Star Trek Discovery debuted on September 24. The highly anticipated first episode aired on the CBS network. Subsequent episodes will appear on the streaming service, CBS All Access.
CBS had a bumpy road getting Discovery produced. The new series was announced in early 2016. Former Voyager writer Bryan Fuller was chosen to create the show and act as its show runner. But Fuller left after a few months over "creative differences" with CBS. He was replaced by Gretchen Berg and Aaron Harberts who saw the show through to production.
The new series is unlike anything seen in the Star Trek franchise before. It is highly stylized with motion picture CGI effects. The show is also serialized, rather than episodic. So we will se a single story arc through the first season.
It is also the first Trek property that features a non-captain as the lead. Sonequa Martin-Green plays Michael Burnham, a Starfleet officer charged with mutiny. Jason Isaacs plays Gabriel Lorca, captain of the U.S.S. Discovery, a ship we don't get to see until the third episode. As we mentioned early, it is unlike anything else we ever seen in Star Trek before.
Co-hosts Bob Turner and Kelly Casto talk about discovery on this episode of 70s Trek.
