Punch It: Writing in Star Trek

Punch It: Writing in Star Trek


Latest Episodes

Punch It 114 - Short Trekking to Picard
May 30, 2019

Picard is on its way and hopefully, so are some Short Treks The new teaser trailer for Picard dropped and it asks more questions than it answers. It begs you to watch it find out more and it feels like a tonal shift from Discovery that might bring...

Punch It 113 - Trading Tom
May 16, 2019

Would Tom Paris fit on any show other than Star Trek: Voyager? This week we take a look at everyone's favorite pilot, Tom Paris, and see how his character would fit and/or develop on all the other iterations of Star Trek. From TOS to DSC. The...

Punch It 112 - Kaminar Conundrum
May 09, 2019

The Sound of Thunder's Prime Directive Problem Pike made a decision in Star Trek: Discovery's season two episode "The Sound of Thunder" that changed the course of evolution for one species and altered the balance of power with another. These were...

Punch It 111 - I, Seven
May 02, 2019

What if Seven came aboard the Enterprise-D instead of Voyager? Adding to our "What If?" catalog, we tackle Seven of Nine and transplant her as a show regular on Star Trek: The Next Generation. How would Scorpion be different? Would it be a...

Punch It 110 - Ménage à Troi: Redux
April 25, 2019

Star Trek: The Next Generation "Ménage à Troi" Rewrite After taking a forced two weeks off due to illness, Punch It is back and we are tackling Ménage à Troi from season three of TNG. An episode that was not as good we remembered it but was chock...

Punch It 109 - Kelvin Prime
April 04, 2019

The Adventures of the U.S.S. Kelvin We know so little about the U.S.S. Kelvin but it's impacted the Kelvin-Verse immensely. Hell, it's the reason it exists in the first place. But what about Kelvin Prime? How did this ship continue on in the Prime...

Punch It 108 - Star Trek Into the Unknown
March 28, 2019

We most likely won't get a Star Trek 4 so we wrote our own Completely on-the-fly we write our own version of a fourth Kelvin Star Trek film. As stated above, it most likely won't happen so we didn't​ want this prime opportunity to go to waste. We...

Punch It 107: Star Trek V: The Final Voyage
March 21, 2019

What is Star Trek V featured the Voyager crew? Some of you might have already started to roll your eyes, but you only need your ears to hear this amazing tale! We take the template of Star Trek V: The Final Frontier and alter it to fit the Voyager...

Punch It 106 - Discover New Ideas
March 15, 2019

What If Discovery's characters were transplanted to other shows? We love our "What If" scenarios but we've purposefully left out Discovery until now. We always felt like we need more episodes under our belt to get to know the characters better. Now...

Punch It 105 - After Picard
March 07, 2019

Almost everyone is excited about the new Picard show, but what comes after? We know that there are a few things on the docket, Lower Decks, Section 31, and maybe even a few more. But what shows would come out if we were pitching them to the studio?...