92. A Tale Told By An Idiot
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Hark, what podcast through yonder window breaks? It’s Casual Trek! We have a fun topic today with Star Trek episodes with titles which are Shakespeare quotes! Listen to Charlie’s terrible attempt at acting, followed by our James Van Der Beek memorial and three fun episodes of Star Trek!
Dagger of the Mind has Kirk and a doctor arrive in a mind-fixing bunker which would feel at home in Space: 1999 and somehow, Kirk willingly gets in the machine that messes with your brain. Thine Own Self has a crumpled Data show up in a Ren Faire village with amnesia and a deadly package. Mortal Coil lets us see Neelix die AND Ethan Phillips act up a storm as he has to confront the lack of a bit Avatar tree.
Then in writing the show notes, Charlie realises we never actually confronted how Shakespearean the plots were, so you’ll have to do that yourself after you listen to the show!
00:05:02 What Non-Star Trek Things We’ve Been Enjoying: The Dead Zone (book), Wuthering Heights (2026)
00:13:46 James Van Der Beek Memorial Segment
00:17:29 Star Trek: The Original Series: Dagger of the Mind
00:46:55 Star Trek: The Next Generation: Thine Own Self
01:13:33 Star Trek: Voyager: Mortal Coil (CW: suicidal ideation)
Talking points include: The time that Miles ‘trod the boards’, the various incarnations of The Dead Zone, various old SyFy shows, Wuthering Heights, James Van Der Beek, Charlie poorly tries to quote Shakespeare, Talur would believe in QAnon, jobbing actors, Miles is off on another one about Doctor Who, the cosmic horror of the Teletubbies, Neelix is a man about town, Chakotay ‘helps’ Neelix, Silicon Heaven, you can hear when Charlie finds out that Neelix leaves Voyager right near the end, . Oh, and occasionally Star Trek.