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• Over at Star Trek: Hypertext, Jamahl Epsicokhan has uploaded his review of Enterprise's 'Silent Enemy.' Here's an extract from the article:

  In the final analysis, I'm giving a thumbs-sideways to this episode, because there's nothing really about it that jumps out about it one way or the other. It held my attention and addressed the important issue of weapons upgrades.

  In the full review the episode was awarded a score of 2.5 out of 4.

• David E. Sluss at the Cynics Corner also reviewed the episode, calling it a "case study in how not to do an A-B story episode." The episode was given a score of 7 out of 10 in the complete analysis.

• A letter from Patrick Stewart (Jean-Luc Picard) explaining his recent absence from a Slanted Fedora convention has been posted at the Patrick Stewart Network.

• In a recent SFX Magazine poll, readers were invited to nominate their top ten episodes for several genre series. The Trek results have been posted here at the Great Link.

• A new science article dealing with robotic technology is up at StarTrek.com.

• A trailer for the film 'Master of Disguise,' which features Brent Spiner (Data) is available for download here. Screencaps of Spiner's appearance have been posted at this web site.

• Totally Kate has been updated with two new photos from Kate Mulgrew's (Kathryn Janeway) new play, 'Tea at Five.'

• Julia Houston's latest column at About.com deals with the question - How dated is TNG?.

• On the weekend of February 2 and 3, TNN is planning to show the movies 'Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan,' 'Star Trek III: The Search For Spock,' 'Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home' and 'Star Trek V: The Final Frontier.'

• Hallmark's Delta Flyer ornament will come complete with a recorded message from Captain Janeway and glowling lights. Further information is available here. Thanks to Doug Wilson for this!

• Palisades has confirmed that its 35th Anniversary Gene Roddenberry and James T. Kirk action figure 2-pack has been cancelled. Figures.com has the story. Thanks to Jon Wes for this!

• A new Star Trek spoof has popped up online - Veggie Trek!

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