So I’ve got a theory. It might be crazy. It is pure speculation and should be taken with a grain of salt the size of Everest. I have nothing but some tweets and a hunch based on instinct.
What if “Star Trek: Discovery” starts off in 2255 - but doesn’t stay there/then?
Fuller said something about “bending time and space” at the TCA event on the 10th, when all that news came out. It was a comment that didn’t get much attention - I had to spend an hour just now on Twitter searching for tweets about it. But it sounded odd to me. Was he just talking about how warp drive does something like that? Seems unlikely though, doesn’t it?
And then I remembered the same day, Fuller responded to laments about the time setting with the comment “all good things” - not once, but twice. There are two ways to take that. The obvious is, “All good things must come to an end.” Was that what he was saying about the 24th century, post-Voyager, post-Nemesis time?
The other way to take it is “All good things come to those who wait.” And adding to that, it is the name of TNG’s finale - which did a whole lot of time travel, didn’t it?
Alone, neither comment stands out. Together, they still don’t stand out. Unless you’re obsessive and can’t help but wonder about the endgame of a show set 10 years before Kirk’s 5 year mission. Yes, there are things they can do there, stories to tell; but setting it *so close* to Kirk’s time just feels odd. Maybe it has to be then to fit in to this “event/incident” we can’t yet identify. But how long could they play in that sandbox, really?
So what if they’re only intending to play in that time-frame for a while? A season or two, perhaps?
What if Discovery and her crew are from 2255, the show is set there initially, but they don’t remain in their own time?
It’s probably just a crazy nonsense idea. I’m grasping at straws because I don’t have the full picture of how this show can be set where/when it’s set.
But, on the off chance I’ve somehow cleverly deduced some big secret plot… thought I’d post my insane theorizing so it’s documented for the future. lol.
That’s definitely a TNG reference. TIME TRAVEL HERE WE COME