It’s Time To Change
As I prepared to get the sixth season of The Trekzone Spotlight underway for a September 6 return, I got to thinking about the direction of the show, the cost...
The Trekzone Spotlight
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Exploring the Visual Effects of Once More With Feeling
Sam Cockings is a self taught CGI artist, having worked on a dozen Star Trek fan films. Most recently, his work can be seen on Trekzone’s fan film Once More...
Back To Where It All Began
Five years ago I started a podcasting adventure that’s enabled me to meet some pretty amazing people. From Nana Visitor, Connor Trinneer, René Auberjonois, David Nykl, Torri Higginson and Joe...
Anniversary Day!!
Five years ago today, I started a podcasting adventure that’s taken me to Perth, Sydney, Melbourne and the Gold Coast… fifteen years ago today I registered the domain name TREKZONE.org…...
Australia’s Next Star Trek Fan Film Is Here!
The U.S.S. Sydney, en route to Earth following the end of the Dominion War, receives a coded message on a Starfleet emergency frequency… Starring: Jeremy Levi as Captain Donovan Lindsay...
Emcee’ing the Stars: Ben Sorensen on His Gig at Supanova
With the Las Vegas Star Trek convention less than a month away, I decided to find out just how panel hosts get the most out of the audience and their...
Boldly Going With New Fan Films
Gary Davis, the man behind Dreadnought Dominion, is back on the show to plug his new vignettes that were shot in May on the former Star Trek Continues sets (now...
The Continuing Voyage of Vic Mignogna’s Sets
Supanova hit Sydney’s Olympic Park Showgrounds last weekend and The Trekzone Plexus was there to cover the panel action… and meet today’s interviewee once again – Mr Vic Mignogna. He’s...
Free Plug Thursday!
The Trekzone Spotlight isn’t the first, nor the only, podcast featuring and occasionally focusing on Star Trek – there are a heap of great ones out there. Today, I got...
A Spotlight On Potemkin Pictures
Following the successful ‘fan films done right’ series of episodes, it’s time to dip our toes back into Star Trek fan film making, and today’s guest has been producing some...
Aussies In Space!
When you think of NASA, you think of the American space program – not the many components that make up that behemoth of scientific research and space exploration… and now...
Part Two With Professor Tamara Davis
I’m continuing the deep dive on a science theme this week, with part two of my chat with Professor Tamara Davis from the University of Queensland. She’s researching gravitational waves,...
Learning About Gravity With Black Holes
It’s a concept first postulated by Albert Einstein in his General Theory of Relativity over one hundred years ago, the existence of ‘gravitational waves’ produced by some of the most...
On Set For The Fall of Starbase One
What happens when you just get down to making Star Trek fan films, rather than crying about how unfair the rules of the sandbox are? You end up producing your...
EXCLUSIVE: Gary O’Brien Talks The Holy Core & It’s Mystery Donor
Gary O’Brien was disappointed the target he set for his next Star Trek fan film was missed after a month long crowd funding campaign. We spoke at length about that,...
EXCLUSIVE: The Holy Core Gets Funded!
The long awaited episode with Gary O’Brien is here and is so full of information that I’ve had to split it up over two parts. Tonight, part one focuses on...
Forthcoming Episodes
Despite the recent news that the Trekzone production camera and tripod were on the operating table getting much needed servicing after some unfortunate knocks in Perth, the show must go...
26 Episodes A Season
Neither the gremlins nor Larry Nemecek can keep him away! Doug Drexler is back for a remade second part of my chat with the man who has a talent for...
Supanova Rolls Into The Gold Coast
It’s that time of year again, as the Supanova Pop Culture Expo rolls around the country, bringing fans closer to their favourite stars… Sydney had their moment last week, now...
Revisiting the Past : Two Years Since the Infamous Alec Peters Interview
It’s been two years today since infamous producer Alec Peters joined me to discuss his professional fan film Axanar. Since then, he’s settled the law suit, moved to Atlanta, started...
The Spirit of the ANZACs and the Science Behind the RAAF
Today across Australia and New Zealand we pay respect to those who have fought to defend (and are defending) our two nations from enemy forces. It’s a time to reflect...
Production Update – In Perth For Two Weeks ‘On Air’
After the gremlins attacked the end of the recording featuring Doug Drexler and with my desire to push new content weekly, I’ve decided to put together a quick update on...
26 Episodes A Season… Part One
Doug Drexler is a very talented man that has joined me on the show before where we spoke very broadly about his roles on Star Trek during it’s golden years...
Gary Davis on The Dreadnought Dominion
Asked to work on a friend’s new fan film, Gary Davis became the executive officer for the ‘pilot’ and contributed some story threads. When Farragut Studios became Star Trek: Continues...
Meeting The 8 Bit Guy’s David Murray
He started out making repair videos for Apple products while holding down another job, but when his popularity grew… so did the demand for more content. Eventually today’s guest, David...
Remembering Professor Stephen Hawking
Diagnosed with Motor Neuron Disease and given only two years to live, Professor Stephen Hawking defied the odds and became one of the most accomplished minds of the twentieth century....
Sorting Out The Home Office
They specialise in server cabinets, rack mount accessories, cabling and network equipment… and today they’re helping me sort out the home office that has become a cluttered nightmare. Thanks 4Cabling!
The State of Axanar
At the beginning of March, Alec Peters and his gang attended a convention held in a shopping centre outside Atlanta to talk about the fan film that still isn’t, the...
OMWF: Learning from Eternal Night
Eternal Night spent a long time in the making and was released with little fan fare from this website that was still fledgling and finding it’s feet. The second season...
Reviewing The Blackvue DR-750S
Sponsorships on the side help keep things running here at The Trekzone Spotlight and today’s product review is the Blackvue DR-750S two channel dashcam model… since my first sponsored post...
From Chance Encounter To The Holy Core : Gary O’Brien is Back With A New Adventure!
Gary O’Brien is another of those fans getting things done. Much like Aaron Vanderkley and myself he’s a trained short film maker which means he’s more qualified to produce a...
Ray Tesi Acquires The Old Continues Sets
You may not recognise his name, but he’s about to become another Star Trek fan with his own fully functional Enterprise sets after agreeing to purchase the former sound stage...
