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A lot of times in Star Trek, we tend to focus on the captains. After all, it’s their ship, right? Everyone else is just following orders. But I think it’s high time the second-in-commands got their day in the captain’s chair—after all, the heroine of the newest Star Trek TV series will be among their ranks.

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Star Trek: Discovery showrunner Bryan Fuller appeared on Nerd World Report last week and said the protagonist of the next Star Trek series would be called “Number One.” This confirmed what we already knew about the main character, that she would be a commanding officer but not the captain of her ship.

Number One was originally a moniker adopted by the Royal Navy to describe a first officer or second-in-command on a ship. (It’s also one of Captain Picard’s favorite things to yell out as he’s entering or leaving a room.) Fuller said the name choice is actually an homage to Star Trek ’s original Number One from the unaired pilot. However, every single Star Trek series has had a dynamic second-in-command, each with their own story and perspective.

Star Trek: The Original Series unaired pilot, “The Cage” Played by: Majel Barrett

Number One, the unnamed character from “The Cage,” was Pike’s first lieutenant who defied her alien captors and helmed the ship in the captain’s absence. She was calm, cool-headed and didn’t let her emotions get in the of her duty.

According to creator Gene Roddenberry, NBC didn’t like that. They felt it would be best not to have a woman in a leadership role on a starship, because it would make audiences uncomfortable. Producer Herbert Solow denied it in his book, Star Trek: The Real Story , saying it was actually because Roddenberry and Barrett were having an affair. However, NBC still insisted Roddenberry give the role to a man.

Roddenberry ended up using a lot of Number One’s traits for Spock’s character, and Barrett stayed on as a vital part of the Star Trek franchise. She voiced the computer for most of the Star Trek series and films. She also played Nurse (later Doctor) Christine Chapel on The Original Series and Ambassador Lwaxana Troi, Deanna Troi’s mother, on The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine . Footage of Barrett’s role as Number One was later used in the “Menagerie” episode of The Original Series.

Commander Spock

Star Trek: The Original Series Played by: Leonard Nimoy / Zachary Quinto

Spock was the only recurring character to transition from the unaired pilot to Star Trek: The Original Series . The half-Vulcan, half-human science officer is one of the most distinguished members of the federation.

Working alongside Captain James T. Kirk, we saw Spock (whose first name is apparently impossible for humans to pronounce) settle into a role as the calm and logical one, to balance out Kirk’s brashness. But he wasn’t completely devoid of emotion, given the fact that he was half human.

Spock quickly became a fan favorite and a sex symbol, with actor William Shatner sometimes fearing that Spock was overshadowing him on the series. In fact, the show’s controversial interracial kiss was originally supposed to be between Uhura and Spock, but Shatner asked for it be him instead.

Even though Leonard Nimoy always had a love-hate relationship with the character of Spock (he especially hated the ears), he still recognized how important the character was, and still is, for millions of Star Trek fans. After the series ended, he said, “If I had to be someone else, I would be Spock.”

Commander William Riker

Star Trek: The Next Generation Played by: Jonathan Frakes, Jonathan Frakes’ beard

The quintessential “Number One,” Captain Picard called Riker that so many times I swear we almost forgot his name. Commander Riker definitely went through some changes over the course of the series. In the first couple of seasons, he was the young, hot-headed first officer to balance out Captain Picard’s calm demeanor. However, over time he became more patient and reserved, learning and growing from Picard’s leadership.

Through it all, Riker’s loyalty to the Enterprise was never in question. He repeatedly turned down offers of his own command, only accepting one at the end of Star Trek: Nemesis . His loyalty to the cast is also famous. The Next Generation cast continually calls him the best director they ever had on the series.

One of the most famous things about Commander Riker was his beard. Riker was clean-shaven for the first season of the show, but between seasons he acted in a Civil War mini-series, so he grew a beard. Gene Roddenberry thought it looked “more nautical” so he told Frakes to keep it. That beard is synonymous with TNG’s improved show quality, hence the phrase “growing the beard” (the opposite of “jumping the shark”).

Colonel Kira Nerys

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Played by: Nana Visitor

Kira Nerys was not a part of Starfleet, but that’s exactly why Commander (later Captain) Sisko wanted her on board. When the Federation agreed to keep an eye on Bajor after the Cardassians retreated, Sisko requested a Bajoran first officer onboard the Deep Space Nine outpost to improve relationships with the budding government.

Kira Nerys, a former underground revolutionary, started out as stubborn and hot-headed, opposed to the Federation’s presence in the Bajoran province. Over time, she and Sisko developed a warm and loving friendship of mutual respect- thanks in no small part to Sisko’s role as the emissary to the Prophets.

One of Kira’s most defining qualities was her unquestionable faith. Throughout her entire life, her faith in the Prophets was what kept her going through occupation, slavery and the resistance. It showed a softer, more compassionate side of the character, but it also came with its problems. Mainly, when Kira put faith before duty, like when she defended teaching Bajoran creationism in public school. She did grow to be more tolerant over the series, but her faith didn’t waver.

Side note, the producers of the series originally wanted Ensign Ro Laren to play Sisko’s first officer in Deep Space Nine , but the actress refused the role, so they created a new (and much better) character instead.

Lieutenant Commander Chakotay

Star Trek: Voyager Played by: Robert Beltran

Umm... well... yikes. Where do I start with this guy? He was Native American, I guess, and he had a cool face tattoo. Let’s face it, Chakotay was boring . And, if you go by the criticisms from people in the Native American community, divisive. Some praised his role as ground breaking, others compared him to Tonto from The Lone Ranger .

Chakotay was a Maquis fighter who, alongside his crew, got pulled some 70,000 light years away into the Delta Quadrant, where the group joined forces with the Voyager to ensure their mutual survival. Captain Kathryn Janeway gave Chakotay the field commission of Lieutenant Commander, hoping to close the divide between the Federation officers and Maquis rebels.

Chakotay served as Janeway’s quasi-enforcer on the ship. He wouldn’t tolerate any bull from those serving under him, and was not afraid of dressing down someone if it helped get the job done. As fellow io9 writer James Whitbrook put it, “If Voyager was a family, Chakotay was the stern dad who’d tell those damn kids like it is.”

Commander T’Pol

Star Trek: Enterprise Played by: Jolene Blalock

T’Pol was the first Vulcan officer to serve for a long time on a human ship. She served as Sub-Commander for the Vulcan High Command to keep an eye on Captain Jonathan Archer and his crew, because the Vulcan High Command were a bunch of dicks who didn’t think Scott Bacula could steer a ship. She grew to care for them, partially because she was more emotional than the typical Vulcan. The Vulcans kept trying to get her off the ship, but she said no, eventually resigning from High Command to join Starfleet.

The character also caused a bit of controversy, mainly regarding her outfits. Her catsuit-like wardrobe was criticized for needlessly over-sexualizing the character. The producers denied this early on, but started leaning more heavily on Blalock’s figure as the show’s ratings tanked. T’Pol got more costumes (40 altogether) and her cleavage continually got lower. She also was the subject of Star Trek ’s first nude scene, showing her full naked backside, which actually got censored in the U.S.

I’ve got to be honest, I’ve never seen a single episode of Star Trek: Enterprise, so any details I give about the character are second-hand. If you enjoyed T’Pol and want to add something you especially liked about the character, more power to you.

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The stardates used in the Star Trek franchise often seem like a jumble of numbers with no real meaning, but there is some method to the madness.

The stardate system used in the  Star Trek franchise can sometimes feel like a random selection of numbers, but there is some degree of meaning and calculation involved. When first devising and conceptualizing the futuristic world of  Star Trek , Gene Roddenberry decided that the advent of long-range space travel would necessitate a brand new way of measuring time, instead of the standard Gregorian calendar used in the real world. In 1988's  Inside Star Trek documentary, original series researcher, Kellam de Forest, revealed that he took inspiration from the 16th century Julian system, which has been implemented by astronomers ever since. Featuring a way of counting days, ignoring leap years and removing the AD and BC system, the Julian method formed the foundation for  Star Trek 's stardates.

The inspiration for the stardate system may have been simple enough, but applying it to the scripts proved far more complicated, and the exact correlation between  Star Trek  time and real-world time has changed throughout the various TV series and movie iterations. For the original  Star Trek series , the show's bible instructed writers to pick four numbers and a decimal, with the final digit roughly representing a tenth of a day. The example given is that if noon today was 1313.5, noon tomorrow would be 1314.5.

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However, it's important to note that Roddenberry's initial system of dating was intentionally vague, with pilot episode writer, Samuel A. Peeples, revealing that the stardates weren't designed to be decipherable. Roddenberry was initially reluctant to pin  Star Trek  down to a specific time, so the stardate increments were uneven from episode to episode. Unfortunately,  Star Trek encountered a problem when the series first began to air - the network were showing the episodes out of order. This meant that while the stardates were originally supposed to increase as the series progressed, they actually fluctuated wildly. Roddenberry provided an in-narrative explanation for this phenomenon, claiming that stardates took into account the Enterprise 's speed and position in the galaxy, and therefore were relative to both space and time.

This somewhat clunky system was overhauled for  Star Trek: The Next Generation . As well as adding an extra digit,  The Next Generation 's writer's guide reveals that a more structured way of calculating stardates was implemented. The first number indicates the century (4 = 24th), the second number represents the season number (1 = season 1) and the following two digits would be largely random and vary with each episode, much like in the original  Star Trek series. The fifth digit functioned as a day counter, while, as in Roddenberry's original model, the decimal still represented a tenth of a day. This pattern was retained for both  Deep Space Nine and  Star Trek: Voyager .

When J. J. Abrams rebooted the  Star Trek movie series and splintered into the Kelvin timeline , a brand new dating system was introduced that bore a stronger resemblance to the real-world model. As revealed in the revised Star Trek Encyclopedia , the first two digits would represent century (22 = 23rd century), and the second two digits would calculate the year within that century. The 2009 movie also added more numbers after the decimal point, and these would indicate the day of the year. Therefore, 2235.78 would mean the 78th day of the 35th year of the 23rd century.

Beginning with  Star Trek: Discovery , CBS are now in the process of launching a whole new world of content set within the  Star Trek universe that will include  Star Trek: Picard and a Section 31 spinoff . Looking at the stardates used so far in Star Trek: Discovery , it appears that the franchise will come full circle, returning to the stardate system used in  Star Trek: The Original Series . However, with  Star Trek: Discovery  season 2 ending in the far future, the entire stardate system could become redundant when the show returns.

More: Star Trek: Discovery Makes A Bad Original Series Movie Better

Star Trek: Picard  is set to premiere in early 2020 on CBS All Access.

Sources:  Inside Star Trek ,  Gene Roddenberry: The Myth & The Man Behind Star Trek ,  The Making of Star Trek ,  Star Trek Encyclopedia

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This page contains information specifically pertaining to the third and final season of Star Trek: Picard . In North America, season 3 episodes premiered weekly on Thursdays, starting 16 February 2023 , on Paramount+ (USA and Latin America) and on CraveTV (Canada), with the rest of the world following suit through Prime Video with a one-day delay.

In the UK, Australia, Italy, France, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, season 3 episodes were also released on newly-launched Paramount+ foreign subsidiaries the day after their US premieres by the mother streaming service , alongside the Prime Video streamings, with all three seasons of Picard slated to be added to Paramount+ in South Korea later in 2023. [1] [2]

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• On 21 October 2020 , Production Weekly included a third season in its listing of upcoming productions, although no official announcement has been made. [3] [4] It was officially confirmed on 8 September 2021 during the Star Trek Day 2021 celebration.
• Season 3 was filmed back-to-back with season 2 in order to control costs and accommodate production schedules, [5] and principal photography, aka production, began at the start of September 2021, immediately after production on the second season had wrapped on 29 August. [6]
• On 3 January 2022 , production on this season was temporarily halted due to a COVID-19 outbreak on set. [7] [8] Production resumed four days later on 7 January 2022 . [9]
• On 8 March 2022 , production on this season had finished shooting. [10] It was also confirmed that this season will be the final one. [11]
• On "First Contact Day", 5 April 2022 , it was revealed that the original cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation – LeVar Burton , Michael Dorn , Jonathan Frakes , Gates McFadden , Marina Sirtis , and Brent Spiner – had joined the cast for the third season, as a means of finally giving their characters "a proper send-off". [12]
• On 2 May 2022 , Alison Pill confirmed that she would not be returning for Season 3. [13]
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Why The Number 47 Is So Important In Star Trek: The Next Generation

"Star Trek: The Next Generation" kept the iconic sci-fi franchise firmly in the mainstream mind, with over 100 memorable episodes and multiple movies detailing the adventures of the Enterprise-D and her captain, Jean-Luc Picard. "The Next Generation" is nearly as iconic and influential as the original "Star Trek" and helped launch the careers of LeVar Burton and Patrick Stewart into household names. 

Eagle-eyed Trekkies undoubtedly noticed a strange pattern throughout the show — the number 47 and its variations appear frequently in dialogue and on-screen. On  Stack Exchange , one fan claims 47 is spoken in some form over 200 times throughout the show's run and also finds its way onto computer screens and visuals. Picard receives a bottle of wine from "47," an authorization code will be Alpha-4-7, and so on. Interestingly, this running easter egg can be traced to one of the show's writers and his alma mater's strange superstition surrounding the number.

47 comes from a college tradition

The connection between "The Next Generation" and 47 began with writer Joe Menosky, according to Marketplace . Starting in Season 4, Menosky began sneaking in the number 47 as a reference to a superstition from Pomona College in California, his alma mater. Pomona has a fascination with the number 47, calling it the "quintessential random number," and references are found throughout campus. Other writers picked up on the inside joke, and soon, 47s were seen in practically every episode.

References to 47 were not just limited to TNG, as Menosky was also a writer for "Star Trek: Voyager" (via Memory Alpha ). Along with some of the movies of this era, 47 found its way into "Deep Space 9," although the writing staff eventually grew tired of the joke and began to phase out the mysterious number. The number has seen a revival recently, however, appearing in the J.J Abrams "Star Trek" movies and the MMORPG "Star Trek Online." Indeed, 47 and "Star Trek" have become intertwined, going where no number has gone before.

Starship Registries

In the 22nd century Federation Starfleet vessels generally seemed to have 3-digit registry numbers, just like the Daedalus-class vessels USS Archon NCC-189 and USS Horizon NCC-173 ( Star Trek Encyclopedia ). We do not know that for sure though, for visual records of such hull numbers are missing. In the 23rd century registries with 4 digits were common, including the famous USS Enterprise NCC-1701, most likely several other Constitution-class ships and the USS Excelsior NX- (later NCC-) 2000. Finally, another digit has been added in the 24th century, as it can be seen on the hulls of Sisko's USS Saratoga NCC-31911, the USS Voyager NCC-74656 and numerous more Starfleet ships. This is why we can surmise that the registry number of a starship at least roughly correlates with the time when it was commissioned.

In case of chronological registries the increasing number of digits hints at an exponential increase in the number of starships. This would indicate that Starfleet consists of more than 10,000 starships in the mid- and late 24th century if we presuppose an average lifetime of a couple of decades for a single vessel. At the first glance this abundance does not seem to to be in accordance with most of TNG and early DS9 episodes when starships appeared to be scarce and the 39 ships destroyed in the Battle of Wolf 359 (TNG: "The Drumhead") appeared like a heavy loss. On the other hand, as Shelby mentioned in TNG: "The Best of Both Worlds II", it would take about one year to rebuild the fleet, so Starfleet must have sizable ship building capabilities, probably enough to sustain a fleet of thousands of vessels. A number in the thousands is also realistic taking into account how many ships fell victim to the Dominion War. It started with the 98 ships of the Seventh Fleet in DS9: "A Time to Stand", and subsequently several hundred more must have been destroyed in the big battles in DS9: "Sacrifice of Angels", "Tears of the Prophets", "The Changing Face of Evil", "What You Leave Behind" and countless skirmishes that were not even mentioned.

The above chart shows all known registries sorted by ship classes. If registries are chronological, this may provide an impression of the production times of the single classes too. Some classes like the Excelsior, Miranda and especially the Oberth have a very broad range of registries, indicating a very long construction period. The chart below plots the given registries over time. The yellow dots denote mentions of ships which are in active service for an unspecified time, whereas the green dots represent ships which have just been commissioned. Assuming that the new ships always have the highest existing number, one may connect all the green dots and the highest orange dots to a line which indicates the registry limit and perhaps the number of ships ever commissioned. One thing to note is the aforementioned roughly exponential increase over time until about 2360. The other remarkable fact is that the latest registries of the 2360s and 2370s don't rise that rapidly any longer, despite the many new ship classes, advances in technology and the recent Borg confrontations and Dominion War.

Registries as design codes

There are a number of theories that Starfleet's registries could have a significance beyond being a simple chronological number for each individual vessel. It was an early attempt to explain the Enterprise's registry NCC-1701 in that it could stand for the 17th design or class of ships, and that it was the second ship of that class (after the Constitution NCC-1700). Likewise, if not a class, the "17" could denote heavy cruisers or another more general type of vessels in a similar fashion as an "F" plus a number denotes frigates in the NATO registry system. Alas, there are very few occurrences of registries among ships of the same class that are accordingly close together (e.g. USS Monitor NCC-61826 and USS Merrimack NCC-61827, USS Defiant NX-74205 and USS Valiant NCC-74210). Other than that, the closest known registries of most classes span many hundred numbers (like the NCC-26xxx in the Ambassador class or the NCC-60xxx and NCC-61xxx in the Nebula class). Even if for some reason large number ranges were skipped, the known registries would still not be close enough to maintain the realistic idea that there are at most one or two hundred ships of these classes of capital ships. Ultimately the idea that the ship class is encoded in the registry fails considering how the registries of the Galaxy class and the Nebula class intersect in the NCC-71xxx range and the registries of Defiant and Intrepid in the NCC-72xxx region. Almost all recently (2368-2375) commissioned ships have registries in the range from NCC-72000 to NCC-75000, regardless of their class. In other words, the gaps in the registry system are apparently not empty but routinely occupied by ships of other classes and of completely different types.

Shared numbers with civilian vessels

A simple rationale for the high registries in the 24th century could be that not only Starfleet ships but also other Federation vessels are included in the registry system, which is corroborated by the S.S. Vico NAR-18834 and some other civilian science ships or freighters, where NAR seems to denote research vessels not belonging to Starfleet. Yet, an orbital shuttle had the registry NAR-25820 as soon as in 2293 ("Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country"). Perhaps the civilian registry scheme is totally independent of the Starfleet NCC numbers, meaning that every prefix is using the full range of numbers.

Introduction of runabout registries

It is also possible that every runabout has its individual registry in the 24th century, whereas this type of vessel did either not exist or was numbered as belonging to a home starbase or a starship in former times. Assuming there are several thousand of them, this could be another explanation for the high 24th century registries.

Skipped registries

An alternative explanation is that Starfleet simply started skipping hundreds of registry numbers beginning about at NCC-2000. This may explain why there is no known number between NCC-21000 and NCC-26000 or between NCC-46000 and NCC-50000, for instance. The reason for leaving out ranges of hundreds or perhaps thousands of numbers may have been that the true number of Starships should not become obvious to potential enemies at the first glance.

Registries with checksum

It is also possible that, rather than an obvious code for the design or class, the numbers include some kind of checksum which could, for some reason, be the middle digit of the five-digit numbers.

Re-used numbers

Some single registries are not within reasonable limits. For example, the number of the Oberth-class USS Grissom ("Star Trek III: The Search for Spock") is NCC-638. If all starships are successively numbered, this means that the Grissom is much older than the original Enterprise, though she looks rather contemporary to the Excelsior. In the 24th century, moreover, Oberth-class starships are not only still in use, but even new ones seem to have been commissioned, as e.g. the USS Cochrane NCC-59318 ( Star Trek Encyclopedia ). It is hardly believable that starships are constructed based on the same design for more than 150 years, while on the other hand there is a great variety (about 50 to 60 confirmed yet) of different classes with apparently short life spans of only two or three decades. A famous oddity is the lettering of Matt Decker's USS Constellation as "NCC-1017" (TOS: "The Doomsday Machine"). This was obviously done by rearranging the number "NCC-1701" of the AMT Enterprise model kit. The trouble is that the registry number of the class ship USS Constitution is NCC-1700 (so the Enterprise would be the second ship of this class). An explanation for almost all registry numbers that do not match the scheme is that starships were not necessarily chronologically numbered until the end of the 23rd century. It is possible that numbers of decommissioned ships were routinely reissued, perhaps even denoting new ships with the same name. According to such a regulation it would have been no problem to number the second starship Enterprise as NCC-1701 after the first one had been destroyed in "Star Trek III: The Search for Spock". This points at a change in the registry scheme at about the time when the Excelsior was commissioned.

Registries for vessels under construction

It is possible that a registry is assigned to a vessel as soon as it is ordered by Starfleet or as construction begins at the fleet yards. This could be the reason why the USS Bradbury NX-72307 has a higher number than the USS Sutherland NCC-72015 that was featured in a later episode as a newly commissioned ship. It could even explain the NX-59650 of the USS Prometheus being completely out of range for a brand new ship. With the exception of this vessel, however, the given registries for new ships do increase monotonically, although the time for their development and construction may vary considerably.

Summarizing, as a matter of fact the known registries of Starfleet vessels may only roughly correspond with the ages of the ships. None of the various theories accounts for all of the inconsistencies, so it should be tolerated that ships are sometimes arbitrarily numbered. Real-world numbering systems like on passports or car number plates are not based on a perfectly obvious system either. In my view it is a stretch if fans speculate too much about registry oddities that they would easily accept in the real world.

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It's a huge sigh of relief when a spinoff of a classic like the original Star Trek (which ran from 1966 to 1969) is well done, polished, and gripping. Especially when that show stands out in a franchise with twelve - yes, you read that right - twelve corresponding series. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds , which serves as a prequel to the original (and iconic) Star Trek series, follows Captain Christopher Pike ( Anson Mount ) as he leads his crew through the galaxy aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise. The show, which premiered in 2022, was met with high critical acclaim from the beginning and continues to find fans with each new season - an impressive feat in a time when so many shows get lost in the streaming shuffle. Now renewed for a third season right after its Season 2 finale, here's everything we know so far about the next chapter in the epic space adventure.

With Season 2's finale leaving fans wanting more, it's only natural to be itching for Season 3 to come as soon as possible. While episodes are expected to return in 2024, the production window is from December 2023 to June 2024 for Season 3 , so we may have to wait a bit before we get the answers we're craving .

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds follows Captain Christopher Pike (played by Anson Mount) and the crew of the starship USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) in the 23rd century as they explore new worlds throughout the galaxy in the decade before Star Trek: The Original Series.

While Strange New Worlds premiered its first two episodes on CBS in 2022, all episodes are now streaming on Paramount+. It can be assumed that the third season of the show will also premiere on the CBS-affiliated streaming service. Subscriptions to Paramount+ are available in two tiers: Paramount+ Essential (with commercials, $5.99/month) and Paramount+ with SHOWTIME (commercial-free, $11.99/month).

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Because production on the third season has yet to begin, there won't be a trailer out for some time.

Leading the charge is fan-favorite Captain Pike , played by Anson Mount. Mount is no stranger to the Star Trek world, as he also appeared in Star Trek: Discovery in 2019. His other credits include films like Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and the Britney Spears -led 2002 drama Crossroads . Ethan Peck 's Spock is another character who appeared in Discovery alongside Mount. Peck also worked on shows like Madam Secretary and 10 Things I Hate About You . The astute La'an is played by Christina Chong , whose credits include Johnny English Reborn and Tom and Jerry .

Erica Ortegas is played by Melissa Navia , whose guest roles include Bull , Homeland , and Billions . Rebecca Romjin plays Una-Chin Riley, Pike's Number One. While Romjin is known for films like X-Men and Austin Powers , perhaps her most unforgettable role was as Cheryl, the gorgeous girl with the disgusting apartment in Season 4 of Friends . Rounding out Pike's crew are Babs Olusanmokun ( Dune ) as Dr. M'Benga, Celia Rose Gooding ( Foul Play ) as Nyota Uhura, and Jess Bush ( Playing For Keeps ) as Nurse Christine Chapel. Arguably, one of the best parts of the Season 2 finale was the appearance of Lieutenant Montgomery Scott ( Martin Quinn ), of the infamous - and incorrect - quote from the OG series: "Beam me up, Scotty!"

Strange New Worlds is produced by CBS Studios , Secret Hideout, and Roddenberry Entertainment, and distributed by Paramount+. The show was created by Akiva Goldsman , Alex Kurtzman , and Jenny Lumet , with Goldsman and Henry Alonso Myers serving as co-showrunners . Kurtzman, Goldsman, Lumet, and Myers are executive producers on the series, alongside Aaron Baiers, Heather Kadin , Frank Siracusa , John Weber , Rod Roddenberry , and Trevor Roth .

With many unanswered questions in the Season 2 finale, there are lots of possibilities for where Season 3 could take Captain Pike and his crew. After the fun and games of the previous musical episode , things switched back to danger mode very quickly, and viewers were ultimately left with a cliffhanger. With the re-appearance of the Gorn (the reptilian-humanoid extraterrestrials first seen in Star Trek in the 1960s), Pike was faced with a decision: heed the commands of the Enterprise not to engage with the Gorn, or do whatever he can to save his people. Pike, being the always-optimistic hero that he is, decides he must try and save his crew. And, when he sees young Gorn working together, his hunch that the species may be able to communicate leads him to want to try and save his crew without violence. While it's unclear how big a role the Gorn will play in Season 3, perhaps Pike's interest in their ability to communicate will be an important factor in not having this happen again. To add (gross) insult to injury, it is revealed that Gorn eggs have been planted in Pike's love interest, Captain Batel, and she may have to sacrifice herself in order to save everyone else. This is also not resolved in the finale, adding another layer to what Season 3 might bring. Will she survive? And if so, what happens to the Gorn eggs? Additionally, diehard Star Trek fans were no doubt thrilled to see Montgomery Scott appear in the Season 2 finale. While the character first appeared in the 1960s, as portrayed by James Doohan , this is his first time on Strange New Worlds. The re-introduction of this iconic character leaves a lot of potential for Season 3.

The Mandalorian (2019-)

Disney+'s runaway hit The Mandalorian has taken the world - and the internet - by storm. Premiering in 2019, show creator and showrunner Jon Favreau ( Chef ) has confirmed that Season 4 has already been written. The series follows a Mandalorian bounty hunter, played by Pedro Pascal ( The Last of Us ), as he travels through the galaxy after the fall of the Galactic Empire. Oh, and let's not forget about his companion, the now-iconic Grogu AKA Baby Yoda . WATCH ON DISNEY+

Battlestar Galactica (2004-2009)

In the spirit of revisiting classic sci-fi television, for an updated version of the original Battlestar Galactica , try 2004's refreshed version. While not entirely a remake, it offers a more modern view of the cult classic, which originally ran from 1978-1979. Starring Edward James Olmos ( Stand and Deliver ), Mary McDonnell ( Donnie Darko ), Jamie Bamber ( Law and Order: UK ), and, who can forget, Katee Sackhoff 's iconic Kara "Starbuck" Thrace, the show is sure to hit that same, familiar space exploration note.

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Lost In Space (2018-2021)

For another modernized take on a classic, try the remake of Lost in Space , based on the original that ran from 1965-1968. The Robinsons are a family who wanted to start over on a space colony (very relatable), but they end up on an uncharted alien planet instead and must struggle for survival. The remake stars Toby Stephens ( Die Another Day ) and Molly Parker ( The Wicker Man ) as Mr. and Mrs. Robinson and ran for three seasons on Netflix.

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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Boss Breaks Down That Number One Reveal

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

Thursday’s episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds brought the Enterprise crew to an abandoned Illyrian colony named Hetemit 9. The humanoid species is known for modifying their genes, which is forbidden in the Federation, and they’ve lived as outcasts as a result.

As Spock and Pike investigated what happened to the colony down on the surface, a light virus endemic swept through the ship up in space. Most fell extremely ill, except for Number One, aka Una, who recovered unusually quickly. While speaking with Dr. M’Benga and Nurse Chapel about a potential cure, she revealed exactly why that happened: She’s Illyrian.

Adding to the Star Trek canon is not to be taken lightly, and co-showrunner Henry Alonso Myers says there was plenty of debate about confirming this aspect of her character.

“You’re treading into difficult waters anytime you add something to this,” he tells TVLine. “We try very hard to think about what the consequences of adding to them are, and then we just have to do it. At the end of the day, you have to tell the story.”

For Myers, the most important aspect of the episode wasn’t so much Una’s big secret, but rather finding common ground between her and Dr. M’Benga. At the end of the episode, M’Benga revealed that he’d been keeping his daughter Rukiya, who was diagnosed with cygnokemia, in the buffer until he found a cure.

“It’s more about watching Una and M’Benga come together and come to understand each other,” Myers explains.

“We knew that the episode would be a big Una episode, and we wanted to reveal something to the audience about her,” he adds. “It was a lot about defining who she is on this show and what kind of stories we can tell with her.”

What did you think of Una’s revelation in this week’s episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds ? Sound off in the comments below.

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We knew from the first five minutes of the original ST pilot that she was not a typical human. Illyrian was an interesting choice, especially since she’s so very different from the Illyrian in the first ST movie with the original cast. Of course, she did exude chemicals (pheremones specifically) on a continual basis, so it makes a bit of sense. Of course, biologically, this episode made no sense in the real world, but hey, it’s Trek.

You’re confusing Illyrians with Deltans. Illyrians were first introduced in the pilot episode of ST:Enterprise. Deltans, specifically Lt. Ilia, were introduced in TMP. Very, very different species.

Considering the character was only ever seen in one previous episode in the original series, it’s not really a big change.. and it works for the character.

Very cool. More stuff borrowed from Star Trek Novels

Except they didn’t change anything. Her race was never stated in The Cage. There’s a difference between expanding canon and changing it.

This is another case of the writers pulling from the books, much in how we’ll get Spock’s full name at some point this season. As to why the Illyrians from ENT look different than Una, it’s stated in the episode that Illyrians will change their genetics to conform to the planets they live on.

SNW is off to a great start! Fantastic show so far and I hope it keeps going like this. It definitely feels more like Star Trek unlike the other shows on Paramount Plus.

I really am enjoying this series, I am okay with Discovery, but I really like this one.

So far so good .I have a hard time understanding or even hearing what the doctor is saying when he talks though. Granted, I have tinnitus but at any volume, I found it impossible to understand that guy. That’s my biggest complaint (and only one!) of the series so far.

I thought I was the only one! When the Dr speaks, I really can’t understand what he says. It’s not the accent, but the way he kinda mumbles!

I’m not a huge Star Trek fan in general, but ST: SNW is nailing it so far. It’s as if the showrunner and writing staff looked at all the other series and carefully noted their strengths and weaknesses. . For example, so far they’ve been focusing on character, not histrionics, cheesy sci-fi gimmicks, universe-ending crises, or reversing-the-polarity doubletalk. Anson Mount as Pike is a welcome relief from Shatner as James Kirk, who seemed to be a wish fulfillment character for Gene Roddenberry, like Wesley Crusher. You might have wondered how anyone could follow Nichelle Nichols as Uhura, but Cecilia Rose Gooding is so amazingly alive that she wins you over in a second. And while it’s thankless to follow Leonard Nimoy as Spock, Ethan Peck is nailing it. Fortunately, this Spock is better written than Roddenberry’s was. (Roddenberry did have that fondness for Pinocchio roles, like Data.) Rebecca Romijn’s Una is looking like a solid character. The rest of the crew looks interesting and worth getting to know as well. . I liked it, too, that for once a Star Trek show used a reasonable scientific premise. Some parasites really do modify the behavior of their hosts to their own ends, one classic example being Toxoplasma gondii. It needs to reproduce within cats, so one of its strategies is to infect mice and reduce their fear of cats so they’re more likely to be eaten.

This wasn’t a change to cannon though. In the Star Trek novels Number One was genetically engineered (I do believe that her name was actually Number One in the book, as she was the number one of the group she was engineered with).

I’m a star trek fan but Picard and strange new worlds just don’t gather my interest

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Star Trek has been one of the most iconic sci-fi properties in entertainment for more than half a century. Since 1966, viewers have boldly gone where no viewers have before on board the Enterprise and other starships. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is the eleventh and most recent full-length series in the franchise. It tells the story of Captain Christopher Pike, the captain of the Enterprise and immediate predecessor to James T. Kirk, in the decade preceding The Original Series .

Its critical and fan success led to a third season's order in March 2023, months before the second launched. Filming was scheduled to begin in mid-2023 before the dual WGA and SAG strikes pushed production back. Now, with things up and running again, what do we know? How will the new season continue the story of the first two? Which main cast members will return, who might not, and will any new faces join them? What else do we know about Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3?

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Release Date May 5, 2022

Cast Ethan Peck, Rebecca Romijn, Christina Chong, Anson Mount

Genres Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure

Studio CBS Television, Roddenberry Entertainment, Secret Hideout, Paramount+

Trekkies should rest assured that every main cast member from the second season is set to return in Season 3. Anson Mount is back in the lead role as Pike, a role he originated in Star Trek: Discovery . Ethan Peck portrays the younger version of Spock , memorably brought to life by Leonard Nimoy in The Original Series . Spock originally worked under Pike before later joining Kirk. A young Christine Chapel is played by Jess Bush, succeeding Majel Barrett – wife of creator Gene Roddenberry – from the original.

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Younger versions of Uhura, played by Celia Rose Gooding, and Number One, played by Rebecca Romijn, will return. The late Nichelle Nichols played Uhura, while Majel Barrett also played Number One in The Original Series ' unaired pilot. Christina Chong as La'an Noonien-Singh, Melissa Navia as Erica Ortegas, and Babs Olusanmokun as Joseph M'Benga round out the rest of the returning main cast.

Paul Wesley will return again as the younger James T. Kirk, alongside another famous face from the original run. Scotty, now played by Martin Quinn, was beamed up in the Season 2 finale and will return to the show in the upcoming batch of episodes. Currently, there's no additional information on any new characters or other returnees from the first two outings. We should expect more casting news to come out as production continues.

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While we have no concrete information about what we might see plot-wise, it's safe to assume that Season 3 will pick up right where the second season finale left off. Season 2 ended with the arrival of the Gorn after their appearance was teased all season. The Enterprise crew attempts to rescue colony survivors under the Gorn's siege, but it appears that the Gorn beat them to it. Complicating matters was the fact that the Gorn attacked a colony where both Marie Batel and Christine Chapel were visiting. No one can for sure say what happens to the colonists by the end of the episode, though it's safe to say we haven't seen the last of them.

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Earlier in the season, Spock was accidentally turned into a human for a brief time, which led to him and Chapel accepting their feelings for one another. Characters dealt with their own personal and interconnected traumas, and La'an and Kirk even formed a romance in an alternate universe, modern-day Toronto. The finale also introduced us to young junior officer Montgomery Scott. In an interview with Variety , executive producer and writer Henry Alonso Myers and showrunner Akiva Goldsman explained the decision to feature another original series veteran,

"It just sort of came up as we were talking about the story. Initially, it had been someone else completely. And then Akiva and I were talking, and I was like, “Well, what about Scotty?” And then we both fell in love with the idea."

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Myers and Goldsman also teased that we could see more characters from The Original Series return if the show's run continues for a few more years. Season 2 took risks; who would have thought Star Trek would put on a full musical episode ? The animated Star Trek: Lower Decks also received the live-action treatment in a praised crossover episode. This show is so much more than just a prequel to The Original Series . It's a celebration of all things Star Trek and how the franchise still has life after 55+ years. We should expect those same innovative storytelling techniques in Season 3.

However, there will be a longer than usual wait for Season 3. Production is slated to run from December 2023 through July 2024, delayed by the Hollywood strikes . However, if it follows the pattern of the first two seasons, it should be well worth the wait. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is available to stream on Paramount+.

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Star Trek 101: Trill History

Learn everything you can about the Trill after Discovery's latest episode with this curated watch list.

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While there are a number of fan favorite species in the Star Trek universe, perhaps one of the most beloved is the Trill.

Made popular with the character of Jadzia Dax on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , the Trill have always been a fascinating part of the Star Trek universe, and their culture has been the source of many fan discussions.

With the planet Trill and an important ritual making a reappearance in the latest episode of Star Trek: Discovery , we’re counting down the most important legacy Trill centric episodes to watch to best understand who the Trill are, what a symbiont is, and much, much more.

" The Host ," Star Trek: The Next Generation (Season 4, Episode 23)

Star Trek: The Next Generation – The Host

The Trill were first introduced in this episode, where Dr. Crusher falls in love with a Trill ambassador.

However, when the ambassador is injured, he confides in Crusher that he's carrying a symbiont and explains that while a Trill host can die, the symbiont must be protected and transferred to a new Trill host as soon as possible. Riker plays host to the symbiont until it is transferred into a new Trill. This episode plays with the idea of the symbiont being part of a host's personality and shows how the symbiont carries the memories of each past life before it.

" Dax ," Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (Season 1, Episode 8)

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Dax

Can you be blamed for something done in a past life?

This first Dax-centric episode in Deep Space Nine ’s seven-season run establishes that Jadzia remembers all things that Dax has done in the past, but questions if she can be blamed for those actions.

Delving deep into the ethical quandaries of being a host, this classic episode written by Star Trek scribe D.C. Fontana is one that's key to revisit to understand the history of the Trill, and what their culture represents. After all, as Sisko argues, Jadzia is a different person than Curzon Dax, or any of Dax's previous lives. A current host shouldn’t have to take the fall for something done in a past life that could have happened before they were even born.

" Invasive Procedures ," Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (Season 2, Episode 4)

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Invasive Procedures

A Trill named Verad attacks the station and tries to take the Dax symbiont from Jadzia in this Season 2 episode.

While mostly centering on the crew's attempts to save Jadzia and her symbiont from the invaders and take back the station, this episode still reveals some key points about the Trill. Namely, they don’t give symbionts to any Trill who applies and the process for application is grueling. Jadzia insists that a Trill can live a good life without being a host, but Verad is insistent that he be joined, even going so far as to force Dr. Bashir to transfer the Dax symbiont to him. Ultimately, Dax is returned to Jadzia and she is able to be joined once more with the symbiont that has become such a part of her.

" Equilibrium ," Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (Season 3, Episode 4)

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Equilibrium

When Jadzia starts having hallucinations and begins playing the same musical motif over and over, she journeys back to the Trill homeworld to understand what’s happening to her.

Ultimately, it is revealed that Dax had a host she never knew about — a murderer named Joran. Joran Dax was considered to be unsuitable, and yet he was able to host the Dax symbiont without being rejected. This revealed that the process for choosing the host unfairly shut out most Trill from being able to be joined, due to the smaller number of symbionts compared to the Trill population. Sisko uses this knowledge to save Jadzia’s life, and in the end, Jadzia reconciles with Dax's missing memories and Joran.

" Facets ," Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (Season 3, Episode 25)

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Facets

"Facets" centered on a ceremony in which the previous Dax hosts were able to inhabit another's body so that Jadzia could converse with them and learn from their experiences.

This establishes that while a host can die, their memories and experiences live on within the symbiont itself, and as a result, Jadzia can learn from them, even if they’re technically gone. She can also summon them to the forefront of her mind or even have them sent to others, who can then be, well, a host to the former host. The episode also features a delightfully comedic turn as Odo shares his consciousness with Curzon Dax, who’s far more relaxed than the usually stoic and buttoned up constable.

" Rejoined ," Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (Season 4, Episode 6)

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Rejoined

Perhaps Star Trek ’s most famous episode centered on LGBTQIA+ themes, "Rejoined" sees Jadzia reunited with fellow Trill Lenara Kahn — both the Dax symbiont and the Kahn symbiont had been paired with married hosts.

Jadzia and Lenara realize they have more in common now than they ever did in the past, and slowly begin to fall in love again. The episode features the first same sex kiss in Star Trek history, establishes that Jadzia is not straight, and that the Trill are a fluid species that don’t judge based on sexuality. However, due to Trill culture and taboo, Lenara and Jadzia are not allowed to be together, which makes their doomed romance all the more heartbreaking.

" Afterimage ," Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (Season 7, Episode 3)

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Afterimage

After Jadzia’s untimely death at the hands of Gul Dukat in the Season 6 finale, the Dax host is passed on to a new Trill, Ezri.

Ezri faces uncertainty from those on Deep Space 9 who knew Jadzia, ranging from discomfort to outright hostility. This episode makes it clear that it's difficult for a new host to pick up where their old life left off, as Ezri tries to forge her own identity in a world that's so used to Jadzia and who she was.

" Field of Fire ," Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (Season 7, Episode 13)

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Field of Fire

It’s up to Ezri to solve a murder, with the help of past host Joran Dax.

Ezri is able to summon Joran to the forefront of her subconscious and has visions of him helping her as she works to solve the murder of a Deep Space 9 crewmember. At the end of the episode, a counter-ritual sends Joran back into her subconscious, where he remains with the other Dax lives. This episode serves to show how Trill can access past lives and even interact with them, though to an outside observer, they only see the current host.

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This article was originally published on November 8, 2020.

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