Warp Five: A Star Trek Enterprise Podcast

Season Three Retrospective Part 2. Season three of Star Trek: Enterprise was an brave experiment of storytelling with the franchises first season long story arc. As a response to the events of September 11, 2001, the creators of the show wanted to take Star Trek in a new, darker direction. In this episode of Warp Five, hosts Floyd Dorsey and Brandon-Shea Mutala are joined by Patrick Devlin for the second part in our season three retrospective. We discuss the episodes "Impulse," "Exile," "The Shipment," and "Twilight." We also discuss the history of the Xindi, how "Exile" was inspired by Beauty and the Beast, and Doppler effects in space. Chapters Intro (00:00:00) Welcome, Boomers! (00:01:25) "Impulse" (00:04:48) "Exile" (00:17:50) "The Shipment" (00:26:38) "Twilight" (00:42:14) Final Thoughts (00:54:40) Hosts Floyd Dorsey and Brandon-Shea Mutala Guest Patrick Devlin Production Floyd Dorsey (Producer) Brandon-Shea Mutala (Editor and Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Ken Tripp (Executive Producer) Norman C. Lao (Associate Producer) Floyd Dorsey (Associate Producer) Mike Morrison (Associate Producer) Tim Cooper (Associate Producer) Justin Oser (Associate Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager) Tony Robinson (Show Art) Brandon-Shea Mutala (Patreon Manager)

Gary Graham Interview. Born in Long Beach, California on June 6, 1950, Gary Graham is an actor and producer, most notably remembered for his starring role in the television show Alien Nation, based on the film of the same name. Gary has starred in numerous feature films such as Robot Jox, The Last Warrior, Man Trouble, and Hollywood Knights. In this episode of Warp Five, hosts Floyd Dorsey and Brandon-Shea Mutala are joined by Gary Graham to discuss his career in acting, writing and singing. We also discuss his role on Alien Nation, working with George C. Scott on Hardcore, and the role that Star Trek fans know him for best: Ambassador Soval. Chapters Intro (00:00:00) Welcome, Boomers! (00:01:21) "Thank You For Your Service" (00:05:51) How Did You Get Your Start in Acting? (00:07:32) Acting and Other Flying Lessons: A Practical Guide to Film Acting (00:09:06) Flying (00:12:37) Alien Nation (00:15:46) I Love the Fans (00:23:45) Soval (00:26:03) The Vulcan Arc (00:30:02) Working With the Main Cast (00:35:12) Directors (00:38:18) Fan Films (00:39:54) Favorite Enterprise Episodes (00:42:39) How Did You Feel About the Tone Change For Season Three and Four? (00:43:13) Any Plans for Continuing With Axanar? (00:44:52) Mirror Soval and Alternate Soval (00:45:37) Star Trek: Discovery (00:49:06) Music With Lisle Engle (00:51:13) Gary's Other Projects and Finding Him on Social Media (00:55:29) "Taxin' My Tree" (00:57:20) Final Thoughts Feedback From Listeners (00:58:40) all music by G. Graham and L. Engle Hosts Floyd Dorsey and Brandon-Shea Mutala Guest Gary Graham Production Floyd Dorsey (Producer) Brandon-Shea Mutala (Editor and Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Ken Tripp (Executive Producer) Norman C. Lao (Associate Producer) Floyd Dorsey (Associate Producer) Mike Morrison (Associate Producer) Tim Cooper (Associate Producer) Justin Oser (Associate Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager) Tony Robinson (Show Art) Brandon-Shea Mutala (Patreon Manager)

Re-imagining Enterprise Season One. "What if...", "Missed Opportunities...", "So much potential..." - stop me if these phrases sound familiar when describing Enterprise. When Brannon Braga originally pitched Enterprise to the United Paramount Network - a.k.a. the UPN - his original mission statement was essentially "Star Trek meets The Right Stuff". However the "executive powers that be" saw things differently and the first season of Enterprise never truly established itself as the prequel series that eventually would have become a bonafide source for Star Trek historical canon.

Fast forward a bit to Season Two and to one of my favorite episodes of Enterprise - FIRST FLIGHT. In this episode, Brannon Braga was finally able to find the right tone and storytelling format to illustrate his original pitch. If Brannon was given the freedom to execute his vision and introduce what he believed was "true to existing canon" story progression, I believe he would have successfully created a bedrock foundation for answering the most important question about this series...the WHY: Why was this prequel important to the overall cannon and history of Star Trek?

Host Norman C. Lao

Guests Will Nguyen and Tommy Kraft

Editor Matthew Rushing

Associate Producers Norman C. Lao and Floyd Dorsey

Production Manager Richard Marquez

Content Coordinator Will Nguyen

Chapters

Intro and Welcome to the World of What If (00:01:25)

Politics, Paxton and Possibilities (00:05:28)

Characteristically Caring About Characters (00:14:25)

From Cargo Hauling to Terrorism (00:24:25)

A Chess Match Across Time Zones (00:36:45)

Closing and Thanks For Listening! (00:59:43)

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Travis Mayweather.

From the best and brightest that Starfleet had to offer, Travis Mayweather was chosen to be the first watch helmsman of the NX-01 because he was the most naturally gifted ensign trained for the position and logged in more deep space interstellar star hours than any pilot in StarFleet - from his earlier days as a "boomer"; a child born and raised in space on the ECS Horizon freight hauler, running cargo with his family until he joined Starfleet. He also was the first pilot to have been as far into deep space versus any other pilot candidate at that time.

In this episode of Warp Five, Norman C. Lao and Will Nguyen discuss the merits and quality of the very first helmsman of the Enterprise legacy: Travis Mayweather. Was Travis the most naturally gifted pilot candidate from the graduating class of 2151? What did Archer see in him that was "special" and "unique," moreso than any other helmsman candidate in the NX-01 program? Please join us in the Decon Chamber for a fascinating study of Starfleet's very first Warp 5 pilot.

Host

Norman C. Lao

Guest

Will Nguyen

Editor

John Mills

Associate Producer

Norman C. Lao

Production Manager

Richard Marquez

Content Coordinator

Will Nguyen

Chapters

Introduction and Greetings from your New Host (00:01:06)

Did Travis have the Right Stuff? (00:02:25)

A Boomer of All Trades (00:06:39)

Setting the Bar for Future Pilots (00:13:05)

Archer as Mentor (00:19:20)

Breathing life into Travis (00:22:46)

Untapped Potential (00:31:30)

Final Thoughts (00:40:11)

Hoshi Station (00:48:00)

Closing (00:56:04)

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