It's time to get your stolen spaceship hurtling round the sun and going back in time to the 1980’s with “Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home”!

We’re joined by our occasional editor and perpetual Pokémon expert, Reanna Reid-Lobatto, with some news about whales (and transparent aluminium).

There’s some impressive Shacting as Spock and the crew get up to hijinks in order to get whales going back to the future!

Then we’ve got the second part of this ‘bus punk’ duology with Picard’s “Watcher”, where we’re reminded why ICE should be abolished, Rafi is the most fun she’s been in the show and Guinan’s already fed up of JL!

00:04:22 What Non-Star Trek Thing We’ve Been Enjoying: 

00:13:32 Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

01:10:28 Picard: The Watcher

Talking points include: Continuum, Dr Who, Ecco the Dolphin, Whale Song, Tavern Talk, Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuux, Final Girl, Top Gun, Karate Kid cosplay, the pronunciation of aluminium, the “I choose to stay” trope, is there no pizza in Star Trek’s future?, Bester from Babylon 5, John Lithgow’s acting career, Bill & Ted’s poorly-aged comments, transparent aluminium facts! Hitchhiker’s Guide dolphins, Some non-bummer news about humpback whales, I urge Comrade Whales to go further, Genma Saotome’s parenting, McCoy Vs the American Health Industry, Alexa & the PS5’s voice recognition, Eddie Murphy, Back to the Future & Howard the Duck’s Lea Thompson, Fly me to the Moon, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Buffy, ICE should be abolished, Edith Piaf, do you like references?, Jerati’s history of constantly fucking up, Eternal Law, Ageing punks, Miles’ connection to Kirk Thatcher, fuck Peanut Hamper, The Rosa Parks episode of Dr Who, Charlie has now finished Yoshi’s Island. Oh, and occasionally Star Trek.

The Matthew Rosenberg Wolfsbane thing is covered here: https://www.cbr.com/rosenberg-apologizes-for-wolfsbane-death-scene/

Pedant’s Corner:

Yes technically it’s not been long since we’ve covered a movie, but it’s best we all forget Section 31.

The last scenario of Final Girl Series Three is based on A Quiet Place and Tremors

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Bounty

John Lithgow played Dr Emilio Lizardo in The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

We are children of the 80’s living in 2025, not 2024. 

It’s Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, not Seven

Casual Trek is by Charlie Etheridge-Nunn and Miles Reid-Lobatto

Music by Alfred Etheridge-Nunn

Casual Trek is a part of the Nerd & Tie Network

Watch Reanna and former guest of the show Sean playing Super Mario RPG: https://www.youtube.com/live/bYSOk-bb6EM?si=LpAtQEqLjHrCpqGa

https://ko-fi.com/casualtrek

Miles’ blog: http://www.mareidlobatto.wordpress.com 

Charlie’s blog: http://www.fakedtales.com