6. Diversify The Crew
As the time has gone on, the crews of the Star Trek series has slowly become more diverse (with the exception of Enterprise due to the setting). Deep Space Nine was praised for having an African American lead actor, and Voyager was praised for its female Captain. Whilst we've never had an alien Captain leading the main crew in a Star Trek television series, any steps in that direction should be taken carefully. Remember we are effectively re-launching the franchise on television with the new series and in order to be sufficiently successful there must be an expectation that non-Trekkies will watch the show. This doesn't mean that aliens must be completely avoided as options for our new Captain. Mackenzie Calhoun of novel series Star Trek: New Frontier is an alien, with a rich and interesting history. But outwardly appears to be human something that the occasion viewer can still find easily interesting rather than perhaps a blue-skinned Andorian. This also doesn't just mean that there should simply be a lot of people wearing different funny looking nose prosthetics, but should also mean that it is finally time for homosexual characters in Star Trek. It has been a long time coming, and considering the history with David Gerrold's Blood and Fire issues with The Next Generation, and as a subject has only been mentioned briefly in more recent series. Doctor Who and Torchwood have already gone down the LGBT with Captain Jack Harkness, so it is nothing new to the genre in fact if Star Trek doesn't have a LGBT character then it will look less like the future and more like the past.