If you’re a fan of Star Trek: The Original Series and Star Trek: The Next Generation, you likely noticed how similar Trelane from the former and Q from the latter are with their godlike powers. You may have even come across the book Q-Squared that depicted Trelane is a member of the Q species, although that was never considered officially canon. Well, at least that was the case until Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 started airing on the 2025 TV schedule. This is now a piece of established Star Trek lore thanks to the episode “Wedding Bell Blues,” and writer Kirsten Beyer opened up to CinemaBlend about how this big twist with Q and Trelane came to be.
This connectivity was implied when John de Lancie, who’s played the most well-known Q in the Star Trek franchise, voiced the father of Trelane, played by Rhys Darby in Strange New Worlds. Showrunners Akiva Goldsman and Henry Alonso Meyers confirmed their identities in an interview with Inverse. However, Beyer, who wrote “Wedding Bell Blues” with David Reed (and co-wrote and executive produced the new podcast Star Trek: Khan), told me this wasn’t planned from the start. In her words:
