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| + | '''Xanadu''' was a city in [[Outer Mongolia|Mongolia]]. |
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| − | '''Xanadu''' was a fictional location. In [[2151]], [[Starfleet (Earth)|Starfleet]] [[Ensign]] [[Travis Mayweather]] referenced Xanadu in a geography game which he had played aboard the [[freighter]] [[ECS Horizon|''Horizon'']] as a child. Aboard the [[NX class]] [[starship]] [[Enterprise (NX-01)|''Enterprise'']], however, [[Captain]] [[Jonathan Archer]] disputed Mayweather's use of Xanadu in the geography game, as it was a fictional setting. ([[ENT]]: "[[Fight or Flight]]") |
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| − | :''The scene in which Xanadu was referenced was cut from the final edit of ''Fight or Flight'', although it can be found on Disc 1 of the [[ENT Season 1 DVD]].'' |
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| + | It was the summer capital of Kublai Khan, grandson of [[Genghis Khan]]. In the [[13th century]], the [[Venice|Venetian]] explorer-merchant [[Marco Polo]] visited the Khan there. |
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| − | Archer later used Xanadu in a game he played against with [[Trip Tucker]]. ([[ENT]]: "[[Desert Crossing]]") |
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| + | After the fall of the Mongolian Empire, Xanadu lay in ruins, and eventually came to be thought nothing more than a myth. |
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| + | In [[2152]] on the [[Torothan homeworld]], when [[Jonathan Archer]] used the name of the city in a [[geography]] game, [[Charles Tucker III|Trip Tucker]] disputed his use of it, claiming Xanadu was "fictional". Archer replied "''That doesn't matter.''" ({{ENT|Desert Crossing}}) |
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| + | ==Background== |
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| + | Xanadu is in fact not fictional: its ruins were located in the [[20th century]], but the association of the name with insubstantial, exotic legend persists. |
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| + | In a scene [[deleted scene|deleted]] from {{e|Fight or Flight}}, [[Travis Mayweather]] also referenced Xanadu in a game of geography with Archer. The two actually used the same locations as Tucker and Archer did in "Desert Crossing", but in this scene, it was Mayweather who used Xanadu and Archer who disputed its legitimacy. |
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| + | Xanadu also lent its name to a sorcerer in the 1971 [[Gold Key TOS]] comic "[[Sceptre of the Sun]]". |
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| + | ==External link== |
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| + | * {{wikipedia}} |
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| + | [[Category:Earth geography]] |
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| + | [[sv:Xanadu]] |
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Revision as of 20:14, 25 September 2012
Xanadu was a city in Mongolia.
It was the summer capital of Kublai Khan, grandson of Genghis Khan. In the 13th century, the Venetian explorer-merchant Marco Polo visited the Khan there. After the fall of the Mongolian Empire, Xanadu lay in ruins, and eventually came to be thought nothing more than a myth.
In 2152 on the Torothan homeworld, when Jonathan Archer used the name of the city in a geography game, Trip Tucker disputed his use of it, claiming Xanadu was "fictional". Archer replied "That doesn't matter." (ENT: "Desert Crossing")
Background
Xanadu is in fact not fictional: its ruins were located in the 20th century, but the association of the name with insubstantial, exotic legend persists.
In a scene deleted from "Fight or Flight", Travis Mayweather also referenced Xanadu in a game of geography with Archer. The two actually used the same locations as Tucker and Archer did in "Desert Crossing", but in this scene, it was Mayweather who used Xanadu and Archer who disputed its legitimacy.
Xanadu also lent its name to a sorcerer in the 1971 Gold Key TOS comic "Sceptre of the Sun".