Star Trek: Discovery Titan vinyl figures (U.S.S. Discovery & Michael Burnham) Giveaway- CLOSED

Hi guys

I just wanted to give you our loyal listeners & Blog readers a brief heads up to the podcast's second #Giveaway. Which I'm proud to say I've organised… once again!

Win a set of Star Trek: Discovery Titan vinyl figures (U.S.S. Discovery & Michael Burnham) launched exclusively at Star Trek Las Vegas 2018 by Titan merchandise, along with some The Engage Podcast (TEP) goodies thrown in for good measure!

It'll be commencing later today( 5:00pm GMT) over on Gleam, and you'll be able to enter right up until 4:59pm GMT on Monday 17th February 2020. With the lucky winner being announced on our Alien starships episode!

enter here

May we wish you good luck!!!

Titan merchandise blurbs:

Titan Entertainment present the debut 3” TITAN vinyl figure for Michael Burnham, the risk-taking protagonist of Star Trek: Discovery!
Sporting her Starfleet uniform as Science Officer of the USS Discovery, Spock’s foster sister comes with her own phaser accessory!

Launched exclusively at Star Trek Las Vegas 2018, this figure is available in very limited numbers and sold individually in printed-box packaging.

Come on a voyage to the stars with this intricate 4.5” TITAN vinyl reconstruction of Captain Gabriel Lorca’s ship, the USS Discovery - the eponymous lead starship from Star Trek: Discovery!

Launched exclusively at Star Trek Las Vegas 2018, this figure is available in very limited numbers and sold individually in window-boxed packaging.

Sarah (from the Trekkie Girls) attended Star Trek Las Vegas 2018 convention, and was able to source a copy each for me, which I really appreciate to this day!
Whilst I was able to purchase an extra set of figures from Forbidden Planet (while they were available) so that we could give it away to one of you!!!

If you're interested in winning, enter below... and we wish you good luck!!!

https://gleam.io/HQ1aN/star-trek-discovery-titan-vinyl-figures-giveaway

This is Simon from The Engage Podcast signing out!

Star Trek: The Next Generation Free Comic Book Day 2017 (FCBD 2017) "Mirror Broken" Giveaway- CLOSED

Hi guys
Whilst I'm frantically trying to complete my current Blog post, I just wanted to give you our loyal listeners & Blog readers a brief heads up to the podcast's first #Giveaway. Which I'm proud to say I've organised (the first of many)!

It'll be commencing later today (5:00pm GMT) over on Gleam, and you'll be able to enter right up until 4:59pm next Thursday (18th May 2017). The winner will be announced in our next episode!!!

As you maybe able to 'gleam' (sorry for the pun!) from the title of this Blog post, the competition is for the Mirror Universe themed Star Trek: The Next Generation comic. Offered to attendees of the Free Comic Book Day 2017, which occurred last Saturday (6th May 2017).
Written by Scott Tipton and David Tipton, and illustrated by J. K. Woodward.

“Mirror Broken” blurb:

Space... The Final Frontier. These are the voyages of the I.S.S. Enterprise. Its continuing mission: to conquer strange new worlds, to enslave new life and new civilizations... to boldly go where no one has gone before!

Return to the Mirror Universe with the Next Generation crew in a way you've never seen them before in this prequel to the upcoming Star Trek: The Next Generation miniseries, Mirror Broken!

Captain Jean-Luc Picard will stop at nothing to get his hands on the Terran Empire's newest starship, the Enterprise-D. And no one had better stand in his way!

[ALL AGES]

Jamie and I (along with Mum) attended the worldwide event, and were able to source a copy each for the three of us, and an extra one so that we could give it away to one of you. As an extra incentive to enter we'll be throwing in some The Engage Podcast (TEP) goodies for good measure!

If you're interested in winning, enter below... and we wish you good luck!!!

   #FCBD 2017 #MirrorBroken #Giveaway

 

Join us in #Congratulating our (randomly selected) #FCBD2017 #MirrorBroken #Giveaway Winner Chris J!

We hope you enjoy reading it!!!

This is Simon from The Engage Podcast signing out!
 

The Good Deeds in Star Trek! (YouTube channel)

Hi everyone! As you may have noticed recently we have uploaded some new videos to our YouTube channel. You can see we have posted different things on there. Our ice bucket challenges and a group of video's covering the previous Destination Star Trek conventions from London (2012) and Frankfurt (2014)!

Check out our channel!

The Engage Podcast : YouTube

 

 

However within the next few weeks, by the time we go live and are at the convention, I will have started to post themed videos concerning the good deeds in Star Trek! The examples of which will be picked from all the series!

A good deed can mean a variety of different things, a kindness one stranger does for another, like the stories featured in The Metro (free newspaper).



 


 One example is from their Friday 12th September's edition:

"Thank you so much to the young lady who got off the train to help me, an elderly woman with a dog, when I fell and hit my face against the train door and was bleeding profusely at Royal Oak on my way to Wood Green. She stayed with me until I was collected. Also, thank you to the driver of the train, who tried to get help at the station." 

Lillis Janicki, London

Reading this selfless act and many others like it, inspired me to start developing my Star Trek good deed feed!

Furthermore both The Metro good deed section and Star Trek is a reminder that we as human beings have the capacity to do great and wonderful things for each other. By highlighting these actions in Star Trek, I hope to inspire others to carry out generous acts. In a sense it can be a moral and ethical guide for us to strive to be more than we can be and fulfil our potential in all aspects of our lives as it has for me, Simon and Phil!

Though they are both similar (The Metro and Star Trek selfless deeds). I will be putting a twist on it and discussing why I have chosen that deed, while most importantly questioning whether something a character has done was actually good or questionable. For example should Janeway have stranded her crew in the Delta Quadrant?





This will involve looking at morals, messages and meanings behind that "kind action," which can be morally and ethically questionable. It's about getting us to think how you interpret the message in what it means to you and what would you do if faced with a choice like that (in this scenario and many others.)

I plan to release the introduction and the first good deed feed video before Thursday 2nd October at the latest. The video's will be released initially twice a month at least (although this could vary on my work schedule). So keep your eyes open for them!

It is my hopes that the good deed feed will be the main focus for our channel. Although Simon and Phil will be uploading videos from time to time for the podcast.

I'll see you soon!

Feel free to check out The Metro wesbite!

Metro Paper

Don't forget to vote in our Borg: Villains, Victims or Both poll! There's still 47 days left to cast it!

Borg poll

Details about The Engage Podcast pre-launch episodes! Updated

Hi everyone!
Firstly I have to admit my last blog post might appear quite alarmist of me as...obviously your reading my new blog post!
Which is a surprise to all of us I assure you, as when I wrote the last blog post it appeared as though all my preparations were going to take the rest of the month. But it occurred to me while I was looking over the Fan Panel PowerPoint and Prompt Sheet that I was being a bit of a pessimist (which is very unlike me!). As it appears we're ahead of schedule for the Fan Panel!

Because of that I have a bit more time available to me, so I can write a blog post explaining what we are going to release in the next few weeks. Before our official launch on the 3rd of October at Destination Star Trek!!!

The first thing we'll be releasing is our Promo, which you can already listen to over on our Downloads Page! Our Promo is a quick promotional introduction to the podcast. Which you'll be able to download it along with everything else via iTunes and Podomatic.
Podomatic is still being developed, so there might be a few teething problems, until we get the page looking and working how we like! The site will be linked up with the aforementioned Downloads Page in order for you to download our podcasts!!!

Then we go onto what we like to call Teaser Episodes, which as the name suggests teases at what you can expect from us once the full length episodes are recorded and released! All three Teaser Episode's have their own topic, which we discuss at length.
As they are special episodes, we thought it was appropriate that they have a unique format. So at the beginning of each episode one of us introduces ourselves and explains how they got into Star Trek. Once they're happy that they've achieved it, we then discuss the topic at hand!

The first topic we discuss is, was it right for the Federation to sign the Treaty of Algeron? Should the Federation have cloaking technology?
In the first episode we discuss the moral and ethical dilemma's surrounding the Federation's decision to sign the Treaty of Algeron in 2311. A peace accord making it illegal for them to use cloaking technology. I have the honour of introducing myself first!

The second topic we deliberate over is, the Memory Alpha Random Page Game
In this episode we have a little bit of fun! As we play one of the most fun and unpredictable games related to Star Trek on the internet. The Memory Alpha Random Page Game is a pastime that makes use of the website's Random Page function. The game can be played as a single player or multiplayer.

You play by pressing the button and seeing who has the most interesting page. The person who gets the most interesting pages overall is the winner! Phil had the opportunity of introducing himself in this Teaser Episode!

The last topic we debated was, Which series is it best to be a Federation Citizen?
In the final episode we debate, which era is the optimum time to be living on Earth in the Federation. To work this out we used a criteria. The points of comparison were the technological advances, the chances of survival and the feelings of security. Jamie had pleasure of starting this Teaser Episode!

We are really looking forward to meeting you all at DST3!!!
Simon, Jamie and Phil

Welcome to The Engage Podcast's blog!

Hi everyone
Welcome to a blog brought to you by the hosts of The Engage Podcast! In this blog we will hope to keep you up to date with all the latest news from the world of Star Trek, along with podcast and interesting science news with our own unique views and opinions!

Along with all that news we will also be writing blog posts to accompany certain episodes of our podcast, in the hopes that you can glim some more information on the topic. While giving you a better understanding of us!
I hope you enjoy reading what we have to say in the weeks and months ahead!!!

Don't forget you can visit us on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and our website at:
Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/theengagepodcast
Twitter- https://twitter.com/TEngagePodcast
YouTube page- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUUJzQloTuMVLs2A-3EqsGQ/
Website- http://www.theengagepodcast.com/

Important podcast dates:

20th February- Simon's Birthday
16th June- The Engage Podcast Blog Birthday
18th July- Phil's Birthday
19th September- Jamie's Birthday
3rd October- The Engage Podcast Birthday

Three guys talking about Trek two centuries early!
Simon, Jamie and Phil
The Engage Podcast