By taking us back to the very origins of Star Trek in 1966, Pike’s Enterprise embraces the classic episodic elements that built the Star Trek universe. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season one is now streaming on Paramount+.
“Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: To explore strange new worlds”. I am sure you know the rest. These famous words opened Star Trek in 1966 and have remained core to the TV and cinema journey ever since. However, one character never got the credit he deserved as the Star Trek universe grew: Christopher Pike. Christopher Pike was synonymous with the NBC pilot episode The Cage. Pike was the original Captain of the Enterprise, but when we met him, he was full of guilt, considering resigning his position after being hideously scarred while saving his crew. Then Pike vanished into history, with Kirk taking charge.
In recent years, Pike has made a small comeback, popping up in Abrams’ Star Trek (2009) and its sequel before gaining more attention in Star Trek: Discovery. Now, with Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Christopher Pike finally gets the outing he deserves as we embrace the long-forgotten Captain of the USS Enterprise and his young pre-Kirk crew.
By taking us back to the very origins of Star Trek in 1966, Pike’s Enterprise embraces the classic episodic elements that built the Star Trek universe. As a result, Strange New Worlds is a glorious, colourful and magical return to a bygone TV format that was last seen in The Next Generation. Some say it’s retro, others say it’s slow, but Pike’s Enterprise reflects the word’s meaning: a project or undertaking, especially a bold or complex one. It’s a show about the roots of Starfleet and its mission of discovery and adventure in the unknown depths of space, and it’s all the better for it.
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