TV SERIES · 2022–present · USA
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
- Created by
- Jenny Lumet, Alex Kurtzman, Akiva Goldsman
- Network
- Paramount+
- Seasons
- 4
- Episodes
- 40
- Studio
- Secret Hideout, Roddenberry Entertainment, CBS Studios
67 archived facts 6 topics 3 sources Last reviewed Oct 2026
Follow Captain Christopher Pike, Science Officer Spock and Number One in the years before Captain Kirk boarded the U.S.S. Enterprise, as they explore new worlds around the galaxy.
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11 Facts From Behind the Scenes of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
- #049
Astrophysicist Erin Macdonald served as a science advisor on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, after holding the same role on Star Trek: Discovery and other Paramount+ Star Trek series.
- #051
According to Erin Macdonald, each Star Trek series sits on a "spectrum of science to fiction."
- #053
Erin Macdonald described her main contribution to Star Trek: Strange New Worlds as helping the writers strip "word salad" from science explanations and adjust other dialogue so the correct terms were used.
- #060
The series' sets were approached as if Gene Roddenberry were making The Original Series with modern technology and effects, retaining 1960s design elements that still worked while avoiding those that looked cheap.
- #061
The Enterprise sets for Strange New Worlds were updated from those of Discovery, with a more compact bridge closer in size to the Original Series set.
- #062
Props including phasers, tricorders and communicators were redesigned from Discovery with retro looks closer to those of The Original Series, and the sets were built to function like a practical starship with moving components, pre-programmed monitor graphics that reacted to the actors, and a practical viewscreen.
- #063
Bernadette Croft joined Star Trek: Strange New Worlds as costume designer after serving as an assistant on Star Trek: Discovery. The Starfleet uniforms for the series were revised from Discovery toward a more casual style closer to The Original Series.
- #064
Anson Mount described the Star Trek: Strange New Worlds uniforms as "a world of difference from the Discovery uniforms", calling them more forgiving and more of a throwback. The uniforms keep The Original Series primary colors: gold for command and control, blue for science, and red for communications, engineering, security, and tactical.
- #065
Each division on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds has an insignia shown on the Starfleet badge and as a pattern on the shoulders and arms. The uniform comes in a standard tunic and a longer jacket variation.
- #066
Legacy Effects created alien prosthetics for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and introduced new alien species in nearly every episode.
- #067
Prosthetics department head Chris Bridges persuaded Ethan Peck to shave his eyebrows for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, a step Peck had declined on Discovery, cutting the prosthetic application time from two hours to 70 minutes.
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