At the “Star Trek Universe” panel at San Diego Comic-Con, the cast and executive producers of “Strange New Worlds” debuted a teaser for the fourth season of the series, which just finished production. It revealed Capt. Christopher Pike sitting on the captain’s chair of the Enterprise — but as a puppet.

Strange New Worlds Season 4 teaser debuts at Comic-Con, showing Captain Pike as a puppet after an apparent transporter mishap Jim Henson's Creature Shop created the puppets, with Jordan Canning directing the unique episode for Paramount+

Seeing Anson Mount’s Captain Christopher Pike proudly perched in the venerable Federation starship's center seat as a puppet, complete with his epic head of silvered hair, is truly a rare sight to behold.