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Dateline #28 info on ST:TNG and DS9
9210.15 DATELINE: STARFLEET #28
Reporting for Duty!
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If they happen to see this, greetings to the MacQuarium BBS in
Austin, TX, where I was recently told that Dateline shown up! This
info came to me over the Internet from Bruce Gimble -- thank you
Bruce! Remember, my Internet address along with other means to
contact me are at the end of this issue, should you wish to comment
on what you read here. (Dateline also showed up recently on the
Boston Computer Society BBS. Hello to anyone there who happens to
see this as well!)
A special hello goes out to Tracy Litherland, for reaching out
all the way from Germany and offering greetings!
As I finish this issue, Dateline #27 had been read by 466
America Online-ers, as well as who knows how many others out there
who find copies. If you see Dateline on some other BBS or network,
and have some idea of how many people read it there, I'd love to
know! Drop me a note with the info! Your support is humbly
appreciated.
--Bill Mason
News from Over the Hailing Frequencies....
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TNG: NEW SET ALERT! (AND OTHER NEWS)
A new vertical Jeffries tube set, three stories tall, was built
for use on TNG this season. It debuted in "Realm of Fear."
Marina Sirtis did a stint on QVC on October 11th. She did
report that whatever legal hassles TNG was having with the Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle estate have been resolved, so there are plans to have
another Sherlock Holmes episode on TNG. A few clips from an upcoming
episode, "A Fistful of Datas," were also shown. Patrick Stewart has
directed this one, which has some sort of Western theme (Worf and
Troi were shown in appropriate cowboy gear). I think Alexander was
mentioned in the clip of dialogue, and Marina reported that Data
plays SIX roles in this episode.
The upcoming TNG schedule is (dates are 'the week of...'):
10/05/92: Man of the People (the Troi got old episode)
10/12/92: Relics (Scotty guest-stars)
10/19/92: Schisms (Mr. Mott returns; a new semi-regular, Ensign
Rager, is introduced; plot: another alien force threatens the crew)
10/26/92: Q-Me (Q returns; may be including Olivia D'Abo as a
female Q Continuum member)
11/02/92: Rascals (?)
11/09/92: A Fistful of Datas
11/16/92: The Quality of Life (?)
11/23/92: Time's Arrow Part II (rerun of cliffhanger)
11/30/92: Realm of Fear (rerun of Barclay episode)
12/07/92: Man of the People (rerun)
DEEP SPACE NINE EPISODES!!
It is being reported that the new premiere date for DS9 will be
January 11, 1993 (or the week thereof). With mini plot summaries,
here are the planned DS9 episodes! All titles are tentative. If the
DS9 season opener is delayed, some of these episodes may not air
until the second season. DS9 currently plans a 14 episode opening
season.
"To The Victor": Premiere episode, guest-starring Captain
Picard. When a stable wormhole is discovered near DS9, the
Cardassians decide they want their station back.
"In Thy Name": Examines the Bajoran religious beliefs and how
they tie into the existence of the wormhole.
"Odo": The Cardassians try to sabotage the station. As the
title indicates, the show focuses on Odo, the shape-shifter security
chief.
"Boys Will Be Boys": An episode on station Commander Sisko's son
Jake, as he pokes around the station.
"Ferengi Holiday": Examines why the Ferengi bartender Quark is
here on DS9 in the first place. Scheduled to include a holodeck
Ferengi "mating nest."
"Sabbath": Bajoran workers go on strike when Commander Sisko
and Quark violate a Bajoran religious custom.
"Beauty, Thy Name Is Lwaxana": Look out, here comes Mrs. Troi!
[Untitled]: A scheduled crossover with Next Generation.
"The Missionary": A fervent religious figure comes to Deep Space
Nine to hunt out moral depravity, convert the Bajorans, and who knows
what else.
"Appearance": An alien ship arrives through the wormhole and
threatens the area (this may be the TNG crossover episode).
"Darkness Comes": Pro-Cardassian factions try to cause trouble
on the station.
"The Jeffries Incident": Scotty turns up on Deep Space Nine.
"Tyranny": Playing on a legal loophole, the Cardassians again
assume ownership of the space station. Gives background history on
the station.
"Battlefield": Will reportedly be a FOUR-part storyline that
ties into the season finale of TNG. The plot: the start of the
Second Federation-Cardassian War.
ONCE AGAIN, THE DS9 STATIONS....
A repeat of a list from 4 months back, with a few additions
since then: the stations currently committed to carrying Deep Space
Nine.
Abilene (KRBC), Albany [NY] (WXXA), Albuquerque (KGSW), Amarillo
(KCIT), Atlanta (WGNX), Augusta (WRDW), Baltimore (WNUV), Birmingham
(WTTO), Boise (KTRV), Boston (WLVI), Buffalo (WUTV), Cedar Rapids
(KCRG), Charleston (WVAH), Charleston [SC] (WTAT), Chicago (WGN),
Cincinnati (WXIX), Cleveland (WUAB), Colorado Springs (KOAA),
Columbus [SC] (WLTX), Corpus Christi (KDF), Dallas (KTXA), Dayton
(WRGT), Denver (KWGN), Des Moines (KDSM), El Paso (KVIA), Eugene
(KEZI), Fargo (KVRR), Fayetteville [AR] (KHOG), Fort Myers (WFTX),
Fort Smith (KHBS), Gainesville (WOGX), Grand Rapids (WXMI),
Greensboro (WNRW), Greenville [NC] (WFXI), Greenville [SC] (WHNS),
Greenville [TN] (WEMT), Harlingen (KRGV), Harrisburg (WPMT), Hartford
(WTIC), Honolulu (KHNL), Houston (KTXH), Huntsville (WZDX),
Indianapolis (WXIN), Jacksonville [MS] (WDBD), Kansas City (KSHB),
Las Vegas (KVVU), Little Rock (KTHV), Los Angeles (KCOP), Louisville
(WDRB), Lubbock (KJTV), Madison (WISC), Memphis (WLMT), Miami (WCIX),
Milwaukee (WCGV), Minneapolis (KMSP), Monterey (KNTV), Nashville
(WZTV), New York (WPIX), Norfolk (WGNT), Oklahoma City (KOKH),
Orlando (WCPX), Philadelphia (WTXF), Phoenix (KNXV), Portland [OR]
(KPTV), Providence (WNAC), Raleigh (WLFL), Reno (KAME), Richmond
(WRLH), Roanoke (WSET), Rochester [NY] (WUHF), Rockford (WQRF),
Sacramento (KTXL), Saint Louis (KDNL), Salt Lake City (KSTU), San
Antonio (KRRT), San Diego (XETV), San Francisco (KBHK), Savannah
(WJCL), Shreveport (KMSS), Spokane (KXLY), Syracuse (WSYT), Tacoma
(KCPQ), Tampa (WTOG), Toledo (WUPW), Tucson (KMSB), Waco (KWTX),
Washington DC (WDCA), Wichita Falls (KJTL), Wilkes-Barre (WOLF)
UPCOMING BOOK RELEASES
Not all of these (mostly the later listings) are confirmed.
Listed roughly in expected order of publication:
Classic Trek 62 -- "Death Count" by L.A. Graf
Classic Trek Hardcover -- "Best Destiny" by Diane Carey
"TNG Companion" by Larry Nemecek
Next Generation 24 -- "Night Shade" by Laurell Hamilton
Classic Trek -- paperback of "Probe" by Margaret Wander Bonnano
Deep Space Nine #1 -- a novelization of the premiere episode
Classic Trek 63 -- "Shell Game" by Melissa Libatcher
New revision of the "Star Trek Compendium" by Allan Asherman
Next Generation 25 -- "Grounded" by David Bishosff
Classic Trek 64 -- "A Better Mousetrap" by Mel Gilden
TNG Hardcover -- "The Devil's Heart" by Carmen Carter
Next Generation 26 -- "Guises of the Mind" by Rebecca Neason
Classic Trek 65 -- "Windows on a Lost World" by V.E. Mitchell
These books are completely in the rumor mill:
A Star Trek timeline supposedly written by Mike Okuda.
"Sarek," a TNG novel by A.C. Crispin.
"Through the Glass, Darkly," a TNG hardcover by Diane Duane that
harkens back to the "Mirror, Mirror" universe.
Meantime on the hardcover front, there is a report that the
Michael Jan Friedman hardcover "The God Thing" has been cancelled due
to objections from the Roddenberry estate (the manuscript is from an
unfinished Gene Roddenberry work).
A PEEK AT ODO
Those who want to get a sneak preview of actor Rene Auberjonois
(slated to play Security Officer Odo in Deep Space Nine - a shape
shifter) can watch the USA cable premiere movie "Wild Card" which
airs 9-11 pm (EST) on Wednesday, October 28 and will be repeated at 8
pm (EST) on Sunday, November 1 and again at 2 pm (EST) on Saturday,
November 7. Auberjonois plays an Episcopalian priest, Father Jake,
in the story of murder, greed and corruption in a small New Mexico
town. In an interview provided by the USA people, Auberjonois
describes his character, Jake, as similar to M*A*S*H's Father Mulcahy
character. He says "I relish getting characters like that (caring
people). I often play officious twits." We'll see if Odo is a twit.
(Thanks to Tripp F for this info.)
A PEEK AT VIDEO
On the October 3rd Billboard Video Rentals Chart, Star Trek VI
was at number 33. But by October 10th, "The Undiscovered Country"
was out of the top 40.
A PEEK AT PATRICK
Patrick Stewart will be hosting a six part PBS space documentary
on space entitled "Space Age". The first part actually aired on
October 12th (at 8pm ET here -- check your local listings), so I hope
everyone noticed! The subsequent parts will be airing weekly.
SCI-FI CHANNEL KICKS OFF
Leonard Nimoy was one of the attendees at a kick-off party for
the Sci-Fi Channel at the Hayden Planetarium. And fellow Trekker
Nichelle Nichols is hostess for the Channel's "Inside Space" program.
COMING TO A STORE NEAR YOU?
Edison Brothers Entertainment Inc. has been granted a license by
Paramount to create Next Generation "virtual-reality entertainment
centers" to be placed in shopping malls. The first ones are supposed
to open in 1993.
Editorial: One Year Later
by Bill Mason (Data1701D)
-------------------------
It's now been almost a year since the sudden death of Gene
Roddenberry. He remains fondly remembered by all of Star Trek's
fans, including this one.
When Gene died, there were naturally many questions about the
future of Star Trek. It would be nice to say that those questions
have been resolved, but I think it's still early to say that.
Star Trek VI, of course, came out shortly after Gene's death and
was a success with fans and critics. The impact of "The Undiscovered
Country" as a farewell film for the Classic cast has been tempered,
though, by the continuing possibility that it won't be the final
film. I still hold that there shouldn't be another Classic cast
film, but I won't quibble the point here. Suffice to say that the
waiting game continues.
Meanwhile, TNG has moved into season six. So far as I write
this we've had three episodes: a pretty fair cliffhanger resolution
in "Time's Arrow, Part II," a very strong character story in "Realm
of Fear," and a rather weak story in "Man of the People." The first
full season without Gene playing any role in it has started off
unevenly. But it's still early.
And finally, of course, it's still very early to make any
judgement about "Deep Space Nine"! The lengthy, almost last-minute
casting process has rattled some nerves early, but now we just wait
on developments there.
What's the upshot? Well, it seems that while I'd like to write
a little bit on what direction Star Trek has gone since Gene's
passing, it looks like it's too early to predict what direction it's
going in! So rest in peace, Gene -- and we'll check back next year.
The Boston Museum of Science ST Exhibit
by Eli Sherer
---------------------------------------
I had the privilege of attending the press opening of Star Trek:
Federation Science at the Boston Museum of Science. In addition to
the exhibit itself (and the planetarium show) I had the honor of
speaking with James Montgomery Doohan for a few moments as he was
also in town speaking at a Trek convention over the weekend and was
beamed in to help kick off the museum exhibit.
First, the exhibit: an interactive exhibit allowing participants
to play about a half-dozen computer simulations using touch screen
computers (probably Macintoshes, though they're well hidden) to
perform such functions as atmospheric checks for inhabitable planets,
docking with dying space stations and using the tractor beam to
change the course of an asteroid before it impacts a planet -- all
the time being guided by the voices of Riker, Worf and Data. Your
actions on the computer are acknowledged by the voice of Majel
Barrett. (Who else?) Winning one of these simulations lets you
select two sequences (from either film or TV series) for the Main
Viewscreen (the whole thing is set up like the Bridge). You can pick
firing phasers, going to warp speed, orbiting a planet, or blowing up
a Romulan battle cruiser.
There are also numerous other scientific displays (it is a
museum of science after all). You can step into the transporter
room, which sets off a sequence where you can watch yourself and
others on a life size screen beaming down (Chroma-key and virtual
reality interactive video) to a planet where you can play with the
jungle underbrush and little birds, etc. They have worked in some
real outer space stuff, what it's like to walk on the moon and the
like, but most of that is what you might find in any science museum
displays on space flight.
There are a number of costumes and props on display both from
TOS and TNG as well as some from the movies. A number of other
museum staffers around the exhibit show different types of Trek props
(tricorders and hypos) and real 20th century versions (in-the-ear
thermometers and paramedic through the clothes hypodermics) for
comparison.
The planetarium show (voiced by LeVar Burton) takes a trip
through a wormhole to visit different stellar communities including
the latest pictures of the Orion Nebula from the Hubble Space
Telescope. It's a 45 minute display that really can't be described
here.
Taking questions in the engineering section of the display, Mr.
Doohan spoke of being the only person to name his own character
(Montgomery after his own middle name, Scott after his lineage)
though he himself is Canadian. Regarding his upcoming role on TNG,
he wasn't given the choice of being old as DeForest Kelley was; when
he transports aboard he's only a few seconds older than in his most
recent movie appearances. However, Scotty does get to take a trip
(via the holodeck) back to the bridge of the old Enterprise! Though
he didn't say much more about the episode itself, he had nothing but
high praise for the cast and crew of TNG, and noted that his trip
back to the original bridge really helped him (and should help us
all) to realize just how far Star Trek has come. He mentioned
looking around (when he was doing the movies) at the first film set
and saying to the set design crew, "Now you've given me something
that looks like it will really fly!" Finally, Mr. Doohan likes Star
Trek VI the best of the films. His second choice is Star Trek II,
though he liked the ABC-TV version better, saying that it included
more of his story line due to the extended play time of TV. He has
no idea why, when the longer version explained more, the video
release wasn't the longer one (again a Paramount decision).
Finally, of course, there is the Star Trek Store. Long a
fixture, in a smaller version at Boston's Museum of Science, the
store has been expanded and is located in the exhibit (which lasts
through the first of the year). It really has nothing on any
conventions, and should be avoided for fear of disappointment by
those who have been to any Trek conventions in the recent past.
My fingers are tired, and I must go review this past week's TNG
episode. (I have to tape them here in Boston, the Saturday night
showing is unreliable due to football games, and the rerun is now
until 11:35 on Sunday night! Adieu, EliS.
The Franklin Mint Museum's ST Exhibit
by Bill Mason (Data1701D)
-------------------------------------
Out here in the wilds of Pennsylvania is the Franklin Mint,
known to Trekkers for its line of quite catchy (but quite expensive!)
Star Trek products. Next door to the Mint proper is the Franklin
Mint Museum, which I dared to visit for the first time in a long
while, because they added a room devoted to Star Trek.
I took my time as I went in, though, and moved through the
exhibition halls in order instead of starting at Star Trek. |) It
was possible to forget about Trek entirely while wandering through
rooms of porcelain works, pewter statuettes, stamps, precision
models, jewelry, and half a zillion other things. My mind did return
briefly to Trek when I happened upon a pewter Norman Rockwell work
that presented a scene from "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer." (How
many people have rediscovered Mark Twain after seeing "Time's
Arrow"?) My resolve not to head to the Trek area weakened again
while checking out some dolls of the characters from "Gone with the
Wind"; the Trek theme could be heard playing nearby!
Finally, I rounded a corner and was confronted with an open
holodeck door. Guess this is the place! Outside the door were two
plaques. One was a replica of the Enterprise-D's commissioning
plaque, the other (mounted next to a red alert light) was a
dedication plaque; the exhibition is dedicated to Gene Roddenberry.
Entering, I found myself in a relatively small room; probably it
would hold a half-dozen comfortably at most. The whole room is laid
out in Next Generation style -- the walls and displays are decorated
with TNG-ish console panel readouts. But the sound-effects were pure
TOS -- snips from different episodes. (When anything that had to do
with a transporter played, a round plate on the floor lit up as if to
beam you away.)
The exhibit naturally included all of the Franklin Mint Trek
pieces: the ships, the chess sets, the tankard, the watch, etc. It
included a few pieces I didn't even know they made: a checkers set
(one set of checkers had the TOS Enterprise on one side, the
Starfleet insignia on the reverse; the other had a TOS Klingon
cruiser/the Klingon Empire logo), a sculpture of McCoy leaping
through the Guardian of Forever while Kirk and Spock try to stop him
(Spock just reaches out with a hand; Kirk, that action-packed hero,
dives through the air in a futile attempt to tackle McCoy), and a
coin collection (and I still have no idea what all the symbols on the
coins were). A few prop replicas from Trek filled out the display:
TNG and movie phasers, Klingon disruptors and daggers, a TNG
tricorder, and a copy of Geordi's VISOR.
One amusing thing mounted on the wall was a copy of the large
cut-away drawing of the Enterprise-D -- the one found in Engineering
and reproduced in the "TNG Technical Manual." It was just the right
size to see the duck and Nomad and all the other silly things that
were snuck into the drawing!
As I left, I amusedly noted that everything was labeled
correctly -- no boo-boos by the Mint staff! As a final irony, just
down the hall from the Trek room was an exhibition of stamps.
Included in the "History of Transportation" series was the space
shuttle Enterprise. Don't you love little ironies like that?
More for Windows
by Dreamer E
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There were not as many AOL uploads this month as there have been
in the past months. This may be due to school/colleges starting up
again. Still, it gave me time to download most, if not all, of this
months offerings. Most seemed to be stories or scripts, none of
which really captivated me yet. Also, there were some sound files
and while you can usually never go wrong with sound files, it is also
really easy to create them on your own, if you have a sound card with
a mic input. Nonetheless, here are my top recommendations for the
month of September, as of September 29, 1992:
2. Klingon Symbol (9/11, 9/13 ZIPPED) - This bitmap by Eric
Gangloff can be easily compared to the Romulan and Starfleet Academy
logos that I recommended last month. It is in the same league,
artistically and almost technically. It is one of the bitmaps that
can be displayed on your Windows background when you wish to turn it
into a Klingon Computer System! It is also another in a growing line
of quality bitmaps that emulate TNG displays.
1. Enterprise over Earth - (9/13 in PIC and GIF format) - This
is a beautiful video capture from an episode of ST:TNG, I expected it
to be blurry or have distortions, but it is crisp, clear, and as its
description says, "a must have". It was originally made in a Mac and
was uploaded in that format, but it can be downloaded on a PC, then
converted using a Mac converter program (which can be downloaded from
the AOL utilities library). And despite its short 7-8 minute
download time, you get a awe-inspiring GIF/PIC file of the
"Enterprise over Earth". HIGHEST RECOMMENDATION!
Happy Birthday!
---------------
November 5: Eric Menyuk (the Traveler)
Trek-related Products/Happenings
--------------------------------
Upcoming in the comic book universe:
"William Shatner's Tekworld" #4 (Marvel): Cardigan has
re-encountered Warbride. Now, will she help him or just kill him?
"Star Trek" #41 (DC): A strange energy force overcomes the crew
in "Runaway" by Howard Weinstein.
"Next Generation" #41 (DC): Sztazzans threaten to attack both
the saucer and battle sections of the Enterprise!
"Debt of Honor" Trade Paperback (DC): The softcover version of
Chris Claremont's graphic novel. Features a new cover from the
hardcover version.
"New Crew" #11 (Friendly/Personality): Wil Wheaton is the latest
subject in the b/w biographical series.
"Original Crew" #12 (Friendly/Personality): Ricardo Montalban is
the focus of this issue.
Over in Starlog land, we have upcoming "Starlog" #185, which is
scheduled to include a TNG article, and "STTNG Magazine" #21 -- the
first issue of the sixth season; it includes several interviews and a
wrap-up of the fifth season episodes.
I've been meaning to note that Melinda Snodgrass, former TNG
story editor, is now serving as executive story editor on NBC's
"Reasonable Doubts." And writing some strong stories; check 'em out.
A strange new release (IMHO) from the Franklin Mint: the Star
Trek Galaxy Globe. Inside the globe is the TOS Enterprise, being
enveloped in a Tholian Web by two Tholian ships, as in the "Tholian
Web" episode. The whole thing is a glass globe with a black enamel
background. One Tholian is drawn in the background; the other is
made of gold-electroplated pewter and is set on the outside surface
of the globe.
Personally, I think the Mint is starting to scrape the bottom of
the barrel for new Trek product ideas. Anyway, the Globe is $195;
contact the Franklin Mint, Franklin Center PA 19091 for more info.
Scheduled for November is "Star Trek: Secrets of Deep Space
Nine" by Cinemaker Press and co-authored by Carson Dyle and Bill
Planer. I'd love to know what they already know that we don't.
Also in the Trek-related book world is the release of Whoopi
Goldberg's new children's book, "Alice."
And on the motion picture front this month, we have Whoopi
Goldberg in "Sarafina!" and Julie Warner (formerly TNG's Kristi
Henshaw) in the new Billy Crystal film "Mr. Saturday Night." Now
playing at a theatre near you.
Personal Logs, Stardate Today
-----------------------------
"A Salute to Gene Roddenberry
"This exhibition is dedicated to Gene Roddenberry, the creative
energy and foresight behind the imaginary universe we know as STAR
TREK. Without his vision, Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock and the USS
ENTERPRISE would never have had the chance 'to seek out new life and
new civilizations.'
"Mr. Roddenberry served as a bomber pilot in World War II, flew
for a commercial airline and was a former police officer for the Los
Angeles Police Department. He created STAR TREK as a dramatic forum
for important ideas and concerns.
"Beyond the original television series, six feature films and
the enormously popular television series, STAR TREK: THE NEXT
GENERATION, perhaps Gene Roddenberry's most important legacy is that
he has given us all a hopeful portrait of the future.
"Gene Roddenberry
"1921-1991"
[Text of the Franklin Mint ST exhibit's dedication plaque]
From the 9/27 "Garfield":
[Garfield steps on one of those talking scales.]
Scale: "BWEEP! BWEEP! BWEEP!"
"Captain, our sensors have picked up something!"
Scale [now holding a conversation with itself]: "Go to visual!"
"Woah! What is that thing?!"
"It appears to be a hideous blob of fat, sir!"
"Fire phasers!"
"Phasers have no effect, sir!"
Garfield [looking disgusted]: "I hate you."
Scale: "Sir, I'm picking up some hostile readings."
Credits where Credits are Due
-----------------------------
"Dateline: Starfleet" -- edited by Bill Mason. Comments and
submissions are invited via any of these avenues: America Online
(E-Mail to Data1701D), Prodigy (mail to ID# WPHM91A), Internet (send
to '[email protected]'), or the infamous US Postal Service (753
Rively Ave, Glenolden PA, 19036-1118)
The Away Team of Contributors -- Dreamer E, Eli Sherer, Tripp F
Other Sources -- Billboard, the FIDONet Trek echoes, The
Franklin Mint, Philadelphia Inquirer, TV Guide, The Westfield
Newsletter
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