Porthos (Star Trek)

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Captain Jonathan Archer with his pet Porthos
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Porthos touches down on a Strange New World, where no dog had gone before.
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Porthos enjoying the uninhabited planet.
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Porthos makes first contact with a Ferengi.
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Porthos in Commander Jonathan Archer's room in mirror universe

Porthos is a fictional dog in the Star Trek: Enterprise universe. He is the pet of Captain Jonathan Archer, and is an English Beagle. He is named after the fictional character Porthos, one of The Three Musketeers.

He is also a connoisseur of fine cheeses, Cheddar cheese, Monterey Jack and Gruyere cheese being his favourites.

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, Trip 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 the first crew member to communicate with 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. This version of the character is presumably killed when the I.S.S. Enterprise is destroyed.

Appearances

Episodes that Porthos has appeared in.

# Episode
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...

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