With the second season of "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" premiering on Paramount+ in mere weeks, now is a good time to rewatch the first season, including the memorable eighth episode, "The Elysian Kingdom," where the crew of the USS Enterprise finds themselves thrown into a literal fairy tale and embodying fantastical personas with no knowledge of their Starfleet selves.
The episode is enjoyable in large part because of the elaborate outfits the crew finds themselves wearing. The show's costume designer, Bernadette Croft, had a ton of fun creating new looks for the cast, including adding in a couple of Easter eggs to Pike's outfit.
"I chose a green fabric for his doublet, which was a subtle nod to the green-wrapped tunic," Croft told me in an interview about her work on the show. "He also wore a pin that represented that he was the king's advisor and First Hand.
The episode is enjoyable in large part because of the elaborate outfits the crew finds themselves wearing. The show's costume designer, Bernadette Croft, had a ton of fun creating new looks for the cast, including adding in a couple of Easter eggs to Pike's outfit.
"I chose a green fabric for his doublet, which was a subtle nod to the green-wrapped tunic," Croft told me in an interview about her work on the show. "He also wore a pin that represented that he was the king's advisor and First Hand.
- 5/24/2023
- by Vanessa Armstrong
- Slash Film
This post contains minor spoilers for the latest episode of "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds."
Those who have been following "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" are familiar with the conceit that Dr. M'Benga (Babs Olusanmokun), the chief medical officer on the Enterprise, has a young daughter named Rukiya (Sage Arrindell) who is dying from a fast-acting and incurable disease called cygnokemia. The disease works so quickly that Dr. M'Benga was forced to beam Rukiya into the ship's pattern buffer and keep her in there for extended periods, effectively keeping her body in stasis. While she is in stasis, Dr. M'Benga works...
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Those who have been following "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" are familiar with the conceit that Dr. M'Benga (Babs Olusanmokun), the chief medical officer on the Enterprise, has a young daughter named Rukiya (Sage Arrindell) who is dying from a fast-acting and incurable disease called cygnokemia. The disease works so quickly that Dr. M'Benga was forced to beam Rukiya into the ship's pattern buffer and keep her in there for extended periods, effectively keeping her body in stasis. While she is in stasis, Dr. M'Benga works...
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- 6/23/2022
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
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[This story contains spoilers for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds episode “The Elysian Kingdom.”]
There was a moment when Babs Olusanmokun found himself slightly perplexed about his involvement in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds after he read the first two scripts for the Paramount+ series. But the feeling immediately evaporated when he dug into the third.
The film and TV actor was thrilled when he landed the role of Chief Medical Officer Dr. Joseph M’Benga, a character previously played (albeit briefly) by the late Booker Bradshaw on The Original Series.
Olusanmokun’s wise, forthright and stoic Dr. M’Benga had a small introduction in the series premiere and then was absent in the next episode. But in the series’ third episode, “Ghosts of Illyria,” the character made his mark with a heartbreaking revelation. In “Ghosts,” it is learned Dr. M’Benga is using an outdated transporter to house his terminally ill daughter,...
[This story contains spoilers for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds episode “The Elysian Kingdom.”]
There was a moment when Babs Olusanmokun found himself slightly perplexed about his involvement in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds after he read the first two scripts for the Paramount+ series. But the feeling immediately evaporated when he dug into the third.
The film and TV actor was thrilled when he landed the role of Chief Medical Officer Dr. Joseph M’Benga, a character previously played (albeit briefly) by the late Booker Bradshaw on The Original Series.
Olusanmokun’s wise, forthright and stoic Dr. M’Benga had a small introduction in the series premiere and then was absent in the next episode. But in the series’ third episode, “Ghosts of Illyria,” the character made his mark with a heartbreaking revelation. In “Ghosts,” it is learned Dr. M’Benga is using an outdated transporter to house his terminally ill daughter,...
- 6/23/2022
- by Ryan Parker
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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