Spoilers Season 3 Episode 3 Promo Photos

[Tuskin38]

http://blog.trekcore.com/2020/10/star-trek-discovery-303-photos-people-of-earth/

The badges on these people, say 'EDF', which I assume means 'Earth Defense Force(s)

 

[ananta]

Adira looks like a more androgynous Ezri Dax. And Sonequa MG looks utterly beautiful with her new hair.

 

[NCC-73515]

I wonder how this will match with Daniels saying Earth's existence depends on your definition

 

[fireproof78]

Depends on how literally I take Daniels' statement.

From my POV, not very. I think he was being obtuse just to be annoying.

 

[Bollie74]

How are they just freely roaming Earth? They are not supposed to be there, from the perspective of the people of the 32nd Century. You would think the 32nd Century Lucsly would be all over them Sphere data or no.

 

[serabine]

How are they just freely roaming Earth? They are not supposed to be there, from the perspective of the people of the 32nd Century. You would think the 32nd Century Lucsly would be all over them Sphere data or no.

How would they know about the sphere data?

 

[Mark_Nguyen]

I feel that Boothby is just around the corner, ready to tell those young kids to git offa his lawn...

mark

 

[Timo]

Adira looks like a more androgynous Ezri Dax. And Sonequa MG looks utterly beautiful with her new hair.

There's something of a disconnect there between dirty uniforms and absolutely immaculate hair. It ought to take hours for Stamets to get his thin and fluffy 'do right, say - how come he can't give his coveralls a proper wash? Only Nilsson has what could count as disheveled hair, and she seems to prefer it that way.

Timo Saloniemi

 

[eschaton]

There's something of a disconnect there between dirty uniforms and absolutely immaculate hair. It ought to take hours for Stamets to get his thin and fluffy 'do right, say - how come he can't give his coveralls a proper wash? Only Nilsson has what could count as disheveled hair, and she seems to prefer it that way.

Timo Saloniemi

I have noticed in a few shots last season that Anthony Rapp is getting really, really close to developing a bald spot. They conceal it pretty well with camera angles though. I wonder if the show keeps going for another four seasons or something if they'll start making him wear a piece?

 

[Agony_Boothb]

I have noticed in a few shots last season that Anthony Rapp is getting really, really close to developing a bald spot. They conceal it pretty well with camera angles though. I wonder if the show keeps going for another four seasons or something if they'll start making him wear a piece?

Rapp shaved his head back in march and it suited him i think. We might see a buzz cut stamets in s4

 

[NCC-73515]

http://blog.trekcore.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/303-adira-ndoye.jpg

The straps on the right uniform look Romulan.
And the 'filter' on Adira's uniform looks really odd - what it that? Is she a walking loudspeaker? XD

 

[Bollie74]

How would they know about the sphere data?

I guess I was assuming, perhaps incorrectly, that the 32nd century time cops would at least hear the Discovery crew out before sending them back.

 

[serabine]

I guess I was assuming, perhaps incorrectly, that the 32nd century time cops would at least hear the Discovery crew out before sending them back.

According to Book habitual time travel or kids learning temporal mechanics in school (as Daniels had claimed) isn't a thing anymore. There were some sort of time wars, and all time travel was banned. It stands to reason that past Daniels' time (if Daniels' time even exists anymore because time travel sucks like that sometimes) "time cops" don't have any authority/are not part of whatever remnants of the Federation there is. If they ever had any authority in their own future anyway, and weren't strictly bound to observe their own past for timeline infractions.

As for the Federation remnants, I'm assuming they will be treating the crew as guests after the initial hostilities, Saru will keep his cards close to the chest until he knows who these new factions are and what they represent, and that the Discovery wouldn't be send back what with time travel and time travel technology being banned.

 

[Tuskin38]

You can have a time department even without time travel. They just won't be able to use time travel to fix issues, they can only deal with present ones so they'd be very limited in power. So basically the DTI.

 

[Lord Garth]

Since Michelle Paradise has said DSC will take place in the 32nd Century permanently, I'm going to assume the policy is that once a time-traveller from before The Burn & The Ban arrives in The Future, they can't go back. Sending someone to another time is still time-travel.

Plus I'm sure Burnham has already made the case (if she had to) that Discovery had to leave the 23rd Century to stop Control or a resurgent Control for ever (re-)asserting itself and destroying the Galaxy. Extenuating circumstances. And Discovery has a Spore Drive that can help them. Combine extenuating circumstances with something to bring to the table, and the Discovery is all set to stay in the 32nd Century.

 

[cultcross]

I'm hoping there's no silly Time Cop element at all. They're there, and they are staying. Let's just have them interact with their new environment.

 

[Midquest]

Since Michelle Paradise has said DSC will take place in the 32nd Century permanently, I'm going to assume the policy is that once a time-traveller from before The Burn & The Ban arrives in The Future, they can't go back. Sending someone to another time is still time-travel.

Ooh, do you have a source for that? Not doubting you at all--I just hadn't realized there had been a clear confirmation (or I'd spent so much time reading about Star Trek that I can't keep anything straight anymore!). My greatest hope is that they stay with the trouble, so to speak, and that they don't leave the 32nd century (or go back and change events so that the present is nicer). I'd be delighted if they stick with the rebuilding theme.

 

[Lord Garth]

Ooh, do you have a source for that? Not doubting you at all--I just hadn't realized there had been a clear confirmation (or I'd spent so much time reading about Star Trek that I can't keep anything straight anymore!). My greatest hope is that they stay with the trouble, so to speak, and that they don't leave the 32nd century (or go back and change events so that the present is nicer). I'd be delighted if they stick with the rebuilding theme.

Stand by.

EDIT: Link to an Indiewire interview with Alex Kurtzman.

With these new episodes, “Discovery” has jumped 930 years into the future, into a strange new time: the 32nd Century. Suddenly, it’s no longer a prequel, but exploring a completely unknown period of “Trek” history. Franchise head Alex Kurtzman, who produces all the “Trek” shows for CBS All Access with the production company he founded in 2014, Secret Hideout, confirms “Discovery” will stay in the 32nd Century for however many seasons the show runs. This was a clean break from the franchise myth-making that came before. A lot of thought went into the selection of this particular blank canvas: over Zoom, Kurtzman nodded and chuckled when this writer suggested that previous “Trek” series such as “Enterprise” only explored as far as the 31st Century. That series’ Temporal Wars get a shout-out in Season 3’s first episode.

“We did not want the time jump to be a gimmick,” Kurtzman said. “There are so many extraordinary new opportunities and story options, that it feels like an endless well. We’re also now separated from preexisting canon, which means we get to write the future of ‘Star Trek’ on this show, and it’s entirely fresh snow.”

 

[Isaac Lawrence]

Stand by.

EDIT: Link to an Indiewire interview with Alex Kurtzman.

With these new episodes, “Discovery” has jumped 930 years into the future, into a strange new time: the 32nd Century. Suddenly, it’s no longer a prequel, but exploring a completely unknown period of “Trek” history. Franchise head Alex Kurtzman, who produces all the “Trek” shows for CBS All Access with the production company he founded in 2014, Secret Hideout, confirms “Discovery” will stay in the 32nd Century for however many seasons the show runs. This was a clean break from the franchise myth-making that came before. A lot of thought went into the selection of this particular blank canvas: over Zoom, Kurtzman nodded and chuckled when this writer suggested that previous “Trek” series such as “Enterprise” only explored as far as the 31st Century. That series’ Temporal Wars get a shout-out in Season 3’s first episode.

“We did not want the time jump to be a gimmick,” Kurtzman said. “There are so many extraordinary new opportunities and story options, that it feels like an endless well. We’re also now separated from preexisting canon, which means we get to write the future of ‘Star Trek’ on this show, and it’s entirely fresh snow.”

“We did not want the time jump to be a gimmick,” Kurtzman said.

And I think that pretty much confirms that a Section 31 show will take place in the 32 century.

Because the only way you can get her most Imperial Majesty, Mother of the Fatherland, Overlord of Vulcan, Dominus of Qo'noS, Regina Andor, Philippa Georgiou Augustus Iaponius Centarius back to the 23rd century is by gimmick. And surely they're not going to do anything ridiculous with that character.

EDIT: Oh, and the V'draysh are Section 31.

...that wasn't hard to figure out.