Bill Gates Visited Star Trek: Enterprise & Connor Trinneer Kept His Robe On

Star Trek: Enterprise

Summary

Star Trek : endeavor ’s Connor Trinneer recalls the time Microsoft father Bill Gates visited the exercise set , and Trinneer kept his gown on during Gates ' pic with the casting . in the beginning named simplyEnterprise , the firstStar Trekprequel serial publication premiered in 2001 on UPN and run for 4 season . Bill Gates was one of many high - visibility visitors who were alsoStar Trekfans , and this admit Stephen Hawking , who came to the set ofStar Trek : The Next Generationand cameoed in an episode .

At ST - SF : Trek to San Francisco , Star Trek : Enterpriseactors Connor Trinneer and Dominic Keating link moderator Ryan T. Husk , boniface ofThe seventh Rulepodcast , for a lively panel . As report byTrekMovie , Trinneer told the funny story of how he met Bill Gateswhen the billionaire Microsoft CEO andStar Trekfan came byEnterprise ’s set during time of year 1 . Read his quotation below :

Early on in season 1 , I was take a forty winks in my trailer and a PA knocked on the door and said , ‘ Bill Gates is here . ’ I was sleeping and I was like , ‘ Who ? ’ ‘ Bill Gates , he want to take a photograph . ’ And I was like , ‘ Can I stay in my robe ? ’ And I did .

Here is the picture of Bill Gates withStar Trek : Enterpriseactors Scott Bakula , Jolene Blalock , Anthony Montgomery , Dominic Keating , and Connor Trinneer :

Star Trek : Enterprise introduced new faces to the prequel series set a one C before the upshot of Star Trek : The Original Series .

Why Star Trek: Enterprise Was Canceled In Season 4

Many bad decisions and circumstances sank Enterprise prematurely

Star Trek : Enterpriselaunched with aspirations of running for 7 seasonslikeStar Trek : The Next contemporaries , and even making the jump to feature film , but the prequel ’s ratings were already fall in season 1.Star Trek : Enterprise ’s cancelationwas due to a mixture of factor , such as overallStar Trekfranchise fatigue , the decision to launchEnterprisejust 4 calendar month after the likewise ratings - challengedStar Trek : Voyagerended , and other decisions like UPN airing two episode on the same night andEnterpriseoften capture pre - empted in many local market . Enterprisealso did n’t catch on with the widerStar Trekfanbase or universal interview as everyone hop .

Star Trek : Enterpriseended on a sour note with the controversial and wide disliked serial coda , " These Are The Voyages … "

A switching to a more serialized format anda new showrunner , the late Manny Coto , madeStar Trek : Enterpriseseasons 3 and 4 creatively stronger , but the written material was on the wall for the prequel . Enterprisewas rosy to get a fourth season , but a regime change at UPN with incoming execs not being supporters ofStar TrekdoomedEnterpriseseason 5from happen . Still , Star Trek : Enterprisehas legions of fans , include Bill Gates , who come by the set and meet the roll during the show ’s promising beginning in time of year 1 .