Strange New Worlds Sets Up TOS’ Classic Tribbles Episode
Warning: SPOILERS for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Episode 9 — «All Those Who Wander»
Even though it's about 8 years away, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds episode 9 sets up the classicStar Trek: The Original Series episode, «The Trouble With Tribbles.» InStrange New Worlds episode 9, «All Those Who Wander,» Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount) leads a landing party to investigate the USS Peregrine, which crashed on the L-class planet Valeo Beta V. To their horror, Pike's away team is attacked by baby Gorn, which resulted in the death of Chief Engineer Hemmer (Bruce Horak) and two other crew members. Meanwhile, Lt. Commander Una Chin-Riley (Rebecca Romijn) takes the USS Enterprise on a supply run to Deep Space Station K-7, the future site of «The Trouble With Tribbles.»
One of the most beloved episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series, «The Trouble With Tribbles» is a comedic romp where an indignant Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) is ordered to guard a shipment of quadrotriticale grain meant for Sherman's Planet. Although the grain is vitally important, Kirk is annoyed throughout by the antagonistic Under-Secretary Nilz Baris (William Schallert), the arrival of Klingons looking for shore leave on K-7, and an infestation of millions of Tribbles all over the space station and the Enterprise. Kirk and Spock (Leonard Nimoy) eventually discover that the grain was poisoned by the Klingons, thanks to their agent, Arne Darvin (Charlie Brill), who was a Klingon surgically altered to appear human and who posed as Baris' assistant. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine later revealed that thanks to a Bajoran Orb of Time, Captain Benjamin Sisko (Avery Brooks) and members of his crew time-traveled back to 2267 and were present during
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