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A group of enslaved teenagers steal a derelict Starfleet vessel to escape and explore the galaxy. A group of enslaved teenagers steal a derelict Starfleet vessel to escape and explore the galaxy. A group of enslaved teenagers steal a derelict Starfleet vessel to escape and explore the galaxy.

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Star Trek: Prodigy follows a motley crew of young aliens who must figure out how to work together while navigating a greater galaxy, in search of a better future.

Star Trek: Prodigy Season 1 is available to stream on Netflix outside of markets including Canada where it is available on CTV.ca and the CTV App, France on France Televisions channels and Okoo, in Iceland on Sjonvarp Simans Premium, as well as on SkyShowtime in the Nordics, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, and Central and Eastern Europe. Star Trek: Prodigy is distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution.

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‘Star Trek: Prodigy’ Character Details And Voice Cast Revealed Along With First Look Images

| June 14, 2021 | By: Anthony Pascale 62 comments so far

In April we learned more about Kate Mulgrew’s role in Star Trek: Prodigy , the animated kids series coming to Paramount+ this year. Today, details on the rest of the voice cast and characters were revealed, including a few deep cuts into Star Trek lore. We also got a first look at images from the show.

Meet the kids of Star Trek: Prodigy

Earlier this year we got our first look at characters of Star Trek: Prodigy,  the upcoming CG-animated kids series that follows a “motley crew of young aliens who must figure out how to work together while navigating a greater galaxy, in search for a better future.” Together the kids commandeer a derelict Starfleet ship in the Delta Quadrant, where they meet an Emergency Training Hologram based on Captain Janeway, voiced by Star Trek: Voyager’s Kate Mulgrew.

Today Paramount+ introduced their lineup of voice talent behind the six young alien starship crew members, along with character names and descriptions. The following is the official breakdown for each character.

An unusually bright eight-year-old girl from Brikar, Rok is a bit shy, but not when it comes to her love for animals. Voiced by Rylee Alazraqui ( Doug Unplugs , Home Economics ), daughter of prolific voice actor Carlos Alazraqui.

A 17-year-old and member of an unknown species, he fancies himself a maverick, who even in the toughest times, holds strong onto his unwavering hope. Voiced by Brett Gray ( On My Block , When They See Us ).

A Medusan: a noncorporeal, genderless, energy-based lifeform. Since others would go mad at the sight of their true self, Zero wears a containment suit they made themselves to protect others. Voiced by Angus Imrie ( The Crown , Emma ).

A 16-year-old Tellarite. Tellarites are known to relish an argument, and Jankom is no different. Regardless of opinion, he will always play devil’s advocate for the sake of hearing all sides. Voiced by Jason Mantzoukas ( Infinite , Big Mouth, The Good Place ).

A 17-year-old Vau N’Akat who was raised on her father’s bleak mining planet and grew up dreaming of exploring the stars. Voiced by Ella Purnell ( Army of the Dead , Sweetbitter ).

Age and species is unknown, but Murf is an endearing, indestructible blob with curiously good timing and an insatiable appetite for ship parts. Dee Bradley Baker ( SpongeBob SquarePants , Dora the Explorer ).

First look at Prodigy

Paramount+ also released the first-ever images from Star Trek: Prodigy, showing off the animation style. The first image is of Dal on what could be the bridge of the Starfleet ship the kids commandeer.

There is another shot of Dal, this time looking to be in distress. This could be a shot from the first episode where the kids are initially incarcerated on an obscure planet, as revealed recently by Kate Mulgrew.

Next up is a shot of Gwyn, showing a bit more detail on her face and costume.

Finally we have Rok-Tahk, who appears to be doing some welding.

Star Trek connections

Prodigy is set in the Delta Quadrant, the same setting as Star Trek: Voyager, although none of the characters revealed so far have a connection to that series. However, there are connections to the original Star Trek , and the extended universe of Trek.

The most familiar is Jankom Pog. Tellarites were first introduced in the original Star Trek episode “Journey to Babel,” and are one of the founding races of the United Federation of Planets, along with Humans, Vulcans, and Andorians. Tellarites have appeared multiple times on multiple Star Trek series, including Discovery , Lower Decks , and Picard .

Tellarite from “Journey to Babel”

A more surprising connection comes with the character Zero. Previously assumed by most to be a robot due to the design of the character, Zero has been revealed to be a Medusan in a “containment suit.”  This mysterious telepathic non-corporal race first appeared in the original Star Trek episode “Is There in Truth No Beauty?” There have also been some mentions of Medusans in the extended Star Trek universe of books and games.

Medusan from “Is There in Truth No Beauty?”

And the deepest cut from the character reveals is for Rok-Tahk. Brikarians are a Federation race first introduced by author Peter David in the Starfleet Academy TNG-era series novel with a character named Zak Kebron , Kebron went on to be featured in David’s New Frontier novel series.

Brikarian from the comic cover of “Star Trek: New Frontier: Turnaround”

Star Trek: Prodigy will debut later this year on Paramount+ in the USA and CTV Sci-Fi in Canada. It isn’t currently known where or when it will be available internationally.

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A Brikarian AND a Medusan? Very nice move, guys!

Brikarians are canon now!

I’m wondering if we’ll be being her develop and change over the course of the show.

Wow! Besides the presence of a Hologram Janeway, this will be the FIRST trek series featuring a exclusively alien cast. That I find amazing…

And still an exclusively non-human core cast, since “Janeway” is a hologram. A first for the franchise!

Yeah I have to admit, I wasn’t completely in love with not having the real Janeway on board but that didn’t last long. I love the fact the captain is a hologram, another big first. This is Star Trek to me, to see technology evolve and it’s cool we basically have an A.I. running the show.

Ironically I THOUGHT we might see some A.I. holographic captains running the ships once we got to the 32nd century on Discovery but I guess the Federation still like keeping it old school. ;)

I don’t get the impression that he holographic Janeway will be the “captain” in the traditional sense. She’s supposed to be an “emergency training hologram,” helping the kids with the unfamiliar Starfleet technology of this ship they end up on.

As for Discovery, who’s to say that one or more of the captains we saw at Federation HQ isn’t a hologram? We didn’t spend much time with any of them. (Not enough time for Georgiou to blink them away, at least.)

I know obviously but she is still referred to as Captain Janeway by the producers, so I assume she will take a leadership role since I doubt a bunch of kids knows anything about running a starship or how to make contact with other planets.

And good point about Discovery, but it seems like if we have seen a holographic captain, they would’ve made it clear on the show. And of course they can still show one later. We haven’t been aboard any of the 32nd ships yet either.

well maybe there are some ships with entire holographic crew cause i remember there was a ship or two with holographic hulls mentioned in season 3

While a holographic hull is kind of dangerous (imagine a power outage) there might be some reasons speaking for it. But a fully holographic crew doesn’t make sense. Why would the computer use holograms to interact with itself? Holograms only make sense if they interact with a “real” crew.

Holo-Janeway will be there to Dispense Wisdom to the motley crew of lawless teens. Nothing more, nothing less.

TENET this project is not.

Tellarites, Medusans and Murf, the gelatenous Smurf… oh my :-)

I love it! Two TOS species along with Trek’s take on my favourite kind of lifeform: nerdy gelatenous freaks… Yaphit is my favourite character on ORV, so I’m so much looking forward to meeting this slimey package of fun…

The Medusans… awwww! When I came up with some fan fiction back in the 90s, the heydays of Babylon 5, I always wanted them to stand in for the mysterious Vorlons in the Trek universe. This character seems more like a Pixar version of them, but I’m still glad they are back…

Tellarite, not Talaxian… Yep. Good choice as there has never been a Tellarite main character yet.

Not sure about the Brikarians. Never heard of them. Sounds like a neat telling name made of “bricks” and stones :-) Rok-Tagh, the Brikarian girl… also has “rock” in it :-)

Vau N’Akat.. looks complicated. Is this a primer? Never heard of them… It will take some time to spell that correctly but then I’ve never managed to spell Goa’uld without looking it up :-)

Exciting gang… Bring them on….

BUt wait a minute… What’s a Tellarite, a Medusan and a Rock doing in the Delta Quadrant? Do they commandeer the ship back in the Alpha Quadrant and then get lost?

I got the impression this show is set quite far into the future, some time a fair bit after the 25th century era of Picard and before the 29th century era when Captain Braxton & the Aeon/Relativity came from; far enough ahead that rapid intragalactic travel is fairly easy, but before time travel becomes a common thing.

It’s already been confirmed Prodigy is set in 2383, five years after Voyager makes it back to the Alpha quadrant. I was kind of hoping the show was set in the 26th or 27th century too, but this is probably a better direction since they can continue some of the canon we seen set up in Voyager and it’s probably a way to bring in some former Voyager characters, both from the Alpha and Delta quadrant. Don’t be too shocked to see Neelix show up at some point. ;)

Hmm… That’s gonna take some explaining then. Hope they will actually explain it & won’t just use the excuse of “Don’t be so obsessed with canon” to excuse inconsistencies…

No, it’s not. Supreme beings snap Alpha Quadrant beings to far flung corners of the galaxy all the time, in the Trek universe. It’s almost as common as time travel with no lasting consequences.

It takes place in the 24th century.

Vau N’akat… Maybe there will be a Warner Cut of the show after Warner Discovery swallows Viacom :-)

SMURF?!?,,, rather “Les barbapapa” ;)

Re: what a Tellarite, Medusan and Brikari are doing out in the DQ: maybe their parents’ ships were grabbed by the Caretaker, and they’ve been stuck out there ever since!

That makes a lot of sense. Surely Voyager and Equinox were not the only ships ever to get grabbed. Maybe a couple of those crew are native Delta Quadrant species, though. I guess the question then is, where does a ship with Janeway as a hologram come from, since it would likely have to come from the Alpha Quadrant post- Voyager ? Maybe there are more of the Caretaker’s species out there than we were led to believe, OR the ship somehow falls through a wormhole / experimental slipstream drive, etc.

Could be from the future.

Garth Lorca, I think you’ll like the Brikarian.

The species was created by Peter David for the YA Starfleet Academy series. A Brikarian was Worf’s first roommate at the Academy. So, there’s a well established history for the planet, and it was featured in later novels.

I really like this deep cut to the first Trek book series targeted to kids, and I expect that we can thank Trek author David Mack for this as he is a consultant for the show.

As a species Brikarians are too heavy to function in normal gravity so they wear anti-grav tech, presumably the armbands and belt for this character.

They are supposed to be reddish with more wrinkled skin when younger, and become smoother and more rocklike in adulthood.

I like this image in this Memory Alpha post better.

https://memory-beta.fandom.com/wiki/Zak_Kebron

“Brikiarian.” Because they’re solid as a brick.

Subtlety ain’t Peter David’s forte, I guess.

The species was created for a kid’s series and the character was intended to be a foil for young Worf.

Worf running into a brick wall basically.

But a good metaphor for kids to decode.

This will be the first series in which a Tellarite is a main character. Very cool. The show looks beautiful, can’t wait.

Not just that, but the first series where most of the main characters are species that haven’t been main characters before. Not only that, it’s the first show where most of the main characters are totally new species, at least on screen (counting Brikarians as new since they haven’t been seen in a screen production before) – four new ones, and three established (Tellarite, Medusan, hologram).

I continue to be happy with every bit of news I read on this show. Most of the cast I’m not familiar with, but I’ve loved both Mantzoukas and Baker in multiple other projects, and of course we know Mulgrew will be a great Janeway, holographic or otherwise. I’m excited!

Some people rag on The Orville for “ripping-off” Star Trek (kinda the point of a spoof), but Murf is an obvious near-direct (barring the colour) copy of Yaphit… 🤔

You’re joking, right? Did you actually think Orville was the first series to have a character like that? You’re like one of those people who accuse shows of ripping off Star Wars or Harry Potter, despite both of them being ripoffs of older, better franchises.

I’m not just talking about the form, although that is semi-unique, I’m talking about the whole character. Your argument is like if one car maker makes an almost direct copy of a model made by another manufacturer, and then excuses it by saying “Other companies make cars too”.

*Cough* ODO

Right, Trek is filled with shapeshifters. Blobs in Star Trek are nothing new, as anyone who has watched DS9 should know.

A shapeshifter who only appears in liquid form for seconds is not a gelatenous character. Yaphit and Murf are very special. But then, I don’t accuse anyone of ripping off anything. I celebrate them for doing it,

Very cool! I’m not acquainted with anything from the younger cast members, but I love what work I’ve seen from both Mantzoukas and Baker.

As for the characters, I knew from something I’d read that there’d be connections to classic TOS stuff, but still didn’t foresee that we’d get a Medusan (!). The suit makes all the sense in the world, now, though. Lots of folks thought the Tellarite character would be a Talaxian (to be fair, it makes sense for the setting, and the stylization of the character design can be read as either pretty easily), but I did see at least one person who suggested four months ago, when these characters were first seen, that it could be a Tellarite. But who knew they’d bring in a species from the novels?!

That was me!

Seriously, I couldn’t figure how people thought he was Talaxian give the porcine snout, cloven hoof-hand and tusk.

And I had been trying to convince everyone that the one on the right was a Brikarian, first introduced in the Starfleet Academy novels, but was getting no takers.

I’m still thinking that the one from “an unknown species” will turn out to be Talaxian, but that’s likely to be a plot point for the young viewers.

Because they don’t look anything alike. Maybe it is some sort of dimorphism between their genders or races? Anyway congrats to your good guess. I’m happy you were right. I highly appreciate that they brought something from the novels to canon. :)

…and sorry, I mean sexes not genders of course.

We’ve seen a few different versions of Tellarites.

My thought is that we haven’t seen an adolescent Tellarite before, and kids can take on some interesting features as they grow and develop.

But I actually like the Discovery version of Tellarites best.

I always thought the TOS ones were awful, especially as they reminded me of a pretty bad early 1960s movie where people on Atlantis turned prisoners into pig-faced people. It looked like the same prosthetic makeup was used.

I have to hand it to you, you seriously know your Trek man. It never hit me it was a Tellarite even though it was literally right in front of us lol. Like many I thought it was a Talaxian OR one mixed with something else. Never heard of a Brikarian until now. But I can imagine that’s getting a lot of google hits today. ;)

But I do like that the new shows is using more of the book canon to tell their stories just like Star Wars started doing with the old E.U. books and comics. Again, it makes things just feel more whole and a nice shout out to the book readers.

All sounds and looks great so far!

Very interesting half the crew come from the Alpha quadrant, so I guess we are going to get an interesting backstory how they all ended up in the Delta quadrant, especially being kids no less. And it does make you wonder now will they pull a Voyager and it’s about trying to get back to Federation space as well?

And the first Tellarite as a main cast member, doubly cool! Although funny it never occurred it actually was one lol. I kind of thought maybe it would be a Talaxian.

Dying to see what the new Starship looks like, but I’m guessing it won’t be the Voyager A. ;)

Actually Peter David first introduced Zak Kebron in the Starfleet Academy series as a rival for Worf while Worf was at the academy.

Sounds a lot like Zac Efron :-)

Laurie will be pleased that Rok-Tahk is a girl!

This show seems awfully promising so far. I wish they’d give us a premiere date.

I hoped they would go the Hank Mccoy route with Rok, in which the character who looks the most dim-witted is in fact the smartest. Good choice from them. Like what I see so far. Only the name Zero is kind of lame.

My guess: it’s short for something else–a nickname.

The Medusan cause me to raise an eyebrow. Gotta say that one has the potential to be an inspired choice. Very interesting…

I’m now more curious to see where they are going with this show.

Hmm, the proposed Star Trek: Final Frontier cartoon had a character in a ‘containment suit’ named Zero… hoping that’s either a weird coincidence or maybe one or more people on that team are now on Prodigy…

http://www.startrekff.com/

It’s probably the case that ViacomCBS owns the rights to the characters.

I’m thinking that part of the legal framework that allows fan productions to play in the universe is that ViacomCBS can use character concepts and names and bring them into canon.

I know that this is the case for all the litverse tie-in novels. That’s why the Brikarian can be used without royalties to author Peter David who created the planet Brikar and the species.

I wonder if the alpha quadrant kids are there because of the Caretaker? There were other ships brought to the Delta Quadrant aside from Voyager and the Equinox, maybe they were kept by the Caretaker for some reason or another?

Nice touch with the Medusan. With telekinetic abilities, a functional suit seems to be a natural extension of the species.

And people are surprised Q is showing up again. ;)

I don’t think anyone ever saw that species coming back, certainly not on a kids show based in the Delta quadrant. That’s some real out-of-the-box thinking! (no pun intended ;))

But I think based on the kinds of things we been seeing again from the last few seasons from Pike and Talos IV to GOF/Carl and the Borg, all in just the last two years, nothing is off the table anymore. I been saying this for awhile. And you go this deep of a cut with such an obscure species, people have to expect the marquee players eventually making a return again.

The Trek playground is V-A-S-T and these guys really want to play in it. And since all these shows are now covering every major of Star Trek and then some, it stops literally no one from showing up at some point.

I’m getting excited to see what other species will pop up on this show. The ‘crew’ is not only diverse but probably the most random set of aliens we’ve ever had lol. And even bolder they didn’t do any of the more ‘traditional’ aliens like a Vulcan, Klingon, Bajoran or Ferengi.

I have this image in my head of the Hageman brothers sending Trek author and series consultant a memo asking him to send them a memo listing off-beat canon and litverse species for consideration.

In particular, I can see them asking if there is any large superstrong species, that could loom like the Trolls in Trollhunters. And Mack would just shoot over a precis of the Brikarians, noting that they were created for the Starfleet Academy novels, and that would be it.

I don’t pretend to know these guys or their work (but I keep saying I’m going to watch Trollhunters a bit and I DID finally get around to watching TAS so you know I’m not just saying that ;)), but clearly you do. And based on the VERY little we’ve seen so far, I have to say I am impressed so far.

Everything about the show feels and sounds fresh thus far but also sounds like it will still tell stories like classic Trek did. Although I’m 100% sure it was Kurtzman/CBS idea to get Kate Mulgrew involved in the show as Janeway to draw old fans in (and it’s working lol) it does seem like they are coming up with some different angles and wildly varied characters to give us deep dives into species we know zip or very little about. Also the fact there isn’t a single human on the crew also tells you they want this show to feel more ‘alien’ than all the previous ones. And moving it out of Federation space at the same time makes the premise of this show probably the most unconventional show so far from all the others…and that’s a great thing!

But I expect to see TONS of cameos from Voyager and possibly other shows, flashbacks to the Alpha quadrant etc,; especially since the point is probably to get kids to check out the other shows like VOY/TNG/DS9 etc. But it does seem like it’s going to go in a unique direction we haven’t seen in a long time. But I’m probably overthinking it again. ;)

Eitherway this is beyond what I originally expected when I heard the original premise and was kind of iffy on it. Now I’m totally intrigued about all of and we haven’t seen a trailer yet.

After I heard that the Hageman brothers will do Star Trek I checked out some episodes of Trollhunters and was pleasantly surprised. Just by the name of it, I thought this was some kind of cheap cash grab, but the opposite was the case. You could really see that the makers put a lot of love and thought into it. It remembered me of Disney’s Gargoyles, which I also quite enjoyed back in the day. If you not already know that, you should check this out for the Trek connections. I know you are a fan huge of Frakes.

I actually remember Gargoyles when I was younger. I’ve never watched it though. I just checked and that’s on Disney+ which I have. So maybe I’ll check them both out but I’ll try Trollhunters first since so many seem to really like that one, but thanks!

Gee, didn’t Peter David and Bill Mumy already cover some of this same ground with SPACE CASES back in the 1990’s?

Not really.

I keep waiting for someone to mention that Dee Bradley Baker voices all clone troopers in a popular space fantasy franchise. Or that he voiced Dark Helmet in Spaceballs: The Animated Series.

You call it a Kaminoan cloning facility, I call it a dee bradley bakery

LOL. Good one Fred :-)

I don’t know if it’s the heat or I’ve been watching Star Trek too long but the first thing I saw in that image of Dal looking out the view screen is the outline of the Enterprise in the nebula!

Huh. That kid played young Patrick Stewart in The Kid Who Would Be King. Cool coincidence

I have been a fan of all things Trek since I was 9 years old(1966…), and all I can say is YEEEEEESSSSSS!!!!

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Star Trek Prodigy is an animated series 21 for Nickelodeon . It is apart of the expansion by executive producer Alex Kurtzman . While information has been vague, Prodigy focuses on the group of teenagers using an abandoned spaceship in search for an adventure. Kate Mulgrew will reprise her role as Kathryn Janeway. Prodigy is intended for younger audience but will be much different from Star Trek: Lower Decks .

Star Trek Prodigy released on October 28, with the first season streaming on Paramount+ and on Nickelodeon December 2021. The rest of season one will continue to run on Paramount+ with a second season currently in production.

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A group of "lawless" teenagers use an abandoned starship to search for adventure. [1] The events of Star Trek: Prodigy follows a group of lawless teens who discover a derelict Starfleet ship and use it to search for adventure, meaning, and salvation.

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• Kate Mulgrew as Kathryn Janeway [2]
• Billy Campbell as Thadiun Okona [3]
• Ella Purnell as Gywn
• Brett Gray as Gal
• Jason Mantzoukas as Jankom Pog
• Angus Imrie as Zero
• Dee Bradley Baker as Murf
• Rylee Alazraqui as Rok-Tahk

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Production [ ], development [ ].

In June 2018, after becoming sole showrunner of the series Star Trek: Discovery , Alex Kurtzman signed a five-year overall deal with CBS Television Studios to expand the Star Trek franchise beyond Discovery to several new series, miniseries, and animated series. [4] After the announcement of adult animated comedy Star Trek: Lower Decks , Kurtzman said in January 2019 that there would be at least one more animated series released as part of his expansion. This would be a "kids-focused" series that could potentially be released on a different network from the more adult-focused streaming service CBS All Access where the other Star Trek series under Kurtzman are released. Kurtzman said other animated series would be different from Lower Decks in both tone and visual style, with the latter potentially being achieved through the use of different technology. [5]

Kevin and Dan Hageman joined the series as writers by mid-February 2019, when Nickelodeon was in talks to air the show since its viewers match the series' younger target audience. The project was expected to be a "major tentpole series" for the network under its new president Brian Robbins . [6] A month later, Kurtzman confirmed the project and said negotiations with Nickelodeon were almost complete. He expected the series to be ready for release in 2021 or 2022. [7] Nickelodeon officially ordered the series in late April 2019, with the Hageman brothers confirmed to be writing and executive producing the series alongside Kurtzman, Secret Hideout 's Heather Kadin, Rod Roddenberry (the son of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry ) and Trevor Roth of Roddenberry Entertainment , and CBS Television's animation executive Katie Krentz. [1] Kadin revealed in October 2019 that the series had received a two-season order from Nickelodeon due to the animation work required for the series, and said it would feature serialized elements. She explained that the Hagemans were hired due to their work on previous children's series that were not "playing down" to the audience and were still watchable for older viewers. Kadin felt the series would be something that older Star Trek fans could watch with their children to introduce them to the franchise since "it’s such a big franchise, [it can be hard] to get into as a kid". [8]

In an article on the Star Trek franchise in January 2020, The Wall Street Journal listed the series as Star Trek: Prodigy . [9] This title was officially confirmed in July, along with a 2021 release date. Ramsey Naito was overseeing the series for Nickelodeon as EVP of Animation Production and Development. [10] Ben Hibon was announced as director, co-executive producer, and creative lead for the series in August 2020. Naito described Hibon as "an incredible storyteller and a world builder with a distinct vision" for the series. [11] In February 2021, ViacomCBS announced that Prodigy would debut on the new streaming service Paramount+ along with the rest of the Star Trek Universe . [12] Paramount+'s EVP of development and programming, Julie McNamara, said they would have the "best of both worlds" with this move by introducing the series to fans of the other Star Trek series on the service before bringing it to new audiences on Nickelodeon. She added that viewership data from CBS All Access showed that fans of Star Trek also watched the animated series The Legend of Korra on the service, and this was another factor in deciding to add Prodigy to Paramount+. [13] At that time, the series was revealed to have been ordered for 20 episodes, [14] with each 10-episode season being aired on Nickelodeon after its Paramount+ debut and before the next season is released. [15] [14]

Writing [ ]

The Hageman brothers announced the series' writers room in July 2019, which includes Julie and Shawna Benson, Diandra Pendleton-Thompson, Chad Quandt, Aaron Waltke , Lisa Shoop Boyd, Nikhil Jayaram, Erin McNamara, and Keith Sweet. [16] Star Trek author David Mack served as a consultant and adviser on the series. [17] Astrophysicist Erin Macdonald also served as a consultant on the series after being hired as a general science advisor for the Star Trek franchise. [18] Kurtzman stated in August 2020 that the writers were close to completing their work for the first two seasons of the series. [19]

Casting [ ]

During the 2020 New York Comic Con , Kate Mulgrew was announced to be reprising her role of Kathryn Janeway from Star Trek: Voyager . Further casting for the series was expected to be revealed in the following months. [2] Kurtzman said bringing Mulgrew back for the series was part of the Hagemans' initial pitch, and he felt their reasoning was compelling enough to meet his requirements that "legacy characters" like Janeway only be brought back for a very specific reason. The production had approached Mulgrew about starring in the series a year before the official announcement, and Kurtzman was surprised that her involvement had not leaked during that time. [20] Mulgrew had initially been reluctant to join the series, but after several months of negotiations she was convinced to reprise her role by the idea of introducing Star Trek to a new generation of fans. [21]

The series' bridge crew features six teenage misfits, [13] none of whom are human which is a first for the franchise. [15] Billy Campbell revealed in February 2021 that he was reprising his guest role of Thadiun Okona from Star Trek: The Next Generation in the series, and said his role was one of several "legacy characters" that were returning for Prodigy . [3]

Recording [ ]

Mulgrew revealed in January 2021 that recording for the first season had been completed, and recording on the second season was about to begin. [22]

Animation [ ]

Kurtzman expected it would take around a year for the series' animation work to be completed. [7] In May 2019, Kurtzman said the series would be nothing like the first animated Star Trek series and was "something that has never been done before" in Star Trek , [23] adding a month later that it also would be a "really different show" from Lower Decks . He explained that unlike the previous animated Star Trek series, this one would feature computer-generated animation and was aiming for a more cinematic style that he compared to the series Love, Death & Robots in terms of "beauty and lighting and cinema". [24] Kadin further compared the style to the Hagemans' previous work on Ninjago and Trollhunters . [8]

Speaking in August 2020, Kurtzman said work on the series' animation was "barreling ahead, full steam ahead" in contrast to the live-action Star Trek series which had been delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic . [19] In February 2021, Kurtzman said the series would feature film-quality animation that could hold up if projected in cinemas. [13]

In August 2020, Kurtzman said Nami Melumad had been hired to compose the music for a new Star Trek series after impressing with her work on the Star Trek: Short Treks short "Q&A". He did not reveal which series she had been hired for, but Melumad indicated that it was Prodigy . [25] She was confirmed to be composing for the series in October. [26]

Marketing [ ]

The series' title and logo were officially announced at the virtual Star Trek Universe panel during the July 2020 Comic-Con@Home convention, [10] while Mulgrew's casting was announced at another virtual Star Trek Universe panel for New York Comic Con in October 2020. [2] In February 2021, a first look at the bridge crew of Prodigy was released during the ViacomCBS Investor Day. [15]

Gallery [ ]

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Star Trek: Prodigy is an American animated television series created by Kevin and Dan Hageman for the streaming service Paramount+ and the cable channel Nickelodeon.

Show Description [ ]

• Developed by Emmy® Award-winners Kevin and Dan Hageman (Trollhunters and Ninjago) the CG-animated series Star Trek: Prodigy is the first Star Trek series aimed at younger audiences and will follow a motley crew of young aliens who must figure out how to work together while navigating a greater galaxy, in search for a better future. These six young outcasts know nothing about the ship they have commandeered – a first in the history of the Star Trek Franchise – but over the course of their adventures together, they will each be introduced to Starfleet and the ideals it represents. (from Paramount+'s website).

Episode List [ ]

• This is a list of episodes for Star Trek: Prodigy . The show premiered on October 28, 2021 on Paramount+, while it aired second-run on December 17, 2021 on Nickelodeon.

Season 1 [ ]

• 1 April 22, 2024
• 2 April 21, 2024
• 3 SpongeBob SquarePants

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References [ ].

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Star Trek: Prodigy

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Star Trek: Prodigy is an American animated television series created by Kevin and Dan Hageman for the streaming service Paramount+ and the cable channel Nickelodeon.

Show Description [ ]

• Developed by Emmy® Award-winners Kevin and Dan Hageman (Trollhunters and Ninjago) the CG-animated series Star Trek: Prodigy is the first Star Trek series aimed at younger audiences and will follow a motley crew of young aliens who must figure out how to work together while navigating a greater galaxy, in search for a better future. These six young outcasts know nothing about the ship they have commandeered – a first in the history of the Star Trek Franchise – but over the course of their adventures together, they will each be introduced to Starfleet and the ideals it represents. (from Paramount+'s website).

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Gwyndala , more commonly called Gwyn , was a young female Vau N'Akat who lived during the late 24th century . She was the artificially created daughter of The Diviner and was sometimes referred to as his " progeny " or the "Progeny of Solum ." ( PRO : " Lost and Found ", " Starstruck ", " Kobayashi ")

Gwyn lived on the Tars Lamora prison colony until 2383 , when she was taken hostage by Dal R'El aboard the newly-discovered Federation starship USS Protostar . Eventually, she joined the crew as they fled the Diviner and searched for meaning and a new life in the Federation. ( PRO : " Lost and Found ")

• 1 Early life
• 2 USS Protostar
• 3 Personal interests
• 4.1 Appearances
• 4.2 Background information
• 4.3 External links

Early life [ ]

Gwyn's beginning

In 2366 , having grown weak over the years in his search for the Protostar , and with his species on the verge of extinction , The Diviner decided to create an offspring who would continue in his place, should he one day perish. Drednok was against the idea of creating an offspring, but reluctantly assisted The Diviner. ( PRO : " Kobayashi ")

Gwyn spent her childhood on Tars Lamora studying thousands of alien languages , which she called "windows into other cultures ," and assisting The Diviner with negotiating slave deals and interrogating those that worked at the prison colony.

Despite her work, Gwyn displayed a penchant of caring for " The Unwanted ", which at times led her to step out of bounds and speak on behalf of The Diviner, a power solely given to Drednok. She also showed sympathy for some prisoners by using softer interrogation methods than violence employed by Drednok and threatening a Kazon slave trader when he tried to sell a very young Caitian for half-price. She longed to leave Tars Lamora to see the stars .

USS Protostar [ ]

In 2383 , The Diviner tasked Gwyn to interrogate Dal R'El for information about Zero . After R'El found the USS Protostar , Gwyn lost track of him, and eventually she was held hostage on the starship by Rok-Tahk , Jankom Pog and Zero after a fight. The Protostar then left Tars Lamora with Gwyn tied to the captain's chair . ( PRO : " Lost and Found ")

She was later transferred to the ship's brig . She briefly escaped when the ship was threatened by a binary star when power was transferred from non-essential systems. An attempt to flee the ship aboard an escape pod proved unsuccessful when all were jettisoned moments before she could board one. She then learned of the ship's vehicle replicator and attempted to use it to create a shuttlecraft but was stopped by Rok and was subsequently returned to the brig. ( PRO : " Starstruck ")

After being marooned with her de facto crew mates on Murder Planet , she briefly injured her leg and was forced to cooperate with them to survive. She was devastated when her father The Diviner chose to attempt leaving with the Protostar rather than rescuing her from the planet's dangerous Cilium-like vegetation . She ultimately fled the planet with the runaway crew, engaging the ship's Protostar drive to escape his pursuit in the Rev-12 . ( PRO : " Dream Catcher ", " Terror Firma ")

After fleeing The Diviner and joining the crew of the Protostar, Gwyn struggled to find a new role for herself on the ship as she recovered from her injuries and emotional trauma. With the encouragement of Zero, she realized her skills in language and interpretation were exceptionally useful, especially in cracking the unusual encryptions on the Protostar 's logs written in the language of her homeworld , Solum, that were preventing Hologram Janeway from accessing some of her memories. These endeavors eventually revealed the identity of the ship's former captain, Chakotay . ( PRO : " Kobayashi ")

Gwyn proved instrumental in communicating with the Cymari , whose "language" was primarily told through manipulating matter via sound waves . ( PRO : " First Con-tact ") She also successfully altered Hologram Janeway's programming to prevent The Diviner from changing her code, and to give Janeway the ability to fight back against intruders.

In 2384 , Gwyn confronted The Diviner on the Protostar 's holodeck, where she learned that despite what she'd been told, her species the Vau N'Akat had not been driven to extinction yet, and that The Diviner was from approximately fifty years in the future. She was created to carry on The Diviner's mission to destroy the Federation before first contact with Solum could occur, which would drive them to civil war and the destruction of their civilization. Gwyn chose not to join her father's cause, insisting that "you can't trade on tragedy for another." Before she could warn her crew of this dark revelation, she was accidentally exposed to Zero's true Medusan form by glimpsing a reflection in Dal's combadge , damaging her mind and causing her to lose her immediate memories of the event. ( PRO : " A Moral Star, Part 1 ", " A Moral Star, Part 2 ")

Guilt-ridden over what they'd almost done to Gwyn, Zero made it their mission to help her recover her lost memories. Though Gwyn did experience flashbacks, the details of the last conversation she had with her father remained elusive. Later, when the crew arrived at Federation outpost CR-721 , Zero took Gwyn to the station's sickbay which they believed would have better equipment. After placing Gwyn into a biobed , Zero stepped out. At that precise moment, the Diviner's weapon was activated, and the station’s systems turned against itself, with multiple systems malfunctioning, including the doors to sickbay. Momentarily trapped in her biobed, which was filling with water, Gwyn caught some glimpses of memory, and was able to cut herself loose using her heirloom. When Zero was finally able to enter the room, Gwyn announced that she remembered everything –most importantly the devastating weapon Living construct hidden onboard the Protostar. ( PRO : " Asylum ")

Though the crew was able to locate the Living construct, located in a subdeck beneath the bridge, the powerful weapon could not be disabled or removed. ( PRO : " Let Sleeping Borg Lie ") Eventually, thanks to the Living construct, the Protostar crew no longer had control of the ship and was headed for the heart of Federation space, where it was met by an armada of Starfleet vessels. At the same time, the Diviner, the Vindicator Asencia , and Drednok, boarded the ship to ensure that the Living construct was activated. While Drednok immobilized the rest of the Protostar crew, the Vindicator and the Diviner went to the bridge where they found Gwyn. Concerned about his loyalty to his daughter, the Vindicator tricked the Diviner into checking on the living construct and locked him in the subdeck.

Armed with her own Vau N'Akat heirloom , the Vindicator engaged Gwyn in a vicious sword fight. Though Gwyn was able to land a blow that left a scar on the other woman's face, the Vindicator got the upper hand, while calling Gwyn a "mistake that shouldn't exist".

When the Diviner escaped, the Vindicator quickly used Gwyn as a hostage so she could control him. However, he used his mind to send Gwyn’s heirloom towards The Vindicator's face. Unfortunately, she countered this by catching it and throwing it straight into his abdomen, landing a fatal blow. As the Vindicator escaped with Drednok A to complete their mission, the Diviner died in his daughter's arms and evaporated around her.

With the Living construct activated, Starfleet vessels became contaminated and, not only began attacking one another, but Universal translators were disabled as well, fleetwide. Luckily, Gwyn's knowledge of languages paid off and she calmed a terrified Rok and Jankom.

Suddenly, Dal got the idea that, since the living construct only affected Starfleet vessels, they should ask others for help. With approval from Vice admiral Kathryn Janeway , Gwyn sent a distress call and successfully contacted a Klingon captain named Trij , who, after an impassioned plea from Gwyn, agreed to render aid. Unfortunately, thanks to automatic distress calls , more and more Starfleet vessels were arriving and becoming contaminated. ( PRO : " Supernova, Part 1 ")

Finally, Dal decided that the only solution was to destroy the Protostar . When Pog stated that that would destroy everything in this solar system, Rok countered that it wouldn't if they set the ship to explode as it was going into proto-drive . Unfortunately, since the self-destruct was off-line, the core would need to be detonated manually. Dal volunteered to go down with the ship. but Holo Janeway declared that she should be the one to stay behind.

As Gwyn and the others escaped on a bare-bones shuttle that Rok built using the vehicle replicator , the Protostar destroyed itself in mid-jump, disabling the Living construct.

A month later, the Protostar crew made it to Starfleet Headquarters on Earth . where they found themselves in front of a Starfleet tribunal where they faced various criminal charges, such as stealing a Federation starship. Admiral Janeway argued on their behalf that the kids did everything in in an effort to warn Starfleet. thanks to the admiral's impassioned speech, all criminal charges were dropped and although they weren't allowed immediate entrance into Starfleet Academy as they hoped, five of them would be permitted to serve under the admiral as Warrant officers -in-training. When the group asked why only five, they learned of Gwyn's intention to travel to Solum to try to unite her people and avoid the disasterous civil war. As a result of her mision, Zero christened her The Unifier. ( PRO : " Supernova, Part 2 ")

Personal interests [ ]

Gwyn was trained extensively by the Diviner in starship mechanics , astrophysics , linguistics , and information technology , which she eventually realized was to prepare her for operating the Protostar . She spoke many languages besides her native language, including Klingonese and Federation Standard , as well as those used by the Kazons, Caitians, and Dal R'El. At the prison colony, she had a facility that allowed her to study languages, which she believed to allow her to understand new cultures. She favored speaking in Standard; her father considered the language "primitive", but nonetheless consented to communication with it between the two of them. ( PRO : " Lost and Found ", " Starstruck ", " Dream Catcher ")

She also possessed a professed level of martial arts skills and was equipped with an heirloom composed of malleable matter that she could control with telekinesis . ( PRO : " Lost and Found ", " Terror Firma ", " A Moral Star, Part 2 ")

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Appearances [ ].

• " Lost and Found "
• " Starstruck "
• " Dream Catcher "
• " Terror Firma "
• " Kobayashi "
• " First Con-tact "
• " Time Amok "
• " A Moral Star, Part 1 "
• " A Moral Star, Part 2 "
• " Let Sleeping Borg Lie "
• " All the World's a Stage "
• " Crossroads "
• " Masquerade "
• " Preludes "
• " Ghost in the Machine "
• " Mindwalk "
• " Supernova, Part 1 "
• " Supernova, Part 2 "
• VST : " Holograms All the Way Down " (background hologram)

Background information [ ]

Gwyn is voiced by Ella Purnell .

According to her official Nickelodeon description:

This 17-year-old Vau N'Akat always dreamed of exploring the stars. Gwyndala is an expert in languages and heir to an otherworldly weapon made of living matter. She was tricked into joining the U.S.S. Protostar crew, and reluctantly becomes their Communications Officer. Even though her father, the Diviner, is an evil tyrant, she still highly regards his opinion of her. Gwyn is smart, strategic, fearless, and always calculating her next move. [1]

According to StarTrek.com , she possessed a natural ability known as neuroflux . [2]

Concept art for the character was developed by art director Alessandro Taini .

External links [ ]

• Gwyndala at StarTrek.com
• Gwyndala at Memory Beta , the wiki for licensed Star Trek works

Star Trek: Prodigy's Brett Gray Prepared For His Role By Keeping Himself In The Dark

The second season of "Star Trek: Prodigy" is still awaiting a release date in North America, although French readers should be able to view it right now on the region-specific France.TV. The story of the cancelation of "Prodigy" is sad for Trekkies, as the kid-centric animated series, created by Kevin and Dan Hageman, was just growing into its own and emerging as a proper "Star Trek" series.

The premise was fun: in an unknown and distant part of the galaxy, a group of teenage aliens -- fleeing slavery in a mine -- discover an abandoned Starfleet vessel called the U.S.S. Protostar. On board, they meet a holographic version of Captain Janeway (Kate Mulgrew), who assumes the teens are Starfleet cadets and require tutelage. The teens are hotheaded, feisty, and brooding in the way that teens tend to be, but Janeway teaches them to operate as a crew and mature as individuals. By the end of the first season, the teens were wearing uniforms and staging dangerous rescue missions.

The ersatz captain of the crew was Dal R'El, played by actor Brett Gray. Dal didn't have a family and didn't even know what species he was. He initially took command out of bluster and unearned confidence but eventually learned to get along with his crew and even came to care for them as friends. Scant exposure to Starfleet ideals was enough to inspire ambition and growth.

It seems that Gray, when preparing for "Prodigy," deliberately didn't do any "Star Trek" research. Gray was not a Trekkie by any stretch and had no working knowledge of the franchise. However, since Dal was also clueless about the details of Starfleet, Gray felt it was fitting to keep his homework to an absolute minimum. Gray admitted as much in a 2022 interview with TrekMovie.

Read more: Star Trek's Gene Roddenberry Always Regretted Cutting One Character From The Show

Barely Preparing

Of course, Trekkies would likely prefer to hear from actors that they are as learned in "Star Trek" as most diehard fans. "Star Trek" is a vast and complicated universe and I think many Trekkies would be comforted to know that the actors they watch every week are just as sensitive to continuity as they are. Not so with Gray. When asked about how much "Star Trek" knowledge he entered "Prodigy" with, Gray was frank, saying:

"You're not going like this answer. I tried to barely prepare it all. I was really nervous coming into it. I thought maybe I should watch every 'Star Trek' and I should go learn about everything; see who the people are and things like that. But as I was reading the scripts for the first season, I realized that I could discover this all as myself with Dal. I don't know if that was the right way to do it but I feel like it's freed me up so much."

To be fair, ignorance would actually aid Gray in creating a character like Dal. If the character had never heard of Starfleet, then it would stand to reason that the actor shouldn't have either. Dal and Gray could, then, go on parallel growth arcs, learning about "Star Trek" through snippets of knowledge, all while offering their own eye-rolling, irreverent viewpoint. Dal didn't find Starfleet sacred, allowing Gray, as he said, to do more with his character. Indeed, when it came to a known element of "Star Trek" narration, Gray said that his ignorance impressed the producers.

'I Don't Even Know What A Captain's Log Is'

Gray went on to relate a story about his unique read of the classic "Star Trek" exposition device -- the captain's log:

"I remember my first captain's log -- I don't know if you've heard any of them, but they're getting better -- but when I first started them it was super flippant and the producers loved it. They said, 'Wow, these are usually done very matter-of-factly and super seriously, did you choose to do that?' And I was like, 'I don't even know what a captain's log is!' I think in some ways, it's freed me up to bring some freshness and to bring some life into these characters in a different way than we've seen before." 

Indeed, "Prodigy" is one of the most in-depth examples of an outsider character learning about Starfleet for the first time. Gray reinforced that he and Dal were learning at the same time. 

In June 2023, it was announced that "Star Trek: Prodigy" had been canceled and that the show would be removed from Paramount+. This came as an utter shock to the "Prodigy" cast and crew . They were given leeway to finish the second season, but there was to be no more "Prodigy" after that. Currently, "Prodigy" is available on Netflix. The sudden removal of "Prodigy" was the first sign that Paramount had invested too much in "Star Trek" and that the franchise needed to contract . "Picard" is over, "Prodigy" and "Discovery" have been canceled, and "Section 31" was transformed from a series into a movie.

Those of us outside of France will have to wait and see if Dal truly grows up.

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“Honestly the shame I feel around that has really taken hold”: Fallout Star Ella Purnell Was Not Proud of One Thing While Working in Star Trek: Prodigy

The actor admitted something that would leave a lot of fans a little devastated.

• Ella Purnell, fresh off her success in Fallout, admitted a secret about her relationship[p with the Star Trek franchise.
• She revealed that she has never actually watched Star Trek, and planned to do so over a weekend.
• The actress is set to do more post apocalyptic shows, with Army of the Dead: Lost Vegas and a comedy drama for Sky Atlantic.

Ella Purnell has entered the cultural zeitgeist with her hit show Fallout , based on the video game of the same name. The show has become quite the hit, which indicates Purnell’s rise as a science fiction icon. The Fallout actress has also been a part of the Star Trek universe, but there is one regret regarding the show that the actress still suffers from.

Ella Purnell has never seen Star Trek

Despite having starred in Star Trek Prodigy , the actress revealed to the Independent that she had never, in fact, watched Star Trek . The actor revealed:

“Honestly, the shame that I feel around that has really taken hold.”

This was followed by an immediate promise to binge all of it over the weekend (though given how expansive the series is, how that is going to happen, no one knows). Apart from this, the actress has also starred in other nerdy roles, most recently in Arcane , the massively successful Netflix show based on the League of Legends IP, which won the Actress an Annie award and sits at a cozy 100% on Rotten Tomatoes .

Ellen Purnell has been slowly collecting a slew of science fiction franchises for herself, ranging from Star Trek to Fallout , and even in animation with Invincible and Arcane .

What’s next for Ella Purnell?

While the actress has received a lot of accolades for the huge success of various shows, there seem to be some peculiar projects on the horizon. Following Fallout , the actor would be jumping into another post-apocalyptic world with Zack Snyder ‘s Army of the Dead universe, where she will star in the prequel anime, Army of the Dead: Lost Vegas .

The actress is also set to appear in the upcoming comedy-drama Sweetpea for Sky Atlantic, where she will be essaying the lead role of a woman escaping childhood infamy. The actress is cementing herself, specifically in the science fiction scene in Hollywood, which bodes well for her going forward. With the rise of shows like Arcane , The Last of Us , and Fallout , it seems that the industry might look to science fiction video games to produce prestige dramas, which bodes well for actors like Ella Purnell who have a lot of experience with the genre.

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