What's the origin of the name U.S.S. Orville (in and out of universe) in the upcoming Seth MacFarlane Star Trek comedy/spoof The Orville?
(Is it related to Orville Wright)?
asked Aug 1, 2017 at 4:52
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1I'm pledging to offer a bounty of +50 on the first five quality Orville-related questions. You asked the questions, I'll add the bounties. (Quality is up to me...) Let's get this party started!– ThePopMachineCommented Sep 25, 2017 at 16:37
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1I'm going with Seth's a huge fan of popcorn.– PaulCommented Sep 25, 2017 at 18:24
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@ThePopMachine You man want to write a meta post about your 'Topic Challenge'– MöozCommented Sep 25, 2017 at 22:01
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Per this tweet from series writer/director Seth MacFarlane, the ship is named after Orville Wright of "Wright Brothers" fame
Q. Seth, why did you call it the Orville?
Seth Macfarlane: I was reading David McCullough's Wright brothers biography while writing the pilot. Seemed fitting.
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7@User14111 - Nor, disappointingly, is it named after Orville the Duck.– ValorumCommented Aug 1, 2017 at 11:35
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7Could've sworn it was to honor the late Orville Redenbacher.– jwodderCommented Aug 1, 2017 at 12:45
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Based on the presence of a model of the Wright brothers' airplane the Wright Flyer on Mercer's desk in multiple episodes, I would say yes, it is named for Orville Wright
Seth MacFarlane is an scientifically literate person. There are 2 situations that came to mind.
1 - The d'Orville Euclid, dated 888, is the earliest "complete" manuscript of Euclid'sOffsite Link ElementsOffsite Link, and, according to the Bodleian Library exhibition catalogue, The Survival of Greek Literature, it is the oldest manuscript of a classical Greek author to bear a date.
2 - Orville Wright was the youngest of the Wright brothers, that made the first plane.
I think I'm not too far from the truth.
