As we prepare for Talkin’ Science Fest, flash back with us and learn about the formation of planetary systems – research that Eloise Birchall was studying when she beamed in for a chat in 2019. You can catch this interview in full right here.

It’s this the twenty fifth week of 2021 and we’re here to bring you the latest in science and space… including flipping exoplanet thinking … who can see Earth? Is Venus Volcanically Active? New research from decades old data says yes. And a new kind of supernova has been discovered…

The Voyager Documentary has gotten underway in a Los Angeles studio with a funky holodeck set. Meanwhile, and as tipped by Trekzone, Lower Decks will headline Paramount+ when it launches in Latin America in September … with the second season premiering the same day as 10 All Access rebrands in Australia.

Embarrassingly for Axanar, we can run this 2018 chat with Carlos Pedraza about the state of the Star Trek fan film and it’s still pretty much all still relevant… Catch this interview in full now.

Professor Warwick Bowen led a team of researchers to discovering how to make quantum entangled light work for microscopic analysis. It’s the next step in microscopy, and it’s been discovered right here in Brisbane!

He’d just acquired the Star Trek: Continues sets after the production had folded. They would eventually become The Neutral Zone studios and Ray joined Matt for a chat about the thrill of owning his own sets! Catch this interview in full now.

We’re focusing on China today…. so lets get the headlines in this…the twenty fourth week of 2021.. China launches 3 astronauts to spend three months in orbit.. NASA seeks more money as China’s space program ramps up and China and Russia announce their moon base plans to rival Artemis…

We’re continuing our dive through the Talkin’ Trek mini series here on That Time When, in a special edition Larry Nemecek – Doctor Trek himself – beamed in to analyse the first season of Picard… Catch this interview in full now.

It’s a bumper news cycle, as we gear up for all the Star Trek to come back. We’ve got a breakdown of the latest Picard trailer, the new images for Prodigy and Tig Notaro commenting on Jett Reno. Plus exclusive details of new Star Trek Fleet Command content!

Lets flash back to That Time When we filmed a broader overview of Supanova on the Gold Coast. Catch our trip to Goldnova in full now.

Lets set the stage, Discovery was nine episodes old and we’d just entered that brief hiatus before the rest of the series. Now good friend of the show, Trek Geek Dan, beamed in to dissect the beginning of “new Trek”. Catch this interview in full now.

Associate Professor Neeraj Sharma led a team of UNSW researchers who stumbled upon a “thermally stable material” made up of several elements, which could have wide ranging applications from spacecraft to medicine…

We’re thrilled to bring you Robert Wolfe who has beamed in for a chat about his career spanning Star Trek, Andromeda, The Dresden Files and more…

We’re continuing our look back on the Talkin’ Trek series, as we eagerly await all the new Star Trek that will befall us very soon. On this edition of That Time When, lets chat Lower Decks… Catch this interview in full now.

Here are the headlines in this the 23rd week of 2021.. It might be possible to reach another star system in a few decades after a major scientific breakthrough at the ANU. Exo moons orbiting free floating planets may well have liquid water and the European Union is gearing up to launch it’s first wooden satellite later this year.

Star Trek: Prodigy has unveiled it’s voice cast, first look images and character details in a press release from the official site. Meanwhile, over on the live action shows, we’ve learnt some new info by scouring social media as LGBTQ+ members of the Discovery cast took part in Outfest last weekend and Eaglemoss is getting in the Christmas spirit. It’s all in The News…

Back before the lawsuit that changed Star Trek fan film making – April 2016 to be exact – Axanar was an ambitious project that was starting to creep beyond the scope of it’s goals. Alec Peters agreed to beam in for a chat, before realising that we weren’t going to take everything he said at face value… Catch the interview in full here.

He became one of the most famous background actors in the Stargate universe, every year adding a new chevron to his rank… Gary Jones was in Australia for Supanova and we got to chat with him. Catch this interview in full now!

Professor Andrew Hopkins from Macquarie University beams in to explore the research he and a team of astronomers around the world have just released detailing previously though radio-quiet zones in the Scorpio cluster … the galactic plane.

He’s a noted Star Trek audio book producer who got an unsolicited communication from Alec Peters one day who begged for his help in working on the audio adaption of the Axanar screenplay. Emmett Plant beams in to explain how that came about, and what he thinks of the Star Trek fan film…

On this Talkin’ Science – We’re off to Venus, NASA announces two missions to our other planetary neighbour… SpaceX and Axiom Space agree to fly 3 more private astronaut missions to the space station and Jeff Bezos and his brother are going on the first Blue Origin flight.

At the start of our 2019 season and one of the first few Talkin’ Trek podcasts, Lee and Matt discussed Short Treks… Catch this Talkin’ Trek in full here.

Following MGM’s sale to Amazon for a few billion dollars, rumours swirl about ViacomCBS teaming up with the Peacock. Meanwhile, we’ve got the wrap of Star Trek teases from various outlets and CTV confirms they’ll pickup Prodigy and Strange New Worlds when they release. Plus we’ll detail an Aussie Cubesat’s delayed journey to the Space Station and Trekzone Membership is now LIVE!

Alice Krige was in Perth back in 2013 for the Revelation Film Festival – her movie Hail Caesar was premiering – and she gave us some time to chat about her appearance as The Borg Queen in First Contact… Catch this interview in full now.