When Star Trek Discovery burst onto our screens five years ago it heralded a bold new era for Star Trek on television after a stretch in the wilderness. The franchise had long been known for breaking new ground (the famed interracial kiss between Kirk and Uhura in Star Trek: The Original Series, an android character in The Next Generation, a black captain in Deep Space Nine), so surely the latest instalment would too. And it didn’t disappoint. In just four seasons the series has added an impressive volley of firsts to the franchise’s growing list. So, without further ado, let’s take a look at ..read more

Before the Borg became Star Trek: The Next Generation’s signature villain, the Enterprise grappled with a less likely foe – the Ferengi, a species of ultra-capitalists who attempted to enrich themselves by various questionable means. They were intended to become a recurring antagonist in the vein of the Klingons in Star Trek: The Original Series. However, their debut in the first-season episode ‘The Last Outpost’ disappointed fans, who found them unthreatening and goofy. The Ferengi appeared several more times in The Next Generation but developed little beyond being stock villains. Perhaps in ..read more

The London Science Museum is hosting an array of Star Trek and Doctor Who icons as part of a brand new exhibition. It’s all part of a new attraction called Science Fiction: Voyage to the Edge of Imagination which debuts at the London Science Museum on the 6th October 2022 and runs until the 4th May 2023. The exhibition explores how scientists and science fiction writers have inspired each other to imagine and build new worlds to better understand our own. Naturally, you couldn’t host such an exhibition without a nod to our favourite science fiction series Star Trek and Doctor Who. Indeed, the ..read more

The trailblazing actress, singer and dancer Nichelle Nichols has left us at the age of 89. Nichelle Nichols, who played Nyota Uhura in Star Trek: The Original Series, passed away on 30th July 2022. “I regret to inform you that a great light in the firmament no longer shines for us as it has for so many years,” her son, the actor Kyle Johnson, wrote on Nichelle’s official site. “Last night, my mother, Nichelle Nichols, succumbed to natural causes and passed away. Her light, however, like the ancient galaxies now being seen for the first time, will remain for us and future generations to enjoy ..read more

Doctor Strange 2 hit UK cinema screens in May 2022, has since been added to streaming service Disney+, and is available now on DVD and Blu-ray. And while that’s great for Marvel fans, it’s also of interest to Star Trek fans – because it features two surprise cameos from big Trek stars. So if you still haven’t seen Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and don’t want the guest appearances spoiled, then look away now. Spoilers for Doctor Strange 2 follow! The latest Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) instalment stars Patrick Stewart (who plays Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generatio ..read more

Television has always been the natural home of Star Trek and in recent years it’s made a big comeback to the format. The debut of Star Trek: Discovery in 2017 not only ended a long drought for the franchise but ushered in an exciting, expansive new chapter. But how does this new era of televised Star Trek stack up to the storied era that preceded it, starting with Star Trek: The Original Series in 1966, featuring fan favourites like Star Trek: The Next Generation, and ending with the cancellation of Star Trek: Enterprise in 2005? Well, let’s find out. This is old Star Trek vs. new Star Trek ..read more

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is a somewhat overlooked entry in the Star Trek franchise. Launching in the shadow of the hugely popular Star Trek: The Next Generation in 1993, the series tore up the Star Trek rulebook in a number of different ways and was scorned by many fans of its predecessor. Among its detractors was George Takei, Sulu in Star Trek: The Original Series, who in an interview with If Magazine in 2007 described Deep Space Nine as the “polar opposite” of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry’s vision. While by no means unsuccessful, Deep Space Nine never matched the renown of The Orig ..read more

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away… the ultimate intergalactic battle took place between two giants of the science fiction world: Star Trek versus Star Wars! It’s a fight for the ages. So which one is actually best? There’s only one way to find out… Clarity: Which is Star Trek and which is Star Wars? Let’s draw the battlefield here. Star Trek was created by Gene Roddenberry, first starred William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, George Takei, Nichelle Nichols, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan and Walter Koenig. It spawned numerous other TV series like The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, and Dis ..read more

Doctor Who. Star Trek. Two of our favourite things at Lovarzi. And with both universes coming up on their 60th anniversaries over the next few years, they’ve each played host to thousands of actors over the decades. So it’s no surprise that despite being largely filmed thousands of miles apart, there’s been the occasional actor who’s made the journey from one world to the other. Come join us for a countdown of the most significant Doctor Who actors to go wibbly wobbly where no one has gone before… Some of the those who’ve managed to be both Doctor Who actors and Star Trek actors! As with our l ..read more

Rebecca Romijn and more return for a new era of Star Trek as Strange New Worlds bursts onto our screens this summer. The show is a spin-off of Star Trek Discovery and revisits the crew of the iconic starship Enterprise introduced in Star Trek: The Original Series (TOS) and explores its early days. Obviously, the decades have passed since the likes of Captain Pike, Number One (Rebecca Romijn) Spock and Dr. M’Benga were seen in TOS, and we’ve met some of the new cast members in Season 2 of Discovery. Strange New Worlds is a continuation of that period of time, set a few years before William Sha ..read more