New World" is a reference to the opening narration spoken by William Shatner in "Star Trek: The Original Series" where he says their mission is "to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before." The episode was written by Mike Sussman and Phyllis Strong. They had both been working as writers on Star Trek: Voyager and on their last day were shown the script of the pilot episode of Enterprise "Broken Bow". Sussman and Strong were tasked with writing the script for Strange New World before Captain Archer had been cast or the pilot had begun filming. They loved the retro premise of the show but there were many details still left to figure out. Science consultant and story editor André Bormanis pitched the line that if the Captain was going to bring his dog Porthos, then someone could say "Where no dog has gone before". Brannon Braga liked the line and said to include it, and Rick Berman noted the line as an example of where the show made the effort to be intentionally funny. Star Trek had previously referred to "class M" planets, this was the first time it was explained that "M" was short for Minshara, a Vulcan word. Kellie Waymire was cast as Elizabeth Cutler, and told it could be a recurring role. Waymire appeared again in the episodes "Dear Doctor" and "Two Days and Two Nights". Henri Lubatti, who plays Ethan Novakovich, previously voiced a character in the video game Star Trek: Away Team. "Strange New World" marked the first occasion in which Anthony Montgomery participated in stunt work, finding that his previous work in the television series Awesome Adventures proved beneficial. He explained in an interview shortly after that he wanted to participate in as many stunt activities as the producers would let him. Reception This episode was first broadcast October 10, 2001 on UPN. It achieved a Nielsen rating of 5.0/8 and was watched by a total average of 7.81 million viewers. It faced strong competition from the season premiere of Ed on NBC and Dawson's Creek on The WB. "Strange New World" was noted by USA Today as an interesting episode of the franchise, pointing out the tension between humans and Vulcan aliens in the Pre-Federation setting of this show. They note the fresh take on the Star Trek