With “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds,” premiering Thursday on Paramount+, the franchise goes once again into the past.
as Spock. When “Star Trek” repurposed that footage into the two-part “The Menagerie,” it made Pike canon, and established that he and Spock were crewmates before James T. Kirk ever entered the picture.
Characters with roots in the old show include Nyota Uhura , still a cadet, not yet a lieutenant, but a “prodigy” who speaks 37 languages ; nurse Christine Chapel , originally played by Barrett, a recurring “Star Trek” character; and Dr. M’Benga , a guest character now getting a regular gig. New are Christina Chong as tough-cookie security officer La’an Noonien-Singh ; Melissa Navia as pilot Erica Ortegas; and Bruce Horak as Hemmer, an Aenar Andorian and the new chief engineer. He has antennae.
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