# New Star Trek has a title: Star Trek Discovery. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 23, 2016, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-star-trek-has-a-title-star-trek-discovery/760717 "2016-07-23T22:55:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2016, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-star-trek-has-a-title-star-trek-discovery/760717/41 "2016-09-21T13:16:22Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > It has been stated it is to be set in the Prime timeline. Meaning the universe that applied to TOS/TNG. > > So somewhere around Fed space there’s a Lieutenant Kirk actually rising through the ranks and they may have to slap down some writers who’d want him to cameo in an Ep or two… Well, they could have some gentle fun with it. “Is it Captain Blank on the line?” “No, it’s his pushy aide again, a lieutenant Kirk.” “Damn. get me BLANK, understand?” ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2016, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-star-trek-has-a-title-star-trek-discovery/760717/42 "2016-10-27T01:38:24Z")
Well, Bryan Fuller is [out](http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/bryan-fuller-showrunner-star-trek-discovery-cbs-1201901398/) as show runner but will stay in at least some capacity…not the best news unfortunately. ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2016, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-star-trek-has-a-title-star-trek-discovery/760717/43 "2016-10-27T02:29:47Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > Just realized the abbreviation with be STD. Okay, probably ST: D, but that gets you a smiley. hehe, I’m going to go by that no matter what anyone says.😃 > [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > Looks like I guessed right. According to [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_Discovery#Premise), it’s “set 10 years before the events of the original Star Trek series” I hate prequels! > [@Mahaloth](#): > > Yes, streaming only. I can’t stream a Vine video. Guess I’ll wait till it’s on DVD. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2016, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-star-trek-has-a-title-star-trek-discovery/760717/44 "2016-10-27T03:15:49Z")
> [@Terminus\_Est](#): > > Ironically, the image you’re using to illustrate the original physical model from the 1960’s is a CGI virtual model from a remastered episode. Note the higher bridge dome, the spikes on the Bussard collectors, and the larger sensor/deflector dish. Also, it’s hard to tell, but it appears the rear ends of the warp nacelles have grids rather than domes. This model looks like the \*Enterprise \*in “The Cage.” ---
**Author:** ![ganthet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de0a6/32.png) [@ganthet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ganthet)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-star-trek-has-a-title-star-trek-discovery/760717/45 "2016-11-23T03:39:03Z")
So it appears that Michelle Yeoh is the first ([semi?](http://www.comingsoon.net/tv/news/788489-michelle-yeoh-star-trek-discovery)) announced cast member. Between the shuffling premiere dates, the shuffling show-runners, and the overall ad-hoc, throw something at the wall and see if it sticks approach that seems to permeate everything, I’m starting to have doubts that Steve Bannon was the right guy to turn this ship around. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-star-trek-has-a-title-star-trek-discovery/760717/46 "2016-11-23T03:53:24Z")
> [@ganthet](#): > > … turn this ship around. So they finally found reverse? ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-star-trek-has-a-title-star-trek-discovery/760717/47 "2016-11-23T03:55:45Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Note the higher bridge dome, the spikes on the Bussard collectors, and the larger sensor/deflector dish. Also, it’s hard to tell, but it appears the rear ends of the warp nacelles have grids rather than domes. This model looks like the \*Enterprise \*in “The Cage.” Yes, well, the image file is called “USS\_Enterprise,_The\_Cage_(remastered)\_profile\_view.jpg” so I’m guessing you must be right. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2016, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-star-trek-has-a-title-star-trek-discovery/760717/48 "2016-12-03T15:51:26Z")
Not promising: Fuller is essentially [out](http://www.avclub.com/article/bryan-fuller-observe-star-trek-discovery-safe-dist-246797) of the series other than outlining the First Season arc and writing a few episodes. Hmmm must remain positive…must remain positive… ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2016, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-star-trek-has-a-title-star-trek-discovery/760717/49 "2016-12-03T16:10:43Z")
> [@Terminus\_Est](#): > > Yes, well, the image file is called “USS\_Enterprise,_The\_Cage_(remastered)\_profile\_view.jpg” so I’m guessing you must be right. Yes, that would indeed appear to be the title of the link. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-star-trek-has-a-title-star-trek-discovery/760717/50 "2017-02-28T20:06:34Z")
Looks like it is delayed again. No longer May but “late summer or [fall](http://www.avclub.com/article/cbs-planning-launch-star-trek-discovery-late-summe-251184)” That’s okay. I would rather it be done well than fast. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-star-trek-has-a-title-star-trek-discovery/760717/51 "2017-02-28T20:20:46Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > So they finally found reverse? I think you and I are the only people still alive who remember that song. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-star-trek-has-a-title-star-trek-discovery/760717/52 "2017-02-28T20:32:05Z")
> [@tracer](#): > > I think you and I are the only people still alive who remember that song. Hardly. I can still sing the whole thing and would love to do it as a vaudeville stage presentation. 🙂 I am watching DS9 through, having left off with one or two random eps long ago and the first ten in a row maybe a year ago. The painful, painful episode encapsulation jumps out even more sharply than in the past. Even the most radical change in the course of the show can be negated with one line of dialogue just before the credits. As the not-a-ripoff-of-B5, which set the bar high for continuing storylines, it’s exasperating. I hope this iteration can find a balance in that respect. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-star-trek-has-a-title-star-trek-discovery/760717/53 "2017-02-28T23:01:32Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > Hardly. I can still sing the whole thing and would love to do it as a vaudeville stage presentation. 🙂 > > I am watching DS9 through, having left off with one or two random eps long ago and the first ten in a row maybe a year ago. The painful, painful episode encapsulation jumps out even more sharply than in the past. Even the most radical change in the course of the show can be negated with one line of dialogue just before the credits. As the not-a-ripoff-of-B5, which set the bar high for continuing storylines, it’s exasperating. > > I hope this iteration can find a balance in that respect. If you’re saying that you’re frustrated by DS9’s episodic nature and how the story is not carrying over from episode to episode, it gets much much better in later seasons. Collectively the last 3-4 seasons of DS9 is the best run of Star Trek ever, IMO. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2017, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-star-trek-has-a-title-star-trek-discovery/760717/54 "2017-03-01T12:12:16Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > That’s okay. I would rather it be done well than fast. Yeah, with the continuing clusterfuck the development has been so far, I think that the chances of it being “done well” are slim and none. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2017, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-star-trek-has-a-title-star-trek-discovery/760717/55 "2017-03-01T12:57:42Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > Looks like it is delayed again. No longer May but “late summer or [fall](http://www.avclub.com/article/cbs-planning-launch-star-trek-discovery-late-summe-251184)” > > That’s okay. I would rather it be done well than fast. Yeah, but kinda annoying. Really the only reason I signed up for CBS All Access was to be able to see this freakin’ show. Not sure I want to pay for six months more of service waiting for them to make their minds up. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2017, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-star-trek-has-a-title-star-trek-discovery/760717/56 "2017-03-07T19:11:39Z")
Capt. Lucius Malfoy, reporting for duty: [Jason Isaacs And Mary Wiseman Cast In Star Trek: Discovery](http://www.cbs.com/shows/star-trek-discovery/news/1006767/jason-isaacs-and-mary-wiseman-cast-in-star-trek-discovery/) Just kidding. But he _was_ really good in that role. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2017, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-star-trek-has-a-title-star-trek-discovery/760717/57 "2017-03-07T22:51:17Z")
They have a Captain casted, now. Some guy I’ve never heard of, but he’s very currently popular, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2017, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-star-trek-has-a-title-star-trek-discovery/760717/58 "2017-03-07T23:21:33Z")
Talented, middle-aged, fairly handsome classically-trained British actor with a great voice. Basically a hirsute Patrick Stewart type. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2017, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-star-trek-has-a-title-star-trek-discovery/760717/59 "2017-03-08T05:31:13Z")
Some cameos others may not have thought of: Bakula could show up aged. Guinan could. Zachary Quinto could without anyone raising an eyebrow. Bruce Greenwood could as Pike. Chris Pine…coulllld pull it off but not as easily as Greenwood or Quinto. Edit: Is this ten years before Kirk or ten years before the Enterprise launches?? That’s a big question cause ten years before Kirk the Enterprise is already around so Discovery should actually outclass her if she’s supposed to be leading edge tech. Or maybe not…maybe she’s just newer. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2017, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-star-trek-has-a-title-star-trek-discovery/760717/60 "2017-03-08T05:38:37Z")
> [@Dale\_Sams](#): > > Zachary Quinto could without anyone raising an eyebrow. Meta-joke. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-star-trek-has-a-title-star-trek-discovery/760717.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-star-trek-has-a-title-star-trek-discovery/760717.md?page=4)