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Week in Geek | New Doctor Who and Star Trek Trailers Drop

Star Trek: Picard, Discovery, and Prodigy dominated New York Comic Con, and Jodie Whittaker's final Doctor Who story got some love.

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What We're Looking At

We've been on a hell of a journey with Ahsoka Tano and much of that is echoed in Joshua Budich's incredible 8-color screenprint on foil.

What We're Talking About

Three new trailers dropped as part of the Star Trek presence at New York Comic-Con:

Star Trek: Picard Season 3 Trailer Reunites Old Friends and Foes
Mild spoilers ahead as the first trailer for Star Trek: Picard’s final season promises an epic confrontation between old allies and old enemies.
Star Trek: Discovery Season 5 First Trailer Introduces New Characters
First look at Captain Rayner (Callum Keith Rennie), Moll (Eve Harlow), and L’ak (Elias Toufexis) in the new trailer for Star Trek: Discovery Season 5.
Star Trek: Prodigy Mid-Season Trailer Introduces Admiral Jellico
Ronnie Cox returns to the Star Trek universe as Admiral Jellico joins the hunt for USS Protostar in Star Trek: Prodigy Season 1 Part 2.

Emily Watson (Chernobyl) and Shirley Henderson (Okja) have joined HBO's prequel series, Dune: The Sisterhood:

HBO’s Dune: The Sisterhood TV Series Casts Valya and Tula Harkonnen
Emily Watson (Chernobyl) and Shirley Henderson (Okja) join the Dune prequel, based on Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson’s 2012 novel, Sisterhood of Dune.

Our pals at Modiphius Entertainment are gearing up to launch the Kickstarter for their new board game Homeworld: Fleet Command, based on the epic videogame. Sign up to be notified once it goes live.

Amazon Prime Video's slowburning sci-fi Outer Range has been picked up for a second season.

Outer Range Season 2 and New Showrunner Confirmed
Amazon Prime confirms Outer Range for a second season with Luke Cage executive producer Charles Murray as showrunner.

What We're Watching

Ace! Tegan! Daleks! Cybermen! Those Bloody Orange Spacesuits! First look at Jodie Whittaker’s swansong, The Power of the Doctor.

What We're Buying*

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