Porthos

Porthos is a fictional dog and a background element of the Star Trek multimedia franchise. He made regular appearances on the 2001 to 2005 television series Star Trek: Enterprise. In the series, Porthos was played by three different animals, Prada, Breezy and Windy. Porthos was a young breed of beagle and the pet of Enterprise NX-01 captain Jonathan Archer. He lived in Captain Archer's quarters aboard the ship.

Notes & Trivia

 * The character of Porthos was created by series developers Rick Berman and Brannon Braga as well as director James L. Conway.


 * Porthos is named after Porthos, Baron du Vallon de Bracieux de Pierrefonds, a fictional character featured in Alexandre Dumas' The Three Musketeers.


 * Porthos appeared in forty-three episodes of Star Trek: Enterprise.


 * In the alternate timeline of the 2009 Star Trek movie, engineer Montgomery Scott confesses to doing an experiment on teleportation on the prized Beagle that belonged to that reality's Admiral Archer. Unable to retrieve the animal, Scotty was punished and sent to a research station on the frigid world of Delta Vega.

Related pages

 * Dogs
 * Appearances of Porthos