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Instead of facing judgment, they proceeded to go into cryogenic freeze in a deep space sleeper ship. But Khan, along with 84 of his followers, survived. “Space Seed” and The Wrath of Khan Paramount TelevisionĮventually, the augments were defeated, and many were killed in the so-called Eugenics Wars. No late 20th century time travel episodes ever refer to him. Based on episodes of Star Trek: Voyager, which saw Janeway and her crew time traveling to the 1990s, it doesn’t seem like the Eugenics wars touched North America much, or at all. This included portions of Asia and the Middle East. No one knows exactly where or when they created Khan and his army of genetic augments, but they believed he was born in Northern India.Īll we really know is that from 1992 to 1996, he controlled “a quarter of Earth’s population.” (At least according to Spock’s calculations). The History of Khan Noonien Singh Paramount PicturesĪs described in the classic 1967 episode “ Space Seed,” Khan Noonien Singh was the product of genetic engineering in late 20th century Earth. Paramount+/Paramount Picturesīut what does this name drop mean in terms of the Star Trek chronology? And any possible future Star Trek shows? It’s a tangled web that spans centuries, and what began as the original ’60s series’ “future” is now our past. Ricardo Montalbán gave a legendary performance on both the original Star Trek series, and in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
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Of course, Trek fans are quite familiar with the name Khan, as he was one of the franchise’s biggest villains. Both share a predilection for a poetic and heartfelt approach to their music as well as being two of the biggest bands in the world, they are also two of modern pop’s deepest thinkers, imbuing their lyrics with touching statements on love and life.On the season two finale of Star Trek: Picard, modern-day scientist Adam Soong (Brent Spiner), while going through his desk in a mad rage, discovered a manila folder with the words “Project: Khan: 1996” written on it. Both have used their platforms to advocate for love and acceptance in their songs and charity partnerships. While he’s right that some might view his band teaming up with the Korean superstars as out of leftfield or an unusual pairing, the two acts joining forces makes complete sense. “And we thought it would be good to sing this with BTS because maybe we’re not supposed to be together.”
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“We really don’t believe in any boundaries or separation of anything really, and so the song ‘My Universe’ is about someone being told they can’t love a certain other person, or can’t be with this race, or they can’t be gay, whatever it might be,” Coldplay frontman Chris Martin explained on The Kelly Clarkson Show earlier this month. As ‘My Universe’, the widescreen collaboration between Coldplay and BTS, comes to a close, its lyric video displays a sentence not uttered in the song zooming through the cosmos: “We are all one in the universe.” It sums up the song’s sentiment perfectly – a subtle manifesto of togetherness despite the walls society might try to put up between us.