Could Discovery have been done in the beginning of the 25th century?

[Immolatus]

Could Discovery have been done in the beginning of the 25th century?

If this takes place in the prime timeline why not make it a story for the 25th century? instead of the Klingon they could have used the Hur'q. It give the writers a new race to play with and tie them to the Klingons. what do you guys think?

 

[Quinton O'Connor]

I mean, personally it sounds like you're more broadly asking if they could have ran with a 25th-century Star Trek show, and the answer is an emphatic yes. But this is the story they want to tell, and I think it's wiser to stick with this particular spot in the timeline for any Federation-Klingon bloodshed.

I'd love to see a "true" sequel show or whatever at some point but any 25th-century version of whatever it is that Discovery ends up becoming would by its very nature be remarkably different from what we're getting. I'm excited to see what they've got in store for us here.

 

[F. King Daniel]

It looks like they're trying to tell the story of why the Klingons were considered so scary throughout Trek lore.

Can't do that if it's set after all of established Trek.

 

[Spike730]

Then they should have just used Klingons instead of these space vamps.

 

[Agony_Boothb]

Yes. It would have been cool to see a series set in the future. Instead of the Klingons, it could be a new species that is threatened by the Federation. Perhaps the federation has entered into a period of exploration and colonisation of a new frontier, Ships are being sent out on five year missions all over the place. Eventually they run into a species who basically have the same issues with the federation that the Klingons in DIS do. There is still a whole lot of alpha quadrant to explore and i think a series set in the future could creatively be a more open playing field and less restrictive.

 

[mdtauk]

If the events of Discovery lead to explaining why the Klingons are who they are in TOS TNG and beyond, then that will justify the choice to set the show in this period of time.

If it is just to include a passing nod and wink to the original Star Trek in a shallow attempt to bring on board old fans, whilst appealing to a new audience and plowing their own trail.

 

[Bry_Sinclair]

Would've made far more sense.

 

[Kane_Steel]

They really should have done 25th century if they were going for THIS visual style. STD looks more advanced than TNG.

Problem is, CBS wanted the audience and money of those brought in by the JJ films during the Kirk era. I'm sure that was the reasoning for doing this in 2256. SInce the JJ films were 2258 onwards. They are playing in a familiar playground.

 

[The Wormhole]

They definitely couldn't have had Sarek there, but then at the moment there isn't really anything distinctly "Sarek" to the character anyway. They could easily have made him any Vulcan and nothing would be different.

 

[Kane_Steel]

If this was 25th century, I probably wouldn't have wanted a human character as the protagonist. Things shouldn't be that human centric that far into the future.

Ideally, I'd like to see humans with mixed alien ancestry become more commonplace.

 

[Galileo7]

Yes, STD in the 25th century. Some houses of the Klingon empire turn them all against the Federation, again.

 

[JD]

Yes. It would have been cool to see a series set in the future. Instead of the Klingons, it could be a new species that is threatened by the Federation. Perhaps the federation has entered into a period of exploration and colonisation of a new frontier, Ships are being sent out on five year missions all over the place. Eventually they run into a species who basically have the same issues with the federation that the Klingons in DIS do. There is still a whole lot of alpha quadrant to explore and i think a series set in the future could creatively be a more open playing field and less restrictive.

Isn't that basically what we got with DS9 and the Dominion?
As for the OP, I don't think we really know enough about what the main story will be to say whether or not it has to be set when it is.

 

[SG-17]

Setting it right before TOS was gigantic mistake. Either they have to tiptoe around canon and restrict the stories they can tell or they disregard canon and piss off a lot of fans. Setting it halfway through the 25th century would free them up to do a lot more.

Like, we know that this thing with the Klingons in Discovery is ultimately going to amount to absolutely nothing. Its a nothing story with no consequences and no tension.

Complete waste of a show.

 

[Vger23]

Thank the HEAVENS someone has finally brought up the ideal that "The Fans" would have preferred a Post-Nemesis story.

Because, you know, that's never been brought up or discussed.

 

[Blamo]

Could Discovery have been done in the beginning of the 25th century?

No, because Sarek would be dead and they'd technobabble a solution before the first half of "Vulcan Hello".

Also there'd probably be an episode in the future where one of the TNG technologies would be a real life saver. Like their dilithium crystals are depleted and, being the 23rd century, they can't recrystallize them.

 

[C.E. Evans]

The decision to place DIS in the TOS era was likely both a creative and marketing decision. The latter doesn't really need explanation, IMO, but the former may have been a result of the show's creators not wanting to do something post-VOY (or even in the TNG era) if they believed it would lack any drama perhaps.

I had a couple of casual Trekkers who watched the premiere. They both thought it took place after TNG or VOY, but to be fair, they really weren't into the minutiae of Trek to begin with, so the 2256 dating didn't really mean anything at first. By that same token, they had no problems accepting the show's Klingons looking different than "Warf" or Torres.

 

[Agony_Boothb]

Isn't that basically what we got with DS9 and the Dominion?
As for the OP, I don't think we really know enough about what the main story will be to say whether or not it has to be set when it is.

Yeah we got a fair bit of that DS9 but i think they dropped the ball a little bit in terms of exploration at the expense of exploring the political. Having said that, I love Deep Space Nine and I'm satisfied with what we did get for the most part.

By the way, this wasn't meant as a criticism of Discovery. If i was given the choice I would have set it in the future but I'm not losing any sleep over it being set before TOS.

 

[BillJ]

Could it have been? If you leave out Sarek, there is nothing to distinguish this as the 23rd century. With a different Vulcan mentor, this could have easily been 25th century without changing anything else.*

*Based on the first two episodes.

 

[Blamo]

Also lets not forget that at this point in time the Federation is a fraction of the size it is in TNG. When the Borg attacked it devastated the fleet, but less then 10 years later they were able to fight the Dominion with thousands of ships.

The TOS era just doesn't have that level of readily available resources. Again dilithium plays a part here, since in the TOS era the Federation and the Klingons were desperate for it (again recrystallisation tech changes all that in the TNG era).

Could it have been? If you leave out Sarek, there is nothing to distinguish this as the 23rd century. With a different Vulcan mentor, this could have easily been 25th century without changing anything else.*

*Based on the first two episodes.

Well they haven't heard from the Klingons for 100 years and they were essentially unknowns. By the late TNG era pretty much everyone got Klingons.

Finally the two ships with cloaking devices were destroyed. So, we have Klingons with no cloaks.

 

[BillJ]

Well they haven't heard from the Klingons for 100 years and they were essentially unknowns. By the late TNG era pretty much everyone got Klingons.

That wouldn't have stopped them from writing they went into hiding for a century. It probably would've been better, because they could've written them as no contact for a century, and Georgiou would have been right to be more cautious. Burnham's story could've been a supposed Klingon attack with no evidence.

Finally the two ships with cloaking devices were destroyed. So, we have Klingons with no cloaks.

Cloaks wouldn't make a difference in the story.