Lal rejected an andorian female as one of four final choices for a racial type, instead opting to become a human. One of their most recognized physical features were their antennae and white hair. In general, star trek series nail their final episodes, but enterprises final hour is so offbase that its gained a reputation amongst fans for being one of the franchises worst episodes. Specifically he was featured in the enterprise tv series that ran from 2001 to 2005. They are an emotional and violent people, blue in appearance, with antennae on their heads. The series aired for 98 episodes across four seasons, centering on the adventures of the 22nd century. Commander shran star trek enterprise andorian jeffrey. Enterprise tvpg action, adventure, science fiction, aliens tv series 2001 set in the 22nd century, nearly 100 years before james t. To date, it is also the last ongoing star trek television series. The series aired for 98 episodes across four seasons, centering on the adventures of the 22nd century starship enterprise. The sixth television series in the star trek franchise, enterprise met with a lukewarm reception when it premiered in 2001. Andorian youths are encouraged to identify with the bond over their own individuality. Archer visits shrans icy homeworld to find an andorian subspecies called the aenar, to determine.
Andorian empire memory beta, noncanon star trek wiki. Captain archer is invited to negotiate a cease fire treaty between the andorians and the vulcans at the personal request of the andorian commander shran. Longtime star trek producer rick berman has the answer running from 2001 to 2005 only four seasons, as opposed to seven for the previous star trek reboots, star trek. Enterprise is indisputably the least popular of the star trek tv series, but theres bad, and then there are these five continuityconfounding franchisekillers. Enterprise season 1 episode 7 the andorian incident add to watchlist as enterprise warps through the depths of space, captain archer decides to take the opportunity to visit a nearby ancient vulcan monastery called pjem, a sanctuary for meditation and kolinahr, or. Thylek shran was an andorian commander in the imperial guard in the 2150s.
This is the first star trek anything ive watched outside of the new movie trilogy. Enterprise is the realization of how very much more this prequel could have been and how very many missed opportunities the show racked up. Andorians are selfdescribed as a violent and warlike species, although they do have great affinity for family. Quantum leap star scott bakula helms the enterprise in this series set 100 years before the original. Andorians appeared in four episodes of the original series, but there was very little back story on the andorians until enterprise.
The overlapping runs of the next generation, deep space nine, and voyager meant that the franchise had crammed 21 seasons into just 14 years, leaving precious little of the 24th century unexplored. Archer, trip and tpol are captured by the andorians at a vulcan monastery on pjem. Enterprise was forever torn between our future and star. Andorians are a playable federation species in star trek online, and the game includes several andorian npcs, most notably the enterprise fs captain, vakel shon.
Enterprise setting, see our captain archer profile. The andorian incident is so far the best episode of the first season of enterprise. Shran is a fan favorite and hero of the federation. Home is near the top of my list of favorites, but without seeing the third season, its hard to understand what the characters are. The andorian empire, also known as the andorian star clan and epsilon indii star empire, was the name of the andorian state. In fact, broken bow, the twopart premiere episode, gets things going off to a great start before the almostobligatory blah feeling of an st season one. However, the andorian government still maintains diplomatic relations with the federation, and andorian officers are allowed to remain in starfleet if they so choose. Jeffery does a bang up job on anything he does, but sometimes i think he was born to portray star trek aliens. Andorian duty officers or doffs come with the trait founders of the federation, as do humans, vulcans, and tellarites. The andorian incident 2001 and was followed up in star trek.
Combs previously worked on several episodes of star trek. Shran is uneasy with betraying the humans in their own quest for survival, but is. In the pocket books continuity, specifically the 2010 novel, star trek. The essential enterprise episode guide the trek bbs. Enterprise, and was written by brannon braga, fred dekker. Andorians are a humanoid race native to the frozen moon of andoria. Andorian memory beta, noncanon star trek wiki fandom. Enterprise was the fourth entry in the scifi franchise since the next generation or tng, if you prefer. Tv show star trek enterprise season 1,2,3 4,5 full. Apr 10, 2017 41 videos play all star trek enterprise best scenes luckysurfer. Enterprise the andorian incident shadows of pjem fusion fallen hero carbon creek the seventh stigma. Enterprise is the realization of how very much more this prequel could have been and how very many missed opportunities the show racked up during its aborted. Star treks fundamental promise has always been to boldly go where no one has gone before, but, by 2001, there really wasnt anywhere left to go.
Throughout season 1 are numerous spooky abandoned spacecraft and vulcans are weird storylines with scripts here and there. Upon landing, they discover that the monastery has been forcibly taken over by the andorians, a paranoid and highly excitable race of aliens with a long history of conflict with the vulcans. But when the enterprise crew comes to the entrance, they are met by andorians who are combing the sanctuary, trying to find the vulcans spyworks. 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 sleeping dogs, the blueskinned andorians the andorian incident, shadows of pjem, and the ferengi acquisition while offering standalone episodes. Enterprise is an american science fiction television series that originally aired on the upn network from september 26, 2001 to may, 2005. As enterprise warps through the depths of space, captain archer decides to take the opportunity to visit a nearby ancient vulcan monastery called pjem, a sanctuary for meditation and kolinahr, or purging of emotion. Shrans mission in the delphic expanse aboard the kumara is to make contact with archer, but the guise of an alliance is meant to cover his orders to scan or even steal the xindi weapon for use in deterring his peoples perceived ongoing threat from vulcan. Jinxs list pretty much covers what i would recommend, but id add cease fire to season 2, personally. Enterprise is an american science fiction television series that ran for four seasons from september of 2001 to may of 2005 totaling 98 episodes. Affiliation, united federation of planets, andorian empire. Enterprise visits a vulcan monastery, only to find that it is in the midsts of. The prequel show lasted 4 seasons and managed to tell a new story about the humanitys race to the stars and beyond at the beginning of earths warp age. Historically, the andorians were rivals with the vulcans. Centered on the moon of andor, the andorian empire was one of the five founding member states of the united federation of planets, having signed the articles of the federation on 12 august 2161.
Enterprise was the one major failure in the star trek franchise. They were one of the founding races which created the united federation of planets, along with humans, vulcans and tellarites. Lead andorian commando during the search of the sacred vulcan monastery of pjem. Jonathan archer, captain of the enterprise nx01, leads a team of voyagers who must battle menacing extraterrestrials in all forms. Enterprise ncc1701d when datas offspring, lal, was born. In the episode the andorian incident, the andorian imperial guard appeared on a vulcan monastery world pjem to search for a spy station, destroying property in the process. It was known that the birth of a child to the clan conscious andorians meant that they considered such events almost sacred. Captain archer is asked to negotiate between the andorians and vulcans who are fighting over a small planet. Enterprise the seasons, the key episodes season 1 after starting with the excellent broken bow, quite possibly the strongest of any star trek series opener, most season one scripts are quite thin of plot andor highly derivative. Star trek producer reveals the reasons enterprise failed. Taking place during the mid22nd century, the crew of the first warp five starship the enterprise nx01 begin to explore the galaxy under the command of captain jonathan archer. They believe that the monastery is being used to spy on andoria. Forrest, kreestassan captain 12 episodes 20012005 jeffrey combs krem, schran, shran 11 episodes 20012005 randy oglesby degra, trenal 10. Andorians are a fictional race of humanoid extraterrestrials in the american science fiction.
Kirk, enterprise takes place during the early pioneering days of deep space exploration, when interstellar travel is in its infancy and the united federation of planets is still decades away. Despite his aggressive and xenophobic background, shran became an unlikely ally of starfleet captain jonathan archer and a proponent of strengthened ties between andoria and earth. May 05, 2020 a guide listing the titles and air dates for episodes of the tv series star trek. As their mission progresses, the crew encounter familiar races like the klingons and andorians as well as some new ones. The story introduces the andorian breed, and discloses the real behavior of the. Season 1 after starting with the excellent broken bow, quite possibly the strongest of any star trek series opener, most season one scripts are quite thin of plot andor highly derivative. Tpol briefs archer and commander tucker on the proper protocols for such a visit, and the three of them take a. Honestly, im less inclined to rewatch much at all from the first two seasons, but will rewatch all of the 3rd and 4th seasons.
Okay, i went through and looked for all the trek episodes that feature vulcan characters prominently and offer some kind of insight into the nature of vulcan and vulcans or an interesting take on same. The series was created by franchise veterans rick berman. In either the original star trek series or star trek. Season 4, babel one this is commander shran of the imperial guard, call off your attack. Enterprise season 1 episode 7 the andorian incident add to watchlist as enterprise warps through the depths of space, captain archer decides to take the opportunity to visit a nearby ancient vulcan monastery called pjem, a sanctuary for meditation and kolinahr, or purging of emotion. Tv show star trek enterprise season 1,2,3 4,5 full episodes. Andorians are a playable race in star trek online, and belong to the starfleet and tos starfleet factions. Combs also characterized the episode as kind of a pivotal launching of this species.
The andorian episode introduces us to the character who became the best alien. Shran and jonathan archer, 2161 these are the voyages. Archer and the enterprise crew set out to learn what happened to the lost human colony of terra nova, and discover a tribe of humanhating cave dwellers. So featuring an episode called the andorian incident seven episodes into the first season of a star trek spinoff carries a great deal of weight. Dec 16, 2011 enterprise is indisputably the least popular of the star trek tv series, but theres bad, and then there are these five continuityconfounding franchisekillers. Nov 23, 2016 season 4, babel one this is commander shran of the imperial guard, call off your attack. My journey through all of star trek is one series nearer to completion. The original series contentsshow homeworlds the original andorian homeworld is the natural satellite andoria, which orbits a gas giant in the procyon, or alpha canis. No members of this federation race were aboard the u. Shran believed captain archer was collaborating with the vulcan monks to hide a longrange sensor array in the monastery, and tortured him in an effort to obtain information. The andorians were a blueskinned species from the andoria, and one of the founding members of the united federation of planets.
Tv show star trek enterprise season 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 download full episodes and watch in hd 480p, 720p, 1080p. Star trek enterprise shran first appearance youtube. Enterprise was forever torn between our future and star trek. Until the episode extinction towards the start of the third season, the series was called simply enterprise without the star trek prefix. A guide listing the titles and air dates for episodes of the tv series star trek. They are the first deep space explorers in starfleet, using the first warp 5 equippe. Enterprise visits an ancient vulcan spiritual sanctuary, despite tpols concerns that her human colleagues will be an awkward and disruptive presence there. It brought the andorians and jeffery combs back to star trek.
During the mid22nd century, a century before captain kirks fiveyear mission, jonathan archer captains the united earth ship enterprise during the early years of starfleet, leading up to the earthromulan war and the formation of the federation. Enterprise 1x07 doppeltes spiel the andorian incident. Captain archer is asked to negotiate between the andorians and vulcans who are. Typhon pact paths of disharmony by dayton ward, the andorian empire withdraws from the federation in 2382.