SEPTEMBER 16, 2022 - Back in June we teased you with the possibility of an audio drama from Nicholas Meyer exploring the story of Khan Noonien Singh and his followers on Ceti Alpha V between the events of the Star Trek: The Original Series episode, “Space Seed,” and Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. This followed up on Meyer’s attempt to launch a Khan-based miniseries, which ultimately did not happen. Now we can at least look forward to the podcast audio drama, which was announced officially by Meyer back on Star Trek Day.

According to Star Trek, Star Trek: Khan: Ceti Alpha V will be a scripted podcast that will reveal what happened after Captain Kirk left Khan and his fellow superhumans to reign in Hell rather than serve in Heaven.

Khan’s story has been told before off screen in IDW’s Star Trek: Khan: Ruling in Hell comic series and Greg Cox’s Eugenics Wars novels. While Meyer is focusing on the period prior to his The Wrath of Khan, Alex Kurtzman said of the new project, “Nick made the definitive Trek movie when he made Wrath, and we’ve all been standing in its shadow since. Forty years have offered him a lot of perspective on these extraordinary characters and the way they’ve impacted generations of fans. Now he’s come up with something as surprising, gripping, and emotional as the original, and it’s a real honor to be able to let him tell the next chapter in this story exactly the way he wants to.”

Meyer said during his announcement that he would take the scripts he had written for the previous potential miniseries, which he credits Kurtzman with suggesting, and adapt them for the new podcast.

Kurtzman, Aaron Baiers, Trevor Roth, and Rod Roddenberry will be the podcast’s executive producers.

There is currently no release date for the production.