Chekov's Flame - Irina Galliulin

The Way To Eden is an original Star Trek episode which posits the notion of finding paradise.  We're not talking just a relaxing resort - like Risa - or a Willy Wonka style place with enough chocolate to rot out even the strongest sweet tooth.  In this episode, the fun and wacky space hippies wish to journey to the biblical paradise itself - Eden.

Along the way, Ensign Chekov, played by Walter Koenig, meets up with an old flame, Irina Galliulin.  The two haven't seen each other in years, and sadly, Galliulin slickly manipulates Chekov to help our space hippie cause.  You can almost hear Chekov sing, Love Stinks! The character was originally supposed to be Joanna McCoy - Dr. McCoy's daughter - but was rewritten.

A Starship Crew's Romantic Adventures

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Chekov Ponders The Origin Of Hot Babes

Chekov is so proud of his Russian heritage.  Could everything of any note come from Vladimir Putin country?  Ensign Pavel Chekov seems confused by a stark reality:  sexy comes from all over.

Poor Chekov - even the fair sex seems forever attached to the Ensign's long running cultural joke. Maybe he should look for those hot babes when he's trying to find those 'nuclear wessels'.

The Love Of Science Fiction - Love & Sex in Sci-Fi

Space... The final frontier... The cosmos....  it's a really, really big place.  They say the most important question we can ask ourselves as a species is:  Are we alone?  Well, it's certainly no fun to be alone, at least all the time.  Like the sci-fi movie Contact (based on Carl Sagan's novel) promotes:  If we are all alone, it seems like an awful waste of space.  In Ridley Scott's Alien, they say, In Space, No One Can Hear You Scream.  Scream - from what, the desperation of loneliness?

Being all alone - even on a crowded planet - is definitely not much fun either.  Fans of Star Trek know that Captain Kirk (William Shatner) wasn't the kind of guy to be lonely for very long.  He may have been a bit too amorous for some of the more prudish among us, but compared to say James Bond, or the devilish Han Solo (Harrison Ford), James T. Kirk wasn't so unusual.  Kirk's crew is also no stranger to the poetry of love, or even the lustful leanings of plain, old fashioned sex.  From Spock to Scotty, Chekov to Uhura, the Enterprise crew knew that partnering up during those demanding space voyages was not only healthy, but downright logical.

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Star Trek Sexy Spotlight - Mara - Day Of The Dove

In times of crisis, some of us panic, while others are paralyzed with fear.  It would be expected that a Klingon would merely grunt or growl and fight his or her way out.  Not so for the beautiful Klingon Mara, in the classic original episode, Day of the Dove. She not only kept her head - both literally and figuratively - while those all around her were losing their own, but she made a difference.  

After a ship full of Klingons, led by Kang (Michael Ansara), are taken aboard Kirk's starship, weirdness definitely happens.  Played by the lovely actress Susan Howard, Mara is Kang's wife.  Though frightened by the prospect of being raped and tortured by the now crazed Starfleet crew, Mara bridges the gap between the fighting forces so they can focus on the real threat - the fear and stress sucking alien creature who's been plaguing the two sides all along.  Mara helps Kang to realize the energy entity is the real enemy, and to basically live up to the line, I ain't afraid of no ghost!

Star Trek Convention In Southern NJ

Star Trek fans of all shapes, sizes and alien races, gathered together for a convention in southern NJ.

At the Crown Plaza Hotel in Cherry Hill, NJ, fans will get to meet their beloved cosmic characters  - at least the actor or actress who plays them - and just have a phaser blast of a good time.  The con runs for 3 days till Sunday April 27th.  Set tricorders on ENJOY and EXPLORE!

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How A Star Trek Became A Sex Trek

Star Trek or Sex Trek?  Anybody who pays attention to Gene Roddenberry's original TV show will see that the creator utilized the sexual aspects of humanity and the delightful struggle of our romantic enganglements to give his sci-fi vehicle more of a human punch.

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Star Trek Sexy Spotlight: Lt. Ilia - Persis Khambatta

Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) marked the big screen debut of the TV show, and the return of original adventures of the Gene Roddenberry created universe.  Directed by veteran movie maker Robert Wise (The Day The Earth Stood Still), critics and audiences ultimately had mixed reactions to the project, however, it was an undeniable box office success.  Co-star Persis Khambatta played Lt. Ilia, a beautiful and bald alien called a Deltan.

Was she some kind of free love Hippy?  A flower powered alien?  Was she an extraterrestrial Hare Krishna?

Lt. Ilia hailed from a planet where sexual expression was as natural as breathing or eating.  To express oneself openly in a sexual way was second nature to her people.  Her bald look may be more acceptable today, but back in 1979, the look pretty much stunned moviegoers.  For the first spin-off series, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Roddenberry reshaped the character and created Counselor Deanna Troi - the thick haired beauty who boasted similar empathic powers and had a romantic connection to Commander William Riker.  V'ger 'merged' Lt. Ilia and William Decker (Stephen Collins) through a kind of digital absorption and matrix.  Who knows just where they ended up.

Star Trek's Anton Yelchin Is Odd Thomas

Actor Anton Yelchin, Chekov in the J.J. Abram's Star Trek films, plays author Dean Koontz's popular character Odd Thomas in director Stephen Sommers (The Mummy) film adaptation.

Thomas is a small town fry cook in love with the beautiful Stormy - the local ice cream parlor clerk.  Stormy dreams of owning her own ice cream store, while Thomas - or Oddie - dreams of death, dying and other nightmarish things.