Punch It: Writing in Star Trek

Punch It: Writing in Star Trek


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Punch It 134 - Our Last Indulgent J/C Story
January 09, 2020

What if J/C was canon?In our last episode of Punch It: Writing in Star Trek, we tackle something near and dear to our hearts. Janeway and Chakotay are in love and you can't convince us otherwise.

Punch It 133 - Stranded in LA
December 05, 2019

What if the Voyager crew got stranded in LA when they went back in time? In Star Trek: Voyager's "Future's End" the crew got taken back to 1990s LA. They had to find their way back and of course, they did. But what if they didn't right away? What...

Punch It 132: Survival Training
November 21, 2019

22nd Century Short Trek This week we tackle Short Treks once again but this time within the 22nd century. Enterprise showed a great relationship between Trip and Archer. We wanted to expand on that and talk about their survival training together in...

Punch It 131: Give Me the Tour
November 14, 2019

24th Century Short Treks This week we take a fantastic listener suggestion and develop 24th century Short Treks that bridge The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, and Voyager. We took a stab at two and an interesting theme came up that is revealed...

Punch It 130 - Animating the Future
October 31, 2019

What stories could be explored if Star Trek leaned heavy on animation? We've had Star Trek: The Animated Series and now we're getting Lower Decks. But what if an executive came into a room and said "We're starting a new initiative with a lot of...

Punch It 129 - Eating Tribbles
October 24, 2019

Punching Up "The Trouble with Edward" Char didn't like the latest Short Trek and Tristan thought it was fine. Regardless of your opinion on the quality of the episode, there are more than a few things that stand out as puzzling. This week, your...

Punch It 128 - Picard/Disco Trailer Geek Out
October 17, 2019

Picard/Disco Trailer Discussion We've been gone for quite some time but are happy to be back! We catch up with​ each other as well as the audience as to what was going on during those three weeks. But we mainly geek out about the new Picard and...

Punch It 127 - Dreams Can Be Dangerous
September 19, 2019

Weird shipping in Star Trek We continue with oddball pairings this week and it goes into some uncomfortable territory. Last week we developed an entire relationship between Janeway and Neelix. This week we spend time on more than one couple. We...

Punch It 126 - Janeway/Neelix
September 12, 2019

What if Neelix and Janeway were in a relationship? You read that right. We're actually doing this. We pose the crazy question and then explore it over the course of this episode. We had no plans that this is what we would discuss but it just...

Punch It 125 - Aim for the Middle
August 29, 2019

What makes a mediocre Star Trek episode mediocre?It's easy to make a best and worst list of Star Trek episodes; they're all over the internet. But no one is making a "mediocre" list. In this episo