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Star Trek Watch Order by Era and Timeline

Explore the eras. Choose the timeline.

Travel from Enterprise to Starfleet Academy through the Prime Timeline's eras, then explore the separate Kelvin films and optional licensed books, comics and games.

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Explore the eras. Choose the timeline.

The quick answer

Prime screen route: Enterprise → early Discovery → Strange New Worlds → TOS → TAS → original films → TNG / DS9 / Voyager and overlapping films → Lower Decks → Prodigy → Picard → far-future Discovery → Starfleet Academy. Choose Kelvin for its separate three-film sequence.

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The Star Trek universe, story by story

Travel from Enterprise to Starfleet Academy through the Prime Timeline's eras, then explore the separate Kelvin films and optional licensed books, comics and games.

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This is era-level guidance, not an episode interleaving. TNG overlaps DS9, DS9 overlaps Voyager, and the TNG films run through that period. Discovery has early and far-future placements. Kelvin, Mirror and licensed game/litverse branches are not folded into Prime screen chronology.

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  1. Separate universe: Prime screen timeline

    TV seriesCanonReleased

    Star Trek: Enterprise

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    Four-season pre-Federation series following the NX-01; earliest full series in the Prime Timeline.

    Story era22nd centuryContinuityPrime screen timelineIn-world placement22nd centuryFirst release2001Placement confidenceApproximate
  2. TV seasonsCanonReleased

    Star Trek: Discovery — Seasons 1–2

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    Discovery begins before TOS; the ship's journey to the future at the end of Season 2 splits its chronological placement.

    Story era23rd centuryContinuityPrime screen timelineIn-world placement23rd centuryFirst release2017Placement confidenceApproximate
  3. TV seasonsCanonReleased

    Star Trek: Strange New Worlds — Seasons 1–3

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    Pike-era Enterprise before Kirk's command; three seasons released by the supplied cutoff.

    Story era23rd centuryContinuityPrime screen timelineIn-world placement23rd centuryFirst release2022Placement confidenceApproximate
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    Star Trek: The Original Series

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    Three-season Kirk-era series.

    Story era23rd centuryContinuityPrime screen timelineIn-world placement23rd centuryFirst release1966Placement confidenceApproximate
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    Star Trek: The Animated Series

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    Continuing adventures of the original crew after TOS.

    Story era23rd centuryContinuityPrime screen timelineIn-world placement23rd centuryFirst release1973Placement confidenceApproximate
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    Star Trek: The Motion Picture

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    Original-cast Prime Timeline film.

    Story eraOriginal-cast filmsContinuityPrime screen timelineIn-world placementOriginal-cast filmsFirst release1979Placement confidenceApproximate
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    Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

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    Part of the continuous II → III → IV story block.

    Story eraOriginal-cast filmsContinuityPrime screen timelineIn-world placementOriginal-cast filmsFirst release1982Placement confidenceApproximate
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    Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

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    Part of the continuous II → III → IV story block.

    Story eraOriginal-cast filmsContinuityPrime screen timelineIn-world placementOriginal-cast filmsFirst release1984Placement confidenceApproximate
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    Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

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    Part of the continuous II → III → IV story block.

    Story eraOriginal-cast filmsContinuityPrime screen timelineIn-world placementOriginal-cast filmsFirst release1986Placement confidenceApproximate
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    Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

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    Original-cast Prime Timeline film.

    Story eraOriginal-cast filmsContinuityPrime screen timelineIn-world placementOriginal-cast filmsFirst release1989Placement confidenceApproximate
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    Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

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    Original-cast Prime Timeline film.

    Story eraOriginal-cast filmsContinuityPrime screen timelineIn-world placementOriginal-cast filmsFirst release1991Placement confidenceApproximate
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    Star Trek: The Next Generation

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    Seven-season Enterprise-D series. Later seasons overlap early Deep Space Nine.

    Story era24th centuryContinuityPrime screen timelineIn-world placement24th centuryFirst release1987Placement confidenceApproximate
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    Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

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    Overlapping storyRuns alongside another part of this chronology.Overlaps next-generation → voyager
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    Seven-season series overlapping late TNG and Voyager. Its whole run does not follow TNG sequentially.

    Story era24th centuryContinuityPrime screen timelineIn-world placement24th centuryFirst release1993Placement confidenceApproximate
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    Star Trek: Voyager

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    Seven-season Delta Quadrant story begins during the Deep Space Nine era.

    Story era24th centuryContinuityPrime screen timelineIn-world placement24th centuryFirst release1995Placement confidenceApproximate
  15. FilmCanonReleased

    Star Trek Generations

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    TNG cast film overlapping or following the DS9 / Voyager era; this era-level list is not an episode-by-episode interleave.

    Story eraTNG-era filmsContinuityPrime screen timelineIn-world placementTNG-era filmsFirst release1994Placement confidenceApproximate
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    Star Trek: First Contact

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    TNG cast film overlapping or following the DS9 / Voyager era; this era-level list is not an episode-by-episode interleave.

    Story eraTNG-era filmsContinuityPrime screen timelineIn-world placementTNG-era filmsFirst release1996Placement confidenceApproximate
  17. FilmCanonReleased

    Star Trek: Insurrection

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    TNG cast film overlapping or following the DS9 / Voyager era; this era-level list is not an episode-by-episode interleave.

    Story eraTNG-era filmsContinuityPrime screen timelineIn-world placementTNG-era filmsFirst release1998Placement confidenceApproximate
  18. FilmCanonReleased

    Star Trek Nemesis

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    TNG cast film overlapping or following the DS9 / Voyager era; this era-level list is not an episode-by-episode interleave.

    Story eraTNG-era filmsContinuityPrime screen timelineIn-world placementTNG-era filmsFirst release2002Placement confidenceApproximate
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    Star Trek: Lower Decks — Seasons 1–5

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    Five seasons; begins in 2380 after Nemesis. Season 5 is the final season.

    Story eraLate 24th centuryContinuityPrime screen timelineIn-world placementLate 24th centuryFirst release2020Placement confidenceApproximate
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    Star Trek: Prodigy — Seasons 1–2

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    Two seasons after Voyager's return; the later run features Voyager-A and Chakotay.

    Story eraLate 24th centuryContinuityPrime screen timelineIn-world placementLate 24th centuryFirst release2021Placement confidenceApproximate
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    Star Trek: Picard — Seasons 1–3

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    Three seasons decades after TNG and its films.

    Story eraTurn of the 25th centuryContinuityPrime screen timelineIn-world placementTurn of the 25th centuryFirst release2020Placement confidenceApproximate
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    Star Trek: Discovery — Seasons 3–5

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    The same ship's far-future story. Season 5 concludes Discovery; separate from Seasons 1–2 in chronology.

    Story era32nd centuryContinuityPrime screen timelineIn-world placement32nd centuryFirst release2020Placement confidenceApproximate
  23. TV seasonCanonReleased

    Star Trek: Starfleet Academy — Season 1

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    Premiered 15 January 2026 in the later Discovery era.

    Story era32nd centuryContinuityPrime screen timelineIn-world placement32nd centuryFirst release2026Placement confidenceApproximate

Find your route

Star Trek order guide

Choose a continuity, then follow that branch’s own story order.

Prime Timeline era order

Begin with Enterprise and early Discovery, then follow the 23rd and 24th centuries into Picard and the 32nd-century series.

Where shows overlap

TNG, DS9 and Voyager overlap, as do the TNG films. This is a series-and-film map rather than an exact episode interleave.

Kelvin and tie-in branches

The Kelvin films are their own timeline; licensed books, comics and games remain clearly separated.

Quick answers

Common Star Trek order questions

Direct answers based on the same chronology, continuity labels and coverage notes used in the guide.

What order should you experience Star Trek?

Prime screen route: Enterprise → early Discovery → Strange New Worlds → TOS → TAS → original films → TNG / DS9 / Voyager and overlapping films → Lower Decks → Prodigy → Picard → far-future Discovery → Starfleet Academy. Choose Kelvin for its separate three-film sequence.

Should you use chronological or release order for Star Trek?

Use chronological order to follow events as they happen. Use release order when you want to preserve the sequence of the original reveals. Both views use the same researched stories.

What does this Star Trek order guide include?

38 released mapped story records; 38 including upcoming. Stories are grouped at the work, season or saga level following the supplied 21 September 2026 editorial guides, not every episode or edition. Coverage is current through 21 September 2026.

Suggested routes

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Use the full chronology or follow a shorter route.

01 · Prime

Start with the eras

See major screen series and films from the 22nd to 32nd centuries without hundreds of episode rows.

02 · Overlap

TNG / DS9 / Voyager

These series and the TNG films overlap; use the era map before seeking an episode-by-episode interleave.

03 · Other timelines

Kelvin, Mirror and tie-ins

Choose a distinct continuity for Kelvin films or browse licensed novels, comics and game stories in Everything.

Abstract branching map representing separate story continuities

Story versions

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Researched editions and adaptations stay together under one story.

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Sources

What anchors this order.

Official franchise, creator and publisher sources anchor the chronology. Conflicts and uncertain placements are labelled.

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