Star Trek: Lower Decks’ Jack Quaid and Tawny Newsome share the BTS photos he took on set while filming the Strange New Worlds crossover.
Summary
- Tawny Newsome and Jack Quaid share behind-the-scenes photos from the crossover episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.
- The photos capture the fun and chaos brought by their Lower Decks characters to the live-action show.
- Jack Quaid’s photography skills are showcased in the eye-popping and artsy behind-the-scenes pictures.
Star Trek: Lower Decks‘ Tawny Newsome and Jack Quaid share the behind-the-scenes photos he took while filming Star Trek: Strange New Worlds‘ crossover episode. Directed by Jonathan Frakes, the Strange New Worlds crossover brought Newsome’s Ensign Beckett Mariner and Quaid’s Ensign Brad Boimler to live-action as they came aboard the USS Enterprise commanded by Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount). Boimler and Mariner brought their unique, Lower Decks-style chaos to Strange New Worlds in a hilarious love letter to Star Trek and its fans.
On Twitter/X, Tawny Newsome reposted Jack Quaid’s Tweet showing off some of the eye-popping behind-the-scenes pics he captured during the filming of Strange New Worlds‘ crossover. Quaid’s artsy photos include Christina Chong posing as Lt. La’an Noonien-Singh, Ethan Peck in goggles as Lt. Spock, Newsome and Quaid in the Port Galley set speaking to showrunner Henry Alonso Myers, and Tawny enjoying herself in the Enterprise’s corridor. Check them out below:
Jack Quaid actually has his own Instagram for his photography, @photobyjq, and the talented actor definitely has a promising side hustle as a lensman. It’s clear from the photos that Quaid and Tawny Newsome had a blast visiting and playing with the cast of Strange New Worlds.
How Strange New Worlds’ Crossover Changed Lower Decks’ Mariner & Boimler
The Ensigns got promoted to Lieutenants in Lower Decks season 4.
Even though Mariner reminded Boimler that they’re “not supposed to talk about that whole Pike thing” at the start of Star Trek: Lower Decks season 4, the two Ensigns were changed for the better for the experience of meeting the 23rd century USS Enterprise crew. Boimler was inspired by his time with Captain Pike, who planted the seed for Bradward to level up and take charge more in Lower Decks season 4. Boimler’s heroism in saving the USS Voyager from holographic villains resulted in a promotion to Lieutenant, junior grade, not just for Boimler but for Mariner and their other Lower Decker friends on the USS Cerritos, as well.
Mariner met her hero, Ensign Nyota Uhura, in the Strange New Worlds crossover, and this experience also helped set up Beckett’s Lower Decks season 4 arc. Self-destructively rebelling against her promotion, Mariner confronted her trauma over the death of her Starfleet Academy friend, Ensign Sito Jaxa (Shannon Fill), in Star Trek: The Next Generation. By the end of Lower Decks season 4, Mariner asserted her heroism and saved the galaxy from disgraced ex-Starfleet Cadet Nicholas Locarno (Robert Duncan McNeill). Whether Star Trek: Strange New Worlds can have another crossover with Star Trek: Lower Decks remains to be seen, but this historic meeting of the Enterprise and Cerritos characters was a smashing success.
