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Strange New Worlds Season 3 Embraces Fan Canon and Legacy Characters

Goldsman and Myers have turned fan headcanon into official continuity to chart the path toward Seasons 4 and 5.

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Overview

  • Episode 2 of Season 3, “Wedding Bell Blues,” reintroduces Dr. Roger Korby with Cillian O’Sullivan portraying Nurse Chapel’s fiancé.
  • Executive producer Akiva Goldsman confirmed that Rhys Darby’s reality-bending bartender is Trelane and officially the son of John de Lancie’s Q.
  • John de Lancie returns as a light-orb-voiced Q entity to cement the Trelane–Q connection on screen.
  • Showrunners Akiva Goldsman and Henry Alonso Myers emphasize a flexible approach that honors established Star Trek parameters while incorporating fan headcanon.
  • Strange New Worlds streams new episodes weekly on Paramount+ with Season 4 already in production and a fifth and final season planned.