Star Trek Lower Deck is an American production and a continuation of the famous Star Trek series, although this new series was in an animated format, and it is the first Star Trek series animated. It is a series produced by McMahan Mike and many others. It is an adult animated series with the storyline focusing on the tribulations of the lower Star Trek officials set in 2813. The production team successfully pulled off this series conveying different messages from different characters in a quality animated format.
Star Trek Lower Deck
The series’ first season was supposed to air in 2019 but was rescheduled for 2020. This series makes references to the former series of Star Trek. The storyline centers around the starship’s officers, which were senior officers and the junior ones controlling starships in the galaxy. The Star Trek Lower Decks new series mainly centered around the junior officers as the main characters revealing the trouble and difficulties they had to go through.
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The Starship junior officers make up the U.S.S Cerritos members, and they had to protect the starship amid the different scientific trials that may affect the starship and cause mishaps. These officers courageously voyaged to places and took dangerous risks that were never taken in the past. The former Star Trek series never focused on the lower officers but mainly on the senior officers.
The idea for the series initially came to the limelight after Alex Kurtzman struck a business deal of 25 million dollars with CBS, which brought the avenue for the expansion of the Star Trek production. The main characters include Boiler; he was an articulate character with his numerous ideas. Mcmahan, who was more of a doctor, Ruthford played the engineering role, and they were many other interesting characters that brought intrigue, fun, and adventure to the series.
The Star Trek Lower Deck Voice-Over Cast
- Tawny-Newsome played the role of Becker Mariner: she was an officer on the U.S.S Cerritos, and she had so many queries which resulted in demotions, even though she was the daughter of a senior officer on the Cerritos but is considered one of the series main character
- Jack Qauid: he played the role of Brad Boiler. He is an articulate character who has big ambitions to one day be received as a senior Officer while he and the other crew members try keeping the starship safe from galaxy mishaps.
- Noel Wells: he played the role of D’Vana Tendi
- Dawn Lewis: she played the role of Carol Freeman. Freeman is the mother of the audacious Berker Mariner and will do anything for her daughter to leave Cerritos U.S.S
- Eugene Cordero: He played the role of Sam Rutherford. Rutherford is the engineering smart guy in Cerritos. He knows everything about engineering and provides solutions to any engineering-related problems.
The series also had other characters like Gillian Figman playing the T’Ana role, Fred Tataciore playing the Sax roll, and Lauren Lapkus playing the Jenifer Shreyan role.
Star Trek Lower Deck Producers
The producers of the series are:
- Alex Kuzman
- Rod Roddenberry
- Mike MacMahan
- Heather Kadin
Star Trek Lower Deck Seasons
Season 1
The series started with season 1 episodes that aired on CBS networks in the US. Lower Deck season one started with ten episodes aired from August to October 2021. Star Trek Lower Deck kept the audience hooked until the final episodes. The Star Trek Lower Deck had so many positive reviews and commentaries from the audience urging the production team to release another season of the animated series.
Season 2
Season 2 of the series aired live on CBS. It started from August to October 2021, and it has 10 interesting episodes.
Season 3
Season 3 of lower deck is predicted to commence in July or August 2022 and will air on the CBS network
Season 4
Season 4 will be aired after concluding season 3 of the series and will also air on CBS.
Conclusion
The Star Trek Lower Deck production team has completed so many episodes on the series in little time, despite the constant disturbances in the past year. The production team is relentless in their quest to produce an interesting and lovable science fiction for the audience in the series’ next seasons. Star Trek Lower Deck is a series with an amazing story line and perfect character depiction that keeps the audiences hooked.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can an adult watch the Star Trek Lower Deck animated series?
Star Trek Lower Deck series is adult animated content and can be watched by adults.
Is the series Star Trek Lower Deck production team going to continue production very soon, or will the series be canceled?
The Star Trek Lower Deck production team has not canceled the production, and the new episodes are scheduled to commence in the coming months with season 3 in 2022 and season 4 will commence in the early months of 2023
