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It's amazing how I manage to do these really smart things at times. Like, for instance, offer TrekToday readers the chance to ask questions to UPN, and then having all those questions redirected to the main news email address. After posting the news story I went offline for a while, only to have both Caillan and Lisa scream at me when I came back a few hours later and the news mailbox was filled with at least fifty UPN questions. At the moment they're still coming in at a rate of close to one per minute, and I shudder to think how many mails there'll be tomorrow morning. Or worse, tomorrow afternoon, when I'll have the unenviable task of reading through all the emails to make a selection of the questions.

Trek BBS Today

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

-What Trek books would you consider canon?

-Was the Original Series' 'Assignment: Earth' meant to start a spin-off show?

-In Science Fiction & Fantasy: What are some key episodes for new Farscape fans?

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 Sunday the 30th of May, 1999:

• Rick Berman On Trek's Future - Speaking to USA Today, Star Trek's executive producer said he felt it would be beneficial for Voyager to be the only Trek show on the air, and said it was very important "to keep Star Trek fresh and not overextend it." He also said there were no plans to make DS9 mvoies. "Saturating the market with another franchise of movies might not be wise at the moment."

• A Sequel For 'Trekkies?' - Roger Nygard and Denise Crosby (Tasha Yar), the team behind the 'Trekkies' documentary, talked about the tentative plans for 'Trekkies 2.' Two years down the road, no new info on this sequel has surfaced.

• Friday Finale Screening Details - Two days earlier, the second screening of the Deep Space Nine finale had taken place, in the presence of people such as Marc Alaimo (Gul Dukat), Casey Biggs (Damar) and Jeffrey Combs (Weyoun).

Happy Birthday!

Today is the 48th birthday of Colm Meaney, who had a recurring role on The Next Generation and a starring role on Deep Space Nine as Miles O'Brien.

Today's Television Listings

• At 9:00pm (8:00pm Central), UPN will be showing a double bill of Voyager's 'Imperfection' and 'Shattered.'

• The Sci-Fi Channel will be showing the original Sereies 'The Trouble with Tribbles' at 5:00 p.m Eastern Time.

• In Canada, Space! will be showing the Next Generation's 'A Matter of Perspective' at 12:00 p.m Eastern Time. The Original Series' 'The Trouble with Tribbles' is at 4:00 p.m and Deep Space Nine's 'Sanctuary' is at 5:00 p.m

• In the United Kingdom, Sky One will be showing the Next Generation's 'The Icarus Factor' at 17:00 GMT. BBC 2 will show Deep Space Nine's 'The Emperor's New Cloak' at 18:45. Thanks go out to the Great Link for this!

• In the Netherlands, Yorin will be showing DS9's 'The Emperor's New Cloak' at 17:10 ECT. Voyager's 'Distant Origin' is at 18:35 on NET5. Thanks go out to StarTrek.nl for this!

Tomorrow's Television Listings

• The Sci-Fi Channel will be showing the Original Series' 'The Gamesters Of Triskelion' at 5:00pm Eastern Time.

• In Canada, Space! will be showing the Original Series' 'The Gamesters of Triskelion' at 10:00am Eastern Time, TNG's 'Yesterday's Enterprise' at 12:00pm, 'The Gamesters of Triskelion' again at 4:00pm, DS9's 'Rivals' at 5:00pm and Voyager's 'Unity' at 10:00pm.

• In the United Kingdom, Sky One will be showing TNG's 'Pen Pals' at 17:00 and at 0:00 GMT. Thanks go out to the Great Link for this!

• In Germany, Sat.1 will be showing TNG's 'Das Duplikat' (Datalore) at 16:00 CET.

• In the Netherlands, Yorin will be showing DS9's 'Field of Fire' at 17:10 CET, while Net5 will be showing Voyager's 'Displaced' at 18:35. Thanks go out to StarTrek.nl for this!

• In Australia, TV1 will be showing TNG's 'The Enemy' at 11:00pm. Thanks go out to the Australian Babylon 5 & Star Trek air schedule

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