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    Rape culture, transporter accidents, and evil twins: Star Trek’s Worst Ever Episode

    More often than not, people are inclined to highlight episodes from Voyager or Enterprise as the lowest of the low, in keeping with the poor reputation those iterations of Star Trek enjoy. The Enemy Within was first broadcast on October 6th 1966, the fifth episode of Star Trek ever to air. You’d probably know it, if at all, as the one where Kirk gets split in two, with William Shatner giving fairly memorable performances as “evil Kirk” and “good Kirk”.

  • NewsAlex Moreland (TV Blogger)

    Star Trek 2004: The Reboot We Almost Saw

    On 3rd February 2005, it was announced that Star Trek: Enterprise would be cancelled, drawing this series to a close after a mere four seasons – impressive for a normal show, of course, but following three successive Star Trek shows which reached seven seasons, it was difficult not to shake the feeling that Enterprise had never quite lived up to its full potential. Interestingly, though, this wasn’t the first time a return to The Original Series had been proposed – in the dying days of Enterpri