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TruthOf42 OP t1_iwxs14g wrote

Reply to comment by skellener in What's the longest continuous chain of spinoffs? by TruthOf42

That's a very loose definition of spin-off. They all exist, mostly, in the same universe, but I don't recall any star Trek show that began as a character or episode from another show.

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BranWafr t1_iwxt9b8 wrote

Strange New Worlds started with Pike, Spock, and Number One being in season 2 of Discovery before getting their own show.

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Exitoverhere t1_iwzgal5 wrote

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine includes Miles O'Brien on the main cast from the beginning, who was a recurring from TNG, Worf who was also from TNG becomes a main on DS9 from Season 4 onwards.

Star Trek Picard stars Patrick Stewart as Picard from TNG.

Star Trek Strange New Worlds stars Pike, Spock and Una/ Number One who were in TOS from 1966 and then Pike was a main cast member in Discovery Season 2 which Strange New Worlds is an indisputable spin-off of.

My guess is you haven't watched much Star Trek.

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TruthOf42 OP t1_iwzj97m wrote

Strange new worlds definitely counts. Though I think it would be called more of a crossover.

But DS9 is totally not a spin-off even if it contains some of the same characters. It's in the same universe, but it wasn't like TNG existed and then they took those characters and spun them off into their own show. TNG ended and DS9 was always going to happen, without or without those characters. Otherwise every star Trek is just a spin-off of some other one

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Exitoverhere t1_iwzjzpg wrote

I feel like you're really changing the definitions of these things to fit what you want them to fit. Strange New Worlds absolutely would not be called more of a crossover than a spin-off. Strange New Worlds only happened after how much people loved how the three characters were used on Discovery.

DS9 wouldn't have happened without TNG, Miles and Worf wouldn't have been on another show without TNG. The beginning of DS9 is literally dealing with storylines and character arcs established from TNG. A crossover is when you combine two things that already exist, when one show is created directly because of a prior show it's a spin-off.

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Bobby_Marks2 t1_ix2txcr wrote

TNG's pilot episode features DeForest Kelley reprising his role as Leonard McCoy.

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