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The crew finds a derelict spaceship from which they can salvage some supplies... only they find that the ship is not quite as deserted as they were led to believe.
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The crew finds a derelict spaceship from which they can salvage some supplies… only they find that the ship is not quite as deserted as they were led to believe.
   
 
== Summary ==
 
== Summary ==
 
=== Teaser ===
[[Captain]] [[Jonathan Archer|Archer]] is talking with an [[alien]] [[trader]] named [[D'Marr]] about the possibility of buying spare parts. Saying he specializes in exotic goods, however D'Marr still helps by giving them [[coordinates]] where The [[Enterprise (NX-01)|''Enterprise'']] could find all the [[materials]] that she needs. There is a [[Kantare supply ship|ship]] that crashed on a nearby [[planet]]. The only problem is that it is supposedly haunted.
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[[Captain]] [[Jonathan Archer|Archer]] is talking with an [[alien]] [[trader]] named [[D'Marr]] about the possibility of buying spare [[engineering]] parts and [[materials]] over a meal. Saying he specializes in exotic goods, however, D'Marr still helps by giving them [[coordinates]] where {{EnterpriseNX}} could find all that she needs. Oddly hesitating, he explains there is [[Kantare supply ship|a ship]] that crashed on a nearby [[planet]]. The only problem is that it is supposedly haunted.
   
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=== Act One ===
[[File:Tpol Tucker Oasis.jpg|thumb|[[T'Pol]] and [[Charles Tucker III]] find the [[Kantare]] colonists.]]
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[[File:T'Pol and Tucker discover Kantare.jpg|thumb|[[T'Pol]] and [[Charles Tucker III]] find the [[Kantare]] colonists]]
''Enterprise'' enters [[orbit]] of said planet, where the crew finds the ship as predicted. No [[lifesigns]] are detected and an [[away team]] is dispatched to recover some useful parts. On the planet, they experience some "[[ghost]]s" and soon discover that a whole [[colony]] has been living in a small [[oasis]] hidden behind a [[dampening field]].
 
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''Enterprise'' enters [[orbit]] of said planet, where the crew finds the ship as predicted and, further, no power signatures or [[life sign]]s. Unfortunately, the only way to get more information is to send an [[away team]]. There's some hesitation, but Archer states they'll leave if there's any opposition. Archer, [[Travis Mayweather]], [[T'Pol]] and {{Trip Tucker}} arrive on the planet. The possible haunting causes Mayweather to wonder why the hatch was closed, if D'Marr was in a hurry. T'Pol also thinks she hears something, but it could probably just be rodents. Tucker confirms the presence of [[dilithium]], but, just then, T'Pol thinks she sees someone through a reflection. Then, Tucker also sees a shadow move. Blasting through a hatch, the two find an area apparently hidden by a [[dampening field]] with lush vegetation. Exploring further, they find the "[[ghost]]s" &ndash; or rather a real live crew and [[colony]].
   
These [[Kantare]]s were on their way home when they were attacked by unknown [[alien]]s and forced to crash land on that planet. They had been surviving since but were not able to get the ship flying again. They also say that no [[distress call]]s were sent to avoid giving away their position (the dampening field serving the same purpose). This happened about [[2148|3 years ago]].
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Joined by Archer and Mayweather, these colonists, [[Kantare]]s, explain they were on their way home when they were attacked by unknown [[alien]]s and forced to crash land on that planet. They had been surviving since but were not able to get the ship flying again. They also say that no [[distress call]]s were sent to avoid giving away their position (the dampening field serving the same purpose). This happened about [[2148|three years prior]]. Archer offers help, and Tucker thinks he can repair the ship. There's skepticism, but the colonists thank Archer.
   
[[Charles Tucker III|Trip Tucker]] begins to work on repairing the ship systems and fraternizes with [[Liana]], the daughter of the ship's [[chief engineer]], [[Ezral]]. For the rest of the ''Enterprise'' crew, things do not go so smoothly. They discover a number of inconsistencies in the story they have been told: the ship appears to have crashed some [[2129|twenty-two years previously]] instead of three years, the oasis is not big enough to sustain the whole colony, and they don't seem to have suffered any attack. An [[escape pod]] is also found in orbit, and the body in it is actually that of [[Shallot]], who appears to be alive and living on the planet.
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Tucker begins to work on repairing the ship systems and fraternizes with [[Liana]], the daughter of the ship's [[chief engineer]], [[Ezral]]. She's shy, but interested in hanging around him. Soon, her mother arrives and insists Liana leave for other duties.
   
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=== Act Two ===
[[T'Pol]] apparently also discovers something, but before she can report her discovery, she is captured by the colonists. A team returns to the planet to get some explanations, but the colonists begin to be aggressive, forcing Tucker to perform repairs and the rest of the team to go back to ''Enterprise''.
 
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T'Pol joins Tucker in his repairs, and warns and reminds him of his fraternization with aliens, in particular, [[Unexpected (episode)|his experience with the Xyrillian]]. Soon, Liana comes back with food for Tucker and he graciously eats it. They talk for a while but are interrupted by Kuulan with another problem: their [[computer core]]. Tucker agrees to have a look, but he'll have to get some gear from ''Enterprise''. After he and T'Pol set off, Liana pleads with her father to visit ''Enterprise''. Ezral thinks she's seen enough Humans, but eventually relents.
   
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Meanwhile, on the ''Enterprise'', things do not go so smoothly. [[Malcolm Reed]] and Mayweather relate to the captain a number of inconsistencies in the story they have been told: the ship's oasis is not big enough to sustain the whole colony, and they don't seem to have suffered any attack. Archer can somewhat explain away some of what they're saying, but he notes they have one of their data modules, so he has them take a look at it.
A rescue team is sent on the planet to get T'Pol and Tucker back. Things get ugly, and people begin shooting at each other. When a [[phase pistol]] beam passes right through a [[colonist]], the significance of the ghost story D'Marr told earlier becomes apparent.
 
   
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Tucker shows Liana around the engineering room and tells her about the crew. She's fascinated and they get along well together. She avoids questions about Kantare, saying it's "boring" and, instead, asks about the planets he has visited. Archer calls Tucker to his [[ready room]], so he has someone else finish her tour. In the ready room, Archer and Reed, who has had time to examine the data module, explain the real reason they crashed. It was some malfunction which de-pressurized the ship. Further, the ship has been down on the planet for some [[2129|twenty-two years previously]] instead of three years. They also left [[escape pod]]s, one of which is still in orbit. They leave to examine it, seeing that the body in it is actually that of [[Shilat]], who appears to be alive and living on the planet.
[[File:Ezral.jpg|thumb|[[Ezral]] claims responsibility for the crash landing years ago]]
 
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Liana shares the secret of the [[colony]] with Tucker; everyone in the colony except Liana and her [[father]] are [[hologram]]s, and he convinces her to deactivate them before anyone gets hurt. With no more lies needing to be told, Ezral then explains the real circumstances of the crash. They were caught in a [[plasma storm]], and the ship being too severely damaged, they had to crash land on the nearby planet. The only problem was that Ezral left his station during the landing to prevent his daughter's [[death]], causing the death of the rest of the crew by his negligence. After he realized they were stranded on a deserted planet, he re-created all the crew as holograms so that Liana would not have to grow up completely isolated.
 
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=== Act Three ===
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On the planet, T'Pol, working on the computer, apparently also discovers something. Before she can report her discovery, however, she is captured by the colonists while investigating in a different corner of the ship. Meanwhile, Tucker, now having to have a serious talk with Liana, finds her in the [[mess hall]]. Confronting her with the evidence, she initially feigns ignorance, but soon can't keep that up. However, she doesn't provide any more information and demands to be taken back to the planet.
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Archer and Reed return to the planet with Liana to get some explanations, but the colonists begin to be aggressive, forcing Tucker to perform repairs and the rest of the team to go back to ''Enterprise''. Archer does so, and starts to assemble a rescue team. Liana objects to the situation, and goes to talk to Tucker while he's working and explains what's happening. Liana shares the secret of the [[colony]] with Tucker; everyone in the colony except Liana and her [[father]] are [[hologram]]s. Soon, things get ugly as the rescue team arrives. Reed is shot from behind, and, when a [[phase-pistol]] beam passes right through a [[colonist]], the significance of the ghost story D'Marr told earlier becomes apparent. In the computer room, Tucker pleads with Liana to stop them, and so she reluctantly starts pulling out circuits. The attackers disappear, except for Ezral.
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=== Act Four ===
 
[[File:Ezral.jpg|thumb|Ezral claims responsibility for the crash landing years ago]]
 
With no more lies needing to be told, Ezral then explains the real circumstances of the crash. They were caught in an ion storm, and the ship being too severely damaged, they had to crash land on the nearby planet. The only problem was that Ezral left his station during the landing to prevent his daughter's [[death]], causing the death of the rest of the crew by his negligence. After he realized they were stranded on a deserted planet, he re-created all the crew as holograms so that Liana would not have to grow up completely isolated.
   
 
Tucker agrees to assist in repairing the holographic system, but still says that Liana deserves more than to live her life alone with her father on that forgotten planet. Ezral says that he is happy there, but, he is finally convinced by Archer that what is best for him may not be the best for his daughter. In the end, Ezral decides to accept Archer's help, getting the required components from ''Enterprise'' to fix his ship.
 
Tucker agrees to assist in repairing the holographic system, but still says that Liana deserves more than to live her life alone with her father on that forgotten planet. Ezral says that he is happy there, but, he is finally convinced by Archer that what is best for him may not be the best for his daughter. In the end, Ezral decides to accept Archer's help, getting the required components from ''Enterprise'' to fix his ship.
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Later, the crew is back and Tucker brings some supplies and [[kiss]]es Liana good-bye.
   
 
== Extended scenes ==
 
== Extended scenes ==
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The aired section of this scene includes Tucker and T'Pol finding the "crew" of the crashed ship, several of whom are armed with hand weapons aimed at the ''Enterprise'' officers. The extended portion then progresses with T'Pol asking the people she sees before her whether the ship is theirs, to which they do not respond. She consequently takes out her communicator, provoking a curious look from [[Ezral]], and activates the device, asking the alien group whether they can understand her. When they still do not react, Tucker nevertheless announces his suspicions that the group is surprised to see the visitors and probably think they are scavengers. After Tucker admits that their suspicions are correct but that he and T'Pol thought the ship had been abandoned except for ghosts, the armed members of the group lower their weapons.
 
The aired section of this scene includes Tucker and T'Pol finding the "crew" of the crashed ship, several of whom are armed with hand weapons aimed at the ''Enterprise'' officers. The extended portion then progresses with T'Pol asking the people she sees before her whether the ship is theirs, to which they do not respond. She consequently takes out her communicator, provoking a curious look from [[Ezral]], and activates the device, asking the alien group whether they can understand her. When they still do not react, Tucker nevertheless announces his suspicions that the group is surprised to see the visitors and probably think they are scavengers. After Tucker admits that their suspicions are correct but that he and T'Pol thought the ship had been abandoned except for ghosts, the armed members of the group lower their weapons.
   
== Memorable Quotes ==
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== Memorable quotes ==
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"''I thought Cajun food was hot!''"
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: - '''Tucker''', after trying [[Hajjlaran]] spice
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"''No power signatures. It appears to be deserted.''"<br />
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"''But are your sensors calibrated for ghosts?''"
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: - '''T'Pol''' and '''Tucker'''
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"''Vulcans don't imagine things.''"
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: - '''T'Pol'''
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"''What, don't you get frightened every once in a while?''"<br />
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"''No.''"<br />
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"''Not by anything?''"<br />
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"''No.''"<br />
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"''Too bad. Nothing like a good scare.''"
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: - '''Tucker''' and '''T'Pol''', while on the Kantare ship
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"''Why do I feel like it's feeding time at the zoo?''"
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: - '''Tucker''', to Liana while she watches him eat
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"''I've made all the friends I need.''"
 
"''I've made all the friends I need.''"
:- '''Ezral''' to Trip
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:- '''Ezral''', to Tucker
   
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== Background Information ==
 
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"''Maybe you can tell me how I'm being guarded by a dead man.''"
*[[Rene Auberjonois]] (Ezral) is better known as [[Odo|Constable Odo]] in ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' and [[West|Colonel West]] in {{film|6}}. [[Rudolph Willrich]] also guest starred in DS9 as the [[Bolian]] [[Starfleet Academy]] [[Commandant]] in {{e|Paradise Lost}}.
 
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: - '''Tucker''', to Liana
*The premise of this episode is very similar to the DS9 episode {{e|Shadowplay}}. [[Rene Auberjonois]] saw the similarities ([[Odo]] and [[Jadzia Dax]] had played the roles played by the ''Enterprise'' crew in this episode) and told [[Scott Bakula]] that DS9 had done a similar episode. Auberjonois commented, "''That was not really a putdown, but when you've done that many years of writing stories, there will be recurring themes.''" {{st.com|catching-up-with-ds9undefineds-rene-auberjonois-part-2||article}}
 
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*[[Ezral]] and [[Liana]] are also very similar to the characters of [[Prospero]] and [[Miranda]] from [[William Shakespeare]]'s ''[[The Tempest (play)|The Tempest]]'' and the characters of Dr. Edward Morbius and Altaira Morbius in the 1956 film ''{{w|Forbidden Planet|Forbidden Planet}}'', which was largely based on ''The Tempest''.
 
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*When questioning Ezral about what he would do if Liana was ever to get hurt, Tucker sardonically suggested that he might program a [[holographic]] doctor to treat her. This is a reference to the concept of the [[Emergency Medical Hologram]], and specifically [[The Doctor]] of ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]''.
 
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"''What if she gets hurt? What do you do then? Program a&hellip; [[EMH|holographic doctor]]?''"
*[[Jonathan Archer|Archer]] asks [[Travis Mayweather]] if this is turning into one of his famous ghost stories. We previously saw Travis telling ghost stories in {{e|Strange New World}}.
 
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:- '''Tucker''', to Ezral
*While talking with [[Charles Tucker III|Trip]], [[T'Pol]] references his escapade with the female [[Xyrillian]] engineer seen in {{e|Unexpected}}.
 
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*A script from this episode was sold off on the [[It's A Wrap! sale and auction]] on eBay. {{stala|9451}}
 
 
== Background information ==
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[[File:Shooting Oasis.jpg|thumb|Chief Lighting Technician [[Bill Peets]] shares a humorous moment with actors [[Connor Trinneer]] and [[Anthony Montgomery]] on the set of this episode]]
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=== Story and script ===
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* The final draft script of this episode was issued on {{d|25|March|2002}}.
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=== Cast ===
 
* [[Rene Auberjonois]] (Ezral) is better known as [[Constable]] [[Odo]] in {{s|DS9}} and [[Colonel]] [[West]] in {{film|6}}. [[Rudolph Willrich]] also guest-starred in DS9 as the [[Bolian]] [[Starfleet Academy]] [[Commandant]] in {{e|Paradise Lost}}.
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=== Continuity ===
 
* The premise of this episode is very similar to {{DS9|Shadowplay}}. Rene Auberjonois saw the similarities (Odo and [[Jadzia Dax]] had played the roles played by the ''Enterprise'' crew in this episode) and told [[Scott Bakula]] that DS9 had done a similar episode. Auberjonois commented, "''That was not really a putdown, but when you've done that many years of writing stories, there will be recurring themes.''"
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** The episode {{DIS|Su'Kal}} is also similar in that [[Issa|Su'Kal's mother]] created holographic characters for him to grow up with while the {{KSF|Khi'eth}} was stranded in the [[Verubin Nebula]]. {{st.com|article/catching-up-with-ds9undefineds-rene-auberjonois-part-2}}
 
* [[Ezral]] and [[Liana]] are also very similar to the characters of [[Prospero]] and [[Miranda]] from [[William Shakespeare]]'s ''[[The Tempest]]'' and the characters of Dr. Edward Morbius and Altaira Morbius in the 1956 film {{wt|Forbidden Planet}}, which was largely based on ''The Tempest'' (''Forbidden Planet'', in turn, was also a source of inspiration for {{TOS|The Cage}}). They also share similarities with [[Flint]] and [[Rayna Kapec]] from {{TOS|Requiem for Methuselah}}.
 
* When questioning Ezral about what he would do if Liana was ever to get hurt, Tucker sardonically suggested that he might program a [[holographic]] doctor to treat her. This is an allusion to the concept of the [[Emergency Medical Hologram]], and specifically [[The Doctor]] of {{s|VOY}}.
 
* [[Jonathan Archer|Archer]] asks [[Travis Mayweather]] if this is turning into one of his famous ghost stories. Mayweather previously told ghost stories in {{e|Strange New World}}.
 
* While talking with {{Trip Tucker}}, [[T'Pol]] references his escapade with the female [[Xyrillian]] engineer seen in {{e|Unexpected}}.
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*[[Brannon Braga]] referred to this installment of ''Enterprise'', in {{y|2012}}, as a "terrible episode." ("To Boldly Go: Launching ''Enterprise'', Part III: First Flight", [[ENT Season 1 Blu-ray]] special features)
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* On the first broadcast of this installment, the episode achieved a Nielsen rating of 3.3 and was watched by a total of 5.64 million viewers. {{el|archive.is/nRhKY}}
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* {{STM}}'s "Ultimate Guide" rated this episode 3 out of 5 arrowhead insignia. ({{STM|164|79}})
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* The unofficial [[Reference works|reference book]] ''[[Beyond the Final Frontier]]'' (p. 367) comments about this episode, "''An old-fashioned story, one that could have (and, to some extent, already had) appeared in any previous incarnation of ''Star Trek''. Rene Auberjonois is good, but his presence only emphasizes that this is nothing new.''"
 
* A script from this episode was sold off on the [[It's A Wrap! sale and auction]] on eBay. {{stala|9451}}
   
 
=== Video and DVD releases ===
 
=== Video and DVD releases ===
*UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, [[Paramount Home Entertainment]]): Volume 1.10, <!--catalog number x, -->{{d|23|September|2002}}
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* UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, [[Paramount Home Entertainment]]): Volume 1.10, <!--catalog number x, -->{{d|23|September|2002}}
*As part of the [[ENT Season 1 DVD]] collection
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* As part of the [[ENT Season 1 DVD]] collection
* As part of the [[ENT Season 1 Blu-ray]] collection.
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* As part of the [[ENT Season 1 Blu-ray]] collection
   
 
== Links and references ==
 
== Links and references ==
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{{ENT Cast (S1-S4)}}
=== Starring ===
 
* [[Scott Bakula]] as [[Captain]] [[Jonathan Archer]]
 
* [[John Billingsley]] as [[Doctor]] [[Phlox]]
 
* [[Jolene Blalock]] as [[Subcommander]] [[T'Pol]]
 
* [[Dominic Keating]] as [[Lieutenant]] [[Malcolm Reed]]
 
* [[Anthony Montgomery]] as [[Ensign]] [[Travis Mayweather]]
 
* [[Linda Park]] as [[Ensign]] [[Hoshi Sato]]
 
* [[Connor Trinneer]] as [[Commander]] [[Charles Tucker III|Charles "Trip" Tucker III]]
 
 
 
=== Guest stars ===
 
=== Guest stars ===
* [[Tom Bergeron]] as [[D'Marr]]
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* [[Tom Bergeron]] as [[D'Marr]]
 
* [[Annie Wersching]] as [[Liana]]
 
* [[Annie Wersching]] as [[Liana]]
* [[Claudette Sutherland]] as [[Maya]]
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* [[Claudette Sutherland]] as {{dis|Maya|hologram}}
* [[Rudolph Willrich]] as [[Kuulan]]
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* [[Rudolph Willrich]] as {{dis|Kuulan|hologram}}
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;And
 
 
=== Special guest star ===
 
=== Special guest star ===
 
* [[Rene Auberjonois]] as [[Ezral]]
 
* [[Rene Auberjonois]] as [[Ezral]]
   
 
=== Uncredited co-stars ===
 
=== Uncredited co-stars ===
* [[Adam Anello]] as an [[Unnamed Enterprise (NX-01) personnel#Engineer/ Steward|operations division crewman]]
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* [[Adam Anello]] as [[EnterpriseNX operations engineer 007|operations division crewman]]
* [[Solomon Burke, Jr.]] as [[Billy (Starfleet)|Billy]]
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* [[Jef Ayres]] as [[Haynem]]
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* [[Deborah Bean]] as [[Kantare holograms 001|Kantare]]
 
* [[Sally Berman]] as [[Kantare holograms 001|Kantare]]
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* [[Brennan Beyt]] as [[Kantare holograms 001|Kantare]]
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* [[J.J. Boone]] as [[Kantare holograms 001|Kantare]]
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* [[Solomon Burke, Jr.]] as {{dis|Billy|Starfleet}}
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* [[Esther Cameron]] as [[Kantare holograms 001|Kantare]]
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* [[Lloyd Cameron]] as [[Kantare holograms 001|Kantare]]
 
* [[Mark Correy]] as [[Alex]]
 
* [[Mark Correy]] as [[Alex]]
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* [[Dawn Drake]] as [[EnterpriseNX operations crewman 017|operations division crewman]]
 
* [[Evan English]] as [[Tanner]]
 
* [[Evan English]] as [[Tanner]]
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* [[Joshua Feinman]] as [[Kantare holograms 001|Kantare]]
* [[Stacy Fouche]] as an [[Unnamed Enterprise (NX-01) personnel#Female engineering/ bridge crewmember|operations division crewman]]
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* [[Stacy Fouche]] as [[EnterpriseNX operations crewman 012|operations division crewman]]
 
* [[Hilde Garcia]] as [[Rossi]]
 
* [[Hilde Garcia]] as [[Rossi]]
* [[Glen Hambly]] as a [[Unnamed Enterprise (NX-01) personnel#Operations division ensign|operations division ensign]]
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* [[Glen Hambly]] as [[EnterpriseNX operations ensign 004|operations division ensign]]
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* [[Charlie Hirsch]] as [[Kantare holograms 001|Kantare]]
* [[John Jurgens]] as a [[Unnamed Enterprise (NX-01) personnel#Command/ Operations division crewman|command division crewman]]
 
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* [[Dearing Hockman]] as [[Kantare holograms 001|Kantare]]
* [[Martin Ko]] as a [[Unnamed Enterprise (NX-01) personnel#Male command division ensign|command division ensign]]
 
 
* [[John Joire]] as [[EnterpriseNX operations engineer 018|operations division crewman]]
* [[Donald Sage Mackay]] as [[Shilat]]
 
 
* [[John Jurgens]] as [[EnterpriseNX command operations crewman 001|command division crewman]]
* [[Mike Stanosek]] as a [[Unnamed Kantare|Kantare]]
 
* [[Scott Topper]] as a [[Unnamed Kantare|Kantare]]
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* [[Cameron Loong]] as [[Kantare holograms 001|Kantare]]
 
* [[Donald Sage Mackay]] as {{dis|Shilat|hologram}}
* [[Cynthia Uhrich]] as an [[Unnamed Enterprise (NX-01) personnel#Female engineer (2151)|operations division crewman]]
 
* [[John Wan]] as an [[Unnamed Enterprise (NX-01) personnel#Male engineer|operations division crewman]]
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* [[Marty Murray]] as [[EnterpriseNX operations security 011|security crewman]]
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* [[Percy Simpson]] as [[Kantare holograms 001|Kantare]]
* [[Mark Watson]] as an [[Unnamed Enterprise (NX-01) personnel#Relief tactical officer (2151/52)|operations division crewman]]
 
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* [[Mike Stanosek]] as [[Kantare holograms 001|Kantare]]
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* [[Scott Topper]] as [[Kantare holograms 001|Kantare]]
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* [[Donnell Turner]] as [[Kantare holograms 001|Kantare]]
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* [[Thelma Tyrell]] as [[EnterpriseNX operations engineer 011|operations division crewman]]
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* [[Michelle Van Den Broeck]] as [[EnterpriseNX sciences crewman 008|sciences division crewman]]
 
* [[Mark Watson]] as [[EnterpriseNX operations tac officer 001|operations division crewman]]
   
 
=== Stand-ins ===
 
=== Stand-ins ===
* [[Marijane Cole]] - [[stand-in]] for [[Annie Wersching]]
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* [[David Anderson]] &ndash; [[stand-in]] for [[Anthony Montgomery]]
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* [[Gina Chai]] &ndash; stand-in for [[Linda Park]], [[Annie Wersching]], and [[Claudette Sutherland]]
 
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* [[Marijane Cole]] &ndash; stand-in for Annie Wersching
===References===
 
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* [[Evan English]] &ndash; stand-in for [[Dominic Keating]], [[Tom Bergeron]], and [[Donald Sage Mackay]]
[[Ah'len]]; [[airponics]]; [[antimatter|antimatter reserves]]; [[bat]]; [[beryllium]]; [[Cajun food]]; [[captain]]; [[chief engineer]]; [[colony]]; [[computer terminal]]; [[coffee]]; [[computer core]]; [[dampening field]]; [[data module]]; [[Denobula]]; [[dilithium]]; [[dilithium matrix]]; [[dilithium ore]]; [[dog]]; [[duratanium]]; [[Earth]]; [[escape pod]]; [[ghost]]s; [[hajjlaran]]; [[hologram]]; [[holographic doctor]]; [[hull plating]]; [[ice cream]]; [[ion storm]]; [[Kantare]]; [[Kantare (planet)]]; [[Kantare escape pod]]; [[Kantare supply ship]]; [[kilogram]]; [[Kotara Barath]]; ''[[lorella]]''; [[marshmallow]]; [[nut]]s; [[oxidation]]; [[optronic relay]]; [[plasma]]; [[plasma conduit]]; [[Porthos]]; [[Preenos]]; [[protein resequencer]]; [[rat]]; [[Rocky Road]]; ''[[Shuttlepod 1]]''; [[spice]]; [[Triaxian silk]]; [[vanilla]]; [[warlord]]; [[Xyrillian]]s; [[Xyrillian starship]]; [[zoo]]
 
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* [[Simone Montanti]] &ndash; stand-in for [[Jolene Blalock]], Donald Sage Mackay, and Claudette Sutherland
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* [[Louis Ortiz]] &ndash; stand-in for [[Rene Auberjonois]]
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* [[J.R. Quinonez]] &ndash; stand-in for [[John Billingsley]] and [[Marty Murray]]
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* [[Richard Sarstedt]] &ndash; stand-in for [[Scott Bakula]]
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* [[Pablo Soriano]] &ndash; stand-in for [[Rudolph Willrich]]
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* [[Mark Watson]] &ndash; stand-in for [[Connor Trinneer]] and Marty Murray
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* [[Unknown performers]] as
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** [[Hand double]] for Jolene Blalock
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** Hand double for Dominic Keating
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Latest revision as of 03:12, 27 October 2023

Real world article
(written from a Production point of view)

The crew finds a derelict spaceship from which they can salvage some supplies… only they find that the ship is not quite as deserted as they were led to believe.

Summary

Teaser

Captain Archer is talking with an alien trader named D'Marr about the possibility of buying spare engineering parts and materials over a meal. Saying he specializes in exotic goods, however, D'Marr still helps by giving them coordinates where Enterprise NX-01 could find all that she needs. Oddly hesitating, he explains there is a ship that crashed on a nearby planet. The only problem is that it is supposedly haunted.

Act One

T'Pol and Tucker discover Kantare

T'Pol and Charles Tucker III find the Kantare colonists

Enterprise enters orbit of said planet, where the crew finds the ship as predicted and, further, no power signatures or life signs. Unfortunately, the only way to get more information is to send an away team. There's some hesitation, but Archer states they'll leave if there's any opposition. Archer, Travis Mayweather, T'Pol and Trip Tucker arrive on the planet. The possible haunting causes Mayweather to wonder why the hatch was closed, if D'Marr was in a hurry. T'Pol also thinks she hears something, but it could probably just be rodents. Tucker confirms the presence of dilithium, but, just then, T'Pol thinks she sees someone through a reflection. Then, Tucker also sees a shadow move. Blasting through a hatch, the two find an area apparently hidden by a dampening field with lush vegetation. Exploring further, they find the "ghosts" – or rather a real live crew and colony.

Joined by Archer and Mayweather, these colonists, Kantares, explain they were on their way home when they were attacked by unknown aliens and forced to crash land on that planet. They had been surviving since but were not able to get the ship flying again. They also say that no distress calls were sent to avoid giving away their position (the dampening field serving the same purpose). This happened about three years prior. Archer offers help, and Tucker thinks he can repair the ship. There's skepticism, but the colonists thank Archer.

Tucker begins to work on repairing the ship systems and fraternizes with Liana, the daughter of the ship's chief engineer, Ezral. She's shy, but interested in hanging around him. Soon, her mother arrives and insists Liana leave for other duties.

Act Two

T'Pol joins Tucker in his repairs, and warns and reminds him of his fraternization with aliens, in particular, his experience with the Xyrillian. Soon, Liana comes back with food for Tucker and he graciously eats it. They talk for a while but are interrupted by Kuulan with another problem: their computer core. Tucker agrees to have a look, but he'll have to get some gear from Enterprise. After he and T'Pol set off, Liana pleads with her father to visit Enterprise. Ezral thinks she's seen enough Humans, but eventually relents.

Meanwhile, on the Enterprise, things do not go so smoothly. Malcolm Reed and Mayweather relate to the captain a number of inconsistencies in the story they have been told: the ship's oasis is not big enough to sustain the whole colony, and they don't seem to have suffered any attack. Archer can somewhat explain away some of what they're saying, but he notes they have one of their data modules, so he has them take a look at it.

Tucker shows Liana around the engineering room and tells her about the crew. She's fascinated and they get along well together. She avoids questions about Kantare, saying it's "boring" and, instead, asks about the planets he has visited. Archer calls Tucker to his ready room, so he has someone else finish her tour. In the ready room, Archer and Reed, who has had time to examine the data module, explain the real reason they crashed. It was some malfunction which de-pressurized the ship. Further, the ship has been down on the planet for some twenty-two years previously instead of three years. They also left escape pods, one of which is still in orbit. They leave to examine it, seeing that the body in it is actually that of Shilat, who appears to be alive and living on the planet.

Act Three

On the planet, T'Pol, working on the computer, apparently also discovers something. Before she can report her discovery, however, she is captured by the colonists while investigating in a different corner of the ship. Meanwhile, Tucker, now having to have a serious talk with Liana, finds her in the mess hall. Confronting her with the evidence, she initially feigns ignorance, but soon can't keep that up. However, she doesn't provide any more information and demands to be taken back to the planet.

Archer and Reed return to the planet with Liana to get some explanations, but the colonists begin to be aggressive, forcing Tucker to perform repairs and the rest of the team to go back to Enterprise. Archer does so, and starts to assemble a rescue team. Liana objects to the situation, and goes to talk to Tucker while he's working and explains what's happening. Liana shares the secret of the colony with Tucker; everyone in the colony except Liana and her father are holograms. Soon, things get ugly as the rescue team arrives. Reed is shot from behind, and, when a phase-pistol beam passes right through a colonist, the significance of the ghost story D'Marr told earlier becomes apparent. In the computer room, Tucker pleads with Liana to stop them, and so she reluctantly starts pulling out circuits. The attackers disappear, except for Ezral.

Act Four

Ezral

Ezral claims responsibility for the crash landing years ago

With no more lies needing to be told, Ezral then explains the real circumstances of the crash. They were caught in an ion storm, and the ship being too severely damaged, they had to crash land on the nearby planet. The only problem was that Ezral left his station during the landing to prevent his daughter's death, causing the death of the rest of the crew by his negligence. After he realized they were stranded on a deserted planet, he re-created all the crew as holograms so that Liana would not have to grow up completely isolated.

Tucker agrees to assist in repairing the holographic system, but still says that Liana deserves more than to live her life alone with her father on that forgotten planet. Ezral says that he is happy there, but, he is finally convinced by Archer that what is best for him may not be the best for his daughter. In the end, Ezral decides to accept Archer's help, getting the required components from Enterprise to fix his ship.

Later, the crew is back and Tucker brings some supplies and kisses Liana good-bye.

Extended scenes

For this episode, there are two extended scenes that can be found on the ENT Season 1 DVD. A note preceding each scene states, "The color portion of the following was lifted from the show – the black & white portion was retained in the final version."

Oasis deleted scene 8

As in the aired version of the episode, Tucker and T'Pol explore the crashed ship, using flashlights to see in the darkness of the alien environment. When T'Pol becomes certain that she has just heard something, Tucker suspects she is imagining things due to her fear of the situation but the Vulcan insists that nothing frightens her. In the extended version of the scene, T'Pol continues the discussion by claiming that "fear is a primitive emotion". Certain that something must evoke that particular response in her, Tucker wonders whether T'Pol is scared by heights or spiders, to which she finally reveals that, when previously recalled from Enterprise by the High Command, she discovered the crew was preparing a "going-away" party and found the idea "somewhat frightening".

Oasis deleted scene 21

The aired section of this scene includes Tucker and T'Pol finding the "crew" of the crashed ship, several of whom are armed with hand weapons aimed at the Enterprise officers. The extended portion then progresses with T'Pol asking the people she sees before her whether the ship is theirs, to which they do not respond. She consequently takes out her communicator, provoking a curious look from Ezral, and activates the device, asking the alien group whether they can understand her. When they still do not react, Tucker nevertheless announces his suspicions that the group is surprised to see the visitors and probably think they are scavengers. After Tucker admits that their suspicions are correct but that he and T'Pol thought the ship had been abandoned except for ghosts, the armed members of the group lower their weapons.

Memorable quotes

"I thought Cajun food was hot!"

- Tucker, after trying Hajjlaran spice


"No power signatures. It appears to be deserted."
"But are your sensors calibrated for ghosts?"

- T'Pol and Tucker


"Vulcans don't imagine things."

- T'Pol


"What, don't you get frightened every once in a while?"
"No."
"Not by anything?"
"No."
"Too bad. Nothing like a good scare."

- Tucker and T'Pol, while on the Kantare ship


"Why do I feel like it's feeding time at the zoo?"

- Tucker, to Liana while she watches him eat


"I've made all the friends I need."

- Ezral, to Tucker


"Maybe you can tell me how I'm being guarded by a dead man."

- Tucker, to Liana


"What if she gets hurt? What do you do then? Program a… holographic doctor?"

- Tucker, to Ezral

Background information

Shooting Oasis

Chief Lighting Technician Bill Peets shares a humorous moment with actors Connor Trinneer and Anthony Montgomery on the set of this episode

Story and script

  • The final draft script of this episode was issued on 25 March 2002.

Cast

Continuity

Video and DVD releases

Links and references

Starring

Guest stars

And

Special guest star

Uncredited co-stars

Stand-ins

References

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