Episode
Star Trek: Enterprise: Breaking the Ice
Overview
A Vulcan starship interferes with Archer's probe of an oversized comet.
Details
- Series
- Star Trek: Enterprise
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 8
- Air date
- 2001-11-07
- Runtime
- 44 min
Episode context
Breaking the Ice is Episode 8 in Season 1 of Star Trek: Enterprise. It aired on 2001-11-07. The runtime is 44 min.
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Episode 7: The Andorian Incident
Enterprise visits an ancient Vulcan spiritual sanctuary, despite T'Pol's concerns that her human colleagues will be an awkward and disruptive presence there. Upon landing, they discover that the monastery has been forcibly taken over by the Andorians, a paranoid and highly excitable race of aliens with a long history of conflict with the Vulcans.
Episode 9: Civilization
Captain Archer and the crew discover a fully inhabited, civilized though less advanced Earth-like planet. Disguised to look like its inhabitants, they pay the planet an exploratory visit where they learn that a pernicious illness is afflicting the local population. As Archer seeks to help them find the malady's source, he finds himself in a close encounter with a comely female alien.
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