** Disclaimer - Jenni does know where the Mess hall is on the Voyager plans

During lockdown, I turned to an old friend for comfort. My fiancé had bought me the boxset for Christmas and as I hugged my cup of tea to my chest, my dog on my knees and the iconic theme swelling in my ears, the emotions I felt were strong and joyous. Star Trek Voyager. I didn’t know how much I missed you.

The story of a crew aboard an Intrepid Class science vessel, thrown into the uncharted Delta Quadrant a lifetime from home. Voyager is an odyssey in space, filled with horrors, adventures, inspiring characters, goofy side quests and moral quandaries to leave you gasping. Put simply, it’s a first love of mine. And I am not the only one.

Without any prompting from me, my friend Jenni also started a rewatch of Voyager in lockdown. Jenni and I like a lot of the same things. We’re both big Sir Terry Pratchett fans too, for example, but we seem to like them for very different reasons. She’s always seeing something I haven’t, or has a new perspective to add, and to talk with someone who enjoys something as much as you do is always a thing to treasure. 

I should make it clear, we aren’t the kind of fans that know every line, episode name or where the mess hall is on the Voyager plans (though it turns out Jenni does know where the mess hall is so I will now wallow in my ignorance alone, thank you). Those fans (and Jenni) have a different love language than we (me). We’re just two mates, sitting in the imaginary pub, talking about an old friend we used to know and fondly reminiscing. Opinions are our own, we are both prone to hyperbole and, most of all, we’re just having fun. 

So, with love, gratitude, very little in the way of plot and with boundless enthusiasm, we send out into the void our Ode to Voyager. Our podcast is called ‘Delete the Wife’. Welcome to Ep1, ‘She/Captain’

"It's Never Easy... But If We Turn Our Backs On Our Principles We Stop Being Human.” Episode audio -  StarTrek Voyager - Cpt. Janeway, Equinox: Part 1

Theme music soundclip from Star Trek: Voyager 1995 - 2001 and is not the property of the hosts

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