Earl Grey 85: Harold of the Crystalline Entity

The Most Alien of Aliens.

Star Trek: The Next Generation, as well as the
other Trek series, are often poked fun at for featuring
the new "forehead" or "nose" of the week when encountering new
alien species. However, there were many new strange lifeforms
featured inTNG that fully embraced the concept of science
fiction. In this episode of Earl Grey, the trio have a round
robin discussion of their favorite examples of the most "alien"
aliens encountered by the Enterprise-D. They discuss
"space jellyfish" ("Encounter at Farpoint"), Gomtuu ("Tin Man"),
the allasomorphs ("The Daupin"), and the crystalline entity
("Datalore"/"Silicon Avatar"). Phillip, Daniel, and Darren also
talk energy beings, other space-dwelling life forms, and other
antagonists that challenged our favorite crew. Activate your
universal translator, refresh yourself on first contact
protocols, and join in on this episode that examines Next
Gen's most alien species. 

Hosts
Daniel Proulx, Phillip Gilfus, & Darren Moser

Editor / Producer
Darren Moser



Production Manager


Richard Marquez


 


Content Coordinator


Will Nguyen


Chapters
Celebration Anaheim Recap (00:01:46)
Star Trek Unique Aliens (00:07:57)
Phillip - Space Jellyfish - Encounter at Farpoint
(00:08:53)
Daniel - Sheliak - The Ensigns of Command (00:13:08)
Darren - The Children of Tama (Tamarians) - Darmok
(00:17:31)
 Phillip - Nagilum - Where Silence Has Lease
(00:21:08)
Daniel - Allasomorphs - The Dauphin (00:25:31)
Darren -Space Dwelling Lifeforms - Galaxy's Child
(00:29:28)
Phillip - The "Child" - The Child (00:33:05)
24th Century 90's Ads (00:34:17)
Daniel - Gomtuu - Tin Man (00:36:42)
Darren - Velara III Crystalline Sand Lifeforms - Home Soil
(00:40:08)
Phillip - Memory-wiping space-lightning - Lonely Among Us
(00:44:40)
Daniel - Crystalline Entity - Datalore /Silicon Avatar
(00:51:03)
Darren - Parasitic Bug Creatures - Conspiracy (00:54:44)
Closing (01:00:32) 







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