trekkies and such

While encouraging new fen to check out the old stuff is great, saying NO RESPECT FOR YOU until they've watched three years of a very old telly series and twenty-five years worth of spinoffs is just silly. (Goodness knows I love it when New Who people check out old Who, and then end up writing screeds on how awesome it is and how they adore it - and I find it amazing that there are so many people who do end up loving classic - but a pox on You're Not A Real Fan Unless. (I, btw, am Not A Real Fan because I was not alive when Hartnell was on the telly. Trufax.])

Anyway, that rant: I like the questions they ask, I like them enough to answer them, oh yes. They are Important Trekkie Questions:

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