Great notes, as always.
In addition to the already-cited references, the Beagle could additionally be a sly reference to Archerâs pal Porthos.
Interestingly, Jolene Blalock is credited simply as âJoleneâ. EDIT: Mike McMahan says this was at her request. https://bsky.app/profile/mikemcmahan.bsky.social/post/3ld3v4usznc2i
Our TâPol also had some indirect experience with the concept of katra transference when Archer briefly carried Surakâs katra.
Nice notes, as usual.
VâGer is the antagonist in TMP
Also itâs in the Lower Decks opening credit sequence this year.
the Cambodian word for âtoiletâ is bangkon, which is pronounced similarly.
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Nurse Westlake is named after Chris Westlake
Heâs also appeared as far back as the series premiere, though heâs rarely spoken until now, and I donât think heâs ever said more than a couple of lines.
I guess I could add a similar note to this for every episode this year with a Stardate, but the launch date of the Protostar is Stardate 59749.1, placing this episode just under 100 days before that ship launches under Captain Chakotay.
The Star Trek: New Frontier novel series previously featured Mark McHenry, a Starfleet officer who was a descendant of Apollo and had powers as a result.
Nice notes!
Since you went through the history of Cetacean Ops, itâs worth remembering it was referenced more noticeably albeit less overtly in âThe Perfect Mateâ when La Forge says âListen, have you had a chance to see the dolphins yet?â
This may just be a coincidence, but the room with the divided gravity reminded me of the âsweet spotâ that Mayweather enjoyed, but since thereâs no point where the gravity seems to cut entirely, this may not be an intended allusion. Though they do mention having a problem with the gravity plating, which was mentioned in many episodes of ENT starting with âUnexpectedâ. (Also a few times on Voyager.)
The tops of the kiosks in the shopping area are shaped like TNG-era comm badges.
âdress Sciences uniform from TNGâ
Just to add to this, this is the uniform type primarily seen in seasons 1-2 with the extra line across the top.
âa Command top from DIS Season 2â
Nothing to add on this one; just wanted to say good catch noting the collar on that one! I had to look a few times before I realized which one you meant.
âa torn Monster Maroon from the movie eraâ
Also an excursion jacket from that era (on the left side).
The grav plate manual is on one of a set of cylindrical record tapes. I feel like these probably appeared in TOS at some point, though Iâm not positive. In any case, they definitely exist in real life; cylindrical magnetic tapes were used for decades, and probably still are in some cases. https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo/1980s-computer-tapes.html
A sign (about 17 minutes in) mentions âastro-medicine ward 4â. A sign with the same text is visible outside of sickbay in TOS, as well as in early promotional photos of Paul Fix as Dr. Piper and Sally Kellerman as Dr. Elizabeth Dehner. You can also see a re-creation at the Star Trek Set Tour in Ticonderoga, NY.
https://tos.trekcore.com/gallery/albums/photography/cast-photos/guest-stars/paulfix_drpiper02.jpg https://tos.trekcore.com/gallery/albums/photography/cast-photos/guest-stars/kellerman_tospb.jpg
Thereâs a sign that says âTravâŠâ and is cut off (also 17 minutes in). Itâs probably regarding âTravelersâ or something and not an allusion to Travis Mayweather. Probably.
When Chad whips out the corn dogs at the end, the gesture and sound effect (snikt) resemble Wolverine from the X-Men expanding his claws.
This is the first time weâve learned about the making of bloodwine, and seemingly the first confirmation that itâs made from actual blood of some sort of worms (or worm-like plants?) grown in the ground.
The band near the beginning features an accordionist playing the same style of concertina Ron Taylorâs Klingon chef played in DS9: âPlaying Godâ.
KâEllaraâs âboob windowâ design was featured on Lursa and BâEtor starting in TNG: âRedemptionâ.
They mention Martok fighting in a bar in the Ketha lowlands. Martok said this was where his family was from in DS9: âOnce More Unto the Breachâ. We later saw the Ketha Province in Star Trek Into Darkness.
âExperience bij!â is a reference to the Star Trek: The Next Generation Interactive VCR Board Game. Whenever Robert OâReillyâs (non-Gowron) Klingon said a player would âexperience bijâ this meant they had to draw a card, usually resulting in something bad happening to them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjAvGNn20Y8
As mentioned above, Fekâlhr was a Klingon âdevilâ seen in TNG: âDevilâs Dueâ. There are legends of Klingons killing their gods (DS9: âHomefrontâ), so itâs possible Kahless killing Fekâlhr is in reference to that.
Councilor Enaj, named only in the subtitles, is Jane spelled backwards.
I guess Iâm saying the obvious here, but Boimlerâs transfer was to the Titan starting in LD: âNo Small Partsâ and lasting through LD: âKayshon, His Eyes Openâ.
Consistent with earlier episodes of Lower Decks, Klingon blood is pink as it was in Star Trek VI and I believe some of Discovery. Otherwise Klingon blood is generally red.
âI can see Kahless! The first one! The original one!â Presumably in contrast with the clone from TNG: âRightful Heirâ.
Mary Chieffo is credited in this episode. She played LâRell on Star Trek: Discovery. Iâm not great at recognizing her voice, but she presumably played KâEllara or Enaj, though maybe Iâm just typecasting her and she played food critic Madame Gonald. Screen Rant says she was KâEllara. https://screenrant.com/star-trek-lower-decks-mary-chieffo-discovery-klingon-comeback/
In any case, one of the female Klingons was played by Dulcé Sloan of The Daily Show. She teased this in an interview last February. https://people.com/dulce-sloan-on-new-book-exclusive-8557416
EDIT: https://trekmovie.com/2024/11/07/recap-review-star-trek-lower-decks-serves-up-a-delicious-cold-dish-in-a-farewell-to-farms/ also says that Chieffo was KâEllara. It also says that Sloan was Gonald. Since Sloan said she played a Klingon, I assume she was playing Enaj as well.
Iâd probably just start the PIC era in 2399. We only see the 2380âs in a handful of flashbacks. Prodigy definitely has some PIC connections, but itâs far more a continuation of Voyager, and it starts like a year after season 5 of Lower Decks.
Grain of salt since I canât remember where I heard this, but my understanding is that TOS-ENT and the first ten movies is generally a single combined license, but all of the new shows need to be licensed individually, Iâm not sure if the Abrams films are licensed as a package or individually, but theyâre separate from the other films.
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Fun fact: The TNG episode of the same name was originally intended to star Patrick McGoohan as Ira Graves.
Not only do you not need to catch up with Disco, but the end of season 2 of Disco doesnât dovetail to the beginning of Strange New Worlds super-well when you watch them back-to-back; if anything, they feel like they lightly contradict each other.
Though if I were to recommend a single episode it would be âThrough the Valley of Shadowsâ from season 2, which is probably the only âimportantâ episode as far as Strange New Worlds goes, though the key stuff gets recapped in SNW.
The Short Treks episode Q&A gets some references in the series too, though if you donât watch it you likely wonât realize you missed anything.
I agree itâs overused for the average episode of Trek, but if we accept that theyâre doing a Section 31 movie, whatâs the point of a low-stakes feature film (even a streaming film), especially one centered around Section 31?
Also worth noting that the article describes it as âBig stakes emotionally, big stakes for the characters in our storyâ, so the âstakesâ are referring at least in part to character stakes, not necessarily universe-ending stakes. (Though I admit in practice it will probably be both.)