Strange New Worlds' filmmaking team for Season 3, Episode 4 discuss paying homage to William Shatner and Gene Roddenberry.

Anson Mount’s Capt. Pike tasks Christina Chong’s La’an to run the nascent program through the wringer to see how it holds up. La’an, who loves a 1960s murder mystery series featuring an investigator named Amelia Moon, has Martin Quinn’s Scotty upload those stories into the holodeck’s programming, which then creates a new mystery for her to solve.

"I love a change visually and a wig is always a really fun way to play with expression."