Product Description
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Complete first series of the American television sci-fi
programme, set 100 years before the events of the original 1960s
series. In the mid-22nd century intergalactic space travel is in
its infancy. Captain Jonathan Archer (Scott Bakula) and his
faithful crew begin the first voyages of the Starship Enterprise,
its mission to expore new galaxies and seek out new life-forms,
to boldly go (sic) where no one has gone before. In this series
the human race makes its first contact with the Klingons, and
also with the sinister Suliban race, something that will have
deep ramifications as the series progresses. The crew also tries
to help an alien race inflicted with a deadly illness, encounters
space pirates, and meets an exiled group of Vulcans who have
rejected the normal Vulcan conditions of logic. Episodes are:
'Broken Bow (1)'; 'Broken Bow (2)'; 'Fight Or Flight'; 'Strange
New World'; 'Unexpected'; 'Terra Nova'; 'The Andorian Incident';
'Breaking the Ice'; 'Civilisation'; 'Fortunate Son'; 'Cold
Front'; 'Silent Enemy'; 'Dear Doctor'; 'ing Dogs'; 'Shadows
of P'Jem'; 'Shuttlepod One'; 'Fusion'; 'Rogue Planet';
'Acquisition'; 'Oasis'; 'Detained'; 'Vox Sola'; 'Fallen Hero';
'Desert Crossing'; 'Two Days and Two Nights' and 'Shockwave (Part
1)'.
.co.uk Review
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Under intense scrutiny, the debut season of Enterprise earned a
passing grade from critics and Star Trek fans alike. Voyager
ended its seven-season run just four months earlier, and fans
were skeptical when Enterprise premiered with a theme song
("Where My Heart Will Take Me," composed by Diane Warren and
performed by Russell Watson) that defied Trek's revered
theme-music tradition. This and other early reservations were
dispelled when "Broken Bow" got the series off to a satisfying
start, beginning in the year 2151 and establishing a
pre-Federation focus on humanity's delicate relationship with the
Vulcans, the controversial launch of the NX-01 Enterprise on an
exploratory mission, and the potentially devastating consequences
of the mysterious Temporal Cold War involving a time-traveling
splinter group of the Suliban, a nomadic alien race. While
establishing a testy relationship between Enterprise Capt.
Jonathan Archer (Scott Bakula) and his smart-and-sexy Vulcan
Sub-Commander, T'Pol (Jolene Blalock, in a short-banged wig and
form-fitting "catsuit" that were later redesigned), the series
introduced engineer "Trip" Tucker (Connor Trineer), whose
surprise development in "Unexpected" made him a fan favorite;
communications officer Hoshi Sato (Linda Park); helmsman Travis
Mayweather (Anthony Montgomery); weapons expert Lt. Malcolm Reed
(Dominic Keating), and chief surgeon Dr. Phlox (John
Billingsley), a well-mannered Denobulan recruit from Earth's
Interspecies Medical Exchange.
As a "prequel' series that predates the original Star Trek by
150 years, Enterprise built upon established Trek lore with
episodes involving Vulcans ("Breaking the Ice"), Klingons
("ing Dogs"), the blue-skinned Andorians ("The Andorian
Incident," "Shadows of P'Jem"), and the Ferengi ("Acquisition")
while offering stand-alone episodes (notably "Dear Doctor,"
"Fortunate Son," and "Shuttlepod One") that further acquainted
fans with the Enterprise regulars. Early Trek technology is also
introduced (including "phase pistols" and the rarely used,
still-risky transporter), and the series drew strength from what
many felt would be its primary weakness: unwritten history and
the initial indecisiveness of Archer's bold foray into the
unknown. Ending with a dazzling "Shock Wave" cliffhanger that
leaves Archer stranded in a decimated Temporal Cold War future,
Enterprise set a strong foundation for the events of season 2.
--Jeff Shannon