The History Of The Starship Enterprise Explained

Captain James T. Kirk on the Enterprise

Launched in 1966 as a prime time science fiction drama, " Star Trek " has gone on to become one of the world's most famous franchises. But what made it so impactful wasn't just its compelling stories and lively characters — there's also the ship on which the series was set, the USS Enterprise. Arguably the most beloved starship in science fiction, the Enterprise — whose registry NCC-1701 is famous in its own right — has become a pop culture icon, and may be as recognized across the globe as the American flag or the McDonald's golden arches. 

Since its introduction, each new era has had its own new iteration of the Enterprise: It was redesigned as the 1701-A in the feature films, and in 1987 " Star Trek: The Next Generation " introduced the Enterprise-D. By the turn of the millennium there was even a prequel spinoff named for the vessel, and in 2022, "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" ventured back aboard the original classic starship. 

With a new Enterprise-F making its debut in "Star Trek: Picard," it's time to explore the indelible legacy of the famous Federation flagship. So clear all moorings and ahead one quarter impulse power, because we're leaving space dock and setting a course to explore the history of the starship Enterprise.

Pioneering Enterprises

In the real world, there have been ships named the Enterprise as far back as the early 1700s, including the British Royal Navy's HMS Enterprize. In the United States, the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier was the USS Enterprise , commissioned in 1961, which even became a key location in "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home." The space shuttle Enterprise, meanwhile, was the first spacefaring ship to bear the name, both in "Trek" and the real world. Of course, that one was named after the "Star Trek" starship thanks to a letter-writing campaign from fans. 

In the fictional world of "Star Trek," the first deep space starship to go by the name Enterprise was actually a vessel we have yet to see outside of historical images. With a registry of XCV-330, what little we know of it comes from background details, as it is seen as part of a series of images of past Enterprises in "Star Trek: The Motion Picture," as well as in Captain Forrest's office on "Enterprise." The only physical representation we have seen so far was actually in the JJ Abrams-directed "Star Trek: Into Darkness," where a model of the early Enterprise appears on the desk of Admiral Marcus.

Though little is known about this pre-Federation starship, we do know that it was based on an unused design from series artist Matt Jeffries before he settled on the Enterprise for the 1966 TV series.

Archer's first warp 5 vessel

Before the launch of "Star Trek: Enterprise" in 2001, fans had always believed that Kirk's Constitution Class Enterprise was the first Starfleet vessel to go by that name. But in a major retcon, the series introduced the NX-01, Starfleet's first flagship, proudly bearing the name Enterprise on its hull. 

Earth's first-ever Warp 5 starship, its revolutionary new engine was capable of speeds never before dreamt of. The engine had been designed by Henry Archer, a protege of warp drive creator Zefram Cochrane, whose son Jonathan would become the ship's first captain. But when the engine was still in development, serious questions were raised about its readiness, and were it not for the efforts of Jonathan Archer and former rival pilot A.G. Robinson, it may have been scrapped altogether.

Launched in 2151 on a mission to deliver an injured Klingon back to his people, the NX-01 had primitive phase cannons but was without much of the advanced technology fans are familiar with from other shows, lacking energy shields, photon torpedoes, and tractor beams. The ship still managed to become legendary, serving at the forefront of the Xindi War, and was the ship Archer captained when he brought the Vulcans, Andorians, and Tellarites together to eventually form the United Federation of Planets. According to the series' finale, this Enterprise was decommissioned in 2161 and placed into a fleet museum.

Kirk's classic connie

The original USS Enterprise may not be the first one chronologically in canon, but it is the first that fans saw, and the one most people think of when they hear the name. Its groundbreaking design by concept artist Matt Jeffries combined classic sci-fi tropes — the large saucer and rocket-shaped nacelles — to form an instantly recognizable silhouette that may never be outdone.

For three years on the original "Star Trek" series, the ship traveled to strange new worlds and sought out new life and new civilizations, captained by James T. Kirk on his five-year mission to chart the edges of the final frontier. While much of its design — particularly its interior — may seem dated to today's younger audience, it lives forever in the hearts and minds of Trek fans. It was lovingly recreated for episodes of "Star Trek: The Next Generation," "Deep Space Nine," and "Enterprise," in episodes that revisited the classic Constitution Class.

A place sci-fans called home in '60s, it was aboard the original "Connie" that Trek fans first learned about phasers, photon torpedoes, and transporters. But interestingly, when it was first developed by series creator Gene Roddenberry, it was designed to be a ship with a history, and Kirk was later revealed to be the ship's third captain. In service in this form for more than two decades in-universe, it would later see a new look when "Trek" warped to the movies.

Refit for the big screen

Thanks to renewed popularity in reruns in the '70s, a revival of "Star Trek" was launched in theaters. With a bigger budget and a bigger screen, a new design for the starship Enterprise was in order, and after some  radically different new concepts were considered, what would leave space dock was an updated version of the original that kept the same basic design, with some streamlined shapes and a lot more detail.

In fact, the remodel of the Enterprise serves as a major plot point in "Star Trek: The Motion Picture," which opens after an 18-month retrofit process that overhauls the starship with a nearly ground-up reconstruction. As a result, new captain William Decker objects to Kirk's reassignment to the captain's chair because of Kirk's unfamiliarity with many of the new systems. Sure enough, his lack of knowledge does wind up causing problems during the refitted Enterprise's first mission. 

Eventually, this updated starship became a fan favorite in its own right. But while the refit Enterprise would meet its end in "Star Trek III: The Search for Spock," with Kirk forced to destroy the ship to stop a gang of marauding Klingons, it was replaced shortly thereafter with the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-A. Nearly identical, save for some interiors which were now redressed sets from "The Next Generation," which was then-currently airing, the Enterprise-A began a long-standing tradition of tacking on an alphabetic suffix to new starships in the line. 

The successor

Following the introduction of the Enterprise-A in the 1986 film "The Voyage Home," the next ship we'd see with that name was actually the Enterprise-D, which debuted just a year later in "Star Trek: The Next Generation." We would hear nothing about the Enterprise-B until the cast of "TNG" moved to the big screen themselves, in 1994's "Star Trek: Generations."

The film that brought two eras of "Star Trek" together, it opens with the first flight of the Enterprise-B, in a ceremony attended by Captain Kirk. A state-of-the-art starship of the same class as the Excelsior seen in in "Star Trek III" — which was then under the command of Captain Sulu — this new Enterprise voyaged under the captaincy of John Harriman. Though its first mission was originally planned as little more than a trip around the solar system, it got forced into a rescue effort when a strange phenomenon threatened a nearby ship. But as it was only meant to be on a promotional tour, the Enterprise-B was without tractor beams, photon torpedoes, and medical staff.

Swinging into action, Captain Kirk saved the day and sacrificed himself to save the endangered ship. But just as many books, comics, and other media have explored the further adventures of Captain Harriman and the Enterprise-B — including its helmswoman, the daughter of Captain Sulu — we have yet to learn much more about it onscreen. 

The lost warrior

Making its first appearance in the third season of "Star Trek: The Next Generation," the Enterprise-C is another ship of the line that we only ever saw once. In this case, it's in the acclaimed episode "Yesterday's Enterprise," a story that regularly ranks among the show's very best. In the episode, Picard and the Enterprise-D encounter a rift in space through which the Enterprise-C emerges, having traveled forward 22 years, altering history.

In this diverged dark timeline, the Federation is on the losing end of a decades-long war with the Klingons, and the disappearance of the Enterprise-C two decades before is a big reason why. As it turns out, the Enterprise-C — under the command of Captain Rachel Garrett — came to the aid of a Klingon outpost that was under attack, helping to smooth relations with their rivals, eventually leading to peace with the Federation. 

Ultimately, after Garrett is killed in the divergent timeline, the Enterprise-C returns to the past to fulfill its destiny and restore history, but takes with it an alternate version of Tasha Yar from the Enterprise-D. Despite history recording the loss of all hands, we'd later learn that survivors from the Enterprise-C were taken prisoner on Romulus, including Yar, who would wind up giving birth to the villainous Commander Sela. Like its predecessor, what we learn in this episode is all we know officially of the Enterprise-C.

Picard's Enterprise-D

The Enterprise that led the landmark 1987 spinoff "Star Trek: The Next Generation," the 1701-D was designed by Andrew Probert , a protege of "Star Wars" concept designer Ralph McQuarrie who had been briefly hired to conceptualize the new Enterprise for the first "Star Trek" feature film. Recommended by McQuarrie to join the film's design team, Probert sketched up an early idea of for a new ship  that later formed the basis for the Enterprise-D.

Nearly twice as large as Kirk's classic Enterprise, this 24th century Galaxy Class starship could go much faster, topping out at warp 9.9 (as opposed to Kirk's warp 8), and had a new feature that allowed the saucer to separate from the body of the ship during crisis. The Enterprise-D was outfitted with plenty of new technology too, including the virtual reality rooms called holodecks that have since become a "Trek" staple. It was also the first starship seen onscreen to house families, children, and schools, making it essentially an entire community on a starship. Believe it or not, the Enterprise also has a group of hyper-intelligent dolphins that help steer the ship, in a section called Cetacean Ops, that's only briefly mentioned but never seen.

Commanded by Captain Jean-Luc Picard , it was the Federation flagship seen through all seven seasons of "The Next Generation" and the crew's first feature film, "Star Trek: Generations." In the climax of that movie, the Enterprise-D crashed on Veridian III, sustaining catastrophic damage that would require its retirement from service.  

A sovereign for all seasons

The first film to feature the cast of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" saw few dramatic changes during their move to cinemas. But for its follow-up, "Star Trek: First Contact," they were given a facelift: in addition to an entirely new uniform design, Picard and his crew received a new starship, the USS Enterprise-E. A Sovereign Class ship, it marked a departure from the smoother curves of the Enterprise-D and other "TNG" starships in favor of a more militant, angular design, created by illustrator John Eaves, who continued to contribute to the franchise with designs for "Star Trek: Picard" and "Star Trek: Discovery."

Upgraded with cutting-edge weapons like quantum torpedoes, the Enterprise-E went toe-to-toe with the Borg on its first adventure, during which it was partially assimilated by the cyborg collective. The Enterprise-E continued to be the hero ship in the rest of the "TNG" feature films, including "Star Trek: Insurrection" and "Star Trek: Nemesis." While the Dominion War raged, as seen on "Deep Space Nine," the Enterprise-E was held back from the front lines, instead consigned to diplomatic duties.

During its time in the films, the crew of the Enterprise-E largely remained the same as on "TNG," but the conclusion of "Nemesis" saw Riker take command of his own starship, and Picard receive a new first officer. Though we know its service continued for some years, its further adventures have never been explored officially.

The next Enterprise

When "Star Trek: Picard" premiered in 2020, it was the first time we'd seen the franchise dip its toe into the events that followed its final "TNG" feature film, and many had high hopes of seeing a new starship Enterprise. Though the first two seasons of the series didn't give the audience that gift, Trek fans finally got what they were hoping for with the third trailer for the show's third season, and the first look at the USS Enterprise-F, an all-new Odyssey Class starship. 

The direct successor to Picard's Enterprise seen in the films, this new flagship is the first Enterprise to voyage in the 25th century, and while its appearance brought applause from fans, it's not actually the first time we've seen it. In fact, the Enterprise-F was first introduced as a playable starship in "Star Trek: Online," a massively multiplayer online game, in a mission simply titled "The Odyssey Class" all the way back in 2012. And what's even more remarkable is that the design of the starship was created as the winning entry of a fan contest.

The design came from a concept artist and sculptor out of Florida named Adam Ihle, and was announced as the winner in July of 2012. A natural evolution of the Sovereign Class, it's a heavy cruiser that, in the game, was developed by Starfleet to be the most powerful starship in the fleet. Now, the design is the latest successor in the Enterprise legacy onscreen, too.

Pike's flagship reborn

At the tail end of Season 2 of "Star Trek: Discovery," fans got a jaw-dropping surprise with the arrival of the classic Enterprise commanded by Captain Pike, James T. Kirk's immediate predecessor. But this was a reimagined version of the iconic starship, updated for modern audiences. Eventually, Captain Pike, Mr. Spock, and Number One got their own spinoff series, "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds," set aboard this refurbished Enterprise with a new look.

Canonically it's the same Enterprise that was commanded by Captain Kirk in the original "Star Trek" series, but this time, its differences are not the result of a refit or maintenance overhaul. Instead, producers felt it was important to update the design, inside and out, to keep up with audience expectations in the 2020s ( via TrekMovie ) Mixing retro futurism with 1960s interior design aesthetics , they managed to reinvigorate the original Enterprise, creating what creator Gene Roddenberry and original designer Matt Jeffries might have crafted if they'd had the budget and means back in 1966. 

The biggest changes to the starship visually are its swept-back nacelle pylons, more reminiscent of the feature film refit, and the physical windows on the bridge, a feature first seen in the JJ Abrams films. While just about every aspect of the ship has been updated, set designers and artists made sure to evoke the look and feel of Kirk's original in every aspect they could. Divisive among some fans for its many changes, this new sleeker "Connie" is now the face of the 23rd century Enterprise.

JJ's ample Enterprise

In 2009 "Star Trek" and the Enterprise got a facelift when director JJ Abrams relaunched the franchise on the big screen in a total reboot of the series. The film brought "Trek" back to its roots — and back in time too, showing us an alternate timeline where younger versions of James T. Kirk and Mr. Spock, Uhura, and the rest first set foot on a newly remodeled starship Enterprise.

Redesigned from the ground up by concept artist Ryan Church — whose credentials include "Transformers" and "Avatar" — the ship has been dubbed the "JJ-prise" by fans. It kept the traditional silhouette, but featured bigger, smoother, curves and bold, bulbous, ample warp nacelles. Physically larger than the classic original, it's also much more technologically advanced, explained by the new timeline being visited by a villain from the future. It also features a clear glass viewscreen on the bridge that allows the crew to look directly into space, a major departure from previous starship designs that has since become retroactively standard, carrying over into new ships in the Prime Timeline, past and future.

Though it's initially captained by Christopher Pike, Kirk would sit in the captain's chair by the end of the first film, and command it again in its two sequels. In service through "Star Trek Beyond," the ship was damaged beyond repair by the villain Krall and replaced by a new Enterprise-A, which is seen only briefly in the film's final moments.

Enterprises of the Future

Given its science fiction nature, "Star Trek" has glimpsed into its own future more than once, and we've seen a few different Enterprises outside of the main timelines seen in the shows and movies. Some exist far off into a future we may never see onscreen, while some exist in now-erased alternate futures. In the "Star Trek: The Next Generation" finale, for example, we're introduced to a then-future version of the Enterprise-D, with a radical refit boasting three nacelles and a new, massive phaser weapon under the saucer section.

But the most notable future Enterprise might be one we never quite saw, getting only a brief look on a viewscreen in an episode of "Star Trek: Enterprise." During the Xindi War storyline, Captain Archer was pulled into the far future where time-traveling agent Daniels told him about the USS Enterprise-J , a 26th century ship that carried on the legacy more than a thousand years into Archer's future. According to Daniels, this ship was part of a battle that drove a malevolent race called the Sphere Builders back to their own realm, and in this future, it even had members of the Xindi among its crew.

Though little else is known officially about the Enterprise-J, the starship eventually made its way into the "Star Trek: Online" game, and a model was later produced by Eaglemoss . With "Star Trek: Discovery" now set in the 32nd century, we may still yet see a new version of the Enterprise even further into the future.

Alternate Enterprises

From the past and present to the far future, we've seen Enterprises of all kinds, but there are even stranger versions of the Federation flagship that have been the focus of several adventures. These variant vessels usually originate in bizarre alternate realities and parallel dimensions, and have a long history themselves. The first one seen was way back in the acclaimed 1967 episode "Mirror, Mirror" that saw the ISS Enterprise under the command of a tyrannical Captain Kirk.

That same mirror universe was revisited in a 2005 two-part episode of "Star Trek: Enterprise" which saw another ISS Enterprise, this time a variant of the NX-01, under the command of Maximillian Forrest. But Forrest is assassinated by his first officer Jonathan Archer, who takes over the ship and gets caught in a power struggle with the Vulcan T'Pol. An aged, time-ravaged alternate future NX-01 was also seen in the episode "E2."

Though "The Next Generation" never ventured into the mirror universe, we did see a more militant version of the Enterprise-D in "Yesterday's Enterprise," in a branching parallel reality created by the arrival of the Enterprise-C. In that briefly existing timeline, Picard's starship had no families, and was in fact a battle cruiser on the front lines of the war with the Klingons. Meanwhile, in the "TNG" episode "Parallels," we actually witnessed the incursion of untold numbers of Enterprises from other parallel universes, one of which had been decimated by the Borg.

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Celebrating The Ships of The Line: Enterprise NCC-1701

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Star Trek is as famous for its ships as it is for its memorable characters, great shows and films, futuristic thinking, trippy costumes and sci-fact devices. And that makes sense, as Starfleet has always realized that each vessel must stand alone against any enemy or attack and must, in a phrase, stand as a ship of the line. StarTrek.com each week from now until the end of the year is going to take a closer look at a Trek ship -- some as familiar to fans as Kirk and Spock, others a bit obscure. We start today with the greatest of them all, the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701.

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Constructed in San Francisco and widely considered to have taken her maiden voyage in 2245 under the command of Captain Robert April, the U.S.S. Enterprise (NCC-1701) proudly served Starfleet until her demise in 2285, when Kirk engaged the ship’s self-destruct sequence in order to save the day and keep her from the clutches of the Klingon Empire. The ship was a Federation Constitution-class heavy cruiser built to explore strange new worlds, to serve as home to 400-plus crew, and to withstand the stress of battle. And the Enterprise saw plenty of battle, taking on the Klingons, Romulans, Khan, Kruge and more, not to mention such on-ship threats as Tribbles, all just during Kirk's tenure in the captain's chair. She underwent at least two refits over the years, with one ending abruptly as the Enterprise warped into action to contend with the V'ger crisis.

The Enterprise was ultimately captained by Robert April, Christopher Pike, James T. Kirk, Willard Decker and Spock, with many others temporarily taking command at different times and for various reasons. Nearly 60 officers and crew died aboard the ship, including Scotty's young nephew, Peter Preston, and Spock, who made the ultimate sacrifice in order to restore power to the ship following Khan's attack. In the end, the Enterprise truly went where no one had gone before. She visited approximately 70 different worlds, with the crew encountering 60 some odd species and making first contact with 20-plus of those species.

The latest in the bestselling Ships of the Line calendar series is available now; visit www.Amazon.com to purchase the 2015 Ships of the Line calendar. And if you're an artist or designer, be sure to enter the Ships of the Line Design Contest, under way now, for a chance to have your art featured in the 2016 Ships of the Line calendar. Click HERE to enter.

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The USS Enterprise, of 'Star Trek' fame, is now available for virtual tours

The ship has been brought to life through a web portal. It explores its different versions throughout time using a 365-degree, 3D model. The models don't include characters, it's just about the ship.

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Good morning. I'm A Martínez. The USS Enterprise is now available for virtual tours. "Star Trek's" iconic starship has been brought to life through a web portal. It explores its different versions throughout time using a 360-degree 3D model. Now, one downside - the models do not have any characters in them. It's just about the ship. However, six decades since the original series premiere, the fandom continues to live long and prosper.

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Every "Star Trek" USS Enterprise, Ranked

For the 50th anniversary of the original series, let's look back at the ships of Star Trek .

Original USS Enterprise

Star Trek is not solely the story of Enterprise . There's "Deep Space Nine" and "Voyager" and a whole galaxy full of other vessels and settings. But the name ties the icon of the original series back in time to the aircraft carrier and space shuttle of today and forward in time to the other fictional starships Enterprise that would follow. Today, 50 years after the first episode of "Star Trek" aired on TV, let's rank 'em.

9. NCC-1701-B

Aerospace engineering, Space, Jet aircraft, Aviation, Hood, Aerospace manufacturer,

Of the two Enterprises that fell between the ships of the original series crew and the ships of "The Next Generation" crew, one heroically sacrificed itself to stop a war (we'll get to it in a minute). Then there's the B, which makes a cameo appearance in Generations , a not-great movie, captained by Ferris Bueller's best friend. The Enterprise-B isn't even the definitive ship of its class. It's a clone of the Excelsior , last seen under the command of Captain Sulu in The Undiscovered Country .

Space, Astronomical object, Outer space, Toy, Universe, Unidentified flying object, Astronomy, Spacecraft, Science, Telecommunications engineering,

The ship of "Star Trek: Enterprise." It's fine.

7. NCC-1701-D ("Next Generation" series finale alternate universe Enterprise)

Space, Technology, Telecommunications engineering, Silver, Unidentified flying object,

Bringing in elements from alternate timelines that exist solely within single episodes is a good way to fall down a rabbit hole. However: I reserve the right to talk about this ship and none of the others, because when tween me saw the Enterprise-D transformed into a three-nacelle cloaking-equipped war machine, a barely suppressed "hell yes" sprang from my heart.

6. NCC-1701-A

Space, Liquid, Bird, Feather, Wing, Unidentified flying object, Water bird, Outer space,

I always thought the -A was a good-looking ship. It just doesn't have the track record to ascend any higher here. Following its introduction at the end of Star Trek IV , the ship spends Star Trek V the butt of running jokes about how the damn thing doesn't work yet. It's shot up and decommissioned by the conclusion of Star Trek VI . The Enterprise-A has to live down the list because it saved the galaxy only what, twice?

5. NCC-1701-E

Carmine, Magenta, Art, Space, Fictional character, Darkness, Animation, Cg artwork, Wing, Figurine,

Enterprise-E stars in three movies, two of which aren't very good. That scene at the beginning of First Contact , though. Captain Picard defies orders and swoops in with his jagged new Sovereign-Class vessel to kick a little Borg ass and save the fleet. It tells you all you need to know about the swashbuckling version of Star Trek you're about to watch.

4. NCC-1701-C

Space, Atmosphere, Astronomical object, Outer space, Universe, Astronomy, Unidentified flying object, Science,

This ship is a one-shot hero. It appears only in "Yesterday's Enterprise," one of the best episodes of "The Next Generation" and most thoughtful uses of time travel in the series. Accidentally transported to Picard and Riker's era, the ship and her crew must choose to return to certain death in their rightful time, sacrificing themselves to protect a Klingon outpost and ignite the Klingon-Federation alliance that blooms a peace in the 24th century.

3. NCC-1701-D

Outer space, Space, Atmosphere, Sky, Spacecraft, Night, Astronomical object, Universe, Galaxy, Vehicle,

TNG will forever be my Trek show. I watched it live with my dad and rewatched the collection of episodes he recorded to VHS. I am a Picard man.

The ship, though. For all its neat features like the holodeck and the battle bridge, the Enterprise-D looks like a Mercury Sable station wagon on the outside and a mid-sized American city's convention center on the inside.

2. NCC-1701 (J.J. Abrams universe)

Space, Aerospace engineering, Science,

1. NCC-1701

Space, Technology, Gas, Telecommunications engineering, Circle, Astronomical object, Science,

" No bloody A, B, C, or D ."

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  • Crazy credits The opening credits video footage of the Sojourner rover approaching the "Yogi" rock, taken by the Mars Pathfinder lander, make Star Trek: Enterprise the first television show or movie in history to use footage taken on another planet.
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‘Star Trek’ Fans Can Now Virtually Tour Every Starship Enterprise Bridge

An interactive web portal explores the vessel’s evolution over nearly six decades

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For decades, many “ Star Trek ” fans have imagined what it would be like to work from the bridge of the starship  Enterprise , the long-running franchise’s high-tech space-exploring vessel. Through various iterations and seasons of the series, created by  Gene Roddenberry in the ’60s, the bridge has remained a constant, serving as the backdrop for many important moments in the show’s 800-plus episodes.

Now, die-hard Trekkies and casual watchers alike can virtually roam around the Enterprise’s bridge to their heart’s content, thanks to a sophisticated and highly detailed new  web portal that brings the space to life.

The site features 360-degree, 3D models of the various versions of the Enterprise , as well as a timeline of the ship’s evolution throughout the franchise’s history. Fans of the show can also read detailed information about each version of the ship’s design, its significance to the “Star Trek” storyline and its production backstory.

The new web portal's interface

Developed in honor of the “Star Trek: Picard”  series finale , which dropped late last month on Paramount+, the portal is a collaboration between the Roddenberry Estate, the Roddenberry Archive and the technology company OTOY. A group of well-known “Star Trek” artists—including Denise and Michael Okuda , Daren Dochterman, Doug Drexler and Dave Blass—also supported the project.

“Through new technology, we can bring audiences back in time as if they were there on set during the making of ’Star Trek,’ providing a window into new dimensions of the ‘Star Trek’ universe,” says Jules Urbach, OTOY’s CEO, in a  statement .

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The voice of the late actress  Majel Roddenberry , who played the Enterprise ’s computer for years, will be added to the site in the future. Gene Roddenberry  died in 1991 , followed by Majel Roddenberry  in 2008 ; the two had been married since 1969.

The portal’s creators also released a short video , narrated by actor  John de Lancie , exploring every version of the Enterprise ’s bridge to date, “from its inception in  Pato Guzman ’s 1964 sketches, through its portrayal across decades of TV shows and feature films, to its latest incarnation on the Enterprise-G , as revealed in the final episode of ‘ Star Trek: Picard ,’” per the video description. Accompanying video interviews with “Star Trek” cast and crew—including William Shatner , who played Captain Kirk in the original series, and Terry Matalas , a showrunner for “Star Trek: Picard”—also explore the series’ legacy.

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The interactive, 3D bridge models contain a surprising level of detail, right down to the consoles and turbolifts. The site, however, has so far been hit or miss for users, suggesting that the team behind it may still be working out a few of the technical kinks, reports the  Verge ’s Sean Hollister. And as Kyle Barr writes for  Gizmodo , one big downside is that the models don’t contain any “Star Trek” characters, who he says are “the beating heart of the show and its ideals.”

“Sitting in the captain’s chair, with all the stations empty beside you,” he writes, “is enough to make one wistful.”

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Could we really build Star Trek's USS Enterprise?

Just how close are scientists to building Star Trek’s U.S.S. Enterprise?

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Launched into space from the mind of creator Gene Roddenberry in the 1960s, the U.S.S Enterprise NCC-1701 was the very first Star Trek spacecraft to reach warp speed on television screens around the world. The time-travelling, ultra-fast and near-invisible "Constitution-class" starship was the most advanced spacecraft at the time of its launch in 2245. 

Built-in space, the U.S.S Enterprise was a feat of fictional engineering. It’s estimated that the spacecraft would weigh around more than four million tonnes in weight and house a crew of 430. In comparison, the heaviest man-made object to venture into space is the International Space Station (ISS) , which has a mass of around 419 tonnes. However, China is reportedly researching the possibility of constructing a colossal spacecraft measuring up to 0.6 miles (0.96km) in length, the ISS is only 360 feet (110 meters) long. 

Engineers still have 233 years until humankind reaches Roddenberry’s vision for space exploration and several scientific breakthroughs suggest that we might be heading towards a spaceship that’s reminiscent of the U.S.S. Enterprise. 

As a Constitution-class Starfleet Federation starship, the main role of the Enterprise was to venture on intergalactic exploration and diplomatic missions. To assist them on their journeys of discovery, the Enterprise was equipped with an array of advanced scanners and sensors. Before descending upon foreign land, the crew aboard the Enterprise firstly flipped a few stitches and scanned the planet below for signs of life. It’s a pretty handy gadget to have when discovering new life, but one that seems unrealistic. However, scientists are one step closer to making the technology a reality.

Researchers have discovered that the biochemistry of all life forms interact with light in a way that inorganic or artificial materials don’t. For example, when light hits long chains of carbon molecules that make up amino acids (the building blocks of proteins ) it becomes circulatory polarized. This means it travels in either clockwise or anticlockwise spirals. Scientists could theoretically observe and identify this light interaction in the hopes of discovering new life forms from observatories of spacecraft, such as novel Enterprise or from future space-based telescopes, such as the Large UV Optical Infrared Surveyor ( LUVOIR ).

One of the most iconic abilities of the Enterprise is its ability to zip from one end of the galaxy to the next in mere moments, using its fictitious warp drive . Currently, humankind is nowhere near advanced enough to replicate the Enterprise’s warp drive. However, the theory behind building one has been around since the early 1990s. 

To achieve speeds faster than the speed of light, physics’ natural speed limit, theoretical physicist Miguel Alcubierre proposed that we must bend the fabric of space-time. Space-time can be imagined as a sheet of rubber on which all matter sits, creating dips in the rubber relative to their mass. 

Alcubierre proposed that if space-time could be folded in front of a spaceship and then expanded behind it, the ship could travel much faster than the speed of light and achieve "warp speed". This bending of space-time would theoretically continue to move in a wave and act as a conveyor belt carrying the spaceship along it. 

To achieve such space-time manipulation, Alcubierre suggested that an enormous amount of negative mass, a phenomenon rarely created in laboratories and seen as vacuum energy in space. The amount of negative mass needed to facilitate Alcubierre’s warp drive would have to be equivalent to the mass of a massive star distributed in a ring around a spacecraft. This hypothetical ring of negative mass would create a "warp bubble" which would distort space-time and transport any spacecraft within it. 

Although Alcubierre’s theory required negative mass, recent research out of Göttingen University, Germany, offers a new area of physics for researchers to explore potentials for warp power. In 2021, Physicist Erik Lentz hypothesised that positive mass and energy could also provide the necessary requirements to construct a warp bubble. Instead of a solid ring of negative mass detailed in Alcubierre’s theory, Lentz proposes that layering rings and risks of extremely dense fluid, similar to the composition of a neutron star’s interior, would yield the same result.

With the ability to bend space-time, those inside of the warp bubble could travel through space faster than the speed of light without breaking any physical laws. For example, much like the ability to walk freely in the belly of an airplane, the warp bubble would theoretically also allow a spaceship and its crew to move around without feeling the effects of warp speed.

There are several questions that remain unanswered about building a real-life warp capable vessel, such as how to control it’s direction and distance, as well as how do you exit a warp bubble?

In Star Trek, however, to fuel their warp drive and create enough energy to bend space-time, the U.S.S Enterprise uses the annihilation reaction between matter, in the form of deuterium (a real-world isotope of hydrogen ), and antimatter, which is regulated by a fictional crystal called dilithium. The “electro-plasma” energy released from this reaction creates the necessary warp bubble to manipulate space-time and move.

The biggest hurdle to overcome in using annihilation reactions for energy is producing enough antimatter to power a warp drive.

As the name suggests antimatter is a mirrored and opposing version of matter, for example, an electron has a negative charge so its antimatter partner has the same mass but an opposite positive charge, called a positron. In order to create antimatter, particle accelerators, such as the Large Hadron Collider, which fire particles at one another to release antimatter.

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However, there are several physical issues with antimatter as a fuel source. First, the yield of its production is very low. For example, the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) can only produce enough antimatter in an hour to power 1/1000 of a watt and therefore 100,000 Fermilabs would be required to power a single light bulb. Due to the fact that antimatter annihilates when it comes in contact with matter, storing it is near impossible as everything is made up of matter.

Despites these quantum woes, research into antimatter spacecrafts is still in development. One of the latest advancements in antimatter propulsion, is NASA’s proposal for a space probe that will travel all the way to our stellar neighbourhood Proxima Centauri, using an annihilation accelerator. But until scientists can successfully mass produce and store antimatter, powering a spacecraft that resembles the Enterprise remains firmly in the realm of imagination.

Keep up with the all the latest Star Trek news on the official site . Or if you wanted to see how the different USS Enterprises Rank, check out this article by Popular Mechanics or this one by Gizmodo .

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Star Trek’s MACO Explained: Why Enterprise Needed Space Marines

  • Star Trek: Enterprise's third season introduced MACOs to the ship for a darker storyline in the wake of 9/11.
  • MACOs comprised specially trained high ranking officers and provided advanced combat skills and weaponry to Starfleet.
  • American actor Steven Culp played Major J. Hayes in 5 episodes during Enterprise's third season.

Star Trek: Enterprise season 3 introduced the military organization MACOs (unofficially, space marines ). First airing in 2001, Star Trek: Enterprise documented Earth's initial first contacts and voyages into deep space. Echoing significant societal events of the time, Enterprise season 3 took on a noticeably darker tone. Transitioning from standalone episodes to a complex and weighty season-long serial arc, a devastating attack on Earth by the mysterious Xindi landed Captain Jonathan Archer (Scott Bakula) with a heavy responsibility for establishing contact and preventing (or intercepting) further attacks. Anticipating a need for the presence of a conflict-trained unit, Archer requested a military assignment to the NX-01 Enterprise .

By the nature of its premise as a prequel to other franchise shows (and the United Federation of Planets itself), Star Trek: Enterprise wielded significant license for shaping the early period of Star Trek 's multiverse timeline . With its later core ideals of peace and cooperation and aversion to being perceived as in any way military, the introduction of Marine-style troops in Star Trek: Enterprise season 3 allowed for an intriguing development of pre-Federation Starfleet and insight into humanity's approach to the significant external threats of the era. The severity of the destruction caused by the Xindi attack on Earth led to the Enterprise crew's third season mission and allocation of Star Trek's MACOS.

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Star trek’s maco space marines on enterprise explained, the macos were a different military organization from starfleet.

An acronym for Military Assault Command Operations, the MACOs were a pre-Federation military organization associated with United Earth and tasked with combatting major threats . Separately managed, but operating in tandem with Starfleet, the MACOs provided advanced weaponry and tactical and combat skills to Starfleet’s generally exploration-focused personnel. Star Trek: Enterprise improved the franchise in numerous ways, retconning many of the events that occurred later in the timeline, and the inclusion of these high-ranking military officers in Enterprise season 3 allows a fascinating and raw insight into humanity’s early processes pre-Federation. The MACO organization was disbanded following the foundation of the United Federation of Planets.

Initially tasked with integrating with Enterprise ’s crew, the MACOs were active in combat and rescue missions.

The Star Trek: Enterprise season 2 finale, “The Expanse,” saw a devastating attack on Earth from a Xindi probe that resulted in the death of millions. An obvious allegory to 9/11, Enterprise season 3's significant modification to the show’s previous episodic format led to the assignment of the NX-01 Enterprise crew to the Delphic Expanse in the wake of the Xindi attack. Given the nature and severity of their mission, MACO troops were assigned to the Enterprise under the command of Major J. Hayes (Steven Culp) at the request of Captain Archer. Initially tasked with integrating with Enterprise ’s crew, the MACOs were active in combat and rescue missions.

Star Trek: Beyond (2016) subtly developed the MACOs' role as one of several references to Star Trek: Enterprise.

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Steven culp played commander martin madden & major j. hayes.

A deleted Star Trek: Nemesis scene reveals a surprising alternate ending to the poorly received 2002 movie. Partially restored for the film's DVD release and initially cut due to the movie's length, the scene introduces a new character, Commander Martin Madden (Steven Culp). Madden succeeds Commander William Riker (Jonathan Frakes), following the former USS Enterprise-E First Officer's promotion to Captain of the USS Titan, but the scene’s deleted status renders this alternate ending not Star Trek canon . Instead, Lieutenant Commander Worf (Michael Dorn) takes over as First Officer until Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) receives a promotion to Admiral.

Steven Culp later appeared as Major J. Hayes in five episodes of Star Trek: Enterprise's third season (2003-2004). Assigned to the NX-01 Enterprise, Hayes led a MACO detachment when Captain Archer was sent to the Delphic Expanse and tasked with combatting the Xindi threat against Earth. Unfortunately, Hayes was later shot and killed in action rescuing Ensign Hoshi Sato (Linda Park) from the Xindi. Although Culp’s casting as Commander Madden in Star Trek: Nemesis didn’t come to a real fruition, his role in Star Trek: Enterprise secured him a place in pre-Federation history and earned the character a legacy as a hero of the Xindi Crisis.

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Cast Solomon Burke Jr., Dominic Keating, Connor Trinneer, Linda Park, John Billingsley, Scott Bakula, Jolene Blalock, Anthony Montgomery

Release Date September 26, 2001

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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' Nostalgic Title Sequences Were Unplanned

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds opening

Three of the 12 "Star Trek" shows to date begin with the same familiar narration, which was originally spoken by Captain Kirk (William Shatner) in 1966: 

"Space, the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise, its five-year mission to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before." 

For "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987) and "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" (2022), "no man" was changed to "no one." "Next Generation" was also a "continuing mission" and not a "five-year mission." That narration has come to represent the ethos of the entire "Star Trek" franchise, highlighting that the various shows and movies are about exploration, new life, and going boldly. Unlike the title crawl of "Star Wars," there is no talk of conflict, conquering enemies, or asserting dominance. In the original series, the narration played over a gentle opening fanfare composed by Alexander Courage. "Next Generation" used the same opening music, but blended it with Jerry Goldsmith's theme from 1979's "Star Trek: The Motion Picture." 

For "Strange New Worlds," the theme was composed by Jeff Russo (from the band Tonic), and only distantly quoted the Courage theme. Russo's music plays over a title sequence that many Trek shows have employed, that is: glory shots of a Federation vessel soaring through the stars (or sitting still in them, in the case of "Deep Space Nine"), encountering weird planets, other ships, or unusual spatial phenomena. 

In a 2022 interview with Syfy , "Strange New Worlds" showrunner Henry Alonso Myers admitted that the classic narration was not an original part of the plan for the "Strange New Worlds" title sequence. The pilot's director inserted it as a placeholder, but the show's producers loved it so much, they kept it.

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The pilot episode of "Strange New Worlds," also called "Strange New Worlds" (May 5, 2022), was directed by Akiva Goldsman, who also serves as one of the show's executive producers. Meyers noted that it was all Goldsman's idea, saying:

"In the first director's cut of the pilot that Akiva did, he just put a new version of the old ' Trek' opening titles sequence in, just like a placeholder. [...] And we sort of loved it."

It seems that when they first screened an incomplete version of the "Strange New Worlds" pilot, the theme sequence hadn't been made yet. To indicate that the show would indeed have a title sequence before every episode, Goldman mocked up a temp sequence that was merely the original "Star Trek" theme with the credits altered. This was fitting, as "Strange New Worlds" is set aboard the exact same starship as the original "Star Trek," and even features several of the same characters (Kirk, Spock, Pike, Uhura, Dr. M'Benga, Nurse Chapel, Number One, Scotty, and T'Pring appear in both shows). Meyers said that the executives loved the sequence, as it directly linked the new series to the classic 1960s "Trek." 

"Star Trek" is currently in a state of contraction . "Picard" recently ended and both "Prodigy" and "Discovery" will end after their next seasons. "Short Treks" is kind of over, and "Section 31" will be released as a movie instead of a series. We will soon be in a world where only "Strange New Worlds" and "Lower Decks" remain standing. It's fitting that at least one of those remain intertwined with the original series, letting the franchise come full circle. 

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USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-J)

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The USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-J) was a 26th century Federation Universe -class starship operated by Starfleet in a possible future . ( ENT : " Azati Prime ")

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Observation deck of the Enterprise -J

The Enterprise -J participated in the historic Battle of Procyon V , wherein the forces of the Federation successfully drove the Sphere-Builders back into their trans-dimensional realm.

In 2154 , as Captain Jonathan Archer of Enterprise NX-01 was preparing to undertake a suicide mission to destroy the Xindi weapon in the Delphic Expanse , Temporal Agent Daniels transported Archer to an observation deck aboard the Enterprise -J to witness the battle, while the vessel was in a trans-dimensional disturbance . It was Daniels' hope that Archer could be convinced to abandon his suicide mission and attempt to make peace with the Xindi , informing Archer that, without him, the Federation would never come into existence and the Sphere-Builders would remain unopposed. Archer was unconvinced, however, and demanded that Daniels return him to his own time.

Daniels also revealed that there were Xindi serving on the Enterprise -J. An initiation medal Daniels gave Archer belonged to one of these crewmembers. ( ENT : " Azati Prime ")

Archer would later reveal to Degra about his trip to the future and being on board the Enterprise -J and learning that the Xindi were serving aboard it. ( ENT : " The Council ")

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USS Enterprise-J, dorsal view

Doug Drexler's Enterprise -J

Since the Star Trek: Enterprise writing staff was pressed for time, little time was spent deliberating over the name of this vessel. Manny Coto later reflected, " We were just sitting around the room and said, 'What should it be?' 'J.' 'OK.' " ( Star Trek: Communicator  issue 152 , p. 50)

The 2005 Star Trek: Ships of the Line calendar later featured a specially created, fully rendered image of the Enterprise -J in flight.

The Enterprise -J appears in Agents of Yesterday , the third expansion to Star Trek Online . After pursuing the Temporal Liberation Front (made up of the Sphere-Builders, the Na'kuhl , the Vorgons , and the Krenim ) throughout time and space, the player characters travel to the 26th century to defeat them at the Battle of Procyon V. With the aid of Starfleet legends (and temporal agents ) Montgomery Scott and Pavel Chekov , the player installs the Tox Uthat onboard the Enterprise -J, which allows it to destroy the Sphere-Builders' spheres and dissipate their Expanse in the Procyon system. The captain of the ship is a female joined Trill , a future host of the Dax symbiont .

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I forgot 2 famous picard traits debuted in this star trek: tng episode.

Two of the things that Captain Jean-Luc Picard became best known for are introduced in the same episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation.

  • Picard's love for Earl Grey tea started in TNG's "Contagion" episode, becoming his go-to order.
  • "Contagion" also established Picard's interest in archeology, a hobby he carried throughout TNG.
  • Both tea and archeology were iconic elements of Picard, introduced in the same episode of TNG.

Two things best associated with Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) debuted in the same episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation . For seven seasons of TNG , Captain Picard led the USS Enterprise-D in its quest to explore the galaxy, and Jean-Luc became one of Star Trek's most beloved captains. Picard kept his crew members at a distance, rarely allowing anyone to get too close. With his rhetorical skills, Picard preferred a more diplomatic approach to conflicts, rather than the more brash tactics of Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner).

Throughout Star Trek: The Next Generation , more information was filled in about Jean-Luc Picard's background and interests. Picard's love of Shakespeare was established early in TNG season 1, as was his complicated history with Dr. Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden) and her family. TNG season 2, episode 11, "Contagion" introduced two more elements that became important additions to Picard's character. In "Contagion," the Enterprise answers a distress call from its sister ship, the USS Yamato, only to witness the destruction of the Yamato minutes later. Prior to its destruction, the Yamato had reported numerous ship malfunctions, and the Enterprise soon begins experiencing similar issues.

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Picard orders "tea, earl grey, hot" for the first time in star trek: tng's "contagion", by the time of star trek: picard season 1, jean-luc has switched to "tea, earl grey, decaf.".

Throughout Star Trek: The Next Generation' s "Contagion," everyone on the USS Enterprise-D is on high alert not only because of the malfunctions across the ship, but also because the Yamato and the Enterprise both breached the Federation/Romulan Neutral Zone. As the Sub-commander of a nearby Romulan ship grows increasingly suspicious, Picard and his crew work to uncover the cause of the malfunctions. After witnessing the destruction of the Yamato, Ensign Wesley Crusher (Wil Wheaton) struggles to confront the death of that many people and he opens up to Picard. As Picard offers Wes advice, he orders "Tea, Earl Grey, Hot" from the replicator.

Chief Engineer Geordi La Forge (LeVar Burton) eventually finds a solution to the ship's malfunctions. Effectively, he turns the entire ship off and back on again.

Due to the continuing glitches across the ship, the replicator provides Captain Picard with a potted plant rather than the tea he requested. Although the replicator did not provide PIcard's drink of choice this time, "Tea, Earl Grey, Hot" would become the captain's most common order. Over the course of TNG , Picard requested the drink dozens of times, always ordering it in the same way. "Tea, Earl Grey, Hot" soon became one of the catchphrases associated with Picard, and has spawned many pieces of tie-in merchandise such as t-shirts and mugs.

Star Trek: TNG's "Contagion" Establishes Picard's Interest In Archeology

In star trek: lower decks, picard funds the archeological adventures of petra aberdeen (georgia king)..

As the USS Enterprise-D investigates the destruction of the Yamato, they visit the planet Iconia, the former home of a highly advanced civilization. The Iconians were once believed to be a myth, but Picard had studied their culture when he was attending Starfleet Academy. In his conversation with the captain, Wesley Crusher asks Picard about the Iconians, and Picard reveals that archeology has been a hobby of his "since my Academy days." Later, Picard chooses to lead the away team to Iconia himself, likely in part, because he wants to see the remnants of the Iconian civilization firsthand.

On Iconia, Picard and his crew discovered an advanced transportation technology known as an Iconian gateway. Only two gateways were known to exist, the one in TNG's "Contagion" and one found by the Jem'Hadar in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine season 4, episode 23, "To the Death."

Jean-Luc's interest in archeology would become another recurring element throughout TNG , and it helped the captain on numerous occasions. Picard's love of archeology also led Jean-Luc to get caught up in several adventures outside of his usual Starfleet missions. For example, in TNG season 3, episode 19, "Captain's Holiday," Picard meets an archeologist (and profiteer) named Vash (Jennifer Hetrick) . Despite her questionable ethics, Picard finds himself intrigued by Vash and her archeological adventures, and the two share a brief romance. Jean-Luc Picard's love of archeology and Earl Grey tea have become iconic elements of the character, and they were both introduced in the same episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation .

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This Weird Star Trek: The Original Series Episode is Actually its Most Underrated

Star Trek: The Original Series could get very strange, especially in Season 3. But one weird episode turns that into an essential story about Spock.

  • Star Trek: The Original Series is known for its weird and over-the-top episodes, with concepts that pushed the boundaries of sci-fi television.
  • "All Our Yesterdays" stands out as a highly underrated episode with a strong story and character development, despite its odd trappings.
  • The episode showcases fan power with a heartfelt storyline, an innovative script from a fan-turned-writer, and new depths to Spock's character.

Even as a product of its time, Star Trek: The Original Series can be a very weird show. The show's creative forces were focused solely on delivering an hour of entertaining television each week, and without an established canon, things could get pretty over-the-top. Each episode was self-contained and focused on an entirely new planet or situation, which meant that zany concepts could actually reach the screen without any long-term ramifications. If it didn't work, the show simply zipped on to the next planet.

Over time, many of them have become beloved parts of Star Trek's legacy, and some of them are far better than their odd visuals or storylines suggest. Some of them even rank among the series' high points, including one that arrived just when The Original Series was wrapping up. Season 3, Episode 23, "All Our Yesterdays" evinces many of the qualities that mark Star Trek at its weirdest . Yet, not only does it work surprisingly well, it remains one of the most underrated episodes in the entire franchise. That includes a number of off-screen factors that demonstrate why Star Trek was such a special show, even as it appeared to be closing out its run.

"All Our Yesterdays" Arrives at the End of The Original Series

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The Original Series held no special status among network executives when it first aired, and Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry famously had to fight just to get it greenlit. Ratings steadily declined between the first and the second season, which NBC exacerbated by moving the show from a solid Tuesday-night time slot to Friday nights. This was largely considered the kiss of death at the time, since people tended to go out rather than stay home and watch TV. It was expensive to produce as well, and the network looked to cancel the show at the end of Season 2. Star Trek fans responded with a massive letter-writing campaign that convinced NBC to green-light a third and final season.

Among fans, Season 3 is largely considered a step-down in quality compared to the first two seasons. Season 3 infamously featured bad episodes like "Spock's Brain" and "Plato's Stepchildren," as well as badly dated products of the 1960s such as "The Way to Eden." Despite that, it still found its share of memorable episodes, such as "The Tholian Web" and "The Enterprise Incident." Most of them feature a go-for-broke quality that resulted in some of the franchise's most memorably out-there moments. One example includes "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield," which featured two characters with faces literally split between black and white. Another example is "The Savage Curtain," which opens with Abraham Lincoln floating in space in front of the Enterprise.

"All Our Yesterdays" is another example of weird content that includes Kirk fighting a 17th-century fop with a rapier and Spock falling in love with a "cavewoman" in furry boots. It was also the second-to-last episode to air, behind the justly maligned "Turnabout Intruder" which appeared to close the series out for good. It's also one of the series' strongest episodes in terms of character development, particularly when it comes to Spock's endless bickering with Dr. McCoy . Rather than coming out of nowhere as the likes of "The Way to Eden" did, it presents a compelling sci-fi concept to keep it all centered.

"All Our Yesterdays" Delivers a Strong Story with Weird Trappings

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"All Our Yesterdays" focuses on a formerly occupied planet, now empty, whose sun is about to go nova. The inhabitants lacked space travel despite numerous technical advancements. Kirk, Spock and McCoy beam down to what appears to be a library, only to learn the truth of the population's vanishing act: they escaped the imminent destruction by journeying back in time to live out their lives in their planet's past. The trio inadvertently pass through the time portal before realizing the truth, which leaves Kirk trapped in the planet's version of Cromwell's England. Spock and McCoy are similarly trapped 5,000 years earlier in the planet's ice age.

The set-up is designed to cut corners in the effects department, which Star Trek often did by raiding existing props and costumes for their setting. Hence, Kirk ends up literally crossing swords with men in feathered hats and pantaloons, while his companions spend the bulk of their adventure in a cave that looks suspiciously similar to every other cave that appeared in the series. It also features the seemingly superfluous collection of duplicate librarians, as well as "doorways" into the past largely achieved by chintzy double-exposure. Kirk has to escape charges of witchcraft, while Spock and McCoy meet an exiled woman named Zarabeth -- a political dissident on the wrong side of a long-dead tyrant -- whom Spock actively falls in love with .

It's a concept that provides a suitable dilemma for the protagonists to work their way out of, and a novel way to escape impending doom. However, it delivers a brilliant piece of development for both Spock and McCoy. Their squabbling is a beloved trope of The Original Series , with Bones' fiery passions repeatedly clashing with Spock's emotionless logic. Here, Spock begins to revert to the wild passionate status that Vulcans evinced in their early history, leading him to eat meat, lust after Zarabeth, and threaten McCoy with active violence. Bones gets through to him in time for Kirk to effect a rescue, after a tearful good-bye to Zarabeth.

"All Our Yesterdays" Is a Testament to Star Trek's Fan Power

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Actor Leonard Nimoy plays Spock's descent beautifully, creating a template that his successor Ethan Peck has used to similar effect in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds . He and DeForest Kelley set a new standard for their characters' rivalry, this time with Spock playing the passionate firebrand and McCoy the pragmatic realist. Zarabeth suffers from a certain passivity typical of depictions of women in the media at the time, but actor Mariette Hartley conveys both her existential loneliness and quickly blossoming love for Spock in achingly sympathetic terms. Her reluctant goodbye at Spock's departure is legitimately heartbreaking.

The most memorable aspect of "All Our Yesterdays" comes from behind the scenes . Screenwriter Jean Lisette Aroeste was not a professional writer, just a literate fan who worked as a librarian at UCLA. She submitted an unsolicited script that was picked up (Season 3, Episode 5, "Is There in Truth No Beauty?") and followed it up with this one. It made Aroeste one of four writers with no previous screenwriting experience to have scripts produced for the show. Both of her episodes carry a freshness and exuberance that much of the rest of Season 3 lacks. It's a unique synergy between audience and series, heralding Star Trek's rebirth in the 1970s thanks to the passion of the fans. Here, it results in a strong, heartfelt episode that ends the series on a far stronger note than the moribund "Turnabout Intruder."

Most importantly, it shows a side to one of the franchise's most beloved characters that hadn't been seen before, as Spock grapples with his loss of logic while falling deeply in love at the same time. It's a big change for obvious reasons, and because the show was perceived to be on its way out, no one seemed worried about the possibility of the performance running against character. Nimoy artfully balanced it against Spock's well-established traits to reveal depths that The Original Series hadn't yet explored. With McCoy playing a far better foil than he ever has, and a strong plot hook to hold the action together, "All Our Yesterdays" is the farewell the show deserved, as well as helping to elevate a dodgy third season into something worthy of rememberance. It may be a weird little episode, but it also represents Star Trek at its very best.

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