Timeline for What's the canonicity of Star Trek: Lower Decks?
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| Oct 21, 2020 at 16:23 | comment | added | lucasbachmann | @DarrelHoffman Of course there were minimal TOS references - but note Berman era Trek bought scripts and they didn't want scripts coming in constantly name dropping TOS characters or their decedents. (As previously stated ironically that is the primary appeal of Lower Decks.) If Gene Roddenberry or Rick Berman decided to do it that's different. Honestly they should have followed their bible closer on multiple issues. See (PDF page 15) page 10 point 4. roddenberry.com/media/vault/TNG-WritersDirectorsGuide.pdf | |
| Oct 21, 2020 at 15:31 | comment | added | Graham | @ceejayoz There's no reason for Kirk to fill that niche though. Some random people occasionally get picked up as cultural icons, but it doesn't mean everyone does. | |
| Oct 21, 2020 at 14:59 | comment | added | Darrel Hoffman | @lucasbachmann Didn't they have DeForest Kelly as Bones appear in the very first episode? And Spock and Scotty show up later on as well, Spock as a major recurring character, not to mention Kirk played a major role in the first TNG movie. They had plenty of TOS references throughout the series. The later series did as well (e.g. the Tribbles episode of DS9), and ENT did a lot of that sort of thing despite being a prequel. (We now know why the Klingons in the TOS Tribbles episode just looked like Russians for example.) | |
| Oct 21, 2020 at 14:14 | comment | added | ceejayoz | @Graham If you're a member of the USMC, though, you probably know about Chesty Puller. I'd think it'd be the same within Starfleet. | |
| Oct 21, 2020 at 13:23 | comment | added | Valorum | @O.R.Mapper - I've found lots of quotes from the guy basically saying the same thing; It's canon, but you might see the odd funny thing because it's a comedy. | |
| Oct 21, 2020 at 12:19 | comment | added | O. R. Mapper | Many of the quotes in this answer are (intentionally?) pretty vague. Note, for example, how "it fits into Canon" does not make any statement about the canonicity of the show, and actually applies to virtually every non-canon novel, fanfiction, you name it, whose authors decided to stick to canon. One might even argue the claim that "it fits" and the statement that "it bends Star Trek rules" are kind of mutually exclusive. | |
| Oct 21, 2020 at 9:43 | comment | added | Graham | @lucasbachmann And the TNG writer's bible was right. It's a full century later. There aren't many soldiers these days geeking out about Field Marshal Haig, unless they're historical wargaming enthusiasts. | |
| Oct 21, 2020 at 4:07 | comment | added | lucasbachmann | Oh Valorum like you don't downvote for any trivial reason you doth protest too much. One may note that in episode 2 of TNG there was a non-parody reaction to history. A vague recollection to something once read. Picard barely reacted to the names Kirk and Enterprise. The audience was very frustrated because they had the TOS episode memorized and thus this soft reboot was already annoying the fans. The TNG writer's bible highly discouraged TOS references so there is some irony that Lower Decks thrives on it. TNG "the Naked Now" computer search scene youtu.be/gttdH0LjCBg | |
| Oct 21, 2020 at 4:04 | comment | added | Moo | @ThePopMachine Im not sure theres an authoritative “United Nations Organisation for the Canonicity of Star Trek Shows”, so a showrunner is probably the best there is... | |
| Oct 21, 2020 at 0:33 | comment | added | ThePopMachine | I'm not sure that "According to the showrunner, Mike McMahan, the show is entirely canon within the Star Trek universe. " is entirely convincing.... | |
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| Oct 20, 2020 at 20:43 | history | answered | Valorum | CC BY-SA 4.0 |