# New Star Trek Series coming January 2017! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 2, 2015, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-star-trek-series-coming-january-2017/736432 "2015-11-02T17:05:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2015, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-star-trek-series-coming-january-2017/736432/21 "2015-11-02T21:10:03Z")
Expect all new characters. > [@](#): > > Unlike the ongoing feature franchise, which features the classic Star Trek characters, the new series installment will introduce new characters “seeking imaginative new worlds and new civilizations, while exploring the dramatic contemporary themes that have been a signature of the franchise since its inception in 1966″, according to CBS. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2015, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-star-trek-series-coming-january-2017/736432/22 "2015-11-02T21:10:05Z")
Here’s _The Hollywood Reporter_ on it: [‘Star Trek’ TV Series in the Works – The Hollywood Reporter](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/star-trek-tv-series-works-828638). Says CBS is looking for “a writer.” Singular. Yeesh. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2015, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-star-trek-series-coming-january-2017/736432/23 "2015-11-02T21:11:32Z")
I would have liked to watch the show, but I’m not paying for another streaming service just to do so. I can wait for it to be available on DVD from Netflix. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2015, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-star-trek-series-coming-january-2017/736432/24 "2015-11-02T21:20:20Z")
Sounds like it’s really going to suck, even worse than the movies. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2015, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-star-trek-series-coming-january-2017/736432/25 "2015-11-02T21:21:13Z")
I’m working my way through Enterprise on Netflix (I feel like I owe it to the franchise, but the retcon is making me gag) but I’m not paying $6 a month to watch this. CBS is shooting themselves in the foot here. Ten years is a long time, and those of us who remember way back to TOS (in syndication, but still) are not the ones they need to attract. They need to get to the young’uns who haven’t seen TNG, DS9, et al, except on BBC or SyFy. And I don’t think they’re invested enough in the franchise to pony up. ---
**Author:** ![Cumberdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@Cumberdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumberdale)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2015, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-star-trek-series-coming-january-2017/736432/26 "2015-11-02T21:45:46Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > I’m working my way through Enterprise on Netflix (I feel like I owe it to the franchise, but the retcon is making me gag) but I’m not paying $6 a month to watch this. CBS is shooting themselves in the foot here. Ten years is a long time, and those of us who remember way back to TOS (in syndication, but still) are not the ones they need to attract. They need to get to the young’uns who haven’t seen TNG, DS9, et al, except on BBC or SyFy. And I don’t think they’re invested enough in the franchise to pony up. I agree but still have hope for it. I’m also working my way through the series on Netflix and listening to the Mission Log podcast. I just started season 2 of TNG. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2015, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-star-trek-series-coming-january-2017/736432/27 "2015-11-02T21:47:54Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Here’s _The Hollywood Reporter_ on it: ['Star Trek' TV Series in the Works](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/star-trek-tv-series-works-828638). Says CBS is looking for “a writer.” > > Singular. > > Yeesh. I would imagine there will be a staff for the series. They may mean a writer for the pilot and show bible maybe? Chatter since the initial announcement is speculating that while the pilot will premiere on CBS and then go to streaming, subsequent episodes will premiere on streaming and then air on CBS (or somewhere else) later. The point being that streaming will let you see episodes first after the pilot but not exclusively. That I could live with, although it will make on line discussions difficult. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2015, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-star-trek-series-coming-january-2017/736432/28 "2015-11-02T22:24:05Z")
There’s reason for hope. Alex Kurtzman is one of the brains behind the reboot of _Hawaii 5-O_, which I find a worthy successor to (and even an improvement on) an original that I liked a lot. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2015, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-star-trek-series-coming-january-2017/736432/29 "2015-11-02T23:17:41Z")
As long as they don’t rehash a Naked Time/Now ep… ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2015, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-star-trek-series-coming-january-2017/736432/30 "2015-11-03T04:31:50Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > Expect all new characters. I agree. Just like they did with TNG. It’ll be an entirely new cast of characters. Probably even a different alien on the bridge. So far they’ve had Vulcan and Klingon bridge officers. Maybe this time the captain will be an alien? I do hope they retain the basic idea of a bridge crew and doctor as the recurring characters. Star Trek has to be optimistic and project a better future. That’s what makes it Trek. If they go dark with a defeated Federation or mired in a hopeless war, than fans like me will switch it off. I don’t want to see Battlestar Galactica in Trek uniforms. 😛 Trek was always at it best when the Enterprise avoids a battle. The captain used his intelligence to find a solution without fighting. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2015, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-star-trek-series-coming-january-2017/736432/31 "2015-11-03T04:39:10Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > Chatter since the initial announcement is speculating that while the pilot will premiere on CBS and then go to streaming, subsequent episodes will premiere on streaming and then air on CBS (or somewhere else) later. The point being that streaming will let you see episodes first after the pilot but not exclusively. That I could live with, although it will make on line discussions difficult. I can live with this. I’m one of the small minority who watches TV over the air. I can pick up my CBS affiliate with ease. As long as it comes on the air not long after it premieres online. ---
**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:** [November 6, 2015, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-star-trek-series-coming-january-2017/736432/32 "2015-11-06T16:49:09Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > …Star Trek has to be optimistic and project a better future. That’s what makes it Trek. If they go dark with a defeated Federation or mired in a hopeless war, than fans like me will switch it off. I don’t want to see Battlestar Galactica in Trek uniforms. 😛 Trek was always at it best when the Enterprise avoids a battle. The captain used his intelligence to find a solution without fighting. Absolutely. Here’s an interesting _National Post_ opinion piece on what the new series should and shouldn’t do: [Breaking News, Headlines and Stories | National Post](http://news.nationalpost.com/arts/enough-star-trek-the-franchise-can-now-only-boldly-go-where-its-no-longer-necessary-to-go) ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2015, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-star-trek-series-coming-january-2017/736432/33 "2015-11-06T20:47:28Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Absolutely. > > Here’s an interesting _National Post_ opinion piece on what the new series should and shouldn’t do: [Breaking News, Headlines and Stories | National Post](http://news.nationalpost.com/arts/enough-star-trek-the-franchise-can-now-only-boldly-go-where-its-no-longer-necessary-to-go) The writer of that piece seems to think that 20th and 21st century history is really important to the canon. It isn’t. They could slightly modify the back story with no harm to the franchise. Do we really care when the Eugenics Wars were - unless they want to bring back Khan yet again, that is. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2015, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-star-trek-series-coming-january-2017/736432/34 "2015-11-06T22:36:23Z")
I know this probably wouldn’t happen in a million years but I think they could do an Assignment Earth show set in the present where the hero is trying to prevent the Eugenics Wars. Aliens and/or time travel would be a component. Although the Time War on Enterprise was already done. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2015, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-star-trek-series-coming-january-2017/736432/35 "2015-11-07T00:55:07Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > The writer of that piece seems to think that 20th and 21st century history is really important to the canon. It isn’t. They could slightly modify the back story with no harm to the franchise. Do we really care when the Eugenics Wars were - unless they want to bring back Khan yet again, that is. Yeah in Star Trek the 21st century is basically a global reset with a nuclear war. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2015, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-star-trek-series-coming-january-2017/736432/36 "2015-11-07T01:27:51Z")
I don’t hate the movies at all, but I think it’s a big mistake not setting it in the original universe some time post Voyager. ---
**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:** [November 7, 2015, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-star-trek-series-coming-january-2017/736432/37 "2015-11-07T02:14:47Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > I don’t hate the movies at all, but I think it’s a big mistake not setting it in the original universe some time post Voyager. Completely agree. I like the movies fine but there’s decades of stories and cameos to draw on in the TV Universe. Movie universe will just have gag-inducing recasts with male models playing Picard or Q. ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-star-trek-series-coming-january-2017/736432/38 "2016-02-11T21:43:25Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > The writer of that piece seems to think that 20th and 21st century history is really important to the canon. It isn’t. They could slightly modify the back story with no harm to the franchise. In fact, the Star Trek “prime” universe, that most all of the pre-Abrams stuff happened in, was already not _our_ universe. Canonical Trek history started diverging from real history no later than 1969. Also, it is established that the Trek prime, Mirror, and alternate/Abrams universes (and presumably ours) are iterations of a multiverse. It’s perfectly compatible with everything to have yet another version. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2016, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-star-trek-series-coming-january-2017/736432/39 "2016-02-12T00:26:39Z")
> [@Peremensoe](#): > > It’s perfectly compatible with everything to have yet another version. I don’t recall your having a beard… ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2016, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-star-trek-series-coming-january-2017/736432/40 "2016-02-12T00:54:49Z")
Bryan Fuller being chosen to showrun this is good news. He is talented and loves Trek. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-star-trek-series-coming-january-2017/736432.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-star-trek-series-coming-january-2017/736432.md?page=3)