Enterprise twoparter in a mirror, darkly and in a mirror, darkly, part ii, which themselves. Throughout season 1 are numerous spooky abandoned spacecraft and vulcans are weird storylines with scripts here and there. Enterprise is an american science fiction television series that originally aired on the upn network from september 26, 2001 to may, 2005. With scott bakula, john billingsley, jolene blalock, dominic keating. In place of the united federation of planets they find the terran empire, where mutinous, evil twins of their fellow crew members. Idw publishing released its march 2020 solicitations earlier this week. It resembles the fictional universe in which the star trek television series takes place, but is separate from the main universe. Star treks mirror universe is one ofhell, themost famous parallel universes in science fiction history. A transporter accident places captain kirks landing party in an alternate universe, where the enterprise is in the service of a barbarically brutal empire. Canceled star trek episodes we never got to see screenrant. Deep space nine the history of the mirror universe during the 22nd to the 24th century has been shaped largely due to influence from the. Episodes 18 and 19, in a mirror, darkly parts 1 and 2 and heres another easter egg for the faithful.
Enterprise tvpg action, adventure, science fiction, aliens tv series 2001 set in the 22nd century, nearly 100 years before james t. The series aired for 98 episodes across four seasons, centering on the adventures of the 22nd. It tells three different stories that take place in the mirror universe of each star trek series. In a mirror, darkly is the eighteenth and nineteenth episodes of the fourth season of the american science fiction television series star trek. Everything we know about the timeline of star treks. In subsequent episodes, phlox john billingsley would discover the reason why some klingons lack cranial ridges thus solving a vexing star trek mystery, and in a mirror, darkly marked and eventful return to the mirror universe from the original series episode mirror, mirror, for what coto aptly describes in the bonus featurette as. Archer of the terran empire enterprise sparks a mutiny to investigate an anomaly in tholian space in this alternateuniverse tale inspired by the star trek episodes mirror.
Archer and his crew explore space and discover human innovationexpanding technologies as. It was a place the franchise would return to in five episodes of deep space nine and a twoparter on enterprise as the years went by and the franchise changed, we saw the mirror world. Star trek ds9 mirror universe defiant attack duration. Ds9 continued to explore the mirror universe in several episodes, and some years later, the series enterprise also explored the mirror universe in the, in a mirror, darkly twoparter. A look through star treks mirror universe boing boing. In a mirror, darkly was first released for home viewing as part of the star trek. Archer has proposed that the ship head into tholian space, where a mysterious vessel has been captured. Star trek continues e03 fairest of them all youtube. In the mirror universe, an amoral, imperialistic version of the enterprise crew is led by captain forrest and his treacherous first officer, archer.
Star trek has an ongoing motif of the mirror universe the mirror universe is an informal name for a parallel universe first recorded as visited by james t. Kirk and several officers from the uss enterprise in 2267, though in reality already encountered by the uss. This fan production is not endorsed by, sponsored by, nor affiliated with cbs, paramount pictures, or any other star trek franchise, and is a noncommercial fanmade film series intended for recreational use. In a mirror, darkly ent 4x1819 established that the terran empire already existed 102 years before dsc. In the mirror universe, commander archer mutinies against captain forrest in. Mirror universe episodes in star trek by universe1701 created 04.
Discovery, captain gabriel lorca, played by jason isaacs, is found to hail from the terran timeline. The readers of star trek magazine voted in a mirror, darkly the best episode of star trek. 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. Mirror universe memory beta, noncanon star trek wiki. Warrior princess featured a mirror universe where hercules is randomly evil and has a goatee and ares, god of war, is a. The mirror universe has a long history in the star trek franchise, and now is a great time to catch up on the relevant episodes for discovery. Deep space nine episode trials and tribbleations this episode, when released, served as the sequel to the 2005 star trek. Through all the depictions of the mirror universe, the versions of characters that. In the earliest days of star trek, networks were uncertain about the franchises cerebral approach to scifi space exploration however, the stories and characters have kept us coming back season after. Watch these mirror universe episodes before star trek. The original series first ventured into the mirror universe in season 2s mirror, mirror, when four members of the enterprises crew are switched. No commercial exhibition or distribution is permitted. The mirror universe has been visited in one episode of star trek.
The scene at the end where kirk meets marlena on the prime universe s enterprise was used to create the scene where benjamin sisko speaks with kirk in the 1996 star trek. It was visited again for multiple episodes of both star trek. Every series has brought adventures well known for their excitement, poignancy, and intellectualism. Star trek mirror universe glass empire is such a book.
Bryan fullers star trek disovery take on the mirror universe. Until the episode extinction towards the start of the third season, the series was called simply enterprise without the star trek prefix. The mirror universe is a parallel universe in which the plots of several star trek television episodes take place. Enterprise had a twopart mirror universe episode called in a mirror, darkly. It also established that the mirror timeline diverged at least as far back as first contact, 91 years before that, when instead of greeting the vulcan visitors in peace, zefram cochrane killed one and then led a raid on their ship. Deep space nine made three more journeys into the mirror universe in the episodes shattered mirror, resurrection, and the emperors new cloak. Sisko is kidnapped and forced to impersonate his deceased mirror universe counterpart in order to convince.
Cinefantastique magazine also named it and the second part, in a mirror, darkly, part ii as one of the top ten television episodes of 2005. Star trek has been the paragon of science fiction stories for decades. Enterprise in a mirror, darkly tv episode 2005 imdb. Kirk and several officers from the uss enterprise in 2267. Between these various canon productions, the mirror universe was the basis of many novels and comics. Archer believes the ship may contain the technology that would be valuable to the terran empire. In fact, it almost has a timeline of its own as rich as the prime reality of trek. Bryan fuller talks about his original mirror universe plan. Star trek and all related marks, logos and characters are solely owned by cbs studios inc. Ds9 also featured a number of mirror universe episodes star trek. In the mirror universe, the crew of the iss enterprise is fighting rebels who oppose the terran empire when they discover the tholians have captured a. Mirror universe star trek expanded universe fandom.
Discovery has an overarching plot involving the mirror universe, exploring both character and science. Enterprise, as well as a sevenpart storyline of discoverys inaugural season, when the captain of the u. The books featured one novel for each of the five television series plus the new frontier series. The original series episode mirror, mirror showed us a parallel world with an empire instead of a starfleet and united federation of planets. In the mirror universe, the crew of the iss enterprise is. It was a place the franchise would return to in five episodes of deep space nine and a twoparter on enterprise as the years went by and the franchise changed, we saw the mirror world evolve, as well as more. The mirror universe is the informal name for a parallel universe, so named because many people and places are opposites of their counterparts in our universe, with evil replacing good and vice versa. It was released on region one dvd in the united states on november 1, 2005. In a mirror, darkly saw the alternate enterprise crew serving the empire, crushing rebels, and discovering the u. Enterprise also featured a twoepisode story set entirely in the mirror universe, without any of the prime universe cast. Star trek enterprise in a mirror, darkly opening titles. The next generation sequel to a tos episode that had been suggested so far, in which the enterprise returned to the parallel universe. In the mirror universe, spock faces a choice that determines the future of the terran empire.
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. The mirror universe was later revisited in episodes of star trek. In 2009 the series continued in an anthology of twelve short stories, shards and. Ranking every mirror universe episode of star trek syfy wire. The solicitations include two new star trek comic books.
Enterprise in their 40th anniversary reader poll, published in december, 2005. Star trek enterprise in a mirror, darkly opening titles hq enterprisenx01. Star trek will continue to explore the mirror universe in 2020. Why didnt star trek tng explore the mirror universe. Enterprise twists humanitys history in the mirror universe, revealing that we lean into our baser, more selfish instincts than create the utopian world that star trek represents in its main. Mirror universe is a prose fiction series set in the mirror universe featuring characters from many star trek series. Star trek to introduce mirror universe khan in 2020. It was a place the franchise would return to in five episodes of deep space nine and a twoparter on enterprise. In the mirror universe, archer commandeers the 23rdcentury defiant from the tholians and uses it in a nefarious power grab.
Star trek enterprise season 4 episode 18 in a mirror, darkly part 1 and 2. In the mirror universe star trek enterprise youtube. As with so many nowiconic star trek conceits, the mirror universe started with a single oneoff episode, in which transporter interference from an ionic storm spits kirk, uhura, scotty, and mccoy out into a parallel universe from their own. The most interesting aspect of the entire book, all three stories told by different writers, is that they joyfully mine star trek history, each with a little. In the mirror universe, the crew of the iss enterprise is fighting rebels who oppose the terran empire when they discover the tholians have captured a vessel from the future. It began with a series of six novels published in two books in 2007. The mirror universe was a parallel universe widely recorded as first being visited by james t. The twopart episode in a mirror, darkly actively eschewed the traditional good guys go to the evil universe story which had continued after mirror, mirror on several episodes of.
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