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Welcome to Salamander Babies, a Star Trek podcast for a different sort of Trek fan. The sort who recognizes the origin of the podcast’s title and has any reaction other than revulsion. Join Lucinda, Jim, Jenn, and Mario as they take turns suggesting episodes of Star Trek: Voyager for the rest of the crew to watch and discuss. Think of it like a book club, if Star Trek episodes were short, poorly-written books.
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This is a GIF of the Predator from his movies, because no one made any GIFs for this episode. Close enough, I say. Chakotay gets indoctrinated by a brainwashing militia and mostly stays the same except people look like the Predator to him. [transcript]By Salamander Babies
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It’s the one The Rock is in. Show Notes IMAX | The Tech Nelly – Hot in Herre FiveThirtyEight – Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson Eats About 821 Points of Cod Per Year The Verge – Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson just released a motivational alarm clock app The One trailer 7 Stars Bar & Grill (Wayback Machine archive) Spice World trailer…
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Voyager is split across 37 timelines (in a row???) and only Chakotay can navigate the ship, resulting in a Greatest Hits exploration of the show’s past. Lou makes unreasonable promises about merch. Show Notes Time Squad (just watch a bunch of episodes online, Cartoon Network doesn’t care) Adult Wesley Crusher Leeroy Jenkins! Memory Beta – Imzadi (n…
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Mario picked the wrong episode so now you all have to watch Barclay ham it up with Troi. Show Notes TV Tropes – Space Jews All you need to know about geodesic folds South Park – Memberberries Zoolander – Aveda Ad Mass Effect – Voiceover interview trailer Polygon – Mass Effect: Andromeda ties off loose ends with a new novel Mass Effect 2 – Bringing …
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Tom’s dream comes true when a holodeck malfunction lines up with his Captain Proton fantasy simulation and everyone has to play along. Everyone is thoroughly unimpressed with his 1930s sci-fi nonsense. Show notes Flash! AAAAAAAAAA… savioroftheuniverse TARDIS Wiki – Douglas Adams Constance Goodheart sample dialog GISHWHES 2017 – Team Apokaleypse – S…
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B’Elanna argues with an intelligent missile she previously programmed (with her own voice and a Cardassian target) to spare the lives of Delta Quadrant innocents. Chakotay forgot to show up for this episode. Show notes Skeeter-ial Chief Philosoraptor The Daily Beast – The Real-Life Fall of Anakin Skywalker: Jake Lloyd’s Journey From ‘Star Wars’ to …
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15 years in the future, a grizzled Harry (it’s just Harry now) has survivor’s guilt and decides to right a wrong with a long-distance phone call to the past. Seven gets drunk on synthehol. Show notes The 24th-and-a-Half Century Timecop the healing power of tears The Darkest Timeline *record scratch* *freeze frame*…
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Kes eats bugs and dirt and wants to make some babies with Neelix. We don’t understand it either. Show Notes The Shipper’s Manifesto Elogium – IMDb Battlestar Galactica – “The Captain’s Hand” on Elcor speech Elcor Hamlet slug mating LoadingReadyRun – Scientist’s Rebuttal to ICP Mario’s LiveJournal archive Tom from MySpace…
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Our first two-parter! Featuring Hirogen Nazis. Because we weren’t getting enough Nazis in modern discourse recently apparently. Show Notes the actual Maquis a really good Nazi look about him Rick and Morty – The Gear Wars Saturday Night Live – Mom Jeans Dana Scully’s abduction Inglorious Basterds – Aldo Raine’s speech Code talkers Portal – Camera S…
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The crew debates whether the eponymous chute is actually more of a duct, Tom and Harry get the clamp, and Janeway makes deals with terrorists for some reason. Shownotes Zero-g cats ClampsBy Salamander Babies
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Janeway does her best Ripley impression, Neelix gets gooped, and The Doctor botches his first away mission. Featuring Harry on jazz flute probably. And a new shipping game!Shownotes Monster Factory - Knife Dad Virology Blog - The Virus and the Virion peace among worlds TrekNews.net - Why Deep Space Nine and Voyager May Never Get the HD Remaster The…
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While Mario was on an away mission to Comic-Con, we put together a clip show of deleted scenes from episodes 1-6! We explore what would happen if holodecks were real, the proclivities of certain face-tattoo'd crew members, and human-avian relations. Note that the safety protocols are disabled for this episode (in other words, super NSFW).Shownotes …
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Mario found a for-reals murder mystery episode. It's Tom's word against the victim's, and Tuvok's on the case! A bird-woman vamps.Shownotes Which prince? The Little Prince (Le Petit Prince) The Prince Prince The Atlantic - Police Can Force You to Use Your Fingerprint to Unlock Your Phone The Bill of Rights (which we clearly need to review) iMore - …
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It's a Janeway/Chakotay ship and Jenn is the only one onboard with it. Acting Captain Tuvok can't get no respect.Shownotes The Shipper’s Manifesto - Janeway/Chakotay Marvin Gaye - Let’s Get It On In medias res alt.tv.star-trek.voyager (Google Groups archive) Janeway's dirty gardening hands Earth All Along trope Courting and marriage in Harvest Moon…
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Quantum Anarchist Jim recommended Voyager season 2, episode 16, "Meld", where Tuvok gets inside the mind of a murderer and struggles to resist killing Neelix.Shownotes beloved character Crewman Darwin Rick and Morty - Quick Mysteries Javert and bread crimes Data - Life Forms Chez Sandríne The lost ancient art of felt-making Brad Dourif as Wormtongu…
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On Chief Philosophy Officer Lou's recommendation, we all watched Neelix struggle with an existential crisis in Voyager season 4, episode 12, "Mortal Coil". Chakotay wasn't much help.Shownotes “Is this meta?” “Kill the heretic!” On homogenous sci-fi societies: Planet of Hats Chipotle Horseshoe crab blood That Tom Hanks Movie SSV Normandy on sonic sc…
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Temporal Timekeeper Mario's suggestion (Voyager season 5, episode 14, "Bliss") is discussed at length by the crew. Or is it all a pitcher plant fever dream??? (Don't worry, it's real)Shownotes other shows that did unreliable reality Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Normal Again The X-Files - Field Trip SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT sirens in The Odyssey your read…
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The crew kicks off the podcast by discussing Holodeck Programmer Jenn's recommendation of Voyager season 2, episode 23, "The Thaw", and addresses such questions as: can the crew conquer fear itself? And why would you ever plug Harry into an Inception machine?ShownotesGazorra TNG EditsAnyway, here’s Wonderwall on tromboneHalf-plus-seven rulexkcd: Da…
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