Welcome to Salamander Babies, a Star Trek podcast for a different sort of Trek fan. The sort who recognizes the origin of the podcast’s title and has any reaction other than revulsion. Join Lucinda, Jim, Jenn, and Mario as they take turns suggesting episodes of Star Trek: Voyager for the rest of the crew to watch and discuss. Think of it like a book club, if Star Trek episodes were short, poorly-written books.
This is a GIF of the Predator from his movies, because no one made any GIFs for this episode. Close enough, I say.
Chakotay gets indoctrinated by a brainwashing militia and mostly stays the same except people look like the Predator to him.
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9 Jul 2018
17: Tsunkatse
It's the one The Rock is in.
28 Mar 2018
16: Shattered
Voyager is split across 37 timelines (in a row???) and only Chakotay can navigate the ship, resulting in a Greatest Hits exploration of the show’s past. Lou makes unreasonable promises about merch.
5 Jan 2018
15: Inside Man
Mario picked the wrong episode so now you all have to watch Barclay ham it up with Troi.
16 Nov 2017
14: Bride of Chaotica!
Tom's dream comes true when a holodeck malfunction lines up with his Captain Proton fantasy simulation and everyone has to play along. Everyone is thoroughly unimpressed with his 1930s sci-fi nonsense.
10 Oct 2017
13: Dreadnought
B'Elanna argues with an intelligent missile she previously programmed (with her own voice and a Cardassian target) to spare the lives of Delta Quadrant innocents. Chakotay forgot to show up for this episode.
20 Sept 2017
12: Timeless
15 years in the future, a grizzled Harry (it's just Harry now) has survivor's guilt and decides to right a wrong with a long-distance phone call to the past. Seven gets drunk on synthehol.
7 Sept 2017
11: Elogium
Kes eats bugs and dirt and wants to make some babies with Neelix. We don't understand it either.
27 Aug 2017
10: The Killing Game
Our first two-parter! Featuring Hirogen Nazis. Because we weren't getting enough Nazis in modern discourse recently apparently.
19 Aug 2017
9: The Chute
The crew debates whether the eponymous chute is actually more of a duct, Tom and Harry get the clamp, and Janeway makes deals with terrorists for some reason.
1 Aug 2017
8: Macrocosm
Janeway does her best Ripley impression, Neelix gets gooped, and The Doctor botches his first away mission. Featuring Harry on jazz flute probably. And a new shipping game!
26 Jul 2017
7: Clip Show – Chipotle and the Holodeck
While Mario was on an away mission to Comic-Con, we put together a clip show of deleted scenes from episodes 1-6! We explore what would happen if holodecks were real, the proclivities of certain face-tattoo'd crew members, and human-avian relations. Note that the safety protocols are disabled for this episode (in other words, super NSFW).
21 Jul 2017
6: Ex Post Facto
Mario found a for-reals murder mystery episode. It's Tom's word against the victim's, and Tuvok's on the case! A bird-woman vamps.
13 Jul 2017
5: Resolutions
It's a Janeway/Chakotay ship and Jenn is the only one onboard with it. Acting Captain Tuvok can't get no respect.
7 Jul 2017
4: Meld
Quantum Anarchist Jim recommended Voyager season 2, episode 16, "Meld", where Tuvok gets inside the mind of a murderer and struggles to resist killing Neelix.
27 Jun 2017
3: Mortal Coil
On Chief Philosophy Officer Lou's recommendation, we all watched Neelix struggle with an existential crisis in Voyager season 4, episode 12, "Mortal Coil". Chakotay wasn't much help.
20 Jun 2017
2: Bliss
Temporal Timekeeper Mario's suggestion (Voyager season 5, episode 14, "Bliss") is discussed at length by the crew. Or is it all a pitcher plant fever dream??? (Don't worry, it's real)
13 Jun 2017
1: The Thaw
The crew kicks things off by discussing Holodeck Programmer Jenn's recommendation of Voyager season 2, episode 23, "The Thaw", and addresses such questions as: can the crew conquer fear itself? And why would you plug Harry into an Inception machine?
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