Editing T'Pol (section)

==Concept and creation==
Series producer [[Rick Berman]] said they originally intended that a younger version of [[T'Pau (Star Trek)|T'Pau]] would be the Vulcan officer serving on the titular starship in ''Star Trek: Enterprise''. Instead, after determining there were legal difficulties in using the original series character, the producers created T'Pol.<ref name="SFPortal">{{cite news |date=Aug 8, 2001 |author=Michael Hinman |url=http://syfyportal.com/news42298.html |title=New Enterprise writers onboard |work=[[Airlock Alpha|SyFy Portal]] |publisher=The SyUniverse Group |access-date=2013-08-08 }}{{dead link|date=July 2020|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} [http://www.airlockalpha.com/node/298/new-enterprise-writers-onboard.html Alt URL]</ref>  Brannon Braga also said the idea was dropped to avoid having to deal with any legal issues, and also that T'Pol was simply easier to pronounce.<ref>{{cite web |date=August 9, 2010 |last=Pascale |first=Anthony |title=VegasTrekCon10: Brannon Braga Answers Fan Questions On TNG, Voyager & Enterprise |url=https://trekmovie.com/2010/08/09/vegastrekcon10-brannon-braga-answers-fan-questions-on-tng-voyager-enterprise/ |website=TrekMovie.com }}</ref> 
[[Marjorie Monaghan]], Blalock and an unnamed actress, were the final three considered for the role.<ref name="outforv">{{cite web |date=April 18, 2001 |last=Höhne Sparborth |first=Christian |title=Marjorie Monaghan out for Series V Role |url=http://www.trektoday.com/news/180401_01.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040428033744/http://www.trektoday.com/news/180401_01.shtml |archive-date=April 28, 2004 |website=[[TrekNation]] |publisher=[[UGO Networks]] |access-date=May 4, 2022 }}</ref> By that time, Berman said they had seen hundreds of actresses, and they struggled to find a "beautiful woman who can act and doesn't want to go right into feature films".<ref name="thegoods">{{cite magazine |title=Producing the Goods |magazine=Star Trek Monthly |date=October 2001 |volume=1 |issue=83 |pages=16–19 }}</ref> Casting director [[Ron Surma]] had Blalock in mind from the beginning but her agents said she was not interested.<ref name="didsurma">{{cite web |date=February 1, 2011 |title=Did Ron Surma Cast Your Favorite Trek Star? – Part 2|url=http://www.startrek.com/article/did-ron-surma-cast-your-favorite-trek-star-part-2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110204200815/http://www.startrek.com/article/did-ron-surma-cast-your-favorite-trek-star-part-2|archive-date=February 4, 2011 |website=StarTrek.com |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |quote= Her agents said no numerous times. She wasn't interested. And that last week, she decided to come in. Thank goodness, because she was terrific. |access-date=June 27, 2015 }}</ref><ref name="tvguide" /> Braga thought Blalock was perfectly cast, "We wanted a sexy Vulcan, a [[Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country|Kim Cattrall]]-type, and we definitely got that".<ref>{{cite magazine |date=October 2001 |author=Ian Spelling |title=A New Enterprise. Brannon Braga introduces a new era in Star Trek action |url=https://archive.org/details/starlog_magazine-291/page/n77/mode/1up |website=Starlog Magazine Issue 291 |quote=she's a somewhat austere, kind of Jeri Ryan-esque actress, but also really, really sexy. We wanted a sexy Vulcan, a Kim Cattrall-type, and we definitely got that}}</ref>