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BoldlyTrek is an independent Star Trek editorial site built around reviews, essays, Spotlights, and reference guides. It is less interested in telling you what happened than in asking why it worked, where it failed, and what Star Trek was trying to say.

There is no required reading order. These are simply a few useful places to begin.

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What Makes Star Trek, Star Trek?

EDITORIAL

What Makes Star Trek, Star Trek?

A thought experiment about whether Trek lives in familiar imagery or in the ideas underneath it.

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The Corbomite Maneuver

EPISODE REVIEW

The Corbomite Maneuver: The Moment Star Trek Worked Out What It Believed

Spock’s curiosity and Kirk’s gamble reveal the values that would define the series.

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The Klingons: A Code, or a Costume?

RACE SPOTLIGHT

The Klingons: A Code, or a Costume?

A look at the gap between Klingon honour as a public code and the compromises behind it.

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The Constitution-Class

SHIP SPOTLIGHT

The Constitution-Class: The Ship That Bet Everything on Exploration

Why the original Enterprise remains a visual argument for exploration.

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THE ORIGINAL SERIES

Follow the rewatch in production order and read the reviews as they are published.

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SPOTLIGHTS

Character, race, ship, technology, and conflict articles built around one clear question.

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COMICS

Browse Star Trek’s publishing eras and the reviews attached to them.

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BOOKS & GAMES

Reference books, art books, novels, digital games, and tabletop Trek.

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About BoldlyTrek

BoldlyTrek is written by Alex in Aberdeen. It grew out of years of Star Trek fandom, writing, and the simple realisation that apparently, I still had quite a lot to say about the franchise.

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