This week has seen a lot of news for Star Trek: Discovery including the casting of Anson Mount as Captain Christopher Pike and Tig Notaro as an engineer, and the gearing up of production on season two. We have a few more bits of Discovery news to share before the week wraps up, including some more hints about the second season.

Discoprise art differences clarified

This week we shared an image of the USS Enterprise in Star Trek: Discovery from the 2019 Star Trek Ships of the Line Calendar. Many noted that there were a few differences in the image from the ship seen in the Discovery season one finale. On Friday, in a post on Facebook, Discovery designer John Eaves endeavored to explain the differences.

On and off from April to October of 2017 Scott Schneider and I, along with William Budge worked on this ship. By the time we were through and got the final approval we were all VERY happy with how the Enterprise looked and the fun camaraderie that went into her designs. Once approved it left our hands and together Scott and I made this piece for the 2019 Calendar. However from the time the ship was finished and the airing of the episode the Enterprise had gone through some minor to major changes that we only saw a week or so before the final episode aired.

Eaves explains that he and Schneider had limited time to make changes to the calendar image, so the final version they sent still differed to the one seen in the episode, noting:

So now that you can see this piece and the Episode ship there are several changes that could not be done so consider the calendar piece concept art and all is good. The changes between the two enterprises are as follows. The new ship has more TMP struts than TOS struts, the main hull and nacelles are shorter and more plump, the deflector dish now has one antenna vs two, the impulse module is thinner from side to side, the overall ship has a heavier plating detail, and the exterior has a more broader range in lighting and nacelle glow.

Disco loses at GLAAD Awards – Cruz and Rapp present with a nod to Trek

On Thursday night Star Trek: Discovery lost out on the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Drama Series to the NBC series This is Us. Discovery showrunners Aaron Harberts and Gretchen Berg were at the event along with actors Anthony Rapp and Wilson Cruz.

Cruz and Rapp also presented at the GLAAD Awards, and represented Star Trek on stage, telling the crowd “GLAAD will lead the way forward, even to the farthest reaches of outer space.”

"GLAAD will lead the way forward, even to the farthest reaches of outer space." Yes we will, @wcruz73 & @albinokid! 🖖 #GLAADawards Watch the full show on Logo on 4/18. pic.twitter.com/bVVxz6kSSH — GLAAD (@glaad) April 13, 2018

Rapp and his boyfriend both channeled Star Trek on the red carpet.

More season two production anticipation

And in a tweet on Friday, Wilson Cruz spoke about the GLAAD Awards and his pride in working on Star Trek: Discovery. He also noted he is ready to “beam back,” referencing how despite his character’s death in season one, Dr. Culber is confirmed to be returning in some way in the second season.

Proud to be with my #StarTrekDiscovery & @glaad families last night to celebrate all of the good works of the last year. Ready to beam back and continue our journey! 🖖🏽

Thank you @VivienneWWood for a dream of a suit and #waymanandmicah for styling me and making it all happen! pic.twitter.com/yw1VTxzdhy — Wilson Cruz (@wcruz73) April 13, 2018

James Frain’s Sarek was seen in the season finale and so it stands to reason he would appear in the season two premiere, which was confirmed by a tweet he sent out today, saying he is on his way to Toronto.

Am leaving 91 degrees in LA to go to a freezing ice storm in Toronto. Why? To don the pointy ears my friends—Sarek rises. #StarTrekDiscovery — James Frain (@britjfrain) April 14, 2018

On Thursday, Toronto baker Arlene Lott shared a photo of very special Trek-themed cake she made for the Discovery team for “celebrating the start of season 2.”

And finally, today Discovery production designer Tamara Deverell tweeted out an image of two Spocks, with the message “What would Spock do?” Make of that what you will.

What would Spock do? pic.twitter.com/mMJuThFAna — Tamara Deverell (@tamaradeverell) April 15, 2018

Mount gets into a Trek frame of mind

Anson Mount hasn’t even started shooting, but he has embraced his new role as Star Trek’s latest captain; he’s even sharing Trek memes on social media.

This was something close to my reaction upon hearing that I was cast in @startrekcbs #StarTrek #StarTrekDiscovery pic.twitter.com/0eNZhqb8rs — Anson Mount (@ansonmount) April 13, 2018

He also had an interesting exchange with Jason Isaacs (Captain Lorca), even taking some “advice.”

Thanks, Jason. I’ll take the advice to heart. :-) Loved your work in season 1. Hope to work together at some point. Best, A — Anson Mount (@ansonmount) April 12, 2018

Star Trek: Discovery is available exclusively in the USA on CBS All Access. It airs in Canada on the Space Channel and streams on CraveTV. It is available on Netflix everywhere else.

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