Oooh Captain! Kirk gets distracted from saving the universe as Alice Eve strips to her smalls in new Star Trek trailer

PUBLISHED: 01:39, 22 March 2013 | UPDATED: 07:47, 22 March 2013

You would think saving the universe would be enough to keep him occupied.

But Captain Kirk gets what seems to be a welcome distraction when Alice Eve strips to her underwear in the latest Star Trek Into Darkness trailer.

The English actress shows off a body to be proud of in the clip that has already got all the fanboys talking.

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Wonder if he will mention this in his log: Captain Kirk is distracted when Alice Eve strips to her smalls in the new Star Trek Into Darkness trailer

Eyes front captain: Chris Pine could not help but stare as he acted out the scene with the English actress

And it seems the 31-year-old Men In Black 3 favourite will be a prominent character in the forthcoming feature, as she is playing scientist Dr Carol Marcus.

Fans of the original series will know the character was the love of Kirk's life, and the mother to his only son David.

Even more importantly, her character created the Genesis device that could create life on barren planets, and which was the main focus of the film The Wrath of Khan and its follow-up, The Search for Spock.

Chris Pine's Kirk stands open mouthed after the brilliant scientist strips down for what is surely an exceptional plan to get them out of a jam

Beginning of a love story? Kirk and Dr Carol Marcus fall in love in the original series canon

Can I help you doctor? It seems she impinges on Dr McCoy's territory as she is seen here in the medical bay

Rival: Alice will have to fend off stiff competition from Zoe Saldana if she wants to be the top Star Trek babe

Fans also got more insight into the mysterious villain being played by English thespian Benedict Cumberbatch.

The trailer opens with a terrifying terrorist bombing in London, and it emerges his character John Harrison is a 'former agent' of Star Fleet.

In a voiceover the 36-year-old Hawking favourite says: 'Your commanders have committed a crime that I can not forgive. None of you are safe.'

His co-star Karl Urban inadvertently blabbed in December that he would be playing Gary Mitchell a an old academy friend of Kirk who ends up transformed into a wrathful God-like antagonist after encountering the galactic barrier.

Wreaking his vengeance: It emerges Benedict Cumberbatch's mysterious villain wants revenge for an 'unforgivable crime'

Terrorist of the future: Spiteful villain John Harrison is responsible for a bombing in London

Explosive: The attack certainly seems to have the desired effect as fire ravages the British capitol

Man on a mission: Harrison does not seem worried to be in the custody of Star Fleet as he marches ahead of Kirk and Spock

And while the comic book delivering the background story to the forthcoming film showed this character 'dying' and being given a space burial after being hit by phaser fire, this does not preclude Cumberbatch playing Mitchell's angry and vengeful alter-ego.

The rest of the trailer is filled with rapid fire clips showing the thrilling action sequences taht are the hallmark of JJ Abrams re-imagined Star Trek universe.

And Kirk's trademark cockiness is also clearly evident, as he orders Spock to fly their shuttle craft through a narrow gap in what appears to be a large space station, despite the Vulcan warning him 'We will not fit.'