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Episode 96: Dominic Burgess

My guest is the actor Dominic Burgess, a lifelong Star Trek fan who appeared in the Star Trek: Picard episode Stardust City Rag.

Topics

  • Early fandom as child
  • Catching up on the episodes as a kid in the UK
  • Premier League Football (soccer) problems
  • Voyager was in the right spot
  • Watch as it goes or binge it?
  • Stoke-on-Trent
  • The Fiance is not a Trek Fan
  • Being under the weather is the perfect excuse for a Trek Movie marathon
  • Star Trek Beyond Stuntman?
  • The “Best of Both Worlds” experience
  • Check out the Trek Randomizer
  • Rewatch methods
  • My guest loves the two-parters
  • Star Trek Revell model kits
  • Dominic has a custom-made Voyager model (Pics below!)
  • Regrets about hiding the fandom
  • The “Aztec” pattern on the refit Enterprise
  • Biggest regrets: Test Teeth
  • Convention Challenges
  • “Cat Con”
  • Custom Funko Pops
  • “I will be a sliding door”
  • The hand-written letter for casting
  • The techno-babble was intense
  • The audition did not feel good
  • Tears of joy
  • A massive script error!
  • Prosthetic discussion
  • Whenever in doubt shoot wide & low!
  • The prosthetics are liberating!
  • To watch or not to watch…
  • The Good Place show
  • The episode is divisive?
  • The outrageous costumes for the hero crew
  • Chabon delivering on the background of the show
  • Twisted and the 37s are combined for my guest
  • VHS tape collecting
  • The “stay or go” choice should have appeared several seasons later
  • Dominic suggests Amelia Earhart
  • Geneviève Bujold as Janeway
  • John will not permit a Janeway hair discussion
  • Recasting concerns
  • 44 minute storytelling is dead
  • A sucker for time travel & time paradoxes
  • What could have been
  • What Dominic hopes for when he dies
  • Title Awarded: Counter Intelligence Director at Khitomer Outpost

Episodes Discussed

  • Stardust City Rag PIC S1E05
  • Twisted VOY S2E06
  • The 37s VOY S2E01
  • Caretaker VOY S1E01 & E02
  • Yesterday’s Enterprise TNG S3E15
  • Year of Hell VOY S4E08 & E09

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