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Star Trek: The Original Series - Episode Guide - Season 3

Surely you’ve heard of CBS’s reticence to renew Star Trek for a third season in 1968, slashing its production budget by half and pushing it out of prime time into a 10pm slot. But then the EEEvil executives’ hesitance must be reconsidered after viewing episode 1 of the nearly-nonexistent TOS season three, “Spock’s Brain.” If this is the level of story line that the ST creative team was pushing, well, you’d probably think twice about giving these apparent LSD junkies valuable air time, too.

Unfortunately, “Spock’s Brain” is all too representative of what is, on average, one of the worst ST seasons ever. Surely a few of these writers had grander visions and more revolutionary ideas than those presented, but these ideas clearly died early in pre-production. The result is a season that only a fanatic could love, and a study in TV-as-business, circa 1968.

1. Spock's Brain – Hoo boy. After Star Trek fandom rose en masse to get their favorite TV program back on the air, this is the debut for the demanded new season. Aliens steal Spock’s brain (dude), but the Vulcan is still able to walk around, understand and, you know, *live*, while the Enterprise crew seeks out the thieving bad guys. 0

2. The Enterprise Incident – See, if CBS had cared about the future of Star Trek, they might’ve started season 3 was this far more interesting story about the Enterprise crew’s attempts to steal cloaking technology from the Romulans, a plotline that would never go down in Picard’s day, let me tell you! ***

3. The Paradise Syndrome – Remember that time when Spock was captain of the Enterprise for a few months? In the cold open, Kirk is laid unconscious and trapped inside an alien device. The away team leaves, returning months later to find that the captain has lost his memory and has settled in with Native American-looking folks as Kirok. **

4. And the Children Shall Lead – In response to a distress call, Kirk et al find a Federation survey team completely wiped out save for five children, who are brought aboard the Enterprise. Once there, they summon a being who is essentially an evil marauder. (No really: Even Spock addresses “evil” as though in his logical terms.) **

5. Is There in Truth No Beauty? – An alien ambassador whose very face can drive people insane (How did this guy get to be an ambassador in the first place? And how did this species ever make first contact?) boards the Enterprise. Insane shenanigans ensue, including a quality Spock freakout. **

6. Spectre of the Gun – Sheer goofiness seemingly done on a budget of about $23. For trespassing on an alien world, Kirk & Co. get a sentence of … having to reenact the OK Corral shootout? Um, yeah. **

7. Day of the Dove – A glowing cloud which feeds on … aggressive energy I guess…? – stirs up conflict between the Enterprise bunch and Commander Kang’s Klingon crew. Only when Kirk can convince the Klingons that both parties are being manipulated is a truce reached. ***

8. For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky – Standard stuff for TV in the 1960s: McCoy diagnoses himself with a terminal disease. Good thing the Enterprise’s next stop is a generational ship that’ perhaps the only place in the galaxy which has a cure for “xenopolycythemia.” Plus, something about “The Oracle,” the Insane God! who runs the ship. *

9. The Tholian Web – In an area of space controlled by the Tholians, Kirk is lost “between dimensions” (the dimensions themselves are never specified) while crewmembers slowly go insane (not because of Kirk’s disappearance, necessarily, but because of conditions and all). ***

10. Plato's Stepchildren – Right, right, this is the one in which Kirk and Uhura kiss at the behest of humanoids given psychic abilities thanks to the planet’s environment itself. Amazing that everyone remembers *that* kiss, but no one recalls the inane dialogue beforehand. ***

11. Wink of an Eye – Lady aliens in a state of hyperacceleration through time due to radiation (sounds likely). And then, “Most of the women found they could not have more. All of our men had become sterile. So we had to mate outside our own people. Whenever a spaceship came by, we'd send our calls for help.” You get the idea: Mars Needs Women, in reverse. **

12. The Empath – Kirk, Spock and McCoy beam down to a research station wherein (get this) everyone has been killed. Soon the Enterprise guys are being tortured by aliens, with only a sympathetic and comely empathy helping them out. **

13. Elaan of Troyius – The Enterprise plays host to the title character, a queen who is to be married off for peace between two planets. Kirk can’t help himself, however, and engages in hanky panky with Elaan. In addition, her bodyguard/assistant is a Klingon sympathizer. ***

14. Whom Gods Destroy – Kirk attempts to visit an old friend recovering at an interplanetary psychiatric ward, but upon arrival is quickly embroiled in a plot by a shape-shifter. Lots of body swappy stuff going on here. ***

15. Let That Be Your Last Battlefield – Dude, it’s the black-and-white guys in this very pretentious and clunky diatribe about the evils of racism. *

16. The Mark of Gideon – Kirk is used as a tool to assist in a planet’s overpopulation problem and, whoa, talk about your convenient, too-pat resolutions. Gee, I guess questions of overpopulation which seemed difficult are actually really easy… **

17. That Which Survives – Let’s run through the checklist: An “abandoned” outpost, a space virus, a mysterious yet babelicious killer, a wacky computer … this one ticks every cliché box, doesn’t it? **

18. The Lights of Zetar – A sort of intelligent electrical storm – which somehow also affects human senses, bodies and emotional states – threatens the Memory Alpha library that Kirk and his away team are visiting. ***

19. Requiem for Methuselah – If ever were any doubt that the movie Forbidden Planet was the most immediate precursor to and inspiration for Star Trek, this episode blows it away. Like Forbidden Planet, “Requiem for Methuselah” is essentially Shakespeare’s Tempest set in space, but without the additional layer of Freudian pop psychology added. ***

20. The Way to Eden – Hey, man, this is a new day. Like, it’s the 2260s and it’s our time so we’re gonna hijack the Enterprise and turn the cafeteria into a hash bar… **

21. The Cloud Minders – The Enterprise is sent to the planet Ardana to retrieve a mineral that will help cure a plague on planet Merak (how that’s possible is beyond STG, but we’ll run with it). Kirk and Spock are seduced in turn, ol ‘James T. engages in some fisticuffs and the Enterprisers even solve the planet’s worker’s revolution. ***

22. The Savage Curtain – Just in case you thought things couldn’t get sillier than “Spectre of the Gun”, how about aliens playing virtual Mortal Kombat with Kirk, Spock, Abraham Lincoln and the top Vulcan intellectual of all-time on a team. The “so bad it’s good” factor is really wreaking havoc with the ratings factor here … ***

23. All Our Yesterdays – Spock, Kirk and McCoy arrive on a deserted planet to be informed by a hologram that they are “very late.” Mysterious portals then bring Kirk into the doomed planet’s past to an era looking suspiciously like Elizabethan England (must be “parallel evolution” sigh), while Spock and McCoy are sent some 5,000 years into the past. ***

24. Turnabout Intruder – Body swap! A Dr. Janice Lester, psychotically jealous of Kirk’s success, switches consciousnesses with the swaggering captain. This is really the last episode of Star Trek: The Original Series? Yeesh. *

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Captain Kirk, Mr Spock, Dr McCoy and the USS Enterprise crew seek out new civilisations in this seminal sci-fi series.

Season 3 Episode Guide

24 Episodes 1968 - 1969

Spock's Brain

Fri, Sep 20, 1968 60 mins

Following a woman's mysterious appearance on the bridge, it is discovered that someone, using advanced medical technology, has stolen Spock's brain. Kara: Marj Dusay. Morg: James Daris. Luma: Sheila Leighton. Kirk: William Shatner. McCoy: DeForest Kelley. Spock: Leonard Nimoy.

The Enterprise Incident

Fri, Sep 27, 1968 60 mins

Spock finds himself in the unlikely position of being wooed by a Romulan Commander (Joann Linville) when the Enterprise is captured after entering Romulan space. Subcommander Tal: Jack Donner. Nurse Chapel: Majel Barrett. Scott: James Doohan. Spock: Leonard Nimoy. Kirk: William Shatner. McCoy: DeForest Kelley.

The Paradise Syndrome

Fri, Oct 4, 1968 60 mins

On a mission to save a planet from an asteroid, Kirk loses his memory and gains a wife, Miramanee (Sabrina Scharf)--a consequence of accidentally activating a cryptically inscribed obelisk. Salish: Rudy Solari. Kirk: William Shatner. Spock: Leonard Nimoy. McCoy: DeForest Kelley. Scott: James Doohan. Sulu: George Takei. Chekov: Walter Koenig.

And the Children Shall Lead

Fri, Oct 11, 1968 60 mins

Attorney Melvin Belli stars as Gorgan the Friendly Angel, the incarnation of pure evil who uses children to unleash the beast in human souls. Tommy: Craig Hundley. Prof. Starnes: James Wellman. Mary: Pamelyn Ferdin. Nurse Chapel: Majel Barrett. Kirk: William Shatner. Spock: Leonard Nimoy.

Is There in Truth No Beauty?

Fri, Oct 18, 1968 60 mins

Jealousy is the catalyst when the Enterprise picks up two passengers: an alien whose appearance drives humans mad, and his woman companion (Diana Muldaur). Marvick: David Frankham. Scott: James Doohan. Kirk: William Shatner. Spock: Leonard Nimoy.

Spectre of the Gun

Fri, Oct 25, 1968 60 mins

For violating Melkotian space, the crew is made to appear as the Clanton gang, to be met---and massacred---by the Earps and Doc Holliday at the OK Corral. Wyatt Earp: Ron Soble. Morgan: Rex Holman. Sylvia: Bonnie Beecher. Doc: Sam Gilman. Virgil: Charles Maxwell. Johnny: Bill Zuckert. Ed: Charles Seel. Barber: Ed McCready. Rancher: Gregg Palmer. Rider: Richard Anthony. Voice of Melkotian Buoy: James Doohan. Kirk: William Shatner. Spock: Leonard Nimoy.

Day of the Dove

Fri, Nov 1, 1968 60 mins

The Enterprise is invaded by an alien life-form that transfers Klingons to the starship---and arms the Klingons and the Enterprise crew with swords. Michael Ansara reprised his role as the Klingon Kodos in the episode "Blood Oath" of "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine." Kang: Michael Ansara. Mara: Susan Howard. McCoy: DeForest Kelley. Chekov: Walter Koenig. Sulu: George Takei. Uhura: Nichelle Nichols. Kirk: William Shatner. Spock: Leonard Nimoy.

For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky

Fri, Nov 8, 1968 60 mins

The Enterprise encounters a spacecraft ruled by a computer oracle that prevents the occupants from knowing they are on a collision course with a Federation planet. Natira: Kate Woodville. McCoy: DeForest Kelley. Spock: Leonard Nimoy. Kirk: William Shatner.

The Tholian Web

Fri, Nov 15, 1968 60 mins

Spock takes command when Kirk vanishes and is feared dead in a hostile segment of space where matter disintegrates, and men are seized by madness. Tholian Voice: Barbara Babcock. McCoy: DeForest Kelley. Scott: James Doohan. Chekov: Walter Koenig. Sulu: George Takei. Uhura: Nichelle Nichols.

Plato's Stepchildren

Fri, Nov 22, 1968 60 mins

A literal battle of wills ensues when the arrogant, telekinetic inhabitants of Platonius order the Enterprise officers to remain on their planet, forcing them to perform humiliating acts for their amusement. Alexander: Michael Dunn. Parmen: Liam Sullivan. Philana: Barbara Babcock. Eraclitus: Ted Scott. Dionyd: Derek Patridge. Uhura: Nichelle Nichols. Nurse Chapel: Majel Barrett. Kirk: William Shatner.

Wink of an Eye

Fri, Nov 29, 1968 60 mins

After visiting the planet Scalos, Kirk begins to notice unusual happenings aboard the ship---and discovers something unseen has beamed up with him from the planet's surface. Deela: Kathie Browne. Ekor: Eric Holland. Compton: Geoffrey Binney. Rael: Jason Evers. Kirk: William Shatner. Spock: Leonard Nimoy. Scotty: James Doohan. McCoy: DeForest Kelley.

Fri, Dec 6, 1968 60 mins

While on a mission to pick up a pair of researchers, Kirk, Spock and McCoy encounter two robed figures who subject them to horrible tortures, and an enigmatic woman who may hold the key to their salvation. Gem: Kathryn Hays. Thann: Willard Sage. Lal: Alan Bergmann. Dr. Linke: Jason Wingreen. Dr. Ozaba: Davis Roberts. McCoy: DeForest Kelley. Kirk: William Shatner. Spock: Leonard Nimoy.

Elaan of Troyius

Fri, Dec 20, 1968 60 mins

Kirk must tame a shrew when he undertakes a stormy mission of peace: taking the high priestess (France Nuyen) of a warrior people to marry an enemy ruler. Lord Petri: Jay Robinson. Kryton: Tony Young. Evans: Lee Duncan. Watson: Victor Brandt. Kirk: William Shatner. Spock: Leonard Nimoy.

Whom Gods Destroy

Fri, Jan 3, 1969 60 mins

Kirk and Spock fall into the hands of Garth (Steve Ihnat), the murderous, shape-shifting leader of an inmate revolt at an intergalactic insane asylum. Marta: Yvonne Craig. Cory: Keye Luke. Andorian: Richard Geary. Tellarite: Gary Downey. McCoy: DeForest Kelley. Kirk: William Shatner. Spock: Leonard Nimoy.

Let That Be Your Last Battlefield

Fri, Jan 10, 1969 60 mins

Parable about racial intolerance in which Frank Gorshin portrays an alien named Bele, who's white on his left side and black on the right, hunting Lokai, whose coloration is reversed. Lokai: Lou Antonio. Spock: Leonard Nimoy. Kirk: William Shatner. McCoy: DeForest Kelley.

The Mark of Gideon

Fri, Jan 17, 1969 60 mins

Kirk vanishes while beaming down to the planet Gideon. But from the Captain's point of view, he's still on the Enterprise---and the entire crew has disappeared. Odona: Sharon Acker. Hodin: David Hurst. Krodak: Gene Dynarksi. McCoy: DeForest Kelley. Scott: James Doohan. Spock: Leonard Nimoy. Kirk: William Shatner.

That Which Survives

Fri, Jan 24, 1969 60 mins

An Enterprise landing party is stranded on a planet replete with inexplicable phenomena, and a lethal siren (Lee Meriwether) whose touch means instant death. D'Amato: Arthur Batanides. Lt. Rahda: Naomi Pollack. Kirk: William Shatner. Spock: Leonard Nimoy. McCoy: DeForest Kelley. Scott: James Doohan.

The Lights of Zetar

Fri, Jan 31, 1969 60 mins

The Enterprise is caught in an energy phenomena of twinkling lights that enters the ship, and then the mind of a crew member (Jan Shutan), revealing that the lights are actually noncorporeal beings from a long-dead planet. This episode was written by Shari Lewis and Jeremy Tarcher. Rindonian: Libby Irwin. Lt. Kyle: John Winston. Scotty: James Doohan. Spock: Leonard Nimoy. Kirk: William Shatner. McCoy: DeForest Kelley.

Requiem for Methuselah

Fri, Feb 14, 1969 60 mins

While searching for the antidote to a plague, the crew discovers a planet inhabited by two people: a man of extraordinary historical accomplishments, and his female companion. Flint: James Daly. Rayna: Louise Sorel. Spock: Leonard Nimoy. McCoy: DeForest Kelley. Uhura: Nichelle Nichols. Scotty: James Doohan.

The Way to Eden

Fri, Feb 21, 1969 60 mins

The Enterprise captures spaceship-snatching counter-cultural rebels who are led by a fanatic named Sevrin (Skip Homeier) determined to reach the planet Eden. Adam: Charles Napier. Irina: Mary-Linda Rapelye. Tongo Rad: Victor Brandt. Mavig: Deborah Downey. Lt. Palmer: Elizabeth Rogers. Spock: Leonard Nimoy. McCoy: DeForest Kelley. Kirk: William Shatner.

The Cloud Minders

Fri, Feb 28, 1969 60 mins

On the planet Ardana, Kirk and Spock are drawn into a class struggle between a cloud-dwelling bourgeois society and its repressed worker class, who toil underground in dangerous mines. Plasus: Jeff Corey. Droxine: Diana Ewing. Vanna: Charlene Polite. Anka: Fred Williamson. Midro: Henry Evans. McCoy: DeForest Kelley. Scott: James Doohan.

The Savage Curtain

Fri, Mar 7, 1969 60 mins

Kirk and Spock fight alongside Abe Lincoln and Vulcan leader Surak against Genghis Khan and Klingon founder Kahless, so a powerful alien called Yarnek can observe "good and evil." Khan: Nathan Jung. Lincoln: Lee Bergere. Col. Green: Phil Pine. Kahless: Robert Herron. Surak: Barry Atwater. Zora: Carol Daniels Dement. Yarnek: Janos Prohaska. Kirk: William Shatner. Spock: Leonard Nimoy.

All Our Yesterdays

Fri, Mar 14, 1969 60 mins

Kirk, Spock and McCoy are sent through time by a machine called the Atavachron, with Kirk landing in the Middle Ages, where he's accused of witchcraft, and Spock and McCoy in the Ice Age. Zarabeth: Mariette Hartley. Mr. Atoz: Ian Wolfe. Kirk: William Shatner. Spock: Leonard Nimoy. McCoy: DeForest Kelley.

Turnabout Intruder

Tue, Jun 3, 1969 60 mins

Kirk is victimized by paranoiac scientist Dr. Janice Lester (Sandra Smith), who transfers her mind into his body---and his mind into hers. Dr. Coleman: Harry Landers. Angela: Barbara Baldavin. Spock: Leonard Nimoy. Dr. McCoy: DeForest Kelley. Kirk: William Shatner.

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S3 e1 - spock's brain, s3 e2 - the enterprise incident, s3 e3 - the paradise syndrome, s3 e4 - and the children shall lead, s3 e5 - is there in truth no beauty, s3 e6 - spectre of the gun, s3 e7 - day of the dove, s3 e8 - for the world is hollow and i have touched the sky, s3 e9 - the tholian web, s3 e10 - plato's stepchildren, s3 e11 - wink of an eye, s3 e12 - the empath, s3 e13 - elaan of troyius, s3 e14 - whom gods destroy, s3 e15 - let that be your last battlefield, s3 e16 - the mark of gideon, s3 e17 - that which survives, s3 e18 - the lights of zetar, s3 e19 - requiem for methuselah, s3 e20 - the way to eden, popular tv shows coming soon.

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DIS Season 3

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This page contains information specifically pertaining to the third season of Star Trek: Discovery , whose episode premieres were consecutively streamed on CBS All Access for the USA and broadcast on Space / Z for Canada from 15 October 2020 through 7 January 2021 , with the rest of the world following suit with one day delay through streaming service Netflix .

• 4.1 Main cast
• 4.2 Special guest star
• 4.3.1 Uncredited
• 6 External links

Episodes [ ]

Summary [ ], background information [ ].

• On 27 February 2019 , it was announced that the series had been renewed for a third season. [1]
• On 18 March 2019 , it was announced that Season 2 series regular Anson Mount ( Christopher Pike ) and guest star Rebecca Romijn ( Una Chin-Riley ) would not be returning for Season 3. [2]
• On 20 July 2019 , it was announced that David Ajala (Cleveland Booker) had joined the cast.
• As of 5 May 2020 , Composer Jeff Russo was working on writing the fourth episode of this season and spotting through episode 8. [3]
• As part of a celebratory series of virtual panels on "Star Trek Day" this year (i.e., 8 September 2020 ), it was announced that this season would introduce a new font for the show's title. [4]
• On 14 October 2020 , it was announced that the opening titles for this season, as had been the case for those used in the second season, would feature new animations. [5] Robots featured in the opening credits sequence for this season are identified in the Netflix audio description track as "maintenance robots".
• The third season, consisting of thirteen episodes, premiered on 15 October 2020 , following the ten-week run of Star Trek: Lower Decks .
• The premise of this season has similarities to the unproduced concepts Star Trek: Federation and Star Trek: Final Frontier . In the former, the Federation, circa the year 3000, had collapsed to a handful of worlds, and a single ship represented Starfleet's original values. In the latter, the Federation was fractured after an attack in the 2460s by unknown parties with Omega molecules caused vast areas of the galaxy to be considered impassable, and the crew of the latest starship Enterprise , circa the 2520s, had to remind Starfleet of the higher ideals which that organization, and the Federation, were founded on.
• In effect, the premise has even more in common with another Gene Roddenberry production, Andromeda (2000–2005), a science fiction television series in which the namesake starship is transported into the future to find the intergalactic civilization from which it was derived has collapsed, after which the crew embarks on the mission to restore said civilization.
• Both review critics and fans have concurrently pointed out that the season three plotline constituted a reboot of sorts, as indeed announced by the series producers after season two, and that it was reminiscent of the "orphaned ship and crew" premise of Star Trek: Voyager , thereby becoming a " Voyager 2.0" as one Discovery sympathizing reviewer had put it. [6]
• A series of " Star Trek Logs " are being released on Instagram throughout the season. These short videos consist of in-universe personal log recordings from the main cast, posted after each new episode. [7]
• Principal photography was reported as finished on 19 December 2019 with the last scenes filmed at Kingston Penitentiary, Ontario, Canada. [8]
• However, two months later, on 24 February 2020 , season three was again reported finishing up principal photography. [9] This was indicative of extensive reshoots, something that by now had become commonplace for the series, as the two previous seasons have been reported to have undergone extensive reshoots as well. Considering the sense of finality of the season finale (underscored by the closing Gene Roddenberry quote in the episode), it has given rise to internet rumors that the series had run its course, the announcement of a renewal for a fourth season notwithstanding. [10] Furthermore, season three did not end with a cliffhanger, contrary to the two previous seasons.

The season was nominated for a 2021 GLAAD Media Award on 28 January 2021 . [11] After having already been nominated twice for the preceding seasons, the award was this time won by the franchise on 8 April 2021 . [12]

The CAFTCAD "Special Effects Costume Building"-category award was a tied win with the first season of Odd Squad Mobile Unit . [13] Keith Lau was a three-time nominee out of six in his individual "Costume Illustration" award category – besides Discovery , for Altered Carbon and Snowpiercer as well – , but did not manage to secure a win (neither did his Discovery colleague Ciara Brennan for that matter, against whom Keith was competing too), and had to make do with the three shared awards he (and Brennan) did win. That Discovery did well at the Canadian CAFTCADs was hardly a surprise, considering its six nominations in fifteen categories, nine of which Discovery was not even eligible for. [14] It is indicative of the (economic) importance Discovery represents for the Canadian motion picture industry, as it is entirely produced in that country.

The episode " Su'Kal " became only – "only" because the preceding Berman-era Star Trek had done exceptionally well in the underlying award category during its run – the second episode of Kurtzman-era Star Trek after the second season episode " Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2 " to receive a visual effects (VFX) Emmy Award nomination on 13 July 2021 , [15] which was won this time around on 12 September 2021 .

The Johnny-come-latelies in the award season were the 2021 Saturn Awards (covering the years 2019 and 2020) which were only awarded on 26 October 2021, having been postponed for nearly two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic . Still, it did not prevent Discovery to win two of its three nominations, in the process beating out franchise sibling Star Trek: Picard (whose 2019 first season was nominated for the same award) in the most prestigious television category, "Best Science Fiction Television Series". [16]

Having won seven out of the twenty-seven award nominations, the third season achieved a success rate of 26%, an 1% improvement over the preceding season, though it should be noted that the previous single CAFTCAD award was this year split up into five further separate award categories.

Credits [ ]

Main cast [ ].

• Sonequa Martin-Green as Michael Burnham
• Doug Jones as Saru ("Far From Home"–"Su'Kal"; "That Hope Is You, Part 2")
• Anthony Rapp as Paul Stamets ("Far From Home"–"That Hope Is You, Part 2")
• Mary Wiseman as Sylvia Tilly ("Far From Home"–"That Hope Is You, Part 2")
• Wilson Cruz as Hugh Culber ("Far From Home", "Forget Me Not"–"Scavengers", "Terra Firma, Part 1"–"Su'Kal", "That Hope Is You, Part 2")
• Rachael Ancheril as D. Nhan ("Far From Home", "Forget Me Not"–"Die Trying")
• David Ajala as Cleveland "Book" Booker ("That Hope Is You, Part 1", "People of Earth", "Scavengers"–"That Hope Is You, Part 2")

Special guest star [ ]

Uncredited [ ].

• Tracy-Mae Chambers – Prop Sculptor
• Leslie Chung – VFX Supervisor: Crafty Apes (Emmy Award winner)
• Ivan Kondrup Jensen – VFX Supervisor: Ghost VFX (Emmy Award winner) [18]
• Kristen Prahl – VFX Producer: Ghost VFX (Emmy Award winner)
• Toni Pykalaniemi – VFX Supervisor: DNEG TV (Emmy Award winner)

See also [ ]

• DIS Season 3 performers
• Star Trek: Discovery Logs , social media companion videos to market season 3
• DIS Season 3 Blu-ray
• DIS Season 3 DVD

External links [ ]

• Star Trek: Discovery season 3 at Memory Beta , the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
• Star Trek Discovery Season 3 episode reviews  at Ex Astris Scientia
• 1 Daniels (Crewman)
• 2 PRO Season 2
• 3 Star Trek: Prodigy

Star Trek: Prodigy Season 3 - Everything We Know

Warning: This Article Contains SPOILERS for Star Trek: Prodigy Season 2

• Star Trek: Prodigy season 3's possibility depends on Netflix viewership numbers and social media chatter.
• Production for season 3 could take up to two years, with potential alternatives like a shorter season or an animated movie on the table.
• Star Trek: Prodigy season 2's ending sets up a new USS Protostar mission, with a returning cast and potential appearances from legacy Star Trek characters.

Netflix has the option to order Star Trek: Prodigy season 3, but will the USS Protostar warp back into action once again? Created by Kevin and Dan Hageman, Star Trek: Prodigy season 2 goes bigger than season 1, with epic time travel, huge surprise characters, and it ends with a new mission of the young Starfleet heroes aboard the USS Protostar. Star Trek: Prodigy season 3 is teed up, but will it happen?

Star Trek: Prodigy season 2 was a cosmic adventure through time and space that touched upon the breadth of the Star Trek universe, and even addressed how Star Trek 's multiverse works . Admiral Kathryn Janeway's (Kate Mulgrew) mission to rescue Captain Chakotay (Robert Beltran) aboard the USS Voyager-A saw the wannabe Starfleet cadets led by Dal R'El (Brett Gray) and Gwyndala (Ella Purnell) save the universe once again - this time from the combined threat of Asencia (Jameela Jamil) and a new reality-destroying enemy called the Loom. After 40 amazing episodes of Star Trek: Prodigy, of course, fans want season 3.

When Star Trek: Prodigy Takes Place In Star Treks Timeline

Star Trek: Prodigy has numerous connections to Star Trek: Voyager, but when do the adventures of the USS Protostar occur in Star Trek's timeline?

Will Netflix Order Star Trek: Prodigy Season 3?

Prodigy needs high viewership numbers and social media chatter.

Netflix ordering Star Trek: Prodigy season 3 is dependent on the following huge factors: how many millions of minutes Star Trek: Prodigy season 2 is streamed, how much season 2 is binge-watched, especially in the first week and first 30 days, and the amount of social media posts about Star Trek: Prodigy . This is why Kate Mulgrew urged Star Trek: Prodigy fans to binge, watch, and post about season 2 in droves to #SetACourseForSeason 3.

Star Trek: Prodigy executive producers Kevin and Dan Hageman told Screen Rant that there are also other options on the table to continue the series besides a full 20-episode season 3 order. Netflix could ask for a shorter Star Trek: Prodigy season 3. Or Star Trek: Prodigy could return as an animated movie. However, all of this is dependent on Star Trek: Prodigy season 2's numbers being so undeniable that a season 3 order from Netflix is warranted.

How Long Is The Wait For Star Trek: Prodigy Season 3?

Star trek: prodigy season 3 wouldn't be produced quickly.

Star Trek: Prodigy 's offices closed after production of season 2's episodes was completed in December 2023. Given how long it takes to write 20 episodes of Star Trek: Prodigy and the painstaking CGI animation required for the series, it takes roughly two years to complete a season of Star Trek: Prodigy. Realistically, even if Netflix ordered Star Trek: Prodigy season 3 this year, it's likely the new episodes wouldn't arrive on Netflix until 2026.

2026 is the 6th anniversary of Star Trek , and Star Trek: Prodigy season 3 would be a great way to mark the milestone.

However, Kevin and Dan Hageman are eager to get back to work making new Star Trek: Prodigy if Netflix wants it , although it's possible not everyone in the creative or production team might be able to return. However, if Netflix ordered something else besides Star Trek: Prodigy season 3, like an animated movie, production turnaround might be faster to premiere new Star Trek: Prodigy on Netflix.

Star Trek: Prodigy Season 3 Cast & Story Reveals

Prodigy season 2 set up a new uss protostar mission.

Given how Star Trek: Prodigy season 2's ending set up season 3, the entire crew of the new USS Protostar is set to return. This includes Brett Gray's Dal R'El, Ella Purnell's Gwyn, Maj'el (Michaela Dietz), the new Vulcan addition to the crew, and, of course, Hologram Janeway/Admiral Janeway. It's also possible Robert Beltran would reprise Captain Chakotay and Robert Picardo could come back as The Doctor. There's also no telling what new or legacy Star Trek characters could appear in Star Trek: Prodigy season 3.

Star Trek: Prodigy season 2's ending ties into the emotional prelude to Star Trek: Picard season 1, the Star Trek: Short Treks episode "Children of Men". Following the Attack on Mars by rogue synthetics, Admiral Janeway assigned her heroic young proteges command of the new USS Protostar, with a new mission to bring Starfleet's message of hope and unity to the farthest reaches of the United Federation of Planets. It's an irresistable setup that begs for Star Trek: Prodigy season 3 to happen.

Star Trek: Prodigy

Cast Robert Beltran, Kate Mulgrew, John Noble, Jason Mantzoukas, Brett Gray, Angus Imrie, Jameela Jamil, Robert Picardo, Jimmi Simpson, Ella Purnell, Dee Bradley Baker

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Franchise(s) Star Trek

Writers Kevin Hageman, Dan Hageman

Showrunner Kevin Hageman, Dan Hageman

Franchise Star Trek

Creator(s) Kevin Hageman, Dan Hageman

Number of Episodes 40

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S3.E1 ∙ Evolution

S3.E2 ∙ The Ensigns of Command

S3.E3 ∙ The Survivors

S3.E4 ∙ Who Watches the Watchers

S3.E5 ∙ The Bonding

S3.E6 ∙ Booby Trap

S3.E7 ∙ The Enemy

S3.E8 ∙ The Price

S3.E9 ∙ The Vengeance Factor

S3.E10 ∙ The Defector

S3.E11 ∙ The Hunted

S3.E12 ∙ The High Ground

S3.E13 ∙ Deja Q

S3.E14 ∙ A Matter of Perspective

S3.E15 ∙ Yesterday's Enterprise

S3.E16 ∙ The Offspring

S3.E17 ∙ Sins of the Father

S3.E18 ∙ Allegiance

S3.E19 ∙ Captain's Holiday

S3.E20 ∙ Tin Man

S3.E21 ∙ Hollow Pursuits

S3.E22 ∙ The Most Toys

S3.E23 ∙ Sarek

S3.E24 ∙ Ménage à Troi

S3.E25 ∙ Transfigurations

S3.E26 ∙ The Best of Both Worlds: Part 1

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Kate Mulgrew Urges Fans To Watch Star Trek: Prodigy Season 2, Hopes For More Seasons

Star trek: prodigy season 3 - everything we know, star trek: prodigy creators kevin & dan hageman spill season 2's biggest secrets.

• Star Trek: Prodigy season 2 premieres on July 1st on Netflix.
• Kevin and Dan Hageman express hope for season 3 and are open to an animated movie or 20-episode season.
• Prodigy's executive producers hope for a call from Alex Kurtzman about more Prodigy.

Star Trek: Prodigy creators and executive producers Kevin and Dan Hageman share their hopeful update for season 3 on Netflix. Star Trek: Prodigy season 2 premieres Monday, July 1st, on Netflix , with all 20 brand-new episodes releasing on that day. After a dedicated 2023 fan campaign to save Star Trek: Prodigy when Paramount+ canceled the beloved CGI animated series, Star Trek: Prodigy season 2 is a victory for viewers, who will naturally want even more adventures of Admiral Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) and the USS Protostar's ragtag team of young Starfleet hopefuls.

Kevin and Dan Hageman joined Screen Rant for an exclusive upcoming interview to discuss Star Trek: Prodigy season 2 . When asked what the status of Star Trek: Prodigy 's production team is if Netflix orders season 3, Kevin Hageman says they "look forward" to that day, and that they "would love" to come back for whatever iteration of Star Trek: Prodigy Netflix wants , whether it's an animated movie or another 20-episode season 3. Read Kevin Hageman's quote below:

Kevin Hageman: Well, it's been a while [since] we finished [season 2]. We don't have offices anymore. We're in our homes right now. I know that everyone in our crew, we had such a delight working on this show. So, I look forward to that day when we can make that call, we get a call from Alex Kurtzman, and they're like, 'Netflix has an appetite [for more Prodigy]'. Whether it's an animated film, a sequel, or if it's a third season. But to be able to call up our crew and actors, I know everyone who can would love to come back.

With Star Trek: Prodigy season 2 premiering on Netflix on July 1st, Kate Mulgrew urges fans to watch so that Netflix orders more seasons.

How Star Trek: Prodigy Season 3 Can Happen On Netflix

It's up to audiences to stream, watch, and post about star trek: prodigy.

Star Trek: Prodigy season 3 happening is dependent on audiences watching the next 20 episodes on Netflix once they premiere on July 1st. While Netflix is generally secretive about viewership numbers, it charts the millions of minutes streamed, how shows are binge-watched, and also social media chatter about a series. Kevin and Dan Hageman told Screen Rant that they know Star Trek: Prodigy season 1, which premiered Christmas Day 2023 on Netflix, was "well-watched ", but Star Trek: Prodigy season 2 needs ardent viewership, especially in the first week and the first 30 days, for Prodigy to secure a season 3 order .

A best case scenario would mean a likely 2-year wait for more Star Trek: Prodigy, whether it's an animated movie or Star Trek: Prodigy season 3.

Kevin and Dan Hageman also brought up the possibility of a Star Trek: Prodigy animated movie potentially being ordered by Netflix in lieu of season 3 . Star Trek overseen by Alex Kurtzman's Secret Hideout is now making 2-hour format Star Trek streaming movies , with the first, Star Trek: Section 31 , awaiting a release date on Paramount+. But, as the Hagemans pointed out, the Star Trek: Prodigy production offices closed after season 2's episodes were completed. A best case scenario would mean a likely 2-year wait for more Star Trek: Prodigy, whether it's an animated movie or Star Trek: Prodigy season 3. But fans would gladly wait for more Star Trek: Prodigy.

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