News coming 8/10?

[Mage]

Wasn't that already the deal in The Undiscovered Country?

Sure, but if this set more than a 100 years before that, I don't see why there couldn't be a cold war in the 22nd century. And that's why I said, I think that's what Fuller (or was it Meyer) ment what he said how this show was inspired by The Undiscovered Country. And as TUC was back then, a show dealing with a cold war between two big nations is quite current.

 

[Cake]

“There’s a big clue in the number of the ship [NCC-1031] that indicates when we’re set,"

If it is not the obvious and DIS being set before TOS, maybe the ship was inaugurated in the 10th year of the 31th century.

 

[cultcross]

I don't imagine it's any cleverer than 'it's lower than 1701 so it's before TOS'. But I'm prepared to be wrong.

 

[ItIsGreen]

10+31=41... 2341? Around the time of the Ent-C?

Just a guess but it has as much chance of being true as some of the guesses I've seen.

 

[Shalashaska]

Two big takeaways.

Option A: It's set pre-TOS. Most likely of the two.

Option B: It's set 1031 years in the future: 2017 + 1031 = the year 3048. The 31st century, the same time period as Bryan Singer's undeveloped Star Trek: Federation series which Fuller had reportedly shared an interest in.

I honestly like the idea of a Federation in turmoil. People say Roddenberry was all about a better future and had some big utopian dream, but the future portrayed in TOS was very much built off of '60s America. This time period was full of ambition, America makes their first big steps into space with the Moon landing, the Civil Rights Movement is flourishing, the hippie youth movement is spreading like wildfire preaching about freedom of speech and protesting against war. People were optimistic.

Now it's a whole different story. Star Trek has always been looking through the American perspective, and the country's a mess right now, people are not happy. A show like Federation where the Discovery is "trying to return the Federation to its goal of going boldly" is perfectly representative of today's America and is full of optimism and hope.

Space... the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Discovery. Its ongoing mission to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly make America the Federation great again!

 

[JD]

While the literal take on what Fuller said is that the lower registry number means it's before TOS, there could always be a more subtle clue that would be hard to spot now, but is clear once we have more information.

 

[shapeshifter]

Remember the Klingon ship concept art... I'd call those designs 1031 years in the past.

 

[jefferiestubes8]

Television Critics Association Press Tour Schedule Overview
Aug. 10 – CBS
Aug. 11 – The CW/Showtime

What is the TCA?
The Television Critics Association represents more than 220 journalists writing about television for print and online outlets in the United States and Canada.

all the networks and the dates listed here:
http://tvcritics.org/press-tour-schedule-overview/

Yes I expect Bryan Fuller to spoiler it up to keep the marketing machine going between Trek conventions and CBS Home Entertainment's Q3 and Q4 releases:
Star Trek The Animated Series Blu-ray
Star Trek Beyond Blu-ray
STAR TREK: THE RODDENBERRY VAULT Blu-ray

 

[Psion]

I'd love a 'early days of the Federation' show. Remember all the talk about connecting to The Undiscovered Country? Perhaps what Fuller ment was a cold war feeling? Perhaps a big deal would be a cold war between the Federation and the Klingons?

OH! That would offer a possible explanation for the sudden hammer being dropped on Axenar. Well, that and all the other reasons.

 

[JediMindMeld]

People say Roddenberry was all about a better future and had some big utopian dream, but the future portrayed in TOS was very much built off of '60s America. This time period was full of ambition, America makes their first big steps into space with the Moon landing, the Civil Rights Movement is flourishing, the hippie youth movement is spreading like wildfire preaching about freedom of speech and protesting against war. People were optimistic.

Now it's a whole different story. Star Trek has always been looking through the American perspective, and the country's a mess right now, people are not happy. A show like Federation where the Discovery is "trying to return the Federation to its goal of going boldly" is perfectly representative of today's America and is full of optimism and hope.

Good post! Definitely think this is true to some extent. However, we also need to take into account how TOS, while being an invention of American ambition, was equally a response to cold war politics. At the height of the space race they showed a future where Americans and Russians were working together and Earth had overcome the wars and all the greed and selfishness that had plagued the 20th century so far. The conflict in TOS didn't come from within. It came from the Klingons. The Undiscovered Country was similarly mirroring the fall of the iron curtain with the peace treaty between the federation and Klingon.

A Klingon war in the pre-TOS era does sound like a very likely setting for Discovery (or whatever the show will officially be called) with this in mind.

 

[dinzy]

A Klingon war in the pre-TOS era does sound like a very likely setting for Discovery (or whatever the show will officially be called) with this in mind.

I thought it was official that the show is Start Trek Discovery.

 

[The Wormhole]

I thought it was official that the show is Start Trek Discovery.

It is

 

[Tosk]

I thought it was official that the show is Start Trek Discovery.

It is

No it isn't. Not quite.

 

[Riley]

I'm hoping that Discovery will end up being the very first Federation starship. Imagine the drama that would arrive from this premise. The politicians may have signed the treaty that formed the UFP, but it's now up to this crew of different species to work together every day in deep space. No Vulcans, of course, but Terrans, Tellarites, Andorians, and maybe even the Rigelians, Coridanites, and Denobulans. I would think the first pure Federation starship would have a lower registry (NCC-1000 or 1001) but maybe there were numerous other ships in the line that were used for other purposes than exploration.

 

[JD]

Why no Vulcans, of course? Why treat it as obvious that there would be no Vulcan's on Discovery in that era?

I thought it was official that the show is Start Trek Discovery.

It is

No it isn't. Not quite.

Where's it been said that Discovery isn't 100% certain to be the title. Everything I've seen has said that it is Discovery, with nothing about that maybe changing.

 

[jamestyler]

With an SDCC reveal of the title, CBS using the title and everything so far confirming that is the title including Bryan Fuller giving reasons as to WHY it's the title......

.....I don't think we'll need to hold out breath awaiting something different to pop up in th ecredit sequence in January.

 

[m.lp.ql.m]

Well, with a name like Start Trek, maybe it is the "very first Federation starship."

 

[Tosk]

Where's it been said that Discovery isn't 100% certain to be the title.

It's not the Discovery part that's the problem.

 

[jamestyler]

It's not the Discovery part that's the problem.

Took me a moment.... now I see. Back to Startfleet Academy for me

 

[dinzy]

Well, with a name like Start Trek, maybe it is the "very first Federation starship."

Ha ha. I am blind and sloppy when typing on the couch.