Star Trek: Discovery’s Showrunner Says Species 10-C Is Something New

Savas Abadsidis February 21, 2022

Star Trek: Discovery‘s Showrunner Michelle Paradise says species 10-C is something new, a new species and something we’ve never seen in Trek before.

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Species 10-C and the Dark Matter Anomoly have been a mystery, and Paradise would only tease what to expect rather than give specifics on this extragalactic species during a Twitter Spaces event for Star Trek: Discovery that CinemaBlend moderated.

It’s hard to answer that question without giving any spoilers for the episodes to come, so I will be deliberately vague except just to say that it has been quite a journey and was very interesting for us in the room to create a species somewhat unlike any we’d seen and to build mystery around the species. I can say that in the episodes to come, yes, we will learn more, and the mystery will only deepen. . .I will say that it’s very unlike anything we’ve done on the show before, and it’s unlike a species we’ve seen before. It felt important to us to really dig deep with that and explore that in a way that felt right for the show and right for Trek specifically.

Another mysterious new part of season four is the genius rogue scientist Ruon Tarka, played by Sean Doyle. The actor was part of the Twitter Spaces event, he spoke about what is motivating Tarka:

I would like to say that the thing about Tarka is that he’s dealing with his own sense of loneliness, and loss. And his entire mission for the season is about trying to fill that hole. So he doesn’t see himself as an antagonist, obviously. He’s struggling to do what he considers to be the right thing.

Tarka teamed up with Book to go against the Federation to build a weapon to destroy the DMA. The actor talked about how this partnership actually means a lot to Tarka:

I think he’s discovering that he has what he considers to be a friend. And when Book, in the final scene they have in [“All In”], refers to him as a partner, I think that’s a very big moment because I feel as if Tarka has always been the odd man out. He’s always been lonely. He grew up in an environment that people didn’t get him [on Risa]. And I think connections to other people have been very rare in his life. And so I think he sees this as a burgeoning friendship, as well as his own focus on his mission.

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Paradise confirmed that by the end of Season 4, fans will have many of the answers they currently crave ahead of Season 5. You can listen to a full replay at Twitter.com.