Scott Bakula revealed details of his upcoming UPN Star Trek series, Enterprise, to fans at an Orlando convention earlier this month, the TrekToday Web site reported. "It's basically these people are getting on a ship and going out to explore for the first time," Bakula said in taped remarks delivered at the Orlando Leap convention, the site reported.
Bakula added, "It's very much like The Right Stuff or any of those kind of movies, where it's much more humanly based in terms of emotion and seeing this universe for this first time, which I think is really exciting."
Bakula also confirmed that the series takes place in the not-too-distant future. "It's only 150 years from now, in 2151," he said. "That's just around the corner." As for his character, Capt. Jonathan Archer, he said, "It's a really great part. I was really excited when I got the script, because it's the first starship, and I'm the first captain, and it's right from the beginning. Even if you don't know Star Trek, and you haven't followed the other series, this is basically the first one, so you don't need to come to it with lots of lore in terms of what Star Trek is or was".
Bakula added, "It's very much like The Right Stuff or any of those kind of movies, where it's much more humanly based in terms of emotion and seeing this universe for this first time, which I think is really exciting."
Bakula also confirmed that the series takes place in the not-too-distant future. "It's only 150 years from now, in 2151," he said. "That's just around the corner." As for his character, Capt. Jonathan Archer, he said, "It's a really great part. I was really excited when I got the script, because it's the first starship, and I'm the first captain, and it's right from the beginning. Even if you don't know Star Trek, and you haven't followed the other series, this is basically the first one, so you don't need to come to it with lots of lore in terms of what Star Trek is or was".
