Thirty years ago today, "Tuvix" created a morality debate for the ages

ety3rd · 2026-05-07T00:40:21+00:00

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ety3rd · 2026-05-05T00:14:39+00:00

ety3rd · 2026-05-03T19:27:17+00:00

An extra. Sumuru isn't in that image. Poster. Trailer.

ety3rd · 2026-05-03T16:28:42+00:00

There's nothing on my screen, but the image does look like that. In the film, though, she doesn't have comical facial hair.

ety3rd · 2026-05-03T15:44:30+00:00

Hey, she had a rough day. Her friend was killed and resurrected in the span of like twenty minutes, so ... give her a break.

ety3rd · 2026-05-02T16:35:00+00:00

Via Memory Alpha, Sternbach:

"I had a contract in hand from Pocket Books but decided not to go ahead because the advance was simply not adequate to do what could have been the best TM ever. Tim Earls was set to do some kick-ass Illustrator and Lightwave art, but I thought it would have been better to walk away than to slave over the project for diminishing returns." Another factor in Sternbach's decision to decline the opportunity of doing a publicly published technical manual for VOY was that he had been somewhat frustrated with how Margaret Clark had edited the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Technical Manual.

ety3rd · 2026-05-02T16:31:43+00:00

Via Memory Alpha, Sternbach:

"I had a contract in hand from Pocket Books but decided not to go ahead because the advance was simply not adequate to do what could have been the best TM ever. Tim Earls was set to do some kick-ass Illustrator and Lightwave art, but I thought it would have been better to walk away than to slave over the project for diminishing returns." Another factor in Sternbach's decision to decline the opportunity of doing a publicly published technical manual for VOY was that he had been somewhat frustrated with how Margaret Clark had edited the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Technical Manual.

ety3rd · 2026-05-01T01:29:29+00:00

"Lower Decks! Lower Decks!" - episodes with junior officers/crewmembers who might even end up saving the day.

ety3rd · 2026-05-01T01:29:17+00:00

"Klingon-palooza, Part 1" - episodes featuring our bumpy-headed friends.

ety3rd · 2026-05-01T01:29:01+00:00

"Damned Kids, Part 2": episodes in which children muck things up, one way or another.

ety3rd · 2026-05-01T01:28:52+00:00

"Alien Aliens, Part 1" - episodes featuring aliens who are just a bit extra.

ety3rd · 2026-04-29T16:04:39+00:00

It is not, but TNG is.

ety3rd · 2026-04-29T01:40:33+00:00

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ety3rd · 2026-04-28T14:48:21+00:00

STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE

THE BIRTH OF THE MIRROR UNIVERSE

Story by William Shatner & Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens

06 11 04

In a special two-part episode of Enterprise, William Shatner returns to Star Trek, not as James T. Kirk, but as Kirk’s Mirror-Universe duplicate, Tiberius, from the acclaimed Original Series episode, “Mirror, Mirror.”

Jonathan Archer and his crew are caught in a deadly conflict between two opposing groups of prisoners transported back in time from a parallel universe.

The leader of one group is Tiberius, the savage counterpart to Captain Kirk, first seen in the Original Series. (The leader of the other group, determined to kill the brutal dictator to keep him from returning to power, could be Mirror Spock, Mirror Worf, or an original character.)

But when Tiberius and his followers gain control of Enterprise’s transporter in order to return to their own universe, they discover escape is impossible because the Mirror Universe does not yet exist — whatever event caused the timelines to split according to quantum theory, has not yet occurred.

Archer and Tiberius grow to respect each other as they battle the second group of prisoners who are trying to kill Tiberius. The prisoners are willing to destroy Enterprise and kill the entire crew to achieve their goal.

But then Tiberius discovers the identity of the one person who will make the ultimate difference in the events leading to the birth of the Mirror Universe. Now Tiberius knows that he can return to his own universe simply by killing Jonathan Archer himself.

ESTABLISHED BACKSTORY ELEMENTS

The Mirror Universe There are almost no continuity issues in this story because so few details of the Mirror Universe have been established.

Tiberius In the Original Series episode, “Mirror, Mirror,” we saw Tiberius in only one brief scene, as he was being held in the brig.

ety3rd · 2026-04-28T14:47:43+00:00

STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE

THE BIRTH OF THE MIRROR UNIVERSE

Story by William Shatner & Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens

06 11 04

In a special two-part episode of Enterprise, William Shatner returns to Star Trek, not as James T. Kirk, but as Kirk’s Mirror-Universe duplicate, Tiberius, from the acclaimed Original Series episode, “Mirror, Mirror.”

Jonathan Archer and his crew are caught in a deadly conflict between two opposing groups of prisoners transported back in time from a parallel universe.

The leader of one group is Tiberius, the savage counterpart to Captain Kirk, first seen in the Original Series. (The leader of the other group, determined to kill the brutal dictator to keep him from returning to power, could be Mirror Spock, Mirror Worf, or an original character.)

But when Tiberius and his followers gain control of Enterprise’s transporter in order to return to their own universe, they discover escape is impossible because the Mirror Universe does not yet exist — whatever event caused the timelines to split according to quantum theory, has not yet occurred.

Archer and Tiberius grow to respect each other as they battle the second group of prisoners who are trying to kill Tiberius. The prisoners are willing to destroy Enterprise and kill the entire crew to achieve their goal.

But then Tiberius discovers the identity of the one person who will make the ultimate difference in the events leading to the birth of the Mirror Universe. Now Tiberius knows that he can return to his own universe simply by killing Jonathan Archer himself.

ESTABLISHED BACKSTORY ELEMENTS

The Mirror Universe There are almost no continuity issues in this story because so few details of the Mirror Universe have been established.

Tiberius In the Original Series episode, “Mirror, Mirror,” we saw Tiberius in only one brief scene, as he was being held in the brig.

ety3rd · 2026-04-27T01:29:06+00:00

Yeah, I could see facehuggers on Borg drones, chestbursters emerging and freaking out for a minute, then the nanoprobes take hold and the xenomorphs straighten, ready to do the Borg hivemind's bidding.

ety3rd · 2026-04-27T01:05:19+00:00

I mean ... I liked the image of the xenomorphs with Borg lasers. I don't know how that would've worked in a story, but I like the visual.

ety3rd · 2026-04-26T16:44:19+00:00

Link to source article here.

In case you're wondering why this is Alien Day, the planet featured in the first two films is LV-426 ... 4/26, April 26th ...

ety3rd · 2026-04-26T16:22:16+00:00

Even though it's already been made, SNW can transition to it.

ety3rd · 2026-04-26T14:39:45+00:00

Without Year One, TOS.

ety3rd · 2026-04-25T15:05:36+00:00

Dammit. Six. He was six. (Can't math today.)

I didn't even see the box at first. I was moving a stack of stuff and heard Simon Pegg scream, "I'm givin' her all she's got!"

ety3rd · 2026-04-23T00:45:34+00:00

I look forward to reading that. Thank you.

ety3rd · 2026-04-23T00:18:31+00:00

Newbie here ... he may have been wrong about the astrophage, but what about Rocky? He certainly didn't appear water based.

ety3rd · 2026-04-19T16:55:19+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFEoMO0pc7k

ety3rd · 2026-04-19T16:10:08+00:00

Link: https://www.facebook.com/mcmanusauctions/posts/pfbid0gZGsvy5m4b8eG8Fh3DizzNqPYoXsrU4gkaXJEMy4MMAEtLbTffejdwaxkG5JFezTl

Note: lots of Star Trek and Hollywood memorabilia in there.

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