Speaking to the radio show Nerd World Report, Bryan Fuller shared an intriguing new detail about the protagonist of Star Trek: Discovery—she’s known as Number One.

This name calls back to the unaired pilot for the original series, when the main cast featured Christopher Pike as the captain, and a woman known only as Number One as the first officer. The cast changed significantly for the “real” show, but the pilot crew was eventually incorporated into Star Trek canon. The episode officially takes place about 11 years before the original series—hence why some fans were already wondering if she might appear in Discovery, which takes place 10 years before TOS.

Fuller said the Discovery character is named “in honor of” the officer played by Majel Barrett.

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From that same article:

• Discovery will have a distinct aesthetic from the other Star Trek series, including new Starfleet uniforms.
• Some of the alien species will get a makeover, following the tradition of Klingons changing radically in appearance between the 1960s series and The Next Generation.
• There won’t be any time travel episodes in season 1, implicitly ruling out a cameo from most of the previous Star Trek characters.