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In a Mirror, Darkly is a two-part episode of Star Trek: Enterprise. Its title is an homage to Philip K. Dick's novel A Scanner Darkly, which itself was an allusion to 1 Corinthians chapter 13, verse 12. The same verse (in the King James Bible, the relevant text reads "For now we see through a glass, darkly") is quoted by Captain Picard in Star Trek: Nemesis. The starship Enterprise (NX-01) Star Trek: Enterprise is a science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe. ...
Philip K. Dick Philip Kindred Dick (December 16, 1928 – March 2, 1982) was an American science fiction writer. ...
A Scanner Darkly is a 1977 science fiction novel by Philip K. Dick. ...
The First Epistle to the Corinthians is a book of the Bible in the New Testament. ...
Patrick Stewart as Captain Jean-Luc Picard Jean-Luc Picard is a character in the Star Trek fictional universe, the captain of the USS Enterprise-D and the Enterprise_E. He was played by British actor Patrick Stewart in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation and resulting films. ...
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"In a Mirror, Darkly Part I" was the 700th live-action Star Trek episode broadcast [1].
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Commander Archer, T'Pol and Trip make plans to infiltrate the Defiant The episode opens with the closing scene from the feature movie Star Trek: First Contact, in which Zefram Cochrane greets a Vulcan, who has arrived on earth to make First Contact with the young human species. But the scene does not play out as viewers remember: Cochrane shoots the Vulcan, and he and the other humans seize the T'plana'hath with cries of conquest. The credits then roll, depicting not peaceful exploration, but milestones in humanity's history of war, both terrestrial and interstellar. Notably, it appears that the human history of conquest and exploration up to that point are different from both regular Star Trek chronology and from regular history. Though, the differences are also nuanced in their commonality, such as the depiction of the V-2 rocket directly leading to a successful Moon landing. Yet, if there is a single "point of divergence" for the Mirror Universe, this is not it. This work is copyrighted. ...
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Star Trek: First Contact (Paramount Pictures, 1996; see also 1996 in film), is the eighth feature film based on the popular Star Trek science fiction television series. ...
Zefram Cochrane is a fictional character from the Star Trek universe who invented warp drive in 2063, bringing faster-than-light travel (FTL) technology to humanity; although technology to travel faster than light was developed independently by other races before and since, it is Cochranes contributions alone which are...
Vulcans are a humanoid species in the fictional Star Trek universe who reside on the planet Vulcan and are noted for their attempt to live by reason and logic, with no interference from emotion. ...
In the Star Trek fictional universe, Tplanahath was a noted philosopher in Vulcan history. ...
The V-2 rocket or Vergeltungswaffe 2 (Reprisal weapon 2) was an early ballistic missile used by the German Army during the later stages of World War II against mostly British and Belgian targets. ...
The first moon landing by a human was that of American Neil Armstrong, commander of the Apollo 11 mission, accompanied by Buzz Aldrin. ...
The show's starring cast are crewmembers on the ISS Enterprise of the Mirror Universe, under command of Captain Forrest. The Terran Empire is on rocky ground; their hegemony over the alien races of the universe is being threatened by constant rebellion. Deep inside Tholian space, the Enterprise encounters the USS Defiant, NCC-1764 fresh from its last appearance in the Original Series episode "The Tholian Web." It appears that, after disappearing into interphase, the Defiant was carried not only a century back in time, but into the Mirror Universe, where the Tholians of 2155 are intent on using it to break away from the oppressive and anthropocentric Terran Empire. Archer takes an away team to the Defiant to capture it for the humans. Meanwhile, the Enterprise is caught and destroyed by the Tholians, with Forrest lost but the rest of the crew escaping in lifeboats. Archer declares himself captain of the Defiant and orders his crew to take the fight to the enemy. In the fictional Star Trek universe, the I.S.S. Enterprise is a starship from the Mirror Universe reality. ...
In the Star Trek television series, the Mirror Universe is an alternate reality. ...
Admiral Maxwell Forrest was a fictional character in the television series Star Trek: Enterprise, played by Vaughn Armstrong. ...
The official emblem of the Terran Empire The Terran Empire is, in the fictional universe of Star Trek, the Mirror Universe counterpart of the United Federation of Planets. ...
A Tholian (as depicted in the Original Series) Tholians are a starfaring and extremely territorial race in the Star Trek fictional universe. ...
U.S.S. Defiant NCC-1764 In the Star Trek universe, the USS Defiant (NCC-1764) was one of the original 12 Federation Constitution-class starships. ...
The starship Enterprise as it appeared on Star Trek Star Trek is a culturally significant science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry in the 1960s. ...
The Tholian Web is a third season episode of Star Trek: The Original Series. ...
In the Star Trek television series, the Mirror Universe is an alternate reality. ...
The twenty-second century comprises, for some, the years 2101 to 2200. ...
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In Part II, Archer repopulates his ship with the escaped crew of the Enterprise, defeats a rebel alien fleet, and decides to declare himself Emperor, using the Defiant and her advanced technology as his trump card. Several crewmembers, including Archer, don 23rd Century Starfleet uniforms in lieu of wearing their environmental suits from Enterprise. A conspiracy led by various alien members of his crew, including T'Pol, Phlox and Soval, fails to stop him. However, he is incapacitated by his lover Hoshi Sato, and she declares herself Empress upon arriving at Earth. The episode closes on that note, with the final fate of all main characters unknown (many have been threatened with death, and Archer poisoned via champagne, but since their deaths have not been explicitly depicted, it is not known for certain whether they are actually dead, with the exception of Forrest, Soval, and Admiral Black). This work is copyrighted. ...
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The Oath of the Horatii, by Jacques-Louis David The Roman salute is a gesture in which the arm is held out forward straight, with palms down. ...
Commander TPol is a fictional character played by Jolene Blalock in Star Trek: Enterprise. ...
Doctor Phlox is a fictional character in the television series Star Trek: Enterprise played by John Billingsley. ...
In the science fiction television series Star Trek: Enterprise, Soval, portrayed by Gary Graham, is the Vulcan ambassador to Earth in the 22nd century. ...
Hoshi Sato (July 9th, 2128-2246) is a character in the fictional Star Trek universe and the communication officer aboard the starship Enterprise (NX-01) in the science fiction television series Star Trek: Enterprise. ...
Champagne is often drunk as part of a celebration Champagne is a sparkling wine (fizzy wine) produced by inducing the in-bottle secondary fermentation of wine to effect carbonation. ...
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You can help Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. - These episodes foreshadow the future of the Mirror Universe (humanity's downfall and the rise of an alien-led empire) in its dialogue. They also include numerous references to the Original Series: besides the Defiant, they depict Tholians and Gorn on screen for the first time since the 1960s. They also contain many TOS-era sets, props, costumes and other paraphernalia, which were recreated solely for these episodes. Interestingly, the Mirror Universe version of Starfleet is shown to be considerably more diverse than its real world counterpart, with Vulcans, Andorians and even an Orion seen serving in various capacities, although it is implied that these are conquered races.
- It was a recurring joke among the crew on the set that they had "...put the 'Ho' back in Hoshi" in this episode.{[citation needed]
- It was during filming of this episode that the cast and crew were notified of the cancellation of Enterprise.[citation needed]
- The mirror universe version of Porthos was a rottweiler rather than the beagle found in the normal universe. The cast and crew remarked that the dog who played the mirror Porthos, instead of being vicious was actually a bigger baby than the dogs who played the normal Porthos.[citation needed]
- With this episode, actress Majel Barrett, widow of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry became the first and only actor to participate in every Star Trek series including the Animated Series, as well as both the Original Series-based and Next Generation-based film series. In this episode she provided the voice of the Defiant computer.
A Tholian (as depicted in the Original Series) Tholians are a starfaring and extremely territorial race in the Star Trek fictional universe. ...
The Gorn which Captain Kirk fought in Arena In the fictional Star Trek universe, the Gorn are intelligent reptilian humanoids from the Gorn Hegemony. ...
Vulcans are a humanoid species in the fictional Star Trek universe who reside on the planet Vulcan and are noted for their attempt to live by reason and logic, with no interference from emotion. ...
Andorian In the fictional Star Trek universe, the Andorians are a species of humanoids native to the planet Andor. ...
In the fictional Star Trek universe, Orions are a green-skinned alien species which seem to have a hostile attitude towards the Federation. ...
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