First Contact Day panels and episode marathon

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https://www.startrek.com/news/join-startrekcom-for-first-contact-day

https://blog.trekcore.com/2021/03/star-trek-first-contact-day-april-5-event/

• Special Presentation (3PM ET / 12PM PT): The event begins with a “special announcement and presentation by Patrick Stewart,” with details yet to be revealed. Our speculation is that it may be an official “We’re in production!” update for Star Trek: Picard Season 2, but who knows!
  
• Star Trek: First Contact 25th Anniversary Panel (3:20PM ET / 12:20PM PT): Cast members Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner and Alice Krige discuss behind-the-scenes memories and the film’s importance 25 years after its premiere.
  
  
• “Creating First Contacts” Panel (4PM ET / 1PM PT): Costume Designer Gersha Phillips (Star Trek: Discovery), Senior Concept Designer Neville Page, VFX Supervisor Jason Zimmerman and Make-up & Prosthetics Department Head James Mackinnon (Star Trek: Picard) come together in conversation about creating the incredible worlds of Star Trek, as seen in Discovery and Picard.
  
  
• “Women In Motion” Panel (4:30PM ET / 1:30PM PT): Star Trek: Discovery’s Sonequa Martin-Green, Star Trek: Picard’s Michelle Hurd and Isa Briones, and Star Trek: Lower Decks’ Dawnn Lewislook back at how Star Trek: The Original Series actress Nichelle Nichols helped pave the way for women of color on television and overall, her lasting impact on not only Star Trek, but science and culture.
  
  
• “Second Contact” Panel (5PM ET / 2PM PT): Mike McMahan, the creator of Star Trek: Lower Decks, Paul F. Tompkins, the co-host of official Star Trek podcast The Pod Directive, and Brent Spiner and Jonathan Frakes of Star Trek: The Next Generation discuss how some of the hilarious B-stories from past series like The Next Generation paved the way for new iterations of Star Trek, including Lower Decks.
  
  
• “Star Trek: Prodigy” Panel (5:30PM ET / 2:30PM ET): Kevin and Dan Hageman are joined by Star Trek: Voyager’s Captain Kathryn Janeway herself, Kate Mulgrew, who is reprising her role in animated form in Prodigy, as they talk about the highly anticipated upcoming CG-animated kids series.
  

Episodes:

• TOS: “Arena”
• LOWER DECKS: “Second Contact”
• DS9: “Little Green Men”
• SHORT TREKS: “Children of Mars”
• VOY: “Scorpion, Part II”
• DSC: “New Eden”
• TAS: “The Infinite Vulcan”
• ENT: “The Andorian Incident”
• TNG: “First Contact” (Season 4 episode)
• PIC: “Broken Pieces”