The Strange New Blog

July 25, 2024

San Diego Comic Con Play Tribute to Trek Fandom Legend

San Diego Comic Con started on a somber note for Trek fans, saying goodbye to a legend in fandom. Our host on the scene, Girafe, was able to attend this tribute. John Trimble, known for spearheading the campaign to save Star Trek at the end of its …

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July 11, 2024

A Special Showing of Star Trek: Prodigy is Protowarping to San Diego Comic Con

The USS Protostar  is flying into San Diego... With season two of Star Trek: Prodigy out on Netflix and receiving rave reviews, CBS Studios is bringing an episode for a special screening to San Diego Comic-Con. After the presentation of the 22…

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July 11, 2024

Star Trek Beams Into San Diego Comic-Con Hall H Saturday July 27th

Plus, details on The Menagerie and Paramount+ Lodge experiences. Paramount+ is bringing Star Trek back to the legendary Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con in a big way this year! On Saturday, July 27th, cast, crew, producers, and directors from Strange …

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June 24, 2024

Preview The New Season of Star Trek Prodigy With 14 New Images

After a two-and-a-half-year wait, we're just a week away from Prodigy's second season! There's almost an overload of things to be excited about when it comes to Prodigy season two's premiere next Monday on Netflix, from the maiden voyage of the USS…

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June 4, 2024

Star Trek: Prodigy Season Two Coming to Netflix July 1st

Time to "Go Fast!" It's been a long road (start singing if you want), but Star Trek: Prodigy will finally have it's second season available to its English-speaking audience. Netflix has announced that the second season will begin streaming on their…

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May 20, 2024

Six New Images From the Penultimate Episode of Star Trek Discovery, "Lagrange Point"

Just One More Episode Before Discovery Takes Her Final Journey... It's hard to believe that there are only two episodes of Star Trek Discovery left...ever. And if the episode synopsis for "Lagrange Point" tells us anyt…

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May 1, 2024

A Gorgeous Look at the Cast of Star Trek Discovery Season Five

These 20 new character portraits have our jaws on the floor. What else do you want us to say? This cast is wonderful, and they all know it. The twenty portraits released today feature everyone from Michael and Book to new additions like Raynor and …

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April 29, 2024

Learn to "Whistlespeak" With Fourteen Images from Discovery Episode 506

Michael and Tilly Go Undercover This Week as We Pass the Halfway Point of Discovery's Final Season Season five of Star Trek Discovery is absolutely flying by! And as we head into the final season's sixth episode, "Wh…

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April 9, 2024

Head Back to Trill With Seven New Images From Discovery 503, "Jinaal!"

Old friends and new mysteries await as Michael and Discovery search for the next piece of the puzzle. After the explosive and game-changing two-episode premiere of Star Trek Discovery, the chase (I'm gonna be making that pun all…

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April 3, 2024

“Infectious Joy” | Strange New Pod Beams into Wondercon

Last Friday, Strange New Pod landed in Anaheim, CA for the 37th year of Wondercon.  By Seven Rasmussen & Giraffe Wondercon is often referred to as SDCC for locals. Headed by the same group of people, it is smaller, more accessib…

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April 1, 2024

Your "Red Directive?" Preview These Eight Images From the Discovery Two Episode Premiere

Discovery's Final Season Warps Onto Paramount+ This Thursday! It feels like we've been talking about Star Trek Discovery's fifth season for the better part of two years. Now that it's finally here, the moment is certainly bittersweet. Kno…

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March 25, 2024

The Last Days of DISCO Podcast Festival Schedule

The Farewell Tour kicks off this Thursday night, getting you ready for the final season premiere on April 4th! The Last Days of DISCO will dive deep into the history, lore, and journey of Star Trek Discovery and will run from this Thursday, Ma…

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March 18, 2024

Toronto Comicon Has a Strange New Saturday

Toronto Comicon happened this past weekend, and Strange New Pod was in attendance at the event. The three-day convention at the Metro Convention Centre celebrates all things comics, anime, and of course, Science-Fiction. Saturday was a day for the T…

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March 11, 2024

Star Trek Discovery's Final Season Finds its Heart and Soul in a Thrilling Adventure

Star Trek Discovery did something to me that the show has never done: it had me on the edge of my seat for an entire hour. This isn't a knock on the series; anyone who knows our pod knows how much each of our hosts loves Discovery fi…

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Feb. 23, 2024

Paramount Releases New Trailer + Images for Discovery's Fifth and Final Season

"It has been a hell of a journey." - Captain Michael Burnham The official trailer for the fifth and final season of Star Trek Discovery was released earlier today by Paramount+. The final season will premiere on Thursday, April 4th, exclusivel…

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Feb. 12, 2024

On Such a Full Sea, Are We Now Afloat | A Picard Season Three Retrospective

"You know, Will, I've come to believe that the stars have always been in my favor." It's been one year since the premiere of Star Trek Picard's third and final season. In those 365 days, my love and appreciation for what that final s…

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Jan. 30, 2024

Star Trek: Section 31 Production Finally Begins, First Look at the Cast Revealed

“And we’re off to the races!” Executive Producer Alex Kurtzman said to announce the commencement of filming on Star Trek: Section 31. Filming on the movie has begun in Toronto. It will continue the story of Phillipa Georgiou, form…

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Jan. 16, 2024

The Last Days of DISCO Podcast Festival: The Farewell Tour Registration is Now Open!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 1/16/2024 – Prepare to jump! We're excited to announce the launch of The Last Days of DISCO Podcast Festival, a stellar event celebrating all four seasons of the groundbreaking series Star Trek Discovery b…

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Dec. 5, 2023

'Strange New Worlds' Season Two Feels So Electrified on 4K UHD

And it arrives just in time to beam under your tree or give as a gift on one of those eight crazy nights. Between the epic Lower Decks crossover episode "Those Old Scientists" and the first-of-its-kind musical spectacle "Subspace Rhapsody…

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Dec. 2, 2023

Star Trek: Discovery Starts Final Season in April

Stream the final season of Star Trek: Discovery exclusively on Paramount+. Try it FREE! Star Trek: Discovery’s fifth and final season has been long awaited, and now we finally have a better idea of when it will appear. Today, on a panel at …

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Nov. 7, 2023

With The Picard Legacy Collection, Every Day is Captain Picard Day

All Good Things are coming to an end... And that end has finally come for Jean-Luc Picard, as he happily plays poker with his friends over the end credits of Star Trek Picard Season Three. With his 36-year trek across the stars now at an end, Param…

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Oct. 23, 2023

Unlock the Mysteries of Star Trek Lower Decks Episode 409 With Ten New Images

If Mariner were here, we think she would say something like, "I have no idea what the hell is going on, but I'm just gonna go with it." And that's what we're doing this week! This Thursday marks the penultimate episode of Lower Decks seas…

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Oct. 16, 2023

Mike McMahan Chats About Being a Lower Decker, Dishes on What's to Come for Boimler & Mariner

One of Us! One of Us! That's the feeling I got sitting across from Star Trek: Lower Decks creator and showrunner Mike McMahan this past Saturday at New York Comic Con. Taking part in a roundtable interview after the Star Trek Empire Stage…

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Oct. 16, 2023

Get Lost in Some "Caves" With Nine New Images From Lower Decks Episode 408

You never know when you're gonna need that Starfleet issued spelunking gear. There are just three more episodes left in this season of Star Trek Lower Decks, and this season's eighth episode has the core four (I swear I'm gonna …

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