Trekkie
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Trekkies
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For those who bought Pops the “Star Trek: The Original 4-Movie Collection” in 4K a few years ago, this is the perfect extension to boldly go where no Trekkie has gone before.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 13, 2023
And in a 2019 interview with The New York Times, the self-described Trekkie revealed she's a huge fan of the "Star Trek: Voyager" episode "Shattered" and its leading lady, Kate Mulgrew's Captain Janeway.
From Salon ● Mar. 18, 2022
Mr. Bezos, after all, is a confirmed Trekkie who once competed with his fourth grade classmates for the right to play Kirk.
From New York Times ● Dec. 10, 2021
Seems like neither Trekkie is living up to the show’s live-long-and-prosper credo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2021
Expecting some eager, socially awkward adolescent, Nichols instead found herself face-to-face with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: King was a Trekkie!
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
She’s now ushering in the next generation of Trekkies, including her children and a 5-year-old niece, who she says became enthralled with “Strange New Worlds.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
But you can almost hear Michelle Yeoh's Philippa Georgiou arguing that sometimes taking down monstrous foes takes sending other monsters against them, a notion plenty of Trekkies agree with.
From Salon ● Jan. 24, 2025
For die-hard Trekkies, the model’s disappearance had become the subject of folklore, so an eBay listing last fall, with a starting bid of $1,000, didn’t go unnoticed.
From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2024
Of course, the television show “Star Trek: The Next Generation” was a massive hit with sci-fi fans and Trekkies back in the 1990s, and the natural extension was taking the main cast — Lt.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 13, 2023
Anti-Stratfordians also offer what is, in effect, a shared-world fandom, like that among Trekkies or Baker Street Irregulars.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 21, 2023
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