On April 3rd, 2022, StarTrek.com and Paramount+ unveiled the official Star Trek: Strange New Worlds full trailer starring Anson Mount as "Cowboy" Captain Christopher Pike, Ethan Peck as Science Officer Spock, Rebecca Romijn as Una or "Number One," and the rest of the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise on their first journeys to boldly go where no one has gone before. Star Trek fans have been eagerly awaiting this trailer for some time, and a version of the trailer will also air during tonight's broadcast of the 64th Annual Grammy Awards celebration.
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds also stars Jess Bush as Nurse Christine Chapel, Christina Chong as La’an Noonien-Singh, Celia Rose Gooding as Cadet Nyota Uhura, Melissa Navia as Lt. Erica Ortegas, and Babs Olusanmokun as Dr. M’Benga, and features recurring guest star Bruce Horak as Hemmer. The new trailer—which Trekkies can watch below—introduces fans to the full roster of Captain Pike's bridge crew working in tandem as they go to new planets and meet new races, with one of the most exciting scenes appearing to be the first contact with a bug like species from Star Trek: Lower Decks.
It's exciting to see Captain Pike's bridge crew in action once again and to see two characters originated by the great Majel Barrett-Roddenberry (the wife of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry) interact with each other onscreen. Romjin's character Una is based on Number One, who first appeared as Captain Pike's second in command in the 1965 pilot episode of Star Trek: The Original Series, "The Cage." However, the studio rejected the pilot and most of its characters, and Number One didn't return to the small screen until the second season of Star Trek: Discovery in 2019.
However, Rod Roddenberry, the son of Barrett-Roddenberry and Roddenberry, said in an interview with Geek Girl Authority that his mother would "absolutely" love Romijn's take on Number One.
Majel Barrett-Roddenberry Originated Nurse Chapel
When Star Trek: The Original Series aired, Barrett-Roddenberry returned but as a different character, Nurse Christine Chapel. Although the character made her first appearance as a nurse in George Takei's favorite The Original Series episode "The Naked Time," by the time she is assigned to the refitted Enterprise in Star Trek: The Motion Picture she has earned her MD.
Bush will be portraying a much younger version of Nurse Chapel in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. During The Original Series episode "What Are Little Girls Made Of?," fans learned that Nurse Chapel used to be in a relationship with an AI expert named "Korby" who later tries to build the first golem in Star Trek. Can Trekkies expect to see this period of her life explored more in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds? Fans will have to wait to find out!
According to the Star Trek website, the series premiere was written by Akiva Goldsman with the story by Akiva Goldsman, Alex Kurtzman, and Jenny Lumet. Goldsman and Henry Alonso Myers serve as co-showrunners, with Goldsman directing the premiere episode. Goldsman, Kurtzman and Lumet serve as executive producers in addition to Alonso Myers, Heather Kadin, Frank Siracusa, John Weber, Rod Roddenberry, Trevor Roth, and Aaron Baiers. The series is produced by CBS Studios, Secret Hideout, and Roddenberry Entertainment.