Summary
Melissa Navia says Martin Quinn"nailed it"as Scotty inStar Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 3. Scotty’s debut inStrange New Worldsseason 2’s finalewas a shock, and Quinn instantly embodied the easy charm of the younger Scotty, evoking the performance of the late James Doohan as Lt. Commander Montgomery Scott inStar Trek: The Original Series. After beaming aboard the Starship Enterprise,Strange New Worldsseason 3 has confirmed Scotty’s continued presence.
Strange New Podhosted a panel atTrek Long IslandwithStar Trek: Strange New WorldsactorsMelissa Navia and Yetide Badaki, who played Neera Ketoul inStrange New Worldsseason 2, episode 2, “Ad Astra Per Aspera”. When asked by a fan about which classicStar Trekcharacter she would like to see inStrange New Worldsin the future, Navia deftly avoided divulging spoilers byhighlighting how"fantastic"Martin Quinn is as Scotty.Read her quote below, and watchStrange New Pod’s panel in the link above.
I think I would just answer that question by saying how fantastic Martin Quinn is as Scotty. I just think they just nailed it with him, and we got to work with him. That I can say, right? Everybody knows that he’s with us now in season 3.
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 - Cast, Story, Trailer & Everything We Know
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2 ended with an epic cliffhanger and here’s everything known about when it will be resolved in season 3.
Scotty Makes Star Trek History In Strange New Worlds
But will Scotty become Chief Engineer?
Martin Quinn makesStar Trekhistory as the first Scotland-born actor to play Montgomery Scottbecause James Doohan was Canadian and Simon Pegg, who played Scotty in J.J. Abrams’Star Trekmovies, was born in England. The young Lieutenant Scott joinsStrange New Worldsas the sole survivor of a Gorn attack, and he meets Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount) and the crew of the USS Enterprise on Parnassus Beta. But Scotty, showing his brilliance as an engineer, may have the technological key to help the Starship Enterprise defeat the Gorn.
Several members of Captain Pike’s USS Enterprise crew were kidnapped by the Gorn inStar Trek: Strange New Worlds' season 2 cliffhanger.
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' debut of Scotty included the intriguing twist that he was an engineering student of Commander Pelia (Carol Kane) at Starfleet Academy.Pelia replaced the late Lt. Hemmer as the USS Enterprise’s Chief Engineer, a position Scotty is destined for,although it remains to be seen ifScotty will nab that promotionduringStrange New Worlds.While Martin Quinn’s Scotty only got to interact with a handful ofStrange New Worldscharacters in season 2’s finale, Melissa Navia encouragingly indicates that her character, Lt. Erica Ortegas, and others aboard the Starship Enterprise will get to play opposite Scotty inStar Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 3.
