Fascinating? - A Star Trek Podcast

The Columbo Podcast – Ten Year Update Special

This special update episode marks ten years since we published Episode One of the Columbo Podcast – Murder by the Book. In this episode, Gerry and Iain look back on ten y

Podcast Finale – Episode 87

This final wrap-up brings together our thoughts on the show and the movies. We look back on our high and low points and answer some last listener questions. In this episo

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country was the sixth and final big-screen adventure for the Star Trek crew, with peace talks between the Klingons and the Federation threa

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier was the fifth big-screen adventure for the Star Trek crew, with Spock’s secret half-brother leading his cultists on a mission to find God.

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home was the fourth big-screen adventure for the Star Trek crew, with the group forced to travel back in time to the 1980s to recover a pair of h

Star Trek III: The Search For Spock – Episode 83

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock was the third big-screen adventure for the Star Trek crew, with the restoration of Spock’s eternal soul to his regenerated body leadin

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan – Episode 82

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan was the second big-screen adventure for the Star Trek crew, with a longstanding enemy restored to prominence with revenge on his mind. In

Star Trek: The Motion Picture – Episode 81

Star Trek: The Motion Picture was the first big-screen adventure for the Star Trek crew, with Kirk’s return to the Enterprise leading to problems in the chain of command

Series Wrap-up – Episode 80

This series wrap-up is a brief interlude before we resume with the motion pictures, with a quick look back at some of our highlights and our thoughts on some viewers’ que

Turnabout Intruder – Episode 79

Turnabout Intruder was the twenty fourth and final episode of Star Trek’s third season to air, with Kirk’s body stolen by a jealous ex-lover intent on commanding the Ente

All Our Yesterdays – Episode 78

All Our Yesterdays was the twenty third episode of Star Trek's third season to air, with a civilisation using time travel technology to escape an impending apocalypse. In

The Savage Curtain – Episode 77

The Savage Curtain was the twenty second episode of Star Trek's third season to air, with a lava creature seeking to learn about good and evil by pitting Kirk alongside A

The Cloud Minders – Episode 76

The Cloud Minders was the twenty-first episode of Star Trek's third season to air, with a starkly divided society causing Kirk and Spock to weigh their moral codes agains

The Way to Eden – Episode 75

The Way to Eden was the twentieth episode of Star Trek's third season to air, with a group of idealists taking control of the Enterprise as they seek nirvana. In this epi

Requiem for Methuselah – Episode 74

Requiem for Methuselah was the nineteenth episode of Star Trek's third season to air, with a planet's sole inhabitant inhibiting an operation to retrieve chemicals requir

The Lights of Zetar – Episode 73

The Lights of Zetar was the eighteenth episode of Star Trek's third season to air, with the last remnants of a destroyed civilisation causing difficulties for the Enterpr

That Which Survives – Episode 72

That Which Survives was the seventeenth episode of Star Trek's third season to air, with an automated defence system causing havoc for Kirk and the Enterprise. In this ep

The Mark of Gideon – Episode 71

The Mark of Gideon was the sixteenth episode of Star Trek's third season to air, with an overpopulated world looking for a desperate solution. In this episode Gerry and I

Let That Be Your Last Battlefield – Episode 70

Let That Be Your Last Battlefield was the fifteenth episode of Star Trek's third season to air, with two intractable foes bringing their millenia old dispute to the Enter

Whom Gods Destroy – Episode 69

Whom Gods Destroy was the fourteenth episode of Star Trek's third season to air, with an asylum inmate causing problems for Kirk and Spock. In this episode Gerry and Iain