Prime: TOS, TOS Movies, TNG, TNG Movies, DS9, VOY Alt prime: ENT, NuTrek Alt Timeline: NuTrek "Reboot": STD All events taking place in the NuTrek films take place in an alternate 'prime' universe from which the altered timeline split off from, and since it's referred to in that universe but not the Prime one then ENT is also included there. STD is a thing unto itself where evolutionary paths took different turns and Starfleet hired a different batch of designers.
THIS. We're never going to see TOS Klingons or the classic version of the Enterprise in DSC, and vice-versa. They're different versions of the same thing, thus alternate in RL terms, whatever they pretend in-universe.
To me Discovery is clearly a reboot, but I will consider it "Soft canon" like also many elements in TOS and TAS.
I was responding to the assertion that some of the TOS stories were too graphic for children. Nah, not nearly as graphic as the original stories. Heck, not as graphic as Doctor Who, which the BBC still considers a kids' program.
In the original version, he does it in the tomato's sleep, and even that doesn't wake the tomato up. Neither does the birth of the twins. It's only when they climb up the tomato's body, looking for their first sip of juice...
It's all "canon". The look of TOS is canon, as is the look of Discovery. So, for me, that means they take place in different realities.
Yeah, since about episode 4 or 5, I just have assumed that Discovery takes place in an alternate universe (whatever the cause of that). There's no way they get from where they are to TOS in 9 years. Which is fine with me. I like Discovery a lot. But if it can't be reconciled with what we know from TOS, then the obvious answer is it's a different reality. And with that...I'm out of here.
Your picture tells the story for me. They have probably the single biggest "advance" in Trek's history. Something that would be interesting to explore, but it simply has to be written out because "superfans" have decided to try and cram their story into the TOS continuity.
Ohhhhhhhhh, I think someone (and possibly several lurkers) just found about this for the first time. I guess you guys will just have to watch to find out.
You're looking at Starfleet's one and only displacement activated spore hub drive. I'd polarise your hull plating and prime your phase cannons, if I were you. You'll only get one shot. So make it count.
Or, it's going to take more than the first season to figure out what's horribly WRONG with it. Like how long it took most humans to realize that burning fossil fuels causes environmental issues. (OK. I've only seen the first 6 episodes, I can already tell SOMETHING odd is up with Stamets since he got "involved" with how the drive works, maybe they did already?)