Porthos (Star Trek)
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| Species: | Dog (Canis lupus familiaris) |
| Gender: | Male |
| Eye color: | Brown |
| Home planet: | Earth |
| Affiliation: | Starfleet |
| Posting: | Enterprise |
| Position: | Captain's pet |
| Portrayed by: | Prada (Season 1), Breezy and Windy (Seasons 2-4) |
Porthos is a fictional dog in the Star Trek: Enterprise universe. One of four males born in a litter of English Beagles, Porthos and his brothers, Athos, Aramis and d'Artagnan, were named after characters from the Alaxandre Dumas novel The Three Musketeers. Porthos has been a companion of Jonathan Archer since the age of six weeks.
His favorite food is cheese, especially Cheddar, Monterey Jack and Gruyere. Since it often gives him flatulence or constipation, however, the snack is usually reserved for special occasions. Throughout the series, Archer has repeatedly promised to discontinue the treat, but has always relented later.
T'Pol is sensitive to the smell of Porthos, since female Vulcans have enhanced sensory abilities. However, by the end of the third season of the series, she tolerated, even liked the dog, petting and comforting him after the apparent death of Captain Archer.
Archer usually leaves Porthos in the care of Ensign Hoshi Sato when he leaves the ship for long periods of time, although Dr. Phlox also takes care of the dog on occasion.
Archer cares very much for Porthos. In the first episode, Travis Mayweather says Archer won't use the transporter for himself and certainly not for his dog. Archer adopted Porthos from a litter of puppies, all of which were named after the various characters from The Three Musketeers.
Porthos was nearly killed when he contracted a deadly pathogen on the Kreetassan homeworld, but was saved when Phlox transplanted a gland from a chameleon-like creature.
Although Porthos isn't the first domesticated pet to be featured in a Star Trek series, for example Data's cat, Spot, in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Porthos has the distinction of being the first pet to maintain an ongoing presence in the series, and even - as illustrated above - become the focus of an episode.
In the first season episode "Acquisition", Porthos was interrogated by a group of Ferengi pirates (the rest of the crew being incapacitated at the time), but the aliens' universal translator could not decipher his barking.
Porthos remained Archer's faithful companion for the duration of his 10-year assignment as captain of Enterprise.
In the Mirror Universe depicted in "In a Mirror, Darkly", Porthos is a Rottweiler. Although his fate is unknown after the I.S.S. Enterprise is destroyed, he could very well have been on one of the escape pods that made it to the USS Defiant (NCC-1764). Interestingly, the dog which portrayed the mirror Porthos was known on set as an even bigger "baby" than the dogs which have played the regular Porthos.
Porthos was played by a beagle named Prada in Season 1. Afterwards, though male, Porthos was played by two female beagles, Breezy and Windy.
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[edit] Appearances
Episodes in which Porthos has appeared.
| # | Episode |
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| 101 | "Broken Bow" |
| 103 | "Fight or Flight" |
| 104 | "Strange New World" |
| 105 | "Unexpected" |
| 110 | "Terra Nova" |
| 111 | "Cold Front" |
| 112 | "Silent Enemy" |
| 113 | "Dear Doctor" |
| 119 | "Acquisition" |
| 120 | "Oasis" only mentioned Porthos by name to Leana by Trip |
| 122 | "Vox Sola" |
| 123 | "Fallen Hero" |
| 124 | "Desert Crossing" |
| 125 | "Two Days and Two Nights" |
| 126 | "Shockwave, Part I" |
| 203 | "A Night in Sickbay" |
| 209 | "Singularity" |
| 212 | "The Catwalk" |
| 222 | "Cogenitor" |
| 302 | "Anomaly" |
| 308 | "Twilight" |
| 310 | "Similitude" |
| 311 | "Carpenter Street" |
| 312 | "Chosen Realm" |
| 316 | "Doctor's Orders" |
| 317 | "Hatchery" |
| 318 | "Azati Prime" |
| 319 | "Damage" |
| 322 | "The Council" |
| 323 | "Countdown" |
| 324 | "Zero Hour" |
| 401 | "Storm Front, Part I" |
| 410 | "Daedalus" |
| 412 | "Babel One" |
| 416 | "Divergence" |
| 418 | "In a Mirror, Darkly" (Mirror Universe as a rottweiler) |
| 421 | "Terra Prime" |
| 422 | "These Are the Voyages..." |
One of the dogs who played Porthos, named Prada, also starred as Lou in the film Cats and Dogs.
[edit] See also
[edit] External link
- Porthos article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki.
| Regular characters on Star Trek | |||
| The Original Series | Kirk | Spock | McCoy | Scott | Uhura | Sulu | Chekov | Chapel | Rand | ||
| Animated Series | Arex | M'Ress | ||
| The Next Generation | Picard | Riker | Data | La Forge | Worf | B. Crusher | Troi | W. Crusher | Yar | Pulaski | ||
| Deep Space Nine | B. Sisko | Kira | J. Dax | Odo | Bashir | O'Brien | Worf | J. Sisko | Quark | Rom | Nog | E. Dax | Garak | Martok | Damar | Dukat | Weyoun | Winn | ||
| Voyager | Janeway | Chakotay | Tuvok | Paris | Torres | Kim | Doctor | Neelix | Seven | Kes | ||
| Enterprise | Archer | T'Pol | Tucker | Reed | Phlox | Sato | Mayweather | ||
