Star Trek: Strange New Worldstakes place in the mid-23rd century, and here’s how it slots in relative toStar Trek: The Original SeriesandStar Trek: Discovery.Strange New Worldsis the thirdStar Trekseries set in the 23rd century, which is also home to the first two seasons ofStar Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: The Original Series, and the sixStar Trekmovies starring Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) and his Starship Enterprise crew. AlthoughStar Trek: Enterprisewas the firstStar Trekprequel series, it depicted the voyages of Captain Jonathan Archer (Scott Bakula) and the NX-01 in the 22nd century, about a hundred years beforeStrange New Worlds.
The origins ofStar Trek: Strange New Worldsgo all the way back to the firstStar Trekpilot, “The Cage,” which was rejected by NBC in 1964. “The Cage” introducedCaptain Christopher Pike (Jeffrey Hunter)and the crew of the USS Enterprise, including Number One (Majel Barrett) and Mr. Spock (Leonard Nimoy). 54 years later,Star Trek: Discoveryseason 2 reintroduced Captain Pike and his Enterprise. This time, Pike was played by Anson Mount, while Rebecca Romijn embodied Number One, and Ethan Peck donned Spock’s pointy Vulcan ears.Pike, Spock, and Number One were so popular, that they received their own spinoff, which becameStar Trek: Strange New Worlds.
Strange New Worlds Is A Sequel To Star Trek: Discovery
Pike’s Enterprise picks up where Discovery left off
Star Trek: Strange New Worldsis a spinoff and a sequel toStar Trek: Discovery. At theend ofStar Trek: Discoveryseason 2, Commander Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) led the USS Discovery on a one-way time jump to the 32nd century to safeguard the galaxy.Star Trek: Discoveryseasons 1 and 2 were set from 2256 to 2258.Star Trek: Strange New Worldspicks up the story several months later in 2259,with Captain Pike leading the Starship Enterprise on a new five-year mission of exploration.
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Star Trek: Strange New Worldsis inextricably linked toStar Trek: Discovery,yet now entirely separate from it. In-universe, the USS Discovery is officially recorded as destroyed in Starfleet records, and details about its technology like theUSS Discovery’s spore displacement hub drive, and its battle to save the galaxy from Section 31’s rogue threat assessment A.I., Control, have been redacted. No one inStrange New Worlds' 23rd century is or can be made aware that Captain Michael Burnham and the USS Discovery are thriving in the 32nd century.
Strange New Worlds Is A Prequel To Star Trek: The Original Series
Eventually, Captain Kirk will take over the Starship Enterprise
Simultaneously,Star Trek: Strange New Worldsis a prequel toStar Trek: The Original Series.The five-year mission of Captain Kirk aboard the Starship Enterprise begins in 2265, which meansStrange New Worldstakes place about 5-6 years beforeTOS.Strange New Worldsestablished that many of Captain Kirk’s future crew mates are already aboard Pike’s Enterprise, such as Ensign Nyota Uhura (Celia Rose Gooding), Nurse Christine Chapel (Jess Bush), and Scotty (Martin Quinn). Even Lt. James T. Kirk (Paul Wesley) makes recurring visits in the half-decade before he takes over asCaptain of the Enterprisefrom Christopher Pike.
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InStar Trek: Discoveryseason 2, Captain Pike learns that he is destined to be horribly disfigured by delta rays in an accident, and he will spend the rest of his life immobilized in a wheelchair.Star Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 1’s finaleestablished that Pike’s destiny is ironclad and irreversible without consequences that are both interstellar (galactic war with the Romulans) and personal (Spock is permanently hurt instead of Pike). However many seasons thatStar Trek: Strange New Worldsruns on Paramount+,they plan to set up the transition intoStar Trek: The Original Series.
Strange New Worlds Has Changed Star Trek Canon
Star Trek’s timeline has been altered
Star Trek’s canon and timeline have been changed byStar Trek: Strange New Worlds.Star Trek’s Prime timelineis predicated on many established events that led to the birth of Starfleet, the United Federation of Planets, and the ongoing saga ofStar Trekfrom the 22nd century to the 32nd century. However,Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' series premiere revealed that the date of the Eugenics Wars, which happened in the 1990s, and World War III in the 21st century have been moved up and conflated. This is becauseStrange New Worlds' producers wantedStar Trek’s ‘history’ to be closer and more relevantto 21st century audiences.
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Star Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 2, episode 3, “Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow” further revealed the Romulans have dispatched time-traveling agents to alter Earth’s past, which explains thechanges toStar Trek’s timeline. One significant result is that Khan Noonien Singh (Ricardo Montalban) is still a child living in 21st-century Toronto instead of his prior history where he ruled one-quarter of Earth’s population as an adult during the Eugenics Wars of the 1990s. However,Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' canonical positionbetween the end ofStar Trek: Discoveryand the start ofStar Trek: The Original Seriescan’t change.
