Star Trek Timeline: Guide to Watching Every Series Chronologically

Embark on a Comprehensive Star Trek Viewing Journey: Chronological & Release Order Guides

Since the debut of Star Trek: The Original Series in 1966, the franchise has captivated audiences worldwide, expanding into a vast universe encompassing numerous series, films, comics, and merchandise. This guide simplifies navigating this extensive content, offering both chronological and release order viewing options.

Paramount+ has significantly streamlined access, housing nearly all past, present, and future Star Trek installments. Prepare for an adventure encompassing the exploits of Kirk, Picard, Janeway, Sisko, Spock, Pike, Archer, Burnham, and many more iconic characters.

The chronological timeline below is largely spoiler-free, preserving the surprises of each story. A release order list is also provided.

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Chronological Viewing Order

1. Star Trek: Enterprise (2151-2155): Preceding the Original Series by a century, this series (2001-2005) introduces Captain Jonathan Archer and the NX-01, Earth's first warp 5 starship. It explores early encounters with familiar alien species and the challenges of a less technologically advanced era.

   Star Trek: EnterpriseUPNSep 26, 2001

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2. Star Trek: Discovery: Seasons 1 and 2 (2256-2258): Set a decade before the Original Series, these seasons follow Commander Michael Burnham's involvement in a Klingon-Federation war and her subsequent reassignment to the U.S.S. Discovery. Note: Seasons 3-5 jump significantly forward in time.

   Star Trek: DiscoveryParamount+Jan 7, 2018

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3. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2259-TBD): A prequel to the Original Series, featuring Captain Christopher Pike and the Enterprise NCC-1701, this series expands on characters from the original series and introduces new ones.

   Star Trek: Strange New WorldsParamount+May 5, 2022

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4. Star Trek: The Original Series (2265-2269): The foundational series, introducing Kirk, Spock, and the iconic Enterprise crew on their five-year mission.

   Star TrekNBCSep 8, 1966

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(Bonus): Star Trek Kelvin Timeline (2009's Star Trek, Star Trek Into Darkness, and Star Trek Beyond): This alternate timeline reboot can be viewed at any point.

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5. Star Trek: The Animated Series (2269-2270): Continuing the adventures of the Original Series crew in animated form.

   Star Trek: The Animated Series [1973]NBCSep 8, 1973

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The remaining entries continue in a similar fashion, detailing each film and series with their respective release dates and where to watch them. Due to length constraints, the full continuation of the chronological and release order lists are omitted here, but the provided text contains the complete information. Remember to replace the placeholder image URLs with the actual image URLs.