Random “Enterprise” Bits

LeVar Burton and Roxann Dawson are directing episodes of “Enterprise,” and they’ve already made at least one glaring continuity error. Oops. That and more in this story.

9 replies on “Random “Enterprise” Bits”

  1. Call me ignorant, but….
    Why is it a continuity problem because they mention the Bird of prey in the first episode?

    • Re: Call me ignorant, but….

      Why is it a continuity problem because they mention the Bird of prey in the first episode?

      IIRC, Because They Mention A Klingon Bird Of Prey, And Those Were Stolen/Adapted From The Romulan Version Much Later In Trek Lore.

      Or, I Could Be Imagining That.

      • Re: Call me ignorant, but….

        Why is it a continuity problem because they mention the Bird of prey in the first episode?

        IIRC, Because They Mention A Klingon Bird Of Prey, And Those Were Stolen/Adapted From The Romulan Version Much Later In Trek Lore.

        Or, I Could Be Imagining That.

        No, you are correct. The original Klingon vessels were D7 warbirds.

        • Re: Call me ignorant, but….
          In fictional actuality…

          There are already two continuity errors I have seen on the series.

          First the ship thing you mention. The Original Klingon Vessels are D7 class battlecruisers, In TOS Series Enterprise Incident the Romulan surprise the Enterprise by having Klingon designed D7s instead of the warbirds seen before in TOS Balance of Terror. The first time the Bird of Prey is encountered is in Star Trek 3 Search for Spock. No reference is ever made to its being a Romulan influenced design. That it is is conjecture based on its birdlike shape. I think there is a mention of it in the ST3 novelization, but I’d have to look.

          The next thing I noticed in a new commercial is that they unveil some new “phase pistols.” Well, Captain Pike used a Laser Blaster in the Cage and the Menagerie. Enterprise herself has Laser Batteries. These props were seen several times throughout TOS in the hands of Federation civilians. Phasers are supposed to be newer than the Enterprise herself in TOS. So, logically they should not exist in the time of the Enterprise series.

          While not strictly a continuity error, Klingons appear to look as they do from STTMP forward.

          • Re: Call me ignorant, but….

            While not strictly a continuity error, Klingons appear to look as they do from STTMP forward.

            I seem to recall in the DS9/tribbles flashback, that Worf implies TOS Klingon-look was some horrible one-generation effect that Klingons do not like to discuss. Hence, they should have the “new-look” version in STE.

            Stevis

            • Re: Call me ignorant, but….

              I seem to recall in the DS9/tribbles flashback, that Worf
              implies TOS Klingon-look was some horrible one-generation
              effect that Klingons do not like to discuss. Hence, they
              should have the “new-look” version in STE.

              Stevis

              He said that they do not like to discuss it with
              outsiders, and gave no further details. The Star Trek
              writers are still free to explain why the only Klingons
              seen in the original series look different from the rest.
              The bit that will be hard to explain is why the Federation
              seems to understand it well enough to accept it without
              question without knowing the details. Perhaps they’ve
              finally learned tolerance.

              • Klingon Appearance
                I have no clue what the writers have in mind. Frankly I think they just plan on ignoring it.

                One explanation is that the Klingons seen in TOS are genetically modified to deal with humans. I believe it was first espoused in the TOS novel The Final Reflection.

                Perhaps the Klingons felt that they did not destroy us in the first war because of something they lacked. Maybe the ability to act outside of specific rules (honor ? It could be genetic.)

                The implication of this is that Klingons were inferior in some way, and I am not comfortable with that notion.

              • Re: Call me ignorant, but….
                whatever was done to the klingons in tos was reversible as Kang, Kor, and Koloth all appeared with and without the ridge forhead makeup

            • Re: Call me ignorant, but….

              I seem to recall in the DS9/tribbles flashback, that Worf implies TOS Klingon-look was some horrible one-generation effect that Klingons do not like to discuss. Hence, they should have the “new-look” version in STE.

              pretty sure that was a tongue-in-cheek by the writers. the reason they looked different of course is budget and available tech for makeup. when so many factors affect how a tv show is done (as opposed to a written version), sometimes you just have to get over it and move on.

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