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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is an upcoming Star Trek series that was announced on 15 May 2020. It is being produced by CBS Studios and stars Anson Mount as Christopher Pike, Ethan Peck as Spock, and Rebecca Romijn as Una Chin-Riley.

Premise

The official announcement stated that "the series will follow Captain Pike, Science Officer Spock, and Number One in the decade before Captain Kirk boarded the USS Enterprise, as they explore new worlds around the galaxy." [1]

Executive Producer and Co-creator Akiva Goldsman told Variety, "We’re going to try to harken back to some classical ‘Trek’ values, to be optimistic, and to be more episodic. Obviously, we will take advantage of the serialized nature of character and story building. But I think our plots will be more closed-ended than you’ve seen in either Discovery or Picard. … I imagine it to be closer to The Original Series than even DS9. We can really tell closed-ended stories. We can find ourselves in episodes that are tonally of a piece." [2]

When talking to Deadline on 16 August 2020 Co-executive Producer Alex Kurtzman elaborated, "I think Strange New Worlds, under the guidance of [showrunners] Henry Myers and Akiva Goldsman, it's going to be a return in a way to TOS [Star Trek: The Original Series]. We are going to do stand-alone episodes. There will be emotional serialization. There will be two-parters. There will be larger plot arcs. But it really is back to the model of alien-of-the-week, planet-of-the-week, challenge-on-the-ship-of-the-week. With these characters pre-Kirk’s Enterprise... I think what people responded so much to in all three characters is this kind of relentless optimism that they have. And that they are at the young phase of their careers." [3]

Main cast

Anson Mount as Christopher Pike
Ethan Peck as Spock
Rebecca Romijn as Una Chin-Riley [4]
Jess Bush [5] as Nurse Christine Chapel [6]
Christina Chong [7] as La'an Noonien-Singh [8]
Celia Rose Gooding [9] as Cadet Nyota Uhura [10]
Melissa Navia [11] as Lt. Erica Ortegas [12]
Babs Olusanmokun [13] as Dr. M'Benga [14]
Adrian Holmes [15]
Bruce Horak as Hemmer [16]

Episode list

Season 1

SNW Season 1, 10 episodes:

Title	Episode	Production number	Stardate	Original airdate
"Strange New Worlds"	1x01	101	1739.12–2259.42	2022-05-05
"Children of the Comet"	1x02	102	2912.4	2022-05-12
"Ghosts of Illyria"	1x03	103	1224.3	2022-05-19
"Memento Mori"	1x04	104	3177.3–3177.9	2022-05-26
"Spock Amok"	1x05	105	2341.4	2022-06-02
"Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach"	1x06	106	1943.7	2022-06-09
"The Serene Squall"	1x07	107	1997.9	2022-06-16
"The Elysian Kingdom"	1x08	108	2341.6	2022-06-23
"All Those Who Wander"	1x09	109	2510.6	2022-06-30
"A Quality of Mercy"	1x10	110	1457.9–1709.2	2022-07-07

Season 2

SNW Season 2

Production history

When the news of showrunner Alex Kurtzman's five-year Star Trek development deal with CBS All Access was announced on 19 June 2018, a show dealing with Christopher Pike, Spock, and the USS Enterprise was not considered for inclusion in any Star Trek line-up. [17]

Star Trek: The Original Series characters, Christopher Pike, Number One, and Spock, were introduced for season two of Discovery and were signed only for that season. [18] [19] It prompted Anson Mount to quip with a "#WillActForFood" hashtag on his Twitter account, making it known that he and Spock performer Ethan Peck were on the job market again shortly after live-action production on season two had wrapped. [20] Following the positive reception to the second season of Star Trek: Discovery, fans circulated a petition in support more appearances of Mount as Captain Pike and Peck as Spock, including the idea of a full new series. [21] Mount expressed support for the fan petition, stating he felt "humbled and deeply touched by this amount of love" in an 14 April 2019 Facebook entry. [22] [23] Peck also expressed interest in returning to the role of Spock. [24]

Mount, Romijn, and Peck reprised their roles in three late 2019 season two episodes of Star Trek: Short Treks.

Inception

In January 2020, Kurtzman confirmed he and Akiva Goldsman were having "active conversations" about a new series involving the crew of the Enterprise. [25]

On 15 May 2020, CBS announced a new series "based on the years Captain Christopher Pike manned the helm of the USS Enterprise." [26] The announcement included that Strange New Worlds would feature Anson Mount as Captain Pike, Ethan Peck as Mr. Spock, and Rebecca Romijn as Number One, all reprising their roles from the second season of Star Trek: Discovery.

Development

See: Season 1 background information

Promotion

Products

In March 2021, Eaglemoss/Hero Collector's Star Trek Universe: The Official Starships Collection premiered at retail. A new starship miniatures partwork and product line, it features Strange New Worlds starships, combined with ships from Star Trek: Discovery (after the release of issue 33 of the DIS partwork) and Star Trek: Picard. The line's manager indicated that CGI assets of SNW's starships had not yet been received from the show's producers, as of February 2021, which was not that surprising as actual production on the new series had yet to start at that point in time. [27] Replicas of Pike's USS Enterprise (as seen in DIS) have previously been produced by the company.

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-'''''Star Trek: Strange New Worlds''''' is an upcoming ''[[Star Trek]]'' series that was announced on {{d|15|May|2020}}. It will be produced by [[CBS Studios]] and will star [[Anson Mount]] as [[Christopher Pike]], [[Ethan Peck]] as [[Spock]], and [[Rebecca Romijn]] as [[Una]].
+'''''Star Trek: Strange New Worlds''''' is an upcoming ''[[Star Trek]]'' series that was announced on {{d|15|May|2020}}. It is being produced by [[CBS Studios]] and stars [[Anson Mount]] as [[Christopher Pike]], [[Ethan Peck]] as [[Spock]], and [[Rebecca Romijn]] as [[Una|Una Chin-Riley]].
 == Premise ==
-The official announcement stated that "the series will follow {{Captain}} Pike, [[Science Officer]] Spock, and Number One in the [[2250s|decade]] before Captain [[James T. Kirk|Kirk]] [[2265|boarded]] the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}}, as they explore new worlds around the galaxy." {{st.com|star-trek-strange-new-worlds-anson-mount-rebecca-romijn-ethan-peck-cbs-all-access||news}}
+The official announcement stated that "the series will follow {{Captain}} Pike, [[Science Officer]] Spock, and Number One in the [[2250s|decade]] before Captain [[James T. Kirk|Kirk]] [[2265|boarded]] the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}}, as they explore new worlds around the galaxy." {{st.com|news/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-anson-mount-rebecca-romijn-ethan-peck-cbs-all-access}}
 Executive Producer and Co-creator [[Akiva Goldsman]] told ''Variety'', "''We’re going to try to harken back to some classical ‘Trek’ values, to be optimistic, and to be more episodic. Obviously, we will take advantage of the serialized nature of character and story building. But I think our plots will be more closed-ended than you’ve seen in either ''[[Star Trek: Discovery|Discovery]]'' or ''[[Star Trek: Picard|Picard]]''. … I imagine it to be closer to ''[[The Original Series]]'' than even ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|DS9]]''. We can really tell closed-ended stories. We can find ourselves in episodes that are tonally of a piece.''" {{el|variety.com/2020/tv/news/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-spock-pike-episodic-1234608181/}}
-When talking to ''Deadline'' on 16 August 2020<!--at 26:30 into the interview--> Co-executive Producer [[Alex Kurtzman]] elaborated, "''I think ''Strange New Worlds'', under the guidance of ''[showrunners]'' [[Henry Myers]] and Akiva Goldsman, it’s going to be a return in a way to TOS ''[{{s|TOS}}]''. We are going to do stand-alone episodes. There will be emotional serialization. There will be two-parters. There will be larger plot arcs. But it really is back to the model of alien-of-the-week, planet-of-the-week, challenge-on-the-ship-of-the-week. With these characters pre-Kirk’s ''Enterprise''... I think what people responded so much to in all three characters is this kind of relentless optimism that they have. And that they are at the young phase of their careers. {{el|giantfreakinrobot.com/ent/star-trek-pike.html}}
+When talking to ''Deadline'' on 16 August 2020<!--at 26:30 into the interview--> Co-executive Producer [[Alex Kurtzman]] elaborated, "''I think ''Strange New Worlds'', under the guidance of ''[showrunners]'' [[Henry Myers]] and Akiva Goldsman, it's going to be a return in a way to TOS ''[{{s|TOS}}]''. We are going to do stand-alone episodes. There will be emotional serialization. There will be two-parters. There will be larger plot arcs. But it really is back to the model of alien-of-the-week, planet-of-the-week, challenge-on-the-ship-of-the-week. With these characters pre-Kirk’s ''Enterprise''... I think what people responded so much to in all three characters is this kind of relentless optimism that they have. And that they are at the young phase of their careers.''" {{el|giantfreakinrobot.com/ent/star-trek-pike.html}}
 == Main cast ==
 * [[Anson Mount]] as [[Christopher Pike]]
 * [[Ethan Peck]] as [[Spock]]
-* [[Rebecca Romijn]] as [[Una]]
+* [[Rebecca Romijn]] as [[Una|Una Chin-Riley]] {{st.com|news/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-cast-reveals-the-characters-they-portray}}
-* [[Jess Bush]] {{TrekMovie.com|2021/03/12/five-cast-members-for-star-trek-strange-new-worlds-announced/}}
+* [[Jess Bush]] {{TrekMovie.com|2021/03/12/five-cast-members-for-star-trek-strange-new-worlds-announced/}} as Nurse [[Christine Chapel]] {{TrekMovie.com|2021/09/08/meet-the-cast-of-star-trek-strange-new-worlds/}}
-* [[Christina Chong]] {{TrekMovie.com|2021/03/12/five-cast-members-for-star-trek-strange-new-worlds-announced/}}
+* [[Christina Chong]] {{TrekMovie.com|2021/03/12/five-cast-members-for-star-trek-strange-new-worlds-announced/}} as La'an Noonien-Singh {{TrekMovie.com|2021/09/08/meet-the-cast-of-star-trek-strange-new-worlds/}}
-* [[Celia Rose Gooding]] {{TrekMovie.com|2021/03/12/five-cast-members-for-star-trek-strange-new-worlds-announced/}}
+* [[Celia Rose Gooding]] {{TrekMovie.com|2021/03/12/five-cast-members-for-star-trek-strange-new-worlds-announced/}} as Cadet [[Nyota Uhura]] {{TrekMovie.com|2021/09/08/meet-the-cast-of-star-trek-strange-new-worlds/}}
-* [[Melissa Navia]] {{TrekMovie.com|2021/03/12/five-cast-members-for-star-trek-strange-new-worlds-announced/}}
+* [[Melissa Navia]] {{TrekMovie.com|2021/03/12/five-cast-members-for-star-trek-strange-new-worlds-announced/}} as Lt. Erica Ortegas {{TrekMovie.com|2021/09/08/meet-the-cast-of-star-trek-strange-new-worlds/}}
-* [[Babs Olusanmokun]] {{TrekMovie.com|2021/03/12/five-cast-members-for-star-trek-strange-new-worlds-announced/}}
+* [[Babs Olusanmokun]] {{TrekMovie.com|2021/03/12/five-cast-members-for-star-trek-strange-new-worlds-announced/}} as Dr. [[M'Benga]] {{TrekMovie.com|2021/09/08/meet-the-cast-of-star-trek-strange-new-worlds/}}
 * [[Adrian Holmes]] {{el|deadline.com/2021/05/adrian-holmes-bailey-bass-at-that-age-nbc-drama-pilot-1234760637/}}
+* [[Bruce Horak]] as Hemmer {{TrekMovie.com|2021/09/08/meet-the-cast-of-star-trek-strange-new-worlds/}}
 == Episode list ==
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+===Season 2===
+[[SNW Season 2]]<!--, 10 episodes:
+{{SNW Season 2}}-->
 == Production history ==
-When the news of showrunner [[Alex Kurtzman]]'s five-year ''Star Trek'' development deal with [[CBS All Access]] was announced on 19 June 2018, a show dealing with Pike, Spock, and the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} was not considered for inclusion in any ''Star Trek'' line-up. {{el|variety.com/2018/tv/news/star-trek-tv-shows-cbs-discovery-alex-kurtzman-1202842335}} Stronger still, Kurtzman's producer colleague Akiva Goldsman was adamant in his assertion that their vision of the ''Star Trek'' universe was theirs and theirs alone &ndash; explaining some of the production design choices made for ''Discovery'' &ndash; when he made the claim shortly after the debut of ''Discovery'' that "Discovery ''viewers will ''never'' see Spock''," and that any direct reference to ''The Original Series'' would be avoided, {{el|polygon.com/tv/2017/10/18/16500810/star-trek-discovery-continuity-original-series}} which became ironic after he had been appointed ''Strange New Worlds'' co-showrunner some two years later.
+When the news of showrunner [[Alex Kurtzman]]'s five-year ''Star Trek'' development deal with [[CBS All Access]] was announced on 19 June 2018, a show dealing with Christopher Pike, Spock, and the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} was not considered for inclusion in any ''Star Trek'' line-up. {{el|variety.com/2018/tv/news/star-trek-tv-shows-cbs-discovery-alex-kurtzman-1202842335}}
+{{s|TOS}} characters, [[Christopher Pike]], [[Una|Number One]], and [[Spock]], were introduced for [[DIS Season 2|season two]] of ''Discovery'' and were signed only for that season. {{el|deadline.com/2019/03/anson-mount-star-trek-discovery-exit-rebecca-romijn-altercation-director-season-2-1202577741}} {{TrekMovie.com|2019/03/18/report-anson-mount-not-returning-for-star-trek-discovery-season-3}} It prompted [[Anson Mount]] to quip with a "#WillActForFood" hashtag on his Twitter account, making it known that he and Spock performer [[Ethan Peck]] were on the job market again shortly after live-action production on season two had wrapped. {{Twitter|ansonmount/status/1089410129080967170}} Following the positive reception to the second season of ''Star Trek: Discovery'', fans circulated a petition in support more appearances of Mount as Captain Pike and Peck as Spock, including the idea of a full new series. {{el|comicbook.com/startrek/2019/04/10/star-trek-discovery-captain-pike-spinoff}} Mount expressed support for the fan petition, stating he felt "humbled and deeply touched by this amount of love" in an 14 April 2019 Facebook entry. {{Facebook|1=permalink.php?story_fbid=2223114031079502&id=105514059506187}} {{TrekMovie.com|2019/04/15/anson-mount-responds-to-fan-petition-calling-for-star-trek-pike-series}}  Peck also expressed interest in returning to the role of Spock. {{el|arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/04/actor-ethan-peck-talks-taking-on-iconic-role-of-spock-for-star-trek-discovery-s2}}
-=== Inception ===
-Unfortunately for Kurtzman and his team, ''Discovery''{{'}}s  [[DIS Season 1|first season]] fell short of the high expectations CBS had for the new ''Star Trek'' production, as it caused a sharp fanbase divide &ndash; conceded as such by Kurtzman himself {{el|space.com/star-trek-toxic-fandom.html}} &ndash; the critical fans having had issues with the series for what they perceived as [[canon]] / ([[Gene Roddenberry|Roddenberry]]) philosophy / {{eas|inconsistencies/visual-continuity.htm|(visual) continuity}} violations, which resulted in a bitter and vitriolic fan discourse on social media (see ''[[DIS Season 1#Reception|main article]]''). In order to remedy the situation and in an effort to win back hearts and minds of the fans they had lost, Kurtzman and his team reconsidered their initial stance regarding ''The Original Series'', with the advent of Pike's ship as a cliffhanger in the season one finale, and with Spock and Pike going on to take near center stage in [[DIS Season 2|season two]]. In a 17 June 2019 Deadline podcast, Kurtzman himself justified the change of direction: "''I can definitely start by saying that I have, and this isn't just lip service, I actually... the fan's point of view has become necessary for me, because the fans have kept ''Trek'' alive for fifty-three years. And the internet has now made it possible for me in real time to know how people are receiving our choices and as you're writing you can suddenly course-correct you know.''" {{el|anchor.fm/crewcall/episodes/Alex-Kurtzman-e4bed5}} In this, Kurtzman &ndash; who reiterated his stance almost ''ad verbatim'' one year later to ''Space.com'' {{el|space.com/star-trek-toxic-fandom.html}} &ndash; sided with the critical fans. In a brazen instance of spin doctoring, Kurtzman had actually implied at the end of season one that the introduction of ''The Original Series'' characters had been part of his "master plan" all along, when he stated in {{AT|Will You Take My Hand?}} that "''(...) the whole season was reverse-engineered knowing really at the beginning where we wanted to end,''" {{el|cbr.com/star-trek-discovery-enterprise-finale-twist}} contradicting his own, later, "course-correct" statement.
+Mount, [[Rebecca Romijn|Romijn]], and Peck reprised their roles in three late 2019 [[ST Season 2|season two]] episodes of {{s|ST}}.
-Even though the producers had bowed in to the fans' concerns about the series, fans remained sharply divided in their opinions of the series proper as not only evidenced by the continued low viewer ratings and Kurtzman's concession, but also by the impromptu polls organized on several ''Star Trek'' (fan) websites, among others {{eas|poll/poll.php?mode{{=}}previous|those}} on the reference website {{eas}}. However, fans ''were'' by and large unanimous in their praise for ''The Original Series'' characters' introduction, Anson Mount's Christopher Pike in particular, which infused the series with some, what they deemed, much needed ''Star Trek'' spirit, in no small measure due to the way Mount played the role. Mount's Christopher Pike was so well received that at least two separate online fan petitions were organized for his very own ''Star Trek'' series, with several petition signers in their motivations to do so, preferring it to become a replacement for ''Discovery'' altogether. {{el|change.org/p/cbs-get-cbs-to-make-a-captain-pike-series}} {{el|change.org/p/star-trek-fans-cbs-give-us-a-pre-tos-star-trek-series-w-captain-pike-struggle-is-pointless}}
+=== Inception ===
-In the wake of the December 2019 "[[National Amusements#Leadership change and remerger|reunification]]" of the ''Star Trek'' film, and television franchises, reports started to surface that this option had indeed come under consideration with both CBS All Access Head of Original Content Julie McNamara and showrunner Kurtzman on record stating that "fans have been heard", though concurrently stressing that if it came to pass, as an addition to the ''Star Trek'' line-up (at the time already consisting of three more series, beyond ''Discovery'', ''Short Treks'', and ''Picard'' alone), and not as a replacement. {{el|denofgeek.com/us/tv/285347/star-trek-pike-and-spock-spinoff-series}} {{el|hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/star-trek-discovery-season-2-finale-time-jump-explained-1203166}} {{el|giantfreakinrobot.com/ent/star-trek-pike.html}}
+In January 2020, Kurtzman confirmed he and [[Akiva Goldsman]] were having "active conversations" about a new series involving the crew of the ''Enterprise''. {{el|post-gazette.com/ae/tv-radio/2020/01/15/Tuned-In-Author-Michael-Chabon-treks-to-Star-Trek-Picard/stories/202001150036}}
+On 15 May 2020, CBS announced a new series "based on the years Captain Christopher Pike manned the helm of the USS ''Enterprise''." {{trekmovie.com|2020/05/15/breaking-star-trek-strange-new-worlds-series-with-pike-spock-and-number-one-headed-to-cbs-all-access/}} The announcement included that ''Strange New Worlds'' would feature Anson Mount as Captain Pike, Ethan Peck as Mr. Spock, and Rebecca Romijn as Number One, all reprising their roles from the second season of {{s|DIS}}.
-Initially, the producers intended the introduction of ''The Original Series'' characters to be a temporary one, as they were signed for season two only. {{el|deadline.com/2019/03/anson-mount-star-trek-discovery-exit-rebecca-romijn-altercation-director-season-2-1202577741}} {{TrekMovie.com|2019/03/18/report-anson-mount-not-returning-for-star-trek-discovery-season-3}} It prompted Anson Mount to quip with a "#WillActForFood" hashtag on his Twitter account, making it known that he and fellow Spock performer Ethan Peck were on the job market again shortly after live-action production on season two had wrapped. {{Twitter|ansonmount/status/1089410129080967170?lang{{=}}en}} It solicited a fan outpouring in support for his own series instead of ''Discovery'', which provided the spark for the online petitions in the first place, {{el|comicbook.com/startrek/2019/04/10/star-trek-discovery-captain-pike-spinoff}} as a happy aside not something Mount was likely and intentionally after when he made the humorous posting on his account &ndash; even though he was by then well aware of the favorable reception of his character (reiterating how "humbled and deeply touched by this amount of love" he was on his 14 April 2019 Facebook entry, {{Facebook|ansonmount1/posts/2223114031079502}} {{TrekMovie.com|2019/04/15/anson-mount-responds-to-fan-petition-calling-for-star-trek-pike-series}}) as the season had already premiered when he made his posting on 27 January 2019. He and Peck subsequently ''did'' reprise their roles in three late 2019 [[ST Season 2|season two]] episodes of {{s|ST}} (as did Rebecca Romijn), all three of them taking place outside the ''Discovery'' framework, and therefore arguably conceived as preambles for a potential "Christopher Pike" series.
-The formal May 2020 CBS announcement of ''Strange New Worlds'', came in the form of a video message recorded by Mount, Peck, and Romijn uploaded to social media channels, all three of them expressing their gratitude for the fan support. Aside from emphatically restating his April 2019 Facebook posting, Mount additionally stated that they were going to get "''(...) to work on a classic ''Star Trek'' show, that deals with optimism and the future,''" indirectly referring to the perceived Roddenberry-philosophy violations in ''Discovery'', critical fans had put forward. An elated Julie McNamara added in writing, "''This new series will be a perfect complement to the [[franchise]], bringing a whole new perspective and series of adventures to ''Star Trek'',"'' {{el|intl.startrek.com/news/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-anson-mount-rebecca-romijn-ethan-peck-cbs-all-access}} not realizing that her so-called "new perspective" was by the time of her statement already fifty-four years old.
 === Development ===
+: See: ''[[SNW Season 1#Background information|Season 1 background information]]''
-In {{m|August|2020}}, Executive Producer Alex Kurtzman said that the writers’ room for ''Strange New Worlds'' was meeting virtually during the COVID-19 pandemic, and that he expected the show to begin filming in 2021. {{trekcore|s=blog|2020/08/alex-kurtzman-wants-more-short-treks-star-trek-series-writing-updates-pandemic-delays}}
-[[StarTrek.com]] announced on {{d|12|March|2021}} that actual production of ''Strange New Worlds'' had begun. As with the ''Discovery'' show that had spawned it, the new show would be entirely produced in Toronto, Canada. {{st.com|breaking-star-trek-strange-new-worlds-begins-production||news}} Additionally, the hiring of cast members Olusanmokun, Chong, Rose Gooding, Bush, and Navia was revealed. Also revealed was the circumstance that the script, written by Executive Producer and Co-showrunner Akiva Goldsman, was completed for the series' pilot episode, based off a story written by Goldsman (who was also the designated director for the episode), Alex Kurtzman, and [[Jenny Lumet]]. {{TrekMovie.com|2021/03/12/five-cast-members-for-star-trek-strange-new-worlds-announced}}
-On {{d|24|July|2021}} Anson Mount announced that principal photography, aka "production", for the [[SNW Season 1|first season]] had wrapped right on schedule, despite the challenges presented by the {{w|COVID-19 pandemic}} crisis. {{Trekmovie.com|2021/07/24/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-s1-wraps-production-anson-mount-hopes-tos-fans-will-be-pleased}}
 ===Promotion===