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Well, the summer is starting again - yesterday Dutch TV aired the season finale of 'The Practice,' one of my favourite shows. I'll now really have to try to restrain myself not to go out and read spoilers for the next season - we're two years behind here in the Netherlands, so there's bound to be lots of info on the web. What I cannot understand, however, is why the station didn't just go on showing next season's episodes, instead of waiting until October. With two season already in the can, if they started showing new episodes now it would take them close to two years to catch up with the US - surely I wouldn't be the only one who would like to see that?

Trek BBS Today

Below are some of the topics currently being discussed at the Trek BBS:

-How far away would you travel to attend a Star Trek convention?

-Do you think Guinan should be in Star Trek X?

-Have you seen Nana Visitor on 'Dark Angel'?

More topics can be found at the Trek BBS!

Trek Two Years Ago

Below are some of the most important headlines that appeared on TrekToday on the 4th of May, 2001 (yes, there was a slight mix-up yesterday):

• Babylon 5 Creator Criticizes DS9 - A minor scandal erupted as Babylon 5 creator posted about Deep Space Nine in his newsgroup: "We began trying to sell the B5 series to everyone in town, including Paramount, 5 years prior to getting a Go order. The B5 series was announced in early November of that year. There was NO set ST series by that point. Over the following Christmas weekend, I got a phone call from someone very closely involved with Trek, who said, 'They just decided what the new Trek show is going to be. It's about a space station that's a center of commerce, with a travel gate nearby.'"

• Official Word On 'Relativity' - Paramount released the official synopsis for the then-upcoming 'Relativity:' "Captain Braxton of the 29th-century Timeship Relativity contacts Seven of Nine as part of an investigation into the eventual destruction of Voyager in a mystery that spans five centuries."

• Hello World! - And also on this day, we first received a 1000 visitors in a single day.

Happy Birthday!

Today is the 59th birthday of Marc Alaimo, who had a recurring role on Deep Space Nine as Gul Dukat. It is also the 57th birthday of John Rhys-Davies, who appeared in several Voyager episodes as Leonardo Da Vinci.

Today's Television Listings

• In Canada, Space! will be showing will be showing the Original Series' 'Court Martial' at 10:00 am Eastern Time, followed by the Next Generation episode 'The Royale' at 11:00 am. Deep Space Nine's 'Battle Lines' is at 12:00 pm, while Voyager's 'Tuvix' will be shown at 1:00 pm.

• In the United Kingdom, Sky One will be showing DS9's 'The Way of the Warrior' at 15:00 GMT, followed by Voyager's 'Bliss' an hour later at 16:00. Finaly, the channel will also be showing Voyager's 'Dark Frontier Part One' at 17:00. Thanks go out to the Great Link for this!

• In Germany, Sat.1 will be showing the Original Series' 'Let That Be Your Last Battlefield' at 14:00 and Voyager's 'Dark Frontier Part Two' at 15:00 CET.

• In the Netherlands, Nederland 2 will be showing Voyager's 'Thirty Days' at 17:05 CET. Thanks go out to StarTrek.nl for this!

Tomorrow's Television Listings

• The Sci-Fi Channel will be showing the Original Series' 'The Devil In The Dark' at 10:00am Eastern Time.

• In the United Kingdom, Sky Premier 3 will be showing 'Star Trek: Insurrection' at 13:05 GMT and at 18:00. Sky One will be showing three TNG episodes, beginning at 14:00 with 'The Loss,' followed by 'Data's Day' at 15:00 and 'The Wounded' at 16:00. Thanks go out to the Great Link for this!

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