In this episode we speak with the Software Engineer and Security Commentator Steve Gibson. He’s a Star Trek fan since the TOS original broadcast and he’s also the co-host of the Security Now podcast on the TWiT network.

Topics

• Seeing TOS in original broadcast
• Steve’s greatest heartbreak
• Twilight Zone, Lost in Space, and Forbidden Planet
• Real people, not cartoons
• The TNG Writer’s Bible
• Who is the Ultimate Captain?
• Steve’s shocking DS9 confession
• Star Trek Time Machine – Back to the 1980’s
• Another shocking confession, this time about Q
• Defending Q
• Star Trek and Star Wars
• Steve does not approve of short seasons in modern TV
• The unbelievable story of the Bunn-Ons and Steve’s Super8 movie
• Making effects in Super8 film
• The threatening voice of the Bunn-On Commander
• The transporter was an electric range
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• Creating beaming and phaser effects with pins
• Special thanks to Scott’s Mom
• John’s Super8 Sci-fi spectacular
• Not a collector
• High hopes for Strange New Worlds
• Steve gets choked up
• Reflections on Captain Pike and Mr. Spock
• Some love for the USS Voyager
• Steve knows he is mortal but wants something more. He also has a complaint.
• Should we answer the phone if the aliens call?
• The Bobiverse books
• The Gibraltar series
• Gene was part of a team
• The creator of the Horta: Janos Prohaska
• Time Travel stories: Episodes the fans crave
• Why do the space aliens speak English?
• My prior guest Tim Sandefur had many thoughts on Survivors too
• Even “godlike” beings enjoy a little VR every once and a while
• Kevin Uxbridge committed a genocide
• A Christmas Carol with Sir Patrick Stewart
• Picard Season 2 is a resolution
• Strange New Worlds
• Prodigy & Lower Decks
• Are we in a Sci-Fi drought?
• Honorary Star Trek title awarded: Deep Core Multi-Tronic Programmer at the Daystrom Institute
• From the Bonus Material
  • Let’s reverse Steve’s audio
  • Shields Up!
  • Strider Honey Monkeys
  • We forgot Stargate!
  • Squadcast (referral link) is what I use to record

Episodes Discussed

• Farewell PIC S2E10
• The Devil in the Dark TOS S1E25
• First Contact TNG S4E15
• The City on the Edge of Forever TOS S1E28
• Darmok TNG S5E02
• The Survivors TNG S3E03
• The Inner Light TNG S5E25

Connect

• Find Steve on Twitter
• You can also get his podcast, Security Now, here.

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Acknowledgements

• Background Photo by Brendan Stephens on Unsplash