Bryan fuller talks about his original mirror universe plan. Kirk and several officers from the uss enterprise in 2267, though in reality already encountered by the uss. Deep space nine the history of the mirror universe during the 22nd to the 24th century has been shaped largely due to influence from the. Kirk, enterprise takes place during the early pioneering days of deep space exploration, when interstellar travel is in its infancy and the united federation of planets is still decades away. The mirror universe was a parallel universe widely recorded as first being visited by james t.
Star trek enterprise in a mirror, darkly opening titles hq enterprisenx01. The series aired for 98 episodes across four seasons, centering on the adventures of the 22nd. The mirror universe has been visited in one episode of star trek. Why didnt star trek tng explore the mirror universe. The twopart episode in a mirror, darkly actively eschewed the traditional good guys go to the evil universe story which had continued after mirror, mirror on several episodes of. A transporter accident places captain kirks landing party in an alternate universe, where the enterprise is in the service of a barbarically brutal empire. Enterprise in a mirror, darkly tv episode 2005 imdb. It was a place the franchise would return to in five episodes of deep space nine and a twoparter on enterprise as the years went by and the franchise changed, we saw the mirror world. With scott bakula, john billingsley, jolene blalock, dominic keating. The next generation sequel to a tos episode that had been suggested so far, in which the enterprise returned to the parallel universe. The books featured one novel for each of the five television series plus the new frontier series. It was a place the franchise would return to in five episodes of deep space nine and a twoparter on enterprise as the years went by and the franchise changed, we saw the mirror world evolve, as well as more.
Star trek ds9 mirror universe defiant attack duration. The mirror universe was later revisited in episodes of star trek. In the mirror universe, spock faces a choice that determines the future of the terran empire. Every series has brought adventures well known for their excitement, poignancy, and intellectualism. Season 1 after starting with the excellent broken bow, quite possibly the strongest of any star trek series opener, most season one scripts are quite thin of plot andor highly derivative. Mirror universe memory beta, noncanon star trek wiki. It resembles the fictional universe in which the star trek television series takes place, but is separate from the main universe. Ds9 continued to explore the mirror universe in several episodes, and some years later, the series enterprise also explored the mirror universe in the, in a mirror, darkly twoparter. Until the episode extinction towards the start of the third season, the series was called simply enterprise without the star trek prefix. Star trek will continue to explore the mirror universe in 2020. In the mirror universe, archer commandeers the 23rdcentury defiant from the tholians and uses it in a nefarious power grab. In the mirror universe, the crew of the iss enterprise is fighting rebels who oppose the terran empire when they discover the tholians have captured a vessel from the future.
The original series episode mirror, mirror showed us a parallel world with an empire instead of a starfleet and united federation of planets. Ranking every mirror universe episode of star trek syfy wire. Star trek enterprise season 4 episode 18 in a mirror, darkly part 1 and 2. No commercial exhibition or distribution is permitted. Bryan fullers star trek disovery take on the mirror universe. Star trek continues e03 fairest of them all youtube.
It tells three different stories that take place in the mirror universe of each star trek series. The mirror universe has a long history in the star trek franchise, and now is a great time to catch up on the relevant episodes for discovery. The original series first ventured into the mirror universe in season 2s mirror, mirror, when four members of the enterprises crew are switched. It was released on region one dvd in the united states on november 1, 2005. Enterprise twoparter in a mirror, darkly and in a mirror, darkly, part ii, which themselves. The readers of star trek magazine voted in a mirror, darkly the best episode of star trek. Archer of the terran empire enterprise sparks a mutiny to investigate an anomaly in tholian space in this alternateuniverse tale inspired by the star trek episodes mirror.
Episodes 18 and 19, in a mirror, darkly parts 1 and 2 and heres another easter egg for the faithful. Mirror universe episodes in star trek by universe1701 created 04. Enterprise in their 40th anniversary reader poll, published in december, 2005. Star trek and all related marks, logos and characters are solely owned by cbs studios inc. Enterprise also featured a twoepisode story set entirely in the mirror universe, without any of the prime universe cast. Star treks mirror universe is one ofhell, themost famous parallel universes in science fiction history. Mirror universe star trek expanded universe fandom. Throughout season 1 are numerous spooky abandoned spacecraft and vulcans are weird storylines with scripts here and there. In a mirror, darkly was first released for home viewing as part of the star trek. Sisko is kidnapped and forced to impersonate his deceased mirror universe counterpart in order to convince. Canceled star trek episodes we never got to see screenrant. Between these various canon productions, the mirror universe was the basis of many novels and comics. Cinefantastique magazine also named it and the second part, in a mirror, darkly, part ii as one of the top ten television episodes of 2005. It was a place the franchise would return to in five episodes of deep space nine and a twoparter on enterprise.
Enterprise is an american science fiction television series that originally aired on the upn network from september 26, 2001 to may, 2005. In subsequent episodes, phlox john billingsley would discover the reason why some klingons lack cranial ridges thus solving a vexing star trek mystery, and in a mirror, darkly marked and eventful return to the mirror universe from the original series episode mirror, mirror, for what coto aptly describes in the bonus featurette as. In the mirror universe, the crew of the iss enterprise is fighting rebels who oppose the terran empire when they discover the tholians have captured a. This fan production is not endorsed by, sponsored by, nor affiliated with cbs, paramount pictures, or any other star trek franchise, and is a noncommercial fanmade film series intended for recreational use. It began with a series of six novels published in two books in 2007. In a mirror, darkly ent 4x1819 established that the terran empire already existed 102 years before dsc. In the mirror universe star trek enterprise youtube. Archer believes the ship may contain the technology that would be valuable to the terran empire. Deep space nine made three more journeys into the mirror universe in the episodes shattered mirror, resurrection, and the emperors new cloak. In fact, it almost has a timeline of its own as rich as the prime reality of trek. Deep space nine episode trials and tribbleations this episode, when released, served as the sequel to the 2005 star trek. Warrior princess featured a mirror universe where hercules is randomly evil and has a goatee and ares, god of war, is a. Discovery, captain gabriel lorca, played by jason isaacs, is found to hail from the terran timeline. The most interesting aspect of the entire book, all three stories told by different writers, is that they joyfully mine star trek history, each with a little.
Through all the depictions of the mirror universe, the versions of characters that. Mirror universe is a prose fiction series set in the mirror universe featuring characters from many star trek series. Star trek enterprise in a mirror, darkly opening titles. In the earliest days of star trek, networks were uncertain about the franchises cerebral approach to scifi space exploration however, the stories and characters have kept us coming back season after. Enterprise tvpg action, adventure, science fiction, aliens tv series 2001 set in the 22nd century, nearly 100 years before james t. It was visited again for multiple episodes of both star trek. In a mirror, darkly saw the alternate enterprise crew serving the empire, crushing rebels, and discovering the u. Idw publishing released its march 2020 solicitations earlier this week.
Kirk and several officers from the uss enterprise in 2267. The solicitations include two new star trek comic books. Discovery has an overarching plot involving the mirror universe, exploring both character and science. The mirror universe is a parallel universe in which the plots of several star trek television episodes take place. Ds9 also featured a number of mirror universe episodes star trek. In a mirror, darkly is the eighteenth and nineteenth episodes of the fourth season of the american science fiction television series star trek. Archer has proposed that the ship head into tholian space, where a mysterious vessel has been captured. It also established that the mirror timeline diverged at least as far back as first contact, 91 years before that, when instead of greeting the vulcan visitors in peace, zefram cochrane killed one and then led a raid on their ship. Enterprise twists humanitys history in the mirror universe, revealing that we lean into our baser, more selfish instincts than create the utopian world that star trek represents in its main. Watch these mirror universe episodes before star trek. The mirror universe is the informal name for a parallel universe, so named because many people and places are opposites of their counterparts in our universe, with evil replacing good and vice versa.
Star trek has been the paragon of science fiction stories for decades. Everything we know about the timeline of star treks. The episodes aired on april 22 and 29, 2005, and featured the entire enterprise crew from the mirror universe. Enterprise, as well as a sevenpart storyline of discoverys inaugural season, when the captain of the u. Archer and his crew explore space and discover human innovationexpanding technologies as. Star trek mirror universe glass empire is such a book. In 2009 the series continued in an anthology of twelve short stories, shards and. In place of the united federation of planets they find the terran empire, where mutinous, evil twins of their fellow crew members. A look through star treks mirror universe boing boing. Star trek to introduce mirror universe khan in 2020. As with so many nowiconic star trek conceits, the mirror universe started with a single oneoff episode, in which transporter interference from an ionic storm spits kirk, uhura, scotty, and mccoy out into a parallel universe from their own.
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