A conversation with Star Trek fan Tongtong Bu, also known as @Captain Pike-a-chu from Twitter! In this one, she tells us of being a child immigrant to the US and discovering Star Trek. We also learn how she learned English from the show and how it shaped her life.
Topics
- Learning English from watching TV
- Trying to recruit the family into the fandom
- There’s a lot of Star Trek
- The guest needs more FunkoPops
- Also, on being in the Supernatural fandom
- Ultraman
- Pokémon card collecting
- An exploration of sub-tweeting
- Remembering the giant Enterprise for sale on a lawn in Canada
- The Pike and Pikachu connection
- All about the Occupational Health & Safety Administration
- The Leah Brahms fanfic where she’s on trial for poor engineering design
- Bu predicts the future of Captain Pike
- A bit on scenario-based instruction
- A variety of Pikes
- Speculation and hopes for Strange New Worlds
- Bu’s second favorite Trek character
- The Doomsday Machine mission in Star Trek Online
- Honorary Star Trek title awarded: Safety Coordinator for Utopia Planetia shipyards
Episodes Discussed
- Star Trek (Movie, 2009)
- Through the Valley of Shadows DSC S2E12
- Drastic Measures (Novel)
- The Doomsday Machine TOS S2E06
- Veritas LWD S1E08
- Demons & Terra Prime ENT S4E20 & S4E21
- The Andorian Incident ENT S1E07
- The City on the Edge of Forever TOS S1E28
Connect
- Talk with Tongtong Bu on Twitter
Acknowledgements
- Background photo by Dan Dennis on Unsplash