and it made sense that Chekov was actually a boy. It's canon that he's a lot younger than Kirk, and that Spock is a more experienced officer.
Chekov is actually older here than he would be in the original timeline, unless they've pushed the whole thing back (so e.g. Kirk was also born and graduated earlier). He's supposed to have been born in 2245, but Kirk graduated in 2254. (First five-year mission was to begin in 2264.) Chekhov shouldn't even be 10 years old when this is taking place, yet they've made him 17. (He'd have been ~20 when he joined the TOS crew in the second season.)
I can only suppose that they didn't concern themselves with fitting into every fine detail of the established timeline since they were purposely taking it in another direction. Perhaps something about Kirk being born in space while his doomed father listened was a "butterfly wing" that rippled into Mr. and Mrs. Chekov getting it on a little earlier. ^_-
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Date: 2009-05-31 02:04 am (UTC)Chekov is actually older here than he would be in the original timeline, unless they've pushed the whole thing back (so e.g. Kirk was also born and graduated earlier). He's supposed to have been born in 2245, but Kirk graduated in 2254. (First five-year mission was to begin in 2264.) Chekhov shouldn't even be 10 years old when this is taking place, yet they've made him 17. (He'd have been ~20 when he joined the TOS crew in the second season.)
I can only suppose that they didn't concern themselves with fitting into every fine detail of the established timeline since they were purposely taking it in another direction. Perhaps something about Kirk being born in space while his doomed father listened was a "butterfly wing" that rippled into Mr. and Mrs. Chekov getting it on a little earlier. ^_-