7 Ups & 1 Down From Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 3.5 — Through The Lens Of Time

6. UP — Korby, M'Kroon, And The Temple Of Doom

DOCTOR Korby might well be permanently channelling Doctor Jones from those 'ancient Earth movies'. Any other comparison for the adventurous archaeologist pre-Professor Galen would be less than, after all. No mine carts or rope bridges for Roger, but most definitely a temple and an existential threat.

Before doom, diplomacy. You have to be nice to your hosts if you want access to the local monuments. The whip, or the phaser, is only if all else fails. In any case, the inhabitants of Vadia IX, the M'Kroon — a new species to Star Trek — seemed peaceful, if relatively isolationist (at first). Their look, whilst not entirely novel, was well executed — think cyberpunk Bolian with a flair for fungal (?!) fashion.

As for the temple in Through the Lens of Time, there is a lot to be said (most of it not positive) about the use of the AR (Augmented Reality) Wall to depict parts of the interior spaces. On the whole, the technology failed to capture any sense of scale — problematic for a massively multidimensional, tesseract-like structure. The opposite is true for the temple exterior. Its reveal was appropriately awe-inspiring, mixing CGI and impressive practical set pieces.