Andorians appeared in four episodes of the original series, but there was very little back story on the andorians until enterprise. The motion picture, makeup artist fred phillips who worked on both productions tested andorian antennae and blue facial makeup on his daughter, janna phillips. Enterprise visits an ancient vulcan spiritual sanctuary, despite tpols concerns that her human colleagues will be an awkward and disruptive presence there. Enterprise is an american science fiction television series that originally. 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.
Enterprise ncc1701d when datas offspring, lal, was born. Andorian empire memory beta, noncanon star trek wiki. Andorians were a race of artists, which was largely tied in with their natural tendency towards violence and aggression. 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. Combs also characterized the episode as kind of a pivotal launching of this species. He made a point to ask whether the character would be killed off at the end of the episode, recalling his experience of playing weyoun. Episode 7, the andorian incident talking about showing. Archer tries to unify the andorians, tellarites and vulcans in a plan to capture a marauder ship threatening to destabilize the region.
Archer, trip and tpol are captured by the andorians at a vulcan monastery on pjem. This may, were taking a look at the fourth and final season of star trek. Andorians were renowned for their artistic talents in both two and threedimensional art. After silik attacks trip, vosk wants to make a deal with. It turns out the vulcans are covertly backing the ruling faction on the planet, while the andorians are aiding the freedom fighters. Enterprise, titled simply enterprise for its first two seasons, is an american science fiction television series created by rick berman and brannon braga.
The andorian state was the andorian empire, one of the founding federation member states. Andorians are a fictional race of humanoid extraterrestrials in the american science fiction. 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. It deals with the crew of an experimental starship in the 22nd century, a century before the adventures of captain kirk, mr spock and dr mccoy. The andorians arrive to help the enterprise find the xindi weapon, only to reveal ulterior, motives. Sep 26, 2001 broken bow pilot september 26, 2005 season 1, episode 2. Enterprise would be the first live action star trek spinoff to run less than seven seasons.
Connections to the original star trek series and films continue with episodes involving tellarites, tholians, klingons, andorians, and even a brief appearance by a tribble one of many occasions for humor in dr. Sep 26, 2019 not only was shran a great character in part because talented star trek veteran jeffrey combs played him, but he was fundamental in providing some much needed insight into the andorians. Andorians are a humanoid race native to the frozen moon of andoria. 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. At first, relations between vulcan and andor were promising, but the vulcans believed that the andorians were duplicitous, wishing to only honor agreements that did not conflict with their interests. They were one of the founding races which created the united federation of planets, along with humans, vulcans and tellarites.
In the 1950s, the vulcans were suspicious of the andorians. 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. Following the destruction of the xindi weapon, the enterprise crew discovers that they have been sent back in time to 1944. Phloxs sickbay, the setting of many of the seasons finest dialoguedriven scenes. Andorian duty officers or doffs come with the trait founders of the federation, as do humans, vulcans, and tellarites. The original series contentsshow homeworlds the original andorian homeworld is the natural satellite andoria, which orbits a gas giant in the. Jonathan archer, captain of the enterprise nx01, leads a team of voyagers who must battle menacing extraterrestrials in all forms. 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. In the normal enterprise timeline, political upheavals have left. As their mission progresses, the crew encounter familiar races like the klingons and andorians as well as some new ones. Shran is a fan favorite and hero of the federation. Archer and his crew explore space and discover human innovationexpanding technologies as. Enterprise tvpg action, adventure, science fiction, aliens tv series 2001 set in the 22nd century, nearly 100 years before james t.
Not only was shran a great character in part because talented star trek veteran jeffrey combs played him, but he was fundamental in providing some much needed insight into the andorians. Andorians are a playable federation species in star trek online, and the game includes several andorian npcs, most notably the enterprisefs captain, vakel shon. Enterprise, and was written by brannon braga, fred dekker. Season 1 may 04, 2020 between this series, deep space 9, and voyager, enterprise is probably the best made in terms of overall quality and writting. Shran also featured in a few of the star trek novels. No members of this federation race were aboard the u. However, history has been altered, leaving nazi germany in control of a large portion of the eastern united states. Andorian memory beta, noncanon star trek wiki fandom. Enterprise setting, see our captain archer profile. 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. It originally aired from september 26, 2001, to may, 2005, on upn, spanning 98 episodes across four seasons. They also expressed themselves in literary and performing arts such as poetry, literature, and music. Broken bow pilot september 26, 2005 season 1, episode 2. 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.
They were distinguishable by their blue skin, white hair and antennae. Archer and his crew explore space and discover human innovationexpanding technologies as they meet new alien races in this star trek prequel. 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. The story introduces the andorian breed, and discloses the real behavior of the. Enterprises first season was an unqualified success for network upn, but by the second season the viewer ratings had dipped significantly.
Archer and his crew escape from an alternate timeline the result of the continuing temporal cold war in which the nazis have invaded u. Enterprise figures out what its about if only season 4 had been season 1. They believe that the monastery is being used to spy on andoria. In the final series we begin with the enterprise appearing to travel back in time to world war 2. Jeffery does a bang up job on anything he does, but sometimes i think he was born to portray star trek aliens. Star charts the blue hue of the species was the result of a high concentration of cobalt in the hemoglobin of their red corpuscles.
Enterprise was forever torn between our future and star. A prequel to the original star trek, enterprise let producers reset the. However, aid comes to them in the form of the andorians. Specifically he was featured in the enterprise tv series that ran from 2001 to 2005.
The andorians were a blueskinned species from the andoria, and one of the founding members of the united federation of planets. It would mark the end of eighteen years and twentyfive seasons of uninterrupted star trek on television. The andorians were a sentient species from the world andor. Episodes 4, 5, and 6, borderland, cold station 12, and the augments tying together various threads in star trek mythology, including khan as in the wrath of and the next. The sixth series in the star trek franchise, it served as a prequel to star trek.
The next generations mustwatch episodes star trek is one of the most beloved bits of scifi tv around, but perhaps most beloved of all is read more. Vulcanandorian history is marked with great tensions between the vulcan high command and the andorian empire in the 22nd century. One of their most recognized physical features were their antennae and white hair. Captain archer is asked to negotiate between the andorians and vulcans who are fighting over a small planet.
Unlike star trek discovery, star trek enterprise is a fun prequel with decent episodes. 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. Enterprise episodes, get episode information, recaps and more. In either the original star trek series or star trek.
The enterprise crew returns to a heros welcome on earth as archer battles emotional demons surfacing from the past year while tpol takes trip to her vulcan home and faces her former fiance who wants to rekindle their past. 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. The andorian empire, also known as the andorian star clan and epsilon indii star empire, was the name of the andorian state. Affiliation, united federation of planets, andorian empire. Andorians are a playable race in star trek online, and belong to the starfleet and tos starfleet factions. Enterprise is an american science fiction television series that originally aired on the upn network from september 26, 2001 to may, 2005. My journey through all of star trek is one series nearer to completion. Lal rejected an andorian female as one of four final choices for a racial type, instead opting to become a human. It brought the andorians and jeffery combs back to star trek. In the end, much due to shrans actions, andorians and earth both had become allies and founding members of the federation of planets along vulcans, tellar prime and the independent alpha centauri colony, which would come to encompass hundreds of planets over the centuries.
Archer scott bakula takes command of earths first warpspeed space. In the episode the andorian incident, the andorian imperial guard appeared on a vulcan monastery world pjem to search for a spy station, destroying. Its a crying shame because season 4 of enterprise, fated to be the last original star trek material until 2009 and the last st tv until 17, is pretty decent. Andorians are selfdescribed as a violent and warlike species, although they do have great affinity for family. Later, the enterpise searches for a suspected bomber who took out earths embassy on vulcan so t. 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.
With scott bakula, john billingsley, jolene blalock, dominic keating. 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 helped bridge the gap between enterprise and the future developments of star trek. The andorian incident is so far the best episode of the first season of enterprise. Until the episode extinction towards the start of the third season, the series was called simply enterprise without the star trek prefix. The enterprise visits the vulcan sanctuary at pjem to find that a group of. Apr 12, 2017 41 videos play all star trek enterprise best scenes luckysurfer. Throughout season 1 are numerous spooky abandoned spacecraft and vulcans are weird storylines with scripts here and there. The original series himself, jeff combs thought it would be interesting to explore the andorians, a race which was rarely seen onscreen prior to enterprise.