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As Enterprise enters its second week on the airwaves, the media is still jostling to get a few words on the latest Star Trek sensation.
Several new interviews with the cast and the creators of Enterprise have appeared online today. Below is a selection of the highlights.
A general news item on Enterprise, with commentary from the cast and crew, is available at CNN.
CNN visited the Enterprise set during the filming of the ninth episode, 'Civilisation,' and revealed new information about its plot. The crew is set to take a shuttle pod to the surface of a planet, thanks to a breakdown of the fickle transporter system. The shuttle lands next to an Autumnal forest, which is populated by aliens who's civilisation is roughly equal in advancement to a pre-industrialised Earth.
To investigate, Captain Archer must go undercover, and for that he must look the part. He'll be dressed in doublet and hose, and will sport the same forehead ridges as the aliens in order to blend into their society.
"In almost every episode, the translator doesn't work," said Hoshi Sato actress Linda Park, highlighting the unreliability of the Enterprise technology.
'Civilisation' is set to air on November 14th. The original report can be found here at CNN.
Jolene Blalock told the Star Trek Magazine that playing T'Pol is an enormous responsibility, according to Just Jolene.com.
"And it's a scary one, because you don't want to fail," she continued, "You don't want to fail Gene Roddenberry's dream, you don't want to fail your crew and your cast, you don't want to fail yourself. But in the risk of failing, there's growth, and it may be uncomfortable and I may experience growing pains, but at the end of it all I'm stronger for it and I'm watching myself grow, and it's a beautiful thing. So I'll take that responsibility."
Series co-creator Brannon Braga explained how the writing staff view the character. "We see T'Pol as a character who is a proto-Vulcan," he explained. "These Vulcans are 150 years before Spock; they're much more stringent and strict, and she is the first alien - certainly the first Vulcan - to live among humans. It's 'Gorillas in the Mist' time. She thinks they smell bad, there's a damn dog on the ship, and they're crazy and they fling themselves into dangerous situations; she's going to have to constantly deal with that.
"But at the same time, she's going to develop a very secret fascination with humanity that she would never tell a soul. She's going to start sampling what humanity is going to offer, and have a secret life. We see this character as one who's going to have a long journey ahead of her."
More from Blalock. Braga and Rick Berman can be found in the November 2001 issue of Star Trek: The Magazine. Alternatively, a transcript is available online at Just Jolene.
Dominic Keating who plays Malcom Reed, revealed a piece of interesting trivia about Enterprise.
"My mug was the very first thing we shot on the series," he told Dreamwatch magazine. "I felt honoured. But you are working for a big company, and there's a certain amount of corporateness involved. I'm quickly assimilating that. It's not called 'the franchise' for nothing. They have a product they know how to make, and you must see your part in the product making. 'The ship is the star of the show, kid, don't ever forget that!'"
"The first thrust of the spotlight is not on Malcom Reed - it's on Captain Archer, the Vulcan Science officer T'Pol, and Trip Tucker, the somewhat Maverick Engineer," Keating explained. "They are certainly the thrust of the first half, if not the first series.
"There is a certain amount of functionalist to my being on the ship at the moment. I hope my characters is gently coming from me, rather than me having to make definitive character choices. When you're playing a person for seven years, I have to bring it home, and let it be my walk, my voice my sense of Humour. They have said they want to play Reed shy around women, so I guess I'll have to act that!"
The full interview with Dominic Keating is available in the October edition of Dreamwatch magazine, available in the UK. The article is available online thanks to Back in Time: Enterprise.
Following last Sunday's repeat broadcast of 'Broken Bow, Los Angeles UPN affiliate KCOP broadcast a special segment on Enterprise.
Series lead Scott Bakula told viewers that the series had "a lot of humour." Due to the setting of the show 150 years from the present day, the actor said that the characters were "more contemporary" and "less perfect" than other previous Starfleet crews.
The segment ended with comments from co-creators Rick Berman and Brannon Braga. "With Enterprise we hope to recapture the excitement of The Next Generation, said Braga. Berman then added: "What he's trying to say politely is that this series is going to blow the others out of the water."
Several new interviews with the cast and the creators of Enterprise have appeared online today. Below is a selection of the highlights.
A general news item on Enterprise, with commentary from the cast and crew, is available at CNN.
CNN visited the Enterprise set during the filming of the ninth episode, 'Civilisation,' and revealed new information about its plot. The crew is set to take a shuttle pod to the surface of a planet, thanks to a breakdown of the fickle transporter system. The shuttle lands next to an Autumnal forest, which is populated by aliens who's civilisation is roughly equal in advancement to a pre-industrialised Earth.
To investigate, Captain Archer must go undercover, and for that he must look the part. He'll be dressed in doublet and hose, and will sport the same forehead ridges as the aliens in order to blend into their society.
"In almost every episode, the translator doesn't work," said Hoshi Sato actress Linda Park, highlighting the unreliability of the Enterprise technology.
'Civilisation' is set to air on November 14th. The original report can be found here at CNN.
Jolene Blalock told the Star Trek Magazine that playing T'Pol is an enormous responsibility, according to Just Jolene.com.
"And it's a scary one, because you don't want to fail," she continued, "You don't want to fail Gene Roddenberry's dream, you don't want to fail your crew and your cast, you don't want to fail yourself. But in the risk of failing, there's growth, and it may be uncomfortable and I may experience growing pains, but at the end of it all I'm stronger for it and I'm watching myself grow, and it's a beautiful thing. So I'll take that responsibility."
Series co-creator Brannon Braga explained how the writing staff view the character. "We see T'Pol as a character who is a proto-Vulcan," he explained. "These Vulcans are 150 years before Spock; they're much more stringent and strict, and she is the first alien - certainly the first Vulcan - to live among humans. It's 'Gorillas in the Mist' time. She thinks they smell bad, there's a damn dog on the ship, and they're crazy and they fling themselves into dangerous situations; she's going to have to constantly deal with that.
"But at the same time, she's going to develop a very secret fascination with humanity that she would never tell a soul. She's going to start sampling what humanity is going to offer, and have a secret life. We see this character as one who's going to have a long journey ahead of her."
More from Blalock. Braga and Rick Berman can be found in the November 2001 issue of Star Trek: The Magazine. Alternatively, a transcript is available online at Just Jolene.
Dominic Keating who plays Malcom Reed, revealed a piece of interesting trivia about Enterprise.
"My mug was the very first thing we shot on the series," he told Dreamwatch magazine. "I felt honoured. But you are working for a big company, and there's a certain amount of corporateness involved. I'm quickly assimilating that. It's not called 'the franchise' for nothing. They have a product they know how to make, and you must see your part in the product making. 'The ship is the star of the show, kid, don't ever forget that!'"
"The first thrust of the spotlight is not on Malcom Reed - it's on Captain Archer, the Vulcan Science officer T'Pol, and Trip Tucker, the somewhat Maverick Engineer," Keating explained. "They are certainly the thrust of the first half, if not the first series.
"There is a certain amount of functionalist to my being on the ship at the moment. I hope my characters is gently coming from me, rather than me having to make definitive character choices. When you're playing a person for seven years, I have to bring it home, and let it be my walk, my voice my sense of Humour. They have said they want to play Reed shy around women, so I guess I'll have to act that!"
The full interview with Dominic Keating is available in the October edition of Dreamwatch magazine, available in the UK. The article is available online thanks to Back in Time: Enterprise.
Following last Sunday's repeat broadcast of 'Broken Bow, Los Angeles UPN affiliate KCOP broadcast a special segment on Enterprise.
Series lead Scott Bakula told viewers that the series had "a lot of humour." Due to the setting of the show 150 years from the present day, the actor said that the characters were "more contemporary" and "less perfect" than other previous Starfleet crews.
The segment ended with comments from co-creators Rick Berman and Brannon Braga. "With Enterprise we hope to recapture the excitement of The Next Generation, said Braga. Berman then added: "What he's trying to say politely is that this series is going to blow the others out of the water."
