Star Trek’s strange godlike being, Trelane (William Campbell), may be peerless in his power, but I forgot thatStar Trek: Strange New Worldshas already created some sci-fi demigods of its own. Trelane is one of the most iconic aliens fromStar Trek: The Original Series. The self-styled Squire of Gothos terrorizedCaptain James T. Kirk (William Shatner)and the crew of the USS Enterprise with his planet of anomalies and a medieval castle, which he ruled with impunity.
Star Trekhas a roster of seemingly all-powerful space gods, like the Greek god Apollo (Michael Forest) and the Metrons. Famously,John de Lancie plays the omnipotent QfromStar Trek: The Next GenerationtoStar Trek: Picard.Star Trek: Strange New Worldsis a 23rd century prequel toStar Trek: The Original Series.With that in mind, I shouldn’t be surprised to realize thatStrange New Worldshas already introduced two types of beings that could be considered space gods like Trelane.
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 1 Introduced A Space God Named Debra
Debra Saved The Doctor’s Daughter And Created Another God
Star Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 1introduced the first space god of the prequel series. When Dr. Joseph M’Benga (Babs Olusanmokun) struggled to cure his sick daughter, Rukiya (Sage Arrindell & Makambe Simamba), of cygnokemia, he kept her in transporter stasis. But, in Strange New Worldsseason 1, episode 8, “The Elysian Kingdom,” it was a space god named Debra that finally cured Rukiya. When the USS Enterprise passed through the Jonsian Nebula,Debra sensed Rukiya and transformed the Enterprise into the Elysian Kingdom from Rukiya’s storybook.
Dr. M’Benga’s technique of keeping a patient alive in the transporter buffer is something he learned during the Klingon war, and it is also the way that Captain Montgomery “Scotty” Scott (James Doohan) survived until theTNGepisode “Relics.”
In the process,Debra changed and overwrote the memories of every member of the Enterprise’s crew,grew a forest on the ship, and, eventually, transformed Rukiya into a being like her. Ultimately, the only limits to Debra’s power appeared to be rewriting the memories of a fewcharacters fromStrange New Worlds. Ultimately, the Starship Enterprise departed, leaving Rukiya and Debra together as entities in the Jonsian Nubula.
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 2 Introduced The Kerkhovians
They’re Non-Corporeal Beings That Can Rewrite DNA
Star Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 2, episode 5, “Charades,” introduced more aliens who could be considered space gods, the Kerkhovians. After Lieutenant Spock (Ethan Peck) was injured while on a shuttlecraft survey mission,the Kerkhovians healed him while fully erasing his Vulcan DNA. The closest technological version of the Kerhovians' power came in theStar Trek: Voyagerepisode, “Faces,” when half-human, half-Klingon Lieutenant B’Elanna Torres (Roxann Dawson) is split into two separate beings, one fully human, one fully Klingon, by the Videans. The Kerkhovians split Lt. Spock not with complex medical technology, but with a single beam of light.
The Kerkhovians exist as non-physical beings who no longer have the patience to interact with more traditional lifeforms and can apparently manipulate life down to its most basic building blocks. However, “Charades” only shows the Kerkhovians' abilities to redesign humanoid beings, so the exact limits of the aliens' abilities are unknown.Star Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 3 will touch upon what Nurse Christine Chapel (Jess Bush) learned from the Kerkhovians when she turns her USS Enterprise crewmates and herself into Vulcans.
Will Rhys Darby Play Trelane In Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3?
Fans Theorize Trelane Will Be In Strange New Worlds Season 3
Star Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 3’s teasershows guest star Rhys Darby as a yet unnamed character. In his brief appearance on screen,Darby dramatically snaps his finger.While Darby’s heavily embroidered jacket is reminiscent of Trelane’s Napoleonic military uniform, his snap is more reminiscent of Q’s iconic gesture of power.
Right now, we just don’t know who Rhys Darby will play inStrange New Worldsseason 3.
Nevertheless, there have long beenStar Trektheories that Trelane is a member of the Q continuum. It’s possible thatStrange New Worldsseason 3 may confirm that theory. Right now, we just don’t know who Rhys Darby will play inStrange New Worldsseason 3. I, for one, would not be at all surprised to see the iconic New Zealand actor play Trelane onStar Trek: Strange New Worlds.
