This week’s TrekFan Watch-Along is the episode ‘Rascals’ from season six of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Captain Picard, Ensign Ro, Guinan, and Keiko O’Brien are regressed physiologically to age 12 by a transporter accident, but retain their adult memories, resulting in different reactions from each. When rogue Ferengi hijack the Enterprise, the young crewmembers, along with Alexander Rozhenko, lead the revolt.
As always, we’ll be starting at 9:30pm Eastern. But we have a special guest this week: Diana Dru Botsford, who wrote the episode!
Writer/Producer Diana Botsford‘s works run the gamut from novels to the screen including the Star Trek TNG episode, “Rascals,” the Stargate SG-1 novels (“Four Dragons,” “The Drift” and the upcoming “The Many & the Few”) ,and the award-winning science fiction webseries “Epilogue.” Botsford’s work includes writing, producing, and visual FX for a variety of films and television series. As an author, her most recent short story, “Perceptions” (included in the Stargate anthology, “Far Horizons“) has received a Scribe Award nomination from the International Association of Media Tie-in Writers. She received her undergraduate degree in Writing/producing for TV & Film from Boston University and her graduate degree in Creative Writing from Seton Hill University. As a creative writing and screenwriting instructor, she’s educated many a writing student on the finer points of storytelling. Botsford’s pursuit of great stories has taken her across the globe from Japan to Africa to Antarctica. If she could save up the $250,000, a seat on board Virgin Galactic would be next.The TrekFan Watch-Along happens on our awesome chat server. Whether you’re joining us for the watch-along (Friday, July 10th) or just want to hang out, the chat server is available 24 hours a day, and you’re encouraged to join us!