Star Trek fans will already be familiar with Christopher Pike, captain of the USS Enterprise in the 1965 pilot for the original Star Trek series but who was replaced by William Shatner's James T Kirk.
Pike has since featured in two Star Trek movies, as well as series two of Star Trek: Discovery, when he was played by Anson Mount, and the actor is now reprising the role in 10-part spin-off Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.
Set 10 years before the original Star Trek series, it follows Pike and his Enterprise crew as they expedite Starfleet's mission to explore 'strange new worlds' throughout the galaxy.
Among his subordinates are the young, half-Vulcan science officer Spock (Ethan Peck), outstanding cadet and linguistics specialist Nyota Uhura (Celia Rose Gooding), and first officer Una Chin-Riley, AKA Number One (Rebecca Romijn).
This story is from the June 18, 2022 edition of TV & Satellite Week.
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