9 Reasons To Be Hyped For Star Trek Discovery

9. Back In The Original Timeline

Plenty of fans seethed when J.J. Abrams' first Star Trek movie shifted the action from the original timeline into a parallel universe, with only Leonard Nimoy's Spock Prime allowed along for the ride. This effectively meant that the years of continuity established by The Original Series, The Next Generation, Voyager, Enterprise and Deep Space Nine were thrown in the trash.

The same fans that complained then can rejoice now: Discovery is set in the original universe, where the villainous Nero didn't kill Captain Kirk's father or destroy Vulcan. The new Trek show will start ten years before The Original Series' first episode, slotting into the timeline gap between those initial adventures and the prequel series Enterprise.

Set phasers to excitement.