Which Classic Star Trek Characters Will Join Strange New Worlds?

[@iziahcarthens727]

If you remember Sulu started off with a blue shirt and not gold. He was in the sciences (maybe a botanist) then he moved to the helm.

[@DMSProduktions]

Physicist.

[@martykarr7058]

@@DMSProduktions Astrosiences, And from the non-canon source "To Rule In Hell". Chekhov was originally a "red shirt". McCoy is probably with Kirk on the Farragut, but the big question is are they doing a gender swap on Mitchell, or will Gary be her brother?

[@DMSProduktions]

@@martykarr7058 LOL!

[@darkguardian1314]

We should be seeing a lot more B characters onboard including those that die on future missions ot TOS.

[@matthewblanchard9805]

Not every TOS crew member has to be joining as series regular who serves on the Enterprise. McCoy could easily be introduced as the CMO on the Farragut serving with Kirk without jeopardizing M'Benga's role on the Enterprise - making his posting to Enterprise something Kirk requests when he takes command.

[@DMSProduktions]

Piper predated McCoy under Kirks command.

[@indranidasgupta8982]

@@DMSProduktionssomething tells me we won’t see Piper at all.

[@DMSProduktions]

@@indranidasgupta8982 Maybe! He was only in 1 ep!

[@indranidasgupta8982]

@@DMSProduktionsyeah, also was it official that he was the CMO? I've never checked that. He could've been filling in for McCoy...

[@DMSProduktions]

@@indranidasgupta8982 Nope, never established in canon!

[@suemiller5625]

Agree Chekov could be introduced that early; his character was in the movie Wrath of Khan and knew who Khan was (and Khan recognized him) from TOS ep Space Seed from Season One; but we know Chekov wasn't in the first season of TOS or at least not on the bridge then 😜😉

[@DMSProduktions]

Continuity error!

[@peterantill2731]

@@DMSProduktions True, but it's usually explained away with Chekov being in the 'Lower Decks' or at least not a part of the bridge crew, after all, we only ever see a fraction of the entire crew during any one episode.

[@DMSProduktions]

@@peterantill2731 Of course!

[@markgowans]

I think it will definitely be Sulu because in the 2nd pilot Where no man has gone before he worked in the science department so they could do it that way.

[@WolfKinder3]

Remember Sulu and Janice Rand in the Botany Lab? He may not start out on the bridge 😊

[@martykarr7058]

No, they mention it as one of his numerous hobbies, like fencing.

[@Castor7666]

As Pike promotes and leaves Enterprise, the other will as well... Ortegas, L'Ann, Pelia. And, maybe M'Benga gets shifted to research/teaching on the ship? Hopefully, Sulu will be introduced as the Botonist on duty for an away mission and Chekhov as Security?

[@aguywithaview]

Sulu was a science officer in the pilot of TOS

[@DMSProduktions]

Staff physicist actually. 2ND pilot!

[@indranidasgupta8982]

Wasn’t he a botanist?

[@DMSProduktions]

@@indranidasgupta8982 NO, he was only a hobbyist. Physics was his major, along with piloting ships.

[@indranidasgupta8982]

@@DMSProduktions Ahh I stand corrected, thank you!

[@DMSProduktions]

2ND pilot!

[@Allen-c1k]

"What does M'Benga do?" Other than murder? Keeping his kid in the buffer for a season? Having unresolved and unacknowledged mental health issues while CMO of the flagship? Um... that will have to get ugly, then.

[@photonicus]

Pike is captain, they JUST brought in Scotty(who looks fairly young)...is Chekov even an adult at this point in the timeline?

[@rocky-o]

khan recognized checkov in wrath of khan, so he was obviously aboard during space seed, which was season one...

[@tylerseese2407]

I’m hoping for Carol Marcus. We’ll see when David was born and then she tells Kirk that she doesn’t want him to be part of their son’s life

[@samlanganke1262]

Bones was Kirks loingtime best friend. As it is depicted in the Kelvin timeline it is plausible he got with Kirk on the Enterprise in the prime timeline too. If the show really introduces a legacy character again in the last episode in season 3 I am betting on Sulu.

[@richardcutts196]

Actually I believe Gary Mitchell was Kirk's best friend. They mew while Kirk was teaching at the academy.

[@chrismills1387]

People keep forgetting that before Dr McCoy was chief medical officer on the Enterprise under Kirk, there was Dr Phil Boyce chief medical officer on the Enterprise under captain Pike.

[@MichaelFougere]

Boyce was before M'Benga. Everything we're seeing in SNW is after the events of The Cage.

[@chrismills1387]

@@MichaelFougere True, but they could always have the character make a one episode guest appearance, give the viewers an idea of what happened to the character.

[@profleo4351]

Totally agree with your promotion theory, Nick. Sulu was in the Cage, pilot episode and realistically could have been reassigned later. There was also a Dr. Boyd who seemed like a personal friend to Pike, so maybe they can address that. Since we've got our attention to the pilot episode, there was a yeoman colt who also got some significant screen time.

[@markgowans]

Sulu WAS NOT IN THE CAGE. Ive just watched it

[@DMSProduktions]

@@markgowans He was in the 2nd pilot set much later, in Kirk's early days in Where No Man...

[@Hando316]

Sulu originally was on the science team when he first appeared in the episode Where No Man Has Gone Before and he wore a blue shirt not yellow. So with that said he doesn't need to replace anybody at helm just yet.

[@loki78731]

Chekov was there in some job when Kahn was there. Thats been retconned in Star Trek II.

[@brithbrennin8762]

Sulu was a botanist in the beginning, began became a specialist in Vulcan physiology, chekov could start in security, where he was in the movies. All that being said, they are gonna do who knows what, cos they have already changed so many backstories anyway.

[@David-it8fu]

A couple of things. If they were to bring another Doctor on board, it would be Dr. Piper who was the main doctor on the second pilot " Where No Man Has Gone Before", not Doctor McCoy. They can still bring on Sulu, as he was in the astrosciences division in that pilot, before switching to helmsman. So they could still bring them on. It would give a chance for Sulu, to observe Ortegas, at work. Thinking about changing divisions.

[@LeeBrown-zi4bh]

Isn't the future LtCdr Kyle on SNW? Wasn't his character also in one of the first TOS movies?

[@MichaelFougere]

He was the communications officer on the Reliant in Wrath of Khan

[@eternity412]

Sulu's first appearance on TOS was as a science officer

[@sharonkaysnowton]

Sulu and Chekov are coming next, I think.

[@frankjoecaldwell7501]

I remember lieutenant sulu was a physicist on the u.s.s. enterprise 1701, before he the ship navigator.

[@richardajoy79]

It would be great to see Bones appear; in 2253 he developed a neural grafting procedure that could be useful if a member of the crew became injured and M'Benga wasn't up to the task of performing the procedure, so he is brought aboard for this single operation. As for other characters, perhaps a young Carol Marcus, she has an accident that leads to her needing treatment, lying to Kirk that she lost the baby or something, which would help with the shock factor in the future. Sulu would be a good one, but he was pilot training in the 2250-2260s before joining Enterprise, unless he is test piloting something that requires the Enterprise to be around.

[@martykarr7058]

Actually there's a line in "Where No Man Has Gone Before", where Mitchell mentions some "little blonde lab technician" that he lined Kirk up with, to which Kirk exclaims he almost married her. And in "Wrath of Khan" Kirk knows about David, and stayed away from him as he promised.

[@HereticReborn]

People bringing up Piper being before McCoy as opposed to a temp fill in. I’m curious what you all think about the episode with the salt vampire airing as the first episode of TOS. It establishes McCoy there before Piper. Or do you just take the 2nd pilot as happening first even tho it aired later? I think either Piper or McCoy could pop in an SNW as a one shot guest visiting to study or train under M’Benga. Janice Lester would be an interesting guest star.

[@DMSProduktions]

Nicko, IF Sulu was to come on to the E, it would be as a staff phsysicist ala his appearance in 'Where No Man'...

[@martykarr7058]

5:07: "Astro sciences standing by".

[@robif722]

Sulu has already been referenced in season 1 of discovery when Stamets says he knows a botanist on the Enterprise. As others have said McCoy could be similar to how Kirk has been on the show currently. For Chekov he could be a cadet who joins the crew in the final season.

[@BM1DAS601]

What about Dr. Philipp Boyce? He was the Chief Medical Officer in "The Cage", so Bones would not have had that position then.

[@markgowans]

Thats a good point

[@andrewmorris9946]

I presume Boyce left the ship which promoted M'Benga to CMO.

[@DMSProduktions]

And when Kirk took the reins, Piper was CMO in the early days of his command!

[@impacking]

I’d like to see Commodore Decker introduced as a Captain.

[@jwessel1969]

Wondering if they might introduce some of the characters from Where No Man Has Gone Before, like Lee Kelso or Dr. Piper. Or even Gary Mitchell.

[@martykarr7058]

I wonder if they've already "gender swapped" Mitchell, or that Gary will be her brother.

[@Andrew12759]

I'd like to see Sulu and Ortegas as friendly rivals from the same Academy class. No romance... just really good friends. Maybe Sulu is already on-board. A great seen would be Delta-shift Sulu tapping out with Ortegas when Alpha shift comes on duty. And perhaps M'Benga steps down from the CMO position for whatever reason.

[@DMSProduktions]

I DOUBT Ortegas would be up for any male 'romance'! ;oP

[@johnclark1614]

Sulu was originally a botanist on the Enterprise before he became the helmsman.

[@Mad-Bassist]

I like the theory that Khan remembers Chekov because he tied up the bathroom and made him wait. If he were to appear in SNW, my math tells me he would be in his early twenties as Mr. Koenig was around 31 when he started on the show, although they were probably trying to sell him as ten years younger to appeal to the teens in the audience back then. McCoy would be nice to see, but I always thought of him as joining the crew after Doctor Piper appeared in the second TOS pilot. Maybe we could have Boyce? I get the impression he retired after The Cage, but I like his character. Who wants a warm martini after all? Hmm. Have we had Lieutenant Leslie yet? We must honor Eddie Paskey: the greatest background actor who appeared in over 75% of the episodes!

[@bioshock6935]

I think we are going to get a completely new reboot with the original show due to the fact there bringing back all the classic original characters so when strange new worlds comes to an end with pike we then get star trek complete with all the characters to carry on with the show with kirk and his crew all over again i think there planning it down the line. I do think is a good thing as we get use to the new actor playing the original characters over time so it won't be such a jarring leap forward for the franches

[@samlanganke1262]

They will never break their own legacy. And it would make no sense.

[@DMSProduktions]

@@samlanganke1262 They COULD, as LONG as the crew encountered all NEW, as yet unshown or only hinted at incidences!

[@bioshock6935]

@@samlanganke1262 nether does strange new worlds it keeps breaking the canon from the original show they have already broken their own legacy

[@gmmeier321]

In TOS Mantrap episode, Sulu is in a science role before getting on the bridge.

[@michaelcousins2526]

One reason it would probably not be Chekov (if continuity is even being considered) is that his character was ony 19 when he joined the crew of the TOS Enterprise. That's been stated on many occasions by Walter Koenig. Sulu in some capacity would be more likely cause he was a couple of years older than Chekov.

[@seskalarafey9285]

Bones, to build up his Friendship Bonds with Spock, is my best guess. Of course the younger Bones, Enterprise needs an new Doctor. Nurse chapel never got an Promotion in the books, right? perhaps Mbenga leave the Enterprise to find a cure or way to save his Daughter. so he could be "promoted" out of the way to some Star-base because of that. MBenga saw remembered in the past SNW Seasons of his own mortality and a urge began to raise inside him to focus now more on his own daughter, no one else can save her. aka Parent protection Instincts overgrow Ships Crews&Friends, and all on the ship understand this if they know the truth about his Daughter. Una and Pike would even support this decision. But also, Nurse Chapel could become acting Medical chief, to introducing Bones with the Enterprise Crew, temporary and when Bones had follow long enough "her shadow" she could transfer to where Mbenga gone to assist him. so she can get her Promotion out of the Books to be fair to her. also Nurse Chapel special Bond with Spock could give Bones an better head start, he become for both the best friends, that could explain the deep bond later with Spock and Bones. Just saying, not demanding of course. Peace!

[@WolfKinder3]

How about Lt. Kevin Riley? I liked the Irish character and I felt bad for him. "One...More..Time!!!" 🤣🤣🤣

[@AJFisherDesign]

Though Chekov didn’t appear until season 2, it’s implied he was on the Enterprise earlier. Space Seed with Khan is season 1. In Wrath of Khan, Ricardo Montelbaun’s character says “I remember you…Mister…Chekov.” Mr. Leslie was another occasional character along with Lieutenant Riley and Mr. Kyle.

[@martykarr7058]

There's been a Chief Kyle in several episodes, operating the transporter, but Asian, not Caucasian.

[@AJFisherDesign]

@@martykarr7058 That’s true. I was sorry when the character “disappeared”. I read that the actor who portrayed Kyle was offered a job on a different series so he left. I wouldn’t mind if they recast with a different actor so that the character might return.

[@martykarr7058]

@@AJFisherDesign Well that's kind of weird, considering Adrian Holmes is playing Admiral April on SNW AND Uncle Phil in the show Bel Air which is running concurrently. And it does give me some interesting thought, like when Admiral April is dressing down A VERY HUNGOVER Spock for stealing the Enterprise for the first time, all I could think of was Uncle Phil having the same type of conversation with Will.

[@Georges_1959]

Before McCoy we have Dr Boyce. I think M'Benga and Boyce became researchers ou professors in Academy in order to open place to McCoy.

[@megalictis9002]

I thought Sulu started as an astrophysicist, so look for him in a blue uniform, and not as a bridge officer. And Chekov was just 22 when he was introduced on Kirk's Enterprise, so just a year out of the Academy in the second year of the five year mission. McCoy could be on Kirk's ship rather than the Enterprise. Yeoman Colt preceded Yeoman Rand so look for her first. And have we seen the ubiquitous Mr. Leslie yet?

[@sbv-zs7wz]

I'd like to see them remake 'The Cage'. :)

[@LaraA55]

@Sci-Finatics Great and interesting video Nick and I agree with you👍

[@MatD1979]

Sci-finatics , do you think SNW will get 5 seasons and reboot TOS\TAS with 5 seasons? I hope they do. I love SNW

[@morlockmeat]

How about nobody from TOS, since nobody but Spock served with Pike… ORIGINALLY. And M’Benga was a specialist in Vulcan physiology. That’s why he was present for an episode of TOS. McCoy was less familiar with Vulcan biology, as he oftentimes complained. And I think Chekov would probably be in junior high at this time.

[@russellgallman7566]

When does Season 3 start showing?

[@dennisud]

On Sulu, in the 1st Pilot "the Cage" Sulu was in Science blue and NOT in Gold. So he could be introduced that way. Also, we will be losing those that aren't in the TOS cast as we go along. Either they will be killed, or transferred!

[@markgowans]

Sulu wasnt in the cage

[@dennisud]

@@markgowans Oh yes he was, he was in 2 scenes with the Doctor and chief engineer! Rewatch the cage, Or the Menagerie.

[@markgowans]

@@dennisud None of the TOS cast were in The Cage except Lennard Nimoy(Spock) and Majel Barrett but she was number 1 in the cage not nurse chappel.

[@dennisud]

@@markgowans In the Menagerie AKA The Cage, there is a quick scene with a group of Officers standing near the Turbo-lift, one of those officers in a Blue top was Sulu. Recheck it and see!

[@DMSProduktions]

@@dennisud He was in 'Where No Man'...

[@jasonbuffone237]

I think checkoff would be too young. He's supposed to be 22 in season 2. Let's assume he did his internship on the Enterprise during season 1. It was for promoted to bridge officer in season 2. Maybe we might get them transferring some cadets to the academy. McCoy could have been Kirk's Chief medical officer. And then took a sabbatical when his father got sick. And then came back after he died.

[@anewgroove]

McCoy didn't come aboard the Enterprise until 2266 because he stated in 2293 he served 27 years as ships chief medical officer. So, McCoy can't join SNW cast not until Kirk is in command and he wasn't the doctor after M'Benga it was Dr. Piper.

[@rextrek]

108th Hey Nick......Happy Fall here / spring for you..... I liek the idea of TOS characters - Sulu I could def,. see..... :)

[@WalterWorldGames]

4:57 «maybe something will happen to Mitchell that'll necessitate a new crewman to take her place» D:

[@Sci-Finatics]

that'd make sense

[@jimlaurito7938]

They could have Checkov as a cadet like Ohura was. Then maybe made an ensign at the end of the series

[@Temeraire101]

I’d like to see Lt. Kyle as a semi regular, he was in a few eps of TOS.

[@MichaelFougere]

He was also the communications officer on the Reliant in Star Trek 2

[@Temeraire101]

@@MichaelFougere He head the little goatee beard, looked like one of Robins Merry Men😁

[@pauld6967]

Of course McCoy was the "main doctor," that is what the title: Chief Medical Officer means! M'Benga shouldn't have been there to begin with. So he needs to get bounced for Dr. Phil Boyce who we know from the real timeline was C.M.O. under Pike.

[@doorman113681]

Hey when do we see Gary Mitchell he Kirk best friend before Spock

[@kyleyoung4978]

I think Chekov was 17 when joining the bridge crew on season 2.

[@werblesnerf]

He stated in Who Morns for Adonis that he is 22 years old.

[@DeAzul7902]

Why would Dr McCoy have to take over as CMO right away? That we saw Dr M'benga at all in TOS was progressive! So couldn't there be a story line that "flips the script" for a time so we have both characters?

[@darkguardian1314]

No mystery its Sulu since he did appear in "The Cage". However, the show gas taken a left turn off road with comedy and musical episodes. There's every reason to believe this is an alternate universe and Pike doesn't have to be put in a chair.

[@Jayjay-qe6um]

My big question is, who's going to play Sulu in Strange New Worlds.

[@Temeraire101]

Hopefully an Asian guy😁

[@twitchew]

I would posit that sulu has been on the Enterprise for a while... Stamets: "I know an enthno botanist on the Enterprise" (probably an ex that he didn't tell Hugh about)

[@thecaptain6730]

🤮

[@flyingwombat59]

Hmmm… It’s my opinion M’Benga on SNW is not the same M’Benga on TOS. Babs Olusanmokun is nearly ten years older than was Booker Bradshaw when he played M’Benga in TOS. I think the two M’Bengas are closely related, perhaps siblings. Chekov was 22 in season 2 of TOS. SNW takes 5 years before TOS. He’s 15 in season 1. Nope he’s still a cadet by season 5. And you forgot LIeutenant Commander Gary Micthell. Serving as Navigator in the 2nd pilot. Lt Mitchell might be his sister.

[@yelleryoung5870]

Boyce took over being doctor before Bones.

[@MichaelFougere]

The events in The Cage are years before what we are seeing in SNW. Boyce is probably already long retired at this point.

[@michaeljohnson8002]

I don't believe it really matters when they introduce the rest of the TOS crew. Discovery and SNW have already changed so many things I don't even include them in the same universe as TOS/TNG/DS9/VOY. Matter of fact you can include me in the group that believes Star Trek was rebooted with the ENT episode Regeneration and all Trek shows since that point are in a different universe.

[@andrewmorris9946]

Really the rebooting took place in First Contact. That's what led to Regeneration. It's also what caused Starfleet and the Hansons to know about the Borg before Q did the introducing. So season 4 of Voyager onwards is part of a different universe too.

[@michaeljohnson8002]

@@andrewmorris9946 Yeah, I had forgotten about the Hanson arc in Voyager after 7of9 joined the show. Been a couple of decades since I have re-watched Voyager. I didn't consider First Contact itself being the focal point because there was no indication of any debris from the Borg sphere falling to earth so it was assumed that it was vaporized or burned up on reentry. Had they known debris had landed on Earth you would think Picard & Co would have at least tried to clean up the mess and not leave anything behind. Now I am going to have to to watch those episodes and see how the stardates align with Q Who? and First Contact. Holy temporal paradoxes, Batman!

[@sheltonfuller2774]

We have lorua and we have nurse chapel and we have Kirk and Scotty

[@usuckthereturn]

Give Jess Bush a series!!!!!

[@bobmathis-friedman6742]

Before Sulu became a Helmsman, he was a Xenobotanist.

[@megalictis9002]

I thought that was a hobby. Wasn't he an astrophysicist?

[@jefferyyoung2580]

Dr.branan should not there yet

[@KatieF307]

Maybe it’s just me, but I’m kind of tired of hearing about James T Kirk, Spock and McCoy. Star Trek strange new worlds has the best cast of any of the Star Trek series. I think they should continue with the current cast and keep making the series for as long as they can. In the vastness of the Federation and Star Trek you might think that there were other ships with valiant crew members.

[@jefferyyoung2580]

No

[@earth2006]

Janice Rand.

[@andrewmorris9946]

Having Chekov be there in a non bridge role would explain why Khan knew him.

[@DMSProduktions]

Too young at that point!

[@DMSProduktions]

Chekov would be too young here, prob only ~ 16 y/o!

[@martykarr7058]

Which means he COULD be a first-year cadet, or on a ship that gets rescued by Pike and company.

[@DMSProduktions]

@@martykarr7058 Possibly, but Pavel states in S2 TOS that he was 22 years old in 2267, & this is at least 7 years before, making him ~ 15-16.

[@martykarr7058]

@@DMSProduktions Well, in a Star Trek book that was published before the collapse of the Soviet Union, Pavel mentioned he was in the Young Pioneers, which was like the Soviet version of the Boy Scouts. Plus there's all that timey-wimey-wibbely-wobbely going on with the Temporal Cold War.

[@DMSProduktions]

@@martykarr7058 LOL, maybe, BUT I would guess that in canon, during Trek's run, the cold war was well and truly over and there was NO 'Soviet Union' any more. It WAs 'United Earth' by then, so no monolithic regional govts any more.

[@HUNVilly]

Oh, for the love of god, NOOO. Why are they not confident in their material? Why is this turning into TOS Light?

[@bob23301]

Just give Kirk the Enterprise and be done with it, as they are going to do it anyway as that is why old TOS charactors are popping up now, so just do ot and give the fans what should have been done 5 years ago. Lol

[@mterry4428]

Phillip Boyce was CMO under Pike in TOS but all this woke mess is why we have what we got now also the creators of this show have decided not to follow books and comics as all the original crew were serving on other ships at this time

[@lindamaclaren1866]

Oh, say it ain't so! TOS rebooted with kids won't do anything good for SNW, which was perfectly cast to begin with. Filling the cast with child versions of the original characters just clutters up the stories, a desperate attempt to hide bad plots with poor writing. Improve the stories, and the producers won't need to hide the show's flaws with a crowd of unnecessary fat.

[@rickbase833]

No more please. Already have most of the TOS characters on SNW including Kirk....who is miscast.

[@alanschuberth1583]

Who cares. These new shows suck bad!!!

[@atomicwilderbeast1]

First?

[@zuke5432]

Please God, NEVER EVER bring back sulu. The absolute worst and meaningless character in Star Trek ever. Take off Sulu, and don't come back

[@rocky-o]

khan recognized checkov in wrath of khan, so he obviously was aboard during space seed, which was season one...

[@martykarr7058]

Red shirt according to the Khan books.