The first reviews for Star Trek: Discovery are in – and things are looking very good indeed.

The series premiered on Sunday, September 24 on CBS in the US, and has just beamed up on Netflix in the UK today (Monday, September 25).

The critics' verdicts are starting to come in, and so far they've been quite positive...

Digital Spy

"Sonequa Martin-Green quickly proves herself as an engaging lead who is more than capable of fronting a series, walking the line between the clashing ideologies of human emotion and the Vulcan logic of her upbringing with grace and charisma.

"But for all the bluster and bravado that Discovery launches with, there still feels like a way to go before it can be termed an outright success – if that point can ever be reached at all. There are significant pacing issues, interrupting the action sequences with flashbacks and Klingon councils that are either unnecessary or linger too much on clunky world-building and dialogue.

"Nevertheless, there is a lot to be excited about here, and plenty that seems fitting of a 2017 premiere. On first contact with the new series, it's clear CBS is planning to play it safe in terms of not contradicting all of the Star Trek history that came before it, offering yet more progressive characters and gleefully enjoyable sci-fi action sequences, even while the tension is high and the stakes even higher."

Variety

"There are reasons to hope that Discovery will be [a] promising addition to the Trek canon. If it capitalizes on the conflicts at its core, and if it embraces the ambiguity and complexity baked into its DNA, Discovery could provide viewers with the kind of character-driven, space-set sci-fi narrative that has long been missing from the television scene. It's early days yet... but this voyage has potential."

Vulture

"Splitting the difference between commercial slickness and graphic novel solemnity, this Trek offers PG-13 violence, audience-pandering exposition dumps, cliffhanger endings, Game of Thrones-style pomp, and a touch of Lost's mystery box plotting, but also poker-faced musings on quantum science, moral relativism, logic vs. instinct, race vs. culture, and the military's tendency to corrupt science in service of war... This is light years removed from being a perfect TV show, but it already shows signs of being a great one."

The Hollywood Reporter

"The first two episodes of Star Trek: Discovery, which premiered Sunday – the first on CBS before the launch of the second on CBS All Access – essentially established one thing for me: Sonequa Martin-Green is a star I'd gladly watch navigate from one end of the TV universe to the other... [However] CBS All Access is counting on the Star Trek franchise being sufficient inducement to drive viewers to the new platform, but as someone whose dedication to the Star Trek isn't absolute, Discovery has to stand as Discovery, and this is a disorienting start."

Radio Times

"The signs weren't good. But happily for us all Discovery has confounded those expectations to create a rollicking piece of television, paying tribute to the legacy of the half-century-old franchise while taking it to pastures new. It's not perfect, but it's a lot of fun."

The Verge

"Discovery is off to a promising start, and with all the pressure weighing down on it going into this premiere, that may be enough of an accomplishment for the moment – and enough to start building the word of mouth CBS is going to need if its new distribution model is going to succeed."

CBS

But before last night's premiere, the first two episodes debuted at the show's world premiere in Los Angeles on Tuesday evening (September 19) – and the lucky attendees were quick to heap praise on the forthcoming sci-fi series, which stars The Walking Dead's Sonequa Martin Green, Jason Isaacs and Michelle Yeoh.

Sonequa, who plays Spock's half-sister Michael Burnham, drew particular praise from enraptured audiences, who were left wanting more episodes after the premiere was over.

This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. OK just got out of #StarTrekDiscovery and can't say much but... It's good. Really good. — Carli Velocci ➡ 🛌 (@velocciraptor) September 20, 2017

This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. My No.1 take on #StarTrekDiscovery after seeing the first two episodes tonight is: I can't believe we get 13 more episodes of this!!! pic.twitter.com/CIEXeMbCVg — Enterprise Extra (@EnterpriseExtra) September 20, 2017

This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. This gang blows my mind and so does the show. 💙 #StarTrekDiscovery @startrekcbs pic.twitter.com/3kKGrYsHLP — Kenneth Mitchell (@MrKenMitchell) September 20, 2017

This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Guys, the first episode of #StarTrekDiscovery is Awesome. Cinematic. Epic. Well done, @StarTrek. Well done. — Grant Imahara (@grantimahara) September 20, 2017

This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. I can't tell you what I saw at the premiere but I can tell you how I felt about it #StarTrekDiscovery pic.twitter.com/jYfLcCDEMb — Sam Vartholomeos (@SamVartholomeos) September 20, 2017

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Discovery's potential seems so promising that its first two episodes even bagged praise from the son of Spock himself.

Taking to Twitter after the premiere, the recently engaged Adam Nimoy – Star Trek enthusiast and son of the late Trek legend Leonard Nimoy – deemed the programme "well worth the wait".

This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Phenomenal visuals, outstanding cast, Sonequa rocks! Well worth the wait. #StarTrekDiscovery #LLAP pic.twitter.com/VZMeelIXk8 — Adam Nimoy (@adam_nimoy) September 20, 2017

"Phenomenal visuals, outstanding cast, Sonequa rocks!" he wrote. "Well worth the wait."

Star Trek: Discovery premieres on Sunday night (September 24) in the US and on Monday (September 25) on Netflix in the UK.

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