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Meet The Cast Of ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’

| September 8, 2021 | By: Matt Wright 285 comments so far

A new promotional video was just shared with the Star Trek Day audience. In it we are re-introduced to Anson Mount(Pike), Ethan Peck (Spock), and Rebecca Romijn (Number One), who we saw in Discovery season 2 and Short Treks , and then the new cast members are introduced.

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Most of the new cast members were announced in March but not their characters—now we know who they’re playing, and there are some familiar character names among them:

●  Jess Bush is Nurse Christine Chapel ●  Christina Chong is La’an Noonien-Singh ●  Celia Rose Gooding is Cadet Nyota Uhura ●  Melissa Navia is Lt. Erica Ortegas ●  Babs Olusanmokun is Dr. M’Benga ●   Bruce Horak is Hemmer

In this new video, we can see that Number One’s full name is Una Chin-Riley, which had been used in some novels, and is now canon.

Other things of interest: the last name Noonien-Singh, a rather infamous name because of Khan, but we weren’t given any more context there. And Hemmer appears to be an Aenar , a subspecies of Andorian. Aenar are usually blind and rarely leave their isolated region of Andoria. Actor Bruce Horack is an eye cancer survivor who is blind in one eye and has severely limited sight in the other.

New sets and uniforms

As we had heard before, the sets and uniforms were not going to be identical to the ones seen in Discovery season 2, since new sets were built in CBS’ new studio space in the Toronto area (Mississauga).  We get our first look at the transporter room behind the actors and a look at the new (more comfortable-looking) take on early TOS uniforms.

Anson Mount as Captain Pike in his new uniform

Ethan Peck as Lt. Spock in new uniform, and a haircut more like Spock in “The Cage”

For reference here’s Spock in “The Cage”

Transporter room

We see the transporter room from a few different angles. The new set seems to have a blend of influences from TOS, Discovery , and the Kelvin movies.

Ethan Peck on the transporter room set

Melissa Navia on the transporter room set

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Another character named Noonien-Singh? Are they still trying to find Roddenberry’s lost friend named that?

Descendent.

I know long time not comment… I still lurk, but this brought me out!! I am soooo excited about this show.

Small universe, heh?

This is a bit of my issue with stuff like this. As much as I love classic Trek, why are they so beholden to it? Haven’t we seen that starfleet is a huge organization? Isn’t civilization spread out throughout the galaxy at this point?

Ditto, I hope they don’t turn Trek into Star Wars, where literally everything revolved around the Skywalker family.

Skywalker/Palpatine family. The prequels hinted at Anakin being the son of Palpatine. And Disney made Rey Emperor Palpatines daughter and granddaughter. Its really messed up.

Yeah. Not thrilled about that at all. Wonder what the connection is.

Another point no one else has made. Though I’m glad to see better East-Asian representation (obvious reference to a recent movie), it seems as though Indians (also Asians???) are getting a raw deal yet again.

Three ‘Noonien Singhs’ so far (I think). One played by a Mexican Actor (the best incarnation). One by a White-British Actor. And now an East-Asian Actress. I get that with descendants they can be of any ethnicity. It just seems as though the ‘Noonien Singhs’ are going the way of ‘Captain Nemo’. A little uncomfortable to watch given all the rightful emphasis on representation these days.

Anyway, looking forward to this show, but to steal a Doctor Bashir phrase:

”I hate the uniforms. I do”.

These are a slight upgrade over the DSC unis, but surprisingly, the Kelvin uniforms still look better. Of all the things you didn’t need a huge visual retcon from the original series (and i’m a big advocate of updating the visuals), it’s the uniforms. Give them a bit of texture for HD cameras, maybe a stiffer fabric, and you’re golden. I might have retconned them to be tuck-in shirts with a belt like TNG, but otherwise, no need for unecessary detail.

I like the Discovery version of the colourful uniforms better.

agreed. I am not a fan of the Kelvin movies and I HATE the JJ-Prise, but they did a fantastic job with the uniforms. They look exactly like what the TOS uniforms might have looked like had it been shot in 4K.

I loved Ryan Church’s design, i only wish that had been translated to film. For some reason the changes they made when translated to a 3 dimensional cgi model ruined the concept. Not sure who wanted those changes JJ, or if ILM did them.

I had less of a problem with the design itself as I did with how radically different it was from the TOS Enterprise. I mean just because something is old doesn’t mean you throw it away. But the bridge? That I seriously couldn’t stand.

The Star Trek Beyond uniforms were excellent; like so much else, the ST09 uniforms were off, resembling baseball jerseys.

I did like the Beyond uniforms, but the collar was a little funky (but I did like it). My ideal would be the TNG uniforms, withou tthe black top or sleeves: a single color top, and a black color. I like the shape of it, and that it’s tucked into a belt.

The thing that bothered me about the original uniforms (and this followed through to the JJ movie) was that the top is just shapeless– it hangs like a t-shirt, and with the vibrant colors it makes them look like they’re wearing pajamas. Fitted tops, tight like TNG S1 or otherwise, don’t work.

Which is another strike on DSC: you’d think after season 1 of TNG, they’d have learned that those extremely tight fitting tops don’t look good.

Oh God…. I missed that. Had to go back and look at the clip to be sure. Good grief…. For the love of God WHY???????

I’m flabbergasted as well, ML. My level of interest has plummeted. Everything leads back to Khan, he is the Darth Vader of Trek.

So, has Mr. Mount been working on his monologuing skills? He’s gonna need them for log entries, and of course, the intro.

I’m sure he has been.

Anson does a really good podcast called The Well, so I think his voiceover skills are at the top of their game.

it truly is an excellent podcast.

Loving the uniforms. Surprised about the younger versions of Uhura and Chapel.

Thank Kahless they did away with those weird Discovery collars. Just never needed to be there. And I also have a feeling now all the Discovery uniforms will have just suddenly disappeared completely for these uniforms, but I’m ready to be proven wrong (but REALLY hope I’m not ;)).

Yep and even Discovery crew themselves no longer wear them in the 32nd century.

Those uniforms never seemed practical and so many of those wearing them seemed very uncomfortable to the point that their movements looked awkward.

I’ve got cosplay with the blue DSC uniforms. It’s actually one of the most comfortable ones I have. Well, except for my Saru cosplay, the boots are murder.

I always said they’d update the uniforms for SNW and I’m glad they have. For the sake of continuity I’d be happy to still see a few Discovery uniforms from time to time. I never actually disliked the actual outfit I was just disappointed with the way they attempted to visually reboot the franchise in season one but the idea of multiple uniforms being in use has been there from very early in Star Trek.

I don’t mind seeing the DIS uniforms either, just as long as they are no longer the main ones going forward.

The uniforms are way better than the disco enterprise uniforms. The collars on those were superfluous and too busy

The collars were less of an issue than the “too much bling” factor on the sides and shoulders.

They keep saying it’s filmed in Toronto. It’s filmed in Mississauga. The ‘sauga never gets any love……….

“Perky ‘Canada’ Has Own Laws, Government”

Haha poor Mississauga! Remember the audience is not only the US, but also a global one. When I lived down in the States, almost everyone knew Toronto but nobody knew about Etobicoke which is where I was from so of course I would always say I was from Toronto. Pretty cool that CBS built that studio out by the 401 and Dixie – I will have to drive by there sometime to check it out.

I’ve been waiting for a USS Mississauga or a Mississauga-class ship.

C’mon Lower Decks show the fam up at CBS Stages Mississauga some love!

Is Missiassauga a suburb of Toronto, or a completely separate town in its vicinity?

Distinct separate city but is attached to Toronto separated by “Etobicoke Creek”

I didn’t even know that and I live in Ottawa. We call all that Toronto too :D

Mississauga is a separate city, adjacent but in the County of Peel.

It includes Toronto Pearson International Airport just to be extra confusing.

Toronto was amalgamated in the 90s to be one huge city such that a lot of towns (Etobicoke included) were rolled in. When people refer to the Greater Toronto Area or GTA, adjacent municipalities, Mississauga, and all of Peel, would be included.

Mississauga used to be the butt of running jokes as Canada’s 4th largest city that was really suburbia and the land of car dealerships.

Now, the ‘sauga has fallen to sixth in population but looks urban. It has astonishing tall modern towers and the car dealerships are lobbying for zoning protection from things like movie and television studios.

I mean, no more confusing that DCA (which is in Arlington) or SFO (which is owned by the City of San Francisco but is physically in Burlingame).

I live in Skokie which is so close to Chicago I can be there in less than 10 minutes. Anyone outside my area I just say I’m from Chicago which is known worldwide

Mississauga has more than ten times the population of Skokie and is the sixth largest city in Canada.

It’s not quite the same thing.

It’s a suburb. It’s exactly the same thing. Mississauga isn’t known worldwide, Toronto is.

It still doesn’t look that urban (I live in the GTA, too).

I actually don’t live in the GTA, and never have for more than a month here or there for a project.

So it’s not loyalty…more just frustration that we’re expected to know about Santa Barbara or San Diego or Brooklyn or the Bronx, but it would be too much to suggest that it might be the same for Mississauga.

To me that’s a little like people from Orange County whining that they get lumped in with Los Angeles. The fact is Orange County is part of the LA area just as Mississauga is a part of the greater Toronto area. So deal with it.

Super excited! glad to see legacy characters, but not totally surprised. Looking forward to it!

Thanks. Just had to throw my jacket in my lap…🚀

Laurie called it.

Dr. M’Benga! Yeah!

Pretty cool.

M’Benga made a good impression on me during the two episodes he was in; I’m very happy that they’re adding his character.

They really need more Asian characters, though. Asians are like a third of Earth’s population, so on a human-heavy ship, there should be lots.

(No, I’m not Asian. It’s just that I can count. :-D)

Gene Roddenberry had tentative plans to spin-off a hospital show with Dr. M’Benga as the lead. That’s why they gave him so much to do. Too bad that show never happened, sounds like it would have been a cool concept for a 60’s show.

Ah, interesting! I didn’t know that. I’ve read that Booker Bradshaw was asked to play doctors frequently and was rather bored with that, so maybe it’s good the spin-off didn’t happen. :-)

The 60’s and and 70’s was full of hospital shows in the US. Setting one in space wouldn’t be so Surprising. I think the UK had a sci-fi show like that. Got canceled I think.

I’m not sure how the actress playing La’an identifies, but her father is of Asian descent.

Yes, but one out of all those characters is not one-third…

Is it too much that they actually cast a Sikh, or even a non-Sikh Punjabi, actor to play a descendent of Khan Noonian Singh?

Agreed on Asian characters. And Southeast Asian.

I recall being kind of against the idea of Olusanmokun playing M’Benga principally because the actor is about a decade older than the guy who originated the role and he’s playing a version of said character that is almost a decade younger than when we last saw him. That ships sailed now though with this announcement and to be honest I no longer care, I’m just really exited to learn more about M’Benga.

Inconsistensies like that are just opportunities to tell a cool story. Maybe M’genga encountered some strange energies that rejuvenated him? Not like that’s never happened on Star Trek :D

To be fair I was only basing this argument on the actors actual age when he played M’Benga but in my opinion he did look older than 27 so I guess I can just ignore it. You never know though, they could factor it into that story. For all we know it might not even be that M’Benga but an older relative although the marketing certainly seems to be stating that they are one and the same.

It’s a tv show. They picked the best actor for the roll. Think of TOS as a rough draft of ST.

It’s kind of cool that they recast BOTH Majel characters.

Now, I’m waiting for Lwaxana Troi to time travel back in time and meet Nurse Chapel and Number One/Una..

And the voice of the computer.

Well, then. They’re bringing in quite a few more legacy characters than I’d expected. I was thinking maybe Yeoman Colt or some other such characters from “The Cage”, but Uhura? M’Benga? Chapel? Also someone named Noonien-Singh, and we all know the connection there…

I regret feeling so ambivalent. If I didn’t have my own personal history reaching back decades experiencing these characters and the others we already know (most especially Spock), I’d probably be super-excited. As it is, I can’t help but feel like this show will feel like an interpretation of the “real” thing (even if a lot of these versions will likely be far more fleshed-out than the incarnations we see in TOS and the other older productions, Spock excepted). But if I were a newcomer to the franchise, I’m sure I’d be over the moon right now.

I’m afraid they’re going to ruin Spock. Avika Goldman wants to use the emotional Spock we saw in “The Cage,” and that will totally destroy the meaning of the character.

Spock was emotional in “The Cage” because Number One was the emotionless character back then. When the second pilot was written, that lack of emotion was transferred to Spock. The human-Vulcan hybrid who was determined to act completely Vulcan no matter what is now going to be playing with emotions? That’s NOT who Spock is!

Also, Ethan Peck’s ears look ridiculous. They need to get a better prosthetic maker to re-do his ears ASAP.

So much fake melodrama.

What a mean thing to say. What did I ever do to you?

Yea, that was uncalled for. Mods need to step in on that person — lot’s of personal snarky comments like that from them lately.

You have a legitimate opinion. If someone disagrees then they should tell you why.

Oh, give it a rest.

Nothing at all, and I wasn’t saying anything mean. I was agreeing with you. There will likely be a lot of fake melodrama involving Spock since they’re basing this on the overly emotional version of the character from The Cage. We even saw that in season two of Discovery. Sorry if my comment somehow seemed mean, but it was actually meant to agree with you.

I misunderstood your comment; I thought you meant my concern about their approach to Spock was melodramatic! Sorry for the confusion.

Wow Lorna Dune. You’re treading on thin ice. Been seeing lots of unpleasant things from you recently. Consider this your warning.

Wait, what? I don’t understand what I said that was unpleasant. I was agreeing with Corylea. There will likely be a lot of fake melodrama involving Spock since they’re basing this on the overly emotional version of the character from The Cage. We even saw that in season two of Discovery. So I fail to see how my agreeing with a comment is mean, unpleasant or cause for a warning.

LOL! Nice move. Still time to use the same apology to Brennon in the Prodigy thread. He might have “misunderstood” you too when you said the exact same thing to him ;))

I don’t know what that response refers to.

https://trekmovie.com/2021/09/08/full-length-star-trek-prodigy-trailer-drops-with-premiere-date/#comment-5535989

Corylea was actually voicing concerns. To which you replied “So much fake melodrama.” I’m not sure what you thought was going on there, but that looked like you’re telling Corylea they were being “fake” and “dramatic.” Please try to be aware of how your reply looks to others before posting.

OK, so noted. But this has all been taken entirely out of context. I know she was voicing concerns, and I was agreeing with her. Anyway, I’m just going to walk away now, perplexed.

You have a record on this board of calling members melodramatic or odd and you are perplexed if they take that as an insult? I don’t have an issue with your snarkiness but your hypocrisy and pretended innocence is a little hard to take serious.

I have no idea who you are, odradek, so your opinion of me and my supposed “record” doesn’t matter in the slightest.

I think he looks a lot like Nimoy in Where No Man Has Gone Before . Not quite the look Spock finally ended up with.

The hairstyle, yes, and I assume that’s deliberate, though I wish they hadn’t done it. The ears, no; the ears are just bad.

I’m with you on this. Supposedly, this takes place after the events in Discovery.. the Spock from the Cage has already progressed beyond that stage. You could see that in Discovery. Doesn’t mean he can’t struggle with his human side still. I’m holding out judgement but Akiva’s comments along with little things like his hairstyle in this trailer, make me wonder if they’re trying to make him regress. That, or perhaps they are going further back than the events of Discovery.. I’m just not sure. Either way, I just have concerns that they’re not honoring what has been portrayed before the same way they did that on Discovery. I would love to be wrong and hope that I am.

Remember this is Akiva Goldsman we are talking about the guy who wrote Batman and Robin. So I think a little trepidation goes a long way with him.

Even when he won the Oscar, I couldn’t get past that he was the writer on those two Batman movies… because of those I groaned when it was announced he was coming over to Trek.

His Involvement with Star Trek Discovery doesn’t help his standing very much either.

Yeah. I’m happy for them to flesh out Uhura and Chapel and M’Benga however they want, because those characters weren’t very well developed during TOS. But we KNOW who Spock is! They really need to honor the TOS portrayal of his character. Leonard Nimoy’s acting was good enough to show us that Spock DID have emotions, but Mr. Nimoy was so very good at being subtle that they were only hinted at, and the audience had to pay attention to see them. I would hate to see Mr. Nimoy’s excellent work undone.

Mr. Nimoy worked very hard — not just on his acting, but with lots of behind-the-scenes memos — to keep Spock IN character. I doubt Mr. Peck has the clout to force the producers to keep Spock in character, even assuming he wants to.

In some ways they already have. Spock’s story in Discovery is not well weaved into the Spock we know. The biggest, to me, is how they try to supplant Kirk with Burnham as being the impetus for his journey forward. Is their room for both? Maybe.. but it really devalues Spock’s friendship and growth as a character to retread ground already told.

I agree; I didn’t care for their trying to make Burnham be the most important thing in Spock’s development. She’s already saved the universe; she can leave Spock alone. :-)

Right. I don’t mind that Burnham was a lost sister of Spock’s that we have never heard of before. But what I do mind is that Kirk never knew of her if she was THAT important to Spock. It just ring true to me.

As I said MANY times, everyone should know who Burnham was and her history in Starfleet, at least if you were IN Starfleet at the time, being both the first mutineer and supposedly started the Klingon war on top of it. She would be infamous at this point.

I agree from the perspective she started the Klingon war. But that doesn’t bother me nearly as much as how an entire division of StarFleet (section 31) was completely lost a mere 80+ years later.

We could go on and on with all the problems with the Burnham character. And you are correct in your assessment here too. One of my many issues is the fact that Spock actually says there’s never been a mutiny when his own adopted sister was known to have lead one. I know there are liberties to be taken with this sort of thing but when a major line of dialogue openly contradicts what you do in your “prequel” then you have a problem. And as we have all seen, there is a laundry list of problems.

Really?! The same Kirk who didn’t even know that his First Officer’s father was the Vulcan ambassador?

(Which, truth be told, was some pretty poor writing on the part of the usually awesome D.C. Fontana, who should’ve understood better than anyone that storytelling logic shouldn’t be sacrificed for a cheap, melodramatic hook before the opening credits.)

Whatever the real-world reasons for Spock’s behavior in “The Cage,” the performance nevertheless has been filmed canon for going on sixty years now, not only as an unaired pilot but as a two part, Hugo-winning episode. I don’t know what rationale they’ll come up with for exploring Spock’s more emotional side, but have no objections to it on principle if it’s done well.

Which is, of course, a big ‘if.’ Mount said it himself: SNW is a real high-wire act, and whatever they do some fans will be unhappy. But I can say that I thought Ethan Peck did a very credible job with Spock on Discovery, all things considered. With the rare exception of an Arlene Martel or Mark Leonard, many of the actors portraying Vulcans have been just terrible. Peck was far better than most, including (at least for my money) Zack Quinto.

That was an excellent post, Blondie-Wan. You summed up my feelings pretty exactly, there. I too feel ambivalent, and as you suggested, perhaps it’s just because my own decades-long relationship with the franchise is coloring everything coming now for me as simply a flashier remake of what’s come before. And the fact DSC has disappointed me so much. I’ll give this a chance, though.

I’m a little disappointed it looks like we aren’t getting Colt. 3 legacy characters does feel like a bit much. Especially when the one that fist the best wasn’t even among them! (Scotty)

I’m curious as to who is going to be the Chief Engineer.

That has always been an important character on Trek starships.

Not on Discovery. For a show that focuses on science and engineering there is a very odd discomfort with the idea of showing the engine room.

On the other hand, there’s been a semi-tradition on Trek series to only confirm the chief engineer some ways into the first season. Perhaps there’s someone more to come.

But Star Trek Discovery is weird in that they seem to have NO senior staff. We have yet to see the CMO (unless what’s her name is is) or a Chief Engineer. When the captain gets his staff together it’s the show characters and no department heads. That was always weird. But then, Star Trek Discovery has decided that “sense” (among other things) was something they didn’t seem to care about.

I’m guessing Hemmer or Ortega at the moment.

Except in TNG prior to LaForge taking over as Chief Engineer.

UHURA and CHAPEL ARE BACK!!!!!!!!

OMG, crazy! Most people assumed that was Uhura but I didn’t expect Chapel at ALL!! And even M’Benga is there who I admit I utterly forgot about as a character until my grand rewatch of TOS earlier this year! So welcome aboard brotha! This is pretty amazing! I was already excited about the show but now much more hyped for it!

No one should kid themselves thinking we weren’t going to get more TOS characters on this show. All these new shows are basically fan service for the old ones lol. It was 100% guaranteed just like we are getting more TNG and VOY characters on the other shows. I couldn’t be more thrilled about it. I haven’t looked any other place yet but I’m guessing the news is blowing up everywhere.

Kirk will show up in the second season

Or sooner maybe. Ethan Peck made some cryptic comments about Spock’s established relationships with characters being explored in SNW.

I fully expected that. Can’t wait to read all the angry comments. :)

OOOF, I don’t know. Kirk is a hard one to pull off. Pine has way more power over his character IMHO than Quinto has over Spock. But then again CBS and Paramount are merged now so I guess anything can happen.

Like a few folks I called Uhura. Really surprised by the others. I never would have guessed they would bring back a fairly minor character like M’Benga.

Yeah I was pretty certain that was Uhura too. As far as Chapel, it’s funny how I never even considered she would be on this show, but yeah nothing stops it either (and not being played by the same actress helps ;)).

As for M’Benga, as said, I honestly completely forgot who he was until recently and I been watching the show since the late 70s lol. But that’s probably why they brought him in, he has a ‘name’ to the hardcore fans (VERY hardcored ;)) but was just in two episodes so they can literally do anything they want with him, like Pike himself basically. It’s smart to make him the head doctor on the show although it may be a Culber situation and he’s not the CMO himself, but kind of is. ;)

Don’t ask me which, but I think M’Benga got some love in a few novels.

Yes! I found him in some novels too and didn’t know who he was. I recognized him in TOS afterwards.

I don’t think him being the CMO is a good idea. It raises some questions. None are good for M’Benga. I brought them up in my initial post which should be below…

I was also one of those that called Uhura. I didn’t get Chapel though, I’d guessed Colt for that particular actress and whilst I conceded there was a possibility of M’Benga I was against that casting at the time because this actor is a lot older than the guy who played him in TOS was at the time.

Honestly I didn’t see this coming. They could have gone with all new characters (aside from Pike, Spock and Number One) but that’s already basically happening on Picard, Discovery, Lower Desks, and soon Prodigy, so I was blown away by all these legacy characters who I honestly have wanted to know more about. Along with this being more episodic Trek (which I loved about the old shows) and the high production value (which I love about the new shows). My anticipation level is at a fever pitch now. If we get a teaser trailer anytime soon I’m going burst lol

My personal preference was to have Scotty be the only legacy character. To me he makes the most sense. If he was already on board under whoever was the actual Chief then he gets promoted when Kirk takes over it fits with his odd love of the big E. He would have spent years working on her and then to finally be responsible…. It just fits better than anyone. Even Chapel.

M’Benga, Uhura and Chapel all served with Pike before? I know nothing contradicted that but it sure seemed like only Spock had any attachment to him in the Menagerie. Maybe those other 3 were secretly helping Spock take Pike to Talos offscreen…

I don’t remember Uhura or Chapel playing a large role in the Menagerie. Have to go back and look sometime.

Unless this is set before the events of Discovery, this is a few years after The Cage .

discovery season 1 takes place in 2257 the cage takes place in 2264 and the first 2 episodes of discovery take place in 2256 so there is only a year between the cage and discovery and from what has been siad before this picks up were season 2 of discovery leaves off which is 2258

The Cage was 13 years before The Menagerie according to dialogue, and The Menagerie was in 2265 or 2266. That puts The Cage at 2252 or 2253. If Discovery Season 2 is 2258 as you say, that is five or six years later.

nope the cage took place in 2254 that has been extablished as canon even the canon discovery novels say as much so does everyones favorite resource memory alpha says 2254 and only the final 2 part episode of discovery season 2 takes place in 2258 the rest of the season 2 takes place in 2257 like most of season 1 except the first 2 episodes which take place in 2256 and the menagerie two part tos episode takes place in 2267

Novels are not canon. Canon by definition is what is depicted on screen.

Where are you getting that The Menagerie (in the middle of Season 1) was set in 2267?

Where are you getting that there was a one-year time jump between Through The Valley Of Shadows and Such Sweet Sorrow ? Or do you mean the final few minutes (where Pike, Spock and Una say the Discovery was destroyed) was a year later? Even that is debatable, since that means they were still being debriefed about those events a year later.

they state the years in thew show with the stardates

also cbs viacom and the creators of the shows have siad the discovery and picard novels and comics are canon tie ins and they had to delay the picard comic so it it was accurate to the show since it was a last minute decision to have la forge survive the destruction of utopia planetia in the show the reason is they are using the books and comics as canon tie-ins is the same as disney uses thier star wars novels,comics and games as canon tie-ins to give back stories to characters and events from the movies and shows

Yes I know when the show takes place. I just don’t recall any significant Pike/Uhura interaction.

This is why I come to this forum. To be corrected on mistakes I never made. It’s fun.

I was just pointing out that a few years have passed since the Talos IV incident. Plenty of time for Uhura or Chapel to have come aboard the Enterprise while Pike was still Captain.

The post mentions The Menagerie (Pike in wheelchair, Commodore Mendez etc) — not The Cage.

Uhura and Sulu (in xenobiology not as pilot) were on board before Kirk arrived. So it’s canon that they serves with Pike, but not as to when they joined the crew.

That has never been said onscreen, no.

Nope. Nichelle Nichols did not appear in either “The Cage” (the first pilot) or “Where No Man Has Gone Before” (the second pilot.) Her first appearance was in “The Corbomite Maneuver.” So it wasn’t canon that she served with Pike until SNW put her there.

Sulu was in WNMHGB but was not in “The Cage,” so it’s also not canon that he served with Pike. And Sulu wasn’t a xenobiologist; he reports himself as being in Astro Sciences in WNMHGB.

You’re right about Uhura. Also Chapel says she signed up with Starfleet fairly recently in the hopes of finding her fiancé Roger Corby in “What Are Little Girls Made Of?”, so she shouldn’t be on SNW either. However, there’s grey area with Sulu. Remember The Cage (2254) and WNHGB (2265) are separated by 10 years. DSC S2, and thus SNW, takes place a few years after The Cage. So while I don’t love more legacy characters being included, Sulu actually could have served with Pike during his second 5 year mission.

I’m not saying that they COULDN’T have been on Pike’s ship; I was responding to TG47’s saying that it’s CANON that they WERE. It is not canon that they were … at least, it wasn’t until SNW came along. :-)

Ahh gotcha.

These won’t be the only original characters we see. Sulu or someone similar will probably show up at some point, even if they don’t become series regulars. I don’t think this braintrust running the show can help themselves. To me, Scotty seems the most logical as we get closer to the time Kirk takes over. I’d bet real money that this series ends with the transition to Kirk, and we get him.

Well Scotty is the oldest and has served the longest so he makes the most sense. I hope if he shows up they adhere to the canon of the career he had prior to the Enterprise established in Relics.

My thoughts exactly. A Lt Scott on the Enterprise who reports to the Chief Engineer works perfectly. And flows best with what we know of the character. I was kinda hoping they find a way to get him in but with 3 other legacy characters I now think it will be overkill,

But still hoping the show works.

We were specifically responding to the above comment “ Uhura and Sulu (in xenobiology not as pilot) were on board before Kirk arrived. ” even though no canon stories ever said they were.

I suppose it’s true that Sulu could have been there and I can’t refute canon. I just grew up assuming that just like Leonard Nimoy was the only actor that came over from the original pilot, Spock was the only crew member from Pike’s command to stay under Kirk’s command.

Uhura could have been on a different shift in WNMHB and SNW is after The Cage. I think she was actually on the Enterprise under Cage in the novel Enterprise.

Yes, she COULD have been on the ship; I was replying to TG47’s statement that it’s CANON that she was on the ship. It isn’t. Or at least, it wasn’t until SNW came along. :-)

That’s the beauty of prequels….now it is! ;D

I have a disturbing doubt. the presence of Uhura in this period of time gives space to the love story with Spock. it’s a possibility that scares me!

Uh. No. No way. Let’s leave that in the Kelvin Universe HOWEVER they could have some origin story regarding Chapel developing her crush on Spock…

Chapel is supposed to be engaged, so her crush on Spock before “What Are Little Girls Made Of” is kinda strange to begin with, unless she’s polyamorous.

I don’t see the conflict, actually. I think it could set up some interesting love triangle kind of thing. Could be just an attraction that is never consummated or really acted upon, but palpable and conflicting for her (to me, that’s the most interesting, and most logical. I don’t see Spock intentionally violating someone’s relationship), or they disregard anything already established and have it be some sort of romance, even if she is canonically married prior to this show airing.

She did try to flirt with him in several episodes of TOS, and Goldsman’s saying that they could include relationships that were only hinted at during TOS makes me think that may be where they’re headed.

I never considered that but ouch I hope not. An officer so should not be dating a cadet. So illogical.

She’s still only a cadet in SNW so it doesn’t necessarily follow that she would be get the Enterprise when she graduates Starfleet Academy but she likely would aspire to get back there. Now if SNW goes multiple seasons like Discovery then they’ll have to cross that bridge and if she remains on the show then she would realistically have to be assigned to the ship but then again she might only be on one season of the show for all we know. Interestingly Kurtzman brought up the Starfleet Academy project when being interviewed by Wil Wheaton for Star Trek day and he reiterated that this is a concept that they remain excited about. For all we know this might be being developed as another TOS prequel show and Uhura could transfer onto that series.

All that could be true but I have a feeling they aren’t thinking that hard about it. My guess is Uhura will just stay on the ship through the end. If so, she and Spock will be the Kolbe Bryant of Starfleet and their entire career will be on one ship (OK, technically two ;)).

uhura is a cadet in strange new worlds so she is either 3rd or 4th year much like how tilly was serving on the discovery as a cadet

I would think it would be more like Nog being a cadet and serving on DS9. Which I thought was a bit weird that he would be there for very long as he still has his studies to deal with.

Just like Chekov played a role on season 1 of TOS. 😉

Will Spock have Ponn Farr on Strange New Worlds? Will Pike help him deal with: Una, Uhurah and Chapel? Are there other choices?

Will Spock have a relationship be with M’Benga that is sort of “straight” as an alternative to the humor of his relationship with McCoy? Or just nothing special?

IIRC there was a bit of flirtation between Spock and Una in one of the Short Treks so maybe something will come out of that

Chapel doesn’t make an appearance in “The Menagerie” at all. Uhura actually has a fair amount of screen time by the standards of the character, but there’s little in the episode to suggest that she has any personal connection to its events.

Crew on a ship of that size would rotate in and out, and there would be multiple shifts. Ops would likely have crew cross train, so it would be possible any given crew member could be serving anywhere on a large ship, depending on circumstances.

And that is another reason why I feel like too many legacy characters could be a bit of a continuity problem.

Wish there was a teaser trailer. Yet with these streaming shows they don’t release trailers until 6-8 weeks before release start date. Wonder if they’ll make minor design changes to the Discoprise Enterprise.

going by a produxction crews shirt they gave the enterprise tmp refit pylons and might have moded the nacelles a bit but the rest looks relitivly the same

Yeah the biggest disappointment. THIS was the trailer everyone was hoping to see. But knowing Paramount, they will probably drop one 2 days later or something just to throw people off. ;)

Is there some in universe explanation for why the Discoprise becomes the actual Enterprise of Shatner Kirk, or its just because its modern day and they like to do a modern take. It would be hilarious if the 60s design was the first refit.

they have visually updated the 60’s designs and they used the tmp refit/1701-a as a reference for the basis for the visual update while keeping certian elements to the 60’s design in it

Yeah. Say what you will about the Discoprise, it is orders of magnitude better than the Kelvinprise which just looks utterly ridiculous. Both of them.

Agreed. I still prefer Matt Jeffries’ original, but can easily live the Disco interpretation of it. The broad strokes are mostly fine; it’s the lighting and texturing of the model on Discovery that I had a problem with. Hopefully, as with the uniforms (and, it appears, the bridge lighting) SNW will take a different approach.

I think the notion that the look of Star Trek was part of canon was thrown out the window the second Discovery aired. Canon had always honored the look of TOS up until then. Some say it never was, but if that was the case, why was Archer on a faithful looking Defiant? Why did Scotty stand on an accurate TOS Bridge in TNG? Why was DS9 so faithful in Trials and Tribulations? I get the need to update the look, but I do think they aren’t faithful enough. The sets look great, including the Enterprise Bridge. I appreciate the effort they made to pay homage to the TOS design, but I also think they went to far. The design of the model Enterprise in Discovery was baffling to me in the liberties they took to make it look different that they didn’t have to. I think they could have done better.

*Should read “I don’t think they are faithful enough.” sorry… typo

I totally agree. I get this isn’t 1960’s and you can’t make sets out of cardboard and jellybeans and ships are CGI, etc… But you can be more faithful to the iconic TOS design than they are being. But I will say they did a great job with the bridge. The exterior of the ship (esp the nacelles and the slanted pylons) not so much.

Wish it wasn’t geolocked! As usual,all the Trek stuff is just for the US. Oh well,might check it out one day,lol.

The official site has the promos and should be region free: https://www.startrek.com/day

Thanks Matt,will try that. Sometimes they work,sometimes they don’t. Great that you post a few pics from these though. Thanks for that too!

I was hoping to see a trailer but the cast intro was just as good. We not only saw some great legacy and new characters but we got a first peek at the new uniforms (I am sure many will be happy they got rid of those collars) and a look at the slightly revised bridge. Can’t wait to take a closer look when they release a video we can pause haha. This was definitely worth checking out on Star Trek Day and I hope they can give us a premiere date soon.

well i don’t think the cgi vfx are finished yet the show just finished filming a month or two ago they explained that all the computer monitor displays on the sets are live and react to the cast tapping and pressing on the screens

I am so, so, so, SO happy they got rid of those strange collars. There were so many ‘what were they THINKING???’ ideas they did in Discovery first season that is now thankfully being fazed out between both shows, especially DIS being throwing a thousand years into the future and all.

Like many (or everybody ;)) I was hoping for a trailer too, but we’ll live. We are getting a lot in general on all the shows, so it’s fine. I haven’t really went back and looked at the SNW sets yet since I’m still watching but can’t wait to hear all the analysis over the tiniest bit of minutiae we come to know for decades! ;)

Oh wow!! Very different from what I’d thought it would be… Especially the uniforms. Uhura and Chapel… Didn’t see that one coming either. nevertheless, very exciting.

Especially their haircut. Very strange (new world) to see Uhura which such short hair.

An Aenar! That’s awesome!

The most awesome part about that being that this time they’re using an actor who is actually blind. From a representation standpoint, that’s honestly great.

That said, I wish they weren’t bringing back all these legacy characters with new performers. Honestly, I wish they just had a totally different ship and a crew we’ve never met before in some other era. But oh well. I’m sure the cast will be great and all.

I’m fine with it all if they truly forge ahead and don’t keep trying to recreate TOS. A little dipping in to characters we know and love can be ok, but coming from this group of creatives, some of the character choices in this are concerning to me… not because they are there, but because the people behind Discovery have, so often, delved into Trek’s past at the expense of propelling the show forward. Trying to be reverent is a fine line. I hope I’m wrong.

I agree with you on these new announcements, but exploring Pike’s era is a part of Trek lore that I believe is warranted, coupled with Mount’s performance of the character. He was the best part of Discovery so far, and I do want to see more. If he can bring what he brought to Star Trek in Discovery, and they build off of that, then I remain hopeful.

Honestly, I’m in the camp that Akiva Goldsman as the driving force behind this series may be the biggest problem with being full on optimistic about this. I’m not her to bash Akiva.. I just think he’s over reliant on the past of Star Trek in the wrong way.

OMG, wow that IS cool! I didn’t catch that. I just thought he was an odd looking Andorian. LOVE to see more and more Enterprise canon making it onto the shows. I don’t love prequels but that is the one cool thing about them, that, if done right, it bridges aliens and old story lines more. In this case, a new prequel building on the previous prequel.

He might be an Aenar (sorry the spelling may be wrong) who decided he wanted to see the outside world.

Well, experience the outside world, anyway.

Haha yes so true and I forgot that they are blind.

I noticed that and didn’t comment on it. I HOPE they know he’s not blue! But my main deal with the Andorrans is that their antenna move with their emotional state like they did on Enterprise. That was the best classic alien upgrade I have ever seen!

The actor Bruce Horath is one of a very few legally blind actors. He is completely blind in one eye and has very limited vision in the other.

More, his blindness was caused by a childhood cancer that clouds the visible portion of the eye like the Aenar were depicted in Enterprise.

So, this seems like very fortuitous and intentional casting of an Aenar to represent people with visual limitations in-universe.

I would really hope to see the animatronics back in the antenna too. I’m trying to recall though if that was as much a thing for the Aenar though. Their antenna were different than Andorians and serves different purposes.

I don’t remember if their antennae showed emotions, but they definitely moved around when they were reading people’s minds.

Man, Anson Mount is HANDSOME, Ohh Myyy! Exciting that we get to see young Uhura, how cool for that actress to be stepping into such an iconic role! Awesome that it appears that they’ve hired a blind actor to play a blind character – can imagine that that will be really empowering and inspirational for a lot of people out there. And very glad to hear that it’ll be more episodic in nature – hopefully in the same vein as The Mandalorian was episodic in that each episode featured a unique chapter in the journey that can be enjoyed on it’s own, but also connected to a larger story and always keeping it simple and character driven. Would love to see that type of approach here, and mixed with this cast I’m sure we’ll all be very happy with the results. LLAP

 Jess Bush is Nurse Christine Chapel!!!! Celia Rose Gooding is Cadet Nyota Uhura!!!! Babs Olusanmokun is Dr. M’Benga!!!! Transporter room looks good. ANDORIAN ON THE SHIP!!

WARP SPEED!!!!

I AM ALSO EXCITED!!!

It’s going to be fun to have TOS characters on this show and TNG era characters on the others again. And then there is Discovery. ;)

Once they confirmed Uhura was showing up my excitement level jumped even higher than it was! Chapel was just the extra icing needed.

It’s an aenar played by a blind actor!

Do I really gotta be the one to point out how annoying it is when writers shoehorn in connections to future stories as nostalgia bait? Noonien Singh, really?? And young Uhura too? For crying out loud, not every character in a show has to be connected to the shows we’ve already seen. This means, what, we get exactly 2 new characters in this entire show? I’m so sick of this… Despite all its claims to the contrary, Star Trek in its current iteration has become a conservative, regressive show. Instead of taking chances, it falls back on the familiar like every other media franchise in production today. Discovery is rooted in nostalgia, Picard even more so. Lower Decks is entirely referential. These writers know nothing except how to take established characters and change them into their own hollow interpretations. I was so excited for SNW to show us a new crew of the Enterprise, and literally we’re getting exactly what we had before or someone with some completely unnecessary connection to Khan, because everything in Star Trek has to connect back to Khan somehow, it was the movie that everyone loved so it’s gotta be about Khan. God I hate our modern media diet… Rant over 🖖🏼

Dude, I’m so with you on this. This franchise and its creatives cannot get past Khan. Every single movie from TNG forward can’t seem to get away from the villain motivated by revenge format.. or directly trying to recreate the character, which is damn near impossible… so now we see this character name and have to wonder… why? And not wondering why in an intriguing way.. why in a “WTF does that mean” way. The obsession with Khan and recreating Star Trek II is the one thing they really need to get away from.

Rant appreciated, actually. All good points. I really wish I had any faith at all in the writing teams at Kurtzman & Co.

Fully understand the frustration. I am with you to a point. I agree with SH constantly hardening back to what Trek has done before. Unfortunately they do it because it’s usually safe with most fans. Most fans love the call backs. Just look at this board when they brought in Talos and the Guardian of Forever. Many ate it up. I knew they would have a call back and at least one legacy character. But was hoping for fewer.

And the Singh thing…. Good grief. I really hope there is no relation.

Okay, now I officially miss the strange DSC uniform collar. Their necks look naked without it :-)

Concerning the characters: I only guessed Uhura right.

M’Benga? Chapel? Those I had thought to be Clark Terrell and Carol Marcus.

But instead of those TWOK characters we get… a Noonien-Singh??? La’aaaaaaaan! La’aaaaaaaaaaan!

The only huge disappointment is the name Erica Ortegas. I was so much hoping they’d call her Macha Hernandez, Tasha’s original name from an early TNG draft.

But yeah, hit it! Let’s fly…

Oh man… having Clark Terrell and Carol Marcus would have been awesome too!!! Dr M’benga I think had to be there now. That being said still think we should see Dr. Boyce, Lt Tyler and Colt… hope they show up..

Carol Marcus? I dunno. I don’t think everyone in Kirk’s life needs to have had to have come from the Enterprise.

Wow, never thought they’d include Dr M’benga but that is cool. I always thought he was an underrated character in TOS. Including Uhura and Chapel were unexpected but I knew these producers couldn’t help themselves to include legacy characters. They always take the easy way out. By the way is the actress playing Uhura related to Cuba Cooding Jr? It would have been fun if Rebecca Romijn had actually played the Chapel role as well, but probably too much work so it didn’t happen.

Of course not. We all knew the second SNW was announced, half of TOS will probably show up before first season is over. I joke, but…

The people making Trek today are ultimate fanboys and girls. It’s why we have everything from Q to the Guardian of Forever back (I still want them to team up like the strangest buddy cop story in history). It’s ALL coming back kids. All of it by the time they are done.

As far as the actress being related to Cuba Gooding Jr, since it hasn’t been brought up once since she was first announced, doubtful. But you know I’m usually wrong. ;)

But when is it starting? After Picard in mid/late 2022?

They didn’t say, but based on production/release schedules I would guess starting shortly after Picard in late April/early May 2022.

So I will hold out on subscribing to Paramount+ until then. SNW is the only Star Trek show I am looking forward to, so I will wait until then to subscribe. I will watch the other shows then, but I can be patient with those.

Same here, VZX. I’m in no hurry to sign up for yet another service as it is.

knowing picard comes out on either febuary 17th or 24th 2022 depending on if discovery season 4 has 13 or 14 episodes in season 4 that would put strange new worlds coming out either april 28th 2022 or may 5th 2022 since we know picard will have 10 episodes

I’d say 22.2.22 (or 2.22.22) would be the perfect date. As long as it’s not February the 29th… :-P

:D Would be nice date!

But right after Picard S2, would make it to first half of 2022, would be great! Nevertheless its like 3/4 of a year :o

Anyone knowing, if they are already working on scripts for a S2? Maybe it would give them enough time, to take enough care on the details and logic.

What about Dr. Boyce who was seen in The Cage? Or Dr. Piper in Where no man has gone before? (A bit offtopic, but interesting: in the german dubbed version, which was notorious for getting things wrong, they made it right and presented Dr. Piper as “replacement for Dr. McCoy” ;-) Also with the eugenic wars which were placed in the 2090s and almost with the time period of TOS: “it’s the year 2200”)

This is years after The Cage, so Boyce could be retired or even dead. But we still might see him. At the very least they will probably reference him in some ways. Dr. Piper is the complete opposite, he didn’t show up until years later, so I don’t it matters much.

Even though its wrong, it would actually make a lot more sense if the Eugenic wars took place in the 2090s. Or at least be the direct cause of WW 3.

At the very least they will probably reference him in some ways. 

Maybe again in the german dubbed version “I’m the replacement for Dr. Boyce”. ;-) (No, not really… it’s not 1972 anymore, when german viewers didn’t have any knowledge about the original version.)

Oh I see what you mean now. But as said it was dubbed wrong. And of course, they may just ignore stuff. Everyone is trying to piece together every little thing, but this is the group that skipped over the part about visiting Talos IV warrants the death penalty or pretends Sybok never even existed (or maybe I’m wrong and he shows up next season ;)).

Other words, they know most won’t care about every obscure piece of minutiae, especially something from a single episode that didn’t have any real story basis.

The uniforms can never alligne anyway. The Cage and WNMHGB had the same uniforms. Doesn’t matter. That’s production history.

I’m more concerned with SNW being called the “maiden voyages” of the NCC-1701. There was Robert April before Pike and that is canon due to TAS…

Discovery had Robert April as one of Saru’s inspiration’s for commanding a ship.

The German dubbed version :-) Oh my, we got Sol Drive instead of Warp Drive back then and Gary Seven was called Felix Sevenrock because of a ZDF guy named Siebenrock :-) They only broadcast half of the TOS episodes in the 70s with the other half to arrive in the 80s… Amok Time was depicted as a dream and Patterns of Force premiered in the late 90s…

Funniest thing about the German dubbing is Picard’s voice. First three and a half seasons and in the movies he had that old man’s voice that would NOW perfectly fit for older PIC Picard (the great voice actor has sadly passed though). Seasons 5-7 had that spot-on younger Stewart’s voice…

Piper was only in WNMHGB because DeForrest Kelley, who Roddenberry wanted, wasn’t available to play the ship’s doctor. So the character became a historical footnote. But it was the actor’s connection to Trek which landed him a similar role on “Battlestar Galactica” a dozen years later, which I’m sure was much appreciated.

Interesting Cast, but i feel a bit disappointed because Kurtzman ignored the Wish to hire Jeffrey Combs as Dr. Boyce.

Nah, I’m glad that it’s not Jeffrey Combs as Boyce as a regular CMO.

But I am hoping that Shran is still alive and that we’ll see him.

The Aenar population was so small in the 22nd century and Shran both married into the community and lived with them for a period. In a community of few thousand everyone knows everyone.

So, it would be actually unexpected that Hemmer didn’t know Shran. More, Shran would not be able to resist keeping tabs on an Aenar serving on a ship named Enterprise.

I the guy playing M”Benga the charcter we know from TOS or that character’s father? Because beside not looking anything like him, regarding his age he has to be his father. Dr M”Benga would be in his early twenties.

The last scene of the series finale:

(INT.) Enterprise bridge

The turbolift doors open and all hands look to see who is entering the bridge.

Enter the new boy: CAPTAIN JAMES T. KIRK, confident and cocky along with his friend, the new ship’s physician DR LEONARD MCCOY. Striding to the captain’s chair as if he has been on this ship his whole life, KIRK sits, leans back, and surveys his new crew one by one. He is ready to begin his new adventure.

KIRK: Helmsman, take us out. Half thrusters.

SULU: Aye, sir.

SULU turns back to the helm and begins piloting the ship. The rest of the bridge crew turns to look at the viewscreen as the structure of the drydock passes from view and is replaced by a field of stars.

SULU: Captain, we have cleared spacedock. What is our heading, sir?

KIRK: (Smiling) Helmsman’s discretion. Let’s see where destiny takes us.

MCCOY: (Mutters sarcastically) Oh boy, this is gonna be good.

SULU: Course plotted, sir.

KIRK: Ahead, Warp Factor five.

SULU: Warp Factor five, aye.

KIRK: Engage!

The stars on the viewscreen rush by ever faster until there is a flash of white, and…

This is what I love about message boards, the show hasn’t started yet and fans are already thinking how the last episode will play out lol. And sure, I can see something like that playing out. But I have a feeling we may see both McCoy and Sulu before then, even if they are not on the ship.

Where is Yeoman Colt? She should have been in the show, perhaps at a higher rank.

But this cast looks great! This is the only Star Trek show I am looking forward to.

Agreed… I’d have her start low and work up the ranks. Also fun to have a noncommissioned officer on the crew, plus aren’t there unresolved feelings between her and Pike?!?

Not on Pike’s side.

So whats Dr. M’benga do to get demoted from CMO so that McCoy can take over?

Perhaps he was never CMO. After all we already have Boyce and Bryce.

Why does he have to get demoted? Maybe he’s just transferred after Pike retires and McCoy takes over at the request of the new Captain?

Absolutely. The length of time that senior officers stay with the hero ships on Star Trek shows is really unusual.

I expect that Mbenga is CMO and off doing other things at a new posting during TOS. The acting when he covers for McCoy is an acting role during the absence of the officer who holds that role rather than an acting rank.

My thought is M’Benga goes to Vulcan for a tour, having learned about the Vulcan Science Academy from Spock.

He may not be the CMO, just on staff like Culber is in Discovery.

All very good points, could’ve went to Vulcan, could just be a doctor on staff, after all they just said he was playing dr. M’benga, mayyyyybe there’s a smalllll chance that Boyce will be a recurring character playing by our favorite recurring character actor…

As a TOS fan, this preview gave me goosebumps throughout. I love that they are honouring TOS characters both well known and less so. So looking forward to seeing an actual trailer.

Why can they not stay away from trying to tie everything in and revisit stuff? This is the show I’m most looking forward to. As excited as I am to see a character like Uhura.. is she really necessary? Are they painting the franchise into a corner? But the single most puzzling and potentially maddening? The Khan reference. On one hand, If the Noonien-Singh name is an Easter egg, that kind of lack of imagination is frustrating to see. If it’s a relative, that’s downright concerning at this early stage. I really hope they don’t screw this up. After Discovery and Picard, I was hoping this would be the Trek that would quench my thirst. There is a lot to like about this (Anson Mount as Pike, the episodic format) but this seems less fresh and new than It should be after the cast announcement. God, I hope I’m wrong.

Maybe Uhura is a recurring character or is assigned to a another ship that Enterprise encounters on its way. I agree with you about having too many legacy characters but I also think we should be patient and see if the writers/producers surprise us. Also now that Q is officially part of Kurtzmans Trek universe I believe he/it can be the grand deus ex machina that sets everything (all the continuity problems etc….) to as it was at the very end of all these series.

I’d probably feel different if the creative braintrust hadn’t let me down before…. if this were truly brand new. I’m hoping I’m wrong, and I guess my point is I don’t have a warm and fuzzy that they’re forging ahead. That’s all. I will be open minded as I watch this new series.. I promise.

A main character being named “Noonien-Singh” is too big of a thing to be an easter egg. A descendant is really all she can be. With maybe .001% Augment DNA in her. Enough that she doesn’t display any abilities and can serve in the fleet. But it wouldn’t stop people from showing her resentment. That’s my take anyways.

Interesting to see that the uniforms have been given a few tweaks since what we saw on DISCOVERY.

But just as I prefer to view ‘The Cage’ pilot episode as being an ‘alternate universe’ storyline of different characters and elements to the main TOS show crew to allow for the differences (I happily skip the ‘The Menagerie’ two-parter during a rewatch to allow for this, by the way)….I’m also going to look on STRANGE NEW WORLDS as being an ‘alternate universe’ show to TOS too.

Looking forward to some good new characters and stories hopefully!

Well, if you think so. But I think they did an awesome job with those uniforms. The zipper jackets actually have some sort of collar. And with at least three sets of uniforms, it’s easy to imagine the Cage uniforms being there or having been there as well…

Is this the first year ever that we may get Trek year round, from October to October, perhaps with small breaks in between?

-Prodigy in October -Discovery in November -Picard in February -Strange New Worlds in May -Lower Decks in August

Pretty exciting.

Yeah seems that way. We may get a few weeks break between whenever SNW airs and a new season of LDS but it may not be that long at all.

And its a bit surprising Prodigy and Discovery will be airing the same time as each other. They kept saying they didn’t want any of the shows to overlap but I’m not complaining. ;)

I love the idea of having at least 1 Trek show airing at every point of the year.

José Tyler must have gotten killed somewhere along the way. Or transferred. It will be interesting to see if any of the other Cage characters (Tyler, Boyce, Colt) are referenced in this new show.

Continuity question now that we have Nurse Chapel. I’m completely convinced there is going to be a Roger Corby episode somewhere in this series. There is much to elucidate since she is in a relationship with her professor and by today’s standards, this would be inappropriate and perhaps a warning sign for them both.

So my question is: would an episode set during SNW be set after they were engaged? After they broke up? How does that fit with the backstory in TOS that she too was doing research with him?

This was the best part of the whole Trek Day show. Our friends around the country were watching the same thing were were but once the character reveal happened. My phone exploded with text messages. My wife was happiest that Uhura was back on board. So…. doers this mean we will see more TOS characters in the various episodes? Lt Kirk on the Farragut? Scotty on one of his other ships? Sulu in the Astrophysics Dept? Maybe even Dr Boyce serving Pike a chilled martini.. the possibilities are endless.

I’m so in for this! Everything looks on point, and Mount is an excellent captain.

TBH the one TOS character I was most expecting to see was Scott. He’s the oldest and most experienced in TOS, and even at that point the old girl was at least as much his as Kirk’s.

In the penultimate episode we’ll see the death of the chief engineer, and in the last scene of the finale, a ship will arrive with new personell, and the the transporter chief will read out the name, “It’s our new chief engineer, Captain. Name? Looks like…(beat) Mr… S…C…(looks up at Pike)…O.T.T…

Cut to black. Cliffhanger.

The more I think about it, the more I think I’d prefer a wholly original crew for Pike and to explore how they grew and left. In some ways, a fresh Kirk coming aboard and taking over Pike’s last crew kind of diminishes him a bit. Kind of like a new manager taking over a massively successful football team.

I wouldn’t mind Scott being there, or Bones in a lower medical role, as they are older characters (age wise). But the younger ones being there before Kirk? We largely got to see Picard choose his team in Encounter at. Farpoint.

They are adding unnecessary questions to those that already exist. Existing: why does Commander Chin-Riley not become Captain? Why does M’Benga not become CMO? Why does the name Noonien-Singh not ring a bell even before Space Seed (they recognise it quick enough in that episode)?

Yep, I know I’m griping before I’ve watched a scene, but this was the show I was looking forward too. I wanted Boyce, Colt, and Tyler.

The only point I do get is M’Benga not becoming CMO… The other issues I do not share at all…

Cpt. Chin-Riley may either die at some point or get another command. Since we don’t see her on TOS, that isn’t an issue at all yet.

La’an bearing that infamous name may be adressed directly. Khan could have had many offsprings. Maybe she’s even an augment created from his DNA. That may be illegal but that could be the whole plot point. Who knows? It offers great opportunities.

Boyce probably has retired, Colt is an outdated role model and Tyler… well, he may be there, but not as a main character. There were many recurring characters on TOS…Probably didn’t do him because there already has been a Tyler on DSC…

M’Benga could have transfered to Vulcan for a tour, maybe further his studies at Vulcan Science Academy while Mc’Coy elsewhere becomes a hot shot MD. Plus Kirk could have requested McCoy from his past command.

Given that Mbenga was a specialist physician who McCoy asked to come back to the Enterprise to cover for him during an absence, it actually makes sense that he had previously served on the ship.

He could already be the CMO, and comes back to act. Bringing back former department heads for an assignment is often better than promoting someone on an acting basis in cases where specialized expertise or experience are crucial.

There’s no reason expect that he would have stayed on as CMO with a new captain. As a Vulcan specialist, he would want to be somewhere with more than one Vulcan patient in the long run, like the medical base that has been envisaged in the TOS back door pilot.

I’m coming around to the logic around this one.

I wonder if this series takes place after the events of the Cage. Boyce has retired, M’Benga will be “acting Chief Medical Officer” while they await the arrival of new personel. I said it jokingly in another comment but the finale could see new crewmembers arrive, including Chief Engineer Scott and CMO McCoy.

Give us something big to look forward to.

They already said the show takes place after the events of Discovery season 2. It would basically box them in if they started before that season or some crazy time jump later.

Yeah there are a lot of possibilities they could do.

Chin-Riley (not loving that name so far, but fine) could just be a Riker situation and get her own ship by the end of the series. Or yes, just die, but I think she will just get an opportunity to start fresh somewhere else. Or here is a CRAZY idea, maybe she just leaves Starfleet and does something else? I know seeing so many characters through the years where being part of Starfleet is basically like being part of a religion is almost sacrilege to leave, but yeah in the real world some people would just leave and do other things. Not exactly sexy I know but yeah that is actually possible (but no I don’t EVER see it happening lol).

Or this being Star Trek get lost in another universe or time period. ;)

M’Benga just may decide he doesn’t WANT to be CMO. I mean not everyone in life is concerned about moving up to the next rank or position. Maybe he just likes doing what he does and more concerned about his research instead of running sick bay on his own. It could just be that simple but it’s not exactly hard to find a reason for a character not being promoted.

La’an Noonien Singh now that’s not very simple and launches a huge can of worms lol. You can’t really get around that too much. IF Space Seed was just an obscure episode the way the episodes M’Benga showed up in TOS, then maybe they can just retcon whatever they wanted and no one cares. I know A Private Little War is famous, but it’s pretty self contained in general. But in this case they have to somehow tow the line that she is somehow related to Khan (and obviously she is or what would be the point) and yet surprised by who Khan is when he shows up in 10 years or whenever.

Honestly this is one of those things where you wonder WHY do they do this to themselves? Why give yourself this kind of extra work that is not needed? But we also know these people are real fanboys and girls and they clearly want a way to bring up Khan even in the vaguest ways possible so I guess we’ll just have to wait and see. Many are wondering will she be an augment herself, but I don’t see how that could be possible seeing how much Starfleet is so against genetic engineering. Up through the 24th century they are literally still jailing people who dabbles in it, but again we’ll see.

I didn’t really think about it that much because I was so excited for Uhura and Chapel coming back but yeah this one will be interesting for sure.

But most of these are not huge deals. The reality is with the exception of Spock NONE of these characters are developed much, even Uhura and Chapel. Their entire backgrounds are based on a few lines they said on the show mostly. The others were literally in just 1 or 2 episodes, so yeah. Like they done in every show they will probably just ignore or retcon a few things but overall they can do basically what they want for most of them.

I hope they bring in Boyce, Colt, and Tyler.. if only as minor characters on another shift. Colt for sure, she could have been a Tilly but as a non-commissioned officer. Maybe have an arc where Starfleet ends up not being her thing yet she endures because of her family legacy or something and finds happiness on a colony. Also I am pretty sure The Cage set it up where she had unresolved issues with Pike!

Uhura, Chapel, M’Benga wow! This looks great, what a thrill. I can’t stop smiling.

Excited and fascinated of the choice to bring back the Aenar and cast an actor who is blind in the role.

I must admit it’s the original characters more than the legacy ones that I’m looking forward to. Having more than half the cast be legacy characters seems overkill.

I’m also looking forward to see if any of the other bridge crew that we saw on the Enterprise in Discovery’s S2 finale are brought back.

Yes me too TG47!

In a weird way seeing an Aenar aboard got me the most excited lol. Because we still don’t know THAT much about them and it will be really fun to see how they are developed. When they appeared on Enterprise, they were really a fascinating species. Related to Andorians but have also evolved differently from them. The fact some have telepathic powers also made them more distinct.

It never occurred to me we would even see them again because they have been completely ignored in both the Kelvin movies and Discovery. That’s the beauty of Star Trek, eventually everything comes back again. It may take years, even decades lol, but it can happen.

I’m still looking for the day to see the Xindi show up again, maybe on this show or even on one of the 24th century shows or Discovery!

Agreed, having an aenar and developing the character grows the universe while having too many legacy characters just makes the universe smaller. I think M’ress or Arex would have worked better instead of Noonien-Singh and Uhura.

I really like having the opportunity to get to know new characters, but perhaps a fresh take on the episodic format will allow these characters the chance to lead the occasional episode.

Uhura and Chapel were mostly background in TOS. While Uhura got more line and time in the movies, it was actually TAS where she was given the opportunity to lead and shine.

So, depending on how they’re used it could work, especially as 10 episode seasons don’t give much opportunity to build out a large number of new characters. The creators may have felt that starting with characters that are somewhat but not deeply known would avoid the first season drag that Star Trek series often suffer from.

Interesting tidbit about Una Chin-Riley having some connection to another “legacy character”… If she was born a Riley married to a Chin she may actually have some relations to Kevin Riley from TOS. His parents were killed by Kodos on the Tarsus colony so maybe she’s his sister and an orphan, too.

La’an Noonien-Singh is also pretty exciting. Maybe she’s an offspring of Khan or of those 22nd century augments on ENT. Maybe she’s on a covert operation for Section 31. They have a thing for augments.

Also excited about Hemmer being played by an actual blind actor. The Aenar are blind, too, so this is yet another stance of authentic representation. The sad aspect: the actor has got the MUCH better name for a Star Trek character. I wish it was Horak played by Bruce Hemmer :-)

And as far as puns go: Horak is almost as near to Hulk as Bruce Hemmer is to Bruce Banner ;-)

I hope she’s not a direct offspring of Khan. She would have to be over 300 yrs old and even for an augment that is OLD. And also augments should not be serving in Starfleet.

How long before the hate starts pouring into this show? I can already see the dripping.

Why would I want to “hate” THAT show? It’s the closest thing to classic Trek one could ever hope for. Minor canon-violations, should they occur, don’t bother me at all.

I also do not “hate” DSC, especially after they have arrived in the future to be explored and fleshed out. The two issues I had with DSC were tech issues and the Klingon redesign…and some grizzly stuff in S1…

LDS is a mixed bag for me as my mind doesn’t “get” animated comedy. It’s so frantic and superficial. But I’m beginning to like the characters for what they are.

PIC is a bit of an issue, both stylistically and content-wise. The writing of S1 was just all over the place and the TV-MA aspects felt forced and overdone. The cursing admiral, Icheb, drinking smoking, taking drugs…It didn’t feel very Trek-ish. S2 quite obviously tries to get around those issues by placing it in an alternate timeline and in our present. That way, they can get down and dirty without contaminating the primeverse any further with their TV-MA shenanigans…

But SNW and PROD are the shows I’m looking forward to the most. The one brings back classic Trek, the other one appeals to my inner child… where is the pew-pew-pew-button :-)

JJ Trek is the best Classic Trek in my opinion. You haven’t seen anything of this show yet. This reminds me of when the first trailer of Picard aired.

This +1 If it’s action/adventure on the final frontier where inperfect people confront challenges – I am all in. Especially love when a starship is something special, not a dime a dozen, where they are on their own, and response from Starfleet Command is days away let alone reinforcements and any screw up on their part and half the quadrent ends up learning to speak Klingonese. I think shows with perfect people who play holodeck in hotels when they aren’t taking marching orders or having whatever they did made obsolete by reset buttons deserve some hard defendable scorn for being generic forgetable snoozefests.

I don’t think SNW will be perfect and frankly I wouldn’t be too shocked to see some of the same issues that plague both DIS and PIC seeing its by the same people. BUT I do think they have at least learned from their mistakes they made in DIS a lot more, at least in terms of how they deal with the prequel setting. Again, don’t expect it to be perfect…but better.

And yes DIS is just a better show being in the 32nd century. It should’ve been a post-Nemsis show from the start, but they wanted the TOS tie ins. Now they have the best of both worlds. SNW can REALLY tie in to TOS as much as they want basically and it won’t feel so forced while DIS can just be its own thing and actually create new canon the way TNG did when it premiered. And if you still hate that show it’s VERY easy to ignore it now lol. For me however, I’m just happy to finally see a new time period explored and going forward again.

That’s what is fun about all these shows though, they really can be their own thing on one hand but dig into nostalgia or canon when they want, especially all the 24th century shows. Between the three of those, they have an embarrassment of riches of taking whatever they want from the TNG era in terms of characters and storylines but STILL be their own thing.

And since none of them take place at the same time as each other they can put their own stamp on whatever they want (well SNW still can’t as much but that’s OK too now).

Uniforms are such an improvement

Hoping this is good, but very disapointed there seems to be no Dr. Boyce. His relationship with Pike was well established and memorable.

I’m pumped for this, now we need a premier date.

nice…looking forward to this one.

Surprised at how excited I am for this given TOS is well, it’s a product of its time, but Pike, Spock and Una were such highlights of Discovery season 2 that it’ll be a joy seeing them again.

Hopefully there’s a nice juicy lost era plot.

Could the new series’ timeline might be happening before Pike and company met the crew of Discovery? Or do we know for sure this will follow after Discovery disappeared?

I just don’t see it taking place before season 2 of Discovery. They would have to do a time jump at some point and they would have to adhere to stuff like the DIscovery uniforms (not the crew but Starfleet in general). I’m pretty sure its after Discovery jumps through the wormhole.

And we know Uhura or Chapel wasn’t on the ship then.

La’aaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The costumes look great — and Peck looks so much better as Spock here (love the hair). I kind of hoped they wouldn’t have red for security, as per the first twoTOS pilots – but it looks fine.

The sets look brighter/cleaner than the Disco versions, from the little shown here –which is great.

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Before James T. Kirk took the Enterprise on its famous "five-year mission," the legendary Federation starship was under the command of Christopher Pike for over a decade. Pike's time in the captain's chair, however, came to a tragic end, as The Original Series episodes "The Menagerie, Parts I and II" (1966) showed. Pike's backstory is now being told in the prequel series Star Trek: Strange New Worlds , which premiered on the Paramount+ streaming service in 2022. A second season premiered in June 2023, and a third season is planned for 2024.

Set seven years before Captain Kirk took command of the Enterprise, Strange New Worlds has connected with fans by embracing the adventurous spirit of The Original Series starring William Shatner and the late Leonard Nimoy. Strange New Worlds is actually a spinoff of the prequel series Star Trek: Discovery, as Pike (Anson Mount) and the Enterprise crew first appeared throughout Season 2 of the series , which aired in 2019. Pike is joined by Science Officer Spock (Ethan Peck) and First Officer "Number One" (Rebecca Romijn) as they boldly travel the galaxy in the early days of the United Federation of Planets.

Following is a breakdown of the main characters of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds , and the actors who play them.

Christopher Pike (Anson Mount)

Christopher Pike was captain of the USS Enterprise prior to James T. Kirk taking command. Pike is a dedicated officer, although he is often brash and acts unconventionally. In the first episode of Strange New Worlds , we find Pike on an extended shore leave, having commanded the Enterprise for nearly a decade. The episode takes place after the second season of Star Trek: Discovery , where he and the Enterprise crew assisted the Discovery on a mission, even taking command of the ship for a short time.

During the Discovery mission, however, Pike was given a disturbing look into his own future, where he saw several Starfleet cadets killed, and he was horribly injured and disfigured. Pike then becomes obsessed with finding a way of changing the future, to save the lives of the cadets and escape his fate. The vision of his future also made him more committed to his crew and his mission, determined to make a difference, if his time was indeed short.

Illinois native Anson Mount had his first professional acting role in a 1999 episode of Ally McBeal . He went on to star in a number of films and TV series, including Smallville , Lost , Safe , and Conviction . He played the lead character of Cullen Bohannon on AMC's Hell on Wheels , and most recently appeared as the Marvel Comics hero Black Bolt in both the Inhumans TV series and the film Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness .

Spock (Ethan Peck)

The half-human, half-Vulcan Spock was an officer aboard the Enterprise well before the Kirk era. He joined the crew as an ensign but quickly rose through the ranks to eventually become Captain Pike's science officer. Spock became an invaluable member of the Enterprise crew, even if his commission in Starfleet caused problems for his Vulcan family and peers. He turned down an invitation to join the Vulcan Science Academy, where the teachers found his human side to be an impediment.

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Spock had an adopted sister, Michael Burnham, who also joined Starfleet and served on the USS Discovery. During a mission in which the Enterprise and Discovery crews worked together to stop a future catastrophe, Burnham and the Discovery crew went into the future, leaving Spock behind. Losing her forever affected Spock deeply.

Ethan Peck is the grandson of legendary actor Gregory Peck and had his first major acting role at the age of nine. He would go on to appear in the films The Sorcerer's Apprentice , In Time , and The Midnight Sky . His TV roles include That '70s Show , Gossip Girl , and Madam Secretary . He first portrayed the Spock character on Star Trek: Discovery before appearing on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds .

Una Chin-Riley (Rebecca Romijn)

Lieutenant Commander Una Chin-Riley serves aboard Enterprise as Captain Pike's first officer, who usually refers to her as "Number One." She is also hiding a deep secret: she is an Illyrian, a genetically engineered race, which made her ineligible to serve in Starfleet. She lied about her birthplace on her application to Starfleet Academy, as it was her dream to serve in the Federation. As an ensign, she was part of a Starfleet away team that rescued a young La'an Noonien-Singh after the Gorn killed her family.

Una rose through the ranks of Starfleet quickly and eventually was assigned to the USS Enterprise as a science officer. After Christopher Pike became captain, she was promoted to first officer. Pike would eventually learn Una's secret but did not turn her in, out of his deep respect for her as an officer and a friend.

Prior to Strange New Worlds , Rebecca Romijn was best known for playing Mystique in four of the X-Men films. The former model also appeared in the TNT series The Librarians , Ugly Betty , Rollerball , and The Punisher , with Thomas Jane.

La'an Noonien-Singh (Christina Chong)

Lieutenant La'an Noonien Singh is a descendant of the murderous revolutionary Khan Noonien-Singh, and in her youth, was often bullied for it . When she was a child, she was the only survivor of a Gorn attack on her colony that killed her entire family. She was later rescued, with the help of then-Ensign Una Chin-Riley. She joined Starfleet and was assigned to the Enterprise crew as Una's replacement as First Officer (as seen in the first episode), joining the mission to rescue her from planet Kiley 279. After the mission, Captain Pike offered her the role of the ship's security officer, a perfect match with her blunt, by-the-book demeanor.

British actress Christina Chong is also a singer and attended the prestigious Italia Conti Academy in England. Her film and TV credits include Doctor Who , 24: Live Another Day , and Halo: Nightfall . She nearly appeared in another major sci-fi franchise, as she was cast in Star Wars: The Force Awakens , but her scenes were deleted.

Nyota Uhura (Celia Rose Gooding)

Uhura, like Spock, began her service on Enterprise before Kirk took command. In the first episode of Strange New Worlds , Uhura has just been assigned to Enterprise as a communications officer, in part because of her unique ability to learn and speak dozens of languages. Although she is initially unsure if a career in Starfleet is right for her, she quickly bonds with her fellow crew members, and her destiny aboard the Enterprise is set.

Celia Rose Gooding is a Broadway veteran, having earned a Tony nomination for Best Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical in 2020. Strange New Worlds is her first on-screen acting role.

Joseph M'Benga (Babs Olusanmokun)

Dr. M'Benga is the Chief Medical Officer aboard the Enterprise. He has served in Starfleet for many years, including during the Federation-Klingon War, prior to his Enterprise assignment. He and Pike were acquaintances, so they got along well once he was assigned to his command. He has a young daughter, Rukiya, who suffers from cygnokemia, a terminal disease with no cure. M'Benga secretly kept Rukiya in stasis by keeping her in Enterprise's transporter buffer, so the disease didn't progress.

Babs Olusanmokun had his first American acting role in a 2007 episode of the CBS series The Unit . He went on to appear on the TV series Gotham , The Blacklist , Marvel's The Defenders , and the miniseries Roots . He also appeared in the films Wrath of Man and Dune until he was cast in Strange New Worlds , his most high-profile role to date. He is also a third-degree black belt in Jiu-Jitsu.

Erica Ortegas (Melissa Navia)

Lieutenant Erica Ortegas pilots the Enterprise, and is highly regarded for her skill. She actually hopes to see more action on away missions and relishes the chance to join one. She and Nurse Chapel are close friends.

Strange New Worlds is the biggest role to date for actress Melissa Navia . Her previous credits include Bull , Dietland , Billions , and Homeland . Her Twitter account is quite popular among fans, as she is not afraid to comment on controversial subjects.

Christine Chapel (Jess Bush)

Nurse Chapel joined the Enterprise crew in the first episode of Strange New Worlds , as part of a civilian exchange program. Despite their cultural differences, she and Spock make a personal connection, even though he is betrothed to the Vulcan T'Pring. Although both Chapel and Spock try to keep things professional, eventually, their affections come to the surface in an unusual display of emotion for Spock. Chapel would continue to serve on Enterprise after James Kirk took command.

Australian model and actress Jess Bush rose to fame on the reality series Australia's Next Top Model . She later appeared in the series Home and Away and Playing for Keeps . Strange New Worlds is her breakthrough role.

Hemmer (Bruce Horak)

Hemmer is the Enterprise's chief engineer and is first seen in the second episode of the series. He is blind, but dislikes being labeled as having a disability, and his other senses have become more attuned to compensate. He is no-nonsense and opinionated, and his blunt, often sarcastic responses don't go over very well with many.

Early in his career, Canadian actor Bruce Horak had minor roles in Warehouse 13 and In the Dark . Like the character he portrays, Horak is legally blind, having lost 90% of his sight to childhood cancer. He is the first legally blind actor to play a major role in the Star Trek franchise.

George Samuel "Sam" Kirk (Dan Jeannotte)

Lieutenant Sam Kirk is a science officer who serves aboard the Enterprise under Captain Pike and Mr. Spock. He is also the brother of Captain Kirk, although he transferred to a science colony before his brother became captain. During his time on Enterprise, he was a valuable member of the crew, often accompanying the officers on away missions. Like his brother, he has the signature Kirk swagger.

Dan Jeannotte has had major roles in the series Reign , The Good Witch , and The Bold Type . He also toured extensively with the comedy troupe Uncalled For.

Jenna Mitchell (Rong Fu)

Lieutenant Jenna Mitchell serves as the navigator on the Enterprise, often serving alongside pilot Lt. Ortegas. Rong Fu began acting professionally immediately after graduating from York University in 2012, appearing in an episode of Warehouse 13 . The Chinese-born Fu also appeared on the series American Gothic , the CW's Beauty and the Beast , American Gods , and Good Sam .

T'Pring (Gia Sandhu)

Spock's fiancé T'Pring has been betrothed to him since they were children. Her mother, however, disapproves of the marriage, and her overbearing nature complicates their relationship. T'Pring serves as a counselor to Vulcans who have committed crimes because they could not control their emotions, hoping to lead them back to a life of pure logic. She and Spock share a long-distance relationship because of their respective careers.

Gia Sandhu is a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada. She has had roles in the series The Mysterious Benedict Society , Heartland , Nikita , and Kim's Convenience . She also appeared in the films A Simple Favor and A Perfect Plan .

Captain Batel (Melanie Scrofano)

Captain Batel commands the USS Cayuga and also serves in the Judge Advocate General's office for Starfleet. She is having a secret romantic relationship with Captain Pike, although their assignments often keep them apart. Their relationship becomes strained when one of Pike's crew is court-martialed, and Batel is assigned as the prosecuting counsel.

Melanie Scrofano is best known for playing the lead role in the SyFy series Wynonna Earp . She has also appeared in the films Ready or Not , The Silencing , and the series Designated Survivor .

James T. Kirk (Paul Wesley)

James T. Kirk would eventually command the USS Enterprise, but during the events of Strange New Worlds , he is a lieutenant serving elsewhere. He appears in Strange New Worlds in episodes involving time travel and alternate timelines. Paul Wesley has joined an exclusive group of actors who have portrayed the iconic Captain Kirk , including William Shatner and Chris Pine. The New Jersey native is best known for his role as Stefan Salvatore in The Vampire Diaries .

Pelia (Carol Kane)

Pelia, who appears in the second season of the series, is a Lanthanite, a species that looks human but can live impossibly long lives. Although she currently serves as a Starfleet inspector, the Enterprise crew discovers her true identity and her habit of collecting priceless treasures throughout history.

Carol Kane is an iconic actress who was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in 1976 for the film Hester Street . She appeared as Valerie in the classic film The Princess Bride and also appeared in the series Taxi and the films Scrooged and The Addams Family .

Captain D'Chok (Andrew Jackson)

D'Chok is a Klingon captain the Enterprise crew encounters in the first episode of the second season, "The Broken Circle." His character is notable, as he depicts the Klingons as they appeared in the original series and films, but changed with the J.J. Abrams reboot of the franchise.

Andrew Jackson has an acting career spanning more than thirty years. His other acting credits include over 200 episodes of All My Children as Dr. Stephen Hamill. He also appeared in The Boys and Dark Matter .

Captain Angel/Dr. Aspen (Jesse James Keitel)

Captain Angel is a pirate who used their ship, the Serene Squall, to raid outposts along the Federation border. Angel assumed the identity of Doctor Aspen, a Federation medical officer, to gain access to the Enterprise in order to steal the ship and kidnap Mr. Spock. Angel intended to trade Spock for their lover, who turned out to be Spock's half-brother Sybok, who was being held by the Vulcans and Spock's fiancé T'Pring.

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Jesse James Keitel has also appeared in Queer as Folk and in 25 episodes of ABC's Big Sky , becoming the first transgender actor in a major ABC television role.

Amanda Grayson (Mia Kirshner)

Amanda Grayson is Spock's mother and the wife of Sarek. She, more than anyone, understands Spock's dual nature and supports his life decisions, even if his Vulcan peers do not. Mia Kirshner has appeared in 24 , The Crow: City of Angels , Defiance , and Not Another Teen Movie . She also portrayed Amanda Grayson on Star Trek: Discovery .

Robert April (Adrian Holmes)

Admiral Robert April is Captain Pike's superior officer and friend. He was supportive of him taking time off after he learned of his future but demanded he come back to service to lead a mission to rescue Number One when she is captured on a distant planet (as seen in the series' first episode). The character first appeared in Star Trek: The Animated Series in the 1970s.

Adrian Holmes appeared in the films Cabin in the Woods , Skyscraper , and Elysium . He also appeared as Uncle Phil in the Peacock Fresh Prince reboot Bel-Air .

Rukiya (Sage Arrindell)

Rukiya is Dr. M'Benga's daughter. She suffers from cygnokemia, a terminal disease with no known cure. In order to prolong her life, her father keeps her in stasis in the transporter buffer of the Enterprise, so the disease does not progress while he searches for a cure. Sage Arrindell has also appeared in the series Chucky and The Odd Squad and provides a voice for the animated series Paw Patrol .

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Strange New Worlds treks across familiar territory to refreshing effect, its episodic structure and soulful cast recapturing the sense of boundless discovery that defined the franchise's roots.

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‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Is Approaching at Warp Speed. Here’s Everyone We Know Will Be In It (So Far!)

There are all sorts of reasons to love spring, flowers blooming, birds singing, and of course, the most important reason of all: It’s the season the newest Star Trek series, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is coming out! The Discovery spin-off series that follows the pre-Kirk crew of the Enterprise has garnered a lot of excitement and generated many potential fan theories about what might be in store.

We still have a little time to wait, and we’re desperate to be back amongst the stars, so let’s take a look at some different stars (as in the actors who will be bringing it all to life). Here are all the confirmed cast and crew of Strange New World’s USS Enterprise!

Anson Mount  is Captain Christopher Pike

Continuing his role from season two of Star Trek: Discovery, Mount will be playing Captain Christopher Pike. Pike was the first captain of the USS Enterprise shown in the original series’ unaired pilot (though canonically, he is the second as Captain Robert April was the very first captain according to Star Trek: The Animated Series ), before being replaced (and recast) by Captain James T. Kirk. Canonically, the show dealt with the swap by promoting him to fleet captain, however, he was grievously injured and makes a second appearance in his altered state in the famous TOS episode, “The Menagerie.”

However, Strange New Worlds takes place about six or seven years prior to the arrival of Captain Kirk, which means that we won’t have to witness the tragedy that is doomed to befall Captain Pike any time soon (fingers crossed!)

Rebecca Romijn is Una Chin-Riley/Number One

Romijn returns as Una, aka Number One . Una Chin-Riley was also a main character in the unaired pilot, and was played by creator Gene Rodenberry’s eventual wife Majel Barrett. (Barrett later went on to play several characters throughout the franchise including Nurse Chapel in the original series, and Lwaxana Troi in The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine .) 

Ethan Peck is Spock

Our other returning Discovery cast member is Ethan Peck as the young Spock ! In this show, Spock (originally played by the late, great Leonard Nimoy), the half-human half-vulcan, is still a science officer and has not yet met and befriended his best boy, Captain Kirk. Discovery also revealed that Michael Burnham is Spock’s adopted sister, so it’s possible that part of this series will deal with him coping with the loss of his recently reunited family member.

Jess Bush is Nurse Christine Chapel

Bush will be bringing a new twist to the iconic Nurse Chapel once played by Majel Barrett. In the original series, Chapel left her job as a biochemist to join Starfleet and track down her missing fiancé (she does eventually and it… does not go well!) However, while on the Enterprise, she develops feelings for Spock! It’s possible that this might come into play in Strange New Worlds as well, both her unrequited feelings and her missing fiancé. Dr. Roger Korby. 

Christina Chong is La’an Noonien-Singh

One of the casting announcements that generated the most buzz was Chong playing the mysterious La’an Noonien-Singh. Fans obviously noticed the similarity in the name to Kirk’s greatest nemesis (and the greatest fake chest of all time) Khan Noonien-Singh . Khan was a genetically engineered superhuman that controlled a large portion of Earth during the “Eugenics Wars” and was accidentally revived from suspended animation by the crew of the Enterprise. 

La’an is a relative of Khan, but it is unclear if she is a daughter or a sister. It was also revealed that Cameron Roberts will be playing a character named Manu Noonien-Singh, so it is possible that there are several superhuman Khan offspring running around out there! Also curious to find out how one of these superhumans ended up as a member of Starfleet, considering that in the original series, they were awoken by Kirk’s crew and Kirk isn’t a captain yet, nor is he in charge of the Enterprise! There might be timeline changes and retconning afoot!

Celia Rose Gooding is Nyota Uhura

Gooding will be playing a younger version of the iconic Lieutenant Uhura! In the original series Uhura , played by the legendary Nichelle Nichols, was a translator and communications officer who specialized in linguistics, cryptography, and philology. Uhura was one of the first Black characters in an American television program that was not portraying a menial role. She also had a romantic fling with Captain Kirk (which was also the first time an interracial kiss was shown on American television.)

Gooding will be playing Uhura when she was a young cadet, but it’s exciting to know what the character might have in store in future series!

Babs Olusanmokun is Dr. M’Benga

Olusanmokun will be playing Dr. M’Benga (originally played by Booker Bradshaw in the original series). On the original series, Dr. M’Benga specialized in treating Vulcans and even interned on the planet Vulcan itself.

Bruce Horak is Hemmer

Horak will be playing Hemmer, an alien officer on board the Enterprise. He is an Aenar , an albino subspecies of Andorians who are generally depicted as blind. Horak is blind in one eye and has limited sight in the other.

Other confirmed cast include Melissa Navia as Lieutenant Erica Ortegas and Paul Wesley , who will be joining the cast in season two as James T. Kirk (before he became captain). 

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds will release on Paramount Plus on May 5!

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Never was super big into Star Trek but after rewatching the Kelvin trilogy I decided to dive right in with Strange New Worlds. I loved both seasons of this and found myself getting right into The Original Series when I finished up. The characters are rich and complex and the balance between lighthearted moments and serious ones is incredible. Really love this show and can't wait for the next season.

I started watching Star Trek around 1966, I enjoyed it then and I enjoy it now in whatever new versions it’s in.

No shade towards any other Star Trek series released recently, but I think Strange New Worlds is the best entry point for newcomers. The series is a return to the classic tone and style of earlier series, but with stellar modern characterizations and little need to do any additional homework.

Whether you have been a Trekkie since the beginning or are completely new to the franchise, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is undoubtedly worth watching. Following the adventures of Captain Christopher Pike and his USS Enterprise, the show fills in the time period before Captain Kirk took over command. The cast of Strange New Worlds is pitch-perfect, with Anson Mount's Captain Pike and Celia Rose Gooding's Uhura particular standouts. With the perfect combination of stand-alone adventures and serialized story threads, Strange New Worlds feels like classic Trek made for the modern era of television and pretty much everything about just works.

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Returning to the early days of the starship Enterprise, "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" reunites the original crew that creator Gene Roddenberry first dreamed up for the franchise way back in the 1960s. Though Pike and Number One would be jettisoned in favor of Captain Kirk and others for the eventual series that we've all come to know and love, they were never quite forgotten. Now they're back in a prequel series that has been met with  near-universal critical acclaim  and love from fans for its engaging stories, compelling characters, and return to episodic adventures. 

The series brings back a number of old favorites like Pike, Number One, Spock, Uhura, and more. But there are also plenty of new characters that flesh out the bridge of the original 1701. And just like its cast of characters, the roster of actors on "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" features a mix of well-known names, rising stars, and fresh-faced newcomers. 

So prep a landing party and recharge the primary energizing coils, because this is a full rundown of the cast of "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds."

Anson Mount

Captain Christopher Pike is first officially seen in the 1966 "Star Trek" episode "The Menagerie." That episode  used recycled footage from an unaired pilot and starred actor Jeffrey Hunter as the hitherto unseen captain of the Enterprise. Replacing him in the role in the 21st century is "Strange New Worlds" star Anson Mount, who made his first appearance as Pike in the second season of "Star Trek: Discovery." 

A longtime leading man on television, Mount is best known as the former outlaw Cullen Bohannon on the hit AMC Western, "Hell on Wheels." There he starred for five seasons opposite "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" star Colm Meaney, who played corrupt railroad owner Thomas Durant. But that's certainly not the only role you'll recognize Mount from. In 2017, he was the star of the much-maligned ABC series "Inhumans." In that series, he played a superhero known as Black Bolt, whose voice can topple buildings. Though "Inhumans" bombed, Mount's voiceless performance drew praise and Marvel stunned fans when they brought Mount back for a cameo as Black Bolt in "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" in 2022.

Prior to all of that, Mount was a series regular on "Conviction," a short-lived spinoff of "Law and Order," and had memorable guest appearances everywhere from "Ally McBeal" and "Sex and the City" to "Smallville" and "Lost."

Rebecca Romijn

Taking over the role of Pike's first officer Number One — originally played by creator Gene Roddenberry's eventual wife Majel Barrett in that same unaired pilot episode from the 1960s — is actress Rebecca Romijn. Sci-fi fans will recognize Romijn by her name, if not necessarily by her face, from her part as the villainous mutant Mystique in the original "X-Men" trilogy from the 2000s. Covered entirely in blue body paint, you may not have realized it was Romijn appearing in all three films — although she looks more like herself in a cameo from the 2011 relaunch, "X-Men: First Class." But if you're too young to remember the 2000s, you may remember Romijn from her more human-looking role as the lead adventurer in four seasons of the family drama series "The Librarians," Eve Baird, a character she has compared to Number One (via  Collider ).

Before "The Librarians," Romijn joined the main cast of the television adaptation of the classic Jack Nicholson fantasy comedy "The Witches of Eastwick" in 2009. Though the series, simply titled "Eastwick," was cancelled after barely a season had aired, Romijn was a highlight as one of the three witches. As a guest star and recurring character on television, Romijn's appearances include roles on "Ugly Betty," "Chuck," and "Curb Your Enthusiasm." 

A self-professed Trekkie, at least according to her husband in an interview with Entertainment Weekly , Romijn may have found her favorite role yet in Number One.

Along with Anson Mount and Rebecca Romijn, Ethan Peck debuted as the new Mr. Spock in Season 2 of "Star Trek: Discovery" before making the jump over to "Strange New Worlds." Though it certainly wasn't his first acting role, it was definitely his biggest, as Peck was largely unknown to most fans at the time of his casting as the Enterprise's resident Vulcan. But taking over a role associated with someone as famous as Leonord Nimoy was nothing new for Peck, as his biggest role prior to putting on the pointed ears was high school bad boy Patrick Verona — originally played by the late Heath Ledger – in the television adaptation of "10 Things I Hate About You," which ran for a single season following its 2009 premiere.

Outside of that one role, Peck was mostly a journeyman actor who appeared across a number of other series, with small roles in "Madam Secretary," "Gossip Girl," "That '70s Show" (where he played a younger version of Ashton Kutcher's Kelso), and "The Drew Carey Show" all the way back in 1999 when he was barely a teenager. But Peck's projects included more than just TV, as he also had bit parts in some major feature films including the Justin Timberlake thriller "In Time," and the teen fantasy drama "The Sorcerer's Apprentice." Suffice to say that now that he's this generation's Mr. Spock, he may not have to settle for bit parts any longer.

Christina Chong

British import Christina Chong stepped onto the bridge of the Enterprise in "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" to play the ship's chief of security La'an Noonien-Singh. Fans of science fiction likely recognize Chong from her small but key role in "Doctor Who" where she played mercenary soldier Lorna Bucket in 2011's "A Good Man Goes to War" or her part as Tamsin in the "Black Mirror" episode "The Waldo Moment." But those are hardly her only roles; in fact, those are technically some of her smallest parts.

Outside of the U.K., where she has made recurring appearances in crime dramas "Whitechapel" and "Case Sensitive," audiences may know her as Mariana in "24: Live Another Day," the 2014 miniseries revival of Kiefer Sutherland's "24." You might also have seen her in Season 2 of "Dominion" as Zoe Holloway, one of Vega's Archangel Corps. Her biggest role, though, wasn't on TV at all, as she was part of the main cast of the X-Box Live miniseries "Halo: Nightfall" alongside "Luke Cage" star Mike Colter. Chong came very close to completing the trifecta of appearing in the three biggest sci-fi franchises — including "Star Trek" and "Doctor Who" — when she filmed scenes for "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" that were ultimately cut from the film. Nevertheless, it all worked out, as her role as La'an in "Strange New Worlds" is far bigger than any cameo she may have had in "Star Wars."

Babs Olusanmokun

The chief medical officer of the USS Enterprise is Joseph M'Benga, a role that originated in a pair of episodes of the original "Star Trek" where he was played by Booker Bradshaw. In "Strange New Worlds," M'Benga is played by Nigerian American actor Babs Olusanmokun, who genre fans might recognize from his small role in Netflix's "Defenders" miniseries. In the Marvel team-up show, Olusanmokun played Sowande, an African warlord and member of The Hand who is ultimately beheaded in a gruesome scene by Daredevil mentor Stick. Like Christina Chong, the actor also had a role in an episode of sci-fi anthology series "Black Mirror" where he played Clayton Leigh, the holographic man at the center of the acclaimed episode "Black Museum," which also features "Short Treks" actor Aldis Hodge and "Black Panther" star Letitia Wright.

Outside of the sci-fi realm, Olusanmokun has appeared in the DC Comics crime drama "Gotham," the NBC James Spader hit "The Blacklist," Tom Sellek's "Blue Bloods," and the cult favorite "Veronica Mars."  He also had a multi-episode role as Kunta Kinte's father in the remake of "Roots," which was produced by original star and "Trek" veteran LeVar Burton. But Olusanmokun has shined outside of television, as he has also made memorable appearances in big screen outings like Paul Bettany's "Shelter," Guy Ritchie's "Wrath of Man," and the 2021 Denis Villeneuve science fiction epic, "Dune."

Bruce Horak

The first actor on our list that you had likely never heard of before "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds," Bruce Horak plays Hemmer, who is a member of  the Aenar, a subspecies of one of the classic "Trek" races, the Andorians. Hemmer's people hail from the subterranean ice caves of Andoria and lack eyesight while wielding powerful telepathic abilities. The producers thought it was important to cast a visually impaired actor to play a blind character, and Horak lost almost all of his eyesight due to a childhood illness (via  CBC ).

Before "Strange New Worlds," Horak had just a handful of TV and movie credits to his name, with a part in a 2010 episode of the sci-fi comedy "Warehouse 13" where he played Philo Farnsworth in the episode titled "Beyond Our Control." Horak also had a two-episode stint on the CW series "In the Dark" just prior to "Strange New Worlds," but acting was never Horak's first love. In fact, Horak is an artist by trade .

Celia Rose Gooding

A surprise addition to the cast of "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" was a younger version of the iconic Uhura, once played by Nichelle Nichols. Though we've previously seen her future-self serve as the Enterprise's communications officer, in "Strange New Worlds" Uhura is still a Starfleet cadet played by 22-year-old actress Celia Rose Gooding in her first ever onscreen acting role. 

During the years prior to Gooding joining the "Star Trek" family, she focused her career on live theater. In 2017, when she was just 17 years old, she appeared as one of the leads, Frankie Healy, in the Broadway production of "Jagged Little Pill," an original musical inspired by the songs of Alanis Morissette. The cast performed parts of "Jagged Little Pill" live on a few TV shows — "Late Night with Seth Meyers," "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve," and "Good Morning America." After being nominated for a Tony Award in 2020 for her part as Frankie, Gooding received a Grammy Award for best musical theater album for her part in the "Jagged Little Pill" stage production's soundtrack.  

Melissa Navia

A new "Star Trek" character making her debut in "Strange New Worlds" is Erica Ortegas, operations officer on the bridge of the USS Enterprise. A snarky, wise-cracking straight shooter, Ortegas is played by actress Melissa Navia, an active Twitter personality who is just as lively and opinionated as her character. Though she's new to "Trek," if you're a big movie and TV watcher, you've probably seen Navia before.

You might know her from appearances on TV shows like "Billions," "Homeland," and "Bull." On the latter, she appeared just before her debut as Ortegas, playing the recurring character of Tidal, a devious hacker with dubious motives. Though "Strange New Worlds" is her first leading role in a series, Navia did have a seven-episode stint on the web series "Common Charges," and a leading role in the 2016 psychodrama "Hymns." Her screen debut in 2011 was also in a leading role, in the indie drama "Love Eterne," where she played a young woman who faces a turning point in her life and must look to her friends for support. But with her breakout role in "Strange New Worlds," Navia has finally found the spotlight she deserves.

Another character that originated on the classic 1960s "Star Trek" series, Nurse Christine Chapel was — like Number One — originally played by Gene Roddenberry's future wife, actress Majel Barrett. Now, more than five decades later, Chapel returns to "Trek" as a main cast member of "Strange New Worlds," this time as a civilian researcher on assignment aboard the USS Enterprise. Here, Chapel is played by Australian actress Jess Bush, who puts on an American accent so convincing that you'd never know she was from Down Under if you weren't familiar with her previous work.

But if you are familiar with Bush's pre-"Star Trek" career, you're probably not among the majority of American Trekkies. In 2011, her showbusiness career began when she almost won the "Australia's Next Top Model" contest. It wouldn't be until 2017 that she'd take her first official acting role — a recurring character on "Home and Away," a soap opera that's practically a rite of passage for every actor who originates from Australia, including the likes of Chris Hemsworth, Isla Fisher, and Naomi Watts.

While she made a handful of appearances in shows like "Playing for Keeps" and "Secret Daughter," the new "Star Trek" series marks Bush's first major role.

Actress Gia Sandhu made her mark on "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" as the recurring character of T'Pring, Mr. Spock's betrothed on Vulcan. While the character appears previously in the classic episode "Amok Time,"  played by Arlene Martel, Sandhu has already eclipsed the original's screentime, appearing in three episodes of the first season of "Strange New Worlds." Though Sandhu's career has been varied and wide, she might be most recognizable to viewers in her native Canada where she performed in a number of television projects.

Sandhu had a small but recurring role in the comedic crime miniseries "The Indian Detective," which starred Russell Peters alongside fellow Canadian and godfather of "Trek" William Shatner. Sandhu also made appearances on Canadian shows like "Heartland," and "Kim's Convenience," where she played a woman pursued by Simu Liu's character. More recently, she starred in "The Mysterious Benedict Society" on Disney+, but her biggest role before "Star Trek" might have been a project that never came to fruition. In 2018 she was to have starred opposite Hannah Simone in the remake of the 1970s superhero comedy "The Greatest American Hero."  Thankfully, on "Strange New Worlds," Sandhu has become a recurring actor who's made a real impact and is likely to return in Season 2.

Adrian Holmes

The fabled first captain of the USS Enterprise , Robert April finally makes his first live-action appearance in the premiere episode of "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds," played by actor Adrian Holmes. The character had been mentioned, but only ever seen on one occasion in the 1970s animated series. For longtime Trekkies, April's emergence on "Strange New Worlds" was both a stunning and familiar sight, at least for those who'd seen the actor's prolific body of previous work. Certainly, comic book adaptation fans might recognize him from his role in "The Boys" where he played Dr. Park in one 2020 episode, but it's even more likely they'd remember his recurring character Frank Pike, a police captain in Star City, on the DC television series "Arrow."

Before those appearances, Holmes was known mostly for the Steven Seagal action series "True Justice" and a recurring role in "Smallville." The actor also may be recognized from an important role in the "Battlestar Galactica" prequel web series "Blood & Chrome," as well as a variety of guest spots on any number of well-known TV shows like "Supernatural," "Letterkenny," and "Stargate SG-1." Suffice to say, Holmes has been around the block, and he's one of those faces you've probably seen whether you realize it or not. Here's hoping he gets his own spinoff series, and we get to see him in action as Robert April, former Enterprise captain.

Dan Jeannotte

Dan Jeannotte joined the series in the final moments of the premiere episode of "Strange New Worlds" as the punchline of an episode-long gag. The imminent arrival of a "Kirk" was teased early in the episode, potentially setting up the reveal of the legendary James T. Kirk, only for it to be James' brother George "Sam" Kirk played by Jeannotte in all his mustached glory. Though originally appearing in the '60s series, where William Shatner played him while wearing a fake mustache, many viewers may have recognized the actor playing this new version. Jeannotte may not be a household name, but he's been seen in plenty of places outside of "Trek."

Jeannotte got his start with guest spots on "Being Human," "Dark Matter," "Fargo," and "Beauty and the Beast" while making background appearances in big films like "RED 2" and "Death Race." But he took bigger roles in more recent years, with a recurring role as James Stuart on the CW historical drama "Reign." Jeannotte was also a cast member of the Hallmark fantasy drama "Good Witch" for its first two seasons, then continued to appear as recurring character Brandon Russell throughout the rest of its five-season run.

From 2017 to 2021, the actor played freelance writer Ryan Decker on the Freeform drama "The Bold Type." With "Strange New Worlds," he's finally found his first franchise.

Jesse James Keitel

"Star Trek" is a franchise well known for its guest stars, with famous names like Joan Collins, Kelsey Grammer, Iggy Pop, and even Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson making major appearances over the course of its various series. "Strange New Worlds" had its best guest thus far in the episode "The Serene Squall" in the form of visiting Dr. Aspen, who is revealed to be a deadly space pirate named Captain Angel there to lure the Enterprise into a trap. Angel was played by guest star Jesse James Keitel, who has made a name for herself on the TV series "Big Sky" and earning serious accolades along the way.

Beyond her role as Jerrie Kennedy on "Big Sky," audiences might know Keitel for her recurring part as Ruthie, a transwoman and high school English teacher on the 2022 reboot of iconic comedy drama "Queer as Folk." But despite all the dramas that Keitel has starred in, "Strange New Worlds" isn't her first foray into science fiction. In "Forever Alone," she played a time-traveler facing a new personal mission.

In "The Serene Squall," we learn that Captain Angel has a connection to Mr. Spock as the lover of his half-brother Sybok, so there's a very real chance she'll return in Season 2.

André Dae Kim

A lesser-known returning character who first appears on the original "Star Trek" series, transporter Chief Kyle made a comeback on "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" in Season 1, played by actor André Dae Kim. Trekkies may not recognize the actor if their viewing habits limit them to more adult fare. But for many years, Kim starred on the hit teen drama "Degrassi: The Next Generation," where he played the snarky whiz kid Winston Chu in more than 50 episodes.

Outside of "Degrassi," Kim has appeared in a variety of guest roles on genre shows, including the horror drama "Locke & Key" and the supernatural drama "American Gods" from "Star Trek: Discovery" creator Bryan Fuller. Alongside "Strange New Worlds," Kim is a main cast member on the 2022 Peacock original "Vampire Academy" where he also plays a previously established character — this time Christian Ozera, played by Dominic Sherwood in the "Vampire Academy" film.

Sage Arrindell

The youngest star of "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds," little Rukiya M'Benga is in many ways the heart and soul of the series' first season. The center of the most emotionally charged season-long subplot, Rukiya suffers from an incurable and terminal illness that drives her father Dr. M'Benga to search for answers among the stars. Rukiya was played by actress Sage Arrindell, and if you're thinking that someone so young wouldn't have many other acting credits on her resume, think again. 

Outside of "Star Trek," Arrindell has voiced a number of animated roles, most notably the recurring role of Julia on the Nickelodeon animal adventure "PAW Patrol." She also played two different characters in "Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum," created by graphic novelists Brad Meltzer and Chris Eliopoulos. There she voiced child versions of two famous real-life figures — poet Maya Angelou and 19th century archaeologist Mary Anning.

In live action, Arrindell joined a different long-running franchise in 2021, appearing in an episode of the TV series "Chucky," based on the big-screen horror icon.

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Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Begins Filming, BTS Photos Revealed

By Ryan Louis Mantilla

School is officially in session. Production has begun on Star Trek: Starfleet Academy , marked with newly released behind-the-scenes photos of the cast of Paramount+ ‘s new Star Trek series. 

The newest installment in the Star Trek universe is a coming-of-age series following a team of young cadets as they train to become officers while facing formidable threats. It is executive produced by Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau, both of whom also serve as showrunners. 

Per the synopsis, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy will introduce “a young group of cadets who come together to pursue a common dream of hope and optimism. Under the watchful and demanding eyes of their instructors, they discover what it takes to become Starfleet officers as they navigate blossoming friendships, explosive rivalries, first loves and a new enemy that threatens both the Academy and the Federation itself.”

You can check out the Star Trek: Starfleet Academy behind-the-scenes photos down below: 

School is in session, cadets! Today marks the official start of production as the #StarTrek Stage welcomes #StarfleetAcademy . pic.twitter.com/i6Bmtz5Tuh — Star Trek on Paramount+ (@StarTrekOnPPlus) August 26, 2024

Who stars in Star Trek: Starfleet Academy?

The titular Starfleet Academy will be graced by Sandro Rosta, Kerrice Brooks, Bella Shepard, George Hawkins, Karim Diané, and Zoë Steiner, with Academy Award winner Holly Hunter joining the cast as “the captain and chancellor.” 

Some familiar faces will also return to reprise their past Star Trek roles, including Tig Notaro (Star Trek: Discovery) as Jett Reno, Robert Picardo (Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Prodigy) as The Doctor, Oded Fehr (Star Trek: Discovery) as Admiral Charles Vance, and Mary Wiseman (Star Trek: Discovery) as Sylvia Tilly. Meanwhile, Paul Giamatti and Gina Yashere will also appear in the series as recurring guest stars. 

“As we continue to explore more of the Star Trek universe, we’re thrilled to bring Star Trek: Starfleet Academy to fans around the world as the next chapter in this expanding franchise,” president of CBS Studios David Stapf previously said in a statement. “Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau’s vision is a smart and thrilling take that celebrates the core principles of what Star Trek has always stood for, but through the eyes of the next generation of Starfleet’s leaders.”

No release date has been set yet for the upcoming Paramount+ series.

Ryan is a TV/Film news writer for ComingSoon.

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• Star Trek: Discovery paved the way for LGBTQ+ representation in the Star Trek franchise.
• Wilson Cruz reflects on the importance of human connection and self-discovery portrayed in the series.
• Cruz reveals his satisfaction with Culber's character arc in Season 5 and is open to future appearances.

Though Star Trek: Discovery has come to an end after five seasons, the series will go down in history as the one that kicked off the latest era of the long-running franchise. When Discovery warped onto the scene in 2017, it also broke new ground by featuring one of the franchise's first gay couples to be a regular part of the series. Wilson Cruz and Anthony Rapp opened new doors for LGBTQ+ audiences, and even actors as Discovery 's earliest seasons inspired stars like Blu Del Barrio and June Laporte to reach for the stars too.

To celebrate the release of Discovery Season 5 on Blu-ray and DVD , I sat down with Cruz to take a look back at his time on the series. During our conversation, he spoke about how he hopes Discovery's legacy is rooted in connection, both with ourselves and those around us. He also explains why he was happy with where his character ended up in Season 5 despite having wanted to return for Season 6, and where he thinks Culber and Stamets (Rapp) are in the flash forward shown in the series finale. Lastly, Cruz reveals whether we can expect to see him pop up in any future episodes of Starfleet Academy . You can read our full conversation in the transcript below or watch it in the player above.

Star Trek: Discovery

Taking place almost a decade before Captain Kirk's Enterprise, the USS Discovery charts a course to uncover new worlds and life forms.

COLLIDER: With the show coming to an end and getting this gorgeous home release, looking back over the last eight years of working on Discovery , what do you hope the show's legacy is as part of this massive and probably eternal franchise?

WILSON CRUZ: That’s a big question, Samantha. The first thing that comes to mind is that while it's important to discover new planets and new species and new universes, and that someday we will, in the end, our connection to each other is still the most important thing about our lives. The way that we choose to connect with people who are different than we are , who may look different than we are, who may feel differently about any given subject, it's important to remember that we need each other . That’s one. Two: that, as human beings, our job is to know ourselves more deeply and better, and that's part of our work here on this planet, or whatever planet we're on. That it's okay, that it's not a selfish thing to want to know yourself , and that to connect with other people is the most important part of our lives. And I think the show really displayed that.

'Star Trek: Discovery' Season 5 Felt Like the End of a Chapter, Not the Whole Story

"i was excited to come back in season 6 and discover what that means.".

This season, you got to go on a really cool spiritual journey, and it allowed you to both relate to Michael more, and even at one point, you got to play a whole other character for a day. How do you feel about how Hugh's story ended, and the full-circle journey for him?

CRUZ: I'm really satisfied because I thought that Season 5 was gonna be the end of a chapter for him . He had been on this journey of self-acceptance, of self-realization, really, a reimagining of his world, of his life, no longer sitting in the background of his genius husband, but stepping into his own genius, but also trying to understand how all of this happened, to come to terms with the fact that he had died and come back to life and created this life and that there were questions that could never be answered about that that drove him nuts, that made him anxious. Like the fact that they're even 900 years into the future, that causes anxiety. You can't really explain that. For a scientist, that's hard to accept.

But for him at the end to finally be moved by the fact that this incredible experience has happened and he can't explain it, but it all worked out was a revelation for him that he could finally trust in the universe again, even though he couldn't explain it. So, I was excited to come back in Season 6 and discover what that means now because, who is he now that he doesn't have that anxiety anymore, right? But it was a nice way to end his series because now it's just one full arc. So, I'm pretty satisfied with that.

In the finale, we get this beautiful flash-forward with Michael and Book and their happily ever after, and we do see the rest of the crew again in that vision scene that Michael has. Where do you think Hugh and Paul are at that point in their journey and their lives in the future?

CRUZ: I think they spend a lot more time at their vacation home in Puerto Rico. I think they spend a lot more time probably visiting their charges wherever they are. But I also think that they are probably helping Tilly over at the Starfleet Academy whenever she needs us. But I think they're happily married and excited about their retirement. [Laughs]

I love that. Speaking of Tilly, now that we know when Starfleet Academy is set, is there any chance that we'll see you guys pop up there in the future?

CRUZ: I don't know. They know that we're more than happy and willing to come back if asked. But we're wishing them every success. I'm speaking for Anthony [Rapp] and I. [Laughs]

Star Trek: Discovery Season 5 is now available on Blu-ray and DVD. You can stream the entire series on Paramount+.

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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993–1999) is a science fiction television series based on Gene Roddenberry ’s Star Trek , created by Rick Berman and Michael Piller , and produced by Paramount Pictures .

Emissary [1.1]

Past prologue [1.3], a man alone [1.4], babel [1.5], captive pursuit [1.6], q-less [1.7], the passenger [1.9], move along home [1.10], the nagus [1.11], vortex [1.12], battle lines [1.13], the storyteller [1.14], progress [1.15], if wishes were horses [1.16], the forsaken [1.17], dramatis personae [1.18], duet [1.19], in the hands of the prophets [1.20], the homecoming [2.1], the circle [2.2], the siege [2.3].

- Krim, to Benjamin Sisko and Li Nalas

Invasive Procedures [2.4]

[Sisko is blocking Verad Dax's escape]

Cardassians [2.5]

Melora [2.6], rules of acquisition [2.7], necessary evil [2.8], second sight [2.9], sanctuary [2.10], rivals [2.11], the alternate [2.12].

Dr. Mora Pol: You are truly a remarkable life-form, Odo.

Armageddon Game [2.13]

Whispers [2.14], paradise [2.15], shadowplay [2.16], playing god [2.17], profit and loss [2.18], blood oath [2.19], the maquis, part i [2.20], the maquis, part ii [2.21], the wire [2.22], crossover [2.23], the collaborator [2.24], tribunal [2.25], the jem'hadar [2.26], the search, part i [3.1], the search, part ii [3.2], the house of quark [3.3], equilibrium [3.4], second skin [3.5], the abandoned [3.6], civil defense [3.7], meridian [3.8], defiant [3.9], fascination [3.10], past tense, part i [3.11], past tense, part ii [3.12], life support [3.13], heart of stone [3.14], destiny [3.15], prophet motive [3.16], visionary [3.17], distant voices [3.18], through the looking glass [3.19], improbable cause [3.20], the die is cast [3.21], explorers [3.22], family business [3.23], shakaar [3.24], facets [3.25], the adversary [3.26], the way of the warrior [4.1], the visitor [4.3], hippocratic oath [4.4], indiscretion [4.5], rejoined [4.6], starship down [4.7].

(Quark and Hanok are trying to disarm an unexploded torpedo)

Little Green Men [4.8]

The sword of kahless [4.9], our man bashir [4.10].

Bashir presses the button and floods the world

- Falcon and Hippocrates Noah; after Bashir destroys the world

Homefront [4.11]

(Joseph has cut his finger)

Paradise Lost [4.12]

Crossfire [4.13], return to grace [4.14], sons of mogh [4.15], bar association [4.16], accession [4.17], rules of engagement [4.18], hard time [4.19], shattered mirror [4.20], the muse [4.21], for the cause [4.22], to the death [4.23], the quickening [4.24], body parts [4.25], broken link [4.26], apocalypse rising [5.1], the ship [5.2], looking for par'mach in all the wrong places [5.3], ...nor the battle to the strong [5.4], the assignment [5.5], trials and tribble-ations [5.6].

(We see Quark, in much the same situation that K-7's bartender was left in, with one tribble perched on his head and hundreds more scattered throughout the bar)

Let He Who Is Without Sin... [5.7]

Things past [5.8], the ascent [5.9], rapture [5.10], the darkness and the light [5.11], the begotten [5.12], for the uniform [5.13], in purgatory's shadow [5.14], by inferno's light [5.15], doctor bashir, i presume [5.16], a simple investigation [5.17], business as usual [5.18], ties of blood and water [5.19], ferengi love songs [5.20], soldiers of the empire [5.21], children of time [5.22], blaze of glory [5.23].

(Trying to fight off the Jem'Hadar, Eddington is mortally wounded)

Empok Nor [5.24]

In the cards [5.25], call to arms [5.26], a time to stand [6.1], rocks and shoals [6.2], sons and daughters [6.3], behind the lines [6.4], favor the bold [6.5], sacrifice of angels [6.6], you are cordially invited... [6.7], resurrection [6.8], statistical probabilities [6.9], the magnificent ferengi [6.10], waltz [6.11], who mourns for morn [6.12], far beyond the stars [6.13], one little ship [6.14], honor among thieves [6.15], change of heart [6.16], wrongs darker than death or night [6.17], inquisition [6.18], in the pale moonlight [6.19], his way [6.20], the reckoning [6.21], valiant [6.22], profit and lace [6.23], time's orphan [6.24], the sound of her voice [6.25], tears of the prophets [6.26], image in the sand [7.1], shadows and symbols [7.2], afterimage [7.3], take me out to the holosuite [7.4], chrysalis [7.5], treachery, faith, and the great river [7.6], once more unto the breach [7.7], the siege of ar-558 [7.8], covenant [7.9], it's only a paper moon [7.10], prodigal daughter [7.11], the emperor's new cloak [7.12], field of fire [7.13], chimera [7.14], badda-bing badda-bang [7.15], inter arma enim silent leges [7.16], penumbra [7.17], 'til death do us part [7.18], strange bedfellows [7.19], the changing face of evil [7.20], when it rains [7.21], tacking into the wind [7.22], extreme measures [7.23], the dogs of war [7.24], what you leave behind [7.25].

Dukat burns Winn alive. However her death is enough of a distraction for Sisko to hurl himself, Dukat and the Book in the fire caves; Dukat and Book are destroyed; Sisko ends up in the Celestial Temple and talks with his mother.

• U.S.S. Defiant (NX-74205) dedication plaque.
• Avery Brooks – Benjamin Sisko
• Nana Visitor – Kira Nerys
• Alexander Siddig – Doctor Julian Bashir
• Colm Meaney – Chief Miles O'Brien
• René Auberjonois – Constable Odo
• Cirroc Lofton – Jake Sisko
• Armin Shimerman – Quark
• Terry Farrell – Jadzia Dax [Seasons 1–6]
• Michael Dorn – Lieutenant Commander Worf [Seasons 4–7]
• Nicole de Boer – Ezri Dax [Season 7]

External links

• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine quotes at the Internet Movie Database
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine at StarTrek.com
• Contrary to a comment from NY Comic Con, Michael Piller and I pitched our ideas for DS9 to Gene, and he gave us his enthusiastic approval.
• We pitched the concept and characters. We didn't lay-out 7 years of story arcs. It was far too early to know where it was going.
• Rick Berman, Twitter, October 13th 2014.
• Rick Berman, "Berman Refutes Sirtis Assertion That Roddenberry ‘Hated’ Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" Adam Cohen, October 13, 2014.
• I think Deep Space [Nine] was the show that really took Star Trek as far as you could take it. You have the original series which is a sort of a landmark, it changes everything about the way science fiction is presented on television, at least space-based science fiction. Then you have Next Generation which, for all of its legitimate achievements is still a riff on the original. It's still sort of like, ok, it's another star ship and it's another captain – it's different but it's still a riff on the original. Here comes Deep Space [Nine] and it just runs the table in a different way. It just says ok, you think you know what Star Trek is, let's put it on a space station, and let's make it darker. Let's make it a continuing story, and let's continually challenge your assumptions about what this American icon means. And I think it was the ultimate achievement for the franchise. Personally, I think it's the best of all of them, I think it's an amazing piece of work.
• Ronald D. Moore , 'Ending an Era' featurette Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Season Seven DVD, interview dated December 10, 2002.
• Marina Sirtis "Berman Refutes Sirtis Assertion That Roddenberry ‘Hated’ Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" Adam Cohen, October 13, 2014.
• J. Michael Straczynski "Is This The Smoking Gun Proving Deep Space ine Ripped Off Babylon 5?" Ryan Britt, TOR.com , Feb 26, 2013.
• George Takei , Exclusive: GEORGE TAKEI THANKS FANS FOR 40 YEARS OF 'STAR TREK' - PART 2 Sean Elliot, IF Magazine , interview 11/20/2007.
• Joss Whedon , Angel TV Preview , Entertainment Weekly published in issue #727-728 (12 September 2003).

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Living Star Trek: How Two Women Breathed New Life into the Franchise

Without social media or the internet, Jacqueline Lichtenberg and Jean Lorrah made miracles happen to bring fans closer together.

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How did Star Trek survive?

I've always been fascinated by early Star Trek fandom. From Bjo Trimble's infamous "Save Star Trek " letter writing campaign to the first major convention in 1972 , fandom perpetuated and saved Star Trek from sinking into relative obscurity.

In the late '60s and early '70s, however, many Star Trek fans were isolated. This may be hard to comprehend in the internet age, but there was a time when Star Trek fans didn't know that other fans existed. Even for someone like me, who grew up in a small town in Kentucky during the '90s, it was hard to find and connect with fellow fans.

So, how did these early Trekkies do it?

Jean Lorrah and Jacqueline Lichtenberg

This year marks the 45th anniversary of the publication of Star Trek Lives! It was, essentially,  a how-to book, covering everything from conventions and clubs to zines and fanfic. It was hugely popular and had eight printings by Bantam Books between 1975 and 1979. Without a doubt, it gave many lost fans a roadmap to follow.

One of the writers of this book, Jacqueline Lichtenberg, created The Star Trek Welcommittee — with the blessing of Gene Roddenberry — in order to help newcomers connect. Lichtenberg also wrote "Spock's Affirmation," one of the earliest stories written for a fanzine based on characters from the show. Eventually, this developed into the first of the Kraith stories — a fan-created Star Trek storyline with multiple writers contributing through zines.

At a Star Trek convention in the mid-70s, Lichtenberg invited Jean Lorrah to collaborate on the third novel in the sci-fi series, Sime~Gen . Lorrah was also an early fan who contributed to fanzines and wrote a full-length fanfic novel ( Night of the Twin Moons ), before making the leap to writing for Star Trek professionally with books like Survivors , Metamorphosis , and The IDIC Epidemic.

I recently reached out to both Lichtenberg and Lorrah to see if they would answer a few questions about early Star Trek fandom, how women primarily led that movement, and how it has shaped modern-day fandom and Comic Cons.

StarTrek.com: Thank you for taking the time to answer a few questions. I'm fascinated by early Star Trek fandom and how it blossomed into what we have today. How do you think Star Trek Lives! shaped modern fandom?

Jean Lorrah: It showed people all over the U.S. who loved the show that they were not alone — that there were organized fans, and that they could join them. It was just an interesting read for many people, but for the double-dyed fans, it opened a world of connections to like-minded people at a time when such books still were found in libraries, so every copy reached many readers. For the first time, [it] showed them how to find one another.

Jacqueline Lichtenberg: I've often said — and I think it's still the most important thing we did —we blew the lid on fanfic.

In doing that, in telling the world that they can't do this to us; they can't take Star Trek away from us. They can't cancel us; they have no power over our imagination. We tore down walls for several generations to come to the gymnasium of the imagination where we share visions, articulate emotional wisdom, and become strong enough to "make it so" in everyday reality.

The "message," or theme, of Star Trek Lives! was simply, "You are not alone."

StarTrek.com: Do you remember the first Star Trek convention you went to? What was that experience like?

J. Lichtenberg: Technically, the first Star Trek con was a backyard BBQ with a few dozen people involved. I wasn't at that one, but knew the people involved.

I was at the first Star Trek con held in New York City at a hotel, and the story of that con is told by Joan Winston both in her short chapter in Star Trek Lives!, and in her book The Making of the Trek Conventions: Or, How to Throw a Party for 12,000 of Your Most Intimate Friends .

Star Trek Lives!

J. Lorrah: I'm pretty sure my first convention was a SequesterCon, a midwestern convention with no media guests, where creative fans sold their zines and artwork and Trek -themed crafts to one another and held panels about every imaginable aspect of Trek.

J. Lichtenberg: It was at the first con that I accosted Gene Roddenberry in a hallway, told him about Star Trek Lives! , and asked if he'd write a forward to it if I could sell it. He said yes and gave me his home phone number. Eventually, I called and said the publisher bought it and [asked if he] would do the intro. He sent it to me right away.

J. Lorrah: We were such nerds, and primarily female. There have always been men in Trek fandom, but to be in this [part of the] creative fandom, they had to understand that women ran the show. That was not a rule — it simply was that way, as in zine fandom, women outnumbered men by about ten-to-one.

I had been purchasing zines individually, [and] seeing ads in the ones I got hold of that let me find another one or two. But I went home from that convention with as many zines as I could fit into my luggage. The next year, I came back with a complete draft of The Night of the Twin Moons . It was my kind of con — where fans came to talk to one another, not to crowd into auditoriums and corridors to hear and get autographs from actors.

StarTrek.com: It seems like many of the people involved in and leading the fan movement in the late 60s and early 70s were women. Why do you think that is? Do you think it was important for women to take the lead in the area of fandom?

J. Lorrah: Absolutely! Within Trek fandom, women were the creators they were rarely allowed to be elsewhere. Women created Trek fandom, which eventually morphed into media fandom. It was our little world, with no need to ask permission of men to do what we did there. Heck, we were Amazons on our own little island! And media fandom, to this day, is a female-dominated world.

J. Lichtenberg: This is what most people don't understand about fandom. The word fandom comes from "fanatic" and "kingdom." [It] essentially designates a place that has no physical location.

Science Fiction fandom existed entirely on paper by snail mail and at cons. [The cons] might be the same weekend every year but rarely in the same hotel, or same city — but the people were the same. Anyone, literally anyone, a grammar school-age kid even, could start a fanzine, and even win a Hugo Award for it. Anyone could start a con, and it would be reviewed and reported on in dozens of zines.

Today, this amorphous, but well-defined, association of people exists online and spreads across countries. But [back] then, it was on-paper and rarely by telephone.

Anyone can do anything. You don't need permission. You don't need to be selected or elected or anointed.

StarTrek.com: I love Joan Winston's chapter about visiting the set of The Original Series and attending the final cast party. It’s more than 50 years later and I'm even jealous reading about that! Did you have any personal connections with the Original Series cast? Are there any stand-out moments that you remember?

J. Lichtenberg: I didn't know any of the cast and crew before the cons. After a few years of several cons a year, at which I was included with the guests, hanging out in the green room or guest lounge, behind security lines, doing autographing, etc. I got to know most of them, and some of them remembered me from year to year.

J. Lorrah: Con-going over the years, eventually as a guest myself with my pro Trek novels, I met George Takei, Walter Koenig, Majel Barrett, and Mark Lenard. The latter, it turned out, had been asked to autograph so many of my Sarek and Amanda zines through the years that he had finally read them.

He told me, "I was a little bit afraid to meet you!" Later, after he got over talking with the woman who had sexualized his character, he confessed that my stories had influenced his later portrayals of Sarek in the films.

J. Lichtenberg: In 1976, Joan Winston and I took a road trip together. We had roomed together at a bunch of cons, and sometimes I'd pick her up at her Manhattan apartment to drive her to a con and back. So that year, Robert Heinlein was guest of honor at Worldcon in Kansas City, and Joanie and I planned a big summer tour for Star Trek Lives!

I had dedicated my first novel, House of Zeor , to Heinlein, so I particularly wanted to give him an autographed copy of it. He had a deal going with the con — give blood at the bloodmobile, get a pin for your badge, stand in line, and get his autograph. He'd autograph only for donors.

I did that and stood in line, and instead of asking for his autograph, I gave him mine in a copy of my book. He later read the book, called me, and we had a nice chat. I was in the Science Fiction Writers of America directory, [so] he had my number.

Kraith Collected

On this 1976 trip, I had done a few cons before [where] I met Joanie at another [con] in Iowa, then we rented a car, drove to Kansas City, did Worldcon, flew to LA, rented a car, and visited Paramount Studios and Gene Roddenberry's office (where I found a copy of Kraith Collected on a coffee table, well dog-eared).

The best part of visiting the set on that trip happened in a nearby restaurant. We were sitting at a table when the waiter brought over a bottle of champagne that we had not ordered. Classically, [the waiter] pointed across the restaurant to Gene and some VIPs having lunch, [and said], "Complements of that gentleman." I still have the label.

StarTrek.com: From what I can tell, "Spock's Affirmation" was one of the first short stories published in a Star Trek fanzine based on characters from the show. This eventually evolved into the Kraith stories. I understand that it's a shared universe with multiple writers contributing, but can you tell me a little about that series and why you were inspired to start it? Was this type of fan fiction common at that time?

J. Lichtenberg: "Spock's Affirmation" is probably novella length and was written because earlier issues of T-Negative had intriguing fiction.

Spockanalia and T-Negative were two of the first Star Trek zines and had opposing editorial policies. Spockanalia was the home for those adhering strictly to facts established on the air — strictly to canon. T-Negative was the home for wild imagination, inspiration, and explanations involving made-up ideas that blended well with aired- Trek episodes.

I contributed an article to Spockanalia , not my first fanzine writing, mostly because I wanted a contributor's copy, but also because I was inspired by the style and quality of the writing in the first issues. Keep in mind, Spockanalia was intended to be a "one-shot" — being the only zine by that name, ever. Issue #2 was a surprise to the whole editorial crew.

Meanwhile — there's always a meanwhile in fandom — I was taking a course in commercial fiction writing. There were homework assignments, and dreary ones at that. So instead of following directions, I wrote Star Trek fanfic for the homework and sent the homework assignments to T-Negative for a free copy.

I was practicing ways to convey what it is about Star Trek that energizes so much creativity among the kind of people who don't follow leaders and don't lead followers, but [also] aren't loners. I was practicing for Sime~Gen , even though I'd already started selling Sime~Gen professionally. That ambition to practice turned into Kraith .

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Survivors: A Novel

StarTrek.com: Jean, you've written several professional Star Trek fiction books. How did you make that leap? Did you approach those publishers with your ideas? Or did they approach you first?

J. Lorrah: At the time, I first had ideas for pro Trek novels, they would only look at agented work from established science fiction writers. So once I had those credentials, my agent submitted the ideas. I didn't write the whole books until they were contracted, because by then, I was writing steadily in both Sime~Gen and my own Savage Empire series and didn't have time to write what would have turned into fanfic if rejected.

I wrote the prospectus for Survivors while Tasha Yar was still a continuing character, and it was rejected because they did not want to establish that much background on a continuing character. A week after Tasha died on-screen, Paramount contacted my agent and greenlighted the book!

StarTrek.com: What do you think about modern day Comic Cons? Are you happy with the way that they've grown, or do you wish they'd gone a different direction?

J. Lichtenberg: I'm happy with the way they've grown. The torch has been passed to the visual/audio media and the Superhero story — the story of an individual, starkly different from all others, dedicated to making things better for people who aren't so very similar to themselves. These are stories to inspire us to abandon the idea that once we've done all we can, we are finished doing, even if the task is not complete.

These are stories about exceeding the design specifications of the body, mind, and soul, and about choosing tasks that improve the world. The superhero is the science fiction hero.

StarTrek.com: What advice would you give to someone attending a Star Trek convention for the first time?

J. Lorrah : Meet and befriend other fans with your specific interests, and friend one another online. I would tell a zine fan to see if there is a convention-within-the-convention of like-minded creative types. To find them, go to the dealer's room and see if anyone is selling zines, new or used. Strike up a conversation and see if you get invited to private parties. But hey — we all know you're not going to meet any zine fans. We are a dying breed.

J. Lichtenberg: We are not a dying breed! We have moved to Comic Con, and to online sites like FanFiction.net.

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This interview, originally published on August 3, 2020, has been edited for length and clarity.

Anthony Darnell (he/him) is a writer for Phantastiqa and a fan of horror, science fiction, and cult media. Find him on Twitter @darnell_one.

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