The Star Trek: Strange New Worlds team surprised the crowd at San Diego Comic-Con 2025 today with an announcement video teasing Season 4 of the sci-fi series… and a puppet-themed episode.
In the video, a puppet version of Captain Pike sits in the captain’s chair of the USS Enterprise and gives his familiar order to “hit it,” before realizing that he’s all alone on the bridge. “Did you go to Season 4 without me?” he says.
The episode will feature Enterprise crew members in puppet form, with the puppets created by Jim Henson’s Creature Shop. Jordan Canning (Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock) will direct the episode.
Strange New Worlds has become known for its high concept episodes, including a crossover with the animated series Star Trek: Lower Decks, a musical episode, a LARPing episode, and this week’s Season 3 episode “A Space Adventure Hour,” which features a murder mystery (on the holodeck, of course).
“A Space Adventure Hour” was screened for the Comic-Con audience today in advance of its Paramount Plus debut. (The episode will be free to stream from Thursday, July 31, through Wednesday, August 6, on Pluto TV, Paramount+ channels on Amazon, Apple and Roku, the Free Content Hub on Paramount+, and the Paramount+ YouTube channel.)
Today’s panel was moderated by Robert Picardo, who will soon be returning to the screen as his fan-favorite Star Trek: Voyager character The Doctor in the new series Star Trek: Starfleet Academy. Find out what was revealed about Starfleet Academy in the panel, including a deep-cut Trek reference, here.
Paramount Plus recently announced that Strange New Worlds will end with a six-episode fifth season. Production will begin on the season later this year.
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