News Discovery New Character Breakdowns

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A new news article has been published at TrekToday:

Several characters for the second season of Star Trek: Discovery have been developed and one has been cast, and now fans can...

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[Mr. Laser Beam]

If ‘Samuel’ is only 10 years old, then it obviously can’t be Spock, who is already an adult and serving on the Enterprise...

 

[Jadeb]

They mentioned previously we would be seeing flashbacks, so presumably it's for that.

 

[cultcross]

Disabled character, interesting.

Does that young engineering officer character not sound a lot like Tilly?

 

[Kor]

If ‘Samuel’ is only 10 years old, then it obviously can’t be Spock, who is already an adult and serving on the Enterprise...

The original article says: "Next is what appears to be the younger version of Spock that Jonathan Frakes recently revealed would be making an appearance in flashbacks."

Kor

 

[WarpFactorZ]

If ‘Samuel’ is only 10 years old, then it obviously can’t be Spock, who is already an adult and serving on the Enterprise...

As has been pointed out, he's flashback Spock. Also, it's amusing to note that the production alias Samuel could be a cutesy reference to Kirk's brother.

"I lost a brother once. I was lucky I got him back." (which of course refers to Spock)

 

[Jayson1]

How do you describe a Starfleet engineer as a gearhead? Makes it sound like she is going to be working on old style muscle cars. Also this can't be the complete list. What about Pike and the Section 31 guy?

Jason

 

[Kane_Steel]

Another special needs character, interesting..

And May sounds like the lesbian love interest that they had previously mentioned.

 

[Campe]

How do you describe a Starfleet engineer as a gearhead? Makes it sound like she is going to be working on old style muscle cars.

I don't understand why you can't describe a Starfleet engineer as a gearhead. Someone who is absolutely obsessed with engineering to the point that it overtakes their lives. I doubt they'll call her a gearhead in series, but its not necessarily a bad description for casting sides. They're supposed to be able to be a way for actors to have a real-life perspective on. And honestly, not everyone knows Star Trek chapter and verse.

Also this can't be the complete list. What about Pike and the Section 31 guy?

Again, these are casting sides. The Section 31 guy was a bonus scene from the season 1 finale. And I believe(?) he was credited in the original episode. Regardless, he was cast a while back. As for Pike, that's a good point. Its entirely possible they always had Mount in mind for the role. Or we'll get it at some other point.

Edited: These should actually say "casting descriptions" not "casting sides." Terminology!

 

[Jayson1]

I don't understand why you can't describe a Starfleet engineer as a gearhead. Someone who is absolutely obsessed with engineering to the point that it overtakes their lives. I doubt they'll call her a gearhead in series, but its not necessarily a bad description for casting sides. They're supposed to be able to be a way for actors to have a real-life perspective on. And honestly, not everyone knows Star Trek chapter and verse.



Again, these are casting sides. The Section 31 guy was a bonus scene from the season 1 finale. And I believe(?) he was credited in the original episode. Regardless, he was cast a while back. As for Pike, that's a good point. Its entirely possible they always had Mount in mind for the role. Or we'll get it at some other point.

Well I was just kind of making a joke with the gearhead thing. Actually you can find lots of humor from having people who you suspect aren't Trek fans try and describe a Trek character.

The thing I am dying to know is how many episodes will Georgiou be in and how many will Pike be in. I really hope we get more than we got from Georgiou and Mudd last season who I was expecting to see more of. Silly IMBD even said Mudd was going to be in 5 episodes.

Jason

 

[Campe]

Well I was just kind of making a joke with the gearhead thing. Actually you can find lots of humor from having people who you suspect aren't Trek fans try and describe a Trek character.

Ah, tone and the internet. An ever-losing battle. Fair enough, then.

The thing I am dying to know is how many episodes will Georgiou be in and how many will Pike be in. I really hope we get more than we got from Georgiou and Mudd last season who I was expecting to see more of. Silly IMBD even said Mudd was going to be in 5 episodes.

Yeah, I put like zero faith in IMDB's casting information until after something airs. I was hoping to see more of Mudd too. But I thought we saw plenty of Georgiou myself. Between Prime (or whatever you want to call it) and Mirror Georgiou, she appeared in eight episodes. That's over half of the episodes! I honestly want to see a little less of her in season two. I like the idea of her being a recurring baddie. I just don't need to see her all the time. Keeping the mystery around a character is more interesting. As for Pike, the more, the better, I say!

 

[Lord Garth]

Edited: These should actually say "casting descriptions" not "casting sides." Terminology!

Yup. Sides would be script pages the actors would read.

 

[Groppler Zorn]

I wonder whether Reno will be in a wheelchair like Pike’s eventual one (unlikely unless she’s going to communicate with beeps) or something more akin to Melora Pazlar (I think it was) on DS9 who needed that suit to function in earth sea level gravity.

 

[Tuskin38]

I wonder whether Reno will be in a wheelchair like Pike’s eventual one (unlikely unless she’s going to communicate with beeps) or something more akin to Melora Pazlar (I think it was) on DS9 who needed that suit to function in earth sea level gravity.

There was a background character in a wheel chair in episode 7, might be something like that.

If ‘Samuel’ is only 10 years old, then it obviously can’t be Spock, who is already an adult and serving on the Enterprise...

Probably flashbacks.

 

[seigezunt]

I realize that "several" mean three or more, but I was hoping for a bigger leak. :-)

Sounds interesting. And, yes, pretty sure that Spock appearance is in a flashback. Dollars to doughnuts that he's offship in episode 2:1

 

[eschaton]

Having a disabled character is fine, but having her confined to a wheelchair is hella stupid...presentism at its best.

We're already well on our way to being able to use electronics to help those who are paralyzed walk. By the 23rd century there would clearly be some sort of more advanced brain-machine interface which would allow for it. It's also pretty likely biotech will advance enough to regenerate nerve fibers, and develop "cures" for most of the disabilities which make it difficult to impossible to walk without being paralyzed.

I had no issue with the wheelchair shown in a single episode last season, because I could see them used on a temporary basis until someone recovers or gets mechanically augmented.

 

[seigezunt]

True, but then how can they have representation for disabled people? The show still is being broadcast for audiences of today.

 

[eschaton]

True, but then how can they have representation for disabled people? The show still is being broadcast for audiences of today.

Geordi was a disabled character remember? His VISOR was a little crude in retrospect from what we would expect a 24th century cure for blindness to do (we can already hook up cameras to blind people's brains and have them see in low-resolution) but at least they made an effort to show that some of the issues with being disabled would be solved.

I'd prefer some sort of "brace" system ala Melora, because it would be much more useful than a wheelchair. Tig's character won't be able to use the jeffries tubes, for example, without dragging herself with her arms.

 

[seigezunt]

Excellent point.

 

[Lord Garth]

May sounds like Sonya Gomez from TNG Season 2. Someone who I wish we saw more of, so this type of addition seems like a good second chance.