Star Trek: Voyager, Season 5, Episode 15 & 16 - "Dark Frontier"

Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast

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🗓️ 22 August 2024

⏱️ 83 minutes

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In the Star Trek: Voyager episode, "Dark Frontier," the Borg are back, and the Queen has her eye on luring Seven back to the collective. Meanwhile, Janeway has her eye on stealing some transwarp tech for a shortcut home. Hosted by John Champion & Ryan Britt "" by Ryan Britt Welcome to Mission Log, a Roddenberry Entertainment podcast, where we explore the Star Trek universe one episode at a time. Each week, Mission Log examines a single episode of Star Trek, diving into its ethical subtext, metaphors, and cultural significance. From the show's most iconic moments to its hidden gems, we analyze what makes Star Trek one of the greatest science fiction sagas of all time. In this Episode of Mission Log we'll... Recap the story and analyze key moments. Discuss the moral dilemmas presented. Debate whether the episode holds up and if the messages are still relevant. Join the Conversation: What are your thoughts on this episode? Share your take on the ethical questions and themes explored, and let us know how it fits into the broader Star Trek narrative. We'd love to hear from you! For as little as $1 a month, you can gain access to our Mission Log Discord Community! There, we continue the discussion with dedicated channels and a weekly video chat with the hosts. Become a member of our Patreon today! Want to share your thoughts on an upcoming episode? Email us at for a chance to be featured during the episode. Follow us on Social Media: X INSTAGRAM THREADS FACEBOOK Did you know Roddenberry Podcasts is on YouTube? Find the video versions of your favorite shows like Mission Log: Prodigy, Mission Log: The Orville, as well as exclusive content only available on YouTube. Subscribe now! Our shows are part of the Roddenberry Entertainment family. For more great shows and to learn how we live the legacy of Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek, follow us here: RODDENBERRY PODCASTS https://www.instagram.com/RoddenberryPodcasts RODDENBERRY ENTERTAINMENT https://x.com/roddenberry RODDENBERRY FOUNDATION https://x.com/RoddenberryFdn THIS EPISODE IS SPONSORED BY: - get three months FREE! Subscribe and Stay Updated: Never miss an episode! Subscribe on your preferred podcast player, leave a review, and join Mission Log on the journey of weekly deep dives into the Star Trek universe. Technical Director: Earl Green Produced by Roddenberry Entertainment | All Rights Reserved

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0:00.0	You're listening to a Roddenberry Podcast.
0:07.0	Mission Log, A Renberry Star Trek podcast. I'm John Champion.
0:36.0	And I'm Ryan Britt. Each week on Mission Log, we examine an episode of Star Trek,
0:42.0	considering all the opinions of the Hive Mind
0:44.4	and pick it apart for any morals, meanings, and messages and then asking ourselves
0:50.0	if the whole thing stands the test of time.
0:53.0	This week, Dark Frontier, the one where 7 of 9 gets a visit from her old boss with an offer to come back and work for the company.
1:01.0	The benefits aren't great, but there's a real sense of
1:04.8	collective purpose. Ryan, welcome to the show for anybody in our audience who does
1:10.2	not know you and your Star Trek CV. Give us the nutshell version if you would please.
1:15.6	Yeah so I've been a journalist covering science fiction and Star Trek in specific for about 15 years. I've written for places way
1:26.0	back like a Tor.com and more recently for a long time for inverse Dennev Geek
1:31.8	you've seen me interview Anson Mount and Paul Wesley for Esquire.
1:37.0	And then, yeah, in 2022 I published the book Phasers on Stun, how the Making and Remaking of Star Trek
1:44.4	changed the world, which was a contemporary quirky history of the entire franchise,
1:49.1	starting at the beginning and going through now that had kind of an eye towards newcomers and that was
1:54.8	published by Dutton Plume Penguin Random House and they've done my other books
1:58.6	which are the essay collection Luke Skywalker can't read. This was in 2015.
2:04.0	I always get to laugh that title.
2:06.0	Then my most recent book was a history of Dune,
2:09.0	which came out in 2023,
2:11.0	which was called The spice must flow.
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