Which classic TOS character should Discovery introduced next

[Dales]

Kirk
McCoy
Uhura
Sulu
Chekov
Chapel
Rand

I think it is safe to say that by the last episode of discovery, the TOS team will be set up. in fact I think the final scene will be of the TOS characters, so it may make sense to start introducing them one by one especially since this is suppose to be a direct prequel to TOS.

 

[Zeppster]

It's soiled on some classic era Trek characters enough.

 

[Succubint]

Jim Kirk is either teaching at the academy or on the USS Farragut right now. Don't forget TOS is set 10 years later, so that would mean quite a few of these people would probably be too young to be serving on a starship yet. McCoy is an obvious exception.

Would have liked an option for none of the above.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Mr. Leslie

 

[Gov Kodos]

An overachieving politico, Niels Barris, and eccentric lawyer Sam Cogley arguing over the Kaminar incident. Also, Richard Daystrom could show up to help fix whatever the probe did to Airiam.

 

[F. King Daniel]

I'd be happy with any of them. Lots of potential for new first meetings between the TOS crew! And to flesh out backgrounds.

Jim Kirk is either teaching at the academy or on the USS Farragut right now. Don't forget TOS is set 10 years later, so that would mean quite a few of these people would probably be too young to be serving on a starship yet. McCoy is an obvious exception.

Would have liked an option for none of the above.

If they want them serving in space, they'll just change the character ages like they did with Anson Mount's Pike and the Kelvin universe versions of the TOS crew 10 years ago.

 

[Jesse1066]

If it's a TOS main character, I say Scotty. I'd be more interested in seeing TOS guest characters return though, such as those mentioned by Gov Kodos. Chekov is a definite no from me.

 

[Nerys Myk]

It's soiled on some classic era Trek characters enough.

Pike, they knocked it out of the park,
Number One and Spock are shaping up quite nicely.
Amanda and Sarek are as well.
Looks like a good track record to me.

 

[thribs]

McCoy is the only one that makes sense to me. Kirk would be too much and the rest would be too young.

 

[Cyrus]

McCoy
He is a Doctor, not a tardigrade.

 

[F. King Daniel]

I was quite fond of Sulu's backstory from Vonda McIntyre's novels Enterprise: The First Adventure and The Entropy Effect, where we wanted to be a border patrol fighter pilot and was initially bummed to be assigned to a big lumbering flagship.

Also the show needs more than 2 gay people.

 

[Nerys Myk]

I was quite fond of Sulu's backstory from Vonda McIntyre's novels Enterprise: The First Adventure and The Entropy Effect, where we wanted to be a border patrol fighter pilot and was initially bummed to be assigned to a big lumbering flagship.

What was with the Asian Doug Henning look on the cover?"

 

[thribs]

I was quite fond of Sulu's backstory from Vonda McIntyre's novels Enterprise: The First Adventure and The Entropy Effect, where we wanted to be a border patrol fighter pilot and was initially bummed to be assigned to a big lumbering flagship.

Also the show needs more than 2 gay people.

Sulu isn’t a homosexual in the Prime universe though.

 

[F. King Daniel]

What was with the Asian Doug Henning look on the cover?"

That's The one!

Sulu isn’t a homosexual in the Prime universe though.

Since it's something they wanted to put into ST'09 and ID but couldn't find an organic place for until Beyond, I'm sure he will be in Disco too.

 

[mos6507]

Sulu isn’t a homosexual in the Prime universe though.

Since when has Discovery cared about canon violations?

 

[Dales]

Pike, they knocked it out of the park,
Number One and Spock are shaping up quite nicely.
Amanda and Sarek are as well.
Looks a good track record to me.

I was about to say the same thing until I remembered discovery is also a punching bag in the trek fandom.

They have knocked it out of the park so far, in fact I am looking forward to discovery introducing classic characters. as a big fan of star trek 2009, it was nice to see the take on the classic characters as their younger selves. Putting that on tv will give them more depth since there would be more stories to tell. That is a good thing.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Since when has Discovery cared about canon violations?

Since when has Star Trek cared about canon violations?

 

[Dales]

Since when has Star Trek cared about canon violations?

Yeah true. the lead character of discovery is not just a violation but a total retcon.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Yeah true. the lead character of discovery is not just a violation but a total retcon.

They don't care about those either.

 

[F. King Daniel]

Since when has Star Trek cared about canon violations?

Considering we live in an era of rewatching and binge watching, they should be paying more attention than ever. Instead they treat it the same way they did in the 60's, when Trek was expected to be watched once and never again. It's very strange.