How did Spock and T Pring meet?

Who is Spock's wife?

Why was it left to fans?

Fans of Star Trek are a passionate group, and with good reason: The franchise has been one of the most popular in television history. Star Trek: The Original Series, which premiered in 1966, is considered by many to be the best television show of all time, and it still has a cult following today.

The original series gave rise to a slew of spin-offs, including Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. And now there's a new show called Star Trek Discovery. The first episode premiered last Sunday, and it's already captivated viewers with its intelligent and witty humor and its intriguing story. Star Trek Discovery is about a Starfleet officer named Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) who was raised on the utopian planet of Vulcan. She wants to get off the ship, but she needs a mentor.

So far, so good, right? But there are some big questions about Discovery that haven't been answered, and one of them is: ? Star Trek is full of mysteries. When we first meet Captain Kirk and his crew in "The Cage," they're trapped on a ship where the captain's been murdered. When we meet Captain Picard and his crew in "The Battle," they're fighting an alien race. When we first meet Spock in "The Menagerie," he's a slave in a zoo. So why is Spock's wife a big mystery?

She's the biggest mystery in Star Trek. "What Spock's wife is I don't know," Discovery executive producer Gretchen Berg told The Hollywood Reporter. "We'll find out in the course of this season."

Berg also noted that Discovery will reveal more about Spock's wife than previous Star Trek shows, including The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine and The Original Series. "I don't want to reveal too much, because it's not about what happened before," Berg said. "It's about what happens now."

But it's clear that Star Trek: Discovery is set up to answer the question of Spock's wife. In the first episode, Burnham asks Spock about his wife, and he says, "I'm afraid you have me at a disadvantage." This sounds like answer that could only come from Spock's wife, and fans of the franchise have been wondering how and why this moment happened.

How did Spock and T Pring meet?

In this episode of Literary Treks hosts Dan Gunther and Carrie Gallo are joined by editor and author Diane Carey to discuss her new novel How I Live Now, set on the Vulcan planet of Xhalax.

It's a story about Spock and T'Pring (the Vulcan heroine) who meet for the first time in this novella; where they find common ground; and what the connection means between these two people. They also look at how Diane Carey has written herself into the Trekverse. We also discuss Diane Carey's career as an editor of Star Trek novels, and Diane discusses her favorite Trek novels. This episode is brought to you by Bifrost (www.bifrostlive.com), and if you would like to order Carrie's book from Bifrost, you can do so at

Where did you come up with the idea of writing a new novel about Spock and T'Pring? My initial impulse was that I wanted to tell a story about the Vulcan character T'Pring. The way I got started on that was reading an old Star Trek article about T'Pring, who is the Vulcan protagonist of the original novels written by the original Star Trek creator. That was the beginning of the idea for the novel.

T'Pring: A Novel. Diane Carey, Author. Bantam. 1996.

Did you have any expectations before you began writing this novel? No, not really. I just went into it, and then I realized I was enjoying doing it. I guess I had a hunch that I could pull it off. I did ask the fans in advance, "What do you want to see?" But I hadn't imagined that the response would be that overwhelmingly positive.

How did you pitch the novel to your publisher? My publisher sent me a contract for how to write the novel, and my book editor gave me some advice as I went along. I told them that I wanted to try to tell a story from T'Pring's point of view. When I was writing it, she was Spock's point of view, and so I thought I could add to the novel. They liked the idea because I was writing to that specific character. My editors like T'Pring, so it was easy to give them what they wanted.

Did Spock marry T pring?

Spock, who was born in 2245, lived in a very different world from the one in which we live.

The Vulcans have long since been at war with the Klingons and Romulans, and Vulcan technology was advanced beyond anything the Federation had ever known.

During the era of peace, Spock worked on a project of great importance to the Vulcan people. He was given a wife, T'Lar, who was the only female Vulcan permitted to marry into the highest families.

Spock's parents did not know that T'Lar and Spock were married, but T'Lar's parents knew. When the couple announced their plans to take her husband's place as Ambassador of Vulcan to Earth, her father refused to accept Spock as his son-in-law. Spock left for Earth, secretly telling his parents that he and T'Lar were being married. They never got to see their son-in-law again.

What happened to Spock's children? Spock had two sons and one daughter, all named "Lyceum." The boys were named after the great scientists of Earth, and the girl was named for her mother, T'Lar.

Spock's sons grew up and went to the Academy together. One son, Harriman, entered Starfleet, and the other, John, joined the Maabas. Both were decorated officers, while John lost an arm in battle with a Romulan warbird.

Spock had three grandchildren -- Harriman, John, and Lily. One day, when John was on a solo mission, his ship was destroyed. He was never seen again. Spock is unsure whether his son is dead or still alive.

How did Spock know a Romulan warbird? In the early 2200s, Romulans began appearing in the skies of Earth. It was thought that they were simply reconnaissance ships, but they were actually launching attacks. Kirk's Enterprise soon found itself under attack by three Romulan Warbirds. Two of the ships were destroyed. Kirk took the third to safety, bringing Spock on board.

The Klingon Empire wanted the Romulans to be destroyed, but it was learned that these were not regular Romulans but the descendants of the original settlers of Romulus. Kirk gave the order to return them to the home world.

What happened to T pring in Star Trek?

Since it was released back in 1997, T pring has been one of my favourite Star Trek episodes.

It's a short episode, I would have really liked to see a third season. However, after the end credits roll, we are left wondering what happened to Spock and McCoy in the future. Why didn't we get more of them? I can only assume that they were going to write another series where they were more present in the show and that's why they decided to leave them out.

But if this is the case, then why wasn't there a T pring in the original series? As far as I know, none of the original actors from T pring have done a cameo in the original series. T pring was a stand alone episode and not part of a season, so why did they do that? Well since it is a short episode, I don't really think it would be all that hard to re-write it in a way to explain their absence in the following seasons. Re: ? The Star Trek II novelisation confirms that both of them were present and had been given assignments before they were whisked away by the Enterprise. The whole plot was that they were going to make a series out of this, but it never got made. So they just kept it in the archives.

TOS had a few "short" episodes (eg "Where No Man Has Gone Before") but they were generally longer than the TV episodes. But we never really got to see the full breadth of the universe in any of the TV series. They were always "just" about exploring the Enterprise and meeting interesting aliens.

I think the problem with the ST movies was that it could have been a whole new trilogy, but Paramount had decided to follow the original franchise. The movies just weren't seen as being a part of that franchise and so they had to make their own new canon.

The problem with the movies was that they were trying to keep up with TOS while at the same time completely ignoring everything that had happened afterwards. So any new adventures had to be "new" adventures, rather than simply updating something that had already happened in the real universe.

That's why Kirk's son and nephew were involved in "The Changeling".