On the 50th anniversary of the first airing of Star Trek‘s initial episode, Star Trek: Discovery showrunner Bryan Fuller dropped some news that may be a major aspect of the upcoming series.

“A FAVORITE TOS EPISODE “BALANCE OF TERROR” IS A TOUCHSTONE FOR THE #STARTREKDISCOVERY STORY ARC” Fuller tweeted Thursday night.

“Balance of Terror” is the fifteenth episode of the first season of the Original Series and introduced the Romulans to the Star Trek universe.

A FAVORITE TOS EPISODE "BALANCE OF TERROR" IS A TOUCHSTONE FOR THE #STARTREKDISCOVERY STORY ARC #STARTREK50 #LLAP50 pic.twitter.com/3UqKS46Tnu — Bryan Fuller (@BryanFuller) September 9, 2016

What could this mean for Star Trek: Discovery? We already know the series will be set a decade before the five-year mission of the Enterprise and it sounds as if the Romulans will play a major role in the series which debuts in January.

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The first episode of Star Trek: Discovery will premiere with a broadcast TV special on CBS. That episode and all subsequent episodes will be exclusively shown in the US on the video streaming service CBS All Access.

Alex Kurtzman, Bryan Fuller and Rod Roddenberry have been announced as executive producers, with Nicholas Meyer (director of The Wrath of Khan and The Undiscovered Country and co-writer of The Voyage Home) is serving as a writer and consulting producer.

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