Star Trek: The Next Generation, Season 1, Episode 25 - "Conspiracy"
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast
Roddenberry Entertainment
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 15 January 2015
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Conspiracy," this is Invasion of the Body Snatchers meets Invasion of the Body Snatchers on Star Trek, plus or minus a few features and points. Friends of Picard think Starfleet officers are being replaced by people that look just like the people they are replacing. But is that hapeneing? And for what reason?
Hosted by John Champion & Ken Ray
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| 0:00.0 | Mission Log, A Roddenberry Star Trek podcast. |
| 0:21.6 | I'm the thing that's taken over Ken Ray and I'm the thing that's |
| 0:25.1 | taken over John Champion each week we seek to subvert society as you know it |
| 0:30.2 | pretending who be upstanding people. Dude dude, that is what we are doing secretly. |
| 0:35.0 | Oh, right. |
| 0:38.0 | We're supposed to say each week we examine an episode of Star Trek to figure out the messages, morals, and meanings, |
| 0:45.1 | and whether the whole thing stands the test of time. |
| 0:48.0 | That is correct. |
| 0:49.7 | Secretly though, we're doing the same thing we do every week. |
| 0:53.0 | Trying to take over the world. |
| 0:55.0 | And if you want to help us, there are a number of ways you can. |
| 0:57.5 | They start by letting us know your plan. |
| 1:00.0 | There are a few ways to do that. |
| 1:01.0 | Facebook, Skype, and Twitter, where the handle is Mission Log Pod. |
| 1:05.0 | You can call us 323.52.5641. You can email us Mission Log at Rotenberry.com. You can visit our show website if you want to |
| 1:14.6 | including the discovered documents and all the cool stuff that we talk about that's |
| 1:18.1 | not well the stuff that we're doing right here Mission Log Podcast.com is the place to do that. We have two additional |
| 1:25.0 | people carrying our show online, Trek Movie.com and TrekFM. |
| 1:31.2 | that's at Trek. That's at Trek. Remember, however you get in touch with this, we may use your plan to dominate civilization. |
| 1:39.8 | And we may also use your comments on an upcoming episode of Mission Log. |
| 1:43.0 | All well said, Ken. |
| 1:44.0 | Now, if you'll indulge me, I'll move along to the trivia |
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