Picard Writer Confirms Borgs Don’t Retcon Earlier Star Trek Stories
Terry Matalas, a writer for the series, has confirmed that the new Borg do not retcon earlier Star Trek stories. The science-fiction series sees Sir Patrick Stewart return to one of his most famous roles as the former Captain of the USS Enterprise.
The new Borg Queen on Star Trek: The Next Generation is actually Agnes Jurati (Allison Pill) After being transported back in time, Picard and his crew cross paths with an alternate version of the Borg Queen while attempting to return to the future. Many thought the new Borg retconned their original timeline appearances, but now Matalas has revealed this is not the case.
Jurati’s Star Trek: The Next Generation spin-off series does not retcon the original Borg timelines, Matalas has explained. He also detailed that Jurati’s Borg existed concurrently during Star Trek’s Prime Timeline but stayed away from major events until after the anomaly that sent Picard back in time. Read the series of tweets below to find out more about Jurati and his team’s work on the show.
The actor who plays Captain Jean-Claude Rios in Star Trek: Voyager tweeted that his character’s future and past were already intertwined in the Prime Timeline. Matalas explained that during the events of Picard, the original Borg is most likely still reeling after the alternate Admiral Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) infected the Collective with a pathogen that killed the Queen.
But where are they and how did they stay out of contact with the Federation for so long? With Allison Pill confirmed as not returning to the cast for season 3, it leaves many fans scratching their heads.
