Science fiction first appeared in television programming in the late 1930s, during what is called the Golden Age of Science Fiction . Special effects and other production techniques allow creators to present a living visual image of an imaginary world not limited by the constraints of reality.
136-467: Star Trek: Enterprise , originally titled simply Enterprise for its first two seasons, is an American science fiction television series created by Rick Berman and Brannon Braga . It originally aired from September 26, 2001 to May 13, 2005 on UPN . The sixth series in the Star Trek franchise, it is a prequel to Star Trek: The Original Series . Set in the 22nd century, a hundred years before
272-688: A black belt in Aikido ). She was subsequently allowed to reenlist because of her exceptional linguistic skills. Before posting to the Enterprise , she taught linguistics in Brazil ; it is not known whether she was an active Starfleet officer at the time, or was reactivated to serve under Jonathan Archer . She later (also in "Observer Effect") expressed regret at leaving without saying goodbye to her students. She appears to be very close to Captain Archer—he
408-569: A temp track on the test reels before "Faith of the Heart" was chosen. Illustrator John Eaves created a drawing of a number of real-world and Star Trek vessels leaving Earth, which was subsequently turned into a poster by Dan Madsen at the Star Trek Communicator magazine. Eaves gave copies of this poster to Braga and Berman, with Berman suggesting the possibility that this could be a good concept for an opening sequence. The aim of
544-563: A "miniseries within a series", with four or five episodes devoted to following up on events from the Mirror Universe episode "In a Mirror, Darkly". The producers also intended to bring Jeffrey Combs onto the series as a regular by placing his recurring Andorian character Shran on the bridge of the Enterprise in an advisory capacity. Work had already begun on an episode referred to by Coto as "Kilkenny Cats", which would have seen
680-484: A Kzinti invasion of the Federation. Coto's episode was based on a similar premise, with Diggs brought onto the Enterprise team to work on the episode. Production had begun on the new Kzinti ships for "Kilkenny Cats", with Josh Finney commissioned. There have been numerous calls and a campaign for the series to be re-booted and a fifth season made, and some of the actors have indicated their willingness. A lot of this
816-865: A combined full-series set in January 2017. Dennis McCarthy was recruited by the production team to score the pilot, "Broken Bow". He had scored other episodes of the franchise, including the pilot of The Next Generation , " Encounter at Farpoint ", and won an Emmy Award for his work on the Voyager episode " Heroes and Demons ". His work on "Broken Bow" was subsequently released in the United States on CD by Decca Records . Other composers who worked on Enterprise included Paul Ballinger , David Bell , Jay Chattaway , John Frizzell , Kevin Kiner , Mark McKenzie , Velton Ray Bunch and Brian Tyler . The franchise
952-491: A core trio of characters: Jonathan Archer , T'Pol , and Trip Tucker . Other main characters had primary roles in particular episodes, such as " Dear Doctor " and " Fight or Flight ." The second season saw deepening relationships between characters—for example, the friendship between Tucker and Reed , seen in episodes such as " Two Days and Two Nights "; and the relationship between Tucker and T'Pol, which begins contentiously but leads to romance in later seasons. The addition of
1088-496: A destructive swath stretching through Florida to Venezuela. As a result, the Enterprise is redirected to unexplored regions of space to find the Xindi and stop a further attack that will destroy Earth. Although certain elements were preplanned, including the success of the mission against the Xindi, others, such as the details of the actual enemy race, were not. At the time of the initial development, Berman and Braga were uncertain if
1224-482: A different opening sequence than the remainder of the series, reflecting themes of war and conquest in the Mirror Universe . The series was considered for cancellation at the end of the second season, with Paramount executives instead requesting a number of changes to renew it following a letter-writing campaign from fans. These included a change of name to Star Trek: Enterprise early in the third season; and
1360-528: A female superhero, wears traditional folkloric clothes and tries to save traditional elements of Dutch society against the factory owners. Italian TV shows include A come Andromeda (1972) which was a remake of 1962 BBC serial, A for Andromeda (from the novels of Hoyle and Elliott), Geminus (1968), Il segno del comando (1971), Gamma (1974) and La traccia verde (1975). French series are Highlander: The Series , French science-fiction/fantasy television series (both co-produced with Canada) and
1496-528: A futuristic Temporal Cold War element was seen as a "nod to mystery" by Rick Berman , who sought to add an element of The X-Files to the series. Berman decided that the full story of the war would be revealed over the course of several years. At the start of the second season, Braga said that the Temporal Cold War storyline would continue to be included if viewers were still interested, but later described it as "strangulating." Initially featured in
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#17327834722951632-453: A group of Dutch space explorers and their adventures, De duivelsgrot (The devil's cave), broadcast from 1963 to 1964, about a scientist who finds the map of a cave that leads to the center of the Earth and Treinreis naar de Toekomst (Train journey to the future) about two young children who are taken to the future by robots who try to recreate humanity, but are unable to give the cloned humans
1768-611: A growing number of followers. The British series, Doctor Who , has similarly attracted a devoted following. In the late 1990s, a market for celebrity autographs emerged on eBay , which created a new source of income for actors, who began to charge money for autographs that they had previously been doing for free. This became significant enough that lesser-known actors would come to conventions without requesting any appearance fee, simply to be allowed to sell their own autographs (commonly on publicity photos). Today most events with actor appearances are organized by commercial promoters, though
1904-437: A key instrument in allowing the crew to communicate with alien cultures. Relatively little of Sato's background was explored in the series. She briefly suffered from space sickness and claustrophobia . The fourth season episode " Observer Effect " revealed that she was once dishonourably discharged from Starfleet for running a floating poker game and breaking the arm of a Starfleet instructor who tried to break it up (she has
2040-474: A large amount of superhero -themed animation, much of this adapted from comics series, while the impossible characters and settings allowed in animation made this a preferred medium for both fantasy and for series aimed at young audiences. Originally, animation was all hand-drawn by artists, though in the 1980s, beginning with Captain Power , computers began to automate the task of creating repeated images; by
2176-436: A major factor in their cancellation with the quote, "We were subject to the whims of the network and the advertisers". On February 3, 2005, it was announced that Enterprise had been canceled. This news was passed to the cast and crew during the sixth day of production on " In a Mirror, Darkly ". The end of the series marked the first time in 18 years that no new Star Trek episodes were scheduled for broadcast, and Enterprise
2312-630: A man who becomes trapped in a telephone booth, while passersby seem unable to help him, won the 1973 International Emmy Award for Fiction. The series Plutón B.R.B. Nero (2008) was a brutal SF comedy by Álex de la Iglesia , in the line of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy , Red Dwarf , or Doctor Who , with 26 episodes of 35 minutes. Other series of the 2010s were Los protegidos (2010-2012), El barco (2011-2013), and El internado (2007-2010), all three inspired by North American productions, with minor SF elements. The latest success
2448-535: A new action-oriented plot, which resulted in the development of the Xindi story line. There was a major turnover of staff at Paramount in June 2004, with Jonathan Dolgen, the head of entertainment at parent company Viacom , quitting following the departure of Viacom President Mel Karmazin . Dolgen was described by Bakula as being the "huge Star Trek guy" at Paramount, and his departure was followed by several other staff members leaving. Fans were resigned to cancellation at
2584-518: A new chapter of this enduring franchise in the future." Berman and screenwriter Erik Jendrensen developed a concept for a new film taking place after Enterprise but before the 1960s television show. Meanwhile, Paramount asked Roberto Orci for ideas to revive the franchise, resulting in the production of a reboot film set in an alternate timeline from the 1966–2005 franchise, simply titled Star Trek , released in May 2009 and directed by J. J. Abrams . At
2720-464: A number of episodes required specific sets to be built from scratch, the team would save certain elements to enable them to be reused in later episodes. The production had a warehouse in Burbank to store those pieces while they were not being used. Midway through the third season, from " Exile " onwards, the series started to be broadcast in 1080i high-definition television . Alongside Jake 2.0 , it
2856-469: A number of fan-run conventions still exist, such as Toronto Trek and Shore Leave . The 1985 series Robotech is most often credited as the catalyst for the Western interest in anime. The series inspired a few fanzines such as Protoculture Addicts and Animag both of which in turn promoted interest in the wide world of anime in general. Anime's first notable appearance at SF or comic book conventions
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#17327834722952992-428: A number of smaller fiction/fantasy television series, including Tang in 1971, about a secret organization that attempts to control the world with a new super weapon, "Les atomistes" and 1970 miniseries "La brigade des maléfices". Another French-produced science fiction series was the new age animated series Il était une fois... l'espace (English: Once upon a time...space ). Anime-influenced animation includes
3128-468: A penal colony in the regular universe. This in turn would allow Shatner to reprise his role as the Mirror Universe version of Captain James T. Kirk . Shatner pitched this to Braga and Berman, but instead they pitched another idea back to the actor in which he could play the chef of the Enterprise , who was taken to the future by Daniels and required to impersonate Kirk. After they could not settle on an idea,
3264-503: A pyrotechnic during filming, and then an optical glowing line added to the film image in post-production. Stunts are another important category of physical effects. In general, all kinds of special effects must be carefully planned during pre-production . Babylon 5 was the first series to use computer-generated imagery , or "CGI", for all exterior space scenes, even those with characters in space suits. The technology has made this more practical, so that today models are rarely used. In
3400-465: A role on Voyager two years prior, but Berman wanted to keep him for a future main role, saying that when he auditioned for Reed the actor "nailed it," although there were discussions about the accent he should be using, with Keating suggesting one from the north of England which the producers mistook for Scottish. In the end, they chose to go with Keating's natural voice. He also praised the casting processes involving Trinneer, Park and Billingsley, calling
3536-722: A science fiction television series based upon Zoran Živković's story, winner of a World Fantasy Award . Návštěvníci (The Visitors) was a Czechoslovak (and Federal German, Swiss and French) TV series produced in 1981 to 1983. The family show aired in a larger number of European countries. For a list of notable science fiction series and programs on television, see: List of science fiction television programs . People who have influenced science fiction on television include: [REDACTED] Media related to Science fiction television programmes at Wikimedia Commons Hoshi Sato Hoshi Sato / ˈ h oʊ ʃ i ˈ s ɑː t oʊ / , played by Korean American actress Linda Park ,
3672-462: A series concept. While the fans online were suggesting that it could either be based on Starfleet Academy or the adventures of Hikaru Sulu , the producers took care that no information was leaked to reveal what the concept was going to be. They later revealed that the Academy idea was never properly considered. Instead, they opted to create a prequel to The Original Series set after the events in
3808-400: A series of French-Japanese cartoons / anime , including such titles as Ulysses 31 (1981), The Mysterious Cities of Gold (1982), and Ōban Star-Racers (2006). The first Spanish SF series was Diego Valor , a 22 episode TV adaption of a radio show hero of the same name based on Dan Dare , aired weekly between 1958 and 1959. Nothing was survived of this series, not a single still; it
3944-462: A soul. All three of these television series were aimed mostly at children. Later television series were Professor Vreemdeling (1977) about a strange professor who wants to make plants speak and Zeeuws Meisje [ nl ] (1997) a nationalistic post-apocalyptic series where the Netherlands has been built full of housing and the highways are filled with traffic jams. The protagonist,
4080-492: A staggering array of models; the USS Enterprise had to be built in several different scales for different needs. Models fell out of use in filming in the 1990s as CGI became more affordable and practical, but even today, designers sometimes construct scale models which are then digitized for use in animation software. Models of characters are puppets . Gerry Anderson created a series of shows using puppets living in
4216-553: A universe of models and miniature sets, notably Thunderbirds . ALF depicted an alien living in a family, while Farscape included two puppets as regular characters. In Stargate SG-1 , the Asgard characters are puppets in scenes where they are sitting, standing, or lying down. In Mystery Science Theater 3000 , the characters of Crow T. Robot and Tom Servo , two of the show's main (and most iconic) characters, are puppets constructed from random household items. As animation
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4352-555: A variety of roles within the franchise before taking on the recurring parts of Xindi council members throughout season three. Throughout the production on Enterprise , there were rumours that William Shatner would make a guest appearance. During season four, this idea was raised once again when Reeves-Stevens suggested that the tantalus field (previously thought to be a raygun ) seen in The Original Series episode " Mirror, Mirror " actually sent its victims back in time to
4488-505: Is El ministerio del tiempo ( The ministry of time ), premiered on February 24, 2015 on TVE 's main channel La 1 . The series follows the exploits of a patrol of the fictional Ministry of Time, which deals with incidents caused by time travel. It has garnered several national prizes in 2015, like the Ondas Prize , and has a thick following on-line, called los ministéricos . Serbia produced The Collector ( Sakupljač ),
4624-469: Is a fictional character in the science fiction television series Star Trek: Enterprise . In the show Sato, born in Kyoto, Japan on July 9, 2129, is the communications officer aboard the starship Enterprise (NX-01) , and a linguist who can speak more than forty languages ( polyglotism ), including Klingon . She is an acknowledged linguistic genius and expert at operating the universal translator ,
4760-436: Is based on the fact that as one of the more recent trek shows, the actors are all still alive and active in the industry, and that the show was never really properly finished. The pilot, "Broken Bow", was watched by 12.5 million viewers on the first broadcast on UPN. This was during the first full week of the new season on American television, and it was felt at the time that the combination of Enterprise alongside Buffy
4896-469: Is completely free of the constraints of gravity, momentum, and physical reality, it is an ideal technique for science fiction and fantasy on television. In a sense, virtually all animated series allow characters and objects to perform in unrealistic ways, so they are almost all considered to fit within the broadest category of speculative fiction (in the context of awards, criticism, marketing, etc.) The artistic affinity of animation to comic books has led to
5032-438: Is not known if the show was even recorded or just a live broadcast. The 60s were dominated by Chicho Ibáñez Serrador and Narciso Ibáñez Menta , who adapted SF works from Golden Age authors and others to a series titled Mañana puede ser verdad . Only 11 episodes were filmed. The 70s saw three important television films, Los pajaritos (1974), La Gioconda está triste (1977), and La cabina (1972), this last one, about
5168-670: Is often protective towards her and they appear to have a history that predates her posting to Enterprise , but the full nature of their relationship was not explored further. The series' final episode, " These Are the Voyages... ", reveals that Sato remains Archer's communications officer throughout his tenure as captain, and was considering resuming her teaching career in Brazil following the ship's decommissioning. The final episode also revealed that, after serving aboard Enterprise for ten years, she still wore an Ensign 's insignia. As noted in
5304-404: Is on screen at once. In general, science fiction series are subject to the same financial constraints as other television shows. However, high production costs increase the financial risk, while limited audiences further complicate the business case for continuing production. Star Trek was the first television series to cost more than $ 100,000 per episode, while Star Trek: The Next Generation
5440-527: The Australian Broadcasting Corporation . Later series made in the 1960s included The Interpretaris (1966) Vega 4 (1967), and Phoenix Five (1970). The country's best known Science Fiction series was Farscape ; an American co-production, it ran from 1999 to 2003. A significant proportion of Australian produced Science Fiction programmes are made for the teens/young Adults market, including The Girl from Tomorrow ,
5576-579: The BBC . In Australia, the series was broadcast on the Nine Network . All four seasons of Enterprise entered broadcast syndication in the United States during the week of September 17, 2005. The episodes were initially aired out of sequence, with episodes from the third and fourth season being broadcast directly after episodes from the first. Episodes from the second season were not planned to air until September 2006. Paramount Home Entertainment released
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5712-403: The Enterprise in The Original Series . It had only limited means of synthesizing foods and other consumable items. Communications Officer Linguist Hoshi Sato 's expertise in linguistics helps compensate for the lack of the advanced universal translator . The series also showed the crew making first contacts with a number of races previously seen in the franchise. The Klingons , who appear in
5848-622: The Star Trek prefix, Enterprise used the pop-influenced song " Faith of the Heart " (performed by Russell Watson ) as its theme. It was filmed on the Paramount lot in Los Angeles, California, on the same stages that housed the Star Trek series and films since the abandoned Star Trek: Phase II in the late 1970s. The first two seasons were characterized by stand-alone episodes that explored topics like humanity's early relations with
5984-729: The Super Robots such as Mitsuteru Yokoyama 's Tetsujin 28-go ( Gigantor ) and Go Nagai 's Mazinger Z , and the Real Robots such as Yoshiyuki Tomino 's Gundam series and Shōji Kawamori 's Macross series. Other primary aspects of Japanese science fiction television are the superhero tokusatsu (a term literally meaning special effects ) series, pioneered by programs such as Moonlight Mask and Planet Prince . The suitmation technique has been used in long running franchises include Eiji Tsuburaya 's Ultra Series , Shotaro Ishinomori 's Kamen Rider Series , and
6120-619: The Super Sentai Series. In addition, several dramas utilize science fiction elements as framing devices, but are not labeled as "tokusatsu" as they do not utilize actors in full body suits and other special effects. Among the notable German language productions are: Danish television broadcast the children's TV-series Crash in 1984 about a boy who finds out that his room is a space ship. Early Dutch television series were Morgen gebeurt het [ nl ] (Tomorrow it will happen), broadcast from 1957 to 1959, about
6256-539: The Vulcans , and first encounters with the Klingons and Andorians , aliens already familiar to franchise viewers. Seeking to attract a wider audience, UPN called for changes for Enterprise 's third season . It was renamed Star Trek: Enterprise , and was changed to focus on action-driven plots and a single, serialized storyline: the crew's mission to prevent the Earth being destroyed by a newly introduced alien species,
6392-489: The Xindi . In 2005, UPN cancelled the series after its fourth season, despite a fan-led campaign to continue it. It was the first time in 18 years that no new Star Trek television series episodes would be produced, the beginning of a hiatus that lasted until the launch of Star Trek: Discovery in 2017, another prequel to Star Trek: The Original Series and chronological sequel to Enterprise . Star Trek: Enterprise follows
6528-475: The third season of The Next Generation . Working with him were Douglas Knapp and William Peets as Camera Operator and Chief Lighting Technician respectively. Both had previously worked on Voyager . Another alumna from the previous series was Louise Dorton, who started in the first season of that show as Set Designer, but joined Enterprise as Art Director. Andre Bormanis , a science consultant and writer on The Next Generation , Deep Space Nine and Voyager ,
6664-594: The 1950s". Doctor Who , which launched in 1963 and ran until 1989, then was revived in 2005, was listed in the Guinness World Records in 2006 as the longest-running science fiction television show in the world and as the "most successful" science fiction series of all time. Other cult British series in the science fiction genre include The Tomorrow People , Space: 1999 , Blake's 7 , Star Cops and Red Dwarf . Science fiction in Canada
6800-425: The 1990s, CGI required expensive processors and customized applications, but by the 2000s (decade), computing power has pushed capabilities down to personal laptops running a wide array of software. Models have been an essential tool in science fiction television since the beginning, when Buck Rogers took flight in spark-scattering spaceships wheeling across a matte backdrop sky. The original Star Trek required
6936-604: The 1990s, hand-drawn animation became defunct. In recent years as technology has improved, this has become more common, notably since the development of the Massive software application permits producers to include hordes of non-human characters to storm a city or space station. The robotic Cylons in the new version of Battlestar Galactica are usually animated characters, while the Asgard in Stargate SG-1 are animated when they are shown walking around or more than one
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#17327834722957072-579: The 24th century alongside Deep Space Nine and Voyager , they decided to set it in an earlier period, allowing them to explore new parts of the Star Trek fictional universe . Wanting a more basic, relatable, character-driven series, Berman and Braga concentrated on a core trio: Captain Jonathan Archer (played by Scott Bakula ), Commander Trip Tucker ( Connor Trinneer ), and Sub-commander T'Pol ( Jolene Blalock ). The show broke with Star Trek convention in several ways. In addition to dropping
7208-620: The Cold War into an actual war raging through time, but the Enterprise killed Vosk before he could initiate the wars and all of the damage done throughout history was undone. Afterwards, Daniels believed that the Temporal Cold War was finally coming to an end as a result. In Star Trek: Discovery Season 3 , it is mentioned that after the Temporal Wars all time travel was outlawed and all existing time travel devices were destroyed. The Guardian of Forever states in " Terra Firma " that
7344-481: The Delphic Expanse, attempting to find clues that would lead them to the Xindi. In order to complete this mission, they took on additional crew members in the form of Military Assault Command Operations (abbreviated as MACO) soldiers, due to the increased military nature of the task. The birth of the Federation was first hinted at during part two of "Shockwave," which opened the second season. When Manny Coto
7480-553: The Ferengi Brunt on Deep Space Nine . Vaughn Armstrong , who played Admiral Maxwell Forrest, had previously appeared in a number of roles in various Trek productions since his first part as a Klingon in The Next Generation episode " Heart of Glory "; by the end of the Enterprise run, he had appeared as 13 different characters in total. Randy Oglesby , Rick Worthy and Scott MacDonald had also appeared in
7616-490: The Mirror Universe concept was reworked into the two-part episode " In a Mirror, Darkly ." The majority of the filming took place on the Paramount Pictures lot in Los Angeles, California. The temporary sets for the show were housed on stages 8 and 9; while the permanent sets including the bridge , engine room and the arsenal were located on stage 18. The engineering set itself was built across two levels with
7752-640: The USS Defiant to put down the rebellion, Sato poisoned him and took command of the ship, taking the Mirror Travis Mayweather as a new consort. Upon reaching Earth , she demanded Earth's surrender and proclaimed herself Empress . Episodes in which Sato's character is expanded or plays a key role: According to author David Greven, "Ensign Hoshi Sato is an Asian American linguist and the communications officer. Prone to fearful fits and generally seen as ineffectual in any terms other than
7888-465: The Vampire Slayer and Roswell would help to cross-promote each other due to the science fiction and fantasy genre links. This even included a cross-over episode of Roswell with a character from that series auditioning before Jonathan Frakes for a role on Enterprise . After the first few weeks of episodes of Enterprise , the ratings were considered to be solid enough and the expectation
8024-512: The Warp 5 engine but did not live to see it used. The Enterprise was intentionally equipped with less-advanced technologies than those seen in previous series (which occurred later on the Star Trek timeline). It had no tractor beam , but utilized grappler cables; and used missiles instead of particle weapons (see Weapons in Star Trek ); in Season 1, phase cannons were added, similar to those on
8160-404: The Xindi into attacking Earth during Archer's time period. In the closing phase of the Temporal Cold War, Daniels sent the Enterprise back to the 1940s, following a temporal incursion by aliens who had altered the outcome of World War II , permitting Nazi Germany to invade the United States. Once Vosk, the leader of the aliens, was killed, the timeline corrected itself. Vosk's actions had turned
8296-557: The adventures of the crew of the first starship Enterprise , designation NX-01. They are the first deep space explorers in Starfleet , using the first warp five capable vessel. The Vulcans have withheld advanced technology from humanity since their first contact, concerned that humans were not ready for it. This has delayed human space exploration and caused resentment in Starfleet test pilot Jonathan Archer , whose father developed
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#17327834722958432-571: The air, but called it a "gestation" instead of a "cancellation". Fan myth suggests that Russell T Davies , showrunner of the then-upcoming revived series of Doctor Who , was in talks about producing a crossover episode in which the Ninth Doctor landed the TARDIS on board the NX-01, but these plans were abandoned with the cancellation of Enterprise . This was based on a misunderstanding of
8568-469: The audience would not see a great deal of difference as the footage could be shot in a way to look the same as the earlier seasons; but he felt that filming in high-definition video would be a benefit because of the additional detail that could be seen. At the time, this was cutting-edge for a TV show, allowing the production team improved low-light performance and enabling more shooting compared to chemical films. A Sony HDW-F900 CineAlta High-Definition camera
8704-470: The domestic television market, most Canadian productions involve partnerships with production studios based in the United States and Europe. However, in recent years, new partnership arrangements are allowing Canadian investors a growing share of control of projects produced in Canada and elsewhere. Australia's first locally produced Science Fiction series was The Stranger (1964–65) produced and screened by
8840-434: The donations after the unsuccessful campaign. $ 32 million was raised. In 2013, the possibility of a fifth season was still being discussed, with Braga suggesting that fans could prompt Netflix to produce it by watching the existing four seasons on the service. This resulted in a Facebook campaign to promote a fifth season. Despite the cancellation, Paramount remained optimistic. Studio head David Stapf "looked forward to
8976-425: The early 1990s had become one of the most popular dramas on American television. Star Trek fans continued to grow in number, and first began organizing conventions in the 1970s. No other show attracted a large organized following until the 1990s, when Babylon 5 attracted both Star Trek fans and a large number of literary SF fans who previously had not been involved in media fandom. Other series began to attract
9112-454: The end of the series, Braga stated that Future Guy was Archer manipulating his own timeline; he and Berman had previously stated that the character was intended to be a Romulan. Crewman Daniels ( Matt Winston ), introduced in the episode " Cold Front ," was revealed as an operative from 900 years in the future who was fighting against the forces which included the Suliban. Archer found that he
9248-501: The end of the third season, but were surprised when the series was renewed, due in part to a reduction in the fees Paramount was charging UPN per episode. However, Enterprise was moved to a slot on Friday evening, the same night on which The Original Series was broadcast during its own third season before it was cancelled. In an interview, Bakula lamented that Enterprise was dependent on a single network; whereas, every other Star Trek series relied on syndication . He contributed this to
9384-456: The episodes " Fight or Flight " and " Vox Sola " as watches for the Hoshi character. In 2016, The Wrap ranked Hoshi the 37th, on a list of 39 of the best characters in the Star Trek franchise. They noted her importance as a translator but called her "a poor man's Uhura " and said the writers failed to flesh out the character beyond her basic premise. Wired ranked Lt. Commander Hoshi Sato
9520-428: The events of The Original Series , it follows the adventures of the Enterprise , Earth's first starship capable of traveling at warp five, as it explores the galaxy and encounters various alien species. Following the culmination of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and with Star Trek: Voyager scheduled to end, Paramount asked Braga and Berman to create a new series to continue the franchise. Rather than setting it in
9656-782: The feature film Star Trek Generations , returned as Visual Effectors Supervisor. Carol Kuntz was the Costume Supervisor, a position she had held since the production of The Next Generation. Charlotte A. Parker was Enterprise' s Hair Stylist, previously credited as Charlotte A. Gravenor on Voyager . Michael Okuda continued as Scenic Arts Supervisor, and as technical consultant to the writing staff. A number of directors of episodes in other Star Trek series returned to work on Enterprise . These included former Star Trek alumni, such as LeVar Burton , who played Geordi La Forge from The Next Generation; and Robert Duncan McNeill , who played Tom Paris on Voyager . Roxann Dawson
9792-477: The film Star Trek: First Contact , as Braga and Berman felt it was a period in the Star Trek universe which was unexplored. The idea was for the series to portray the first deep space explorers in the Star Trek universe, with Braga explaining that everything would be new to the crew and that since the setting was closer in the timeframe to the modern day, their reactions to situations would be more contemporary. As part of this, they sought feedback from members of
9928-456: The first decade of the 21st century, changes in provincial tax legislation prompted many production companies to move from Toronto to Vancouver . Recent popular series produced in Vancouver include The Dead Zone , Smallville , Andromeda , Stargate Atlantis , Stargate Universe , The 4400 , Sanctuary and the reimagined Battlestar Galactica . Because of the small size of
10064-596: The first season of Enterprise on VHS cassette in both the United Kingdom and Ireland, during 2002. In each of the thirteen volumes, there were two episodes on each tape. The first home media release of Enterprise in the United States was of the full first season on DVD , which was released by Paramount on May 3, 2005. The remaining seasons were released over the course of the next months, with season four brought out in November of that year. In addition, 2005 saw
10200-521: The first warp vessel, the Phoenix , and the Enterprise (NX-01). The Phoenix spacecraft was presented in the 1996 feature film Star Trek: First Contact as Earth's first warp vessel, whose inaugural warp flight triggered first contact with the Vulcans. The eighty second title sequence was produced by Montgomery Co. Creative, Culver City, California. The two-part episode In a Mirror, Darkly uses
10336-535: The founding races of the Federation - the humans, the Vulcans, the Andorians and the Tellarites - worked together for the first time to defeat a Romulan plot. In " Demons ," the xenophobic Terra Prime movement is introduced, which Coto felt was the final element of human nature that must be defeated before the Federation could be formed. The foundation of the Federation was shown on screen in the final episode of
10472-433: The fourth season, the series was shot on traditional film stock . The first three seasons were shot on wide screen 35mm film with an aspect ratio of 1.78:1, and it was 3-perf Super 35mm film. After Rush began testing a Sony digital camera on the standing sets for two days prior to production on " Storm Front " and demonstrated the footage to Braga and Berman, the decision was made to switch to digital production. Rush felt that
10608-432: The framework for the later creation of the Federation. This was something that the cast said that they would have liked to see more of, with Scott Bakula later saying "I would have loved to have been able to explore that journey to the Federation and their creation of it ... to a greater extent. And I think that would have been, um, just more fun for the audience ... just better, longer storytelling." In " United ,"
10744-402: The franchise. In addition to the executive producers, a number of former Star Trek crew members joined the new series. Herman F. Zimmerman was recruited as Production Designer/Illustrator, having worked on Trek projects throughout The Next Generation , Deep Space Nine and the feature films. Marvin V. Rush resumed his role as Director of Photography, having been involved with Trek since
10880-467: The highest rated drama series on UPN. The series went immediately into broadcast syndication ; the arrangements having been made by UPN prior to the cancellation. It is distributed by CBS Television Distribution . In the UK, the series was first broadcast on satellite TV channel Sky One , before airing on Channel 4 during July 2002, becoming the first Star Trek series not to be broadcast terrestrially by
11016-417: The job. It's not routine. Nothing is routine. Also, by bringing it back 200 years from Voyager , we're making the characters closer to the present, and by doing that they can be a little bit more accessible and a little bit more flawed and a little bit more familiar to you and me." He said that this setting would combine elements of The Original Series while having "a lot of fresh and new elements in it." It
11152-509: The large warp drive taking up the majority of the space. Stages 8 and 9 had housed sets for the earlier Star Trek series since production was started on the abandoned Star Trek: Phase II during the late 1970s. They were subsequently used for the films Star Trek: The Motion Picture , Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan , Star Trek III: The Search for Spock and Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home before being used for The Next Generation and Voyager . Stage 18 had not been previously used for
11288-499: The latter "perfect" in his role as Doctor Phlox. Park was not required to audition, but instead was hired on the basis of her performance in a scene she appeared in The WB series Popular alongside Anthony Montgomery – despite that the character was intended to be older until Park was cast. Montgomery had previously auditioned to play Tuvok 's son in Voyager , and after being chosen for the part of Travis Mayweather, he elected to take
11424-428: The linguistic aspects of her job, Hoshi is the resident screamer." Consulting producer and writer during season 1, Fred Dekker said Hoshi was his favorite character to write for as he felt she was the most human and relatable of the crew. In 2001 in an interview with Ian Spelling of The New York Times , actress Linda Park who portrays character Hoshi Sato on Enterprise cited "Fight or Flight" as an example of
11560-505: The long-running Mr. Squiggle , Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left , Ocean Girl , Crash Zone , Watch This Space and Spellbinder . Other series like Time Trax , Roar , and Space: Above and Beyond were filmed in Australia, but used mostly US crew and actors. Japan has a long history of producing science fiction series for television. Some of the most famous are anime such as Osamu Tezuka 's Astro Boy ,
11696-413: The majority of science fiction media fandom has been represented by males of all ages and for most of its modern existence, a fairly diverse racial demographic. The most highly publicized demographic for science fiction fans is the male adolescent; roughly the same demographic for American comic books . Female fans, while always present, were far fewer in number and less conspicuously present in fandom. With
11832-459: The network to demand the show remain on the air. Network executives were overwhelmed by an unprecedented wave of correspondence, and they kept the show on the air. Although the series continued to receive low ratings and was canceled a year later, the enduring popularity of the series resulted in Paramount creating a set of movies, and then a new series Star Trek: The Next Generation , which by
11968-446: The overall ratings continued to decrease. UPN cut the 26 episode order for the third season to 24, meaning that if 24 episodes were created for the fourth season as well then they would have the 100 episodes needed for syndication. As well as a move to Friday nights, the fourth season was shortened further to 22 episodes, meaning that at cancellation there were 98 episodes produced in total. At the time of cancellation, Enterprise remained
12104-399: The part instead of a role in a low-budget movie he had been offered. The longest casting process was that of Bakula as Archer, due to the extended contract negotiations that took place, which added to a delay in production. He had been sought for the part by the executive producers, and although Bakula wanted to do the show, he "wanted to feel that [he] was making a good deal and that everyone
12240-560: The pilot " Broken Bow ," have the ridged makeup seen in the movie franchise and from Star Trek: The Next Generation onwards (excluding Star Trek: Discovery ), rather than the smooth-headed versions seen in Star Trek: The Original Series . Berman and Braga attributed this change to advancements in makeup, and felt that such contradictions in continuity were unavoidable. The change in the Klingons' appearance
12376-516: The pilot episode, "Broken Bow," it featured the Cabal, an organization composed of members of the alien race known as the Suliban , being manipulated by an unknown humanoid figure from the future, nicknamed "Future Guy" by viewers—a moniker later adopted by the series's writers. At the start of the series, Braga said that they did not have a plan for who the character would turn out to be. Ten years after
12512-400: The production of any Star Trek series or films. During the course of filming the pilot, between 130 and 150 members of staff worked on constructing the sets; this reduced to 20 to 25 crew members when the show went to series. These teams were led by construction coordinator Tom Arp, who had previously worked on Deep Space Nine and a number of Star Trek films in the same capacity. Although
12648-438: The progression and growth of her character during the series. In 2004, IGN said "Linda Park is possibly the most under-utilized actor on the show and shows the most potential." In 2013, Slate magazine ranked Hoshi Sato one of the ten best crew characters in the Star Trek franchise. In 2015, Den of Geek noted how Hoshi showed the importance of communication and the depth of her linguistic abilities. They recommended
12784-537: The quote: The "we" reported to have been discussing a crossover was a reference to Davies talking to the Doctor Who production team about his desire to write a crossover, not to any discussions between the BBC and Paramount. The cancellation brought protests by fans—at Paramount Pictures , around the world, and online. A TrekUnited.com website was set up to raise funds for a fifth season, but failed to do so and refunded
12920-414: The rank of lieutenant commander. A portion of her biography created for the episode not seen on-screen, stated that she and her family were among four thousand people who died on Tarsus IV in 2246 when a food shortage caused by an exotic fungus threatened the colony's population. This would have made her 117 at the time of her death. Governor Kodos ordered the deaths of Sato and the others in order to save
13056-479: The records aboard the USS Defiant , Sato eventually achieved the rank of Lieutenant Commander . According to a computer bio screen, shown in the episode " In a Mirror, Darkly ", and taken from the memory banks of the USS Defiant , Sato was born in Kyoto , Japan . She was instrumental in the development of the universal translator . She eventually marries a man named Takashi Kimura, and retires from Starfleet with
13192-450: The release of the complete series as a DVD box-set. Science fiction on television The need to portray imaginary settings or characters with properties and abilities beyond the reach of current reality obliges producers to make extensive use of specialized techniques of television production. Through most of the 20th century, many of these techniques were expensive and involved a small number of dedicated craft practitioners, while
13328-542: The rest of the colony. She was buried in Kyoto with her husband, Takashi Kimura. In the Mirror Universe , Sato held the rank of Lieutenant . In addition to being the communications officer, she acted as the "Captain's Woman" (a combination yeoman/concubine) of Captain Maximillian Forrest and then Commander Jonathan Archer after Archer took control of the ISS Enterprise . After Archer used
13464-540: The rest of the main cast were released on May 15, with the rest of the character details publicised the following day. Some recurring characters were played by actors who had previously appeared in Star Trek productions, with Jeffrey Combs portraying the Andorian Shran, making his first appearance in the season one episode " The Andorian Incident ." He had previously portrayed the Vorta Weyoun as well as
13600-683: The return of Larry Niven 's Kzinti , usually seen in his Known Space novels, and who had previously appeared in the Star Trek: The Animated Series episode " The Slaver Weapon ". At the same time Enterprise was broadcast, writer Jimmy Diggs was pursuing the idea of a CGI animated film, Star Trek: Lions of the Night , with Captain Hikaru Sulu leading the Starship Enterprise and attempting to prevent
13736-578: The reusability of props, models, effects, or animation techniques made it easier to keep using them. The combination of high initial cost and lower maintenance cost pushed producers into building these techniques into the basic concept of a series, influencing all the artistic choices. By the late 1990s, improved technology and more training and cross-training within the industry made all of these techniques easier to use, so that directors of individual episodes could make decisions to use one or more methods, so such artistic choices no longer needed to be baked into
13872-404: The rising popularity of fanfiction , a large majority of which is categorized as slash fanfiction . Female fans comprise the majority of fanfiction writers. U.S. television science fiction has produced Lost In Space , Star Trek , The Twilight Zone , and The X-Files , among others. British television science fiction began in 1938 when the broadcast medium was in its infancy with
14008-424: The rising popularity of fanzines, female fans became increasingly vocal. Starting in the 2000s (decade), genre series began to offer more prominent female characters. Many series featured women as the main characters with males as supporting characters. True Blood is an example. Also, such shows premises moved away from heroic action-adventure and focused more on characters and their relationships. This has caused
14144-476: The role. Braga explained that the most difficult casting was that for T'Pol, as they were seeking a Kim Cattrall type. Blalock and Marjorie Monaghan were among the final three to be considered for the part, with Blalock gaining the role, despite her agents rejecting requests for her to attend auditions early in the casting process. By the time that Blalock auditioned in the final group, the crew had seen hundreds of actresses, according to Berman. His main issue at
14280-553: The sequence was to follow the evolution of exploration, flight and space flight. As suggested by Eaves' poster, it included real-world vessels such as the frigate HMS Enterprise , Montgolfier hot air balloon , Wright Flyer III , Spirit of St. Louis and Bell X-1 , as well as the Lunar Module Eagle , Space Shuttle Enterprise , Mars rover Sojourner and International Space Station . Star Trek vessels featured included two new designs by Eaves as well as
14416-419: The series concept. Special effects (or "SPFX") have been an essential tool throughout the history of science fiction on television: small explosives to simulate the effects of various rayguns , squibs of blood and gruesome prosthetics to simulate the monsters and victims in horror series, and the wire-flying entrances and exits of George Reeves as Superman . The broad term "special effects" includes all
14552-570: The series, " These Are the Voyages... ," which was set several years after the rest of the season. Prior to the end of Star Trek: Voyager and following the end of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine in June 1999, Paramount approached Rick Berman and Brannon Braga about the production of a fifth Star Trek series, either to overlap with the final season of Voyager or to immediately follow. Berman had previously created Star Trek: Deep Space Nine along with Michael Piller , Voyager with Piller and Jeri Taylor , and had been wanting to work with Braga on
14688-408: The situation as having "three showrunners." Coto set the direction for the final season, while the other two gave notes and feedback. The crew issued a casting call for the main roles in the series, and Keating and Billingsley made immediate impressions on the casting director and staff. Braga said that they knew they were right for those roles "right off the bat." Keating had previously auditioned for
14824-415: The storyline would last for a whole season or for just half a season. The Xindi themselves were developed from on-set discussions with the writers and the actors who portrayed them. Six species that make up the Xindi were created in this manner. One was originally called "humanoid Xindi," but after further discussions they were renamed "primate Xindi." The first part of the third season saw the crew searching
14960-477: The submarine service of the United States Navy , which was reflected in certain design work on the series such as the Star Trek uniforms . The network executives needed to be convinced of the viability of a prequel series, as they had assumed that the series would take the franchise further into the future. The initial idea was for the first season to be almost entirely set on Earth as the Enterprise
15096-411: The techniques here, but more commonly there are two categories of effects. Visual effects ("VFX") involve photographic or digital manipulation of the onscreen image, usually done in post-production . Mechanical or physical effects involve props, pyrotechnics, and other physical methods used during principal photography itself. Some effects involved a combination of techniques; a ray gun might require
15232-459: The time of the cancellation, Coto had hoped for renewal and already started to make plans for the fifth season. These included the expectation that the show would begin to cover the buildup to the Romulan War, as well as continue to link to The Original Series with references to things such as the cloud city of Stratos, as seen in " The Cloud Minders ". Another feature Coto planned was to have
15368-478: The time was to find a "beautiful woman who can act and doesn't want to go right into feature films." Blalock was excited about the casting as she had been a lifelong Star Trek fan, with her favourite character being Spock . Bakula's casting as Archer was announced via press release on May 10, 2001. However, some of the British media mistook the announcement for Bakula taking over from Patrick Stewart . Details of
15504-455: The transmission of a partial adaptation of Karel Čapek 's play R.U.R. . Despite an occasionally chequered history, programmes in the genre have been produced by both the BBC and the largest commercial channel, ITV . Nigel Kneale 's The Quatermass Experiment (1953) and its sequels have been called "one of BBC Television's earliest audience successes" and Kneale became "one of the most influential television and film writers to emerge in
15640-430: The various factions used him to alter his own history and to kill people, so he moved to another planet and went into hiding. Braga and Berman created the season-long Xindi story arc, which began with the second-season finale, " The Expanse ," and ran throughout the third season until it was resolved in the episode " Zero Hour ." It opens with an attack on Earth by a mysterious space probe that kills seven million people in
15776-409: The well-received episode " Similitude ." He was a fan of The Original Series and sought to link Enterprise more closely to it. He brought writers Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens onto Enterprise , who previously wrote books on the franchise's production, and worked with William Shatner on his Shatnerverse series of Star Trek novels. Braga and Berman remained on staff, with Coto describing
15912-420: The writing team and was also named co-executive producer. Berman called the recruitment of Shiban a "coup" for the series. Shiban stayed for the second season, while Black left after the third. The fourth season of Enterprise saw a change to the crew's leadership, with Manny Coto taking over as executive producer and showrunner from Braga and Berman. He had joined the writing staff in the third season, and wrote
16048-402: Was also announced to direct at the start of the series, having previously played B'Elanna Torres , also on Voyager . She went on to direct ten episodes of the series. After the first season, most of the series's writers were fired by Braga, except Chris Black who was promoted to co-executive producer for the second season. Former The X-Files and The Lone Gunmen writer John Shiban joined
16184-517: Was being manipulated by those forces, as Enterprise was blamed for the destruction of a mining colony in " Shockwave ." In the third season, an escalation of the Temporal Cold War introduced the Xindi and dealt with the repercussions of their attack on Earth. Daniels explained Archer's importance in history during a trip to the future in " Azati Prime " to witness the final battle against the Sphere Builders—aliens who were also manipulating
16320-518: Was brought on as a staff writer. John Eaves , who worked on Star Trek: First Contact , became Senior Illustrator for the show, and Doug Drexler worked under him as Junior Illustrator. Michael Westmore was once again the Head of Make-up for the series, and was joined by his daughter-in-law Suzanne Westmore , who was previously credited on Voyager as Suzanne Diaz. Ronald B. Moore , who worked on Trek productions since The Next Generation as well as
16456-404: Was eventually justified by attributing it to a plague caused by genetic experimentation in the two part arc of " Affliction " and " Divergence ." Electronics in Enterprise were also more compact than those of previous (future) series, as advances in real-world technology made devices seen in The Original Series and Voyager seem anachronistically oversized. The series's first season emphasized
16592-434: Was going to work together to make this a good experience." He had signed up for a pilot for CBS called Late Bloomers before agreeing to appear on Enterprise . One of the reasons he agreed to join the cast of Enterprise was that he had previously worked with Kerry McCluggage , one of the co-founders of UPN, on Quantum Leap . Berman later admitted that they did not have an alternative in mind if Bakula decided to turn down
16728-588: Was in the form of video showings of popular anime, untranslated and often low quality VHS bootlegs. Starting in the 1990s, anime fans began organizing conventions. These quickly grew to sizes much larger than other science fiction and media conventions in the same communities; many cities now have anime conventions attracting five to ten thousand attendees. Many anime conventions are a hybrid between non-profit and commercial events, with volunteer organizers handling large revenue streams and dealing with commercial suppliers and professional marketing campaigns. For decades,
16864-405: Was initially considered whether or not to have Enterprise overlap with the final season of Voyager , but it was decided that there would be a gap in broadcasting between the two series, as Berman was concerned with the "oversaturation" of the franchise. But he hoped that the "dramatic change" in Enterprise would mean that new viewers were drawn in to watch it. As part of this change, the decision
17000-464: Was intended to link the series directly into The Original Series by having T'Pau , who had previously appeared in the episode " Amok Time ," as a main character. Instead, this character was developed into an original Vulcan character, T'Pol. Berman explained his vision for the series at launch, saying, "We'll be seeing humanity when they truly are going where no man has gone before. We are seeing people who don't take meeting aliens as just another part of
17136-474: Was known for typically using orchestral themes, but Berman said that the theme tune would be more "contemporary" than heard in previous series and a "little hipper". The theme was revealed to be a cover of the Rod Stewart single " Faith of the Heart ", by British tenor Russell Watson . Stewart's song had originally appeared on the soundtrack to the 1998 film Patch Adams . For the use in Enterprise , it
17272-437: Was made showrunner for the fourth season, he decided that the focus of the series should be to link to that event. With this in mind, his intention was for this season to move towards that goal. Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens were hired as writers on Enterprise because they wrote the non-canon novel Federation and after it was suggested by producer Mike Sussman . The episodes for the fourth season were intended to lay
17408-410: Was made to drop "Star Trek" from the title, but Berman explained that "if there's any one word that says Star Trek without actually saying Star Trek , that word is Enterprise ." This title lasted until the third episode of season three, " Extinction ," when the series was renamed Star Trek: Enterprise as demanded by Paramount Television executives in an effort to reconnect the series with the fans of
17544-405: Was one of the first two series on UPN to be broadcast in high-definition. The show contains over 4,214 minutes of special effects, dialogue, and other scenes. Although it was broadcast in high definition at 1080i, it was not released on 1080p blu-ray until later. An example of high definition is the 2017 Blu-ray collection of the full series called Enterprise: The Full Journey . Until the start of
17680-611: Was produced by the CBC as early as the 1950s. In the 1970s, CTV produced The Starlost . In the 1980s, Canadian animation studios including Nelvana , began producing a growing proportion of the world market in animation. In the 1990s, Canada became an important player in live action speculative fiction on television, with dozens of series like Forever Knight , Robocop , and most notably The X-Files and Stargate SG-1 . Many series have been produced for youth and children's markets, including Deepwater Black and MythQuest . In
17816-467: Was retitled to "Where My Heart Will Take Me", but prompted a negative reaction from existing Star Trek fans. These included an online petition to have the song removed, and there was a protest held outside of Paramount Studios. Executive producers Braga and Berman both defended the choice, with Berman saying that the fan response was split over the song while Braga said that some people found the song "uplifting". The U2 song ' Beautiful Day ' had been used as
17952-537: Was rushed to completion to respond to first contact with the Klingon , and the crew being put together. This idea was rejected by the studio executives, and these story elements were instead restricted to the pilot, "Broken Bow." They sought to make Enterprise more character-driven than the previous series in the Star Trek franchise, and hoped that this would gain viewers who had watched The Next Generation but had lost interest with Deep Space Nine and Voyager . It
18088-410: Was that the series would run for seven seasons in the same manner as The Next Generation , Deep Space Nine and Voyager . However, the viewing figures began to decrease towards the end of the season. Changes were made for the third season, with the introduction of the season-long Xindi storyline. This improved the reviews that the series was receiving, and the viewers in the 18 to 35 demographics, but
18224-422: Was the first live-action series of the franchise since The Original Series to last fewer than seven years. Braga said at a talk to students in Los Angeles shortly after the news of the cancellation was released that "After 18 straight years on the air and 750-some episodes, the current run of Star Trek is over. Which is a good thing. It needs a rest". He added that he was not sure how long Star Trek would be off
18360-486: Was the first to cost more than $ 1 million per episode. One of the earliest forms of media fandom was Star Trek fandom . Fans of the series became known to each other through the science fiction fandom . In 1968, NBC decided to cancel Star Trek . Bjo Trimble wrote letters to contacts in the National Fantasy Fan Foundation, asking people to organize their local friends to write to
18496-456: Was used, and the recording technology also used Sony' CineAlta 24P, a trademarked name of that company. The decision to move to Sony's technology was a unanimous agreement of the show's three executive producers, and was also supported by the director of photography. Season four's Blu-ray release in 1080p has been praised as sharp and with satisfying color, and the best-looking of the seasons. The fourth season has been released multiple times, and as
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