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The Thaw’s Fatal Flaw

  You probably remember it as “the clown episode.” Set near the end of Voyager’s second season, “The Thaw” features a classic Delta Quadrant scenario: Janeway & Co. stumble upon people in need, try to help them, and end up…

Live Long and May the Force be with You

It’s Star Wars Day! Trekkies and Star Wars fans really enjoy poking fun at one another, even though there’s an enormous amount of overlap to that particular Venn Diagram. For example, friend of the show (and co-host of Ceti Alpha…

The Amazing Doctor Jones

Miranda Jones

I was a fairly quiet geeky child and a self-identified feminist from around the age of nine. While I became the proud owner of the complete boxed sets of both said show and Firefly as soon as they became available, my…

Interview: Star Trek Cats’ Jenny Parks

Cover of Star Trek Cats

If you’re a regular listener you’ll know all the Women at Warp hosts are big fans of cats. So we were really excited  to get the chance to interview artist Jenny Parks, creator of the new book Star Trek Cats…

The Logical Loyalty of T’Pol

T'Pol in blue uniform standing alone

If there is one series in the entire Star Trek franchise that gets whispered in hushed tones, it’s Enterprise. And if there’s one character that gets pinned with the show’s “failings” more than any other, it’s T’Pol. Yes, we can…

Education on the Enterprise in “New Ground”

Worf walks Alexander down the hall in "New Ground"

Looking back at TNG’s 5th season episode “New Ground,” most would probably remark that it was – aside from establishing Worf’s son, Alexander, as a recurring character and featuring the return of the fantastic Georgia Brown as Helena Rozhenko –…