Aug. 22, 2025

The Camera Itself Becomes a Character

The Camera Itself Becomes a Character

Positively Trek 307: The Camera Itself Becomes a Character

“What Is Starfleet?” - Strange New Worlds 3x07


Is a Federation just an empire by another name? Is a Starship actually just a Warship cloaked in colloquialism? Newly-declassified archival footage has recently been unearthed: a documentary filmed in the mid-23rd century that aims to answer the question: “What is Starfleet?”


In this episode of Positively Trek, hosts Dan and Barry discuss episode 7 of season 3 of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: “What Is Starfleet?” We talk about historical analogues to Starfleet, a unique way of telling a story, the Enterprise’s unorthodox mission, what Starfleet means to the crew of the Enterprise, and what happens when a documentarian becomes the focus of his own documentary.


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Chapters

Opening (00:00:00)

What Is Starfleet? Part 1 (00:01:00)

Patreon Shout Out (00:29:02)

What Is Starfleet? Part 2 (00:29:42)

  

Hosts

Dan Gunther

Barry DeFord


Production

Dan Gunther (Editor and Producer)

Barry DeFord (Producer)



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