Star Trek: Discovery
Captain Christopher Pike ( Anson Mount ) made an offhanded commentary about the Gorn onStar Trek : Discovery , piddling lie with how much the unfriendly airstream of alien reptiles would impact his life onStar Trek : Strange New Worlds . Before Captain Pike and the USS Enterprise confront the Gorn , Chris was assigned as the irregular Captain of the USS Discovery . InStar Trek : Discoveryseason 2 , Pike ’s commission was to lead an probe of theRed Angel to learn how this clock time - journey entitywas tied to his Science Officer , Lieutenant Spock ( Ethan Peck ) , and Section 31 ’s malevolent , threat assessment A.I. , Control .
The Gorn ’s first appearance was inStar Trek : The Original Seriesseason 1 ’s " Arena , " which instantly made the humanoid reptilian who fought Captain James T. Kirk ( William Shatner ) iconic . But not in convinced ways , however . The Gorn was clearly a man actuate awkwardly in a rubber suit of clothes , and his battle with Kirk show the limit ofStar Trek ’s budget and visual effects in the 1960s . render by CGI , the Gorn returned nearly 40 years later onStar Trek : Enterprise , and a Gorn skeleton was seen inCaptain Gabriel Lorca ’s ( Jason Isaacs)lab inStar Trek : Discoveryseason 1.This was all preamble for the significance the Gorn would wager inStar Trek : Strange New Worlds , and their tie to Captain Christopher Pike .
Star Trek: Discovery Foreshadowed Strange New Worlds’ Gorn Threat
“Alligators on Cestus III?”
Captain Pike accidentally foreshadow his future struggle with the Gorn by crack wise about someone else face the reptile inStar Trek : Discoveryseason 2 , installment 5 , " The Saints of Imperfection . " When Emperor Philippa Georgiou ( Michelle Yeoh ) came aboard the USS Discovery and expose her tie-up with Section 31 to Pike and Commander Michael Burnham ( Sonequa Martin - Green ) , they were soon meet by Captain Leland ( Alan Van Sprang ) , subdivision 31 ’s leader . Leland joke about his friend Pike ’s graying hair and Chris retorted,“Last I heard , you were up to your rear end in alligator on Cestus III . ”
The Gorn have become one of the Federation ’s most formidable foes in Star Trek : Strange New Worlds . Here ’s everything we know about them .
Captain Pike was , of trend , referring to the Gorn , who took issue with the United Federation of Planets establishing a base on Cestus III . The Gorn Hegemony regard Cestus III part of their realm of place and see a Federation installation as a threat . Pike ’s comment reveals that a ten before Captain Kirk faced the Gorn inStar Trek : The Original Series , Starfleet was already dealing with the alien"alligators"on Cestus III . This alsoforeshadowed Pike ’s future conflict over Parnassus Beta , a planet the Gorn considered theirs , inStar Trek : Strange New Worldsseason 2 ’s close , " Hegemony . "
What Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Revealed About The Gorn
Strange New Worlds reinvented the Gorn
Star Trek : Strange New Worldsmade the Gorn the show ’s principal opponent while also retconning whatStar Trekpreviously establish about the Gorn Hegemony . WhileStar Trek : The Original Seriesintroduced the Gorn as android reptiles capable of space travel , Strange New Worlds ' revamp borrowed heavily fromAlienin redefining Gorn physiology and culture . Thanks toStrange New Worlds , Gorn now taint human hosts and lay bollock inside them . Infant Gorn are tight - moving and violent but can work on each other . The Gorn eventually age into their humanoid forms as adults , but much of their culture is still a mystery .
The Gorn have already been in 6 Star Trek shows since 1967 , but as the villain in Strange New Worlds , they show no signs of disappearing anytime soon .
Star Trek : Strange New Worldsseason 1 , episode 4 , " Memento Mori , " revealed that the Gorn kidnap humans for food for thought . In her youth , Lt . La’an Noonien - Singh ( Christina Chong ) and her family were abduct and run through by the Gorn , who allowed La’an to survive and fly the coop . Most humans had never seen a Gorn , with La’an being a rarefied exception , before Captain Pike ’s USS Enterprise crowd battled the Gorn on the frozen world of Valeo Beta V. The Gorn infectedLt . Hemmer ( Bruce Horak ) , who sacrificed himself to relieve his friends from the reptiles . The Gorn then kidnapped Enterprise crew members , let in La’an , inStar Trek : Strange New Worldsseason 2 ’s finale .
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Spock and Nurse Christine Chapel fought and kill a Gorn in zero gravity .
Another modification made byStar Trek : Strange New Worldsis thatCaptain Kirk ’s fight with the Gorn has now been predatedby Spock , his best friend , and James ' old crony , Lt . Sam Kirk ( Dan Jeannotte ) . Spock andSam Kirk fought the Gorntogether on Valeo Beta V years before Captain James T. Kirk ’s fateful brawl with the Gorn . InStar Trek : Strange New Worldsseason 2 ’s finale , Spock and Nurse Christine Chapel ( Jess Bush ) fight and killed a Gorn in zero somberness in the wreckage of the USS Cayuga ’s bridge .
Discovery Also Set Up Kirk Vs. Gorn In Star Trek: The Original Series
Cestus III is where started one of his most famous fights
Captain Pike joke with Captain Leland about"alligators on Cestus III"also sets up Captain Kirk ’s famous battle with the Gorn inStar Trek : The Original Series . A 10 after Pike ’s comment onStar Trek : Discovery , the Starship Enterprise beamed Captain Kirk and a land party to Cestus III , ab initio for a dinner with Commodore Travelers at Starfleet ’s Earth observation post . What Kirk , Spock ( Leonard Nimoy ) , and their squad found was the groundwork destroyed and still under attack by the Gorn . Space gods calledthe Metron then drive Kirk and the Gorn Captain to agitate each other .
Interestingly , Cestus III was not in reality where Kirk fight the Gorn . Kirk ’s famous melee with the Gorn Captain take position on an unnamed satellite prepare for them by the Metron . ( It was filmed inCalifornia ’s Vasquez Rocks , a favoriteStar Treklocation . ) Cestus III is often misidentified as the battleground of Kirk vs. the Gorn , even by Captain Benjamin Sisko ( Avery Brooks ) when he prison term - jaunt and meet Kirk inStar Trek : Deep Space Nineseason 5 .
thinning - edge CGI allow Star Trek : Strange New Worlds to bring the Gorn to spirit like never before .
The Gorn have always been fascinating villains who were n’t full realize byStar Trekfor tenner because of the terminal point of television set visual essence budget . However , Star Trek on Paramount+ now boasts motion picture - lineament VFX applied science . Cutting - edge CGI allowsStar Trek : Strange New Worldsto bring the Gorn to life like never before . Yet theinterest in doing more with the Gorn was present beforeStrange New Worlds , withStar Trek : Enterprisedabbling with CGI Gorn andStar Trek : Discoverytesting the waters with Gorn callbacks . In hindsight , Captain Pike taunting Captain Leland about the Gorn onStar Trek : Discoveryhas issue forth back to plague him onStar Trek : Strange New Worlds .
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