The Orville
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | The Orville |
| Original title | The Orville |
 | |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Year (s) | since 2017 |
| Production company |
Fuzzy Door Productions , 20th Century Fox Television |
| length | 43-48 minutes |
| Episodes | 26 in 2+ seasons ( list ) |
| genre | Science fiction , comedy |
| idea | Seth MacFarlane |
| music | Bruce Broughton |
| First broadcast | September 10, 2017 (USA) on Fox |
| German-language first broadcast |
February 27, 2018 on ProSieben |
| occupation | |
The Orville is an American science fiction - television series based on an idea by Seth MacFarlane is based, also known as a director , screenwriter acts and actor. It is both an homage to and a parody of the Star Trek series . The first broadcast took place on September 10, 2017 on US broadcaster Fox . In Germany, the series was first broadcast on the ProSieben channel on February 27, 2018 . The second season was also broadcast on ProSieben from June 17, 2019.
In May 2019, the series was extended by a third season, which will now run on streaming provider Hulu instead of Fox from the end of 2020 .
action
In 2419, Ed Mercer took command of the Orville research spacecraft . With his crew consisting of humans and aliens, he is now supposed to endure various adventures. This is a promising new beginning for Mercer, who has just been divorced, but then his ex-wife of all people is assigned as first officer.
species
Calivon
The Calivon live in a forbidden sector of space and maintain a space zoo where other, more primitive species are kept as exhibits. The Calivon only maintain contact with species that are at a similar level of development.
jelly
Jellies are made entirely of a gelatinous substance. Their bodies can take any physical form. They are asexual and reproduce through mitosis , but still identify as male and female.
Invalid
The Inval are a humanoid species whose blood is highly explosive in contact with nitrogen. There is therefore an agreement that prohibits the invalids from meeting the Union.
Kaylon
The Kaylon are an artificial, mechanical species. Because of their physiology, they consider themselves superior to biological species. Their appearance is basically humanoid (2 arms, 2 legs, 1 head with two luminous points instead of the eyes).
Katrudian
The Katrudian are a very talkative flower-like species.
Krill
The krill are a militant and authoritarian organized, reptilian species, which is in constant conflict with the Planetary Union. In addition to their aggressiveness and religious fundamentalism, they are characterized by an unusually strong sensitivity to light.
Moclaner
The Moclaner are a warlike species that officially consists of men only. Moclaners lay eggs that are incubated for 21 days. As a rule, this results in a male offspring, but it is said that on average every 75 years a female newborn is born, which is immediately re-operated as a man. In fact, there is a secret colony with over 6,000 Moclan women. The Moclaner economy specializes in weapon development.
Regorians
The residents of Regor 2 are humanoids on the technological level to be able to send messages into space. The first contact with the Union reveals that its value system is based on astrology .
Retepsians
The Retepsians are a species with the ability to send out very strong pheromones . In Retepsian culture, it is considered impolite to decline offers to have sexual intercourse.
Shak'tal
After the krill began to annex worlds of the Shak'tal, as they saw themselves right to do so because of their religion, the Shak'tal became bitter enemies of the krill, who never leave survivors after fighting. They seem to be at least equal to the krill.
Xelayans
The Xelayans inhabit a planet on which the force of gravity is many times higher than on Earth. As a result, Xelayans are stronger and faster than other species in environments that are adapted to the earth. With the exception of the ears and the hook-like bulges on the nose and forehead, they look like people.
Cast and dubbing
Seth MacFarlane
Adrianne Palicki
Penny Johnson Jerald
Scott Grimes
Halston Sage
Jessica Szohr
The German synchronization arises after dialogue books by Katrin Kabbathas and the dialogue director of Harald Wolff by the synchronous company Cinephon Filmproduktion GmbH in Berlin .
main characters
| role | Functional area | Scroll background | species | Main role (episodes) |
Supporting role (episodes) |
actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Captain Ed Mercer | Captain of the Orville | Kelly Grayson's ex-husband | human | 1.01– | Seth MacFarlane | Frank Röth | |
| Cmdr. Kelly Grayson | 1st officer | Ed Mercer's ex-wife | human | 1.01– | Adrianne Palicki | Susanne Geier | |
| Lt. Cmdr. Dr. Claire Finn | Chief Medical Officer | single mother of two sons | human | 1.01– | Penny Johnson Jerald | Heath Domanowski | |
| Lt. Gordon Malloy | Helmsman | Ed Mercer's best friend | human | 1.01– | Scott Grimes | Michael Deffert | |
| Lt. Cmdr. Bortus | 2nd officer | senior command officer on the USS Orville, husband of Klyden | Moclaner | 1.01– | Peter Macon | Marco Kroeger | |
| Lt. Alara Kitan | Security officer | Xelayans | 1.01-2.03 | 2.14 | Halston Sage | Victoria Frenz | |
| Lt./Lt. Cmdr. John LaMarr | Navigator (until 1.10) , chief engineer (from 1.11) |
human | 1.01– | J. Lee | Fabian Oscar Vienna | ||
| Isaac | Science officer | Kaylon | 1.01– | Mark Jackson | Nic Romm | ||
| Lt. Talla Keyali | Security officer | Successor to Alara Kitan | Xelayans | 2.05– | Jessica Szohr | Britta Steffenhagen |
Minor characters
| role | Function / role | species | Supporting role (episodes) |
actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Admiral Halsey | admiral | human | 1.01, 1.09, 1.11, 2.08-2.09, 2.12-2.13 | Victor Garber | Reinhard Kuhnert |
| Computer voice | Orville's board computer | - | 1.04-1.05, 1.08, 1.10, 2.01 | Rachael MacFarlane | Christin Quander |
| Lt. Yaphit | engineer | jelly | 1.01, 1.03-1.05, 1.08-1.09, 1.11, 2.01-2.03, 2.06-2.07, 2.09-2.11, 2.13-2.14 | Norm MacDonald | Davis Schulz |
| Lt. Cmdr. Steve Newton | Chief engineer | human | 1.02–1.05, 1.08, 1.10–1.11 | Larry Joe Campbell | Tobias Lelle |
| Klyden | Bortus' husband | Moclaner | 1.02-1.04, 1.09, 1.12, 2.01-2.02, 2.05-2.09, 2.11-2.13 | Chad Coleman | Milton Welsh |
| Topa | Bortus' and Klyden's daughter / son | Moclaner | 1.03-1.04, 1.09 | unknown | - |
| 2.01-2.02, 2.05-2.09, 2.12 | Blesson Yates | Thoralf Theusner | |||
| Marcus Finn | Dr. Finn's older son | human | 1.08-1.09, 1.11, 2.01, 2.06, 2.08-2.09, 2.14 | BJ Tanner | Oliver Szerkus |
| Ty Finn | Dr. Finn's younger son | human | 1.08-1.09, 1.11, 2.01, 2.06, 2.08-2.09, 2.14 | Kai Wener |
Carlos Fanselow (Season 1) Julius Ernst (Season 2) |
| Lt. Henry Park | Medical officer | human | 1.09-1.10, 2.02 | Gavin Lee | Jeremias Koschorz |
| Lt. Then | engineer | ? | 1.09, 1.11, 2.01-2.02, 2.05-2.08, 2.10 | Mike Henry | Hans Hohlbein |
| Olix | barkeeper | ? | 2.01, 2.03, 2.05, 2.08 | Jason Alexander | Sven Brieger |
| Cassius | Kelly's teacher and (ex) boyfriend | human | 2.01, 2.04-2.07 | Chris Johnson | Till Endemann |
Guest appearances
| role | Function / role | species | Supporting role (episodes) |
actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darulio | Archaeologist, Kelly's Affair | Retepsians | 1.01, 1.09 | Rob Lowe | Dietmar miracle |
| Dr. Aronow | Scientist and station manager | human | 1.01 | Brian George | Helmut Gauss |
| Admiral Tucker | Admiral of the Planetary Union | human | 1.02, 1.07, 2.12 | Ron Canada | Jürgen Kluckert |
| Ben Mercer | Father of Ed | human | 1.02 | Jeffrey Tambor | Rainer Gerlach |
| Jeannie Mercer | Mother of Ed | human | 1.02 | Holland Taylor | Kerstin Sanders-Dornseif |
| Criminal judge | Moclaner criminal judge | Moclaner | 1.03 | Jonathan Adams | Thomas Kästner |
| Heveena | Writer | Moclaner | 1.03, 2.12 | Rena Owen | Sabine Arnhold |
| Hamelac | Religious leader | Dorahlian | 1.04 | Robert Knepper | Bernd Vollbrecht |
| Jahavus Dorahl | Captain of a Dorahlian bio-ship | Dorahlian | 1.04 | Liam Neeson | Bernd Rumpf |
| Pria Lavesque | Time travelers from the future | human | 1.05 | Charlize Theron | Bianca Krahl |
| Admiral Ozava | Admiral of the flagship USS Olympia | human | 1.6, 1.12, 2.2, 2.12 | Kelly Hu | Gundi Eberhard |
| Teleya / Lt. Janel Tyler | Krill teacher, later an undercover agent | Krill | 1.06, 2.01, 2.04 | Michaela McManus | Mareile Moeller |
| Lysella | Barista from the planet Sargus 4 | Sargun | 1.07 | Giorgia Whigham | Maria Hönig |
| Drugs | Survivor of a moon | ? | 1.08 | Brian Thompson | Leon Boden |
| Canoe | Karaoke announcer | ? | 1.09 | Ralph Garman | Nico Birnbaum |
| ambassador | Navarian ambassador | Navarians | 1.09 | J. Paul Boehmer | Matthias Scherwenikas |
| ambassador | Bruidian Ambassador | Bruidians | 1.09 | Derek Mears | Thomas Petruo |
| Ildis Kitan | Father of Alara Kitan | Xelayans | 1.10, 2.03 | Robert Picardo | Stefan Staudinger |
| Drenala Kitan | Mother of Alara Kitan | Xelayans | 1.10, 2.03 | Molly Hagan | Andrea Aust |
| Mooska | Bartender on the Orville | ? | 2.01, 2.13 | Will Sasso | Nikolaus Grobe |
| Cambis Borrin | Father of Prof. Galdus Harona | Xelayans | 2.03 | John Billingsley | Tonio von der Meden |
| Solana Kitan | Sister of Alara Kitan | Xelayans | 2.03 | Candice King | Yvonne Greitzke |
| Lt. Tharl | Interim security officer | ? | 2.03, 2.04 | Patrick Warburton | Hans-Eckart Eckhardt |
| prefect | Head of Government on Regor 2 | Regorians | 2.05 | John Rubinstein | Hans Bayer |
| Admiral Perry | Admiral of the Planetary Union | human | 2.05, 2.10, 2.12 | Ted Danson | Peter Reinhardt |
| Locar | Engineer, ex-boyfriend of Bortus | Moclaner | 2.07 | Kevin Daniels | Ralf David |
| Groogen | Friend of Cassius | Katrudian | 2.07 | Bruce Willis | Manfred Lehmann |
| Captain Marcos | Captain of the Planetary Union | human | 2.09 | Carlos Bernard | Otto Strecker |
| Laura Huggins | 21st century New Yorker | human | 2.11 | Leighton Meester | Mia Diekow |
| Dr. Sherman | historian | human | 2.11 | Tim Russ | Christian Toberentz |
| Teacher | Teacher on the Orville | human | 2.12 | Marina Sirtis | Arianne Borbach |
| Chairman | Chairman of the Union Council | Xelayans | 2.12 | F. Murray Abraham | Thomas Kästner |
| Dojin | Moclan delegate | Moclaner | 2.12 | Tony Todd | Oliver Stritzel |
production
For Seth MacFarlane , a childhood dream came true with the production of the series. He's a big fan of shows like Star Trek and The Twilight Zone and has long wanted to be on a similar project. In May 2016, Fox gave the project the green light and ordered a first season with 13 episodes. Production of the pilot episode began in late 2016. Filming for the other episodes began in spring 2017 and ended on August 23, 2017. The US broadcast began on September 10, 2017 on Fox. The first two episodes were shown following an NFL football broadcast . Due to timing reasons, only twelve episodes were broadcast; the thirteenth appeared as part of the second season.
References to Star Trek
The concept of the series is based on that of Raumschiff Enterprise and its successor series. Several Star Trek veterans including Brannon Braga , Jonathan Frakes and Robert Duncan McNeill have been involved in directing The Orville . Penny Johnson Jerald, who played Dr. Finn, has appeared on an episode of Starship Enterprise and a recurring supporting role in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine . Scott Grimes, starring Gordon Malloy, made a guest appearance on the third season of Starship Enterprise in 1989 . However, two dialogue scenes with him fell victim to the cut, so that in the final version there was only one extra appearance. Robert Picardo , the holographic doctor from Star Trek: Spaceship Voyager , can be seen in two episodes in a guest role as the father of Alara Kitan. Likewise, John Billingsley , starring Doctor Phlox from Star Trek: Enterprise , Tim Russ , starring Tuvok in Star Trek: Spaceship Voyager, and Marina Sirtis , starring Counselor Deanna Troi from Spaceship Enterprise - The Next Century, also made a guest appearance in Season 2. Numerous Supporting roles were filled with former supporting roles from the Star Trek series.
reception
Björn Sülter from the industry portal Serienjunkies.de awarded 3.5 out of 5 stars for the episode “Old Wounds” at the start of the series and described the series as “damn funny”. He also found that "not every gag" hits, "some characters are still rudimentary drawn and the plot of the prelude is well known". But the "retro charm [...], many moments to smile and a heart in the right place" made up for it.
In June 2019 Björn Sülter describes the second season as "funnier" and "even better", this time forquotemeter.de. The series, which was initially advertised as a slapstick, therefore "grew up" with the second season.
Web links
- The Orville in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official website at Fox.com
- The Orville Wiki
- The Orville at Fernsehserien.de
- The Orville in the German dubbing index
Individual evidence
- ↑ Glenn Riedmeier: "The Orville": Sci-Fi satire by "Family Guy" creators starts at the end of February on ProSieben . In: Wishlist.de . January 14, 2018. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
- ↑ The Orville: First Aired Season 2. Accessed June 16, 2019 .
- ↑ Denise Petski: 'The Orville' Renewed For Season 3 By Fox. In: Deadline. May 11, 2019, accessed May 11, 2019 .
- ↑ Adam Arndt: The Orville: 3rd season on Hulu instead of FOX and start only at the end of 2020. In: Serienjunkies. July 21, 2019, accessed July 21, 2019 .
- ↑ The Orville. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous file , accessed on July 19, 2019 .
- ^ Seth MacFarlane to Create, Executive-Produce and Star in New Series . In: Fox.com . Archived from the original on May 8, 2016. Retrieved September 13, 2017.
- ↑ Seth MacFarlane Talks New Comedy 'Orville' . In: YouTube.com . May 17, 2017. Retrieved September 13, 2017.
- ↑ a b c Nellie Andreeva: Seth MacFarlane To Create & Star In Fox Sci-Fi Dramedy Series For 2017-18 Season . In: Deadline.com . May 4, 2016. Retrieved September 13, 2017.
- ^ Seth MacFarlane: That is a wrap on season 1 of TheOrville . In: Twitter.com . August 23, 2017. Retrieved September 13, 2017.
- ↑ Tim Surette: The Orville's Season Will Be Cut Short. TV Guide, November 14, 2017, accessed on August 29, 2018 .
- ^ Charles Evans: 'The Orville' packed with Star Trek alums
- ↑ Scott Grimes . In: Memory Alpha . Retrieved March 20, 2019.
- ↑ Björn Sülter: The Orville - Review 1x01: Old Wounds . In: Serienjunkies.de . November 9, 2017. Accessed July 23, 2019.
- ↑ "The Orville": Suddenly grown up. June 30, 2019, accessed July 31, 2020 .