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USS Enterprise (eventually) on Discovery?
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I hope so! But it was supposed to be the official canon prequel to Discovery. That lasted less than a season. It was obviously not originally intended that the Enterprise and Spock would be part of the series so soon.
I would imagine that such decisions occur more often than not with Trek authors.
The Early Voyages comic holds up rather well I think. It's like Star Wars books before the Disney buyout. If you were lucky enough to write an Old Republic novel, your stuff could fit for now. Forget about any Vong books though.
No one can determine what toy in the EU driveway will not be hit by the film moving man (I think that's an analogy Star Wars writer Tim Zahn used).
No one can determine what toy in the EU driveway will not be hit by the film moving man (I think that's an analogy Star Wars writer Tim Zahn used).
Don't two conjectures make a canon?
Best news I could have regarding the books. Yes, I know it is an unpopular opinion, but the Vong were not something I found even remotely enjoyable.
Me neither. Plus killing Chewie killed any chance the EU could ever be acknowledged in the future films (although to be fair they never found a body).
I heard a bizarre rumor back in the day that the Vong language was actually copied from the Klingon language. Having never bothered to do a linguistical comparison, I wondered if that rumor had any weight?
Rey: You fought in the Vong Wars?
Luke: Yes I was once a Jedi Knight. Before the Dark Times. Before the First Order.
If there's no Pike standalone then they built a whole Enterprise bridge just for the Discovery finale. Although maybe it's actually a redress of another set...?
Ok, so I thought on this a bit more. And, her going by Number One is not as a stretch as we might think at first blush. McCoy went by Bones for the longest time, as well as Doctor. In ranked services it isn't unusual to go by their rank. I have friends who don't even go by their proper name at all. One goes by a name that is completely unconnected to his legal name.
So, it might not be as difficult or unusual as we think.
I think the fact that they extensively redesigned the Enterprise and the bridge supports the idea that there will be a spin-off. If it was just a brief easter egg appearance for the fans, then they might have left the things mostly as they were in TOS like was did in such homage episodes in other series. That it might look dated wouldn't really matter for a brief appearance which whole purpose was to make a call back to TOS anyway, but if you plan to use the ship and sets for an entire series then that's another matter.
If they combine crews, her getting killed solves what to do with having two first officers. Although, i guess she could get promoted to captaining her own ship.
Wasn't Control from one of his books? I suppose they made it up to him if so...
I don't know where that's from. That episode doesn't exist.
I really still don't think it could work. Now, it indeed would be possible to avoid mentioning the name most of the time, but there would be situations where it just doesn't work. For example scenes where the Captain introduces himself and their landing party/senior staff to the aliens of the week, delegates etc are really common. It would be weird if everyone else is introduced by name, except one person. Also, how would she introduce herself?
Nope nope nah, doesn't exist. It's all a fake hologram. They proved in Discovery that holograms can be faked. So its all fake. Doesn't exist. Never happened.... Rrrrr....But....there's pictures....and everything
No, they proved that people can be faked. The holograms are REAL and they're coming for us!
So this is what the Doctor from Voyager has to put up with. No wonder his holo-brothers were enslaved in mines and he was fighting to free them.
:P
I'm reminded of something Ron Moore mentioned in his commentary on the Battlestar Galactica finale that supporting actors feel a little slighted or expendable when they don't get full names, which is why Adama calls Dr. Cottle "Sherman" in one of their last scenes. Of course, a case like Number One, who's more like Thirteen from House, or Ninety-Nine from Get Smart, is a bit different from a recurring "functional" character like the ship's doctor feeling under-developed.
There had been hopes that this time would be different.
Not really. Mack has all but said outright that it was a total coincidence they made their own super-computer and used that same name as a reference to spy-genre lore, and the details (and many of the broad strokes) don't match up at all. Book-Control created itself (more or less) and was totally unknown, while TV-Control was consulted regularly by even non-spy admirals. Book-Control would ruthlessly act to preserve the greatest number of human (and later Federation) lives, while TV-Control cares only about itself and wants to kill all life because it's the only way to be sure it'll be unhindered.
Perhaps the new Picard series might visit 'Discovery', if not the Enterprise-D, perhaps Picard might command some other ship.
But, time is not a limit, how about if season 4 TNG crew visits 'Discovery'?
They all might need some heavy facelifting makeup though.
But, time is not a limit, how about if season 4 TNG crew visits 'Discovery'?
They all might need some heavy facelifting makeup though.
Perhaps the new Picard series might visit 'Discovery', if not the Enterprise-D, perhaps Picard might command some other ship.
But, time is not a limit, how about if season 4 TNG crew visits 'Discovery'?
They all might need some heavy facelifting makeup though.
The Picard series being in 2399 and Discovery hovering between 2257 and the 28th century points to no.
Again, not saying it's perfectly workable, but it is possible, if difficult. And, perhaps this will be the show where the XO isn't on every landing party. But, I doubt it because narrative convenience.
So, yes, they'll probably come up with a name eventually because it will be easier, rather than maintaining a mystery. Which is fine. I just don't find it to be a huge issue is all...
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