larinah:

Here is my completely unsupported and unsubstantiated prediction for the upcoming “Star Trek: Beyond”:

So, Idris Elba is in it, right?  But his character’s name is not listed.  There is also an actress listed near the top of the credits with no character name listed.  This, for no valid reason, leads me to believe that once again, some variation of the original series is at play but they don’t want to give us the character names because that would be spoilers to the episode(s) to which Idris Elba and Sofia Boutella’s characters belong.  My guess is that they are going to be playing Gary Mitchell and Elizabeth Dehner from the episode “Where No Man Has Gone Before” (the second pilot episode).  Two quite famous original actors, one of whom played Frank Poole in “2001: A Space Odyssey” (which is super cool in and of itself).  A classic episode…in a way, the episode that started it all.  And, the titles “Beyond” and “Where No Man Has Gone Before” seem very similar to me.

(Also, I refuse to entertain the idea that Idris Elba will be playing some version of Mudd.)

(Also, I refuse to entertain the idea that Idris Elba will be playing some version of Mudd.)

In Star Trek Into Darkness, Kirk, Uhura and Spock fly a trade ship to the Klingon home world that Sulu references as, “Please have the trade ship we confiscated during the Mudd incident last month fueled and flight ready.”  So, I think we’re safe.  I hope?