November 10, 2007
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Star Trek Question
"LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Bruce Greenwood has been cast as Christopher Pike, the Starship Enterprise's first captain, in director J.J. Abrams' "Star Trek" feature.
The character of Capt. Pike, played by Jeffrey Hunter, appeared in the original unaired 1966 pilot that Gene Roddenberry created. The pilot was rejected by CBS and then shown to NBC, which turned it down, though it liked the concept enough to commission a second pilot. (Only the character of Spock survived the redevelopment.)"
According to the above excerpt, "Captain Pike" was the first captain of the Enterprise. But what about the TV series "Enterprise" captain Jonathan Archer (played by Scott Bakula)? I thought Archer was the first captain?
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pike is the first captain in our timeline? not the first in the Star Trek timeline, though.
I hate to geek out here in public, but here goes.
Jonathan Archer was the captain of the Enterprise NX-01, the first Warp 5 starship ever.
The USS Enterprise NCC-1701 was a Constitution-class starship that used the same name, but was a different class of starship (it was named after the first Enterprise, I believe). Pike was one of the first captains of the NCC-1701, and Spock served under him before Kirk became captain:
http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Enterprise_history#Starfleet_starships
http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/NCC-1701#Early_history
So the two Enterprises are different classes of Starships, which explains how both statements can be relatively true. All that said, Captain Pike wasn't the first captain of the Enterprise NCC-1701... just the first Enterprise NCC-1701 captain to serve for a long period of time (11 years).
damn john said what I was going to say...not really though...I'm not that nerdy...but I kind of had the same idea.
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