Star Trek Timelines Interview

UPDATED: Streaming Link Added

On Saturday, May 30 we debuted our second exclusive interview with members of the team from Disruptor Beam, developers of the upcoming online mobile game, Star Trek Timelines. We were joined by Lead Designer Tim Crosby and Lead Narrative Designer Jessica Sliwinski to discuss Star Trek canon and lore, and incorporating it into the narrative story of the game in a way that honors the spirit of Trek.

Click on the Play button below to listen to the interview. The archive has also been uploaded to our On-Demand section for streaming anytime.

Beam over to the official website and sign up for the Bridge Crew; and check out their latest blog post regarding the galaxy map and get a glimpse of the map in their latest video:

In Case You Missed It

If you missed our first interview with Star Trek Timelines, click the link below to listen to Executive Producer Rich Gallup and Lead Designer Tim Crosby discuss the game.

Larry Nemecek at PHXCC ’15

“Dr. Trek” Larry Nemecek, the universe’s renowned Star Trek authority, is making his way once again to Arizona for the annual Phoenix Comicon multigenre entertainment convention.

Larry will be active on each night of the convention, May 28 to 31. On Thursday and Saturday, Larry will host the Dr. Trek Show crowdfunder for his documentary The Con of Wrath, the story of the ill-fated 1982 “Ultimate Fantasy” convention.

On Friday Larry will be on hand for the Q&A and signing after the debut of “The White Iris,” the new episode of Star Trek Continues for which Larry serves as Creative Consultant. He will also be there late Friday night to support The Con of Wrath‘s Director of Photography Neal Halford and his horror short The Case of Evil.

Saturday will be a busy day for Dr. Trek: in the morning Larry will participate in the 50 Years of Humanism panel; in the afternoon he will be a guest of the United Federation of Phoenix at their table where he will be signing photos, offering his Trekland On Speaker CDs, and update fans on the Enterprise in Space project; then in the early evening he will add his voice to the Live Long and Prosper: Saying Goodbye to Leonard Nimoy memorial panel.

Read Larry’s Trekland blog post for more information about what he’ll be up to and when during the convention. Be sure to follow @LarryNemecek on Twitter, Like Larry Nemecek’s Trekland on Facebook, and visit larrynemecek.com

Larry Nemecek Live 5/16

Trekland‘s “Dr. Trek” Larry Nemecek joined us for a live interview Saturday, May 16, 2015.

We caught up with Larry about recent and upcoming projects including his involvement with the NSS Enterprise in Space project, the documentary The Con of Wrath, Geek Nation Tours, and more. We also discussed current topics related to Star Trek and sci-fi fandom.

Listen to the interview via the link below, or visit our On-Demand section to listen to this interview and many more.

Follow @LarryNemecek on Twitter, Like Larry Nemecek’s Trekland on Facebook, and visit larrynemecek.com

Grace Lee Whitney

We, along with the Star Trek community, are saddened by the unexpected loss of film and television icon Grace Lee Whitney, known to most for her standout role as Janice Rand in Star Trek.

On May 3 posts about her passing spread through social media as websites reported the sad news. Leery of death hoaxes, some fans didn’t want to believe it until confirmation from official sources. Unfortunately it was confirmed Grace Lee Whitney died at the age of 85 on May 1 in her home in Coarsegold, California. According to family she passed away peacefully.

Grace portrayed Janice Rand in eight episodes of the original Star Trek series, four of the feature films, as well as the Star Trek: Voyager episode “Flashback.” In addition to her role in Star Trek, Grace Lee Whitney had a successful career in theater, as well as numerous roles in film and television throughout the 50s, 60s, 70s and into the 90s. In 2007, Grace reprised her role as Janice Rand in Star Trek fan-films with Star Trek: Of Gods and Men and the Star Trek: New Voyages episode “World Enough and Time.”

In 1998, she wrote her memoir The Longest Trek: My Tour of the Galaxy which boldly delves into her life before, during and after Star Trek. In the book she wrote candidly about the hardships she endured and overcame. The forward to the book was written by Leonard Nimoy, who passed away earlier this year.

She will forever be loved and remembered.

#RIPGraceLeeWhitney

Related Links

StarTrek.com – Remembering Grace Lee Whitney, 1930-2015
Memory Alpha – Grace Lee Whitney, Janice Rand
Wikipedia – Grace Lee Whitney