Star Trek fans have been sent into near meltdown with the unveiling of USS Discovery, the new starship at the centre of the upcoming streaming series Star Trek Discovery.
The USS Discovery made its debut appearance at the end of a Star Trek 50th Anniversary Comic-Con panel featuring veterans of multiple Trek TV series, including the original Captain Kirk, William Shatner.
A clip played at the end of the session in San Diego revealed the new ship and also the title of the streaming series.
Fans immediately took to Twitter to dissect every aspect of the new starship with some remaining distinctly unimpressed by the new design.
#UssDiscovery seems to have a upper and lower saucer isolated spheroid Bridge that seems attached to the 2ndary hull pic.twitter.com/zhtXvzBjco— Sebastian Colt (@Red_Rescue) July 25, 2016
USS DISCOVERY is an ugly ship. Looks like the mutant freakbaby of a Consitution class and oldschool Klingon cruiser. https://t.co/0WGGLT6MCc— Diamanda Hagan (@Diamandahagan) July 24, 2016
The series will premiere in Australia on Netflix in January.
Bryan Fuller, executive producer of the new series, offered a slight glimpse into Discovery, suggesting it would be more serialised than its predecessors, which account for 762 episodes.
"We're telling stories in a brand new way, not so much episodic," he told a rapt Comic-Con audience. "We're going to be telling stories like a novel, chapter by chapter."
He emphasised that Discovery would connect to late Trek creator Gene Roddenberry's vision of an inclusive, peaceful future.
"What the new series has to do is remind the audience about the message of Star Trek," Fuller said. "It has always been an intimate adventure, the adventure of mankind, humankind, all of us. It has to continue to be progressive, continue to push boundaries."
Other Star Trek alumni participating in the panel included Next Generation's Brent Spiner, and Michael Dorn, as well as Voyager's Jeri Ryan and Enterprise's Scott Bakula.
With USA Today
