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Which television series began each show with a voiceover "Space... the Final Frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise..."

'Star Trek: TOS' and 'Star Trek: TNG'. The first 'Star Trek' episode aired on September 8th, 1966. Although the series only ran for three seasons, it continued to gain fans through reruns in syndication. 'Star Trek: The Next Generation' aired for the first time in September of 1987, more than 20 years later.

Whose voice was heard explaining "These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise"?

the ship's captain. William Shatner, who played Captain James T. Kirk, did the voiceover for 'Star Trek: The Original Series'. Patrick Stewart, who played Captain Jean-Luc Picard did the voiceover for 'Star Trek: The Next Generation' Majel Barrett was the voice of the ship's computer on all the 'Star Trek' series, but she never did the introduction. 'Star Trek' never had an introduction done by multiple characters. The science fiction show 'Babylon 5' had a similar explanatory introduction, which was given by different characters in different seasons of the show, and by multiple voices in season 4.

According to the opening voiceover in 'Star Trek: The Original Series', how long was the Enterprise's mission?

five years. Unfortunately the original series only lasted three years, so viewers never saw the conclusion to the "five year mission". For 'Star Trek: The Next Generation' the mission was described as "continuing". The show aired for 7 seasons. Although there were some personnel changes on the Enterprise, there was never any mention of an end to the mission.

According to the voiceover at the beginning of the 'Star Trek' episodes, what was part of the Enterprise's mission?

to seek out new life and new civilizations. All of these answers were part of what the Enterprise was tasked to do, but only "new life and new civilizations" is a direct quote from the introduction.

The last line of the 'Star Trek' introduction was always "to boldly go where no one has gone before".

f. On 'Star Trek: The Original Series' the line was "to boldly go where no man has gone before". For 'Star Trek: The Next Generation' it was changed to be gender-neutral, recognizing that women were an important part of the Enterprise's crew.

Which 'Star Trek' series was not set onboard a starship named Enterprise?

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. 'Star Trek: The Original Series', 'Star Trek: the Next Generation' and 'Star Trek: Enterprise' were all set on different Enterprises in different centuries. ‘The Original Series’ was set on the USS Enterprise NCC-1701 in the 23rd century. ‘The Next Generation’ was set on the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D in the 24th century. ‘Enterprise’ was set in the 22nd century on the Enterprise NX-01. 'Star Trek: Deep Space Nine' and 'Star Trek: Voyager' were set in same time period as 'The Next Generation' and had some crossover characters but took place on a space station and on the starship Voyager respectively. 'Star Trek: The Animated Series' was set on the same Enterprise as the original series (NCC-1701), but was filmed as a cartoon rather than live-action.

What was seen on the TV screen during the 'Star Trek' introduction?

stars, planets, and a starship. The the show name and the actors' names were shown over the same background while the theme music played after the voiceover finished, but the characters were not shown and the episode names were not given.

Which of these characters never commanded a starship named Enterprise?

Captain Kathryn Janeway. Janeway was captain of Voyager in the 'Star Trek: Voyager' series. Pike was captain of the Enterprise NCC-1701 ('Star Trek: The Original Series) before Captain Kirk. He was seen in the episode 'The Menagerie'. Riker and Jellico both commanded the Enterprise NCC-1701-D (Star Trek: The Next Generation) when Captain Picard was unavailable. Riker took over in 'The Best of Both Worlds' when Captain Picard was assimilated by the Borg. He also took over in the episode 'Gambit' when Picard has disappeared and was believed to have been killed. Jellico was assigned to the Enterprise in the episode 'Chain of Command' when Picard is given a special covert assignment against the Cardassians.

Were any of the televised adventures of the starship Enterprise and her crew set on Earth?

Yes, 'Star Trek: The Original Series' and 'Star Trek: The Next Generation' both included episodes where the Enterprise returned to Earth as part of her mission. 'Star Trek: The Original Series' included two episodes, 'Tomorrow is Yesterday' and 'Assignment:Earth' in which the ship returned via a time warp to Earth in the 1960s and one, 'The City on the Edge of Forever' where crew members travelled to Chicago in the 1930s. 'Star Trek: The Next Generation' included two episodes in which the Enterprise travelled to Earth in its own time period: 'Conspiracy' and 'The First Duty', as well as a two-part episode, 'Time's Arrow' where crew members time-traveled to 19th century San Francisco. The pilot episode of the series 'Star Trek: Enterprise' began on Earth with the ship being assigned to Captain Archer. In the episode 'Storm Front' the Enterprise returns to an alternate-history Earth in the 1940s, where the Nazis have occupied the United States.

Which 'Star Trek' series ended with an episode entitled 'These Are the Voyages...'

Star Trek: Enterprise. The last episode of 'Star Trek: Enterprise' first aired on May 15, 2005. The episode was tied in to 'Star Trek: the Next Generation' by showing the events of the 22nd century Enterprise as re-created on the holodeck of the 24th century Enterprise.