Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) first meeting Khan Noonien Singh (Ricardo Montalban) in Star Trek: The Original Series is changed by Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. As a result, Strange New Worlds Introduced Lieutenant La’an Noonien-Singh (Christina Chong), Khan’s ancestor, and a love interest of Lieut. James T. Kirk (Paul Wesley) when he was younger and a frequent guest on the Starship Enterprise. further, Strange New Worlds changed Khan Star Trek time line, Adding new dimensions to Kirk’s original encounter with Khan.
in Star Trek: The Original Series Season 1, Episode 22, “Space Seed,” The USS Enterprise intercepts the SS Botany Bay, an Earth ship from the 1990s. Cryogenically frozen aboard are Khan and 70 of his genetically engineered followers. Welcome as a guest on the Enterprise, Khan plots to hijack the starship. Conducted by Khan, Enterprise Historian Lt. Marla McGivers (Madeline Rowe) betrays Captain Kirk as Khan’s followers take over the ship. However, Kirk manages to defeat Khan in physical combat and regain control of the Enterprise before banishing Khan and his followers, including McGivers, to Ceta Alpha V.
How Strange New Worlds Changed Kirk & Khan’s First Star Trek Meeting
La’an adds a new dimension to Kirk meeting Khan
On Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Set about 6-7 years earlier Star Trek: The Original Series, Lt. James T. Kirk’s relationship with L. La’an Noonien-Singh now colors Captain Kirk’s meeting with Khan. While Strange New Worlds Season 2 does not show La’an telling Kirk that Khan is her blood relative, the prequel established that the Noonien-Singh family is infamous because of Khan, so James would easily connect to La’an’s ancestry. Certainly, Kirk cares for La’Ann, and their relationship will continue to blossom, and perhaps even become romantic, in Strange New Worlds Seasons 3 and 4.
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Given Kirk’s feelings about La’an, even if she is no longer on the USS Enterprise in Star Trek: The Original SeriesIt is now impossible to separate that he knows Khan’s ancestors as the captain interacts with the genetically engineered warlord. Kirk’s controlled reticence can now be interpreted as not giving anything away about La’anAnd the captain’s reliance on Spock (Leonard Nimoy) as his attack dog as Kirk watches for “weaknesses” Can even be seen as their combined effort to test Khan while keeping La’an a secret. Certainly, Kirk and Spock know more about Khan than they let on because they both knew La’an years before Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.
Khan couldn’t care less about the history of the USS Enterprise
Did Khan audit the enterprise’s personnel records?
in Star Trek: The Original Series “Space Sid,” Captain Kirk allows Khan to use the USS Enterprise’s computersWhich is interesting because he knows about Khan. There’s a briefing later led by Spock that clarifies the Khan they have aboard is the infamous Khan Noonien Singh, and that would confirm it for everyone – except for Dr. Leonard McCoy (DeForest Kelly), who doesn’t appear on Strange New Worlds Still – that Khan is Laan’s ancestor. Scotty (Martin Quinn) joins the Enterprise’s crew in Strange New Worlds Season 3, so he probably knows La’an’s connection to Khan as well.
There is every chance that Khan never learned about La’an in “Space Seed.”
Khan could have used his access to the Enterprise’s computer to learn all about the starship’s history. however, Khan probably didn’t learn about La’an Noonien-Singh Serving aboard the Enterprise under Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount). Spock told Kirk that Khan was interested in the technical schematics of the Enterprise since he was planning to hijack it. Khan very likely also accessed the current personnel of the Enterprise to learn who he was up against, but Khan probably didn’t bother to read the history of the Enterprise or past crew members. Therefore, there is every chance that Khan never learned about Laan in “Space Seed.”
Strange New Worlds have already changed Khan’s history
Khan’s timeline has changed
One aspect of Star Trek: The Original Series “Space Seed” that is difficult to reconcile is Khan’s timeline, which has been changed by Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. In “Space Seed,” Spock definitively explains that Khan rose to power during the eugenics wars of the 1990s and controlled a quarter of Earth’s population. Khan was then defeated and fled with his followers aboard the Botany Bay in 1996. However, Khan’s timeline was moved at least 30 years by Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.
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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 2, episode 3, “Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow” establishes that Romulan Time Travelers Appended star treks main timeline as a result of the Temporal Wars. Followed on Strange New Worlds series Revealing in the premiere that the Eugenics Wars and World War III have now both taken place in the 21st century, Laan discovers in “Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow” that Khan (Desmond Sivan) is still a child in Toronto in the 21st century. Khan is now born and comes of age decades later than his original timeline established in Star Trek: The Original Seriess. How this affects the events of “Space Seed” is unclear.
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Did the Khan painting come from the Archeology Department?
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Can also give a recommended explanation for A painting by Khan in Star Trek: The Original Series“Space Sid.” As the enterprise historian, Lt. Marla McGivers has many works of antiquity in her quarters, and one of them is a painting by Khan Noonien Singh. Khan is even impressed and flattered by Marla owning a blast from his past. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 2, Episode 3, “Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow” may indicate that Khan’s painting may have come from the collection belonging to Commander Pelia (Carol Kane), the chief engineer of the starship Enterprise.
The Captain Kirk who visited Pelia’s Archeology Department in 2024 Vermont died at the end of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds“Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow.” Lt. James T. Kirk on Strange New Worlds is a different church that belongs to star trekS Prime Universe.
Commander Pelia is a deeply loved Lanthanite who claims to have resided on Earth for thousands of years. Pelia collected countless priceless artifacts that she stored in a facility in Vermont she called the Archeology Department. When Pelia transferred to the Enterprise, She brought a lot of art pieces from her collection, To the chagrin of security chief Lan Nonien-sing. It can be very difficult Star Trek: Strange New Worlds To work in that the painting of Khan originally belonged to Pelia and was already aboard the Enterprise before it became the property of Lot. Marla McGivers in Star Trek: The Original Series.