Let’s hope Star Trek: Discovery can enjoy some lighter moments and avoid the occasionally po-faced tendencies of some previous Trek series.
Star Trek: Discovery is set 10 years before the original series, with all 13 episodes covering a season-long storyline.
Star Trek will return to our TV screens in September after a 12-year hiatus, with the launch of the imaginatively titled Star Trek: Discovery on SVoD platform CBS All Access in the US and Netflix in the UK.
In the 50 years since the launch of the original Star Trek series in September 1966, the show, along with its attendant movies and spin-offs, has pursued a cyclical path in terms of popularity.