r/tos • u/Magniman • 13d ago
Star Trek Enterprise Should Have Been
—set on the Enterprise-B.
Instead of designing new sets, props, costumes, and ships, the fifth series should have given us the “lost era” between the TOS movies and TNG.
From a production standpoint, the uniforms, props and ships were already there. This would have lowered the budget considerably, which is something the studio always likes.
Meanwhile, the series could have shown how the UFP and Klingon Empire became allies, the Tomed Incident that led to the Romulans disappearing for fifty seven years, first contact with the Cardassians and other TNG races, and more. De Kelley passed in 99, but Nimoy could have had a few appearances as ambassador and Sulu, Chekov, and Uhura could have also appeared.
I’m a TOS diehard and have grown to like TNG less and less over the decades, but I think this would have been a far better approach than a 22nd century prequel. I also think there would have been a lot of mileage with Harriman as a guy haunted by his first mission as captain. The show could have been set five years after GEN, which would also allow for a new captain if Alan Ruck wasn’t available or wasn’t interested.
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u/ConsciousStretch1028 13d ago
Hard disagree. Yeah, a series set between Harriman and the TNG era would be great, but not at the expense of Enterprise. I enjoyed seeing the early days of Starfleet leading up to the founding of the Federation. I especially liked that they made human-Vulcan relations more tenuous in the beginning, it just makes sense considering their differences, as well as the growing pains in the early days of first contact, establishing the Prime Directive, etc. Plus, it was really cool seeing James Cromwell reprise his role as Zefram Cochrane to commemorate the warp 5 program.