Fascinating? - A Star Trek Podcast

That Which Survives was the seventeenth episode of Star Trek’s third season to air, with an automated defence system causing havoc for Kirk and the Enterprise. In this episode Gerry and Iain dis...

The Enterprise Incident was the second episode of Star Trek’s third season to air, with an ambitious Romulan Commander looking to recruit Spock as well as claim the Enterprise. In this episode G...

Assignment: Earth was the twenty sixth episode of Star Trek’s second season to air, with an intergalactic secret agent battling to stop a twentieth century nuclear holocaust. In this episode Ger...

Bread and Circuses was the twenty fifth episode of Star Trek’s second season to air, with an alien world seemingly maintaining a Roman-style culture into their equivalent of Earth’s 20th c...

The Ultimate Computer was the twenty fourth episode of Star Trek’s second season to air, with a new AI system tested on board the Enterprise. In this episode Gerry and Iain discussed the familia...

The Omega Glory was the twenty third episode of Star Trek’s second season to air, with alien communists oppressing noble alien Americans. In this episode Gerry and Iain discussed the constitutio...

By Any Other Name was the twenty second episode of Star Trek’s second season to air, with intergalactic aliens determined to travel home by hijacking the Enterprise. In this episode Gerry and Ia...

Patterns of Force was the twenty-first episode of Star Trek’s second season to air, with a Federation observer leading an alien world to create their own version of the Nazis. In this episode Ge...

Return to Tomorrow was the twentieth episode of Star Trek’s second season to air, with an advanced but near-extinct alien race forced to share human bodies to survive. In this episode Gerry and ...

A Private Little War was the nineteenth episode of Star Trek’s second season to air, with two tribes on a planet forced to take up arms against one another by outside agitators. In this episode ...

The Immunity Syndrome was the eighteenth episode of Star Trek’s second season to air, with a single celled organism threatening to engulf the galaxy. In this episode Gerry and Iain discussed som...

A Piece of the Action was the seventeenth episode of Star Trek’s second season to air, with an impressionable society discovered under the influence of an old Earth book. In this episode Gerry a...

The Gamesters of Triskelion was the sixteenth episode of Star Trek’s second season to air, with an intergalactic gladiatorial contest set up by some disembodied brains. In this episode Gerry and...

The Trouble With Tribbles was the fifteenth episode of Star Trek’s second season to air, with the fate of grain bound for a disputed planet near Klingon space at stake. In this episode Gerry and...

Wolf in the Fold was the fourteenth episode of Star Trek’s second season to air, with Scotty facing multiple murder charges on an otherwise peaceful and idyllic planet. In this episode Gerry and...

Obsession was the thirteenth episode of Star Trek’s second season to air, with Kirk embarking on a revenge mission at the risk of failing to carry out his original mission and potentially killin...

The Deadly Years was the twelfth episode of Star Trek’s second season to air, with the sudden onset of old age threatening Kirk’s captaincy, his competency and his life. In this episode Ge...

Friday’s Child was the eleventh episode of Star Trek’s second season to air, with the return of the Klingons and the birth of a child who would be king. In this episode Gerry and Iain disc...

Journey to Babel was the tenth episode of Star Trek’s second season to air, with diplomats en route to a crucial vote gathered together on the Enterprise. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss ...

Metamorphosis was the ninth episode of Star Trek’s second season to air, with an historic figure from Earth’s past coming face to face with Kirk. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss str...

I, Mudd was the eighth episode of Star Trek’s second season to air, with a returning foe and an array of specially designed sex robots. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss the power of amateu...

Catspaw was the seventh episode of Star Trek’s second season to air, with witches, a black cat and curses laid between Kirk and his missing crewmen. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss tiny b...

The Doomsday Machine was the sixth episode of Star Trek’s second season to air, with a traumatised starship commander intent on revenge against the machine that killed his crew. In this episode ...

The Apple was the fifth episode of Star Trek’s second season to air, with a native population cruelly disrupted by a careless landing party. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss disposable cre...

Mirror, Mirror was the fourth episode of Star Trek’s second season to air, with several key crewmen transported to a parallel universe. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss the multiverse theo...

The Changeling was the third episode of Star Trek’s second season to air, with the Enterprise threatened by a sentient spacecraft intent on destroying imperfect organic life. In this episode Ger...

Who Mourns for Adonais? was the second episode of Star Trek’s second season to air, with an ancient Greek god looking to rekindle past glories. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss a giant gre...

Amok Time was the first episode of Star Trek’s second season to air, with Spock drawn back to his homeland by a primal urge. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss situations where the best cour...

Operation — Annihilate! was the twenty-ninth episode of Star Trek’s debut season to air, with a colony under attack and a valued crew member in great distress. In this episode Gerry and Ia...

The City on the Edge of Forever was the twenty-eighth episode of Star Trek’s debut season to air, with a love affair threatening to change history as we know it. In this episode Gerry and Iain d...

The Alternative Factor was the twenty-seventh episode of Star Trek’s debut season to air, with a mysterious stranger locked in a struggle against his inverse self. In this episode Gerry and Iain...

The Devil in the Dark was the twenty-fifth episode of Star Trek’s debut season to air, with a mining community terrorised by a silicon-based lifeform. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss the ...

A Taste of Armageddon was the twenty-third episode of Star Trek’s debut season to air, with a civilisation locked in perpetual war against its neighbour. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss t...

Space Seed was the twenty-second episode of Star Trek’s debut season to air, with an ancient Earth spacecraft delivering some surprising, if sleepy, guests. In this episode Gerry and Iain discus...

Tomorrow is Yesterday was the nineteenth episode of Star Trek’s debut season to air, with the Enterprise trapped in the past and some unfortunate airmen getting more than a glimpse of the future...

Arena was the eighteenth episode of Star Trek’s debut season to air, with a colony under siege and Kirk forced into a one-on-one battle for survival. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss think...

The Squire of Gothos was the seventeenth episode of Star Trek’s debut season to air, with an impetuous adversary testing Kirk’s skills to the limit. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss ...

The Galileo Seven was the sixteenth episode of Star Trek’s debut season to air, with a stranded shuttle crew facing a race against time to alert rescuers to their predicament. In this episode Ge...

Shore Leave was the fifteenth episode of Star Trek‘s debut season to air, with unlikely events interrupting an idyllic respite for the Enterprise crew. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss wrestling...

Balance of Terror was the fourteenth episode of Star Trek‘s debut season to air, with a skilled adversary presenting a tough examination of Kirk’s battle craft. In this episode Gerry and Iain de...

The Conscience of the King was the thirteenth episode of Star Trek‘s debut season to air, with a travelling theatre group bringing back some bad memories for Kirk. In this episode Gerry and Iain...

The Menagerie: Part 2 was the twelfth episode of Star Trek‘s debut season to air. In this episode Gerry and Iain consider the motivations of the Talosians and whether a happy ending was the righ...