Post by Dimitris on Aug 26, 2004 9:35:52 GMT -5
Trivia for
"Enterprise" (2001)
Footage from Star Trek: First Contact (1996) showing the launch of Cochrane's ship, the Phoenix, is included in the opening credits.
This was the first Star Trek series not to include the words "Star Trek" in the title.
For the first time since the original "Star Trek" (1966), a Trek series faced the real danger of cancellation by its network. But just as TOS was saved from cancellation, a massive letter-writing campaign by fans led to the show being renewed for a fourth season in May 2004 - with the head of UPN acknowledging that the campaign was instrumental in the decision to save the show from cancellation.
Episode 3.9, "North Star", originally broadcast in the US on 12 November 2003, was the first episode of any Star Trek series to carry a TV-14 rating (for violence.)
Thus far, all 5 Star Trek series have featured at least one character who is the first of their species in Starfleet. That role is fulfilled in this series by Dr. Phlox (although, technically, he is part of a medical exchange program in which Earth is involved, and isn't actually a member of star fleet).
Trek semi-regulars Foundation Imaging, which has been the leading special effects company since the first season of Babylon 5, was dropped on the debut of Enterprise's second season. Instead Eden FX took over all the effects work to become the new leading effects house for the TV series.
This was the first Star Trek series to have an actual theme song ('Faith of the Heart') a fact that caused controversy among fans, who were split on the idea. The pilot episode used a different piece of music for the closing credits (in fact, an instrumental of 'Faith of the Heart') from the rest of the episodes.
Up to this series, the pilot of each Star Trek series after the first included a cameo of a character from the previous one. However, because "Enterprise" takes place 100 years before the original Star Trek, the cameo was not of a series character, but of Zefram Cochrane ('James Cromwell' ), who appeared in Star Trek: First Contact (1996).
Longtime Trek actor Vaughn Armstrong (famous for his many alien roles on various Trek series) appears here as a human for the first time. His character, Admiral Maxwell Forrest, is the commander-in-chief of the fledgling Starfleet.
Admiral Forest is named after DeForest Kelley, the late "Star Trek" (1966) actor who played Leonard H. McCoy. Similarly, Commander Williams and Admiral Leonard from the pilot "Broken Bow: Part One" (episode 1.1) are named after series stars William Shatner (James T. Kirk) and Leonard Nimoy (Spock).
Archer's first name was originally Jackson, but there was exactly one person in the country named Jackson Archer. To avoid libel lawsuits, Jonathan was chosen for a name because there were 20 Jonathan Archers.
Advance copies of first-season episodes were sent to the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise CVN-65.
The series has established an annual tradition of featuring crewmembers from the real-life aircraft carrier USS Enterprise in cameo roles. This first happened in the episode "Desert Crossing" and continued in the episode "First Flight".
Scott Bakula jokingly suggested prior to the filming of the two-hour premiere that Captain Jonathan Archer's middle name might be Beckett, a reference to his previous television series, Quantum Leap.
It had been reported that NBC, the network that carried the original "Star Trek" (1966), was interested in acquiring this series, but lost out to UPN.
During filming of the pilot, veteran Star Trek actors Brent Spiner and Jonathan Frakes visited Scott Bakula on the set to give him advice about what to expect while working on the series.
"Star Trek" was left off the title because of its overuse in previous franchise titles and because "Enterprise" was just as instantly recognizable.
The interiors were inspired by a visit to a docked nuclear submarine.
The bridge set has 80 plasma screens built into it.
Dominic Keating was denied a callback for a guest shot on "Star Trek: Voyager" (1993) because Rick Berman wanted him for this.
Mayweather was originally going to be a lieutenant because of his extensive space experience, but was made an ensign due to the age disparity between him and Reed.
Connor Trinneer discovered a lot of his friends were closet Trekkies when he got his role.
Based on the official Star Trek Chronology, the series begins 10 years prior to the founding of the United Federation of Planets and 90 years after the events of Star Trek: First Contact (1996). Episode one takes place approximately 115 years prior to the start of "Star Trek" (1966) and 213 years before "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987).
Because the show is 100 years before Kirk, some "old" technology has reappeared:
flip-open communicators
Manual sliders on the transporter
The science station "viewfinder" Most of the sound effects for the Enterprise come from original 1960s Star Trek series - including all the bridge sounds, doors, communicator chirps, and most of the panel sounds. Instead of shields, the Enterprise has "polarized hull plating" and instead of hand-held phasers, the crew are introduced to "phase pistols". There are no "photon torpedoes", simply torpedoes. The transporter has only recently been approved for transporting bio-matter (people).... and no one on the crew trusts it. It has 4 docking doors for shuttles / pods. The design of the 22nd century Enterprise NX-01 bears a striking resemblance to the 24th century Akira Class starship, first introduced in Star Trek : First Contact. The Enterprise carries a designation of NX-01 which, according to established canon, indicates a "prototype" starship. It also indicates the first Starfleet starship to use this naming convention. Enterprise is the first Starfleet vessel to use the new "Warp 5 Engine" developed by Zefram Cochrane and Jonathan Archer's father, Henry.
Enterprise is the first "Star Trek" series to be shot in widescreen format, to allow for HDTV format airing. Enterprise is only the third Star Trek series in the franchise's history to have a September premiere date, and the first Star Trek series in fifteen years to premiere in September. The original "Star Trek" and "Star Trek: The Next Generation" both premiered in September. "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" and "Star Trek: Voyager" both premiered in January.
The first "Star Trek" series to use a popular song, "Faith of the Heart," performed by Russell Watson, in its opening title. The opening title is comprised of images of exploration through the years. The first "Star Trek" to use entirely CGI animation instead of traditional Motion Control photography. This series did not use the traditional soundstages reserved for Star Trek series, because one of the stages, which last held the "Star Trek: Voyager" sets, was demolished following filming of the last Voyager episode.
Footage of the Phoenix warp ship in the opening title montage was created by Industrial Light and Magic for "Star Trek: First Contact" (1996).
A small statue of a man pointing up is often seen in Archer's quarters, and in the episode "Twilight" is even used as a weapon. This statue is of Warp Drive creator Zephram Cochrane, and appears to be a miniature version of a statue described in Star Trek: First Contact (1996).
Originally Jolene Blalock's character of T'Pol was supposed to be called T'Pau. The character appears in an episode of Star Trek. They changed it at the last minute because if they used the character of T'Pau, they would have to pay royalties to the writer of the original Star Trek episode that she appeared in every time T'Pau was used. Which would mean that they would have to pay a royalty for every episode of "Enterprise"...
The CMO if the Enterprise is Doctor Phlox. The name Phlox was a character of the Hierarchy race from Star Trek Voyager's episode "Tinker, Tenor, Doctor Spy". However, the name of the character in the Star Trek Voyager episode was only used in the script.
The three Starfleet admirals in the sickbay scene are named after the leads in the original Star Trek: Williams ( William Shatner), Leonard ( Leonard Nimoy) and Forrest ( DeForest Kelley).
In Capt. Archer's cabin, there is a photo on the wall of a Pan American World Airways Boeing Clipper. Gene Roddenberry was, at one time a pilot for Pan Am.
imdb.com/title/tt0244365/trivia
"Enterprise" (2001)
Footage from Star Trek: First Contact (1996) showing the launch of Cochrane's ship, the Phoenix, is included in the opening credits.
This was the first Star Trek series not to include the words "Star Trek" in the title.
For the first time since the original "Star Trek" (1966), a Trek series faced the real danger of cancellation by its network. But just as TOS was saved from cancellation, a massive letter-writing campaign by fans led to the show being renewed for a fourth season in May 2004 - with the head of UPN acknowledging that the campaign was instrumental in the decision to save the show from cancellation.
Episode 3.9, "North Star", originally broadcast in the US on 12 November 2003, was the first episode of any Star Trek series to carry a TV-14 rating (for violence.)
Thus far, all 5 Star Trek series have featured at least one character who is the first of their species in Starfleet. That role is fulfilled in this series by Dr. Phlox (although, technically, he is part of a medical exchange program in which Earth is involved, and isn't actually a member of star fleet).
Trek semi-regulars Foundation Imaging, which has been the leading special effects company since the first season of Babylon 5, was dropped on the debut of Enterprise's second season. Instead Eden FX took over all the effects work to become the new leading effects house for the TV series.
This was the first Star Trek series to have an actual theme song ('Faith of the Heart') a fact that caused controversy among fans, who were split on the idea. The pilot episode used a different piece of music for the closing credits (in fact, an instrumental of 'Faith of the Heart') from the rest of the episodes.
Up to this series, the pilot of each Star Trek series after the first included a cameo of a character from the previous one. However, because "Enterprise" takes place 100 years before the original Star Trek, the cameo was not of a series character, but of Zefram Cochrane ('James Cromwell' ), who appeared in Star Trek: First Contact (1996).
Longtime Trek actor Vaughn Armstrong (famous for his many alien roles on various Trek series) appears here as a human for the first time. His character, Admiral Maxwell Forrest, is the commander-in-chief of the fledgling Starfleet.
Admiral Forest is named after DeForest Kelley, the late "Star Trek" (1966) actor who played Leonard H. McCoy. Similarly, Commander Williams and Admiral Leonard from the pilot "Broken Bow: Part One" (episode 1.1) are named after series stars William Shatner (James T. Kirk) and Leonard Nimoy (Spock).
Archer's first name was originally Jackson, but there was exactly one person in the country named Jackson Archer. To avoid libel lawsuits, Jonathan was chosen for a name because there were 20 Jonathan Archers.
Advance copies of first-season episodes were sent to the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise CVN-65.
The series has established an annual tradition of featuring crewmembers from the real-life aircraft carrier USS Enterprise in cameo roles. This first happened in the episode "Desert Crossing" and continued in the episode "First Flight".
Scott Bakula jokingly suggested prior to the filming of the two-hour premiere that Captain Jonathan Archer's middle name might be Beckett, a reference to his previous television series, Quantum Leap.
It had been reported that NBC, the network that carried the original "Star Trek" (1966), was interested in acquiring this series, but lost out to UPN.
During filming of the pilot, veteran Star Trek actors Brent Spiner and Jonathan Frakes visited Scott Bakula on the set to give him advice about what to expect while working on the series.
"Star Trek" was left off the title because of its overuse in previous franchise titles and because "Enterprise" was just as instantly recognizable.
The interiors were inspired by a visit to a docked nuclear submarine.
The bridge set has 80 plasma screens built into it.
Dominic Keating was denied a callback for a guest shot on "Star Trek: Voyager" (1993) because Rick Berman wanted him for this.
Mayweather was originally going to be a lieutenant because of his extensive space experience, but was made an ensign due to the age disparity between him and Reed.
Connor Trinneer discovered a lot of his friends were closet Trekkies when he got his role.
Based on the official Star Trek Chronology, the series begins 10 years prior to the founding of the United Federation of Planets and 90 years after the events of Star Trek: First Contact (1996). Episode one takes place approximately 115 years prior to the start of "Star Trek" (1966) and 213 years before "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987).
Because the show is 100 years before Kirk, some "old" technology has reappeared:
flip-open communicators
Manual sliders on the transporter
The science station "viewfinder" Most of the sound effects for the Enterprise come from original 1960s Star Trek series - including all the bridge sounds, doors, communicator chirps, and most of the panel sounds. Instead of shields, the Enterprise has "polarized hull plating" and instead of hand-held phasers, the crew are introduced to "phase pistols". There are no "photon torpedoes", simply torpedoes. The transporter has only recently been approved for transporting bio-matter (people).... and no one on the crew trusts it. It has 4 docking doors for shuttles / pods. The design of the 22nd century Enterprise NX-01 bears a striking resemblance to the 24th century Akira Class starship, first introduced in Star Trek : First Contact. The Enterprise carries a designation of NX-01 which, according to established canon, indicates a "prototype" starship. It also indicates the first Starfleet starship to use this naming convention. Enterprise is the first Starfleet vessel to use the new "Warp 5 Engine" developed by Zefram Cochrane and Jonathan Archer's father, Henry.
Enterprise is the first "Star Trek" series to be shot in widescreen format, to allow for HDTV format airing. Enterprise is only the third Star Trek series in the franchise's history to have a September premiere date, and the first Star Trek series in fifteen years to premiere in September. The original "Star Trek" and "Star Trek: The Next Generation" both premiered in September. "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" and "Star Trek: Voyager" both premiered in January.
The first "Star Trek" series to use a popular song, "Faith of the Heart," performed by Russell Watson, in its opening title. The opening title is comprised of images of exploration through the years. The first "Star Trek" to use entirely CGI animation instead of traditional Motion Control photography. This series did not use the traditional soundstages reserved for Star Trek series, because one of the stages, which last held the "Star Trek: Voyager" sets, was demolished following filming of the last Voyager episode.
Footage of the Phoenix warp ship in the opening title montage was created by Industrial Light and Magic for "Star Trek: First Contact" (1996).
A small statue of a man pointing up is often seen in Archer's quarters, and in the episode "Twilight" is even used as a weapon. This statue is of Warp Drive creator Zephram Cochrane, and appears to be a miniature version of a statue described in Star Trek: First Contact (1996).
Originally Jolene Blalock's character of T'Pol was supposed to be called T'Pau. The character appears in an episode of Star Trek. They changed it at the last minute because if they used the character of T'Pau, they would have to pay royalties to the writer of the original Star Trek episode that she appeared in every time T'Pau was used. Which would mean that they would have to pay a royalty for every episode of "Enterprise"...
The CMO if the Enterprise is Doctor Phlox. The name Phlox was a character of the Hierarchy race from Star Trek Voyager's episode "Tinker, Tenor, Doctor Spy". However, the name of the character in the Star Trek Voyager episode was only used in the script.
The three Starfleet admirals in the sickbay scene are named after the leads in the original Star Trek: Williams ( William Shatner), Leonard ( Leonard Nimoy) and Forrest ( DeForest Kelley).
In Capt. Archer's cabin, there is a photo on the wall of a Pan American World Airways Boeing Clipper. Gene Roddenberry was, at one time a pilot for Pan Am.
imdb.com/title/tt0244365/trivia