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Star Trek: Enterprise 'Strange New World' 25th anniversary (Redshirts Retro Review)

A camping trip, a toxic breeze, and the day Enterprise learned strange new worlds can turn your friends into threats.
Nov. 2, 2015 – CBS Television Studios announced today it will launch a totally new “Star Trek” television series in January 2017. The brand-new “Star Trek” will introduce new characters seeking imaginative new worlds and new civilizations, while exploring the dramatic contemporary themes that have been a signature of the franchise since its inception in 1966. The new series will blast off with a special preview broadcast on the CBS Television Network. The premiere episode and all subsequent
Nov. 2, 2015 – CBS Television Studios announced today it will launch a totally new “Star Trek” television series in January 2017. The brand-new “Star Trek” will introduce new characters seeking imaginative new worlds and new civilizations, while exploring the dramatic contemporary themes that have been a signature of the franchise since its inception in 1966. The new series will blast off with a special preview broadcast on the CBS Television Network. The premiere episode and all subsequent
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“Strange New World” still works 25 years later because it’s the episode where Enterprise reminds us that exploration isn’t just about discovering new worlds.

First aired on October 10, 2001, it turns a lush, habitable planet into a paranoid survival test by showing how quickly curiosity can give way to fear when people underestimate an unfamiliar environment.

With that in mind, the following pages explore five reasons "Strange New World" is still worth watching today.

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