Could Cumberbatch be Garry Mitchell?

[Yevetha]

Despite what I said earlier, I have it on good authority that Cumberbatch is indeed playing both the fan-favorite from the first season (albeit a radically re-invented version of the character), and is also the villain of the piece. I can't reveal the details, save that his catch-phrase is "bonk bonk on the head"!

I assume you can reveal your source without revealing the plot.

 

[chardman]

^Dude... in a world where simply mis-stating Robert Beltran's alleged age will supposedly garner one the suspicious attentions of the combined international intelligence community - LINK - only a complete madman would be so foolhardy as to reveal one's sources.

 

[Yevetha]

Owrite you will be riht i will use an I was wrong avatar for a week.

 

[Dukhat]

^Dude... in a world where simply mis-stating Robert Beltran's alleged age will supposedly garner one the suspicious attentions of the combined international intelligence community - LINK - only a complete madman would be so foolhardy as to reveal one's sources.

Then as far as we're concerned, your "source" is no more credible than any other BS we hear on here.

 

[Therin of Andor]

Cumberbatch is indeed playing both the fan-favorite from the first season (albeit a radically re-invented version of the character), and is also the villain of the piece. I can't reveal the details, save that his catch-phrase is "bonk bonk on the head"!

"Bonk! Bonk! On the head! Bonk! Bonk!"
- Redheaded Onlie, inciting the other children.

Like he's a "fan-favourite"?

 

[yenny]

Despite what I said earlier, I have it on good authority that Cumberbatch is indeed playing both the fan-favorite from the first season (albeit a radically re-invented version of the character), and is also the villain of the piece. I can't reveal the details, save that his catch-phrase is "bonk bonk on the head"!

The person who had did the catch-pharse ( bonk bonk on the head), was a character in the episode Miri, played by Phil Morris, who was at that time a kid.

 

[Dukhat]

Cumberbatch is indeed playing both the fan-favorite from the first season (albeit a radically re-invented version of the character), and is also the villain of the piece. I can't reveal the details, save that his catch-phrase is "bonk bonk on the head"!

"Bonk! Bonk! On the head! Bonk! Bonk!"
- Redheaded Onlie, inciting the other children.

Like he's a "fan-favourite"?

So in other words, his "good authority" is a load of dingo's kidneys.

 

[Jackson_Roykirk]

It amazes me that so many people here are trying to guess which TOS character Cumberbatch is playing, when there's no official word that he's playing a former TOS character.

In chronological Star Trek order, here are the possibilities for who Cumberbatch is playing :

A Talosian
Salt Creature
Charlie X
Gary Mitchell
Joe Tormolen
Kevin Riley
One-horned space dog
Harry Mudd
Roger Korby
The "Bonk Bonk on the head" guy
Dr. Simon van Gelder
Balok
Lt. Dave Bailey
Commodore Mendez
The Romulan commander
Finnegan
Mr. Boma (or maybe a Taurus II creature)
Trelane
The Gorn
Captain John Christopher
Ben Finney
Samuel T. Cogley
Landru
Kaaaaaahhhhhn!
Ambassador Fox
Leila Kolami (maybe Leila is a man, and Spock was bi-curious when he was younger)
The Horta
Kor
Lazarus
The bum in COTEoF who vaporizes himself (I'm sure he has a backstory)
Sam Kirk


....and that's just the first season of TOS characters who Cumberbatch can play.

 

[chardman]

^Dude... in a world where simply mis-stating Robert Beltran's alleged age will supposedly garner one the suspicious attentions of the combined international intelligence community - LINK - only a complete madman would be so foolhardy as to reveal one's sources.

Then as far as we're concerned, your "source" is no more credible than any other BS we hear on here.

D'uh! Surely you can't imagine any part of my post was serious?

 

[Dukhat]

^Dude... in a world where simply mis-stating Robert Beltran's alleged age will supposedly garner one the suspicious attentions of the combined international intelligence community - LINK - only a complete madman would be so foolhardy as to reveal one's sources.

Then as far as we're concerned, your "source" is no more credible than any other BS we hear on here.

D'uh! Surely you can't imagine any part of my post was serious?

Yes I did, actually. Other than the bonk on the head stuff, your post read as if you were seriously trying to imply you had "insider information" but wouldn't quote a source, which annoys me to no end when people do that. I'm sure I'm not the only one who feels that way. My apologies if you were only making a joke.

 

[chardman]

I'd think the link to the obviously fake insider's post (seriously, the CIA and Her Majesty's Secret Service investigating a conspiracy to misrepresent Beltran's age?!?) would have made it pretty obvious that I was poking fun of self-proclaimed insiders.

 

[Dukhat]

I clicked on the link but didn't read it because it had nothing to do with a source for your rumor.

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

Dukhat--there were hidden messages. Those who needed to be informed read it and understood.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

Cumberbatch seems to have been shorted a chin in the genetic lottery.

 

[Psion]

Dukhat--there were hidden messages. Those who needed to be informed read it and understood.

I wonder if the person who posted that was Chuckling when they wrote it.

 

[Ryan8bit]

ST - prominent use of fantasy, mysticism and quasi-magic
NT - generally adheres to science, devoid of fantasy elements

This is the only one I find a bit off. There really wasn't any adherence to science, and it was pretty much fantasy.

But yeah, certainly lots of superficial differences (as well as similarities even) can be found between the two. I'd say that in tone it was more similar to SW than any of the previous movies.

 

[controlfreak]

H runs in black so i hope he is Section 31.

Section 31 brings with it a lot of messy baggage. I can't see them bothering. And if Section 31 have to always wear black, doesn't it give away that they are working for Section 31?

He could just be a 23rd century Goth.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

Salt Monster! Salt Monster!

 

[Sindatur]

Salt Monster! Salt Monster!

Cumberbatch is playing McCoy's Ex?

 

[BillJ]

Finnegan.