Star Trek: Strange New Worlds takes place in the mid-23rd century, and here’s how it slots in relative to Star Trek: The Original Series and Star Trek: Discovery. Strange New Worlds is the third Star Trek series set in the 23rd century, which is also home to the first two seasons of Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: The Original Series, and the six Star Trek movies starring Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) and his Starship Enterprise crew. Although Star Trek: Enterprise was the first Star Trek prequel series, it depicted the voyages of Captain Jonathan Archer (Scott Bakula) and the NX-01 in the 22nd century, about a hundred years before Strange New Worlds.