Episode 66: “Defiant”: The Tragedy of Tom Riker

It's all about the sad fate of Thomas Riker this week as we delve into the Deep Space Nine classic, "Defiant"!

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Or would you rather we beam down to discuss one of our favorite hours of Trek… "Pen Pals"?

*record screech*



O.K., "Defiant" it is -- DS9's first (and sadly, only) brush with Thomas Riker as he steals one "tough little ship" to help the Maquis level-up their terrorism game. Why do we heart this ep so much? Listen and find out!

Our Red Shirt of the Week also hails from DS9. This bald, blue-tunic wearing target picked the wrong day to sign up for Jem'Hadar detail -- can you guess who it is?

So crank up your Winamps and tear off your fake beards, it's time for a new ep of TR3!

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Episode 65: The Star Trek: TNG Cast Reunites... Worst. Trip. Ever?

This week, we boldly go where quite a few fans have gone before: New York City.

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We’re back from our voyage to NYC to see the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation and William Shatner!



Phil traveled 3,000 miles -- in coach -- to see them, but was it worth the trip? Listen and find out!

Plus, wanna know what special features are on the TNG Season 7 Blu-rays? We got you covered. And for those of you who fed money to our T-shirt campaign, you might wanna grab a box of tissues and turn up the Sarah McLachlan -- because we got a special message that will hit you in all the feels.

And our Red Shirt of the Week won't be feeling anything, however, thanks to that weapons blast he took to the soul in “Gambit, Part I.”

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Episode 64: The Worst of TNG Season 7

Having sex with space ghosts. Discovering long-lost siblings. Masaka!

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Yep, it's time for Transporter Room 3 to take the final season of Star Trek: The Next Generation to task. With recent news that Season 7 is finally coming to Blu-ray this winter, Scott and Phil revisit the lowest points of one of TNG's most uneven seasons.



From "Sub Rosa" (cringe) to "Masks" (double cringe), you won't want to miss our spot-on (read: snarky) analysis of these craptastic episodes.

We also debate the pros and "Khans" (I regret nothing!) about the rumored return of William Shatner as James T. Kirk in Roberto Orci's Star Trek 3.

And no ep of TR3 would be complete without a funeral for another Red Shirt. Who gets the torpedo tube this week? Listen now and find out!

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Now, finally, here's your chance to support the Star Trek podcast with the mostest!

Yes, we are now whoring ourselves out: You can buy a Transporter Room 3 T-shirt to help us keep the podcast going. And in the process, you can become a Red Shirt of the Week too!

Picking up one of our unique TR3 shirts does not guarantee you'll survive your next landing party... in fact, it pretty much guarantees the opposite. But at least you'll go out in style.

The sale of these shirts operates through Teespring, which collects the pre-orders on the shirts. You aren't charged and the shirts don't ship until we hit a target goal of a specific amount of pre-orders, which means if you really want one of these shirts, you should convince your friends/loved ones/Tribbles to buy one/100/infinity too. The proceeds from the shirts will help to support the podcast's basic operational costs.

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Episode 63: Why You Must Watch DS9's "Doctor Bashir, I Presume" Right Now

We're back -- in record time -- with another new episode of Transporter Room 3. But spoilers follow for anyone who hasn’t watched this episode which first aired in… 1997!

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This week, we go back to Deep Space Nine for a review of one of Season 5's more underrated hours, "Doctor Bashir, I Presume." A.k.a., "Julian's a Khan!"

The other half of the station's most popular bromance is revealed to be genetically enhanced with the same outlawed eugenics that gave birth to Khan Noonien Singh. Bashir soon goes on a wrath-seeking rampage, infecting the crew with Ceti eels and…

*record screech* Oops. Sorry. How'd our fan fiction get in here?



Uh, moral and ethical debates ensue as we boldly tackle this solid episode.

Another Red Shirt of the Week also pays a visit -- and you'll never guess who it is. And we also give a tiny update on Star Trek 3: The Search for More Money.

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Episode 62: Travelling Back in Time to DS9’s “Children of Time”

And we're back! Transporter Room 3 caught a wee 'bout of Shore Leave and a little too much LDS, but we're here with another installment -- this time talking about one of our new favorite episodes of DS9: "Children of Time"!

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And if this timey-wimey ep about Sisko and Co. having to decide the fate of their future decedents isn't one of your favs, this podcast will surely fix that.



We also talk what's in store for the Next Gen Season 7 Blu-ray and fill one more torpedo tube with another Red Shirt of the Week. Our latest victim hails from Star Trek: Insurrection and to say anything more would spoil the (plastic-surgery-gone-wrong) fun.

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