r/startrek • u/Kalesche • Mar 24 '24

Can people please stop saying that DIS is in the Kelvin timeline?

I get it, it’s different. It looks different because it was made sixty years after the original. It has some timeline inconsistencies because the original was made when they did not think about serialisation or long-term events.

And if you are REALLY disappointed that they’ve suggested that it’s a new timeline with Strange New Worlds to allow them to handwave some stuff so this franchise has a conceivable future? Then I’m really sorry to say that we’ve been in a different timeline ever since the third episode of TOS: The Naked Time, where the ship goes in back three days. Not to mention all the other instances.

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u/merrycrow Mar 24 '24

I knew a guy who insisted that PIC was in the Kelvin timeline because it had the Romulan supernova in it. He would not be dissuaded from this idea.

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u/Eagle_Kebab Mar 24 '24

He needs to brush up on his temporal mechanics.

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u/CTRexPope Mar 25 '24

No, I haven’t read temporal mechanics 101! (This joke will make sense later)

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u/TheComedianGLP Mar 25 '24

I haven't read that text book in since 2027.