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Star Trek 23rd Century Watch Order - Updated

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Hello my friends, and welcome back to my blog. Today I wanted to do a follow up to a previous Watch Order I published. As one of my first Watch Orders I did an essential Watch Order for the 24th Century series of Star Trek, specifically The Next Generation , Deep Space Nine and Voyager . However there are several Star Trek series set outside of the 24th Century that I haven't touched yet, and there are several good reasons why that is the case. Firstly is the fact that for a lot of its initial run, what we would think of as the canon of Star Trek: The Original Series was very much in flux, with stardates being notoriously inconsistent, the Federation and Starfleet not being consistently named, and various other issues as the show came together. There is also an incredible variation in the quality of episodes, especially in the third season.  The second issue is that several modern series have stories set in this era, in seasons that are incredibly serialised, and that we are sti...

Star Trek 24th Century Watch Order - Updated

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Hello my friends, and welcome back to my blog. Today I wanted to share my first Watch Order with you all, and its one I have actually spoken about previously on the podcast, although I am elaborating a bit on it. What you will find below is a list of all the episodes of classic Star Trek set in the 24th Century, namely the films and episodes of The Next Generation , and the episodes of Deep Space Nine and Voyager . However what I have done is elaborate a bit on how essential each episode is both in context to its own show and to the shows that air alongside it, as well as for later series, including Lower Decks , Prodigy , Picard and Discovery , as well as for both the Star Trek: Online MMORPG, modern video games, and the Pocketbooks novels that forged their own timeline.  I'll include notes for important character and status quo developments as necessary, as well as highlighting episodes where important recurring characters reappear. However I will do my best to avoid any major...