Star Trek: Enterprise is an American science fiction television series that ran for four seasons from September of 2001 to May of 2005 totaling 98 episodes. It was the fourth live-action TV series set in the greater Star Trek mythos and the fifth Star Trek series overall. To date, it is also the last ongoing Star Trek television series. The series was created by franchise veterans Rick Berman and Brannon Braga. Star Trek: Enterprise differs from its predecessors in that it takes place in the mid 22nd century, some 100-hundred years prior to the voyages of Captain Kirk and the crew of the original USS Enterprise.
Paul "Big Show" Wight: Paul Wight made a guest appearance on the season four episode "Borderland", playing an Orion slaver. Though he has dabbled in acting from time to time, Wight is best known as a professional wrestler employed by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) under the ring name "The Big Show". Wight formerly wrestled for the defunct World Class Wrestling (WCW) under the name "The Giant". Wight has appeared in a few films as well including The Waterboy, MacGruber and Knucklehead, in which he played the leading role of Walter Kronk.
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Actor Scott Bakula is also known for playing the role of Doctor Sam Beckett on the NBC television series Quantum Leap. Bakula's character was a scientist who created a quantum accelerator that sent his conscious mind backwards through time to different points within his own lifeline where he would temporarily take possession of a person from that era and use them as a vehicle for correcting mistakes within the timestream.
Archival footage of the Phoenix from Star Trek: First Contact has been incorporated into the opening credit montage of Star Trek: Enterprise.
