Enterprise Meets The Xindi

[Gservo]

Brannon Braga, executive producer of UPN's Enterprise, told SCI FI Wire that that viewers can expect to see five species of the Xindi, the new alien threat facing Capt. Archer (Scott Bakula) and his crew, in the show's upcoming third season. "Our five Xindi species are a Xindi humanoid; a Xindi reptilian; the Xindi sloth, which is evolved from a furry, arboreal creature, an arboreal primate; the Xindi insectoid; and the Xindi aquatics," Braga said in an interview.

The humanoid, reptilian and sloth Xindi will be portrayed by actors in prosthetics and costumes, Braga said. The Xindi insectoids and aquatics will be computer-generated.

"We're calling them the Xindi aquatics, and they're like dolphins and whales," Braga said. "When they're in meetings, they have to live in a big tank, in a big and murky tank. When the aquatics and the insectoids speak, of course, there's going to have to be subtitles, because the languages are just too weird."

Enterprise will come in contact with all five Xindi species, but the aliens likely won't act in unison. "There are going to be some questions as to which Xindi species believes it's the dominant species, as you might imagine would happen in a situation like that," Braga said. "In some ways Star Trek lives or dies by how interesting its alien villains are, and I think the Xindi are an interesting concept." UPN will re-launch Enterprise in September, with a season opener appropriately entitled "The Xindi."

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The Xindi ... a species never heard of in the later (time-wise) Startrek series ... why do I have the impression of straws being grasped at ...

[Meadmaker]

Sounds like a type of curry.

[Bozo]

Originally posted by Meadmaker
Sounds like a type of curry.

lol


Does seem to be a desperate attempt to save a flagging program.

[jema]

to exho the sentiments, it does seem a flailing around in search of more geekery.... anything but employ some decent writers with a decent story line...

jema