Along with his trademark suit-and-tie an anomaly among the many primary-coloured uniforms of the thirty second century, Dr. Kovich at all times regarded like a person out of time. Performed by legendary director David Cronenberg — who, like “Star Trek: Discovery” itself, hails from Toronto — Starfleet’s greatest enigma has been an unknowable presence at Starfleet headquarters ever for the reason that Disco crew landed within the distant future.
Now, because of a significant revelation in collection finale “Life, Itself”, Kovich’s true identification is not a thriller — actually, we now know the place we have seen him earlier than, and that he is had a major function to play within the historical past (and future) or Star Trek. Learn on to search out out about Kovich’s historical past, however be warned — main spoilers lie forward. (Take a look at our Star Trek streaming information for the way to watch practically each collection on Paramount Plus — besides Star Trek: Prodigy, which is on Netflix.)
Who’s Dr. Kovich?
This has at all times been a thriller, however that seems to be the best way he likes it.
Kovich has been a presence at Federation HQ for the reason that USS Discovery jumped ahead to the thirty second century in season 3, but his actual function within the chain of command has by no means been clear. So whereas Admiral Vance is prime canine at Starfleet and President Rillak takes accountability for the Federation as a complete, Kovich seems to observe his personal agenda — albeit with the type of sky-high safety clearance that enables him to subject top-secret Crimson Directives from his very personal Infinity Room.
No matter his precise job description, Kovich’s broad talent set takes in medication, synthetic intelligence, interrogation, and quite a lot of consultancy roles, together with serving to out on the resurrected Starfleet Academy, and figuring out the way to talk with the existential risk of Species 10-C.
What’s with the go well with and tie?
The look might have been out of fashion within the Alpha Quadrant for hundreds of years, however Kovich has at all times been an enormous advocate of twentieth/twenty first century formalwear. The “Discovery” finale revealed, nonetheless, that his curiosity in nostalgia stretches manner past style.
His workplace is filled with artefacts from Starfleet’s previous, together with a bottle of wine from Jean-Luc Picard’s winery, Geordi La Forge’s VISOR, and a baseball which (we’re assuming) is the one Captain Sisko stored on his desk within the Deep House 9 prepared room.
Kovich has additionally been identified to make notes on a twenty first century authorized pad, and has beforehand expressed an curiosity within the historical past of the Mirror Universe’s Terran Empire.
However who’s Kovich actually?
Throughout the collection finale, Kovich tells Captain Burnham — in a usually cryptic method — that “I’ve lived a few years and lots of lives”. It is all of the invitation she must ask him outright: “Kovich is a codename, is not it? Who’re you actually?”
“My actual identify is a little bit of a Crimson Directive in and of itself,” he admits, earlier than the large reveal: “Agent Daniels, USS Enterprise … and different locations. Good to fulfill you.”
Why is Agent Daniels vital in ‘Star Trek’?
Daniels was an vital character in “Star Trek: Enterprise,” the place he was performed by Matt Winston.
A temporal agent from the thirty first century, Daniels went undercover as a crewman on Captain Jonathan Archer’s Enterprise, a century or so earlier than Kirk and Spock’s well-known five-year-mission.
Daniels was a soldier within the so-called Temporal Chilly Warfare, defending the timeline from sinister forces out to change historical past. However, seeing as all time journey has been made unlawful by the thirty second century, we’re guessing that Kovich/Daniels prefers to maintain the occasions of his previous, current and future lives on a need-to-know foundation.
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