- Footage from Star Trek: First Contact (1995) showing
the launch of Cochrane's ship, the Phoenix, is included in the opening
credits.
- This was the first Star Trek series not to include
the words "Star Trek" in the title.
- This was the first Star Trek series shot and
broadcast in widescreen.
- This was the first Star Trek series to have an
actual theme song ('Faith of the Heart') a fact that caused controversy
among fans, who were split on the idea. The pilot episode used a different
piece of music for the closing credits (in fact, an instrumental of 'Faith
of the Heart') from the rest of the episodes.
- Up to this series, the pilot of each Star Trek
series after the first included a cameo of a character from the previous
one. However, because "Enterprise" takes place 100 years before
the original Star Trek, the cameo was not of a series character, but of
Zefram Cochrane (James
Cromwell), who appeared in Star Trek: First Contact (1996).
- Longtime Trek actor Vaughn
Armstrong (famous for his many alien roles on various Trek series)
appears here as a human for the first time. His character, Admiral Maxwell
Forrest, is the commander-in-chief of the fledgling Starfleet.
- Admiral Forest is named after DeForest
Kelley, the late "Star
Trek" (1966) actor who played Leonard H. McCoy. Similarly,
Commander Williams and Admiral Leonard from the pilot "Broken Bow: Part
One" (episode 1.1) are named after series stars William
Shatner (James T. Kirk) and Leonard
Nimoy (Spock).
- Archer's first name was originally Jackson, but
there was exactly one person in the country named Jackson Archer. To avoid
libel lawsuits, Jonathan was chosen for a name because there were 20
Jonathan Archers.
- Advance copies of first-season episodes were sent to
the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise CVN-65.
|
|
|
