If you were hoping that Star Trek: Discovery's delays were going to be confined strictly to its first season, then we're afraid we've got some bad news for you.

Because producer Alex Kurtzman has revealed to The Hollywood Reporter that if a second season is ordered (which we reckon is a small if), it won't premiere until 2019.

Another if worth mentioning is that if a second season is on its way, it will probably be a while before we hear any official news about it.

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Explaining that the team want to learn lessons from the first season, Kurtzman said: "Now we know what we can do and where the sand traps are, so let's give ourselves ample time to announce a date that makes sense to everybody — both the needs of production and CBS.

"Breaking story is, in some ways, the easier and faster thing; it's the ability to execute on it that's much harder. We want to take the right amount of time and don't want to rush."

But after hearing about the time-consuming process of writing, filming, mixing and creating visual effects, we're more than okay with having to wait a while for more Discovery.

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Revealing that it takes "three to four months" to nail down one episode, Kurtzman also admitted that turning around the series any faster would be a mistake.

"I would have been very scared to do a show in less time because having had production experience, you would not have been able to deliver something that felt worth the expectation

"And the expectation on this show is very high," he added.

Thankfully, it looks like Discovery is going to continue to be worth the wait. However long.

Star Trek: Discovery continues next Sunday (October 1) on CBS in the US and on Monday (October 2) on Netflix in the UK.

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