Star Trek: 10 Secrets Of The Original Enterprise You Need To Know
You'll never guess who stole the Enterprise!
The USS Enterprise 1701 was the ship that started it all. Sure, she wasn't the first ship called Enterprise- thanks a lot, Scott Bakula. And, she definitely wasn't the flashiest Enterprise. Nor was she the most powerful, or the biggest, or the fastest.
The 1701 was a workhorse, though. She was in service for around forty years. During that time she saw a ton of action and made history on more than one occasion. She was also one of the most unique fictional starships ever.
Before the Enterprise fictional there were plenty of fictional spaceships on film and tv. But, none were very imaginative. They were either flying saucers, like in The Day The Earth Stood Still. Or, they were your classic rocket ship like we see in the famous silent film, A Trip To The Moon.
But, when the Enterprise 1701 hit the scenes in 1966 it changed the way we thought about spaceships. No longer were they just vehicles meant to get heroes and villains from one planet to the next. In Star Trek, the Enterprise was the setting. She was where all the action took place and an integral part of the plot.
And though she debuted over forty years ago, this famous ship still has her secrets. With that said, let's pay tribute to the original Enterprise with ten secrets you probably didn’t know about her.
10. The Enterprise Was Upside-down
Matt Jefferies was a designer hired to create the original starship Enterprise. He spent months perfecting the look with very little direction from Gene Roddenberry. Roddenberry's only request was for a practical ship. One that could house 100 to 150 crew members for long periods of time.
With that scant guidance, Jefferies went to work creating the iconic ship we know today.
Jefferies presented his final model at a meeting with Roddenberry and other producers. The ship’s large saucer section made the model top-heavy. Because of this it fell off the table and landed upside-down. Roddenberry liked the look of the ship and wanted to keep it like that for production. Jefferies fought for his original design and, luckily, the other producers sided with him.