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USS Discovery transporter room set created under the supervision of Production Designer Mark Worthington. Like many of the sets created for STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, the transporter room was intended to be easily modified by changing lighting and minor set elements to represent various Federation starship locations, such as the Shenzhou transporter room and Shenzhou engine room. Ultimately, the transporter room would be heavily redressed to become the bar aboard the USS Discovery when the series changes settings from the 23rd century to the 32nd century, which was distinguished by personal site-to-site transporters.

USS Discovery transporter room, STAR TREK: DISCOVERY (2017)

USS Discovery corridor created under the supervision of STAR TREK: DISCOVERY's first production designer, Mark Worthington. Initially used as the Shenzhou's corridor, many of the sets constructed for the series were designed with swappable panels and other components to make the changeover between the Shenzhou and Discovery (as well as other Federation vessels) relatively quick and easy.

USS Discovery corridor, STAR TREK: DISCOVERY (2017)

Sonequa Martin-Green as Michael Burnham in her quartets aboard the USS Discovery wearing a Starfleet issue civilian jumpsuit. This jumpsuit worn by Burnham in "Context Is For Kings" is a stripped down version of the standard duty uniform, distinguished by the same blue color which was selected by Costume Designer Gersha Phillips: "I was looking at different shades of navy for the uniform itself-one that wasn't too dark or too bright. We picked the fabric we wanted from Schoeller Textiles in Switzerland, then had it dyed and shipped to us."

Sonequa Martin-Green as Michael Burnham in "Context Is For Kings", STAR TREK: DISCOVERY (2017)

USS Discovery bridge as it appeared in STAR TREK: DISCOVERY Season 1 (though with playback monitors switched off). The set was designed by DISCOVERY's first production designer, Mark Worthington, and subtly modified by Season 2 Production Designer Tamara Deverell. Nearly final sketches for Discovery's bridge included two additional consoles sunken into the floor in front of the viewscreen window. Additionally, a functioning lift was planned for the set that would travel to the roof of the bridge where an observation area was planned but never constructed.

USS Discovery bridge, STAR TREK: DISCOVERY (2017)

Sara Mitich as Lt. Commander Airiam, Sonequa Martin-Green as Michael Burnham, and Doug Jones as Commander Saru on the bridge of the USS Discovery. On Saru's relationship with Burnham in Season 1, Jones said, "It is equal parts both [sibling rivalry and sibling love]. When you meet us in our pilot – in [episode one] and episode two, is more of the rivalry. We are both trying to elbow each other out for the captain’s chair one day. It’s a competition. We are both smart and good at what we do. And we both have something to prove. But at the end of the day, we always have a deep love and respect for each other like family would do. It is a beautiful relationship to play on film."

Sara Mitich as Airiam, Sonequa Martin-Green as Burnham, and Doug Jones as Saru in "Context Is For Kings", STAR TREK: DISCOVERY (2017)

Doug Jones as Commander Saru on the bridge of the USS Discovery. Costume Designer Gersha Phillips described the intent behind fully redesigning Starfleet's uniforms for STAR TREK: DISCOVERY: "This idea of grounding something in reality, and still honest to the Starfleet look and feel." Phillips also described the new uniforms' intended functionality: "They would have smart technology. So the compression panels, which are the lines on the shoulders and that go down the body, have body-monitoring components. It would also have some sort of life-protection qualities. What that was, we never really figured out, but that was the idea behind adding those elements to the costumes."

Doug Jones as Commander Saru in "Context Is For Kings", STAR TREK: DISCOVERY (2017)

Netflix First Look Teaser (featuring "My Tears Are Becoming a Sea" by M83) for STAR TREK: DISCOVERY (2017)

Sonequa Martin-Green as Michael Burnham in her quartets aboard the USS Discovery wearing a Starfleet issue civilian jumpsuit. This jumpsuit worn by Burnham in "Context Is For Kings" is a stripped down version of the standard duty uniform, distinguished by the same blue color which was selected by Costume Designer Gersha Phillips: "I was looking at different shades of navy for the uniform itself-one that wasn't too dark or too bright. We picked the fabric we wanted from Schoeller Textiles in Switzerland, then had it dyed and shipped to us."

Sonequa Martin-Green as Michael Burnham in "Context Is For Kings", STAR TREK: DISCOVERY (2017)

USS Discovery bridge as it appeared in STAR TREK: DISCOVERY Season 1 (though with playback monitors switched off). The set was designed by DISCOVERY's first production designer, Mark Worthington, and subtly modified by Season 2 Production Designer Tamara Deverell. Nearly final sketches for Discovery's bridge included two additional consoles sunken into the floor in front of the viewscreen window. Additionally, a functioning lift was planned for the set that would travel to the roof of the bridge where an observation area was planned but never constructed.

USS Discovery bridge, STAR TREK: DISCOVERY (2017)

Sara Mitich as Lt. Commander Airiam, Sonequa Martin-Green as Michael Burnham, and Doug Jones as Commander Saru on the bridge of the USS Discovery. On Saru's relationship with Burnham in Season 1, Jones said, "It is equal parts both [sibling rivalry and sibling love]. When you meet us in our pilot – in [episode one] and episode two, is more of the rivalry. We are both trying to elbow each other out for the captain’s chair one day. It’s a competition. We are both smart and good at what we do. And we both have something to prove. But at the end of the day, we always have a deep love and respect for each other like family would do. It is a beautiful relationship to play on film."

Sara Mitich as Airiam, Sonequa Martin-Green as Burnham, and Doug Jones as Saru in "Context Is For Kings", STAR TREK: DISCOVERY (2017)

Doug Jones as Commander Saru on the bridge of the USS Discovery. Costume Designer Gersha Phillips described the intent behind fully redesigning Starfleet's uniforms for STAR TREK: DISCOVERY: "This idea of grounding something in reality, and still honest to the Starfleet look and feel." Phillips also described the new uniforms' intended functionality: "They would have smart technology. So the compression panels, which are the lines on the shoulders and that go down the body, have body-monitoring components. It would also have some sort of life-protection qualities. What that was, we never really figured out, but that was the idea behind adding those elements to the costumes."

Doug Jones as Commander Saru in "Context Is For Kings", STAR TREK: DISCOVERY (2017)

Sonequa Martin-Green as Michael Burnham in her prison wardrobe aboard the USS Discovery. Reflecting on Season 1, Sonequa Martin-Green said: "...it was quite an arduous journey, Season 1. We’ve been met with such fierce love and support. At the same time, we’ve been met with quite a bit of vitriol, because people are innately uncomfortable with change. From the very beginning, from the moment we announced what our show was going to be and who was going to be telling the story, there were lots of people who were rubbed the wrong way by that. There was a conversation that was being had for a long while at the beginning about how that response was completely antithetical to the legacy of Star Trek itself. There was a period where we were dealing with that. What I think I learned, or at least it was reaffirmed for me, is that people are comfortable with innovation to a point. It’s hard for them to grab ahold of diversity and change, and what they consider to be ‘other'."

Sonequa Martin-Green as Michael Burnham in "Context Is For Kings", STAR TREK: DISCOVERY (2017)

Jason Isaacs as Captain Lorca and Sonequa Martin-Green as Michael Burnham in the characters' first meeting aboard the USS Discovery. Issacs addressed the mysterious bond between Lorca and Burnham saying: "When you first encounter the two of them together, it should be enigmatic. There should be questions firing off in your head. 'Why is he interested in her? Why is he promoting her? Why is he giving her a second chance?' Hopefully, the first time through, you'll think, well, it's because she's incredibly able, because she made a very smart decision about the war with the Klingons, and he can see that and he doesn't like to see good talent go to waste."

Jason Isaacs as Captain Lorca and Sonequa Martin-Green as Michael Burnham in "Context Is For Kings", STAR TREK: DISCOVERY (2017)

Jason Isaacs as Captain Gabriel Lorca in his standing only ready aboard the USS Discovery. When asked about Lorca's background early in STAR TREK: DISCOVERY's first season, Isaacs replied: "You don’t want to be asking about things that get revealed during the show. But he’s a guy who’s seen a lot of action. He’s seen a lot of war. He’s been affected by it. Does it make him cold or does it make him efficient? Does it make him unsentimentally brilliant at strategy or does it make him inhuman? He’s seen what death can do, and he’s seen what happens when the enemy wins, and that has affected all of his decisions."

Jason Isaacs as Captain Gabriel Lorca in "Context is For Kings", STAR TREK: DISCOVERY (2017)

Sonequa Martin-Green as Michael Burnham in yellow prison garb aboard the USS Discovery. On her previous knowledge of the STAR TREK franchise, Martin-Green said: "...my parents used to watch STAR TREK from time to time. I remember specifically seeing episodes of the original series, and NEXT GEN, and VOYAGER, and DEEP SPACE NINE on the television. I never sat down and actually watched it, but I remember it being there. I remember knowing what it was, and then I certainly learned what it meant. I learned what a pillar it was in entertainment history; I knew its monumental impact. When I had the opportunity to come on board, I set out to watch everything that there ever was, because so much that I had seen was bits and pieces from different shows. I hadn’t seen any of the original movies. I had only seen the J.J. Abrams franchise. I knew what it was; I knew that it was an heirloom. I knew that it’s a very, very prodigious endowment. I said, 'I’m going to watch everything that there is. Watch every single episode of every single show and every single movie.' I didn’t realize exactly how long it was going to take me to do that."

Sonequa Martin-Green as Michael Burnham in "Context is For Kings", STAR TREK: DISCOVERY (2017)

Michelle Yeoh as Captain Philippa Georgiou and Chris Obi as T'Kuvma during the climactic hand-to-hand fight aboard the Klingon Sarcophagus. Yeoh reflected on STAR TREK's importance in the frightening political climate of today: "Let me put it this way — these are interesting times, and I think our series has been very reflective of that. And I think people have been very excited, especially when they see so many woman roles, and this is something that we are fighting for right now is gender equality, so it seems right. It is right, that in the future, which is what STAR TREK's always represents. You know? This is our future, and it’s so inspiring, especially for young girls to turn around and go, 'Hey, I can be an admiral, I can be a captain.'"

Michelle Yeoh as Captain Philippa Georgiou and Chris Obi as T'Kuvma in "Battle at the Binary Stars", STAR TREK: DISCOVERY (2017)

Sonequa Martin-Green as Commander Michael Burnham in the Shenzhou transporter room. On her previous knowledge of the STAR TREK franchise, Martin-Green said: "...my parents used to watch STAR TREK from time to time. I remember specifically seeing episodes of the original series, and NEXT GEN, and VOYAGER, and DEEP SPACE NINE on the television. I never sat down and actually watched it, but I remember it being there. I remember knowing what it was, and then I certainly learned what it meant. I learned what a pillar it was in entertainment history; I knew its monumental impact. When I had the opportunity to come on board, I set out to watch everything that there ever was, because so much that I had seen was bits and pieces from different shows. I hadn’t seen any of the original movies. I had only seen the J.J. Abrams franchise. I knew what it was; I knew that it was an heirloom. I knew that it’s a very, very prodigious endowment. I said, 'I’m going to watch everything that there is. Watch every single episode of every single show and every single movie.' I didn’t realize exactly how long it was going to take me to do that."

Sonequa Martin-Green as Commander Michael Burnham in "Battle at the Binary Stars", STAR TREK: DISCOVERY (2017)

Sonequa Martin-Green as Commander Michael Burnham aboard the Klingon Ship of the Dead. STAR TREK: DISCOVERY Art Director Matt Middleton said of the design of the Ship of the Dead: "We didn't know what the storyline would be, but we assumed we needed a combination cathedral and bridge. And we needed a window where the House elders could watch the battles that were rumored to be coming. So we put the oculus in front, a pulpit near the back of the upper level, and added a lower level. We needed connecting stairways, but Bryan [Fuller] wanted something that functioned like stairs-yet didn't look like stairs-that would work for the swashbuckling fights that we knew would ensue."

Sonequa Martin-Green as Commander Michael Burnham in "Battle at the Binary Stars", STAR TREK: DISCOVERY (2017)

Michelle Yeoh as Captain Philippa Georgiou and Sonequa Martin-Green as Commander Michael Burnham wielding phasers aboard the Klingon Sarcophagus ship. In the lead up to the release of STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, Sonequa Martin-Green enthused about working with Michelle Yeoh: "I feel like I have been inspired by so many things that it is hard to point to them. Michelle Yeoh is a big inspiration. So I feel honored to be serving alongside her, because she has been such a big part of the movie-watching experience from woman’s perspective. She has been kicking ass for years. And she is such a picture of grace and humility so I’ve learned a lot from her immediately because we were working together. Day by day we are working together so I get to learn so much from her."

Michelle Yeoh as Captain Philippa Georgiou and Sonequa Martin-Green as Commander Michael Burnham in "Battle at the Binary Stars", STAR TREK: DISCOVERY (2017)

Michelle Yeoh as Captain Philippa Georgiou and Sonequa Martin-Green as Commander Michael Burnham wielding phasers aboard the Klingon Sarcophagus ship. In the lead up to the release of STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, Sonequa Martin-Green enthused about working with Michelle Yeoh: "I feel like I have been inspired by so many things that it is hard to point to them. Michelle Yeoh is a big inspiration. So I feel honored to be serving alongside her, because she has been such a big part of the movie-watching experience from woman’s perspective. She has been kicking ass for years. And she is such a picture of grace and humility so I’ve learned a lot from her immediately because we were working together. Day by day we are working together so I get to learn so much from her."

Michelle Yeoh as Captain Philippa Georgiou and Sonequa Martin-Green as Commander Michael Burnham in "Battle at the Binary Stars", STAR TREK: DISCOVERY (2017)

I see it

Michelle Yeoh as Captain Philippa Georgiou wielding a phaser aboard the Klingon Sarcophagus ship. Following her re-appearance as Emperor Georgiou in the back half of STAR TREK: DISCOVERY's first season, Yeoh addressed the death of Captain Georgiou: "I said [to the producers], ‘If you’re gonna kill me off, I don’t want to be in it. I don’t want to just die and disappear.' The fans, they’ve been so sweet. They stop me on the street to say, ‘Why did you get killed off? Why did they let them kill you off? Come back.’"

Michelle Yeoh as Captain Philippa Georgiou in "Battle at the Binary Stars", STAR TREK: DISCOVERY (2017)

Fide angle view from inside the USS Shenzhou brig set as it appeared in "Battle at the Binary Stars". Like many of the Shenzhou / Discovery interiors, the brig was designed under supervision of STAR TREK: DISCOVERY's first production designer, Mark Worthington, to be reconfigured to serve as multiple locations on multiple starships. Following the set's use in "Battle at the Binary Stars", the set was reworked to serve as Captain Lorca's "menagerie" beginning in "Context is for Kings". It would later go back to being a brig (albeit with a different configuration from the Shenzhou brig) aboard the Discovery and even stood in for Spock's quarters aboard the USS Enterprise in DISCOVERY's second season.

USS Shenzhou brig, STAR TREK: DISCOVERY (2017)

STAR TREK: DISCOVERY (2017)
"The Vulcan Hello"

Cinematography by Guillermo Navarro
Directed by David Semel

STAR TREK: DISCOVERY (2017)
"The Vulcan Hello"

Cinematography by Guillermo Navarro
Directed by David Semel

was thinking TRON: LEGACY

USS Shenzhou brig set as it appeared in "Battle at the Binary Stars". Like many of the Shenzhou / Discovery interiors, the brig was designed under supervision of STAR TREK: DISCOVERY's first production designer, Mark Worthington, to be reconfigured to serve as multiple locations on multiple starships. Following the set's use in "Battle at the Binary Stars", the set was reworked to serve as Captain Lorca's "menagerie" beginning in "Context is for Kings". It would later go back to being a brig (albeit with a different configuration from the Shenzhou brig) aboard the Discovery and even stood in for Spock's quarters aboard the USS Enterprise in DISCOVERY's second season.

USS Shenzhou brig, STAR TREK: DISCOVERY (2017)

USS Shenzhou brig set as it appeared in "Battle at the Binary Stars". Like many of the Shenzhou / Discovery interiors, the brig was designed under supervision of STAR TREK: DISCOVERY's first production designer, Mark Worthington, to be reconfigured to serve as multiple locations on multiple starships. Following the set's use in "Battle at the Binary Stars", the set was reworked to serve as Captain Lorca's "menagerie" beginning in "Context is for Kings". It would later go back to being a brig (albeit with a different configuration from the Shenzhou brig) aboard the Discovery and even stood in for Spock's quarters aboard the USS Enterprise in DISCOVERY's second season.

USS Shenzhou brig, STAR TREK: DISCOVERY (2017)

Michelle Yeoh as Captain Philippa Georgiou, Doug Jones as Lt. Commander Saru, and Sonequa Martin-Green as Commander Michael Burnham in the USS Shenzhou transporter room, shortly before beaming aboard the Klingon Sarcophagus ship. Following her re-appearance as Emperor Georgiou in the back half of STAR TREK: DISCOVERY's first season, Yeoh addressed the death of Captain Georgiou: "I said [to the producers], ‘If you’re gonna kill me off, I don’t want to be in it. I don’t want to just die and disappear.' The fans, they’ve been so sweet. They stop me on the street to say, ‘Why did you get killed off? Why did they let them kill you off? Come back.’"

Michelle Yeoh as Captain Philippa Georgiou, Doug Jones as Lt. Commander Saru, and Sonequa Martin-Green as Commander Michael Burnham in "Battle at the Binary Stars", STAR TREK: DISCOVERY (2017)

Netflix First Look Teaser (featuring "My Tears Are Becoming a Sea" by M83) for STAR TREK: DISCOVERY (2017)