Episode/Novel checklist

[JD]

I've been thinking for a while now that with all of the episodes and movies pretty much available at a moment's notice now, it might be fun to set up a thread that has a list of which episodes it would be good to watch before you read certain novels.

Destiny:
Borg:
TNG: Q, Who?
The Best of Both Worlds Pts. I & II
TNG movies: First Contact
VOY: Scorpion Pts. I & II
Omega Particle: Voy:
The Omega Directive
Capt. Hernandez & the Columbia:
ENT: Home
Affliction
Divergence

Vanguard:
Klingons:
TOS: Errand of Mercy
Romulans:
Balance of Terror
Capt. Kirk & the Enterprise:
Where No Man Has Gone Before
Tholians:
The Tholian Web
Carol Marcus:
TOS Movies:The Wrath of Kahn (spoilers)
Nimbus III:
The Final Frontier

 

[ryan123450]

Awesome idea. I was just thinking of this the other day but the other way around. It would be interesting to have a list of every episode with the novels that are related to it. 'Where No Man Has Gone Before' for instance would have the My Brother's Keeper trilogy and Vanguard: Harbinger.

 

[JD]

I forgot to mention in my previous post that I intended for this to be a community project, so feel free to add stuff as you think of it.

 

[bok2384]

Good idea for a thread, JD. From my recent reading...

Immortal Coil (TNG)

• TOS: "What Are Little Girls Made Of?"
• TOS: "I, Mudd"
• TOS: "Return to Tomorrow"
• TOS: "The Ultimate Computer"
• TNG: "Datalore"
• TNG: "The Schizoid Man"
• TNG: "The Measure of a Man"
• TNG: "The Offspring"
• TNG: "Brothers"
• TNG: "Birthright, Part I"

Losing the Peace (TNG)

• TNG: "Future Imperfect"
• DS9: "Let He Who is Without Sin"

 

[Kertrats47]

Probably not exactly what you had in mind, but due to my most recent Trek read being
How Much For Just the Planet? (TOS),

• (TOS) "The Trouble With Tribbles,"
• (TOS) "I, Mudd," and
• (TOS)"A Piece of the Action"

may be good reminders that Trek is, at times, silly!

 

[Plaristes]

For Destiny, I would add the last episode of Voyager as a "should watch before reading" episode as well.

 

[JWolf]

Before reading the Cold Equations Trilogy, watch the TNG movie Nemesis.

 

[Greg Cox]

Carol Marcus:
TOS Movies:The Wrath of Kahn (spoilers)

"Khan," not "Kahn." As in "Genghis."

(Sorry. Pet peeve--for obvious reasons!)

 

[JD]

For Destiny, I would add the last episode of Voyager as a "should watch before reading" episode as well.

Carol Marcus:
TOS Movies:The Wrath of Kahn (spoilers)

"Khan," not "Kahn." As in "Genghis."

(Sorry. Pet peeve--for obvious reasons!)

I tried to address these, but it won't let me edit anymore.

 

[JD]

What episode would it be best to watch before I read the Eugenics Wars books? I know they brought in a ton of stuff from a bunch of different 20th Century episodes, and there's a lot of them I don't remember that well. I already plan on watching Assignment: Eternity and Space Seed.

 

[ryan123450]

Tomorrow is Yesterday?

 

[Greg Cox]

What episode would it be best to watch before I read the Eugenics Wars books? I know they brought in a ton of stuff from a bunch of different 20th Century episodes, and there's a lot of them I don't remember that well. I already plan on watching Assignment: Eternity and Space Seed.

Those two are the biggies, of course. I managed to reference most of the 20th Century eps, but sometimes just as a cute in-joke or cameo. You might want to check out "11:59," the VOYAGER ep about Janeway's ancestor, since Shannon O'Donnell figures rather prominently in Book Two. Also, "The Neutral Zone," that first-season TNG ep where they find three survivors of the 20th Century in suspended animation.

Also: "Little Green Men," the DS9 episode set during the Roswell incident.

 

[JD]

Thanks. I'll definitinly be checking out 11:59 before I read the book. I don't remember a thing about that one.
Damn, I just remembered that they marked the E-book way up, so I'll be waiting to see if it goes back down. I had planned on it being one of the next books I bought, but not any more.

 

[tomswift2002]

What episode would it be best to watch before I read the Eugenics Wars books? I know they brought in a ton of stuff from a bunch of different 20th Century episodes, and there's a lot of them I don't remember that well. I already plan on watching Assignment: Eternity and Space Seed.

Future's End parts 1 & 2

 

[JD]

I just watched those during my Netflix Voyager rewatch, so I'm good there.

 

[Odo]

Great idea!

For 'The Left Hand of Destiny' duology:

Kahless:
Rightful Heir

Drex, Gowron, Klingon-Federation Conflict, the Dominion:
The Way of the Warrior
Apocalypse Rising

Worf, Kor, and Klingon Mythology:
The Sword of Kahless

Martok and Worf:
In Purgatory's Shadow
By Inferno's Light

Martok, Worf, the Rotarran and crew:
Soldier's of the Empire

Martok, Worf, Alexander, the Rotarran and crew:
Sons and Daughters

Martok, Sirella, Worf and family:
You are Cordially Invited

Martok, Kor, the Ch'Tang and crew:
Once More Unto the Breach

End of Dominion War:
When It Rains...
Tacking Into the Wind
The Dogs of War
What You Leave Behind

...and that should set you up for this two-parter!

 

[JD]

I've got another one:
Immortal Coil: (this may contain spoilers)

TOS:
What Are Little Girls
Requiem For Methuselah
The Ultimate Computer
TNG:
The Measure of A Man
The Quality of Life
(I'm sure there are others, but I'm brain farting right now and those are all I can come up with)

 

[Christopher]

^For Immortal Coil, pretty much any TOS or TNG episode involving artificial intelligence.

 

[TJ Sinclair]

^For Immortal Coil, pretty much any TOS or TNG episode involving artificial intelligence.

Not to mention more than a few nods to non-Trek AIs.