I think my head just exploded, but I’m not sure if that’s in excitement, or to protect me from what could well be a crushing disappointment. For years, ardent Trek and Who fans have written all sorts of speculative fiction crossing over the universes of Doctor Who and Star Trek. Some of them you could even read before 9pm at night. In 2012, it appears that all this will come to fruition with an official comic crossover.
When I was a in high school, I built the bridge of the Enterprise in my parents’ basement out of old computer parts. I was pretty proud of my level of Trek fandom. Now, Inhabitat found something that tops that level of Trekkie swag: a coffee table modelled after the USS Enterprise.
What are you up to this weekend? Fancy meeting Chekov himself (Walter Koenig) or the beautiful Chase Masterson, who you may know as the Bajoran dabo girl from Deep Space 9? Gizmodo has five double passes for both Melbourne (Saturday) and Sydney (Sunday) to give away. And the winners are…
There’s a seemingly endless supply of Lego Star Wars sets, so Christer Nyberg took it upon himself to give Star Trek some brick love. But instead of building the Enterprise (cliché!), he chose the USS Reliant, best known as the hijacked spaceride of Khan Noonien Singh.
Did you hear that? That’s the sound of a million Trekkies and board game enthusiasts heads exploding. Because come March, the first themed version of Settlers of Catan will be released, called Star Trek Catan. Set your faces to stunned.
Bring your home into the 23rd century without costly renovations with this motion sensitive Star Trek-inspired door chime from ThinkGeek. It’s like being on the Enterprise, without having to worry about attacks from those pesky Klingons every other day.
It’s going to take a long time before all your favourite TV shows are converted to Blu-ray, especially if they all undergo as much improvement as Star Trek: The Next Generation has.
The X PRIZE Foundation and Qualcomm are partnering to try to make the Tricorder — Star Trek’s famous health-diagnosing gadget — a reality. They are offering up $US10 million in purse money. This may be the most practically useful X PRIZE yet.
Star Wars and Star Trek very probably have the most rabid fans known to geekdom. But they’re constantly trying to one up each other! What’s better! Who’s more awesome! Even the stars — William Shatner and Carrie Fisher — have gotten into it with each other. STOP IT. NO MORE. There’s a bigger enemy out there: Twilight.
