Dominic Keating as Self
Episodes 6
To Boldly Go: Launching Enterprise - Part 2: Boarding the NX-01
Rick Berman discusses the production of "Broken Bow" for Enterprise. How the casting was done was discussed. Featured are Brannon Braga, Scott Bakula, Conner Trinneer, and others.
Read MoreTo Boldly Go: Launching Enterprise - Part 3: First Flight
Brannon Braga speaks about the weakness of the first season scripts. Rick Berman talks about relying on Brannon to put the writing staff together. Brannon believes he was not ambitious enough to hiring writers. Scott Bakula speaks to how the writing staff was exhausted to work on Enterprise after just wrapping "Star Trek: Voyager." Mike Sussman speaks to how hard it was to find writers that can really write Star Trek shows. Brannon lamented that some of the episodes were generic enough to be done on any of the other franchises. Connor Trinneer spoke to those episodes where Trip had significant moments. Dominic Keating had determined that he would express some of himself in Malcolm. Mike Sussman, André Bormanis, and Phyllis Strong spoke about writing the scripts.
Read MoreUncharted Territory: Part 2 - First Crew
Brannon Braga speaks to the quality of the cast and how human the characters they portrayed were. Matt Winston echoed the sense of family on the set and especially Scott Bakula. Scott Bakula and Linda Park speak to acting in TV series roles and how the writers take what they see in future scripts. Dominic Keating, John Billingsley, Conner Trinneer, and Anthony Montgomery talk about what interactions they had with the producers and the cast and crew members. Jeffrey Combs and Chris Black praise Scott Bakula's setting the appropriate tone on set.
Read MoreUncharted Territory: Part 3 - Course Correction
Brannon Braga and Rick Berman recounts the impacts of the new administration at Paramount during the second season. Chris Black noted that this impacted the number of scripts that were rejected. John Wentworth offers some insight into this as well. David A. Goodman offers some more generic insight into the relationship between Brannon and Paramount. Mike Sussman highlights the impact of feedback from the Internet at this time and Brannon Braga and Chris Black echo that. Scott Bakula notes that he ignores all of that. Dominic Keating notes that is was addictive.
Read MoreIn a Time of War: Part Two - Front Lines
Jolene Blalock begins this discussion and says she was burnt out by the third season, but still found the work stimulating. John Billingsley, Anthony Montgomery & Dominic Keating continue the discussion of the change in direction during Season Three and the lack of support from UPN at the time. Conner Trinneer discusses how 9/11 affected him and Phyllis Strong believes it had an impact on his third season performance. John Billingsley laments about the changes in Archer's character during the season while finding many of episodes to be exceptional. Linda Park talks about the advantages of serialized storytelling and that allows characters to grow and change. David A. Goodman agrees and compares the season to the Dominion War during Deep Space Nine. John Billingsley also agrees but also notes that "standalone" episodes were done to allow alternatives to be possible. Manny Coto talks about his episode "Similtude" and how it stood alone, but supported the arc.
Read MoreBefore Her Time: Decommissioning Enterprise: Part Four - End of an Era
Rick Berman talks about the job of orchestrating Star Trek from The Next Generation through Enterprise. The production crew and the Enterprise cast comment on the end of the era.
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