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November 22, 2002

The main site has posted a production report for the upcoming Enterprise episode "Stigma." This episode involves T'Pol and Phlox when Phlox diagnoses T'Pol with Pa'nar Syndrome, a potentially fatal disease. Enterprise proceeds to a planet where the Interspecies Medical Exchange is taking place, but Phlox must be careful because the Vulcans who suffer from Pa'nar Syndrome are stigmatized in Vulcan society. We also meet the second Denobulan of the series, "Feezal." She's one of Phlox's three wives. Below is a snippet of the production report:

Newcomer Melinda Page Hamilton joined the cast in this episode to become the second person ever to don Denobulan makeup. She plays "Feezal," one of Phlox's three wives, in a "B" storyline whereby she comes aboard to help Trip Tucker install a new neutron microscope in Sickbay ... and the relationship between her and Trip gets rather interesting.

Shooting on this episode commenced last Tuesday, Nov. 12, and as usual began with scenes involving the main cast on standing ship sets. Hamilton spent that day in the makeup chair getting her Denobulan look perfected, then she went before the camera starting Wednesday. Three more guest stars playing Vulcan doctors joined the cast on Friday for interior ship scenes. After the weekend those actors returned and, with a fourth Vulcan, did several scenes with Scott Bakula (Captain Archer) in a swing set called the Vulcan Medical Suite. Tuesday Hamilton finished her scenes in Sickbay, and on Wednesday, production wrapped with a night scene (shot during the day, though, in a soundstage) on an Alien City Street involving Blalock, one of the Vulcan doctors, and a handful of non-specific alien extras in the background.

The guest cast includes Star Trek alumni Michael Ensign as "Dr. Oratt" and Jeffrey Hayenga as "Dr. Yuris." Ensign has appeared in each of the previous three Trek series, in the episodes "First Contact" (Star Trek: The Next Generation), "The Forsaken" (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) and "False Profits" (Star Trek: Voyager). Hayenga played a part in "Ensign Ro" (TNG).

"Stigma" is slated to air February 5th.

To read more, click on the link below:

http://www.startrek.com/production/seriesv/articles/112202.asp

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