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Spock vs. Q
As the end of the twentieth century nears, an asteroid is hurtling toward Earth. When it hits, the impact will result in the end of all life on the planet.
Ambassador Spock travels back in time to subtly warn Earth's inhabitants of impending doom while calling into question humanity's priorities. However, before the truth is told, the all powerful being Q appears and reminds Spock that he is prohibited from interfering in Earth's history. Besides, Q doesn't see mankind as something worth saving.
This initial encounter between the two legendary characters explodes into a battle of wits as Spock cleverly befuddles Q with his own words. As barbs are exchanged, and humanity's flaws and wonders are laid bare, Spock's logic just may convince Q that humans are indeed a species worthy of salvation, but will he be too late?
In Spock vs. Q, Leonard Nimoy and John de Lancie again bring their characters to glorious life in the most lively and entertaining debate since Nixon vs. Kennedy. Recorded in front of a live audience, Spock vs. Q is a stirring audio program that could only come from Alien Voices.
Ambassador Spock travels back in time to subtly warn Earth's inhabitants of impending doom while calling into question humanity's priorities. However, before the truth is told, the all powerful being Q appears and reminds Spock that he is prohibited from interfering in Earth's history. Besides, Q doesn't see mankind as something worth saving.
This initial encounter between the two legendary characters explodes into a battle of wits as Spock cleverly befuddles Q with his own words. As barbs are exchanged, and humanity's flaws and wonders are laid bare, Spock's logic just may convince Q that humans are indeed a species worthy of salvation, but will he be too late?
In Spock vs. Q, Leonard Nimoy and John de Lancie again bring their characters to glorious life in the most lively and entertaining debate since Nixon vs. Kennedy. Recorded in front of a live audience, Spock vs. Q is a stirring audio program that could only come from Alien Voices.
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November 9, 2025
Okay, I’m convinced now … from now on I ship Spock and Q exclusively 😁
July 3, 2023
I went into this with high hopes, but unfortunately it was just mediocre. The first 15 minutes were pretty good, but after that it falls into a lot of jokes that weren't funny, a little bit of preaching, and a Golem and Bilbo style battle of riddles with some uncharacteristic poetic waxing on the part of Spok. This was probably fun in person, but as a audio file, it seemed kind of odd and mostly unbelievable for these two characters. It's still worth a listen though, if you're a fan.
September 9, 2018
Found this audio - it's sooo not canon or anything, but they are so much fun together... and geez, does it wish there was a Spock and Q TNG episode or movie in the past somehow!
June 7, 2022
Okay, before I begin let me state, for the record, that I am a huge Star Trek fan! I was one of the few viewers of the original series back in the olden days of television. It didn't start out that popular, but geeks like me kept it alive.
This is an audio with the brilliant Leonard Nimoy as Spock, and John de Lance as Q. No one does these characters better than the ones who invented them.
Spock has come back in time to visit Earth and let them know that an asteroid is coming. Enter Q. He can instantly save Earth, but why would he want to?
Spock uses logic to convince him to save us.
Excellent and witty dialogue.
This is an audio with the brilliant Leonard Nimoy as Spock, and John de Lance as Q. No one does these characters better than the ones who invented them.
Spock has come back in time to visit Earth and let them know that an asteroid is coming. Enter Q. He can instantly save Earth, but why would he want to?
Spock uses logic to convince him to save us.
Excellent and witty dialogue.
December 10, 2011
This is not what you would expect. This is essentially in-character standup comedy. Nimoy and Delancie play spock and Q, who act somewhat in character, in front of an audience who doesn't and acts as a laugh track. This isn't similar to other alien voices productions, which are fully dramatized.
Unfortunately it's bad standup. It feels very much like they recorded a convention skit rather than made a standalone novel or adventure. There's in-jokes to the audience which breaks the characterization, and the characters aren't up to par. Spock is pedantic, wheedling, and dismissive. Q needs to be put to bed with his bottle, and isn't given any coherent argument to debate with. He's especially hammy and anachronistic in this, too.
It's bad because other alien voices projects are wonderful. They are one of the best makers of science fiction audio drama out there, and this is a major disappointment. It falls flat, with huge logical leaps (spock's little answers to Q's puzzles, for one) and rampant overacting. If you were expecting a dramatized star trek audio drama with the production values and good writing similar to other alien voices releases, expect to be very disappointed.
Unfortunately it's bad standup. It feels very much like they recorded a convention skit rather than made a standalone novel or adventure. There's in-jokes to the audience which breaks the characterization, and the characters aren't up to par. Spock is pedantic, wheedling, and dismissive. Q needs to be put to bed with his bottle, and isn't given any coherent argument to debate with. He's especially hammy and anachronistic in this, too.
It's bad because other alien voices projects are wonderful. They are one of the best makers of science fiction audio drama out there, and this is a major disappointment. It falls flat, with huge logical leaps (spock's little answers to Q's puzzles, for one) and rampant overacting. If you were expecting a dramatized star trek audio drama with the production values and good writing similar to other alien voices releases, expect to be very disappointed.
December 1, 2023
Audiobook
Cute live performance with mediocre banter made more charming by the fact that it's Leonard Nimoy and John de Lancie delivering it. It's annoying though to hear the crowd lose their minds over every cliché quip as if its the sickest of burns.
I wasn't actually enjoying the performance until towards the end when the argument found a point and it was a humanist one. Plus one star for making it feel like something Star Trek-related.
Cute live performance with mediocre banter made more charming by the fact that it's Leonard Nimoy and John de Lancie delivering it. It's annoying though to hear the crowd lose their minds over every cliché quip as if its the sickest of burns.
I wasn't actually enjoying the performance until towards the end when the argument found a point and it was a humanist one. Plus one star for making it feel like something Star Trek-related.
April 8, 2024
While I am a huge ST fan and love these two actors--and their most famous characters, Q and Spock-- I cannot recommend this extremely short audio production. Rather than being a full-fledged story, it's clearly an audio taken from a convention. The two actors gamely do their best to inhabit their characters in front of an adoring crowd, but the script is awkward and the humor pretty lame.
If you need a truly good ST audio fix, I recommend you download "A Stitch in Time" -- a DS9 novel featuring Garak that was written and performed by Andrew Robinson. Robinson has written a surprisingly good novel that creates a fascinating backstory for one of my favorite characters in all of Trek. Well worth a credit on Audible.
If you need a truly good ST audio fix, I recommend you download "A Stitch in Time" -- a DS9 novel featuring Garak that was written and performed by Andrew Robinson. Robinson has written a surprisingly good novel that creates a fascinating backstory for one of my favorite characters in all of Trek. Well worth a credit on Audible.
August 17, 2017
love it so much
August 10, 2024
Listened to it on audible. Loved this so much! FYI, it has audience laughter/a laugh track. I know some are not fans.
If you want more Spock and Q, this is a definite must listen. I'm excited to read the sequel!
If you want more Spock and Q, this is a definite must listen. I'm excited to read the sequel!
February 23, 2017
Spock vs. Q is a playful, droll production that’s definitely worth a Trekkie’s time. I particularly enjoyed Q fangirling for Spock when he first appears on stage, and Spock telling him to get in line.
I would still love to see them in a true Trek setting, where the safety of the Enterprise or Vulcan depends on a battle of wits (Hey! Maybe Q can save Vulcan from its fate in Star Trek 2009!).
I’m less satisfied by their stand-up act firmly set in present time on a stage in front of a bunch of humans in which there’s nothing truly (truly fictionally) at stake—but I’m sure there’s a novel out there for me.
Nonetheless, I expect this was a fantastic show to see in person, with these actors playing off the audience’s reactions, and I’m glad an audio version was made available for me to listen to!
I would still love to see them in a true Trek setting, where the safety of the Enterprise or Vulcan depends on a battle of wits (Hey! Maybe Q can save Vulcan from its fate in Star Trek 2009!).
I’m less satisfied by their stand-up act firmly set in present time on a stage in front of a bunch of humans in which there’s nothing truly (truly fictionally) at stake—but I’m sure there’s a novel out there for me.
Nonetheless, I expect this was a fantastic show to see in person, with these actors playing off the audience’s reactions, and I’m glad an audio version was made available for me to listen to!
January 24, 2018
As much as I enjoyed listening to this for the second time (the first was many years ago) I wondered if this should really be classified as an audiobook. It is an original straight to audio production, so doesn't that classify it as a play (best word I can think of)?
Three things make this a production that just about anyone can enjoy .
1. Leonard Nimoy
2. John de Lancie
3.The writing
It all adds to something that is fun, funny, and arguably uplifting in parts. I found out there is a sequel which I will listen to soon. Nimoy and de Lancie are delightful in character as they stage a debate about the worthiness of humans.
Also, I'm interested in the thoughts of other readers. Do items such as this, Big Finnish produces what feels like a ton of original audio material, qualify as audiobooks?
Three things make this a production that just about anyone can enjoy .
1. Leonard Nimoy
2. John de Lancie
3.The writing
It all adds to something that is fun, funny, and arguably uplifting in parts. I found out there is a sequel which I will listen to soon. Nimoy and de Lancie are delightful in character as they stage a debate about the worthiness of humans.
Also, I'm interested in the thoughts of other readers. Do items such as this, Big Finnish produces what feels like a ton of original audio material, qualify as audiobooks?
June 6, 2017
This was a short but entertaining debate between Spock and Q narrated by the actors that portrayed the famous characters, Leonard Nimoy and John DeLancie respectively.
The discussion between the two characters is done so in front of a live studio audience which plays into the debate naturally.
Any Trekkie will appreciate the reprisal of roles for these two iconic characters along with the uniqueness of them interacting which of course never occurred in film or television.
The debate is short and sweet and doesn't affect the Star Trek continuum in any meaningful way but is enjoyable all the same.
The discussion between the two characters is done so in front of a live studio audience which plays into the debate naturally.
Any Trekkie will appreciate the reprisal of roles for these two iconic characters along with the uniqueness of them interacting which of course never occurred in film or television.
The debate is short and sweet and doesn't affect the Star Trek continuum in any meaningful way but is enjoyable all the same.
November 1, 2012
This was good and very funny. The thing that kept it from being 5 stars instead of 4 is that I just wasn't quite convinced by Spock- he just didn't quite seem in character (which is particularly odd since it was actually John de Lancie and Leonard Nemoy themselves performing). I think this may be one that would have been better to actually have seen in person, so as to get the full impact of facial expressions and all. Still, it was really fun to listen to and actually had me laughing out loud at parts. :)
August 31, 2016
If you loved Spock and Q imagine what they would be like together! I listened to the audiobook which featured the actual actors and couldn't stop!
March 2, 2022
This audiobook was a wonderful discovery!
If you're a Trekkie and you've never come across this, it's a must-listen that will probably have you laughing out loud more than once.
Recorded in front of a live audience by Leonard Nimoy and John de Lancie and published in 1999, this hour-long play features Spock coming back to the late '90s to warn humanity of an asteroid that's about to crash into Earth. Q shows up, and what follows is as funny as it is touching as it is thought-provoking.
Not only do the personalities of these two Trek titans clash as you might expect, but as Spock tries to subtly convince Q to intervene by moving the asteroid away from Earth, a debate ensues about whether humanity is worth saving in the first place. It's hilarious and heartfelt and might even give you a much-needed dose of hope for humanity's future.
(Well, except for the fact that--spoiler alert--Q sends the asteroid into the future, to the year . . . 2028! Yikes.)
Well worth the listen, and there's even a sequel (which I've already queued up in my Hoopla app).
If you're a Trekkie and you've never come across this, it's a must-listen that will probably have you laughing out loud more than once.
Recorded in front of a live audience by Leonard Nimoy and John de Lancie and published in 1999, this hour-long play features Spock coming back to the late '90s to warn humanity of an asteroid that's about to crash into Earth. Q shows up, and what follows is as funny as it is touching as it is thought-provoking.
Not only do the personalities of these two Trek titans clash as you might expect, but as Spock tries to subtly convince Q to intervene by moving the asteroid away from Earth, a debate ensues about whether humanity is worth saving in the first place. It's hilarious and heartfelt and might even give you a much-needed dose of hope for humanity's future.
(Well, except for the fact that--spoiler alert--Q sends the asteroid into the future, to the year . . . 2028! Yikes.)
Well worth the listen, and there's even a sequel (which I've already queued up in my Hoopla app).
October 2, 2019
The least you need to know: John de Lancie and Leonard Nimoy are on stage together, in character, bouncing off one another, chaos and logic before a studio audience. Spock has approached a 20th century audience to urge them to do something about the hole in the ozone layer before the ice caps melt, only to have Q show up and gleefully announce there's no point, as human life will be extinguished before supper. Offended by Q's glibness, they spar in poetry and argument for a bit. It's marvelous fun if you appreciate the actors as much as I do.
Q: How about mountebank? Charlatan! Trickster!
Spock: ...you are describing yourself.
Q: YOU are tricking them into thinking they can help themselves!
Spock: They can.
Q: What do you mean?! They can't even program their VCRs!
Q: How about mountebank? Charlatan! Trickster!
Spock: ...you are describing yourself.
Q: YOU are tricking them into thinking they can help themselves!
Spock: They can.
Q: What do you mean?! They can't even program their VCRs!
November 11, 2021
This is an interesting conversation and light verbal sparring match between two of Star Trek's most iconic characters. The sardonic cerebral half-Vulcan science officer Spock and the playful petulant and near omnipotent Q . The actors Leonard Nimoy and John de Lancie reprise their most famous roles. The conversation is a little superficial, peppered with then (1999) current pop culture references and a few perhaps a bit haphazard references to Star Trek (outside of the persona of the two interlocuters).
This electronic audio book contains an extended the blank section in the middle that I assume served as the bridge of the two sides of the original audio cassette.
This electronic audio book contains an extended the blank section in the middle that I assume served as the bridge of the two sides of the original audio cassette.
March 27, 2022
I remember loving this when I first listened to it about eight years ago. It might've just been the novelty of hearing Nimoy and de Lancie together. In the years since then, hearing audience reactions has stopped doing much for me because I'm not witnessing them in person. So the audience reactions felt intrusive at times. Some of the jokes were still pretty funny. And I guess Seinfeld himself exists, though that doesn't guarantee his show does, which would be weird given that it references Star Trek.
July 3, 2024
A fun "conversation" between Spock and Q. A bit predictable at times, but it still had some hilarious lines. It probably would have been more enjoyable live, but I think I picked up on most of the jokes. I don't consider myself a Trekkie by any means, but I do love Spock, so I'd recommend this to anyone else who does.
December 23, 2021
A very funny confrontation between Spock and Q in a situation where the earth and the survival of its inhabitants is threatened by a large asteroid. I wish we could have had a Star Trek episode with these two iconic characters!
January 8, 2022
A great reading performance by the characters Spock and Q in front of of what it sounds like a fan convention. Their banter, wit, and dialogue between the two is funny and fits the characters personalities from the shows. All Star Trek fans should check this out.
March 1, 2024
As another reviewer describes is this is in-character standup comedy, hammy and hilarious. Well I thought so anyway. I interpreted it as Spock and Q doing stand up comedy and it was great. And the sequel was even more fantastic, in both senses of the word!
September 23, 2024
Fun extended skit with two of Treks most beloved characters. A bit of light fluff but still worth a listen , and Nimoy and de Lancie play off each other really well.
Just makes you wish there had been an on-screen meeting.
Can be found on youtube.
Just makes you wish there had been an on-screen meeting.
Can be found on youtube.
February 21, 2018
Very enjoyable. I would have loved to have been present for the live recording.
March 14, 2018
I know I've heard this before, probably on audio cassette. Still cute and charming. Might have lost a little in the many years, but both characters are delightful. I miss Leonard Nimoy.
May 16, 2019
Clever live stage presentation by Leonard Nimoy and John de Lancie. Better than I thought it was going to be.
June 25, 2019
A funny little what-if production. Very late 90s.
June 23, 2021
This was so much fun to listen to. So many references tied into today. If you're a Star Trek fan I highly recommend it.
December 3, 2021
Such fin from two great actors in character!
December 7, 2021
The recorded theatrical version is an absolute treat for Trek fans. Hilarious.
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