The new series Star Trek: Prodigy is a spiritual successor to Star Trek: Voyager.
Star Trek doesn’t seem to do sequel series that often, but there are a few instances where they do something similar to that concept. For instance, with The Next Generation leading into Picard, or how Discovery, Strange New Worlds, and The Original Series share characters. Those could all be seen as sequel series, and so could Prodigy and Voyager.
Like the others mentioned, they aren’t a direct sequel series, granted, but they sure do feel like a spiritual successor in so many ways. The shows have a lot in common, more in common than some seem to realize. Especially Voyager and Prodigy.
We’re going to look at just three of the reasons that Voyager and Prodigy are seemingly connected, in order to show that these shows are far more interwoven than meets the eye.
Starts in the Delta Quadrant
Like with Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Prodigy starts its story in the Delta Quadrant, even if they didn’t stay there the entire series. The show starting there is a sign that they’re paying homage and respect to the series that came before it.
Bringing in aliens domestic to the Delta Quadrant, aliens we never met before, and having them be the stars of the series is a great idea. It helps connect the two shows in a way that very few other series have had a chance to do.
The only close relation that any of the shows have that even rivals this is the Discovery, Strange New Worlds, and Original Series. All three shows feature Spock and Christopher Pike, uniting all three shows with a linear timeline. Even if some fans wish that wasn’t the case.
Prodigy and Voyager sharing a quadrant is meaningful in a way that’s unique to them. Sure, they weren’t very close, Voyager only got through about half of the way from their point of arrival to the Alpha Quadrant, and Prodigy takes place near the border of the Delta and Beta Quadrant, but I’m still counting it. We’ll see where the show goes next now that it’s in the Gamma Quadrant but that may just open up a connection to Deep Space Nine.
Wouldn’t that be something?