5MV Update History

maintained by Zeke

JUNE 2003

June 1

Zeke here welcoming you to June, the most frequently rhymed month of them all. Today we've got a special treat for you: Kira has written her long-awaited third This Just In. (She's been having a rough time with them ever since her idea for an article about a Trek "reality show", which she'd been planning for months, was unwittingly stolen by both StarTrek.com and Star Trek: Hypertext.) Head on over and find out why Stewart launches Trek Anti-Defamation League.

There's a good chance of a supplemental update later today. Meanwhile, 5MV sends a birthday shoutout to guest writer and forum regular Saxamaphone.

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June 6

Zeke here. Do I ever have a surprise for you guys....

About (shudder) two years ago, Andy Taylor, whose work has been published here before, asked me about doing some DS9 fivers. Unfortunately, the only episodes he had on tape were the so-called Final Chapter -- the second half of Season 7, from "Penumbra" on. I said he could try the latter episode, and when I found his work promising, I cleared him for the next one, "'Til Death Do Us Part." This kept on for a while, and I could see Andy improving his skills as he went -- to the point that when he finally finished the penultimate episode, "The Dogs of War," I decided to make what is so far my only exception to the two-parters-are-Zeke's-property rule and let him do the finale to cap off his work. This all concluded several months ago. Ever since, I've been planning to post his work "soon." (See the Abbreviations page in the About section.) And now, after a long dry period in terms of updates, I've decided it's about darn time I followed through. Behold the last nine episodes of Deep Space Nine, condensed by Andy Taylor:

• Five-Minute "Penumbra"
• Five-Minute "'Til Death Do Us Part"
• Five-Minute "Strange Bedfellows"
• Five-Minute "The Changing Face of Evil"
• Five-Minute "When It Rains..."
• Five-Minute "Tacking Into the Wind"
• Five-Minute "Extreme Measures"
• Five-Minute "The Dogs of War"
• Five-Minute "What You Leave Behind"

Five-Minute DS9 is arguably our most undersupplied section -- hopefully this'll please the Niner Fiver fans in the audience. (Hello, Kosst Amojan.) This update pretty much doubles the subsite's size, so that should hold you guys quite a while.

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June 10

Kira here. Boy, do I ever have another surprise for you guys....

Relaunch of Five-Minute Deep Space Nine

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June 15

Greetings to all readers and visitors of Five-Minute Voyager. This is Zeke welcoming you to Alternate Universes Week, our celebration of 5MV's third birthday.

As our more longstanding readers will remember, I don't actually know what day I created the site. I do know it was in June of 2000, and I've been going on the assumption that June 15 is about the right date. That means we're three years old as of today, and it also means -- as Ki is sure to point out -- that this is the first site birthday celebration to appear on time. It's also the first one she's officially run as Site Manager. Coincidence?

On 5MV's first birthday, I got wordy for the occasion. On the second, I decided not to make a big deal that way, and instead just throw out tons of new content. I think I'm going to compromise this year: I'll say a few words, but keep it briefer this time, and I'll save it for the end of the party. Thus, without further ado, here's what we've got for you on the first day of our Year 3 bash!

• As you'll have guessed from the name, the theme of the week is AUs. What does that have to do with 3? Beats me. And what could we begin with but the one that started it all: "Mirror, Mirror". This Classic Trek fiver comes to you via our expert on the subject, IJD GAF.
• Next we have Kira's latest Next Gen fiver (and my personal favourite AU episode), "Parallels."
• Our brand new staff member, Derek Dean, has done the first Sliders episode to be covered here: "Prince of Wails."
• Speaking of Sliders, that's what we chose as our springboard for this year's staff feature (see also Paneldemonium). Join me, Kira, IJD, Marc, and Derek in Part 1 of a seven-part series we call "Sleapers." (There's no guess-the-author contest this time around, so I can tell you Part 1 is by me.)
• Speaking of things by me, rounding out today's update is a new Top 10 list: The Top 10 Ways Enterprise is Different in the Mirror Universe.

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June 16

Day 2 of Alternate Universes Week

Kira here with the next installment of our birthday celebrations.

• IJD GAF follows up his fiver for "Mirror, Mirror" with the inaugural DS9 Mirror Universe episode: Five-Minute "Crossover"
• I've fived one of my favorite Voyager episodes: Five-Minute "Deadlock"
• Raichu at Five-Minute Fifth Voyager brings us Five-Minute "Parallax." This is the 5M5V episode, not the actual Voyager episode of the same name; it will eventually be hosted at Fifth Voyager but until their crew is back at vacation it will be staying here.
• And finally, IJD GAF continues our feature with Sleapers, part 2

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June 17

Day 3 of Alternate Universes Week

Kira here with the next set of fivers, etc.

• Marc Richard brings us our next Mirror Universe fiver with Five-Minute "Through the Looking Glass"
• Derek Dean makes another contribution with Five-Minute "Future Imperfect"
• Nan over at Five-Minute Stargate has chipped in with Five-Minute "Point of View"
• The "Sleapers" saga continues with part 3, by me
• And finally, IJD GAF tops it all off with a Top 10 list: The Top 10 Alternate Universes Most Desired by the Original Series Crew

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June 18

Day 4 of Alternate Universes Week

Halfway through our celebrations, here's today's material:

• Derek Dean brings us the next DS9 Mirror Universe episode with Five-Minute "Shattered Mirror"
• Marc Richard also makes a contribution in his own section with Five-Minute "Remember Me"
• One of my favorite X-Files episodes happens to have an A/U theme, so here's Five-Minute "4-D", by me
• And finally, our newest staff member tries his hand at our feature with Sleapers, part 4. Come to think of it, Derek's stand-alone tendency for bad puns means it's probably a good thing we didn't try to have a guess-the-author contest this year...
• Speaking of last year's contest, now seems as good a time as any to announce what we've devised this year. It's not a contest, per say -- more like a game. Firstly, there is at one cameo per part by a guest author or a forumgoer. Some of the cameos are much better hidden than others, and I doubt any one forumgoer would be able to guess them all without putting their heads together with at least one other person. (You're welcome to try.) This isn't an official contest, just something to entertain you in the forums. (So don't bother emailing your guesses to any of us.) Secondly, in part 1, IJD mentions that we've been to at least thirty worlds, by his count. Well, we've dropped subtle and not-so-subtle references to places we've "sleaped" to throughout each part so you can try counting (and listing) all the worlds. I'm curious to see whether anybody can get them all. Hopefully you'll all have as much fun figuring these things out as we had putting them in, so stop by the forum thread if you want to have a go.

June 19

Day 5 of Alternate Universes Week

Here's today's daily serving of fivers, recommended by four out of five comics we coerced. (Don't ask what happened to number five.)

• I've done the next chapter in the DS9 Mirror Universe saga with Five-Minute "Resurrection. I'm sure everyone will understand that I didn't go quite as far with the Intendent as the other fivers.
• Getting back to the Original Series, Derek Dean brings us Five-Minute "The Alternative Factor"
• The gang over at 5M5V have chipped in again, this time with Five-Minute "World Domination" by Vulpix
• Marill has also contributed a top 10 list, The Top 10 Reasons Why Fifth Voyager is Not For Sane Voyager Fans. Hm, that may explain a lot....
• Derek Dean also has a top 10 list, his first. Hopefully his wife doesn't show any of the Top 10 Signs That Your Girlfriend is from an Alternate Universe
• And lastly, Marc Richard brings us part 5 of our "Sleapers" adventure

June 20

Day 6 of Alternate Universes Week

Today's roundup:

• Andy Taylor completes the DS9 Mirror Universe series with Five-Minute "The Emperor's New Cloak"
• Marc Richard brings us a fiver that he wrote nearly a year and a half ago and that we've been saving for this theme week almost ever since: Five-Minute "The Time Trap"
• Marc has also contributed a top ten list: The Top 10 Things We Would Have Loved to See in a Next Generation-Based Universe
• IJD GAF rounds out today's offering with part 6 of the "Sleapers" feature

June 20 Supplemental

As promised, here's Zeke's contribution for today: Five-Minute "Non Sequitur."

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June 21

Day 7 of Alternate Universes Week

Hey everybody, Zeke here. (You could have figured that out from the fact that this update was a bit less than punctual, but I'm saying it anyway.) Today is essentially the conclusion of our third-birthday celebration, AU Week -- there's technically one more AUW update coming tomorrow, with the article I said I'd be writing, but the climax is today. Here's how we're concluding the festivities:

• First of all, as guessed in the forums, IJD GAF has done TAS's "The Counter-Clock Incident" for your reading pleasure.
• Likewise for your reading pleasure, Derek Dean's oldest unpublished fiver: "Gillian of the Spirits." (As you'll have noticed, we held quite a few AU-related fivers back for this event.)
• Sleapers concludes today with a super-long Part 7 from yours truly. There's the standard one cameo from a forumgoer, but you'll find references to... quite a few others.
• Finally, what better way to round out a finale than with a finale? The final episode of Star Trek: the Next Generation, "All Good Things," is now my third contribution to 5MNG. Hope you enjoy it.

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June 22

Zeke here. Slight delay with the final AUW update -- remember, this is me, not Kira. <g> Look for that tomorrow.

June 23

I really suck. Just one more day, folks.

June 24

Sigh... this is gonna look really embarrassing in the news archives. One more day.

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