Now that "Star Trek: Discovery" has a name and a ship, more details are trickling out about the new series set to debut in January 2017 .
Showrunner Bryan Fuller has confirmed that the show will take place about a decade before the original Kirk and Spock TV series. That places it between the recent series "Enterprise" and the 1960s "Star Trek" on the Trek timeline. "Discovery" also exists within the so-called "prime" universe—that is, the timeline of the original show and not the alternate timeline of J.J. Abrams' creation.
Furthermore, Fuller says the show will have a female lead who is human and probably nonwhite—but not the captain of the ship. "Star Trek" has had a female captain lead a series in the form of Capt. Janeway from "Voyager." But Fuller's hints suggest a show that might follow the lower officers of a vessel rather than simply the captain and the bridge crew.