![]() ![]() In "Amok Time," Spock also says that he had hoped that his half-human heritage would "spare" him the madness of Pon Farr which could indicate that even in 2260, he didn't have to deal with it. It seems unlikely that Strange New Worlds will contradict TOS outright, but if the writers (and producer Akiva Goldsman) want to revisit Spock's Pon Farr and explain why nobody in Starfleet seemed to know about the 7-year Vulcan Mating cycle before "Amok Time," then Strange New Worlds is in a unique position to address that plothole.Īs evidenced by Star Trek: Enterprise, some members of Starfleet were aware of Pon Farr in the 2150s, roughly a century before the events of Strange New Worlds or The Original Series. Yes, certain superficial things (like crappy special effects) are slightly less explicable, but in terms of the broad strokes of the characters' stories, the DISCO-era versions of Spock, Pike, and Number One all are designed to match-up with what we saw in the '60s. So far, the canon of Star Trek: Discovery and Short Treks has gone out of its way to make sure certain things match-up with the existing Prime Universe canon from Star Trek: The Original Series. Spock (Leonard Nimoy) during his Pon Farr in "Amok Time." CBS/Paramount Will Strange New Worlds contradict TOS? ![]()
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