Newsgroup: it.cultura.fantascienza
Titolo: [NEWS] Stephen Beck Joins 'Enterprise' Writing Staff

Before filming on Enterprise started, producers promised to introduce 
new blood to the franchise for Series V. While over the past month most 
of the announced production crew members have been Trek veterans, the 
show's writing staff will apparently include some new Star Trek writers, 
as former Seven Days staff writer Stephen Beck has apparently joined 
Enterprise. 
The news was revealed on the alt.tv.sevendays newsgroup, one of the 
regular posters on which is a former member of the Seven Days marketing 
agency. Known only as PR Girl, she wrote that "a little birdie" had told 
her Beck had moved on to be a writer on Enterprise. While this news has 
not been officially announced yet, PR Girl's long-standing assocation 
with this newsgroup makes it likely she is telling the truth. 
Beck was part of the Seven Days writing staff for all of its three 
seasons. He co-wrote the first regular episode after the pilot, 'The 
Gettysburg Virus,' and in the first season also wrote the episodes 'A 
Dish Best Served Cold' and 'Walter.' In the second season, he wrote the 
episodes 'Buried Alive' and 'Space Station Down.' The former episode, 
which explored the main character's past, was directed by Trek veteran 
Mike Vejar and is apparently a fan favourite. Finally, this year he 
wrote the season opener 'Stairway to Heaven' as well as the episodes 
'The Dunwych Madness' and 'Raven.' 
In addition to his work on Seven Days, Beck also penned the fifth-season 
Chicago Hope episode 'McNeil and Pray.' That episode's main guest 
actress, Tamlyn Tomita, later also appeared in Beck's Seven Days episode 
'Walter.' 
Seven Days aired for most of its run in the Wednesday 8:00pm timeslot 
that will now be occupied by Enterprise. After Special Unit 2 premiered 
on Wednesdays, Seven Days was unceremoniously left to burn off its final 
episodes on Tuesday evenings, where it failed to attract a large 
audience. With UPN taking over both Buffy and Roswell from the WB, there 
was no room left on its schedule for Seven Days, and the show was 
cancelled.
Though the show's fans were distressed by its cancellation, many members 
of the cast apparently were not. "There is no real progression with the 
characters," a Jonathan LaPaglia, who played lead character Frank 
Parker, told last month's Starlog (
http://www.qksrv.net/click-755552-
38380). And co-star Nick Searcy (Nathan Ramsey) went even further, 
commenting on the lack of character development in the Seven Days 
newsgroup. "We (the cast) all wanted it to end. We knew, due to the 
tastes of our producer(s), that nothing would ever change, and we would 
be doomed to be forever spewing exposition with no character development 
except for the endless Parker/Olga Scully/Mulder wannabe BULL**** until 
the bitter end, which has thankfully now finally COME, R.I.P."
UPN will be showing a double dose of third-season Seven Days episodes 
every Tuesday throughout the Summer. While no episodes by Beck are 
scheduled for the next two weeks, his episodes are bound to be repeated 
as well, giving you the chance to check out his writing prior to the 
premiere of Enterprise.
As usual, please be aware that Paramount has made no official 
announcements about the Enterprise writing staff yet, beyond the fact 
that it will be headed by Brannon Braga. Thanks go out to Lysette van 
Erp for pointing us to this!
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