Jackson_Roykirk wrote:

I'm not so sure. I suppose they could have the character of Gary Mitchell be a friend of Kirk's, and then give Mitchell a plot that has nothing at all to do with the events surrounding WNMHGB.
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You're right of course. But if Cumberbatch is playing Mitchell, then there has to be an explanation of why a human is seemingly giving the much stronger Spock a run for his money.
While there are many possible explanations, the simplest one is that they're using
Where No Man... as a template for the new film.