I'm going to have a go at the #30DayStarTrekChallenge. pic.twitter.com/stYXxOYeEs— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) 28 November 2017
#30DayStarTrekChallenge Day 1: Favourite TOS episode - A Piece Of The Action— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) 28 November 2017
I'm amazed that this episode never features higher in best of lists and polls. The driving! The accents! The fizzbin! Much funnier than The Trouble With Tribbles, but denied the credit it deserves... pic.twitter.com/UQROCYncFb
#30DayStarTrekChallenge Day 2: Favourite Federation Race - Vulcans— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) 29 November 2017
Misunderstood as emotionless, they are instead consumed with passion and incandescent with rage, but they keep a lid on it all. Nimoy's nuanced performance set the tone for every actor that wore the ears later. pic.twitter.com/HWiS6xJQLr
#30DayStarTrekChallenge Day 3: Favourite Starship - USS Defiant— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) 30 November 2017
'Tough little ship' on a five year mission to bloody the Dominion's nose. Overgunned for its size. No holodeck, nowhere to hide from your crewmates. Beautiful bridge, small sickbay, enormous engineering. pic.twitter.com/dD5PtXVSo9
#30DayStarTrekChallenge Day 4: Best Captain - Captain Ben Sisko— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) 1 December 2017
Captain, Father, Emissary, Singer, Chef. Sent to DS9 to bring Bajor into the Federation, but did the opposite and saved the planet. An officer who knows how to operate in the shades of grey of his frontier posting. pic.twitter.com/nBW3Q9vAYF
Raised to godhood, started Dominion war, went undercover among Klingons, pursued all-out vendetta against the Maquis, punched Q, raised Jake, flirted with parallel universe version of his dead wife, got Kirk's autograph & married a terrorist all with the middle name of Lafayette. https://t.co/bCTuEGY03q— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) 1 December 2017
#30DayStarTrekChallenge Day 5: Saddest Event - Spock's Death in Star Trek II— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) 2 December 2017
Specifically watching my wife @uppityfabulous watching Spock's death. Oh, how she cried. No Spock meant Star Trek was over for her and she almost refused to watch Star Trek III: https://t.co/W2OpdcyJ5S pic.twitter.com/hdhy9MYBb7
#30DayStarTrekChallenge Day 6: Happiest Event - Trials and Tribble-Ations— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) 3 December 2017
To see the DS9 & TOS crews seemlessly interacting both thirty and a hundred years apart was a joy from start to finish. The bar fight, the line up, the tribbles falling out of the hatch are all funnier now pic.twitter.com/fHTjeWRifh
#30DayStarTrekChallenge Day 7: Favourite TNG Episode - Conundrum— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) 4 December 2017
The excellent amnesia episode Conundrum which shows the crew attempting to make sense of who they are in the absence of who they are. The inherent misunderstandings, comic and otherwise, are well handled. pic.twitter.com/nUCTuBUK30
#30DayStarTrekChallenge Day 8: Favourite Federation Enemy - The Dominion— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) 5 December 2017
The Dominion are a collection of Gamma Quadrant races that work together towards a common goal. They hold a mirror up to the Federation, they find it wanting and cause it a sort of identity crisis. pic.twitter.com/8niznuNCrW
#30DayStarTrekChallenge Day 9: Favourite Character - O'Brien— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) 6 December 2017
An enlisted man with a wealth of engineering & tactical experience, but O'Brien was a man who liked a challenge. Colm Meaney played him with an honesty that made TNG kept bringing him back & DS9 couldn't do without him pic.twitter.com/5Nhiaohtl7
#30DayStarTrekChallenge Day 10: Most Shocking Moment - Enterprise's Cancellation— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) 7 December 2017
Enterprise Season 4 was easily the best since DS9 ended. We deserved a fifth. Every time I watch that last season a bit of me thinks it'll end differently.
It doesn't. pic.twitter.com/IloFeXYcBq
#30DayStarTrekChallenge Day 11: Crew Position You Would Want - Helmsman— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) 8 December 2017
I've always loved the idea of actually flying the thing. pic.twitter.com/73TOXCc9Il
I could have sworn I posted this yesterday...#30DayStarTrekChallenge Day 12: Crew Position You Would Want - Waste Extraction Engineer— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) 10 December 2017
I don't want to have to find out what the Bolian obsession with toilet entails. pic.twitter.com/1L6TtQGk8Z
#30DayStarTrekChallenge Day 13: Favourite DS9 Episode - Captive Pursuit— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) 10 December 2017
I love DS9, so narrowing it down to one episode was realIy difficult. I've got a real soft spot for anti-hunting allegory Captive Pursuit that sees O'Brien aiding in the escape of sentient quarry Tosk. pic.twitter.com/Z1RsJsot2r
#30DayStarTrekChallenge Day 14: Favourite Time Travel Episode - Visionary— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) 11 December 2017
It's hasn't got the spectacle of travelling to 1969 or into the far future, but instead it deals with how the weirdness of time travel would affect an individual in their day-to-day life. pic.twitter.com/5Fxl4J6B9C
I think the episode you are refering to is the Past Tense two-parter.— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) 13 December 2017
#30DayStarTrekChallenge Day 15: Best First Officer - Spock— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) 12 December 2017
First Officer aboard two Enterprises under two different captains. Even after his promotion to Captain and given his own command, he remained a First Officer at heart. pic.twitter.com/yyqX7TKRST
#30DayStarTrekChallenge Day 16: Favourite Trek Game - Star Trek 25th Anniversary— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) 13 December 2017
Bizarrely released to coincide with the show's 26th Anniversary and featuring the voices of the original cast. This game does a really great job of capturing the spirit of the original series pic.twitter.com/kQwoSjjTlY
#30DayStarTrekChallenge Day 17: Favourite Trek Book - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Episode Companion— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) 15 December 2017
Quite simply, the best book I have ever read about the making of a TV show that isn't Doctor Who pic.twitter.com/CPcQdEo8he
#30DayStarTrekChallenge Day 18: Favourite Non-Aligned Race— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) 15 December 2017
I don't really understand this one. Not aligned to what? They all have their place in the wider geopolitical sphere.
I like Morn. I bought the toy for my wife @uppityfabulous. Morn is a Lurian. So let's go with Lurians. pic.twitter.com/XctSDlyTBi
OK, but I think you've illustrated my confusion pretty well: the Tholians are aligned to the Tholian Assembly, they are a Federation enemy in all 3 of their appearances and their signing of a non-aggression pact with the Dominion is significant enough to be a cause for concern.— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) 16 December 2017
#30DayStarTrekChallenge Day 19: Favourite Voyager Episode - Living Witness— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) 17 December 2017
A phenomenal exploration of the legacy of a historical inaccuracy. @RobertPicardo's central performance is wonderful and it's so brilliantly directed by @timruss2 that you wish he'd done a few more. pic.twitter.com/9QEycRAgAz
#30DayStarTrekChallenge Day 20: Character You're Most Like - Reginald Barclay— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) 17 December 2017
Well, it's not for me to say, but I'm probably a lot like Barclay than I would want to admit. pic.twitter.com/2pK7IeBOOY
#30DayStarTrekChallenge Day 21: Least Favourite Character - The entire population of Fair Haven— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) 18 December 2017
Just dreadful, offensive, patronising and possibly racist. And then they did it all again six weeks later. pic.twitter.com/Bgz6cgtn6n
#30DayStarTrekChallenge Day 22: Favourite Film - Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) 19 December 2017
A dignified sendoff. Zero g, showtrial, Rura Penthe are all great. Star Trek grows up with this cold war allegory that could never have realised how topical it would be during its production. pic.twitter.com/KLAYtDMJbl
#30DayStarTrekChallenge Day 23: Best Trek Tech - Holodeck— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) 21 December 2017
A room where you can make anything happen. It allowed 24th Century Trek to do Bond parody, western, hard boiled, 50's pulp scifi and many other genres. My wife, @uppityfabulous, refers to it exclusively as the Imaginarium pic.twitter.com/Iw964pcD8T
#30DayStarTrekChallenge Day 24: Best Overall Space Vessel - Borg Cube— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) 22 December 2017
In space there's need for aerodynamics, so the cybernetic scourge of the Delta Quadrant came up with the most monolithic and stackable vessel to ever grace our screens. pic.twitter.com/GdiYZHJ3Pj
#30DayStarTrekChallenge Day 25: Favourite Enterprise Episode - Carbon Creek— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) 23 December 2017
Not a particularly representative episode, but the fifties period detail is lovely and @JoleneBlalock and J. Paul Boehmer both give wonderful performances. pic.twitter.com/AuEYVJpPjZ
#30DayStarTrekChallenge Day 26: Planet You Would To Visit - Qo'Nos— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) 24 December 2017
Culturally and archaeologically rich with vibrant cuisine and unfortunate bedding, it would probably not be the most serene of holiday destinations, but it would be fascinating. pic.twitter.com/8xmzibIV0i
#30DayStarTrekChallenge Day 27: Character You Would Date - Amarie— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) 1 January 2018
She's musical, she's witty, she has four arms. What's not to love? pic.twitter.com/CFuz8nOduE
#30DayStarTrekChallenge Day 28: Named Your Own Starship - USS Dave— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) 2 January 2018
"Space: the final frontier...These are the voyages of the starship Dave. Its so-far 36 year mission: to watch cult TV, to seek out new sights and new sounds, to boldly sit where no one has sat before..." pic.twitter.com/h7t33C0slV
#30DayStarTrekChallenge Day 29: Favourite Quote— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) 5 January 2018
SISKO: "Just maybe, Benny isn't the dream, we are. Maybe we're nothing more than figments of his imagination. For all we know, at this very moment, somewhere far beyond all those distant stars, Benny Russell is dreaming of us." pic.twitter.com/drjoCaUpzs
#30DayStarTrekChallenge Day 30: Favourite Trek Series - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) 6 January 2018
I couldn't love DS9 more: Sisko, Odo, Dax, O'Brien, Jake, Quark, Bashir, Kira, Dukat, Rom, Nog, Zek, Tain, Leeta, Brunt, Worf, Martok, Weyoun, Vic, Morn & Garak. All the characters are fantastic. pic.twitter.com/M2sxd5VQ6h
#30DayStarTrekChallenge Day 31: Favourite TAS Episode - Yesteryear
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) 7 January 2018
Day 31 of 30? What madness is this?
Yesteryear is phenomenal. Saturday morning cartoons don't deal with euthanasia often enough, but rarely have programmes aimed at adults dealt with the subject better than this pic.twitter.com/TOWnXjwJCG
#30DayStarTrekChallenge Day 32: Favourite Discovery Episode - Magic To Make The Sanest Man Go Mad
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) 8 January 2018
It's still early days, but this is the episode I've enjoyed the most so far. It's Cause And Effect meets Harry Mudd antics that manage to be both fatal and wacky at the same time. pic.twitter.com/l38MDSQtWt
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