This week, we’re continuing our “Back-Trekking Retrospective” series by diving into TAS once again! Joining Fatheree and Taylor is Aaron Harvey, co-author of The Official Guide to Star Trek: The Animated Series. Together, the trio explore the episode “The Practical Joker,” a surprisingly influential entry that may contain the very first appearance of holodeck technology in Star Trek. With STRANGE NEW WORLDS Season 3 on the horizon—and trailers teasing a 23rd-century version of the holodeck—this TAS classic might be more relevant than ever. Come for the rogue computer hijinks, stay for the deep Trek connections!

As always, available in both video and audio-only formats.

Watch on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaZQb2tjV6M

Get RSS feed:

https://anchor.fm/s/f37edb0c/podcast/rss

Apple Podcasts:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tex-trek/id1495605753?uo=4

Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/show/6mdZ030Klldxwn7SSc5PKp?si=3BOqsbQER9Ssfppqk7lofQ&fbclid=IwAR1M1uH_xBE1lYWcwQocoDzjoVSsLmCgBt08TCEYAltwIH3MPC0S60bMCsE

Join our Discord server:

https://discord.gg/YXPeRyQh7y

Support us on Patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/txtrek

Star Trek: The Animated Series, Season 2 Episode 3

"The Practical Joker"

Written by Chuck Menville

Directed by Bill Reed

After passing through a strange space energy cloud, the Enterprise's computer gains an artificial intelligence that is relentlessly bent on making practical jokes on the crew.

http://www.facebook.com/textrek

https://www.instagram.com/txtrek/

http://twitter.com/TxTrek

https://www.tiktok.com/@txtrek

Email: fathereeactual@tex-trek.com