episode 9
