a time of savagery in Vulcan history known as the "Time of Awakening". This had been previously mentioned in the original series episodes "Balance of Terror", "All Our Yesterdays", and "The Savage Curtain", as well as The Next Generation episode "Gambit". The story mentioned the Vulcan T'Pau, who had previously appeared in The Original Series episode "Amok Time" presiding over the fight between Kirk and Spock, with the elder T'Pau portrayed by Celia Lovsky. Michael Reilly Burke returns as Koss, having previously appeared in the role in the season-four episode "Home". Robert Foxworth appears as Administrator V'Las, having previously appeared as Admiral Leyton in the Deep Space Nine episodes "Homefront" and "Paradise Lost". Husband and wife duo Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens had previously written a number of Star Trek-related novels and books, including a series of collaborations with William Shatner and the novel Federation. They had also written several nonfiction books on the behind-the-scenes productions of the Star Trek series such as Star Trek: Phase II - The Lost Series and Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Continuing Mission. "The Forge" was their first script together for a Star Trek series, but they had previously written scripts for other shows, including Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World and Once a Thief. They joined the Enterprise writing team shortly before working on the story for this episode which formed the first part of a planned "Vulcan arc". The arc was created to address the differences between Vulcans seen in the early seasons of Enterprise and those seen in Star Trek series set in later periods. Executive producer Manny Coto said that during the storyline, "we will begin to see Vulcans approaching what they were in the later eras". In Enterprise, Vulcans were more emotional and deceptive than they had been seen in earlier aired series. The storyline was one of several in the fourth season of Enterprise which Coto sought to connect the series to The Original Series. "The Forge" was director Michael Grossman's second episode of Enterprise, having previously directed the third-season episode "Hatchery". He went on to direct the episode "Affliction" later in season four. Reception "The Forge" received a 1.9/3% share among adults between the ages of 18 and 49. This means that it was seen by 1.9% of all households, and 3% of all of those watching television at the time of the broadcast. This