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Trekking on - more on the last days of Trek Our inside source at Paramount, DT, continue to dish the dirt on what's going on in the world of Trek. It seems likely that obsessive Barclay may appear with Troi again (oh Troi, Troi, can you feel my pain?). The last episode which featured Barclay's mania, was the one where he is back on Earth, working with the Federation science team trying to work out how to contact Voyager and bring her back home. His obsessive behavior over contacting Voyager, and his holo-addiction, made for a good episode. But haven't all the addiction issues already been dealt with? Still, with the right handling, this could be a good episode. There's a time jumping episode too, where Chakotay has to go back to DS9 and interact with Janeway before she left the Alpha quadrant (who of course is in hot pursuit of terrorist - or freedom fighter - Chakotay, at this time). The danger of these time travel stories is that you can do anything - kill the entire crew etc - then make it all right again by hacking a little history. They get to be a bit too '… then he woke up and it was all a dream' for our tastes. Fans have already launched a 'save the doctor' campaign, since it was revealed that all his 'brothers' in the fleet have been decommissioned, and that this is everyone's favourite hologram's likely fate on returning to Earth too. Also, apparently, Q is going to appear towards the end of the final Voyager series. We have to say, we were very disappointed by the very last STTNG episode which was also a Q-feature. The problem with someone as powerful as Q is that it takes Deus Ex Machina episodes to a whole new level, and it's a rare writer that's talented enough to handle that kind of material while still dishing an interesting plot. The two-hour finale for the series is tentatively slotted in for May 23 2001, so let's say a quick prayer that this at least, will be thoroughly Q-less. Seven years is a long time for a series to run, and we can end Voyager far better without that contradictory god-like clown making another boring appearance. The two new replacement series for Voyager are now, sadly, looking likely to be delayed by the various strike actions being planned by the script writers and actors in Hollywood. There was talk of accelerating the pre-production plans to beat the strike, but one of the Paramount grand fromages thought that the fans would appreciate a little breather; plus it'd give Paramount a chance to wet the appetite with some marketing teasers (absence makes the heart grow fonder, and all that). The fate of Voyager is now leaning heavily towards the 'get back home safely' camp, since it was leaked that a couple of the characters from Voyager might well have walk-ons in the next STTNG movie (more specifically, a certain Borg cutie). This is the same Romulan-war themed movie where Deanna Troi and Commander Riker will break the hearts of male and female fans alike, when they finally get hitched at the end of the film. More from Deep Throat, when we can sneek into Paramount's underground car park next month Browse for the latest book and videos about Star Trek FREE
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OTHER CONTENT - February 2001
Unbreakable:
well, the movie broke me US
Military want Starship Troopers, but for real this time! The Honor System. Author David Weber brings you Hornblower in Space. Twinkle, twinkle, little star, oh, SETI, wonders what aliens you are? HAL meets fantasy artist Frank Kelly Freas, and it's pure sorcery Trekking
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