Star Trek: Discovery

Star Trek: Discovery is the sixth live-action television series set in the Star Trek universe. It began streaming in September of 2017 on CBS All Access (now Paramount+) and Crave (Canada), and Netflix internationally. From Season Four, the series moved to Paramount+ internationally and Pluto TV in countries that did not yet have access to Paramount+.
==Show Synopsis==
The show is set roughly ten years before the events of Star Trek: The Original Series, and stars a brand new cast of characters.
The first season starts on the starship USS Shenzhou, but moves to the USS Discovery, that gives the title to the series, in the third episode. The season shows the united Klingon houses in a war with the United Federation of Planets that involves the crew of the Discovery.
In the second season the crew of the Discovery investigates seven signals and a mysterious figure known as "The Red Angel". This season includes the USS Enterprise and brings back characters from the original series, like Spock, Christopher Pike and Number One. At the end of the season the main crew ends up traveling nine hundred years into the future. The show's third season begins in this future and adds a new regular character, Cleveland "Book" Booker, to the show.
===Characters===
* Michael Burnham
* Saru
* Ash Tyler / Voq
* Paul Stamets
* Gabriel Lorca
* Philippa Georgiou
* Sylvia Tilly
* Hugh Culber
* Sarek
* Amanda Grayson
* L'Rell
* Harcourt Fenton Mudd
* Jett Reno
* Cleveland "Book" Booker
* Adira Tal
* Gray Tal
* Joann Owosekun
* Keyla Detmer
===Mirror Universe===
During Season One, Mirror Universe duplicates of several characters were featured, including:
* Michael Burnham
* Paul Stamets
* Gabriel Lorca
* Philippa Georgiou
* Sylvia "Captain Killy" Tilly
* Sarek
* Voq
==Fandom==
===Controversies===
In Season 1, some fans of other Star Trek properties disliked DSC because of its seeming disregard for canon. There were fans who were unhappy with the design and portrayal of Klingons. Some fans disliked the futuristic look of the show, as they felt it wasn't in keeping with a prequel to Star Trek: TOS. While many fans recalled similar dislike for new Star Trek movies and TV series in the past, other believed that "Discovery" had gone too far. 
CBS's decision to release the series on their streaming platform, but only show the first episode live on TV was also disparaged by fans. Many saw it as a blatant attempt to increase subscription numbers, but the series was available outside the US on Netflix. 
Some fans unhappy with changes made in "Discovery" edited the series to improve its watchability. Many of these edits were available on torrent sites. One editor explained how and why they edited the series:
While some fans didn't believe an openly gay relationship should be shown on a Star Trek show, some LGBT+ fans were also unhappy with the treatment of that relationship, since Hugh Culber dies at the end of the first season. However, after the episode where he dies was released TPTB confirmed that Culber was going to come back in the next season, which eventually happened. By the end of the second season Culmets were together again and the show had introduced another queer character, Jett Reno.
===Campaigns===
Growing approval of Season Two characters Captain Christopher Pike, Spock and Number One, saw the creation of online fan petitions requesting that CBS consider a Pike-led TV series. As of April 2019, the "change.org" petition had over 11,000 signatures. Pike actor Anson Mount, who had been signed only for the Season Two story arc, responded positively to these campaigns, as did Ethan Peck (Spock).Anson Mount Responds To Fan Petition Calling For Star Trek: Pike Series, April 15, 2019. After Star Trek: Short Treks had teased fans, with three new mini-episodes and much secrecy, a full-blown Pike series was eventually announced, entitled Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Series With Pike, Spock And Number One Headed To CBS All Access, May 15, 2020.
===Shipping===
====Het====
* Michael Burnham/Ash Tyler
* Michael Burnham/Gabriel Lorca
* Michael Burnham/Christopher Pike
* Number One/Christopher Pike
====Slash====
* Paul Stamets/Hugh Culber (canon)
* Spock/Christopher Pike
====Femslash====
* Michael Burnham/Philippa Georgiou
* Michael Burnham/Sylvia Tilly
* Joann Owosekun/Keyla Detmer
* Sylvia Tilly/Airiam
* Philippa Georgiou/Katrina Cornwell
==Fanworks==
===Fanfiction===
* Across The Stars by nomisunrider. Michael Burnham/Philippa Georgiou
===Meta===
* How Star Trek: Discovery is challenging my understanding of my own fandom
* Star Trek Las Vegas – 2017: Star Trek Fandom at a Crossroads
* "I actually reject the idea that a lot of reviewers seem to have that Discovery’s moral complexity is blunted by having Lorca come from the Mirror Universe..." by quasi-normalcy on tumblr
* Is Disco Trek enough? by Tamar Wyschogrod (2018)
=== Zines ===
* We Salute You
==Archives & Fannish Links==
* Star Trek: Discovery fanworks at AO3
* Star Trek: Discovery fanworks at FFN
* Star-Trek-Discovery, a fan group on DeviantArt
===Tumblr===
* Tumblr tags: Star Trek Discovery
* startrekdiscovery
* discovernow
===Reddit===
* startrek
* StarTrekDiscovery
==References==
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