Star Trek: Enterprise
Summary
Q ( John de Lancie ) is an almighty being and one ofStar Trek ’s most democratic and imperishable role , but he never appeared onStar Trek : Enterprise . countersink in the 22nd century , Enterprisewas about the voyages of Captain Jonathan Archer ( Scott Bakula ) , who commanded Starfleet ’s first warp 5 spaceship equal to of deep space exploration , the NX-01 Enterprise . Archer ’s Enterprise see familiarStar Trekaliens like the Klingons , the Vulcans , and even the Ferengi and the Borg , but they did n’t meet Q or any phallus of the Q Continuum .
Q debuted inStar Trek : The Next Generation ’s premiere , " Encounter at Farpoint , " and he also made appearance inStar Trek : Deep Space NineandStar Trek : Voyager . Q was particularly fascinated by Captain Jean - Luc Picard ( Patrick Stewart ) , and he made regular visits to the USS Enterprise - D to test Picard and his bunch . One confrontation with Deep Space Nine ’s Commander Benjamin Sisko ( Avery Brooks ) - and getting punched in the face - was quite enough for Q , and the all - powerful meddler gallivant to the Delta Quadrant and the new Malus pumila of his centre , Captain Kathryn Janeway ( Kate Mulgrew ) of the USS Voyager . Q was a omnipresent comportment in producer Rick Berman ’s earned run average ofStar Trek , yet the almighty trickster pass Captain Archer andStar Trek : Enterpriseby .
John de Lancie ’s god - similar Q became one of Star Trek ’s most popular recurring characters , and here are all of his appearances ranked worst to best .
Reasons Q Never Appeared In Star Trek: Enterprise
There are limits to Q’s omnipotence.
Star Trek : The Next Generation ’s premiere , " Encounter at Farpoint , " was the First Contact between Starfleet and Q.Therefore , Q could not technically seem inStar Trek : go-ahead , which accept place 200 years beforeTNG.All ofQ ’s 22 appearances inStar Trektook place afterTNG ’s " Encounter at Farpoint , " up to Q ’s surprise return in the mid - credits tease at the ending ofStar Trek : Picardseason 3 . Q is a known quantity ( and problem ) for 24th - century Starfleet and beyond , but the anterior eras ofStar Trekhad never had the ( mis)fortune of encountering Q , nor had 22nd or 23rd - century Starfleet ever heard of the Q Continuum .
Captain Kirk met all manner of cosmic gods inStar Trek : The Original Seriesincluding the Metron , the Greek God Apollo , the Organians , and even Trelane , the Squire of Gothos , a forerunner of Q.
However , as Q is quick to point out , Q is almighty . Time and place mean nothing to Q , and at the breeze of his fingers , he can completely alter reality just as he did inStar Trek : Picardseason 2 . Therefore , ifStar Trek : Enterprisewanted Q to appear , they could have well made it happen . Q could have met Captain Archer , T’Pol ( Jolene Blalock ) , and Trip Tucker ( Connor Trinneer ) , and then make them forget it ever happened with another picnic of his fingers . Star Trekfans may have been up in arms about that variety of canyon violation , butQ could have guest - starred ifEnterprise ’s producers want him .
Enterprise Was Meant To Be More ‘Realistic’ Star Trek
No cosmic gods crossed Captain Archer’s path.
Enterprisewas meant to be a more ' realistic ' version ofStar Trek , where the NX-01 Enterprise ventured into the unknown with the best technology twenty-second 100 Starfleet had , but it was still nowhere about as advanced as the Starship Enterprise overlook by Captain James T. Kirk ( William Shatner ) inStar Trek : The Original Series . Captain Archer did deal with fourth dimension traveller and foreign coalitions like the Xindi , butEnterprisesteered clear of cosmic blank space deity like Qand more fanciful skill fiction concepts .
YetEnterprisestill brought in the Borg and the Ferengi - aliensCaptain Picard made First Contact withinStar Trek : The Next Generation- and superintend to preserve canon by simply not take Captain Archer and his gang learn their names . Enterprisecould have easily done the same with Q , andQ ’s omnipotence would have allowed for any manner of fixes to maintainStar Trekcanon . The jury is out on whether Q was missed onStar Trek : go-ahead , and John de Lancie would wait almost 20 long time before he act Q again in Star Trek on Paramount+ .
Star Trek : Enterpriseis available to stream on Paramount+ .
