Series VII speculation thread!

[USS Triumphant]

You mean Series VIII. Series II was TAS. Series VII is Discovery.

Oh, and my guesses:

1. A direct spin-off from Discovery.
2. A direct spin-off from nuTrek.
3. A reboot of Star Trek or TNG, at least 6 or 7 years after Discovery flops if it does.

 

[BillJ]

Gorn captain and a Medusan first officer, who are also husband and wife.

You read it here first!

 

[Kemaiku]

Gorn captain!

Let's not have the captain eat his way through the Redshirt reserves in the first season?

 

[Tim Thomason]

I have dependable sources informing me that the next series will be Captain Great great great grandfather Captain-Colonel Worf of the HMS Enterprise.

1790: A Klingon scout ship crash lands on Earth. His ship badly damaged and lacking the knowledge to create a distress beacon to communicate with his homeworld four days away, Klingon officer Worf joins British society, becoming the toast of London for a short time with his wild tales of Klingon battle.

Eventually he joins the Royal Navy, and fights in the Napoleonic Wars, becoming First Lieutenant under Horatio Nelson and being given his own ship: the HMS Enterprize.

 

[Rahul]

What I would like to see after STD:
1. A prime-universe post-NEM series (I don't care WHAT kind of exact premise)
2. A spin-off following some interesting misfit recurring characters from STD

What we will likely get:
1. A starfleet academy series
2. Another "ship exploring the universe"-spin off (either in STD-timeframe or post-NEM)
3. A Guardians of the Galaxy/Firefly - bunch of misfits type of show
4. A space war series
5. Another reboot
6. An animated show

What I hope we will NEVER, EVER get:
1. A fall-of-the-Federation show
2. Another Kirk/Spock reboot
3. A time-travel/sliders show
4. A Kelvin-universe show
5. A Star Trek-meets-CSI/emergency room/... procedural show
6. Cpt. Worf/Sulu/Riker on the Titan fan-wank

 

[Kevin Wolff]

Maybe that Klingon Homeworld idea they kicked around briefly prior to settling on DS9. The federation would be there but relegated to a supporting role. Imagine the startup costs for a show like that in 1991.
I would like to have a show that is not about exploration next time, and have the cast actually be a mix of ship and station personnel. I guess that's too close to DS9 after they added the Defiant. I would like a show that breaks with all location-based formulas, so that they can't possibly be repetitive and are forced to think in different directions. Like Ds9 forced them.

I don't think we're going back to 24th in the next 10-15 years. I'm a quarter of the way through the 50-year mission vol 2 and the complaints about writers being restricted by Gene's utopian idea that we become a hell of a lot more enlightened in about 80 years are legion. Very few writers could write for the show, especially in those first 2.5 seasons. It was a dreadful place to work according to multiple sources. An example is that Ron Moore who was hired on spec for "The Bonding" was the new guy and wasn't even on staff till more than halfway thru S3. By the time the season ended, he had seniority. He was literally the last man standing in the writer's room after season 3. Even Iran Behr bolted and that was after they offered him a huge raise. He wouldn't be back till DS9.
I think it's safe to say whatever the next show is, it and probably the next couple that follow will be set in the 23rd century.

 

[BillJ]

I would like to have a show that is not about exploration next time...

This has always confused me. The show is "Star Trek". So many people seem to want to make it into something else entirely.

 

[Tim Thomason]

This has always confused me. The show is "Star Trek". So many people seem to want to make it into something else entirely.

For once, I would like a Star Trek series not set in the future nor in outer space. Give me a nice romantic workplace sitcom set in 1980s New York City (and filmed in Vancouver). That's my Star Trek.

 

[Kevin Wolff]

This has always confused me. The show is "Star Trek". So many people seem to want to make it into something else entirely.

Well, we are talking about the next show. And from what we have heard on this one is that it will be heavy on exploration. I'm just saying don't skip a new concept like DS9 and go straight to Voyager with the next one. We need a more fleshed out universe to tell more complex stories, and the one ship and crew formula limits that.

 

[Tim Thomason]

Well, we are talking about the next show. And from what we have heard on this one is that it will be heavy on exploration. I'm just saying don't skip a new concept like DS9 and go straight to Voyager with the next one. We need a more fleshed out universe to tell more complex stories, and the one ship and crew formula limits that.

Deep Space Nine was all about exploration. Just because it was set predominantly on a station, doesn't ignore the fact that they were right next to a wormhole to an entirely unexplored quadrant of space, that they didn't regular go out on sojourns in runabouts (invented for that purpose) and then later the Defiant. It became a bit of a war show later on, admittedly, but that was really just a necessary aftermath of their explorative mission.

I don't know anything about the Klingon Homeworld show (I can't find anything about it on MA's Undeveloped Star Trek projects page), so I don't know if it would've had any actual exploration angle. It would be a first, if that were the case.

 

[Bry_Sinclair]

What I hope we will NEVER, EVER get:
1. A fall-of-the-Federation show
2. Another Kirk/Spock reboot
3. A time-travel/sliders show
4. A Kelvin-universe show
5. A Star Trek-meets-CSI/emergency room/... procedural show
6. Cpt. Worf/Sulu/Riker on the Titan fan-wank

Agree with that list 100%

 

[F. King Daniel]

What I hope we will NEVER, EVER get:
4. A Kelvin-universe show

I'm not sure why this matters? Bryan Fuller said on Discovery: "Really, when we developed this story, it could take place in either Prime or the Kelvin [timeline] – the timeline was relatively inconsequential". Surely whatever the Discovery (or whatever) ship is doing in their corner of the galaxy, it's inconsequential which version of Kirk and the Enterprise is flying around in theirs?

 

[Danlav05]

I think an animated series based upon STO'S Agents of Yesterday would be perfect. Self-contained episodes (which you need in a cartoon), The Temporal Agents visit all eras, all species, guest stars from all the shows/movies.

Even evisit unseen events and brand new future time periods.

Limitless Trek format

 

[Kevin Wolff]

Deep Space Nine was all about exploration. Just because it was set predominantly on a station, doesn't ignore the fact that they were right next to a wormhole to an entirely unexplored quadrant of space, that they didn't regular go out on sojourns in runabouts (invented for that purpose) and then later the Defiant. It became a bit of a war show later on, admittedly, but that was really just a necessary aftermath of their explorative mission.

I don't know anything about the Klingon Homeworld show (I can't find anything about it on MA's Undeveloped Star Trek projects page), so I don't know if it would've had any actual exploration angle. It would be a first, if that were the case.

I don't see anything either. This was way back in 1992 when DS9 was in production. It was an interview in Starlog or Star Trek mag. But you're right. There was plenty of exploration in DS9.

 

[C.E. Evans]

Deep Space Nine was all about exploration. Just because it was set predominantly on a station, doesn't ignore the fact that they were right next to a wormhole to an entirely unexplored quadrant of space, that they didn't regular go out on sojourns in runabouts (invented for that purpose) and then later the Defiant. It became a bit of a war show later on, admittedly, but that was really just a necessary aftermath of their explorative mission.

DS9 ultimately showed us what happens when a first contact goes horribly wrong between the Federation and a new interstellar power in the worst possible way.

 

[Bruno]

I'd like to see an animated series next. STAR TREK BABIES. The adorable adventure's of lil' Jimmy, Spock, Bonsey, Scotty, Uhura, Sulu and Chekov at the daycare they attend together.

 

[Rahul]

I'm not sure why this matters? Bryan Fuller said on Discovery: "Really, when we developed this story, it could take place in either Prime or the Kelvin [timeline] – the timeline was relatively inconsequential". Surely whatever the Discovery (or whatever) ship is doing in their corner of the galaxy, it's inconsequential which version of Kirk and the Enterprise is flying around in theirs?

A Kelvin-timeline show was possible immediately after Star Trek09. By now the Kelvin timeline has pretty much run out of steam. It's still producing big budget blockbusters, but they are held together by the actors - playing the iconic characters.
A Kelvin timeline show would need to recast again. But after we had another show back in the prime universe, a Kelvin timeline show on the side would be hell as confusing for casual audience, and be very much against the spirit of a larger, connected universe spanning from Shatner-Kirk over Picard to the Discovery-crew and their follow-ups.

 

[m.lp.ql.m]

I'd like to see an animated series next. STAR TREK BABIES. The adorable adventure's of lil' Jimmy, Spock, Bonsey, Scotty, Uhura, Sulu and Chekov at the daycare they attend together.

WITH MUPPETS!!!1!

 

[F. King Daniel]

A Kelvin-timeline show was possible immediately after Star Trek09. By now the Kelvin timeline has pretty much run out of steam. It's still producing big budget blockbusters, but they are held together by the actors - playing the iconic characters.
A Kelvin timeline show would need to recast again. But after we had another show back in the prime universe, a Kelvin timeline show on the side would be hell as confusing for casual audience, and be very much against the spirit of a larger, connected universe spanning from Shatner-Kirk over Picard to the Discovery-crew and their follow-ups.

It's essentially a shinier duplicate of the TOS universe, unburdened by continuity. I don't see why there's any less appeal following a new ship and crew in that universe as opposed to the TOS one. Each to their own, I guess.

 

[Rahul]

It's essentially a shinier duplicate of the TOS universe, unburdened by continuity. I don't see why there's any less appeal following a new ship and crew in that universe as opposed to the TOS one. Each to their own, I guess.

It's essentially a shinier duplicate of the TOS universe, burdened with even more convoluted continuity, influenced by the old continuity, and for added confusion a parallel universe paradox, where it takes place in a parallel universe to another television series with it's own continuity that bears the same name. So yeah.

When there was only the reboot, introducing a new crew and ship in the Kelvin universe wasn't out of the question. Now that Trek has returned to prime, it pretty much is.