What Are Photonics? Star Trek: Starfleet Academy's Holographic Characters Explained
One of the lead characters in Star Trek: Starfleet Academy is a photonic or sentient hologram, a group of beings that has a long history in the franchise.
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Holly Hunter's Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Character Has One Very Cool Connection To Strange New Worlds
Nahla Ake (Holly Hunter) on Star Trek: Starfleet Academy has a fun Strange New Worlds connection, and it explains why she's hired as the academy's chancellor.
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Star Trek: Starfleet Academy: What Is The Burn And Why Is It So Important?
The Burn is an event established in the Star Trek timeline, and it takes center stage in the new series Starfleet Academy. Here's what you need to know.
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Why The Voice Of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy's USS Athena Computer Sounds Familiar
The USS Athena computer on Star Trek: Starfleet Academy might sound familiar, and it's because the voice belongs to a sci-fi mainstay.
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Every Star Trek Show Is Streaming For Free On Pluto TV In The Coolest Way Possible
What better way to celebrate Star Trek turning 60 than by checking out the franchise's many series now streaming for free on Pluto TV? Here are the details.
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How Starfleet Academy Is Redeeming Two Of The Most Disliked Star Trek Shows
Starfleet Academy is righting the wrongs of two of the Star Trek franchise's redheaded small screen stepchildren, so let's talk about that.
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Starfleet Academy Reveals Exactly What Happened To One Of Star Trek's Most Important Planets After The Burn
Starfleet Academy’s second episode explores the aftermath of the Burn in the Star Trek universe, highlighting one particular world's reemergence from isolation.
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How Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Explains The Ageless Doctor's New Older Look
Robert Picardo's Doctor looks much older in Star Trek: Starfleet Academy (what with Picardo not being a hologram himself), but the series does explain why.
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Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Has A New 60th Anniversary Opening – But There's One Major Problem
Starfleet Academy has a fancy new opening that celebrates 60 years of Star Trek, but eagle-eyed Trekkies may not be pleased at the things that were left out.
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5 Best TV Villains Of 2025, Ranked
Television gave us lots of great villains in 2025, and the best ones spoke to the tumultuous times we live in. Here are the top five, ranked.
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Disney's New Star Wars Land Changes Are Cool — But They Represent A Remarkable Failure
Disney is making major changes to Galaxy's Edge (aka Star Wars Land), and while they are cool on their own, they're also a betrayal of Disney's original vision.
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Fallout Season 2 Introduces The Funniest Mechanic From The Games
The fifth episode of Fallout season 2 introduces one of the most darkly comedic aspects from the video games: addiction.
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Star Wars: Every Member Of The High Jedi Council Explained
Despite its tragic fate, the High Jedi Council plays a crucial role in the Star Wars prequel films. Here's a breakdown of the group's most notable members.
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Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Star Holly Hunter Reveals Why Chancellor Ake Always Sits Like That [Exclusive]
Holly Hunter's Chancellor Ake on Starfleet Academy is yet another Star Trek character with a unique way of moving (make that sitting), and that's no accident.
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Fallout Season 2 Name-Drops The Most Disturbing Bio-Weapon From The Games
Forget the Deathclaws: The fifth episode of Fallout season 2 just teased the most dangerous bio-weapon featured in the original Fallout video games.
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Star Trek's Tribbles Were Inspired By A Real-Life Animal Infestation In Australia
Tribbles are trouble in the Star Trek universe because they're so hard to remove, much like these real-life animals that've infested Australia over time.
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The Orville Creator Seth MacFarlane Disagrees With A Star Trek Writer's Replicator Opinion
Star Trek's replicators were hated by some writers, but The Orville creator Seth MacFarlane thinks Star Trek wouldn't make sense without them.
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12 Shows Like Stranger Things You Definitely Need To Stream
Looking for something to watch that'll scratch that Stranger Things itch? We've got some ideas.
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Robert Picardo Explains Why The Doctor Looks Different (But Acts The Same) In Star Trek: Starfleet Academy [Exclusive]
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy's Robert Picardo explains why his hologram character looks different in the new show, which is set hundreds of years after Voyager.
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Apple TV's Monarch Season 2 Trailer Raises Tons Of Questions For The MonsterVerse
The trailer for Monarch season 2 is here, and it presents several questions for the MonsterVerse series. The most important of which: what's up with Titan X?
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This Star Trek IV Scene From The Eddie Murphy Script Sounds Painfully Unfunny
One version of the Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home script featured a role for Eddie Murphy, but it's probably for the best that he passed on it.
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A Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Actor Was Given Crucial Character Info In A Ridiculous Way
Casey Biggs had already been playing Damar on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine for over three seasons when he learned an important detail about his character.
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A Star Wars Fixture Played A Small But Powerful Role In Battlestar Galactica
Sam Witwer, who may be best known for his voice work playing Darth Maul in the Star Wars universe, played a key role in a different sci-fi franchise, too.
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Star Trek's Phaser Sound Effect Was Stolen From Another Beloved Sci-Fi Movie
The phaser is one of the most iconic sounds in all of Star Trek, but it actually originated in a totally different sci-fi project.
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Foundation Star Jared Harris Has Appeared In Two Of The Best Sci-Fi Shows Ever
Complete with his turn as Hari Sheldon on Foundation, Jared Harris' work on two other great sci-fi shows offers a sample platter of the actor's different sides.
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15 Best Teen TV Shows Of All Time, Ranked
Some of the best television shows of all time center on high schoolers, so we're highlighting 15 of the very best teen shows ever made.
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A Classic '60s Sci-Fi Show Is Perfect For Fans Of Apple TV's Pluribus
Pluribus' story of an angry woman trapped in a world of smiling happy people is reminiscent of the '60s sci-fi television classic The Prisoner.
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