A team of editors takes feedback from our visitors to keep trivia as up to date and as accurate as possible. It was a place the franchise would return to in five episodes of deep space nine and a twoparter on enterprise. Tarantino may turn this star trek episode into a movie. Mirror, mirror episode 4see one of the genredefining parallel universes come to life as kirk and his officers find themselves flung to a sinister alternate universe where the federation is a. But the best known parallel timeline in star trek lore is the socalled mirror universe, introduced 50 years ago in the beloved original series episode mirror, mirror, which aired on october. The original series first ventured into the mirror universe in season 2s mirror, mirror, when four members of the. Watch these mirror universe episodes before star trek. In fact, it almost has a timeline of its own as rich as the prime reality of trek. It is one of several episodes that sees deep space nine crew members visit their counterparts in the mirror universe. The mirror universe first appeared in the classic star trek.
Mirror, mirror 1967 tvpg 50 min action, adventure, scifi. The original series edit the mirror universe was first introduced in the original star trek episode mirror, mirror, which featured the brutal terran empire, managed by humans and their vulcan allies, in place of the united federation of planets. The original star trek series focuses on the 23rd century adventures of captain james t. Mirror, mirror take everything you know about the setup of star trek then turn it on its head.
Speaking on the 400th episode of robert meyer burnetts robservations series, fuller briefly touched upon his more abstracted approach to star trek that was in the works when he was first. Enterprise, which always orbits left to right except in star trek. The mirror universe is a parallel universe where the patterns of events move in similar manners to that of the primary universe, but the intentions and characterizations are different, often showing evil characteristics in place of good, and vice versa. The original series mirror, mirror 1967 as with so many nowiconic star trek conceits, the mirror universe started with a single oneoff episode, in which transporter interference from an ionic storm spits kirk, uhura, scotty, and mccoy out into a parallel universe from their own. Mirror universe memory beta, noncanon star trek wiki. This method of jumping universes is a callback to the first mirror universe episode, mirror, mirror from star trek. The original series, it seemed only natural for the mirror universe to reappear in a later. Mirror, mirror written by jerome bixby directed by marc daniels season 2, episode 10 production episode 60339 original air date. For the first time in the original series, leonard nimoy comes center stage and proves that spock can effectively serve as the driving. The original series called mirror, mirror, in which half the bridge crew of the uss enterprise. Enterprise took us there for a memorable jaunt, and star trek. Bryan fullers star trek disovery take on the mirror universe.
Ranking every mirror universe episode of star trek syfy wire. Instead, maybe the episode could return to where it all began and feature the uss kelvin transported into the alternate timeline of the j. Starfleet intelligence, by 2267, referred to this reality as terran empire parallel. The scene at the end where kirk meets marlena on the prime universes enterprise was used to create the scene where benjamin sisko speaks with kirk in the 1996 star trek. Enterprise orbits planet halkan right to left, in contrast to the u. Scott bakula, john billingsley, jolene blalock, dominic keating. Discovery is a prequel to the original series, so much like on enterprise the mirror universe will not have been affected by captain kirk and his crew yet. It premiered in syndication on the weekend of 11 november 2006. A transporter accident places captain kirks landing party in an alternate universe, where the enterprise is in the service of a barbarically brutal empire. Of course, the writerproducer is referencing the famous star trek.
Possibly the most referenced episode of any star trek series, mirror, mirror and the evil alternate universe, usually called the mirror universe, has played an important part in other star trek series, including deep space nine, enterprise, and discovery. Enterprise, which was of course set well before kirks time and his interference with the mirror universe. The original series first ventured into the mirror universe in season 2 s mirror, mirror, when four members of the enterprises crew are switched with their nefarious counterparts in the mirror. Bryan fuller talks about his original mirror universe plan. Star trek, season 1, episode 23 1967 this was the first original series episode i ever saw and it still blows my mind, says jordan hoffman, u. Star trek continues e03 fairest of them all youtube.
Everything we know about the timeline of star treks. Among the changes made to the episode, the agonizer effect was enhanced both during chekovs torture, and when spock used it on kyle the agonizer sparking and leaving kyles shoulder with a slight glow. Discoverys mirror universe wardrobe and how it pays homage to star trek. The mirror universe continues to play a role on that series, because certain terran empire characters made the jump back to the prime universe with. The original symbol was seen in the episode mirror, mirror, predating its appearance in in a mirror, darkly. Space seed, a firstseason episode of the original series, takes place fifteen years before star trek ii.
It was a place the franchise would return to in five episodes of deep space nine and a twoparter on enterprise as the years went by and the franchise changed, we saw the mirror world. Star trek loves traversing to the mirror universe, where the characters turn into their darker, sometimes outright evil, counterparts. This episode has been noted for introducing the concept of the mirror universe in the star trek franchise. In the mirror universe, spock faces a choice that determines the future of the terran empire. It ties together two episodes from the original series and fleshes out a particular corner of star trek. Deep space nine episode trials and tribbleations this episode, when released, served as the sequel to the 2005 star trek.
No commercial exhibition or distribution is permitted. Since mirror, mirror became a favorite episode with fans of star trek. The original series, and was novelized in star trek 3 by james blish. In a mirror, darkly, followed by a prequel to the events that took place in the original series mirror, mirror and ending with a look at this mirror universes jeanluc picard as he lives within the klingoncardassian alliance who now subjugates. In the mirror universe, the crew of the iss enterprise is fighting rebels who oppose the terran empire when they discover the tholians have captured a vessel from the future. What universe or timeline is star trek discovery in. The mirror universe has been visited in one episode of star trek. By the beginning of act i, however, it changes to orbiting from left to right. Mirror, mirror is the fourth episode of the second season of the american science fiction television series star trek. The episode is considered one of the best of the next generation, but it seems unlikely that paramount would want to ditch the rebooted original series universe and jump into the era of tng. Its one of the bestknown and mostreferenced episodes of the original. The episode involves a transporter malfunction that swaps captain kirk and his companions with their evil counterparts from a parallel universe. Discovery made the entire concept a central facet in its first season.
The original series first ventured into the mirror universe in season 2s mirror, mirror, when four members of the enterprises crew are switched. Mirror, mirror memory beta, noncanon star trek wiki. Essentially, the mirror universe is a parallel reality where characters encounter dark, twisted and villainous reflections of themselves. Bell returns to play jennifer, and the plot is focused on the sisko family, including jake. The original series may have beaten that breakdown slightly, thanks to an excellent first season and a lot of strong second season shows.
The first glimpse comes in the appropriately titled mirror, mirror, which gives the dark version of star trek its. The original series mirror, mirror tv episode 1967. Voyagers mirror universe episode could be living witness. In the episode mirror mirror, both the prime and mirror universes halkan council were engaged in negotiations for their dilithium. Enterprise ncc1701, a powerful interstellar spacecraft dispatched by earthbased starfleet command to explore the galaxy. The original series episode mirror, mirror showed us a parallel world with an empire instead of a starfleet and united federation of planets. In the mirror universe, the crew of the iss enterprise is fighting rebels who oppose the terran empire when they. With this book we explore the terran empire after the events in star trek enterprise. Thats the prime timeline along with the mirror universe the evil dimension where everyones bad, first introduced in a 1967 tos episode called mirror mirror.
This is a gleeful, bracing episode that stands out for its. While i agree with the okudas use of this date for the movie, i do not understand why they ignored their own rules regarding references to the passage of time in this instance, favouring a somewhat arbitrary placement of the original. Star trek conceits, the mirror universe started with a single oneoff episode, in which. A guide to star treks mirror universe episodes geek and sundry.
Enterprise twoparter in a mirror, darkly and in a mirror, darkly, part ii, which. This mirror universe is run by the terran empire instead of the federation. Star treks mirror universe is one ofhell, themost famous parallel universes in science fiction history. Original series this category is for questions and answers related to star trek. This episode marks the first time in star trek history that scott addresses kirk as jim. The original series, mirror, mirror this episode provided the origin for the socalled mirror universe, which doesnt actually get named onscreen. In the opening scene prologue, the universeswitch shows the i. Shop all of the official merchandise for star trek. A brief history of star treks mirror universe nerdist. Theyve somehow entered a parallel universe, where everythings duplicated. Enterprise intermittently when it aired and missed the two parter in a mirror, darkly until i watched it recently on a whim.
The first of several trek episodes to followup the classic mirror, mirror hour from the original series, crossover featured a ruthless kira in. Thats the idea behind the mirror universe, which presents doubles of our heroes. Kirk, leonard mccoy, montgomery scott and nyota uhura find themselves accidentally transported to a parallel universe where the united federation of planets had been transformed into a vicious and. The original series episode mirror, mirror showed us a parallel world with an empire instead of a starfleet. Original series season 2 episode mirror, mirror, where kirk and crew experience a transporter glitch during an ion storm and end up beaming into a parallel timeline where theyre greeted by an evil spock who, of course, must be evil because of his badasslooking goatee. An official behindthescenes featurette explores star trek. In the thirdfirst century, seven hundred years after the event shown in voyager, the prime universe doctor is activated in the mirror universe. With william shatner, leonard nimoy, deforest kelley, barbara luna. Remembering our first trip to the star trek mirror. Mirror, mirror was the tenth of the remastered episodes of the original series to air.
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