You say you haven’t heard of Starbase Indy yet?  You should have! We attended last year’s convention and supplied live coverage to all of our readers. Oh, you weren’t reading our site yet last November? ...ok I guess you get a pass on that one, but you don’t have an excuse to be in the dark any longer.

Starbase Indy is an awesome fan run convention that is held every year around Thanksgiving. They get fabulous guests and put on one of the most interactive events we’ve seen. If you’ve yet to attend, their convention isn’t a 9 to 5 deal where you go home early. It’s what I like to call a fully immersive experience. They provide workshops, vendor access, fun events, and of course plenty of celebrity goodness practically around the clock, for kids as well as “grups.”

We’re pleased to announce the fifteenth episode of our “Life After Trek” podcast, featuring John Billingsley. We would like to thank the folks from Starbase Indy for hooking us up with John's interview. Many of you remember that we covered the Starbase Indy convention last year and that we had a blast meeting all of the lovely Trek fans of Indianapolis. In this episode we talk in depth about John's long career in Hollywood as well as some inside baseball topics about the business they call show. Of course, we also talk about John's tenure aboard the NX-01 as the venerable Dr. Phlox.

Let me just state this up front, I dig spicy food. From Mexican to Thai to India and all points in-between, I've tried to kill my taste buds and sinuses with everything hot from all corners of the globe. So when a Bajoran orders hasperat I find myself wanting to get my hands on that interstellar burrito (wow, that came out wrong).  So, I did some searching and wouldn't you know it; I found a few different recipes for that Bajoran delicacy. Ro Laren probably wouldn't approve of these earthly substitutes, but since we're fresh out of Bojoran brine, we'll just have to make do. The first recipe was found over at food.com and based on looks alone, is pretty dang close to the really thing. Check out the full ingredients below and follow the links for the preparation directions. I didn't want to rip off the entire recipe and not have you visit the source... Ya know, blogger etiquette and all.

Crazy Sexy Geeks’ Jennifer Ewing & Alan Kistler sit down with Tim Gunn to chat about Star Trek’s take on fashion.

In Part one, Tim not only discusses the aesthetic side of the Star Trek: TOS costumes, but also addresses the practicality (or lack thereof) of the garments and the motives behind the studio’s decisions regarding the crew uniforms. The three have a very intelligent discussion about the fashion of Star Trek and the impact on and by 1960’s gender roles.

Spanning two Trek series, Colm Meaney played the role of Engineer Miles O'Brien from the decks of the Enterprise-D to the halls of Deep Space Nine. Now he's starring in a brand new series for the cable network AMC called Hell on Wheels. In this contemporary western, Hell on Wheels centers on former Confederate soldier Cullen Bohannon, portrayed by Anson Mount, whose quest for vengeance has led him to the Union Pacific Railroad's westward construction of the first transcontinental railroad. Colm plays Thomas "Doc" Durant, a greedy entrepreneur taking full advantage of the changing times. As the railroad comes closer to completion and he becomes rich beyond his wildest dreams, he becomes more and more concerned about his place in history.

"He's not a very nice character. In many ways he's a crook, he's a liar, he's a cheater." Says Colm. "With any great project like this, the federal government is very involved and Durant was very clever at playing this game... He's a guy who's prepared to do what he has to do to get it done and not be concerned about posterity. He's truly an epic character of the era."

So I was cruising Netflix tonight, searching for Chuck Norris's The Delta Force (no lie!) and I stumbled upon William Shatner's documentary The Captains on Watch Instantly. You know the one; it features interviews with all six Star Trek captains... Patrick Stewart, Avery Brooks, Kate Mulgrew, Scott Bakula, and Chris Pine. Oh, and The Shat, of course. I've been meaning to sit down and watch The Captains since release back in July, but I just simply haven't made the time. Now that I have, here are a few takeaways; First, Patrick Stewart seems to be one of the most thoughtful and eloquent actors in the history of the stage, Kate Mulgrew is tough-as-nails and can hold her own with anyone, Avery Brooks is down right crazy & amazing all at the same time, Scott Bakula is extremely down-to-earth, and Chris Pine IS William Shatner 30 years younger. And on top of that, Patrick Stewart's chair is gigantically disproportionate to Shatner's.

Star Trek: The Exhibition has been crisscrossing the country for the last couple of years and this weekend it's beaming down to the St. Louis Science Center in St. Louis, Missouri. The exhibition includes a full-size replica of the Enterprise-D bridge, the transporter from J.J. Abrams's 2009 film Star Trek, a replica captain's chair from The Original Series, plus tons of props & costumes form the 45 years of Star Trek. Jackie Mollet, senior director of theatre, retail and exhibitions for the Science Center told the St. Louis Beacon; "Once you go through the exhibition and read a lot of the educational materials, you can see that the science fiction of 'Star Trek' really inspired today's scientists for breakthroughs in technology."

This completely slipped under our radar and if we'd known about it, we would be live blogging from there this weekend. For those of you in the Orlando, FL. area, head down to the Hilton Orlando Resort Lake Buena Vista to get your Trek on. Vulcan Events is hosting it's Away Mission: Orlando with a slew of Trek stars from the captain of the Enterprise to two famous Ferengi brothers and many others in-between. Sir Patrick Stewart will be on hand with David Warner, Armin Shimuerman, Max Grodenchick, Larry Nemecek, Rick Sternbach, Lolita Fatjo, Phil Morris, Jennifer Hetrick, & Grace Lee Whitney. For the Stargate / Firefly fans, Jewel Staite & David Nykl. The show starts tomorrow (October 28th) at 5pm and runs through Sunday.

Our good friends Scott and Miles from The SciFi Diner Podcast are at it again with another great Trek interview.  This time the boys are talking with Gary Lockwood, "Gary Mitchell", from the TOS episode "Where No Man Has Gone Before" as well as "Frank Poole" from 2001: A Space Odyssey.  It seems like The SciFi Diner has been Trek'd up as of late with last week's interview of John De Lance. 

Recorded at this year's Shore Leave convention, Scott, Miles & Gary talk about "Where No Man Has Gone Before" as well as the Kubrick's masterpiece 2001. As always, we can't say enough good things about The SciFi Diner.  While we try to put together another episode of "Life After Trek", be sure to get your Trek fill with this awesome SciFi Diner episode.