The old Enterprise

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Episode of the series Spaceship Enterprise - The Next Century
title The old Enterprise
Original title Yesterday's Enterprise
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Country of production United States
original language English
length 45 minutes
classification Season  3 , episode 15
63rd episode overall ( list )
First broadcast Feb. 17, 1990
German-language
first broadcast		 October 30, 1992 on ZDF
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Director David Carson
script Teleplay: Ira Steven Behr , Richard Manning , Hans Beimler , Ronald D. Moore ; Story: Trent Christopher Ganino , Eric A. Stillwell
production Gene Roddenberry , Ira Steven Behr
music Dennis McCarthy
camera Marvin V. Rush
cut Tom Benko
Guest appearance (s)
chronology

←  Predecessor
Riker under suspicion

Successor  →
Data's descendant

The old Enterprise is an episode of the third season of the American science fiction television series Spaceship Enterprise - The Next Century . It premiered in the United States in February 1990 and in Germany in October 1992. It deals with time travel and is one of the most popular Star Trek episodes.

action

The Enterprise-D was investigating an anomaly in space when suddenly the Enterprise-C appeared, its predecessor. At the same moment, the Enterprise-D is moved to a different timeline without the crew noticing - with the exception of Guinan , who considers the whole situation to be strange. The Enterprise-C, which disappeared 22 years ago, is badly damaged and large parts of the crew are dead or injured. The injured are treated on board the Enterprise-D, including the commander, Captain Garrett. From her, among other things, Picard learns that the Enterprise-C came under heavy fire from attacking Romulan spaceships and was therefore unable to defend the Klingon outpost on the planet Narendra III. During the battle against the Romulans , the ship was pulled into the anomaly. The fact that the Enterprise-C was unable to defend the Klingon outpost led to a war between the Klingons and the Federation, which in this timeline has already claimed 40 million lives and has weakened the Federation so much that it is imminent to surrender. Guinan is convinced that this timeline must not be continued and that for this purpose the Enterprise-C must return to the past through the anomaly and into the fight against the Romulans, in which it will be destroyed with high certainty. After some hesitation, Picard agrees to implement Guinan's proposal.

In the changed timeline, Tasha Yar also belongs to the crew of the Enterprise-D. When she met the first officer of the Enterprise-C, Lt. Castillo, getting to know better, Guinan notices that Yar's presence in this timeline cannot be correct either. Guinan informed Yar shortly afterwards that Yar died a senseless death in the normal timeline. After Garrett is killed in a sudden attack by a Klingon ship, Castillo takes command. In addition, Yar can be transferred to the Enterprise-C at his own request, so that she can use her tactical experience to help defend Narendra III and thus prevent the war against the Klingons. While the Enterprise-D, close to destruction by attacking Klingon ships, can safely return the Enterprise-C, the normal course of history resumes and only Guinan keeps her memories of the events.

reception

The US film magazine Cinefantastique rated the episode as one of only two episodes of the third season with four stars out of four and praised it as brilliant and one of the best time travel adventures among television series. Carson's direction is stylish and ominous, the alternative universe is presented as a vivid contrast to the bright and inviting Enterprise.

At the Primetime Emmy Awards in 1990, the episode was nominated for the best musical composition, the best sound editing and the best sound mixing, only in the latter category there was an award ( see also: List of awards and nominations of the Star Trek TV series ).

production

The first version of the script was supposed to transport the C-Enterprise into the future without changing the present. Captain Garrett was called "Richard" in this variant and was a man. Other versions were Vulcans who were supposed to change history on a planet called " Guardians of Eternity ". The founder of the - based on logic - volcanic culture Surak dies as a result of the encroachment, which makes the Vulcans a warlike race allied with the Romulans, who destroyed the Klingons and are not part of the Federation. Sarek was to be captured as a spy and sent back in time by Picard to take Surak's place. The final version of " Yesterday's Enterprise " was a combination of all previous versions. The episode had a very short filming time. In the last scene, Geordi is mistakenly shown with the alternate reality uniform, as this scene was actually filmed for the middle of the episode.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cinefantastique No. 2, Sep. 1990 (21st year), p. 46
  2. ↑ Ralph Sander: " The Star Trek Universe ", Volume 1, Heyne Verlag, pages 395-397. ISBN 3-453-07759-8 .