![2023: A banner year for Star Trek — here’s why [Op-Ed]](https://treknews.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/star-trek-2023-year-in-review-600x337.jpg)
![Star Trek: Starfleet Academy - Why I'm Ready to Enroll [Op-Ed]](https://treknews.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/star-trek-starfleet-academy-why-im-ready-to-enroll-op-ed-600x337.jpg)
Yesterday, news broke of Sherlock star, Benedict Cumberbatch being tapped for the main villain of the Star Trek sequel. Today, the internet is buzzing about Cumberbatch character. Will Cumberbatch play a human or alien? An existing role within the Star Trek universe or a completely new character?
In today’s poll we ask you which alien race Cumberbatch would be best suited to play.
Submit your vote below.
The Star Trek sequel is scheduled to begin filming later this month and will be released May 17, 2013.
Zipper S
January 5, 2012 at 7:50 pm
Genetically enhanced super-human!!
Michael Wills
January 5, 2012 at 8:07 pm
@zipper s it is not khan it cannot be
enzian
January 5, 2012 at 10:00 pm
From his photo he looks like he should play King of the Magenta People!
Andrestheman
January 6, 2012 at 7:18 am
That Sherlock show that Benedict Cumberbatch is in has gay undertones between him and Watson.
JJ Abrams said a few months back that Star Trek never mentioned gay people, and that he’d like to work it into the sequel. Gay villian? How 80’s.