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Dropping Names with Brent and Jonny (YouTube)
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Sci-Finatics (YouTube):
"As Star Trek: Strange New Worlds races toward the era of Star Trek: The Original Series, there are still major characters, mysteries and events that fans are expecting to see before the series ends.
In this video we discuss:
Sybok’s unresolved storyline
Carol Marcus & David Marcus
Why M’Benga may lose the Chief Medical Officer role
The possible appearance of Dr Mark Piper
Pike’s tragic future
The fate of Una, Ortegas & La’an
How Kirk takes command of the Enterprise
The introduction of Sulu, McCoy & Janice Rand
Whether SNW is building toward The Original Series finale era
If Strange New Worlds ends with the complete transition into Kirk’s Enterprise, which classic Star Trek characters still NEED to appear before the show ends?
Theories, critiques, and behind-the-scenes insights — it’s all here."
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The D-Con Chamber (YouTube):
"Marvin Rush joins us this week on The D-Con Chamber for a wide-ranging conversation about his extraordinary career behind the camera.
Best known to Star Trek fans for helping define the look of The Next Generation era and for directing episodes like Voyager’s “The Thaw” and Enterprise’s “In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II” and “Terra Prime,” Marvin opens up to Connor and Dominic in a way that surprised even us. What starts as a conversation about cinematography quickly turns into stories about the people, pressures, creative decisions, and strange moments that shaped decades of television history.
We also spend time talking about his work outside of Star Trek, the changing nature of filmmaking, and what it was really like working through some of the biggest shifts in television production over the years."
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David Battrick (Sci-Finatics):
"What really happened to Una Chin-Riley—and why wasn’t she the one sitting in the captain’s chair of the Enterprise? In Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Una (Number One) is portrayed as one of Starfleet’s most capable, disciplined, and battle-tested officers. Long before James T. Kirk took command in 2265, Una Chin-Riley had already proven herself as the backbone of the Enterprise leading missions, surviving impossible odds, and holding the crew together through crisis after crisis. So why was she passed over?
In this deep-dive, we break down Una’s full journey—from her origins in The Cage to her evolution across modern Star Trek, and explore the real in-universe and thematic reasons she never became captain of the Federation’s flagship.
We examine three major theories:
A hidden “genetic glass ceiling” within Starfleet
A potential career-ending tragedy still to come
And a powerful timeline-altering decision by Captain Pike
Along the way, we compare her leadership style directly with Kirk’s, uncovering why Starfleet may have chosen instinct over precision during one of the most volatile eras in Federation history.
Was Una Chin-Riley the better captain… or simply the one Starfleet couldn’t afford to promote?"
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