The second season of Star Trek: Picard will be on Paramount Plus on March 3.

John de Lancie's Q and Annie Wersching's Borg Queen will join Patrick Stewart in a rush of clock-changing action.

In the first season of Data, Picard's consciousness was downloaded into a synthetic body by Dr. Altan Soong due to terminal Irumodic Syndrome. If you want to learn more about the first season of Star Trek, you can check out our guide.

Jean-Luc and the La Sirena crew will travel back in time to save the future in the second season. Akiva Goldsman and Terry Matalas are the creators of the TV series Lost in Space.

The February issue of SFX Magazine has done a lot of the heavy lifting in sorting out what types of surprises fans can expect when the second season of Star Trek: Picard starts streaming next month. When the series transitions into an exploration of the heart, time shifts will be presented and unfold.

Time is the true final frontier. Picard muses in last year's teaser that time can turn even our most impulsive actions into history. What could have been?

Matalas said that all good time travel tales are emotional at their core and speak to something that is happening with your main character. We don't know about him. He is on a vineyard with a dog. Why didn't he marry Beverly and have a family of 10?

To flesh out the organic themes and narrative arcs for season 2, Goldsman and Matalas peered as cinematic historians into what emotional core was left incomplete for Picard and discovered that an inward approach gazing back in time seemed the right path.

The two things that are interesting are Q's ability to move us through time and space and the colors that allowed us to do that.

Q was the first influential relationship Picard had on Star Trek: The Next Generation.

He said that it was about how you tell a story about Q that was unexpected and not the same shenanigans we are used to. That was our first point of contact. You will see a side of Q you have never seen before. There are some things going on with Q that are definitely surprising. It would reflect on Jean-Luc Picard and what he is doing at the moment. The first two episodes are pretty crazy.

As one of the most significant female connections in Picard's life, it's intriguing to see the return of the enigmatic and eternal Borg Queen.

Matalas said that the Borg have experience with time travel. There is a lot going on with this Borg Queen. There are lots of Borg stories coming up. She is definitely not the Borg Queen. This Borg Queen has a different history.

Sir Patrick Stewart chatted with SFX about the upcoming season and he was optimistic that fans and followers will open their arms to the new developments.

There are some extraordinary scenes in the show. It was exciting to see my character and other characters express themselves in ways that were unique and original to the show and I hope that that will make our audience want to see more.

SFX Magazine's February 2022 issue gets an exclusive look at Star Trek: Picard season 2.

SFX Magazine's February 2022 issue gets an exclusive look at Star Trek: Picard season 2. (Image credit: Future/SFX)

The complexity of time travel allowed for a far greater range of acting challenges that let Stewart chisel out many new aspects into the Jean-Luc character.

Yes. The time travel, which at some point becomes a big journey, a big jump in years, I really enjoyed it. I enjoyed it. It's not just novelty that I'm looking for, it's a different kind of originality in the work that we do. The unexpected.

Also appearing in this second outing are Alison Pill as Agnes Jurati, as well as other cast members.

The entire article in February's SFX Magazine, including an illuminating chat with John de Lancie, can be found on the official site. You can save 10% with the code Save10 when you subscribe to the magazine.

The second season of Star Trek: Picard will start on March 3.

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