Kev & Rob would happily give several kilograms of heronium to get to see "Those Old Scientists" again for the first time. They talk through this crossover episode that had no business being as good as it was, before seeking out other examples of alien artifacts whose activation (or difficulty in activating) is a key point in an episode, including "Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad" (DIS) and "The Paradise Syndrome" (TOS).

TOS 2×07 Those Old Scientists

DS9 5×06 Trials and Tribble-ations

Space bug

Space koala

TNG 4×05 Remember Me

DIS 1×07 Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad

Time crystal

Harcourt Fenton Mudd

DIS 1×05 Choose Your Pain

Ash Tyler

DIS 2×12 Through the Valley of Shadows

TOS 3×03 The Paradise Syndrome

Subspace Radio #37: Memory Loss

Kirok

Orbs of the Prophets

Preservers’ obelisk

TNG 6×20 The Chase

• (00:00) - Episode 37: Activating alien artifacts (SNW 2×07 Those Old Scientists)
• (01:00) - SNW 2×07 Those Old Scientists
• (17:18) - DIS 1×07 Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad
• (24:25) - TOS 3×03 The Paradise Syndrome

Music: Distänt Mind, Brigitte Handley