to Discovery, Star Trek's Diversity Is "A Form of Activism" The Walking Dead's Sonequa Martin-Green won't be taking the helm, but she will be anchoring the cast as Michael Burnham, first officer of the Federation ship USS Shenzhou, raised by Spock's (Nimoy) father, who transfers to the Discovery for - you guessed it - mysterious reasons.įrom Dr. Oh, and for the first time its star is a woman who is not the captain of the ship.
As we (sorry) discovered, the show won't contradict the movies in any way, but at the same time will very much follow its own path.
And speaking of movies, this series takes place in what's called the Prime timeline, meaning it will not reference or tie into the relatively recent movie reboot, which takes place in what's called the Kelvin timeline.