Hyperchannel 124: Bryan Fuller’s New Star Trek Series
Larry Nemecek talks about Star Trek 2017’s new show-runner. Finally the silence is broken and CBS has announced who will helm the new Star Trek television series … and it’s none other than Trek veteran...
View ArticleHyperchannel 125: The Next Next Generation?
Could Bryan Fuller reboot TNG? We now know who will helm the new Star Trek series coming in early 2017. But what form might that series take? Where on the timeline will it fall? Will it be prime...
View ArticleHyperchannel 126: Exploring New Worlds
New Star Trek exhibition coming to the EMP Museum. Yet another destination has been added to the growing family of events that are celebrating the 50th anniversary of Star Trek—and this time it’s an...
View ArticleHyperchannel 127: Space Toys R Us
Star Trek goes plush, plastic, and precious. As we head farther into this anniversary year, Star Trek licensees are assembling a fleet of new toys and collectibles to launch a full-scale invasion of...
View ArticleHyperchannel 128: Stay Calm and Keep Streamin’
Star Trek Stays on Amazon Prime. A while back we talked about the fact that Star Trek was leaving the Amazon Prime streaming service in February. Suddenly now the countdown that was being displayed in...
View ArticleHyperchannel 129: Droning On and On
Spin Master Puts the Enterprise-A in Your Hands. These days you don’t need to attend Starfleet Academy to take the helm of a starship. Thanks to Spin Master, you can fly the 1701-A anywhere you want....
View ArticleHyperchannel 130: Remembering Anthony Fredrickson
Star Trek Scenic and Graphic Designer Passes Away. The art department was critical to bringing Star Trek to life, and another member of the family has been lost. Anthony Fredrickson, who worked on The...
View ArticleHyperchannel 131: Future Engineers
Replicator Challenge Calls Upon Students K-12. NASA and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Foundation have teamed up with Future Engineers, sponsored by the ASME Foundation, for a challenge...
View ArticleHyperchannel 132: Now THAT’S Dedication!
Eaglemoss Releases Enterprise 1701 Dedication Plaque. The starships that British replica maker Eaglemoss has been making over the past few years are fantastic. If we could zoom inside one of those...
View ArticleHyperchannel 133: Miasma
New Greg Cox Novella. Diplomats, mysterious signals, and crash landings. They’re all part of Miasma, the latest eNovella adventure from Pocket Books, penned by Star Trek veteran Greg Cox. Spanning just...
View ArticleHyperchannel 134: Syhaar Express
The Latter Fire Preview. The five-year mission of the Starship Enterprise has brought the vessel and her crew to the forefront of an important first contact situation … and it’s all played out in James...
View ArticleHyperchannel 135: Discovery, Engage!
Star Trek Horizon Premiere. Four years in the making, Tommy Kraft’s Enterprise-era Star Trek film is at last spreading its wings. In 2160, the Coalition of Planets, a young alliance of worlds led by...
View ArticleHyperchannel 136: Todd 2017
Tony Todd on Star Trek Casting Short List. We still don’t have much information about what the next series, slated for launch in early 2017, will hold. We don’t know the premise, we don’t know which...
View ArticleHyperchannel 137: Just In the Nick of Time ... Again
Nick Meyer Joins the Star Trek 2017 Staff. With the appointment of Bryan Fuller as showrunner and the rumors that Tony Todd is on the short list for casting, there’s a lot for Star Trek fans to be...
View ArticleHyperchannel 138: Shatner’s Big Apple
Star Trek: Mission New York Names Its Headliner. William Shatner is set to headline the CBS and ReedPop event that will bring the Trek con circuit back to its birthplace: New York City. The first Star...
View ArticleHyperchannel 139: TREK Talks
CBS Takes TED Talks Format Into the Future. Inspired by the well-known TED Talks—which have covered Trek in the past with George Takei and J.J. Abrams—CBS is setting up a series of "Trek Talks" to...
View ArticleHyperchannel 140: The Undiscovered Series?
Meyer Says Star Trek VI Could Be Starting Point. The news that Nick Meyer has joined the Star Trek 2017 team has sent most fans over the moon. Comments the writer/director made in a recent Den of Geek...
View ArticleHyperchannel 141: Little Ships
QMx Unveils Enterprise Replicas Old and New. As collectors, when we find out that something is in the pipeline—especially if we are actually shown the item—we get really excited. When that item then...
View ArticleHyperchannel 142: The Roddenberry Factor
Rod Roddenberry Named Executive Producer. When the new Star Trek series premieres in early 2017, it will carry the name Roddenberry. And not just “based upon Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry,”...
View ArticleHyperchannel 143: Remembering Gary Hutzel
TNG and DS9 Visual Artist Dies at 60. We’ve lost a lot of members of the Star Trek family over the past year, and it’s always sad. In many cases, we’ve lost those who worked on The Original Series,...
View ArticleHyperchannel 144: Return to the City On the Edge of Forever
Ellison’s Original Teleplay Audiobook. If you’re a fan who loves Star Trek enough to be reading this, you’re probably already familiar with the story and the drama that surrounded the famous TOS...
View ArticleHyperchannel 145: Design Time
WeLoveFine.com Star Trek 50th Anniversary Contest. One of the greatest things about Star Trek fandom is the creativity that it inspires. Just look around the internet and you'll see the amazing...
View ArticleHyperchannel 146: Is 60% a Plan?
Star Trek Fans Outside U.S. Still Waiting for Details. CBS President Les Moonves recently made comments about interest from international distributors in the new Star Trek series. He said that...
View ArticleHyperchannel 147: Tuvala’s Women of Star Trek
Polynesian Island Nation Issues New Stamps. The nations of the world are again honoring Star Trek with special issue postage stamps. We talked about Palau and Guyana, who have issued DS9 collections,...
View ArticleHyperchannel 148: Revenge Is a Dish Best Served In UHD
4K HDR Wrath of Khan headed our way. Many fans have been waiting for new prints of the Star Trek films, which have been looking increasingly rough with each release. If you own the Blu-rays, you'll...
View ArticleHyperchannel 149: For the Love of Spock Premiere
Adam Nimoy’s Documentary to Debut at Tribeca Film Festival. Adam Nimoy’s documentary about his dad, Leonard Nimoy, is a project that Adam originally set out to do with his dad; but, of course,...
View ArticleHyperchannel 150: Logical Bricks
Mega Bloks and Spock Team Up for Kubros Launch. Mega Brands, the Mattel-owned maker of the Mega Bloks construction set toys, is promising an 8-Bit invasion with their new line of figures called Kubros....
View ArticleHyperchannel 151: In the Rod Zone
TrekZone.org talks to Roddenberry about Star Trek 2017. News that Gene Roddenberry’s son, Eugene “Rod” Roddenberry has been named an executive producer of the new series has been well received by fans....
View ArticleHyperchannel 152: Pictures at an Exhibition
50 Artists, 50 Years Goes International. Back in January, on Hyperchannel 112, we told you about a calendar from Universe Publishing called “50 Artists. 50 Years.” This 11x14-inch offering will feature...
View ArticleHyperchannel 153: #Vote4Harvey
Two WeLoveFine Contest Entries You’ll Want. Back on Hyperchannel 145 we told you about the WeLoveFine.com Star Trek 50th Anniversary Design Contest, in which creative fans can fight it out with Bézier...
View Article154: Passing the Mic
Introducing your new host, Luke Weir. After 154 episodes of this incarnation of Hyperchannel, it’s time for C Bryan Jones to pass the mic. In this special episode he is joined by new host Luke Weir to...
View Article155: To China and Beyond
Quantum Communication / Beyond Heads to China / Blu-ray Release. Could China’s recent developments in quantum communication be the precursor to Star Trek’s transporter technology? Will the country also...
View Article156: Rebuilding The Enterprise
John Cho's New Film, Chris Pine's Duet, The Planetary Post, and Project Enterprise. John Cho and Michelle Forbes co-star in an upcoming film, Chris Pine lands the singing gig of a lifetime, Robert...
View Article157: The Latest on Star Trek: Discovery
Streaming Discovery Worldwide, DSC Details from Bryan Fuller. Everybody's going crazy over the latest details from Bryan Fuller about his new series Star Trek: Discovery, so we're taking a whole...
View Article158: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary
Commercial-free CBS All Access, SpaceX Explosion, 50th Anniversary Products, Events and Marathons. Star Trek's 50th Anniversary is coming up on September 8. And whether you're staying home all day for...
View Article159: Mission: New York Recap
Star Trek Forever Stamps, All Star Crew, Star Trek Online, Discovery Writers Panel. Fans from all over the world came together to celebrate Star Trek's 50th Anniversary at the first ever Mission: New...
View Article160: For the Love of Spock
Leonard Nimoy Documentaries, The Roddenberry Vault, More 50th Anniversary Celebration. The highly anticipated documentary For The Love of Spock is now available, but it's not the only Leonard Nimoy doc...
View Article161: Majel May Return
Majel Barrett's Phonetic Recordings, Discovery Gets Pushed to May, the Latest in Space Travel. Phonetic recordings Majel Barrett give hope that she may still voice the computer in future iterations of...
View Article162: Blu-rays and Encyclopedias
Release Dates, Anniversary Art Prints, Giacchino, Kirk Statue. We finally have official details on all of the Star Trek Beyond Blu-ray sets, and Mike & Denise Okuda's updated Star Trek Encyclopedia...
View Article163: The Circuit with Manu Intiraymi
Classic Comic Con, The Circuit, New Soundtrack, Mars Missions. Voyager's Manu Intiraymi joins us to discuss his upcoming appearances at Classic Comic Con and his new fan-funded anthology film project...
View Article164: Portal 47 ft. Larry Nemecek
Beyond Commentary, J.J. Abrams, Portal 47 Open House Larry Nemecek joins us to talk about the upcoming free online open house for Portal 47 featuring Robert Butler, director of the first TOS pilot "The...
View Article165: Destination Star Trek Europe
Europe Celebrates Trek, Google's New AI, Obama on Star Trek Europe recently celebrated Star Trek's 50th Anniversary at this year's Destination Star Trek Europe - we break down everything at that...
View Article166: Fuller Steps Back
Discovery's New Showrunners, Cruise Sweepstakes, ExoMars Crash, Fake Headlines Find out how you could win a spot on next year's Star Trek cruise, why the ExoMars lander crashed on Mars, which headlines...
View Article167: The New Faces of Star Trek
The New Faces of Star Trek. Discovery's New Cast, Notable Passings, Series Boxed Sets, Tricorders. In the first Hyperchannel of the new year, we catch up on the latest about new series boxed sets,...
View Article168: Gain an Actor, Lose a Release Date
Discovery gains a new cast member but once again gets pushed from its expected release date, SpaceX gets back on track with a successful launch, Amazon's Alexa now answers to "Computer", and NASA pays...
View Article169: Discovery Assembles Its Crew
Star Trek: Discovery officially announces the remainder of its cast as production gets underway, Michael Dorn dispels rumors that he’ll be appearing on Discovery, Patrick Stewart is done with X-Men,...
View Article170: The Writers Guild Doesn't Strike Back
Star Trek: Discovery could have been delayed yet again by a seemingly inevitable writers strike from the WGA - thankfully, the guild and studios were able to resolve their differences, but on this...
View Article171: One Trek, Two Trek, Real Trek, Spoof Trek
The time has finally come – the first official teaser trailer for Star Trek: Discovery has been released, and it has given Star Trek fans lots to talk about. In this episode, Luke Weir dives into some...
View Article172: Two More Months
Discovery News, NASA Conspiracies, Trek Merch. Star Trek: Discovery will premiere on September 24th (or September 25th outside of the US or Canada) and the anticipation is unbearable. This episode has...
View Article173: Discovery’s First Conventions
Is there such a thing as too much information? Data certainly wouldn’t say so, but a mere human mind may not be capable of processing the terabytes of information we were given by the cast and crew of...
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