Star trek writer on star trek discovery episode 10 mirror. Most recently, discovery had a multi episode runin with the alternative dimension, when captain gabriel lorca was found to be a mirror person, thanks to his intolerance to bright light. Ultimately, unlike what we got on discovery, this wouldve looked quite dissimilar to what star trek fans might have anticipated when they were told they were getting a mirror universe story. Nasa may have just confirmed a parallel mirror universe. Sidebyside looks at prime and mirror universe characters on. Mirror universe memory beta, noncanon star trek wiki.
Whatculture ranked uhuras performance in mirror, mirror as the 5th most romanticsexual moment of star trek. Discovery from these previous mirror universeset star trek episodes. Thats the prime timeline along with the mirror universe the evil dimension where everyones bad, first introduced in a 1967 tos episode called mirror mirror. The way fuller immediately jumps to talking about the mirror universe when asked about how he originally approached star trek. Discovery s unexpected journey to the mirror universe in season 1 of star trek. Bryan fuller talks about his original mirror universe plan. Discovery enters the mirror universe in its currentlyongoing story line. Mirror universe glass empires obsidian alliances shards. Discovery the jonathan frakesdirected despite yourself confirmed one of the shows longest brewing rumors, revealing that the titular federation starship has unexpectedly found itself in the mirror universe following a malfunction of its experimental spore drive the mirror universe is an alternate reality that runs parallel to the main star trek. Discovery takes the series and its characters where no. Scott bakula, john billingsley, jolene blalock, dominic keating. Ranking every mirror universe episode of star trek syfy wire.
Discovery the shows dizzying trip through the mirror universe revealed a lot of plot twists, but it feels as though weve lost far more than weve gained. Roughly a century later, in the 2250s, not much has changed for the empire when star trek. A guide to all the mirror universe episodes the original series mirror universe. The war of the prophets warpath fearful symmetry the soul key star trek. Star trek discoverys mirror universe a beginners guide digital spy. Discovery cocreator bryan fuller reveals his original plans for the mirror universe before he left the show in early season 1. Lets rank every single star trek mirror universe episode ever made, from the original series to discovery. Bryan fuller talks about his original mirror universe plan for star. Mirror universe episode of star trek discovery confirmed. Enterprise twoparter in a mirror, darkly and in a mirror, darkly, part ii, which themselves. Discovery indicates he saw it as an important part of the show, or at. Lets take a look back at some of the characters eyecatching altoutfits.
As with so many nowiconic star trek conceits, the mirror universe started with a single oneoff episode, in which transporter interference from an ionic storm spits kirk, uhura, scotty, and mccoy out into a parallel universe from their own. Watch these mirror universe episodes before star trek. Discovery bringing the franchise back to television after a 12year absence, now is the best time to see why star trek has endured since the original series first aired in 1966. Deep space nine did a deep dive into the mirror universe with five separate episodes. A brief history of star treks mirror universe nerdist. The scene at the end where kirk meets marlena on the prime universe s enterprise was used to create the scene where benjamin sisko speaks with kirk in the 1996 star trek. Sidebyside looks at prime and mirror universe characters. Lets take a look back at some of the characters eyecatching alt outfits. In a mirror, darkly ent 4x1819 established that the terran empire already existed 102 years before dsc. The original series episode mirror mirror s2, ep4 deep space nine episode crossover s2, ep23. What universe or timeline is star trek discovery in. In a mirror, darkly dsc into the forest i go despite yourself the wolf inside vaulting. Star trek conceits, the mirror universe started with a single oneoff episode, in which. Bryan fuller on star trek discoverys original mirror.
Bryan fuller kicked off star trek discovery with a bang, but unfortunately left before the shows second season. Most recently, several mirror universe novels have been published in the ds9 relaunch series and the star trek. Bypassing starfleets orders, lorca uses the uss discovery crews ultimate asset, the ship itself, in an effort to end the war with the klingons once. Heres a list of all the star trek episodes in which the mirror universe comes into play.
Since mirror, mirror became a favorite episode with fans of star trek. The mirror universe was first introduced in the original star trek episode mirror, mirror, which featured the brutal terran empire, managed by humans and their vulcan allies, in place of the united federation of planets. The executive producers departure was at first blamed on the time he needed to. Mirror universe series, which integrate new noncanon stories into the complete canon mirror universe. Its possible that the mirror universe could have originally been intended to play a bigger role in the first season of star trek. It was an easy way for doscoverys showrunners to get fans on side without tackling the ethical and social questions that trek does best. Since discovery will return for a third season, theres no telling how the mirror. Deep space nine episode trials and tribbleations this episode, when released, served as the sequel to the 2005 star trek. The mirror universe has a long history in the star trek franchise, and now is a great time to catch up on the relevant episodes for discovery.
Bryan fullers star trek disovery take on the mirror universe. But the best known parallel timeline in star trek lore is the socalled mirror universe, introduced 50 years ago in the beloved original series episode mirror, mirror, which aired on october. It also established that the mirror timeline diverged at least as far back as first contact, 91 years before that, when instead of greeting the vulcan visitors in peace, zefram cochrane killed one and then led a raid on their ship. Ranking every mirror universe episode ever youtube. Discovery s mirror universe fashion draws from classic trek. New star trek series section 31 to start filming when. The mirror universe trilogy spectre dark victory preserver pocket ds9 millennium. Everything we know about the timeline of star treks. In the mirror universe, the crew of the iss enterprise is fighting rebels who oppose the terran empire when they discover the tholians have captured a vessel from the future. From flashy terran uniform changes to plot twists and turns galore, it seemed that anything was the table for our heroesincluding the resurrection of characters long thought dead. Discoverys unexpected journey to the mirror universe in season 1 of star trek. Bryan fullers star trek discovery mirror universe sounds. Burnham and tyler make it to the rebel headquarters, learning that the firewolf is the mirror universe s version of voq the torchbearer, the albino klingon from the early episodes of season 1.