Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds ought to take the chance to introduce essential characters from James T. Kirk's (Paul Wesley) previous. Though Star Trek: The Authentic Sequence by no means absolutely delved into Captain Kirk's (William Shatner) story, the present revealed parts of his previous all through its three seasons. Paul Wesley has already introduced new life to Lieutenant James T. Kirk in Unusual new worldsand the present now has an opportunity to introduce extra figures from Kirk's previous.
In its two seasons up to now, Unusual new worlds did a superb job revamping traditional characters from Star Trek: The Authentic Sequence. Set a number of years earlier than the occasions of Phrases of Service, Unusual new worlds already added to Kirk's storyfilling in some gaps in his story. For instance, Phrases of Service established that Kirk had a brother, however killed him earlier than viewers obtained to know him. Unusual new worlds turned Jim's brother, Lieutenant Sam Kirk (Dan Jeannotte), into a totally realized character who serves within the scientific division of Captain Christoper Pike's (Anson Mount) USS Enterprise.
Listed here are half a dozen extra faces from James T. Kirk's previous that Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds can reintroduce.
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Gary Mitchell
Star Trek: The Authentic Sequence, Season 1, Episode 3 – “The place No Man Has Gone Earlier than”
In Star Trek: The Authentic SequenceWithin the second pilot, "The place No Man Has Gone Earlier than", Lieutenant Commander Gary Mitchell (Gary Lockwood) served as one of many helmsmen of the USS Enterprise. Kirk and Mitchell met within the 2250s and have become mates when Lieutenant Kirk was an teacher at Starfleet Academy. Mitchell remembered Kirk as "a stack of books with legs", and Mitchell as soon as set Kirk up with a "Little Blonde Lab Technician" who Kirk nearly married (who could or might not be Carol Marcus). On the time of Unusual new worldsKirk and Mitchell ought to already be mates, and it's attainable that Kirk might assist Mitchell get a place on the USS Farragut.
The starship Enterprise passing via the Galactic Barrier in 2265 irrevocably transforms Gary Mitchell. Unusual energies cross via the ship, killing 9 crew members and leaving Mitchell unconscious. Quickly after Mitchell wakes up, he begins to develop highly effective telepathic and telekinetic talents and turns into more and more merciless. Kirk sees how harmful Mitchell is turning into and tries to desert him on Delta Vega. In the long run, Kirk is compelled to kill his previous pal to avoid wasting the Enterprise and the remainder of its crew.
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Benjamin Finney
Star Trek: The Authentic Sequence, Season 1, Episode 20 – “Court docket Martial”
As seen in Star Trek: The Authentic Sequence' "Court docket Martial", Lieutenant Commander Benjamin Finney (Richard Webb) served because the ship's registry officer aboard Captain Kirk's Enterprise. Finney had ambitions to develop into a starship captain at some point, however spent an unusually lengthy interval as a Starfleet Academy teacher earlier than being assigned to a starship. Finney met Kirk when he was a younger aspirant in 2252, and the 2 turned good mates, a lot in order that Finney named his daughter Kirk. Finney and Ensign Kirk had been assigned to the USS Republic, the place they served aspect by aspect in engineering for a time.
At one level, Kirk realized that Finney had left a circuit open that would have destroyed the Republic. Kirk closed the loop however was compelled to report the incident, which led to Finney being reprimanded and despatched to the underside of the promotion checklist. Unbeknownst to Kirk, Finney continued to carry a grudge for years and ultimately put his revenge plan into motion in 'Court docket Martial' by having Kirk take accountability for a criminal offense he didn't commit. Kirk and Finney's service aboard the Republic already occurred on the time of Star Trek: Unusual New Worldshowever the present might provide a glimpse into their friendship (or lack thereof) after the incident.
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Carol Marcos
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
James Kirk had quite a few romances all through his life, however few had been as critical as his relationship with Dr. Carol Marcus (Bibi Besch). Kirk was a junior Starfleet officer when he and Carol first turned concerned and in 2259 she was stationed at Starbase 1 whereas he was the primary officer on the USS Farragut. Lieutenant Kirk talked about Carol in Unusual New Worlds' musical episode, saying that they had an advanced relationship and revealing that she was pregnant together with his son, David (Merritt Butrick). Carol and David had been featured in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan because the creators of the Genesis Gadget.
Sooner or later of their relationship, Carol requested Kirk to permit her to lift David alone. She didn't need David to comply with Kirk across the galaxy, Carol needed to lift her son to be a scientist. Kirk reunited with Carol and David in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, however David was tragically killed by Klingons the identical 12 months, in Star Trek III: The Seek for Spock. Contemplating Unusual new worlds already talked about Carol, it appears possible that she is going to make an look in Unusual new worlds seasons 3 or 4.
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Finnegan
Star Trek: The Authentic Sequence, season 1, episode 15 – “Shore Depart”
Finnegan (Bruce Mars) was an Irish veteran at Starfleet Academy throughout Kirk's freshman 12 months. Kirk admitted that he was being too critical at that time in his life, and Finnegan criticized him relentlessly for it. Kirk remembered Finnegan as a prankster who solely appeared to play tips on Kirk. In Star Trek: The Authentic Sequence' "Shore Depart", Kirk discovered a robotic facsimile of Finnegan supplied by the planet Shore Depart's superior pc system. The planet's know-how reads guests' minds to create a synthetic but extremely lifelike setting. "amusement park" someway.
Apart from the truth that he's a bully, a lot about Finnegan stays unknown, and it will be attention-grabbing to see what occurred to him after his time on the Academy. In "Shore Depart", Kirk and Finnegan combat and Kirk knocks out his former bully. Kirk then feedback that it was surprisingly good and that he has waited years "to complete off Finnegan." Though this means that Kirk hadn't seen Finnegan in a very long time, he might nonetheless meet him in Unusual New Worlds, however wouldn't be capable to combat him whereas they each served as Starfleet officers.
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Captain Garrovick and his son David
Star Trek: The Authentic Sequence, Season 2, Episode 13 – “Obsession”
Kirk's first deep area mission was aboard the USS Farragut underneath the command of Captain Garrovick. In 2257, Garrovick was killed by a dikironium cloud creature throughout a mission on Tycho IV together with 2 hundred of his crew. Kirk felt survivor's guilt for years after the incident, and the Enterprise encounters the gaseous cloud creature once more in 2268. By this time, Ensign David Garrovick (Stephen Brooks), son of Captain Garrovick, is a safety officer aboard Kirk's Enterprise. He runs as much as the creature and hesitates for a second earlier than capturing, prompting Kirk to alleviate him of obligation (partly as a result of Kirk himself as soon as hesitated to shoot the creature).
In the long run, the Enterprise crew members uncover that the creature is unaffected by phaser fireplace and kill it with an antimatter explosive. After the gaseous creature is taken care of, Kirk presents to share tales about Captain Garrovick with David. Since Unusual new worlds season 3 takes place round 2259-2260, Captain Garrovick has already been killed, however might nonetheless seem in a flashback or in an alternate universe. David would possible be a young person, nevertheless it's attainable he might pay a go to to the Farragut or meet Kirk at a starbase.
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Lieutenant George Kirk
Star Trek (2009)
James and Sam Kirk's father, Lieutenant George Kirk, has but to look in Star Trek Foremost timeline, though he made an look in JJ Abrams' movie Star Trek (2009), performed by Chris Hemsworth. George joined Starfleet as a result of he actually believed in its beliefs and he ultimately turned Starfleet's youngest first officer at age 29. James Kirk later broke this file, by turning into the Farragut's first officer at 26. James regarded as much as his father and adopted in his footsteps, whereas Sam pursued a distinct path and have become a scientist.
In Star Trek Prime Timeline George Kirk lived not less than lengthy sufficient to see James Kirk develop into captain of the Enterprise in 2265. As George Kirk would have been in his 50s throughout the time of Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds, the present shouldn't finish with out providing not less than a glimpse of James and Sam's father. Chris Hemsworth's George Kirk solely appeared briefly in Star Trek (2009) earlier than his dying, and it will be fascinating to see extra of the person who was one among James T. Kirk's greatest influences.
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Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds
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Might 5, 2022
- Community
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Paramount+
- Presenter
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Henry Alonso Myers, Akiva Goldsman
- Administrators
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Dan Liu, Amanda Row, Maja Vrvilo, Akiva Goldsman, Dermott Downs, Eduardo Sánchez, Jeffrey W. Byrd, Jonathan Frakes, Jordan Canning, Leslie Hope, Valerie Weiss, Sydney Freeland, Christopher J. Byrne, Rachel Leiterman
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