Arriving 930 years in the future, Burnham navigates a galaxy she no longer recognizes while searching for the rest of the U.S.S. Discovery crew.

Talk about boldly going! Discovery has given itself a major reboot by setting itself further in the Star Trek universe than any show in the franchise has gone before. After this millennium-sized jump, Michael Burnham finds herself the fish out of water, but luckily it hasn’t changed so much that it’s no longer Star Trek, and some things just never change.

You’ll recall that Burnham and the Discovery took a one-way trip through a wormhole so as to prevent the evil AI called Control from using tech to take over. Burnham travelled in a winged time-travel suit and crashes here into a ship piloted by new character David (Supergirl) Ajala as Cleveland ‘Book’ Booker. He’s a bit of a rogue, but usefully he’s our exposition point and we ultimately like him because he’s in touch with plants and animals.

It’s a risky move not having the Discovery turn up in this first hour, but maybe we needed a bit of breathing space to pick up on the world-building, in particular finding out about cataclysmic event The Burn which destroyed most of the galaxy’s dilithium, thus creating a fuel crisis. We also discover that the unthinkable has happened – the Federation is no more.

It’s a bit of a romp, Sonequa Martin-Green’s Burnham enjoying a moment of fun when under the influence of a truth drug and being devoured by a space slug! She has a good rapport with Book, there’s a bunch of Andorians, a cool personal transporter and even a Lurian (the same race as Morn from DS9). As always, the visual effects are excellent.

Verdict: As a jumping on point, it’s a solid introduction to the new premise, though I for one look forward to the return of my crew favourites. 7/10

Nick Joy