Tami Matthews

Tami Matthews

Tami Matthews is a wife, mom, sci-fi writer, and loves Star Trek, Firefly, Dr. Who, Blake's 7, and Babylon 5. She got her start writing and editing shuttle documentation at NASA. Now, Tami writers for Heavy on Star Trek.

  • Nichelle Nichols: Trekking to Help NASA

    Nichelle Nichols (Uhura) and Star Trek have always pushed boundaries. But in the 1970s, Nichols was instrumental in helping transform NASA's space program.

  • George Takei Responds to Anti-Asian Violence

  • Connor Trinneer: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

  • Fan Theory: Make the Romulan War

  • ‘Star Trek: Enterprise’ Decon Details

  • Actor Who Played Disfigured Captain Pike Shares Set Details

    Sean Kenney played disfigured Captain Pike and Lt. DePaul on Star Trek's original series. Kenney shares details about his time on the set, including his makeup and what he thought about Roddenberry, Shatner, Nimoy, Kelley, and Doohan.

  • How 9/11 Impacted ‘Star Trek: Enterprise’

  • Fan Theory: Fixing T’Pol’s Drug Addiction

  • Jonathan Frakes Once Played Captain America

  • ‘Trek’ Actors Dish on ‘These Are the Voyages’

  • Jolene Blalock: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

    Jolene Blalock, who portrays T'Pol, was in Star Trek Enterprise. She did a number of things in her career, including improv. And she has specific opinions about her role, the stories, Trip, and even the ending (These Are the Voyages).

  • D.C. Fontana: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

  • Could This Character Return to ‘Star Trek’?