The Holodeck Is Broken

23/12/2022

New episode of the ! We party like it’s 1991 as we take up the second half of Season 4! guess how/why/when Tasha Yar got hooked up with the Romulans, Data’s girlfriend, and the worm in the belly of it all!

Join us for the back half of our discussion on TNG’s fourth season. Our topics include Data’s girlfriend, how great O’Brien is (just wait until we hit DS9…) and which of the Duras sisters we have a crush on (it’s B’Etor… Why would we say Lursa… That’s just crazy talk…) before we ...

09/12/2022

New episode of the ! It’s all about family as we shake off the Borg the best we can, meet moms and dads, brothers, more brothers, children we didn’t know we had (spoilers), and nephews we call uncle!

:Vin Diesel voice: It’s about *family*. Join us as we recover (?) from the Borg invasion, meet literally every relative of a main character, and say goodbye (for now) to Wesley! Next week, we’ll conclude with (spoiler) one more relative we never knew existed, and the breakout of Klingon Civil Wa

25/11/2022

New episode of the ! Our chat about season 3 of TNG concludes with a brief non-sequitur regarding a hyptohetical Klingon Band Aid commercial and the ultimate cliffhanger.

As we continue talking about Season 3 of TNG, topics include Klingon aesthetics, Picard’s cowarice (in one, crucial part of his life), Riker and Troi, and the granddaddy of all cliffhangers! New episodes released every other Friday on all your favorite podcasting portals! For more content and i

11/11/2022

New episode of the ! Our new format debuts, as we take a look at the whole of season 3 of TNG! Warning: Bring tissues for The Offspring.

Using the better parts of the Barzan Wormhole—don’t tell them about the Bajoran one—your Away Team is travelling faster than ever before. Join them for the first part of their conversation on the third season of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Topics include Bev’s wigs, a firm desire to reno...

28/10/2022

New episode of the . Oh, Pulaski... we could have just run out the clock. But you had to take a shot at *O'Brien* on the way out?

We have come here not to praise Pulaski, but to bury her. It’s somehow inevitable/fitting that the last straw before she is jettisoned into secondary canon forever is that she said an unkind word to O’Brien. Also we have a clip show, which… Honestly? New episodes released every other Friday on

14/10/2022

New episode of the ! SECRET PANTS! (The pants you wear secretly...)

Skant… Skant… Skant… Secret pants: The Pants you wear secretly! Let’s marvel at Jean-Luc Picard’s legs, despite how much we actually came here to swoon over the majesty that is K’Ehleyr (We're all here for that). The end of Season 2 is on the horizon, and with it a format change awaits! ...

30/09/2022

New episode of the ! The Pakleds are here and also some clones (honestly, the episode was originally titled “Send in the Clones”). Also, apparently Pulaski is the only competent heart surgeon in the sector… 🫤

Clones… Clones? CLONES! We contemplate the hell Picard must have been feeling when he woke up with Pulaski hovering over him, and dwell on who *should* have been brought in to wrap up Picard’s heart surgery. Also, Pakleds. Also, the Irish. New episodes released every other Friday on all your

16/09/2022

New episode of the ! This episode had everything. Q! Guinan! The Borg! (Also Borg babies!) No Pulaski!

Data starts exchanging messages with a little girl living on an endangered planet, and we have opinions about that. That, and the prime directive, and if you stick around for the commercial break, David Zaslav and Warner Bros. Discovery. Then we come to Q, the Borg, and just what is stored unde

02/09/2022

New episode of the ! Our working theory is that eggs just spoil whenever Pulaski is around. Also, Riker Dad is a pretty bad dad, even if everyone (including Pulaski) thinks he's rad.

Katherine Pulaski and Riker have a quick discussion about his dad over some rotten eggs (question: do eggs suddenly become rotten whenever Pulaski is around? There's some anecdotal evidence to support that theory…) and then not more than one week later, she claims that she never mentioned she and ...

19/08/2022

New episode of the ! The Milk Man is coming! Does that have anything to do with the eps we talk about? Not really, but you should be warned all the same.

Honest to St. Data of Omicron Theta, we don’t spend a * whole lot * of time this episode talking about the TNG episodes in question. Topics that are discussed include: The Scene in “ The AutobIography of Jean-Luc Picard ” where Picard straight-up fires Pulaski, gets over himself for just

22/07/2022

New episode of the ! Lora and Mac take a break from the TNG re-watch to check in on … and immediately, somehow forgot that TOS ever existed in the first place.

While Z finishes up their detail with the Klingon Podcasting Force, Captain Lora and First Office Mac take a moment to breathe in the latest edition of Star Trek - Strange New Worlds. You (and we) asked for it, and Paramount Plus is more than happy to oblige! Finally fulfilling the promise of Gene R

08/07/2022

New episode of the ! Eris would like to volunteer for the Klingon Podcast exchange program, please and thank you.

It certainly wouldn’t be Starfleet’s way to just leave Pulaski at the Darwin Research Center. On the other hand… We also see some really great Klingon stuff as riker takes a brief assignment with the IKS Pagh. Were a podcast-exchange program to becoem available, Eris is on the first shuttle to

10/06/2022

New episode of the ! Join the Away Team as they head to Baker Street and seriously consider just leaving Pulaski there! http://www.partyapocalypse.com/the-holodeck-is-broken/elementary-dear-data-the-outrageous-okona

Can an episode be FUN and feature Katherine Pulaski? We’ll find out today with “Elementary, Dear Data.” Other questions pondered include: Is Rocketeer great? (It is.) Is Geordi running a speakeasy out of Engineering? (There is some circumstantial evidence). Is it someone’s job to be on looko...

27/05/2022

New episode of the ! We'll never listen to Freebird the same way again. (Because it's really about Dr. Crusher spending that year at Starfleet Medical). http://www.partyapocalypse.com/the-holodeck-is-broken/the-child-where-silence-has-lease

We knew it was coming. There was no way around it. Without, you know, just skipping Season 2. Dr. Pulaski is here. Sigh. We miss you, Bev. Come back soon. We’ll never listen to Freebird the same way again. So help me, Guinan, we’ll get through this. For now, though, courage. New episodes

13/05/2022

New episode of the ! Season 1 of TNG is now in our reverse-angle viewer. We didn’t hate it as much as we feared/remembered. Never fear, though Riker’s beard is just around the corner… And also, um, Pulaski. www.partyapocalypse.com/the-holodeck-is-broken/conspiracy-the-neutral-zone

And so, our journey through TNG season 1 has come to an end. We didn’t hate it as much as we might have! Although Conspiracy could have been at least 15% less gross (or have better special effects), and they shouldn’t really let self-proclaimed 20th Century tycoons on the bridge, especially when...

29/04/2022

New ep of the ! We say g’bye to a friend. That’s right, Leland T. Lynch, the fourth of four chief engineers in S1 of TNG is not long for the job. Also, *gulp* *sob*, Yar. Service to be held in the Window’s Desktop Background program on Holodeck 3. www.partyapocalypse.com/the-holodeck-is-broken/skin-of-evil-well-always-have-paris

And so it comes time to say goodbye, for now, to a character we’ve grown to love and appreciate. Of course, we’re talking about the super-annoying, fourth-of-four chief engineers we’ve been subjected to this season, Leland T. Gasbag. Also, (spoilers) Tasha Yar joins that Great Big Anbo-Jyutsu ...

16/04/2022

New episode of the ! Our discussion about “The Arsenal of Freedom” inevitably descended into a discussion of “Sub Rosa” because of course it did. Also, are annoying, but the NFTs are just about the saddest things that ever sadded. www.partyapocalypse.com/the-holodeck-is-broken/the-arsenal-of-freedom-symbiosis

Discussions about The Arsenal of Freedom descends into a discussion of Practical Magic (1998) and Sub Rosa (it all makes sense, kind of). Before the entire episode (and Star Trek itself, kinda) descends into a discussion of NFTs. They’re bad! Also, they’re kind of lame. Drugs are also discu

01/04/2022

New episode of the ! Our first dip into the wide world of Klingon culture, and Wesley meets a girl! http://www.partyapocalypse.com/the-holodeck-is-broken/when-the-bough-breaks-home-soil-yh6ps

19/03/2022

New episode of the ! http://www.partyapocalypse.com/the-holodeck-is-broken/when-the-bough-breaks-home-soil

The Space Atlanteans are here, and they want 8 of the smartest, cutest (cough) whitest (cough) children the Enterprise has! Also, we almost enjoy a story about terraforming, before realizing we’re ugly bags of mostly water. During our commercial Z “Stay cool” Lee catches up with the Aldeans, b...

04/03/2022

New episode of the ! We like Riker. Really. We do. He may... (at least pre-beard) benefit from some sort of leash. http://www.partyapocalypse.com/the-holodeck-is-broken/11001001-too-short-a-season

We like Riker. Really, we do. He may need a leash. At the very least, we have some questions about why his wildest fantasies involve not being a very good trombone player, and then have his boss play third wheel on a pretend date… Meanwhile, Z has an exclusive interview with One Zero and Zero O

18/02/2022

New episode of the ! We’ve been waiting a while for a matriarchal society (and for Riker to wear something pretty), but *this* is the payoff??? www.partyapocalypse.com/the-holodeck-is-broken/datalore-angel-one

Data finds the psychotic, murdering twin brother he always wanted! Troi is once again missing. For reasons. Meanwhile, we take a trip to Angel One and see if toxic femininity is even a thing? Also, as long predicted, if Beverly Crusher were on the case of COVID, she’d have had the thing wrapped up...

12/02/2022

No new episode of the podcast this week! Instead, we’ve got another blog detailing the Trek books on sale (and a few others…) on Amazon this month. Enjoy, and you’ll hear from us next Friday! www.partyapocalypse.com/the-holodeck-is-broken-blog/trek-books-on-sale-02-22

nuHmey wISov*! Your first officer Mac, here. While your away team continues their march through the Final Frontier (listen , and subscribe wherever fine podcasts are streamed or downloaded), there is so much more to the Trek universe to watch, take in, and, in this case, read.

04/02/2022

New episode of the ! Picard’s fascination with mommies continues through the first appearance of the First Lady of Trek as Lwaxana Troi AND talking the Dancing Doctor into enjoying a very excellent first adventure with Dixon Hill! www.partyapocalypse.com/the-holodeck-is-broken/haven-the-big-goodbye

Is Lwaxana Troi just that h***y, or is some secret genius, like a s*x Columbo? Your away team will ponder that question and more before determining what super-weird specialization (beyond fiction expert) we’d all take on the Enterprise-D . If xenocryptozoologist wasn’t a word before, it is now.

21/01/2022

New episode of the ! Your Away Team returns (masked; just think of it as a pop filter that secures to your face that also saves lives) with special guest to talk about deep philosophical Q questions and headaches! https://t.co/nVrEdJJqhp

The recording space is upgraded! Unfortunately, with Omicron still a very real thing, your Away Team (and special guest Acting Ensign CJ) are masking up for the show. Just think of it as pop filters that fit directly over your face. Oh, they also limit the spread of certain acute respiratory disease

25/12/2021

New episode of the ! Data might be a machine, but he really needs to figure out when he’s on the clock and when it’s cool for him to play Sherlock Holmes. www.partyapocalypse.com/the-holodeck-is-broken/lonely-among-us-justice

Thrill as the Away Team tries to negotiate their way out of the brain cloud caused by Lonely Among Us being one of the least memorable episodes of television ever produced. We’re all thinking that Data needs to understand when he’s on the clock and when he can dress up as Sherlock Holmes. He’l...

10/12/2021

New episode of the ! We meet the (sigh) Ferengi. (They WILL get better.) Also, the Traveller. Also (sigh) Kosinski. http://www.partyapocalypse.com/the-holodeck-is-broken/the-last-outpost-where-no-one-has-gone-before

We meet the Ferengi. They'll get… better? Also, we spend more time than we thought we would talking about how good a guy Riker is during our discussion of “Where No One Has Gone Before.” Soup. SOUP! Be sure and check out the new blog here at The Holodeck is Broken ( http://www.partyapocalypse

26/11/2021

New (mini) episode of the ! While our Away Team takes a quarantine moment (get your shot, get your booster, there will be a quiz later), Captain and First Officer take a moment to revel in ! www.partyapocalypse.com/the-holodeck-is-broken/medical-emergency-prodigy

While COVID is still something we must all deal with (it is bad; you should get your shot and your booster; there will be a test on this material later) Captain Lora and First Officer Mac take a moment to reckon with the newest additions to the Star Trek family, the precocious rebels of the USS Prot

12/11/2021

New episode of the ! What is the worst episode of and why is it Code of Honor? We've got nowhere to go but up from here. http://www.partyapocalypse.com/the-holodeck-is-broken/the-naked-now-code-of-honor

Here’s the good news: our friends on The Next Generation don’t think much of Code of Honor , either. It’s also the worst episode they ever ended up doing. We have nowhere to go but up from here. In the meantime, enjoy The Naked Now for what it is, the episode that launched a thousand ‘ships....

29/10/2021

New episode of the ! Your Away Team shakes off TOS and embrace the 24th Century and start ! Also, and renew their wedding vows for their 10th anniversary in a Klingon ceremony, because of course they did. http://www.partyapocalypse.com/the-holodeck-is-broken/encounter-at-farpoint

Your Away Team flashes foward to the future of the 24th Century and joins Jean-Luc Picard and crew in the 2-hour series premiere of Star Trek: The Next Generation . The show may have a ways to go (they do have a long journey ahead of them, and many of their missions will be far more interesti

15/10/2021

New episode of the ! Your Away Team cries havoc and lets slip the dogs of war with Star Trek VI. We love it, and many more Shakespeare homages follow! http://www.partyapocalypse.com/the-holodeck-is-broken/tuc

The Away Team finishes up with the Original Series crew, and boy do, they go out on top. They talk about anti-racism, tracking devices, the mind-boggling continuity of digital clocks, and our excitement for our upcoming re-watch of Star Trek: The Next Generation . Yes, we'll watch “Code of Honor.....

01/10/2021

New episode of the ! What does God need with a starship? What does anyone need with this movie? Why does anything matter? These are the things we reckon with when Shatner goes for... theology? Rock climbing? Lawrence of Arabia homages? https://t.co/QF3ouzcGW7

17/09/2021

New episode of the ! This movie is about a giant Tootsie Roll with a gumball sticking out of it. The Tootsie Roll has a thing for whales. Also Eddie Murphy was almost in it. It’s also great! Good people, your away team presents IV: . http://www.partyapocalypse.com/the-holodeck-is-broken/tvh

Whales! Whales? Whaleswhaleswhaleswhales. Ahem. Join your Away Team as we go searching for Nooclear Wessels, Transparent Aluminum, and vintage VCR repair in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986). Eddie Murphy, what are you doing here? Not that this is what the movie is *about*, but B

03/09/2021

New episode of the ! Return to the Genesis planet with your away team.. we may... have accidentally left our Vulcan there.. http://www.partyapocalypse.com/the-holodeck-is-broken/tsfs

Join your Away Team as we slap on our dickie-bows, contemplate our next career opening galaxy-wide gyms, and decide that the Trek fandom is ultimately pretty great. Also, Leonard Nimoy directed a movie which flies directly in the face of the “odd number” Trek movie curse… I mean, it’s got bo...

20/08/2021

We’re taking an off week from the podcast. We’ll be back in 2 weeks with our take of . For now, our first officer Mac has taken to the new THIB blog to share his thoughts on TOS Season 3… Yep. The season we decided not to watch. www.partyapocalypse.com/the-holodeck-is-broken-blog/tos-season-3-we-hardly-knew-ye

Here at The Holodeck is Broken , we were starting to have a wee bit of a crisis of faith (of the heart?) during our march through Star Trek: The Original Series . The one-two-three punch of “Patterns of Force,” followed by “The Omega Glory,” and then “Bread and Circuses” le

06/08/2021

New episode of the ! Khan (and his bo***es) return and we are ready for it!!! Our march through the movies continues! http://www.partyapocalypse.com/the-holodeck-is-broken/twok

The time has come! Revel in your Away Team’s journey into the second Star Trek movie! Eris is a full-convert to the cult of Meyer, and they play another round of The Price is Right: Movie Budget Edition. Try not to stare at Montalbán’s bo***es, if you please. Just go ahead and listen to the epi

23/07/2021

New episode of the ! Your Away Team says bye-bye to TOS and moves on to the original movies. First off, the astonishingly expensive (and somehow still slower than turtle) Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) http://www.partyapocalypse.com/the-holodeck-is-broken/tmp

Your Away Team takes the super-secret wormhole from the beginning of Season 3 straight through to the first (and certainly most relatively expensive) of the Star Trek movies with 1979’s Star Trek: The Motion Picture. There are plenty of comparisons, as it turns out. After spending some time sta

25/06/2021

New episode of the ! One more computer to argue with, one more planet to model after an old human civilization. They say they go where no man has gone before, but this is looking kinda familiar… http://www.partyapocalypse.com/the-holodeck-is-broken/the-ultimate-computer-bread-and-circuses

This week, your Away Team takes in the story of a computer James T. Kirk argues with, and an alien planet with a society modeled off of an old human culture… …which hardly distinguishes it from the rest of The Original Series. Season 3 now looms over us like the specter of death! New episo

11/06/2021

New ep of the ! In Gene Roddenberry's Future, we have moved on from the petty factionalism of the past, and joined the community of the stars as one species, united... Also, there's The Omega Glory, which ... 😒 http://www.partyapocalypse.com/the-holodeck-is-broken/by-any-other-name-the-omega-glory

Well, the writing’s on the wall. With NBC right on the precipice of cancelling our beloved Star Trek, Roddenberry decides to go full Kurtz and give us the episode no one wanted, culminating in proud Canadian William Shatner looking at an American Flag as if it was wearing a miniskirt. No, reall

28/05/2021

New episode of the ! Your Away Team is thrilled to be vaccinated and reunited for the 1st time in over a year. We are *substantially* less thrilled to watch “Patterns of Force...” **isarealwaysbad http://www.partyapocalypse.com/the-holodeck-is-broken/return-to-tomorrw-patterns-of-force

Fully vaccinated, your Away Team is back together in the same room for the first time in a year and a half! And they reunited just in time to witness (then wretch) James T. Kirk totally accept the argument that N**i Germany was super-efficient and would have worked if given a chance! No, really. Tha

14/05/2021

New episode of the ! Marvel as Bones tries to solve every problem by feeding the crew uppers. Meanwhile, Roddenberry tees up a shot at the Vietnam War and... Well... It’s A Private Little War. ***ne www.partyapocalypse.com/the-holodeck-is-broken/the-immunity-syndrome-a-private-little-war

Doing co***ne? Bones answer to everything is “let them eat stimulants.” Also, The Original Series tries to (kinda, sorta, not really) tackle the quagmire of the Vietnam War. It doesn’t go great. New episodes released every other Friday on all your favorite podcasting portals! For more content ...