PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON NEW STAR TREK: PICARD SERIES WITH PATRICK STEWART! ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE NEW CREW!

Are you ready to engage the engines full speed ahead, trekkies? Because that is what Patrick Stewart is about to do next week when his new STAR TREK: PICARD sf series starts January 23rd on CBS All Access which has

The new series will air on Thursdays from next week

so much faith in the new show that they've already ordered a 2nd ten episode season as well! Amazon Prime will air the show around the world a day after.

Produced by Alex Kurtzman,  it will be the eighth series in the Star Trek franchise following now retired captain Jean Luc Picard. Set at the end of the 24th century, the storyline is affected by the destruction of the planet Romulus, as well as the death of Data. Much to the joy of Star Trek fans, his old Enterprise crew members Deanna Troi (Marina Sirtis), Data (Brent Spiner) and Commander Ryker 

The new series was created by Alex Kurtzman

(Jonathan Frakes) who is also directing some of the episodes) will all appear in the series together with Jerry Ryan's Seven of Nine! Troi and Ryker are married now and have kids.

Patrick Stewart is playing the famous Enterprise captain and an admiral in his older years, breaking his retirement (which he enjoyed producing vine and playing with his new dog) and going on a new interstellar adventure. Stewart agreed to join the series only if there were no uniforms and no Enterprise for him in it.

In the more contemplative series with one storyline, instead of episodic plots, Santiago Cabrera will play Chris Rios, the pilot of Picard’s ship who is also a skillful thief and a former Starfleet officer.

Michelle Hurd has been added to the cast as Raffi Musiker, a former intelligence officer who is a brilliant analyst with a terrific memory that has not been affected by her drug and alcohol abuse.

Isa Briones will star in the brand new science fiction series as Dahj, a young woman who comes to Picard for help  which puts the show into action.

Alison Pill will play Agnes Jurati, a doctor who shares a common goal with admiral Picard. She is also Rios' love interest in the series.

English actor Harry Treadaway will appear in the series as Narek, a Romulan agent who joins Picard's crew in investigating what his people are doing to former Borg drones!

Evan Evagora will play Elnor, a Romulan refugee who is an expert in hand-to-hand combat and is fiercely loyal to Picard.

Jeri Ryan returns as legendary Seven of Nine: a fan favourite former Borg drone liberated from the Collective by the crew of Voyager. She has changed and is much more human now.

Jonathan Del Arco returns from previous series as Hugh: a former Borg drone who appeared in a few of the Next Generation episodes.