Spock and Uhura Take Center Stage in New STAR TREK BEYOND Clip

A new clip from STAR TREK BEYOND arrives from Paramount today, featuring Spock and Uhura facing what appears to be a bump in the road on their romantic journey.

This forty-second excerpt from the film’s time spent at Starbase Yorktown is the first major release of in-film footage outside of the trailer and TV spot category.

Zoe Saldana, the actress behind Uhura, weighed in on the pair’s relationship in an interview back in May :

Everybody’s relationship, all of their dynamics are tested. Spock and Uhura are going to be tested as well. To what extent? I don’t know. But I mean they made it in the show. They were old in the show. [laughs] What more can I say without giving it away? They are in each other’s lives in a very passionate way. So you will see that. To what extent? I don’t know. But I think Spock is absolutely in love with Uhura. I think he’s crazy about her. And if Uhura is done with him, it’s going to kill him. [laughs] I’m joking. But he really loves me more than I do him.

Her comments seem to be in line with this new clip, which seems to be set near the opening of STAR TREK BEYOND ‘s story.

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Star Trek: Christine Chapel and Spock's Romance, Explained

Chapel and Spock's Star Trek love story is a nuanced exploration of unrequited feelings and sacrifices in pursuit of dreams.

Nurse Christine Chapel's unrequited affection for Spock adds depth and complexity to her character, showcasing the challenges of relationships in the Star Trek universe.
In Strange New Worlds, Chapel and Spock's relationship is explored with newfound depth and complexity, showcasing their growing closeness and genuine emotions.
Chapel's decision to prioritize her career over a romance with Spock highlights the complexities of human-Vulcan dynamics.

Star Trek is a universe brimming with iconic relationships, from the bromance of Kirk and Spock to the enduring romance between Riker and Troi. However, one of the most overlooked, yet most intriguing, love stories in the saga revolves around Nurse Christine Chapel and the enigmatic Spock.

Chapel was the first character to openly show romantic feelings for Spock. In the 1960s, Chapel's affection for Spock was a source of comedic relief, given Spock's perceived lack of emotions. However, the evolution of their relationship takes on new meaning in Strange New Worlds. In this series, the dynamics of their connection are explored in depth, shedding light on a love story that has remained in the shadows for decades.

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Who is christine chapel.

Christine Chapel is known for her appearances in the original Star Trek television series and subsequent films. Portrayed by actress Majel Barrett, Chapel serves as the head nurse aboard the starship USS Enterprise under the command of Captain James T. Kirk.

Chapel is introduced in the first season of Star Trek: The Original Series , where she is depicted as a compassionate and competent medical professional. Chapel often assists the ship's chief medical officer, Dr. Leonard McCoy, in medical procedures. One of her defining characteristics is her unrequited romantic feelings for Mr. Spock, the Vulcan science officer. This unspoken and often subtle infatuation adds a layer of complexity to Chapel's character and contributes to the interpersonal dynamics among the crew.

Chapel's role extends beyond her medical duties , and she takes on additional responsibilities as the need arises. Her character undergoes further development in the animated Star Trek series and in the later feature films. But no matter the story, her dedication to the well-being of the crew remains a consistent theme.

In addition to her appearances in the original series, Chapel is also featured in the Star Trek films The Motion Picture , The Voyage Home , and The Undiscovered Country. More recently, the character has appeared in Strange New Worlds .

Christine Chapel and Spock's Relationship in The Original Series

Christine Chapel's relationship with Mr. Spock in Star Trek: The Original Series (TOS) is a poignant and nuanced aspect of the show. Chapel's feelings for Spock are revealed in the episode "The Naked Time." Under the influence of a contagion, Chapel confesses her love to Spock :

I’m in love with you, Mr. Spock. The human Mr. Spock. The Vulcan Mr. Spock.

Spock, being Vulcan, is characterized by his logical and emotion-suppressing demeanor. He acknowledges Chapel's feelings, but maintains his stoic composure. He explains that he is incapable of returning her affection in the same way, due to his Vulcan nature. This dynamic creates a bittersweet undertone in their interactions. For the rest of the show, Chapel continues to serve alongside Spock while grappling with her unrequited feelings.

Throughout TOS , Chapel's love for Spock adds depth to her character, offering viewers a glimpse into the challenges of navigating relationships in the world of Star Trek . Despite the unfulfilled romantic tension, Chapel remains a dedicated and professional member of the Enterprise crew.

Christine Chapel and Spock's Relationship in Strange New Worlds

In Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (SNW) , the dynamic between Nurse Christine Chapel (Jess Bush) and Lt. Spock (Ethan Peck) unfolds with a depth and complexity that distinguishes it from Spock's previous encounters, notably with his fiancée T'Pring in the original series. While T'Pring was portrayed as emotionally detached in TOS , SNW has breathed new life into her character . The new iteration of the character has a personality, family, and a career rehabilitating Vulcans who have committed crimes.

Meanwhile, SNW explores the evolving connection between Spock and Christine Chapel. The series shows their growing closeness, starting with gentle flirting in Season 1. In "Spock Amok," Chapel offers relationship advice, providing insights into her own history of avoiding serious commitments. Their collaboration continues in "The Serene Squall," where they feign a romantic involvement to thwart a space pirate's plot. This facade reveals an undercurrent of genuine emotions beneath the surface.

SNW takes an unexpected turn in the musical episode "Subspace Rhapsody," marking the apparent end of Chapel and Spock's relationship . The seeds of their breakup were sown in the Lower Decks crossover episode "Those Old Scientists," where Ensign Brad Boimler's observations trigger Chapel's realization. Understanding that Spock's inclination to explore his human side is temporary, Chapel recognizes the inevitable conflict between his Vulcan nature and the demands of their relationship.

The decision comes to a head when Chapel secures a place in Dr. Roger Korby's fellowship, which gives her the opportunity to advance her career. Understanding the transient nature of her relationship with Spock, she decides to prioritize her professional aspirations over a romance destined for heartache.

Ultimately, Strange New Worlds has redefined Christine Chapel and Spock's relationship, unraveling the intricacies of unrequited love and evolving emotions. From the comedic undertones of the original series to the profound moments in SNW , Chapel's journey reflects the complexities of human-Vulcan dynamics . As the series continues, fans are left eagerly anticipating the next chapters in the unfolding romance between Nurse Chapel and Lt. Spock, wondering if fate will ever bring them back together in the vast expanse of the Star Trek universe.

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Star Trek Into Darkness

After the crew of the Enterprise find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one-man weapon of mass destruction.
When the USS Enterprise crew is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for, leaving our world in a state of crisis. With a personal score to settle, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one-man weapon of mass destruction. As our space heroes are propelled into an epic chess game of life and death, love will be challenged, friendships will be torn apart, and sacrifices must be made for the only family Kirk has left: his crew. — Paramount Pictures
The latest mission of the USS Enterprise crew takes them into deep space to rescue an endangered species from an active volcano. However, once again Captain Kirk's reckless behavior compromises the mission and nearly gets him booted from Starfleet. Turning back to his mentor Admiral Pike, Kirk is demoted to an academy cadet and has to start over. However, when a ruthless warlord attacks Starfleet and shoots Admiral Pike in the process, Kirk takes command and takes the Enterprise deep into the neutral zone and the Klingon homeworld. Unknown to the crew, a Starfleet renegade is manipulating the Federation and the Klingons into a possible war. Kirk, Spock and the rest of the crew must stop the war before all hell breaks loose. And what awaits the crew of the USS Enterprise on their forthcoming five-year mission? — Blazer346
The USS Enterprise is sent to Planet Nibiru to observe a pre-warp civilization. Captain James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) and Spock (Zachary Quinto) attempt to save the inhabitants from an imminent volcano eruption which would wipe out the civilization. When Spock's life is jeopardized, Kirk breaks the Prime Directive, exposing the Enterprise to the planet's civilization during Spock's rescue. A number of indigenous people begin to worship the ship as it leaves. Called back to Earth, Kirk is demoted to First Officer and Admiral Christopher Pike re-assumes command of the Enterprise. In London, Starfleet agent John Harrison (Benedict Cumberbatch) bombs a secret "Section 31" installation. In San Francisco, Pike and his first officer attend an emergency meeting of high-ranking officers at Starfleet headquarters. The meeting is attacked by a gunship piloted by Harrison, who kills Pike. Kirk destroys the gunship, but Harrison flees. With Pike dead, Admiral Alexander Marcus authorizes Kirk to hunt down Harrison, who has used trans warp beaming and fled to the Klingon home world of Kronos. Since Kronos lies deep in Klingon territory and the Federation is on the brink of war with the Klingon Empire, the Enterprise is supplied with 72 long-range prototype photon torpedoes and is ordered to fire them at Harrison's location once he is found. Thinking that the torpedoes could be dangerous to the ship, Montgomery "Scotty" Scott refuses to take them aboard and tenders his resignation (which Kirk accepts), whereupon Pavel Chekov is promoted to Chief Engineer. Admiral Marcus' daughter, scientist Carol Marcus (Alice Eve), joins the crew under a false identity. Arriving at the Klingon home world, the Enterprise's warp core malfunctions. With repairs underway, Kirk, Spock and Uhura use a previously commandeered trader ship to reach Kronos. After being detected by Klingon patrol ships, the three are forced to land. Despite Uhura's attempts to negotiate, the Klingons prepare to kill the trio. Harrison wipes out the Klingons in a show of superhuman strength and confronts the landing party, but surrenders after learning the precise number of photon torpedoes aimed at him. Returning to the Enterprise, Harrison reveals his real identity: Khan Noonien Singh, a genetically augmented superhuman, who has been in Cryo sleep for 300 years after his unsuccessful war to have his superhuman comrades rule the Earth. He advises Kirk to examine the 72 prototype torpedoes and also tells him a set of spatial coordinates. Kirk orders Leonard McCoy to examine the torpedoes, and contacts Scotty on Earth to check the coordinates. The torpedoes are found to each contain a genetically engineered human in Cryo sleep - the remaining members of Khan's colleagues. Khan explains that Admiral Marcus awakened him to use his superior intellect and savagery to develop advanced weapons for a war with the Klingons, keeping his colleagues as hostages. He also says that now Marcus wants to kill Khan to erase every trace of his association with a known war criminal. Kirk realizes that the Enterprise's warp core had been sabotaged on Admiral Marcus' orders, making the covert operation to kill Khan a one-way ticket. Scotty arrives at the coordinates and finds a secret Starfleet shipyard, which he infiltrates. The Enterprise's warp core is repaired, but the ship is soon confronted by an unregistered Federation battleship, the USS Vengeance - a massive vessel built for combat which dwarfs the Enterprise. Admiral Marcus reveals himself as the commander of the Vengeance, demanding Kirk hand over Khan. Kirk refuses, and the Enterprise warps toward Earth, to have Khan stand trial. In Earth's orbit, the Enterprise is attacked by the Vengeance. With the Enterprise severely damaged, Kirk offers to hand over Khan and the 72 bodies in Cryo sleep in exchange for the lives of his crew. Marcus refuses, beams his daughter to the Vengeance, and orders the destruction of the Enterprise-when the Vengeance suddenly suffers a complete power outage, caused by Scotty who had boarded the ship at the secret shipyard. As the Enterprise weapons are too damaged to continue the fight and knowing that Khan was the designer of the Vengeance, Kirk allies himself with Khan and boards the ship. They reunite with Scotty and take the bridge. Meanwhile, Spock contacts Spock Prime to learn of Khan's history and how to defeat him. Khan betrays Kirk and takes control of the Vengeance, killing Admiral Marcus. Khan negotiates with Spock, beaming Kirk and his boarding party back to the Enterprise in exchange for the 72 Cryo torpedoes. Khan plans to destroy the Enterprise, but Spock reveals that real - and armed - torpedoes were beamed to the Vengeance, keeping the Cryo pods on the Enterprise. The torpedoes incapacitate the Vengeance and anger Khan, who believes that his 72 colleagues have been killed. Both ships start descending towards Earth's surface. At the cost of his life, Kirk re-aligns the warp core, enabling the crew to regain control of the Enterprise. The Vengeance crashes into downtown San Francisco but does not kill Khan. Khan tries to escape in the chaos but is pursued by Spock. McCoy discovers that Khan's blood may reanimate Kirk and Uhura prevents Spock from killing Khan, capturing him instead. In the aftermath, Kirk is revived and returns to duty as Captain of the Enterprise. Khan is sealed into his Cryo pod and stored away with the rest of his crew. As the film ends, a restored Enterprise is re-christened and departs for a 5-year mission of exploration.

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Gia Sandhu Talks Playing Spock's Love Interest In Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - Exclusive Interview

In "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds," audiences get a chance to revisit classic characters, such as Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount) and Spock (Ethan Peck). However, there are other characters that have vital importance to the "Star Trek" mythos that viewers may not immediately recognize, and that goes double for Spock's mate, T'Pring ( Gia Sandhu ).

T'Pring was introduced in "Star Trek: The Original Series" as Spock's wife in the episode "Amok Time." It's during this episode's events that Spock begins to suffer from pon farr, so he must return to Vulcan to mate with T'Pring. It's here that he learns she's fallen for another, and through various manipulations on T'Pring's behalf, James Kirk fights Spock to the death (not really, though).

Her role in "Strange New Worlds" is far more subdued, as she's introduced in the pilot as a loving consort of Spock. It's an intriguing role, and Looper recently had the chance to speak exclusively with Gia Sandhu to talk about what it's like to play a character like T'Pring, who has such an interesting relationship with an iconic character like Spock.

On her relationship with Star Trek prior to Strange New Worlds

To start, what are some of your favorite movies of all time?

"Vicky Cristina Barcelona." "The Godfathers," of course. "Leaving Las Vegas," "The Hunt" ... It's hard to think of these when the question is asked.

Were you a fan of "Star Trek" before being cast on "Strange New Worlds"?

Yeah. I grew up watching "The Next Generation."

How were you introduced to it? Did you find it on the television one day, or were your parents fans?

That's how it worked back then. It was on the television at the time when I was not in school.

What was it like stepping into the role you have on "Strange New Worlds" as a character who has such a history with Spock in the "Star Trek" franchise?

When I got cast, I first went to the source material and I watched "Amok Time," which was actually the first episode of the original series that I'd never seen in its entirety. I was so enamored by Arlene Martel's portrayal of T'Pring, I think just like everyone else who watches that episode is. She's breathtakingly beautiful and so captivating on camera, and she gives such a strong and nuanced performance as T'Pring.

Although she's only on screen for a short period of time, she's very memorable, and what essentially was there for me to work with was this wonderful outline of a character. There's so much about her that's unknown, so I definitely was given the liberty of filling in all her history and shading in the rest of that outline that she created.

Working with Ethan Peck

What's it like working alongside Ethan Peck?

Ethan is an extraordinarily talented actor — as the world is getting to see — and beyond that, he's one of the kindest ... He's funny and he's really smart, and he's a great leader on sets. If you have to spend 16 hours a day doing something, doing it with him is great. We always have a great time together, and he was so generous with me in terms of letting me into his process and how he thinks about Spock and what his influences are. He gave me a lot to work with, and I absolutely adore him. I love working with him.

How do you think Ethan Peck's version of Spock compares or differs from Leonard Nimoy's or Zachary Quinto's versions of Spock?

I know that Leonard Nimoy's Spock certainly is a big influence for Ethan. We can even hear it in Ethan's speech when he speaks as Spock. He's got a bit of that Boston accent that comes up a little bit as well. There's a big Leonard Nimoy influence there, but he's also done a great job of balancing, making it his own. Ultimately, we're going back in time, whatever time is in this world. We're in a different period, so he gets to bring a lot of his creativity and his imagination into creating who this younger person is.

In the show, Vulcans are known for not showing a ton of emotion, but in the pilot, we see a bit more of the amorous side of T'Pring and Spock. What was it like balancing the logical side of this alien species with something that inherently requires some more emotion?

People who are fans of the show, who are invested in "Star Trek," are probably going to find this to be a bit surprising because we haven't really ever seen what happens behind closed doors for a young Vulcan couple. There's this new territory that we're navigating, and we get to see who they are. We get to see their sexuality. We get to see their affection for each other. What does intimacy look like between two Vulcans? And then we also get to see what they're like when there's an audience present, so we get to see the contrast between the private life and the public life for both of these people.

What's next for the actress

Steering away a bit from "Star Trek," who's an actor or a director you'd love to work with?

Good question. God, these are always the ones I go blank on. Pedro Almodóvar. He directs in Spanish, but should he choose to direct in English, my hand will be raised.

Do you have a dream role you'd love to play one day?

Maybe staying in the fantasy world. I grew up watching "Xena: Warrior Princess" as well. That would be a cool one.

Can you discuss any projects you have coming up?

I just wrapped on Season 2 of "The Mysterious Benedict Society." That will air starting in September, and that's my next thing that's coming up.

New episodes of "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" air weekly every Thursday on Paramount+.

This interview was edited for clarity.

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Interview: Gia Sandhu Talks T’Pring’s Love For Spock In ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’

| July 12, 2023 | By: Anthony Pascale 24 comments so far

Thursday’s episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (titled “ Charades “) features the return of Spock’s fiancé T’Pring, played by Gia Sandhu, who took on the iconic role in season 1. TrekMovie.com had a chance to talk to her about the episode and what’s next for the Vulcan.

This is your fourth time playing T’Pring, and it is another light-hearted episode like “Spock Amok.” It must be a surprise to end up playing a Vulcan in comic situations, do you prefer these comedy episodes or the more serious ones?

So it was a joyful surprise. I love these episodes because they allow me to be serious, there are certainly stakes in the T’Pring and Spock relationship. But then, it’s really the circumstances around us that allow for the comedy to exist. While staying within that framework of what it is to be a Vulcan, we still get to bump up against the edges of what those borders really are. I think it’s been a thrill for me to be able to do that.

As you are trying to stay within that Vulcan framework, you are acting with others playing the comedy, including Anson Mount, who is hamming it up a bit. Is it hard for you and the others playing Vulcans to keep a straight face?

I think a lot of our laughs happen in between takes and while hanging out off-screen. For this episode especially, we were shooting pretty late at night. We didn’t have that many days to do it and we kind of just had to work it out because we were shooting during COVID and there are a lot of things that kind of derailed the original plans. So we all kind of put our working hats on and we just try to make the best episode that we possibly could. But we also had a really great time doing it. It was a lot of fun. Late at night, things tend to get a little silly, so that certainly happened. [laughs]

Gia Sandhu as T’Pring and Ethan Peck as Spock in “Charades” (Paramount+)

Even with the laughs, this is a pivotal episode for T’Pring and Spock. As T’Pring is so guarded it’s hard to tell, but do you feel that T’Pring genuinely loves Spock, or is this all for family obligation?

To me, it’s very clear that T’Pring loves Spock. I think that she’s loyal and dedicated. On numerous occasions, in different ways, she has shown how badly she wants this to work. One of those moments that I think made it very clear was in the first season when she starts reading about human sex, as she says. They have these virtual dates that they do to try to keep their romance alive. And I think she’s really stood by him and even in this episode, at one point, she does stand up against her mother and says, “Okay, that’s enough, woman, you need to calm down.”

Yeah, the episode shows that complicated relationship. This was Ellora Patnaik’s first time playing a Vulcan but you and she had a very relatable mother/daughter dynamic… and same with you and Michael Benyaer as T’Pring’s father. Did you have much prep time to work out that chemistry?

It came quite naturally. We didn’t actually have much time to work things out before shooting the episode because of everyone’s schedules. But I thought that they were cast so brilliantly. The whole thing came together so well. When I watched the episode, I thought, “Oh, wow, that natural chemistry is really there.” I think you can see how T’Pring ends up being the person that she is when you see what her mother is like, and also what her father is like. She’s a bit of a blend between these two, maybe a bit more towards the mom than the dad but the family looks pretty convincing to me.

You also worked with Mia Kirshner, who is returning as Spock’s mom from Discovery . Even though we have never seen them together, T’Pring and Amanda had a strong dynamic. Were you playing this as them having a strong prior relationship?

Yeah, I think when they first see each other, when T’Pring comes onto the ship, you can see that there. It’s a very brief moment, but there’s a lot of familiarity there. And it certainly did appear to us that they have a relationship where T’Pring, I think, probably feels like she can confide in her more than she can in her own mom. Maybe she has more in common with Spock’s mom than she has with her own mom.

Gia Sandhu as T’Pring, Ethan Peck as Spock, Ellora Patnaik as T’Pril, Mia Kirshner as Amanda Grayson, and Michael Benyaer as Sevet in “Charades” (Paramount+)

As you developed your performance for T’Pring did you have any specific Vulcan role models? Was Ethan a big help?

I did go through a lot of the material while I was preparing for T’Pring. And Ethan was, of course, a really big help. By the time I came in to do my first episode in season 1, he had already done a few episodes as Spock. So, especially when we were we were swapping bodies [in “Spock Amok”] that was a big one where I really learned about what it is to embody this Vulcan and what their mannerisms are, their level of suppression of emotions, and that they aren’t devoid of emotions. As Spock says in this episode, their emotions are just so powerful and more powerful than human emotions that they have to suppress them. So yeah, there was a lot of learning that went on.

Once again for this episode, T’Pring wears some amazing Vulcan costumes. They are quite elaborate, though; does that add a layer of difficulty to the process?

The only challenge came in season 1 where they were pretty tight. [laughs] I did ask during season 2 that they be loosened a little bit so I could breathe a bit better and eat a bit better. So that was really the only challenge, but otherwise, I would say that all they’ve done is really provide information to me about how to stand, how to walk, how to hold myself as T’Pring, who is quite regal in a lot of ways. I think these beautiful costumes that Bernadette Croft has imagined and created, they give a lot of information. It’s always a real special moment every time I get to step into them for the first time.

Often actors talk about seeing themselves in costume as important. When you see yourself in the makeup, hair, and costume, does that help you get into character as this Vulcan?

Absolutely, because it’s such a change from how I look in my everyday life. It’s such a big transformation. And I think the greater the transformation, the more information you naturally get from it without really having to seek it out. It’s something that just happens on its own. So as the process goes on throughout the morning, and as we get to the end of it and the costume finally comes on, which is the last thing, and I look at myself in the mirror, I go “Oh yeah, there she is.” There’s also something about the hair when it comes to T’Pring’s hair. She has an incredible mane of hair. And that one also really informs for me what this is because there’s something about that weight and that length that causes your neck and your sternum and your shoulders to move in a certain way.

Should we expect to see you again this season? Can you say?

I can’t say. I can’t say. [laughs]

New episodes from season 2 of Strange New Worlds drop weekly on Thursdays on Paramount+ in the U.S, the U.K., Australia, Latin America, Brazil, France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Season 2 is also available on SkyShowtime elsewhere in Europe. The second season will also be available to stream on Paramount+ in South Korea, with premiere dates to be announced later.

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Where is Sarek!?

Commanding Romulan and Klingon vessels as a side job.

It makes it difficult to have him show up canon wise because it was said Spock and Serek haven’t talked to each other in 10 years or something. Can’t remember how long exactly. That’s why we never really saw them together on Discovery in season 2 outside of one scene.

But knowing this show, Spock and Serek will probably be going on a mission together next season. ;)

The actual line from “Journey to Babel” was that they hadn’t spoken *as father and son* in eighteen years. That’s actually a fair amount of wiggle room if you wanted to bring Sarek in at this point.

And believe me, we know they will eventually try lol.

He may even show up in this episode, just without Spock. Not holding my breath but you never know.

And I always found it funny, for a race of people who suppress their emotions, they are still good at the art of keeping a grudge. ;)

I love what everyone is doing with this character. I think Sandhu’s portrayal is incredible and is giving a lot of needed depth to the character from Amok Time who seemed so cold and calculating (which is entirely in character for a Vulcan, of course).

Ugh. She needs to stop being in the show.

Since she’s very popular with viewers and is a gifted and beautiful actress… no, she doesn’t.

I’m just curious but what is it that bothers you about her? Is it just the canon issues or something else?

She is a completely pointless character used for melodrama. I would rather see Sam Kirk who hasn’t appeared yet in S2

OK fair enough. I really like her personally but she really shouldn’t be on this show at all. But it’s a little too late for that. ;)

I could not disagree more — I love the character and the scenes she in — which she usually steals the show on.

You’ll be happy with this ep. Sam Kirk is in quite a lot of it.

There is nothing pointless about her.

The hell? I mean, I guess there is always that one doctor out of ten, but still. Very strange reaction.

Yea, that comment was “out there?” Lol

Yah, Julius Caesar’s comment was just weird.

Though I’m yet to be sold on many of the choices the SNW producers have made I’ll abide no criticisms of Sandhu’s performance or of Spock/T’Pring in general, which for my money has just been awesome. Canon issues? Ask me if I care.

Totally. She’s awesome.

Looks like Kim Kardashian

Narrator: “She looks nothing whatsoever like Kim Kardashian.”

Great interview! She’s such a talented and attractive actress.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - Gia Sandhu Details T'Pring and Spock's Stormy Courtship

In an interview with CBR, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds star Gia Sandhu details the shocking developments between Spock and T'Pring.

This interview was conducted before the beginning of the SAG-AFTRA strike.

When Star Trek: Strange New Worlds begins, Spock (Ethan Peck) is engaged to his lifelong betrothed T'Pring (Gia Sandhu), with the two preparing for their wedding throughout the series. This romance is tested in the Strange New Worlds Season 2 episode "Charades ," with Spock temporarily transformed into a full human and keeping this a secret from T'Pring as he undergoes an important ceremony with her parents. Once the truth comes out, a visibly hurt T'Pring decides to pump the brakes on her relationship with Spock because of the deception.

In an exclusive interview with CBR conducted before the start of the SAG-AFTRA strike, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds ' Gia Sandu talked about the comedic highlights and heartbreaking finale to "Charades," offered insight on T'Pring's relationship with Spock, and explained her approach to playing T'Pring in comparison to the character's debut in Star Trek: The Original Series .

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CBR: I think Vulcans are so subtly funny, and that's been highlighted on Strange New Worlds before, but it goes up to another level with this episode. How was it playing to that deadpan comedy here?

Gia Sandhu: I think that is exactly what makes it so funny. Vulcans are so constrained by the suppression of their emotions that they can only go so far before bumping up against the edge of what too much is. But within this episode, I think we were given permission to go further than you'd normally see a Vulcan go into their emotional side.

The big clue for me came at the end of the episode when I first read the script. Spock says, "I couldn't tell you what was going on because you seemed pretty overwhelmed by your mom." That characterization, the word "overwhelmed," informed exactly how far T'Pring could go in expressing how she was feeling.

How is it playing overwhelmed as a Vulcan? How did you want to subtly approach that paradox?

It was subtle! I think it was a little bit in the body language and the tension she has, pretty much right from the moment she lands on the ship. You can feel that there's something going on. I really enjoyed finding those small moments, and it's all in the dialog. Spock says to her at one point, "Aren't you hungry?" and I say, "I don't have an appetite."

It's all written there for you. I think the writing for this particular episode is so strong, just as all of them are for us.

In Strange New Worlds Season 1, T'Pring temporarily swapped bodies with Spock. How do you think that shared experience has informed their dynamic in this episode?

I think it would've certainly brought them closer together. I think that because we've seen them be that close to each other, this episode becomes that much more devastating for T'Pring's character, as far as being left in the dark goes. Throughout Season 1 and Season 2, we're starting to understand what leads T'Pring to make such a harsh decision in "Amok Time ." I'm enjoying going script-by-script and understanding for myself how that all comes to be as well.

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How is it working with Ethan Peck to navigate that together?

Ethan's so wonderful to work with. I can't say enough good things about him. We spent a lot of time in the first season, especially in the body swap episode, learning about each other's characters. We both wanted to be as convincing as we could be in the short amount of time that we had to prepare for the episode. It's been such a natural relationship with him on set as someone to work with. I'm a huge fan of his as a person and as an actor.

With this episode, you've got Jordan Canning behind the camera. How was it having her as a director?

She is so easy to work with, and I think we all felt really lucky to have her because we were shooting while the COVID restrictions were still in place. The schedule got shifted so many times because of COVID, so we ended up having to shoot this episode in only a few days. We had late nights and long working hours, and she was the perfect person to be leading that because she made it so relaxed for all of us. We always ended up having a really good time. I think that the fun you see on-screen was 10 times more than that behind the camera. [ laughs ]

Strange New Worlds Season 2's tone has been lighter overall, and "Spock Amok" was a comedic episode too. How is it exploring your character with these lighter colors?

It's so much fun! I have the best time doing this show. I feel so lucky to be a part of it and to be playing this wonderfully written character. We get to see so many different sides to her and a very real relationship between her and Spock. I think that it's so relatable and universal what's happening between them. It's just been a lot of fun, especially when a lot of this was shot during a hard time in the world. To be able to escape into this fantasy space with really great people has been so lovely and is just a treat.

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In "Amok Time," Arlene Martel is only on-screen briefly as T'Pring. Is there anything from her performance in The Original Series that you wanted to carry over, or given her brief screen time, did you approach this as a relatively blank canvas?

I see it as having received a really beautiful outline of a character that I got to color in myself. What I took from her performance is that there's a real beautiful regalness to T'Pring. The way that she speaks is deliberate, and her mannerisms are so deliberate as well. We don't really get to peel back on the character in "Amok Time" to see why she's doing what she's doing. It comes across as being a bit harsh and unlikable in the situation, even though you are fascinated by her at the same time.

Being able to understand what drives a person to make a decision like that and act in that way, I think working backward like that has been such an interesting experience. As an actor, when you get a script and a character, you're doing a lot of the work on your own of [finding] how this person ended up in this situation. With this story, you get to live through all of that rather than just having to imagine it. I'm really enjoying that.

Though this episode is a comedic one, it does end on a heartbreaking note, and any break-up scene is going to be vulnerable. Walk me through T'Pring telling Spock they need to take a break.

I think it comes from a place of being incredibly hurt and feeling betrayed. Who wants to find out that they were in the dark about something that's going on with the person that's supposed to be the closest to them? It's a heartbreaking position to find herself in, and I think she expresses herself really sincerely when she speaks to him about it.

She literally says to him, "How did you expect me to feel?" I love that the word "feel" is used because we don't necessarily associate it with Vulcans, but that's something that I love about her and where I think this character also pushes the boundaries of what it is to be Vulcan in how vulnerable, sincere, and transparent that she is.

It's heartbreaking to watch because we know that T'Pring ends up with Stonn. We're rooting for a love story even though we know how it goes.

That's what I love about it, and I think that, depending on who's watching it, there are going to be people who are like, "T'Pring and Spock" and others who are like, "No, Chapel and Spock !" I love that it's not clear-cut.

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'Star Trek's' Arlene Martel, played Spock's fiancee, dies

Actress Arlene Martel. (Photo by Vince Bucci/Getty Images)

LOS ANGELES (CNN) -- Actress Arlene Martel, who "Star Trek" fans know as Spock's bride-to-be, died in a Los Angeles hospital Tuesday of complications from a heart attack, her son said. Martel was 78. Martel's ethnic ambiguity earned her the nickname "The Chameleon" among Hollywood casting directors in the 1960s, son Jod Kaftan told CNN. It gained her diverse roles, including as a Russian spy on "The Monkees" and "I Dream of Jeannie," a French Underground operative in "Hogan's Heroes," a Native American woman in a "Gunsmoke" episode and as a Vulcan on "Star Trek." Trekkies still lined up at sci-fi conventions to meet Martel and pay for autographs because of her role as T'Pring, the Vulcan priestess engaged to Spock in the first episode of the iconic show's second season. Leonard Nimoy, who was the original Spock, tweeted his tribute to her: "Saying goodbye to T'Pring, Arlene Martel. A lovely talent." Martel is also known for two former boyfriends. She was one of James Dean's girlfriends in New York before he became a star, Kaftan said. She also dated actor Cary Grant for a time, he said. Her acting career began on Broadway when she was a teenager. She was cast as Esther in the 1956 production of "Uncle Willie." She was still using her birth name Arline Sax for her credits then. Her television career started in 1959 with a move to Hollywood. She soon landed guest roles on hit shows, including "Twilight Zone," "Death Valley Days," and "Have Gun -- Will Travel." Although the roles slowed down over the decades, Martel always considered herself a working actress. "She was still getting out there, doing roles," Kaftan said. "She had a lot of big dreams she was still pursuing." Although battling cancer over the past five years, she still traveled around the world to conventions where "Star Trek" fans gathered. Her son said it was an odd experience for him to go with her because "guys would have a crush on your mom because she's a sci-fi babe from the '60s."

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Inside the Spock's love triangle at the heart of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

Spock is caught between two women.

One of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds ' overarching narratives involves the love life of Spock. In the series premiere 'Strange New Worlds,' he becomes engaged to the Vulcan T'Pring. Throughout the series, their relationship hits rough patches due to Spock's commitments to his job at Starfleet, which keeps them away from each other for long stretches.

At the same time, Spock grows close to Christine Chapel, the human civilian nurse serving under Chief medical officer Joseph M'Benga onboard the Enterprise. Though they have managed to keep things platonic so far, tension develops between them due to their complicated feelings for each other.

In the most recent episode, the love triangle between Spock, T'Pring, and Chapel has a stunning development.

A freak accident causes Spock to lose his Vulcan half and become entirely human. In this state, he is overwhelmed by emotions and acts similar to a teenage boy going through adolescence. The timing couldn't be worse because he is to attend a traditional Vulcan engagement dinner with T'Pring and her family, who are strict followers of their culture. Spock's inability to keep his feelings in check makes him question whether T'Pring is the woman he should marry.

Origins of Spock's relationships with T'Pring and Nurse Chapel in Star Trek

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Spock's love interests have their roots in Star Trek The Original Series (TOS). We meet T'Pring in season 2 episode 1 'Amok Time.' She was bonded to Spock as children in an arranged marriage. When he returns to Vulcan for the wedding in the koon-ut-kal-if-fee ceremony, T'Pring expresses her objection to her potential husband by invoking her right of kal-if-fee, where two males fight for her hand in marriage. She shrewdly pits Spock against Captain Kirk hoping that either victor would not want her, and she would be free to marry her true love.

Nurse Chapel is a recurring character in TOS who has an unhealthy obsession with Spock. Throughout the series, she has many moments of affection towards him. During her first appearance in season 1 episode 4 'The Naked Time,' she professes her love to the Vulcan while under the intoxicating effects of alcohol like polywater. In the previously mentioned 'Amok Time,' she prepares him a special soup. While Spock is unconscious from a gunshot wound in season 2 episode 19 'A Private Little War,' Chapel tenderly holds his hand. Unfortunately, in each case, Spock doesn't reciprocate. The pair do share a kiss in season 3 episode 10 'Plato's Stepchildren,' but it is under duress by captors. She feels humiliated due to the situation because it is not genuine.

Spock's shoulder to lean on

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Spock and T'Pring's relationship is tricky to navigate. The long distance is taking a toll, and T'Pring blames Starfleet for their separation. She questions how committed Spock is to her because any free time they have together is usually interrupted by his duties on the Enterprise. Spock is also self-conscious about his mixed heritage. He feels like an outsider to Vulcans because he is half-human and doesn't feel worthy enough for T'Pring.

Whenever Spock needs to vent or receive relationship advice, he turns to Nurse Chapel. In season 1 episode 5 'Spock Amok,' Nurse Chapel suggests her friend prioritize T'Pring and take time to understand his fiancé. At the beginning of season 1 episode 7 'The Serene Squall,' Spock needs someone to listen when he opens up about how T'Pring is more interested in his human half than he is and how that makes him feel.

The beginning of the Spock/T'Pring/Nurse Chapel love triangle

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Spock and Nurse Chapel's friendship becomes awkward in 'The Serene Squall.' Pirates hijack the Enterprise and take Spock hostage. They plan to use him in a prisoner exchange with a Vulcan criminal rehabilitation center, where T'Pring is an administrator and treatment specialist. She must make the hard choice of releasing a convict and the subsequent consequences or losing the love of her life.

During negotiations for the prisoner swap, Spock tries to make T'Pring's decision easier by faking an affair with Nurse Chapel. To sell the romance, Spock kisses Nurse Chapel in front of his wife-to-be. After the pirate dilemma is resolved, T'Pring understands the necessity of the ruse, but it must be difficult to see your partner kiss another woman.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2 developments

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Things between Spock and Nurse Chapel are never the same following that kiss. He purposely tries to avoid speaking with his friend leading to uncomfortable situations. That doesn't mean he no longer has feelings for her. In season 2 episode 1 'Broken Circle,' Spock frantically performs CPR on Nurse Chapel after rescuing her and Dr. M'Benga from outer space. He sheds a tear that she wipes away when she regains consciousness. Later, he confesses he doesn't know how to describe how he feels for her.

In the most recent episode 'Charades,' the scales tip away from T'Pring towards Nurse Chapel. A freak starship accident with Nurse Chapel causes Spock to become 100% human. Unfortunately, this is right before his engagement dinner with T'Pring's family, who are very traditional. He, and his mother, decide to mislead their guests and carry on as if he were still a Vulcan. They almost get away with it until T'Pring's mother insults his human side and Spock comes clean.

T'Pring is as surprised by the deception as her family. She is also hurt that all Spock's friends knew of his condition, but he didn't bother to tell her. She interprets this as a massive lack of trust and questions their relationship. Especially after she spent an entire evening defending him from her mother. In the end, she decides they need a break.

Spock's single status doesn't last long when he meets up with Nurse Chapel after reverting to his regular self. He tells her his break-up with T'Pring is necessary because he has feelings for someone else. The episode ends with the two embracing and sharing a passionate kiss.

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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Ethan Peck on Spock’s Love Triangle: ‘I Wouldn’t Consider Him a Player’

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The following contains spoilers from Thursday’s episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds . Proceed accordingly.

In this week’s episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds , Spock found himself in a fascinating predicament: made fully human by an unknown being that healed him following a shuttle accident.

“It was really nerve-wracking,” Ethan Peck , who plays the Vulcan science officer, tells TVLine of Thursday’s episode. “Any moment that Spock leans into his humanness is such a challenge for me as an actor. I felt really scared. It felt like a big risk as the actor playing Spock, and it was beautifully handled by [director] Jordan Canning.”

During the hour, we learned that Spock directed all shields to protect Chapel, who was in the shuttle with him, while he bore the brunt of the strange occurrence. After fully recovering with his Vulcan side intact, Spock later confessed his feelings for Chapel, which was sealed with a kiss. Where they go from there, though, remains to be seen.

Jess Bush and Ethan Peck in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

“I think they have a lot to figure out if they want to make it work,” Peck notes. “It’s going to be very complicated.”

Part of that complication has to do with the fact that Spock is engaged to T’Pring. But after T’Pring realized Spock didn’t trust her enough to tell her what happened to him, she called for them to take a break, and he agreed.

“I think he cares for her deeply and wants to belong with her but knows on some level that he can’t and doesn’t because her family would never accept that part of him, or Vulcan would not accept that part of him that’s human,” Peck explains. “So there’s this desire to be accepted and heartbreak that he can never be, and also probably a celebration at this point.”

Spock may be conflicted about his romantic interests, but Peck notes that the half-Vulcan officer would not be as torn about the Barbie versus Oppenheimer debate. In fact, he believes Spock would see both movies in a double feature.

“Absolutely, because I think Oppenheimer would fulfill the Vulcan side of him, and I think Barbie would fulfill the human side of him,” Peck says.

Note: This interview took place before SAG-AFTRA officially announced a strike on Thursday afternoon.

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SNW has done a great job of making T’Pring a more sympathetic character. With this episode you start seeing how they got to the events in the TOS episode “Amok Time.”

It sucks because I like T’Pring in this show. She and Spock are constrained by the events of canon, so it is what it is, but they could have taken the easy way out and made her some sort of arrogant, icy person that Spock struggled to form any sort of relationship with. Instead, she is shown as being very reasonable, quite accommodating, and she’s literally slipping through Spock’s fingers because he’s got these strong feelings for Chapel. Not that I particularly dislike Chapel, but it kind of hurts to see this happen to T’Pring. If they had made her a character more like her mother, then it would be easier to root against her.

S; “What does this mean?” C:” I don’t know. Shut up.”

This was the first episode this season that I liked, and I loved it! Peck was really great in it, and all the main characters were given time…😍

I really liked season one, but something has been off for me this season. It almost feels like fan fiction rather than a series based in the actual Star Trek universe. Everyone acts like a teenager and while they have redeemable qualities, they only last as long as the story allows before all their intelligence goes out the window to tell a joke or prop up another character. I know times have changed, but the writing should be as good as if not better than The Next Generation. I feel like Enterprise was more Star Trek than any of these new shows. I’m a big Star Trek fan so I’m feeling conflicted on whether it’s me or the show. I guess, at the end of the day, the important part is that people are enjoying it and it’s keeping the franchise alive. But at what cost?

Although I like SNW overall, I agree with you as an old school fan. There is just something “off” with these new shows. People keep telling us that times have changed and we have to move on and this is what Star Trek is now, but sometimes the writing is just…grating. Modern, kitchy dialogue. Modern stylistic choices in terms of behavior. I don’t like it because it doesn’t fit Star Trek. Maybe this is what they felt they needed to do in order to get a new audience, but it just takes me out of the story when it happens. Sometimes I think these writers need to be locked in a room with the older episodes running 24/7 so some of it seeps into their brains via osmosis. I do find the show enjoyable. But the thing is… It could be great. It could be the best thing Star Trek has produced in 20 years. But this modern writing is holding it back.

The characters are less mature, because our society has become less mature.

In the old days, children had to grow up faster and fight their own battles. They had to stick up for themselves, because no one else would do that for them. Now, teachers do it for them. And as a result, children grow up to be adults and in some cases have a terrible time adapting, because when they were children they always had adults around to solve their problems for them. They didn’t learn how to navigate around difficult people. They didn’t learn to develop a thick skin, which helps create self-confidence. Now, any time someone says something that they don’t like they react to it, rather than ignore it.

There has to be a happy medium in there somewhere. I just don’t think society has found it, yet. No one should ever be bullied. The problem is that the definition of bullying has been badly watered down to a point where it seems as though everyone is walking on eggshells.

I have been a Trekkie since watching TOS as a teenager and I think, despite my huge teenage crush on Leonard Nimoy’s Spock, that SNW is a much better show. I love it and not all canon is worth preserving. The Spock/Nurse Chappel storyline in TOS was awful and I love what Ethan Peck and Jess Bush are doing with their characters. TOS opened the door and I will always be grateful for that, but it’s not sacred to me.

The writing and storytelling is excellent, this series is a blessing for us original trekkers. Keep up the Great work.

Did they forget that T’Pring is working on something with Sybok, that, if I’m not mistaken, Spock doesn’t know about.

An upcoming episode of SNW: The Search for Stonn.

I very much enjoyed this episode. That said, Vulcans’ are known for being logical, not emotional. T’Pring acted more human than Vulcan. She was way too emotional.

On a side note, it took me awhile to figure out where I was going wrong watching this series. My vision isn’t the greatest at times due to migraines. I had made the mistake of thinking that this was the third season of the series when it is the actual second season.

After watching the last episode of the first season, the streaming device immediately started to load “Picard” which had aired for two seasons at that point. I hadn’t noticed that the streaming device had started to load “Picard ” (I had shut off the streaming device before Picard had started), and just assumed that it was a continuation of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.

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[Warning: This story contains spoilers for the Star Trek: Strange New Worlds episode “Ghosts of Illyria.”]

For Ethan Peck, each episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is a journey into a character whom he has come to know well — and yet remains a mystery. The actor, who debuted as Spock on Star Trek: Discovery , finds great beauty in that notion.

His journey to becoming the iconic sci-fi character first brought to life by the legendary Leonard Nimoy has been intense, but thoroughly enjoyable and fulfilling, he tells The Hollywood Reporter .

And while it was his guest work on Discovery that led throngs of fans to demand he, along with Anson Mount and Rebecca Romijn , be given a spinoff, it is the format and writing of Strange New Worlds that has allowed Peck to truly embody and understand the half-Vulcan, half-human character.

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Strange new worlds explains why spock never married in tos.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' premiere shows the genuine love affair between Spock and T'Pring and sets up why they didn't marry in TOS "Amok Time."

Warning: SPOILER for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Episode 1 - "Strange New Worlds"

Spock (Leonard Nimoy) never married T'Pring (Arlene Martel) in Star Trek: The Original Series and the foundations as to why are laid in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds . Set about a year after the end of Star Trek: Discovery season 2, Strange New Worlds sees Lt. Spock (Ethan Peck) rejoin the Starship Enterprise under the command of Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount). To pursue his Starfleet career, Spock leaves behind his betrothed, T'Pring (Gia Sandhu), on Vulcan.

The fact that Spock had an arranged marriage waiting for him on Vulcan was a shock in the Star Trek: TOS season 2 episode, "Amok Time." In what was the deepest delve into Spock's life and Vulcan culture up to that point, the Enterprise's Vulcan Science Officer underwent pon-farr, which is the uncontrollable Vulcan mating desire that strikes every seven years. Spock needed to return to Vulcan to marry T'Pring, who he had been bethrothed to since childhood. However, T'Pring had other plans and, instead of going through with the wedding, she handpicked Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) as her champion to fight Spock in kal-if-fee - a fight to the death. Spock won the fight and believed he killed Kirk, who merely faked his death thanks to Dr. Leonard McCoy (DeForest Kelley). Meanwhile, T'Pring's logic for breaking her marriage arrangement with Spock was because she had chosen another mate, Stonn (Lawrence Montaigne), but she needed the kal-if-fee ritual to break her bond with Spock.

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However, the premiere episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is set nearly a decade before "Amok Time" and it introduces the younger Spock and T'Pring in happier days. Spock and his intended bride are clearly devoted to each other and as romantic as their Vulcan culture and rituals allow them to be. It's a stark contrast to the coldness between Spock and T'Pring at the end of their marriage. But in Strange New Worlds ' premiere, Spock and T'Pring fully intend to marry each other as promised. Yet when Captain Pike contacts Spock to tell him to report back to the Enterprise, the Vulcan Science Officer unquestioningly puts his Starfleet duty above his betrothal to T'Pring, making the end of their relationship an inevitability.

As Spock explained to Kirk in Star Trek: TOS , his union with T'Pring was "less than a marriage but more than a bethrothal." Indeed, Spock was meant to finally undergo the koon-ut-kal-if-fee marriage ritual with T'Pring in "Amok Time" before she invoked her right to have Spock fight to the death for her. In Strange New Worlds , Spock's Starfleet duties delayed their wedding but given how roughly seven years pass between Strange New Worlds ' premiere and "Amok Time," it becomes clear how long T'Pring waited for Spock and why she sought the love of another Vulcan who lived on their homeworld.

The younger T'Pring in Strange New Worlds is willing to be patient, little knowing how Spock's true devotion is to Starfleet and not to her. Indeed, T'Pring is friendly and familiar with Captain Pike, whom she calls "Chris," and she understands what Starfleet means to Spock. Since Spock's first Captain knows about T'Pring while Captain Kirk had no inkling about Spock's life on Vulcan before "Amok Time," it also adds another interesting layer to Spock and Pike's relationship . Star Trek: Strange New Worlds intriguingly establishes that Spock and T'Pring were in genuinely romantic toward each other but Spock ultimately chose Starfleet over his bethrothed. And, since Trekkers also know how their marriage ends up, it adds an extra layer of tragedy and sadness to how Spock and T'Pring's relationship ended in Star Trek: The Original Series.

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Ethan Peck on 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds,' Spock's Relationship With T'Pring, and Meeting Uhura

He also discusses which 'Strange New Worlds' character he'd switch roles with.

Paramount+ is gearing up again to boldly go where no one has gone before with the premiere of the highly anticipated Star Trek: Discovery spin-off series Star Trek: Strange New Worlds . Set in the years prior to Star Trek: The Original Series , the show will explore the adventures of the U.S.S. Enterprise under the leadership of Captain Christopher Pike ( Anson Mount ). Pike was first introduced in The Original Series , along with Number One ( Rebecca Romijn ), Spock ( Ethan Peck ), Uhura ( Celia Rose Gooding ), Doctor M’Benga ( Babs Olusanmokun ), and Nurse Chapel ( Jess Bush ), though the roles were originated by different actors. Strange New Worlds is set to introduce new characters as well, including La'an Noonien-Singh ( Christina Chong ) and Erica Ortegas ( Melissa Navia ).

During this 1-on-1 interview with Collider, Ethan Peck discussed navigating Spock’s romance with T’Pring ( Gia Sandhu ), which character he’d love to switch roles with, and which episode he’s most excited about fans seeing. As with most of our interviews, you can choose to either read the interview below or watch it in the video player above!

COLLIDER: The last time we saw Spock, he was reeling from the loss of his sister. So where is he mentally when we reunite with him in Strange New Worlds ?

ETHAN PECK: I think that Spock at the beginning of Strange New Worlds is in a very sort of fragile place. He's just had this huge trauma in his life, this sort of unraveling that's occurred with his contact with the Red Angel, with the loss of his sister to time. And really nobody that he's allowed to speak with it about. I suppose there are a select few that are around him, but there's so much that he has to attend to day-to-day. I don't think that he can dedicate much of his energy to consideration of that part of his life. So I think he's uncertain. I think he's seeking of himself and of the right perspective in the universe. He's betwixt these two worlds, right? He's born and raised on Vulcan, but he's also half-human, and these are in such conflicts with each other, which is what I hope and think makes him such a compelling character. So he's in this place of experimentation.

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In the trailers, we get to see his relationship with T'Pring. What is it like playing a character in a romantic fashion who's such a reserved character?

PECK: It's really wild and a bit frightening, because there's not much of a blueprint for it. So for instance, with that scene, we all, in front of and behind the camera approached that scene with such caution and trepidation, and with respect to what's been done and to what we interpret to be is the right thing. And there was a lot of discussion. So on that level, it was like this really difficult and complex problem to solve, and also kind of thrilling to be laying that ground.

We get to meet Uhura in Strange New Worlds .

PECK: Yeah.

So what was it like getting to play out that first introduction between these two characters?

PECK: Well now in retrospect, absolutely wonderful. In the moment I really try not to think too much about how things will be perceived. So I do as much to be in the center and in the perspective of this character, who's just having an experience. So for me, it's quite different than probably how it appears to be from the outside, which even now I'm not sure I have that perspective yet. Maybe in some years, I'll better be able to answer that question.

Excellent. What episode are you most excited for fans to see?

PECK: Oh. Oh, that's a great question. Well, personally, I really enjoyed making Episode 7.

PECK: And I think that's all I can say about that.

Good to know. And then for a fun question, if you could switch roles with any other character in Strange New Worlds , who would it be and why?

PECK: Oh, really interesting question. Maybe... Oh God, I'm going to offend other characters if I don't want to switch places with them. I spend so much time with Christina Chong and her sort of development of her character La'an, and that character has such a rich emotional history that maybe I would switch places with her. Because it just seemed like so fun and so challenging to sort of uncover and explore that character.

That's an excellent answer. And that is such a great character. I mean, so many of these characters are fascinating. She's got a rich history.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds begins May 5 on Paramount+.

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We love Spock because of his feelings, not in spite of them.

Illustrated graphic of a human version of Spock standing face-to-face with the Vulcan version of Spock

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We need to talk about Spock . He’s smiling. He’s making jokes. He’s eating bacon in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds .

As Captain Kirk once put it, Spock has recently shown “a regrettable tendency you've been showing lately toward flagrant emotionalism.” But here’s the thing. Kirk made that comment in The Original Series , at the end of the classic episode “ The Menagerie .” So, Spock’s emotional outbursts are hardly new. And as counterintuitive as it sounds, the rational, cold hero of the final frontier is often most interesting when he seems to be losing it.

From “ Amok Time ” in The Original Series to “ Charades ” in Strange New Worlds Season 2, Spock’s emotionalism is central to our shared love of this supposedly unemotional character. And thanks to Strange New Worlds , the story of Star Trek is offering a new, utterly revelatory way of understanding the inner struggle of Spock, which, in the final analysis, is perfectly logical.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - Spock the Human

Way back when Leonard Nimoy filmed “The Cage,” in 1964, the character of Spock hadn’t been fully formed. At that point, Star Trek series creator Gene Roddenberry actually conceived of Number One as the more guarded, stoic unemotional one.

In 2019, with the Star Trek: Short Treks episode “ Q&A ,” writer Michael Chabon attempted to reconcile this, by making it clear that Number One had a big influence on Spock’s overall development. But, that was Spock’s first day on the Enterprise and only the beginning of a bigger process. Starting with Star Trek: Discovery Season 2, and throughout Strange New Worlds , Spock is on an emotional journey, one that has an end point with how we find Spock in The Original Series. As SNW co-creator Akiva Goldsman said in 2023 , “Something happened between ‘The Cage’ and ‘Where No Man Has Gone Before.’”

Goldsman is right. But, putting Spock on an emotional rollercoaster isn’t something SNW randomly invented. Spock has gone on several emotional journeys prior to SNW . In the Star Trek: Lower Decks crossover, “ Those Old Scientists ,” Chapel says Spock is “going through a thing.” But, when, if we’re being honest, has Spock not been going through a thing?

"Amok Time"

Throughout The Original Series, the classic films, and even The Next Generation , Spock, as played by Leonard Nimoy, changed his emotional presentation quite a bit. In the classic series, he was openly frustrated by human emotions, but after the events of The Motion Picture , and his failure to purge his emotions via the Kolinahr, Spock eventually loosened up, and became comfortable with his illogical human allies. The level of comfort Spock has with Kirk and Bones in The Wrath of Khan is drastically different from the guy we met in “Where No Man Has Gone Before.” So, in order for classic Spock to mature, and grow, there had to be a baseline, a specific foundational personality to build upon. This is where Strange New Worlds comes in. Because it’s here that we’re finally seeing how and why Spock’s emotional cocktail was mixed.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - Hot Spock

In “Those Old Scientists,” Boimler and Mariner — time travelers from the 24th Century — are borderline horrified by Spock smiling and attempting to make bad jokes. Cleverly, Strange New Worlds uses what seems like canon inconsistencies to actually make a point about how people change. Boimler believes that a smiling Spock is not really the character. Just like fans being jarred by Spock smiling in “The Cage” or flashbacks from “The Menagerie,” emotional Spock can read as a mistake, rather than a nuance. Boilmer, as a cipher for a confused fan says, “This is just like what a phase and he’ll get over and get back to like his serious, real self soon?”

In some ways, Boimler is right. What we’re seeing in Strange New Worlds is new, but, it’s also a fallacy for us to believe that “serious” Spock is also “real” Spock. In 1966, “ The Naked Time ,” was only the fourth episode of Star Trek ever aired, and the seventh episode ever filmed. This means that extremely early in Star Trek canon, we got an episode in which Spock was openly crying like a baby. Within the canon of Trek , it seems pretty likely that Kirk didn’t put all of that into his logs, out of respect for Spock, which is also probably doubly true of Spock yelling at people at the beginning of “Amok Time.”

Spock fought his overwhelming feelings but while infected with a contagion, he succumbs to his emotions, resting his head on his hands at the table in 'The Naked Time'

"The Naked Time"

Relative to their perception of “smiling Spock,” Boimler and Mariner lack something we have as fans. We have an overall idea of “serious” Spock in our minds, but once we start looking at individual Spock stories, all from the classic era, Spock “acting out of character” becomes the basis of his character.

As Ethan Peck put it earlier in 2023 , “It’s possible that ‘normal’ Spock doesn’t exist.” But for Mariner and Boimler, they’re really only going off of history books, which were almost certainly influenced by Pike, Kirk, and others, just selectively leaving information out. Although Mariner and Boimler are somewhat obviously very aware of Pike’s tragic fate at the start of “The Menagerie,” it’s possible that they’re not aware of how that story ended for Pike. “The Menagerie” concludes with Pike living out, happily on Talos IV. But who put him there?

"Those Old Scientists"

If Spock hadn’t acted out of compassion, and stolen the U.S.S. Enterprise to get Pike to Talos, that happy ending couldn’t have happened. At the very end of that episode, that’s when Kirk confronts Spock and drops that “flagrant emotionalism” line. Spock cuts him off saying, “I see no reason to insult me, sir; I believe I've been completely logical about the whole affair.” When Boimler and Spock discuss Spock’s more stoic future reputation, Spock says, “I have no choice but to stay true to the path I have chosen in this time. If you sway me, then my future will have been altered, is that not logical?”

It’s a mic-drop moment that Boimler can’t deny, and represents one of many times this season that Spock has stood up for his human heritage a bit more than he did in The Original Series. Because even if Boimler did sway Spock a tiny bit, what this journey of self-discovery proves is that only Spock knows what’s right for Spock, and our shared definition of his character doesn’t just come from our projections or perceptions — of which there are many! Instead, the defining feature of Spock’s character isn’t coldness or emotionalism, but rather his struggle between the two. And the choices he makes aren’t about canon or the timeline. Spock’s choices to become himself in Strange New Worlds reaffirm what Kirk said in The Wrath of Khan . Of all the souls we have known in Star Trek , Spock’s is perhaps the most…human…of them all.

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Ryan Britt is the author of the nonfiction books Phasers on Stun! How the Making and Remaking of Star Trek Changed the World (2022), The Spice Must Flow: The Journey of Dune from Cult Novels to Visionary Sci-Fi Movies (2023), and the essay collection Luke Skywalker Can’t Read (2015). He is a longtime contributor to Star Trek.com and his writing regularly appears with Inverse, Den of Geek!, Esquire and elsewhere. He lives in Portland, Maine with his family.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds streams exclusively on Paramount+ in the U.S., U.K., Australia, Latin America, Brazil, South Korea, France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland and Austria. In addition, the series airs on Bell Media’s CTV Sci-Fi Channel and streams on Crave in Canada and on SkyShowtime in the Nordics, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal and Central and Eastern Europe. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution.

Star Trek: Discovery Seasons 1-4 are streaming exclusively on Paramount+ in the U.S., the UK, Canada, Switzerland, South Korea, Latin America, Germany, France, Italy, Australia and Austria. Seasons 2 and 3 also are available on the Pluto TV “Star Trek” channel in Switzerland, Germany and Austria. The series streams on Super Drama in Japan, TVNZ in New Zealand, and SkyShowtime in Spain, Portugal, Poland, The Nordics, The Netherlands, and Central and Eastern Europe and also airs on Cosmote TV in Greece. The series is distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution.

Spock sits in the Enterprise lounge while his friends Number One (Una), Uhura, La'An, and Erica Ortegas are enjoying his company in 'Charades'

This Was Anton Yelchin's Favorite Episode From Star Trek: The Original Series

J.J. Abrams' 2009 "Star Trek" feature film wasn't so much an adaptation of the 1966 TV series as it was a film version of how non-Trekkies view the franchise. To explain: on the TV series, Captain Kirk (William Shatner) is typically depicted as being judicious, stern, and decisive. Because of the few times Kirk solved problems with his fists, however, he has gained a (perhaps unfair) reputation for being a reckless cowboy, an insufferable lothario, and a flippant charmer. Abrams' version of Kirk (Chris Pine) rolled with those misconceptions, making a "high-octane" version of the character. Indeed, all the characters are now broader, more passionate versions of themselves. This is in addition to each of them being secret super-geniuses, deeply expert in at least one field of science, language, medicine, or engineering.

Case in point, Chekov (Anton Yelchin) knows how to operate a transporter in such a way that he can snatch crewmates right out of the air as they plummet through a planet's atmosphere below. Everything in the 2009 "Star Trek" is shifted into overdrive, with whirling cameras, shouting, fighting, and desperate last-minute escapes. Abrams turned "Star Trek" into an action movie.

That said, many of the new cast members did their "Star Trek" homework, watching old episodes of the original series and using their forebears as models for the latest versions of their characters. Yelchin in particular closely emulated Walter Koenig, and was even careful to imitate Koenig's unique Russian accent, even if it wasn't wholly accurate.

In 2009, TrekMovie interviewed the late Yelchin about playing Chekov, asking the actor — perhaps naturally — what his favorite episode of the original series was. Surprisingly, Yelchin was very fond of "Who Mourns for Adonais?," the episode wherein the Enterprise crew faces off against the Greek god Apollo.

Yelchin thought that 'Who Mourns for Adonais?' was 'fascinating'

"Who Mourns for Adonais?" (September 22, 1967) begins with the Enterprise being grabbed in space by a giant green human hand. Kirk and company beam down to a nearby planet to find Apollo (Michael Forest) living there. This appears to be the actual god Apollo of Greek myth, and he demands that the Enterprise crew worship him, just like he used to be worshiped back on Earth. Kirk, Chekov, and the others surmise that Apollo is actually an ancient alien that once visited Earth thousands of years ago, and the locals assumed he was a god. Kirk explains to Apollo that humans have outgrown the need for gods, and Apollo is sad. After Apollo ascends to join the other "gods," Kirk admits that even without the benefit of divinity, modern civilization still owes a lot to ancient Greek culture. The title is a reference to an 1821 Percy Shelley elegy about John Keats.

Yelchin probably liked "Adonais" because Chekov has a lot to contribute. He was part of the episode's landing party, and he was active and contributive. In Yelchin's words:

"Probably the one with Apollo. I think is such an intelligent episode. It is an episode where the basic point is that humanity ... looking at it in terms of the '60s when men are their own gods, and look at where they brought their universe to. It was such a fascinating, touching, weird thing to have an episode. Where men come to a planet where a god wants to be a god again."

No such heady concepts were included in the 2009 film, as it was, as mentioned, an action picture. But It's nice to see that Yelchin found some of the original Trek concepts to be interesting.

'Amok Time' - a.k.a. the pon farr episode

Yelchin also liked "Amok Time," saying, "I also love the episode where Spock is PMSing and where Kirk has to fight Spock."

That's an indelicate way of describing pon farr, a Vulcan phenomenon where their bodies sexually activate once every seven years. While undergoing pon farr, Vulcans become unbearably horny, but also very angry and animalistic. They are moved to mate. In "Amok Time" (September 15, 1967) , Spock (Leonard Nimoy) undergoes pon farr and returns to Vulcan to marry his betrothed T'Pring (Arlene Martel). T'Pring finds that Kirk is a more appealing mate, however, and Kirk and Spock have to fight in a Vulcan gladiatorial arena for her hand. It's a notable episode of "Star Trek" because of the amount of Vulcan lore it introduced into the franchise, but many — like Yelchin — seem attached to the episode's silly, horny violence.

Yelchin also admitted that he did more research than some of his co-stars. He read "The Star Trek Encyclopedia" by Mike and Denise Okuda, and watched every episode of the show. Chris Pine, it seems, began watching the series, but stopped partway through the first season. "I kept going. I loved it," Yelchin said. "I even watched the episodes that Chekov wasn't in. The ones that he was in I found interesting, like when they go to a bar in 'The Troubles With Tribbles' and they have a drink, I liked that."

Yelchin also played Chekov in "Star Trek Into Darkness" in 2013 and in "Star Trek Beyond" in 2016, released posthumously .

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