Prinicipal Photography Wraps : Aaron Vanderkley Updates Us on Beyond The Sun
The awesome Perth film maker, Aaron Vanderkley, is back on Trekzone to update us on Beyond the Sun - his return to Star Trek fan films.
A Trekzone Conversation
A Trekzone Conversation
Beginning in September 2018, A Trekzone Conversation continues the five year history of podcasting from TREKZONE.org.
Featuring bite-size interviews with science fiction alumni, fans and real world scientists, A Trekzone Conversation aims to tell you a story or three you didn’t know.
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Peeking Behind the Eaglemoss Curtain
Ben Robinson is the man behind the Star Trek, Doctor Who, 007, The Orville, Battlestar Galactica, Marvel and DC collections at Eaglemoss. He’s giving us peek behind the curtain, revealing...
Noah Averbach-Katz on Being Ryn
Noah Averbach-Katz, Discovery's Ryn, is our very special guest.
Continuing to Catch Up With Sam Cockings
Lets continue catching up with the go-to guy for Star Trek fan film visual effects, Mr Sam Cockings.
Catching Up With Sam Cockings – Two Years On From Temporal Anomaly
He's fast become the go-to guy for Star Trek fan film visual effects on a really tight budget. Self taught and full of confidence, Sam turns Trekkie dreams into reality.
Diving Into Occupation Rainfall with Director Luke Sparke : Aussie SciFi at It’s Finest
Luke Sparke's Occupation Rainfall continues the story he told in Occupation, an indie science fiction movie made right here in Australia that made it big on Netflix. Now, as we near the sequel's premiere the director and producer beams in for a chat.
Where Are They Now? Catching Up With Gary O’Brien
Our last flip through the contact list brings us Gary O'Brien, the creator of Chance Encounter and The Holy Core. He's got a new project, and you'll hear about it on this edition of A Trekzone Conversation.
Discussing An Epic Season of The Mandalorian
Lee Sargent is back on Trekzone in 2021 with his insights into all sorts of science fiction that we're treated with. Today, we dive into the masterful second season of The Mandalorian...
Where Are They Now? Nick Cook’s Adventures on Starship Intrepid
Our third check in with Star Trek fan film makers sees us calling up Dundee local Nick Cook who, as we find out, is continuing his Starship Intrepid adventures with new work in the pipeline.
Dr Trek Dissects Discovery’s Third Season
Star Trek: Discovery has just wrapped another season and for the first time this year Dr Trek joins Matt to dissect the third season and that finale.
Where Are They Now? Catching Up With Gary Davis
He's the lead actor and co-creator of Dreadnought Dominion, throughout the last few years he's put pen to paper and film to shutter on several Star Trek fan films, and he's our guest today as we continue asking "Where Are They Now?"
Talkin’ SciFi : Rob McKnight on the Doctor Who New Year Special
Resident Whovian Rob McKnight is back on Trekzone for a special January dive into all things SciFi. He wasn't a fan of this outing, despite being hyped to catch it, and he explains why on this edition of A Trekzone Conversation.
Where Are They Now? Catching Up With Aaron Vanderkley
He's the Perth filmmaker who rose to fame with his five part Enterprise-era fan films... now, to kick off our "Where Are They Now" January podcasts, Aaron Vanderkley is back with details of his 3 part Voyager-era films.
New Aussie SciFi; The Orville’s Back and General Yeager Passes : Trekzone’s The News
A big final week for our news podcast. General Yeager passed away, The Orville recommenced filming on it's third season and a new Aussie SciFi epic dropped it's trailer. Those stories, and a look ahead to our 2021 on this edition of The News.
The Orville’s Back! Tom Costantino on Working Through Covid
Orville Producer Tom Costantino is back as our final guest of 2020 to update us on working through the Covid19 pandemic to create the third season of the hit Seth MacFarlane show.
Hayabusa Returns; December Night Sky Delights And The Year That Was : Talkin’ Science
On this edition of Talkin' Science. Hayabusa's sample capsule returns to Earth in a triumph for the Japanese Space Agency. December's night skies set to put on a show - with the Geminid meteor shower and the great conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn coming up.
Hayabusa-2 Returns with Precious Cargo : A Special Talkin’ Science Event
The Japanese Space Agency aims to complete it's near-Earth asteroid sample mission with the landing of the precious cargo in the remote South Australian area of Woomera.
Jack Harkness Is Less Than A Month Away Plus Huge Convention Details : Trekzone’s The News
The BBC releases the trailer for the forthcoming Doctor Who New Years special, Titan Publishing releases a teaser for issue 78 of their Star Trek magazine, Creation Entertainment invites 85 Star Trek alumni and alumnae to their SciFi Summits across the US summer and we tease Trekzone in 2021!
Ageing Astronauts, Getting Closer to Sagittarius and Hayabusa is Days Away : Talkin’ Science
Hayabusa-2's mission control announced yesterday that they're ready for orbital insertion with just a few days to go until it drops off the sample capsule. Meanwhile new research indicates long term astronauts are at risk of rapid ageing and a quartet of radio telescopes have discovered we're a little closer to the centre of the galaxy.
Gearing Up For Hayabusa-2 Coverage : What Can Samples Returned Tell Us?
Adjunct Professor David Flannery is our guest this week as we gear up for the return of Hayabusa-2. With the Japanese mission leading NASA's Osiris-REx and Perseverance Rover as well as China's Changy'e 5, what can samples returned from around the solar system tell us?
Solow Passes, Threshold Discussed, Jacks Back and More Comics To Come : Trekzone’s The News
We remember the Father of Star Trek who has passed away. Plus we have details on new comics to be released in February, Jack's back on Doctor Who and your first look at the new Trekzone podcasts kicking off January 1.
Arecibo Beyond Repair as Rocket Labs Recovers It’s First Booster : Trekzone’s Talkin’ Science
As China launches it's Changy'e 5 lunar sample mission, Rocket Labs recovers it's first booster and the NSF decide to condemn the Arecibo dish after it was deemed too unsafe to repair.
The Season So Far : Talkin’ Trek with Lee Sargent
Lee Sargent is back to Talk Trek once again just before the sixth episode was released. We've got a couple nits to pick, and some credit where it's due. What's to come? We speculate on this edition of A Trekzone Conversation
Shatner’s Docos, Mount Joins METI and The First Ever Voyager Comic : Trekzone’s The News
A collection of early 2010-era docos by William Shatner have been compiled into a BluRay set, ready for Christmas stocking stuffing. Meanwhile IDW Publishing release their first Voyager comic mini-series, Anson Mount joins METI - aiming to contact ET and LeVar Burton thanks fans for championing him as the new host of Jeopardy...
Star Trek Discovery Hits The Right Notes… Larry Nemecek on Disco’s 3rd Season So Far
Larry Nemecek's back on Trekzone as we countdown the days until the sixth installment of Star Trek: Discovery's epic third season. They've jumped 900 years into the future to save the galaxy from the sphere data only to discover a shattered utopia in the Federation.
Crew-1 Launches as We Learn of a New Dark Matter Theory : Trekzone’s Talkin’ Science
Crew-1 blasts off from the cape as SpaceX helps NASA officially get back to launching from American soil over ten years after the shuttle retired. Scientists now theorise the mysterious dark matter hangs out at the outer edges of spiral galaxies - not the center. And new theories about Hawking Radiation as new research suggests something of you would survive an encounter with a black hole.
The Orville Returns as Star Trek Leads ViacomCBS Earnings Report : Trekzone’s The News
ViacomCBS CEO delivered a huge confidence boost to the numerous Star Trek production teams, essentially promoting the series as a tentpole for the forthcoming rebranding of CBS All Access and global launch of Paramount+. Meanwhile, on the Fox lot, The Orville production kicks off again in December and plans to honour Leonard Nimoy gain family support in Boston.
Mars May Have A Chunk of Our Moon as A Fast Radio Burst Is Found : Trekzone’s Talkin’ Science
Scientists now estimate that half of all sun-like stars have Earth-like planets, now we hope they've had similar evolutionary paths and have complex life on them. Lunar's twin - astronomers now believe an asteroid hiding behind Mars and first found more than 20 years ago, is a long lost relative of our moon. And snagging a magnetar, a super dense neutron star, during a recent fast radio burst... how they did it may surprise you.
These Are The Voyages : Doug Drexler and Matt Review Marc Cushman’s Revised Edition
Marc Cushman's These Are The Voyages novels detailing the early years of Star Trek have been revised and re-released. We received some advanced copies almost a year ago and tucked them away in our bookcase. That was until a few weeks when Doug posted about the great read that they are, and we got to talking about them, the enduring franchise of Star Trek and more in this edition of A Trekzone Conversation...
A Disco Deep Dive On Trekzone’s The News
We're diving into the minutiae of Star Trek: Discovery on this edition of Trekzone's The News.
A Major Fracture, Lawsuits Aplenty and Still No Fan Film : The Tale of Axanar
It's been close on five years since we first heard the name Axanar, and there's still been no follow up to the critically acclaimed Prelude to Axanar. Probably because all of the key players moved on long ago and one man continues to suckle from the teet of generous and loyal followers. Axamonitor's Carlos Pedraza is back for our second part of this catch up.
A Monument to Janeway : Trekzone’s The News
As Kathryn Janeway receives a monument in her future birthplace, Hero Collector release details about three books and we learn about the next Picard tie in novel!