Post by Dimitris on Aug 26, 2004 8:48:08 GMT -5
Trivia for
"Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987)
Denise Crosby was originally cast as Troi, and Marina Sirtis was originally cast as Yar. Prior to filming the two exchanged roles.
Tim Russ, later to play Tuvok on Voyager, was a candidate for the role of Geordi.
The corridor, engineering, transporter room, and battle bridge sets were derived from sets originally built for the first four Star Trek movies. A majority of the sets also served as different locations on the Enterprise-A in the fifth and sixth Star Trek films.
The ceiling of the transporter chamber on the Enterprise D is in fact the floor of the transporter chamber from the Enterprise in the original series.
The first version of the Starfleet uniforms were very uncomfortable for the actors, leading to a change of design from one-piece to a two piece outfit in Season Three. Although the new uniforms were easier to wear, the jackets had a tendency to "ride up" when the actors were sitting down. 'Patrick Stewart' got into the habit of straightening his jacket with a sharp downward tug as he stood up, an action that became known among the cast and crew as "The Picard Maneuver" (from a tactical maneuver mentioned in the show).
Data's cat "Spot" is a male throughout the history of the show, but is suddenly female in the episode "Force of Nature, and in the episode "Genesis" gives birth to kittens.
Stephen Hawking is the only person to appear as himself in the series (in a holodeck scene where Data plays poker against Einstein, Newton, and Hawking [Hawking wins]).
Two characters on the show were named after real people: The alien "Q" was named for Janet Quarton, a British fan; and Geordi La Forge was named after another Trek fan, George La Forge, who was confined to a wheelchair.
Picard rose to his rank when his commanding officer aboard the USS Stargazer was killed in battle.
David Gerrold, a writer from the original series, was a consultant and uncredited story editor on the first two seasons. He left in a dispute after a script of his about two gay officers was pulled from production in the 11th hour. The story, entitled "Blood and Fire", was resurrected in 2004 as a non-Star Trek novel by Gerrold.
The character of Geordi LaForge was originally conceived as Jamaican. When LeVar Burton was cast in the role, this was dropped, although a Jamaican actress ( Madge Sinclair) later appeared as LaForge's mother.
Lt. Worf is the longest-running character in the history of Star Trek. He appeared in all seven seasons of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987), five seasons (starting with the third), of _"Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993)_, and all four Next Generation films. In addition, Michael Dorn played Col. Worf, the attorney defending Kirk and McCoy, in the sixth Star Trek film, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991).
Each of the three live-action Star Trek series after the original "Star Trek" (1966) has had a cameo appearance by a character from its predecessor series in its premiere episode: "Star Trek: The Next Generation" had Dr. McCoy, "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993) had Captain Picard, and "Star Trek: Voyager" (1995) had Quark.
Running for seven seasons, the show briefly held the record for longest-running American live-action science fiction TV series (though several fantasy series ran longer). It was soon tied by its spin-offs "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993) and "Star Trek: Voyager" (1995). In 2002, the record was taken by "X Files, The" (1993) which ended after nine seasons.
Lieutenant Reginald Barclay, an Enterprise engineer, has the full name of Reginald Endicott Barclay III, according to the scripts of his episodes. This is a homage to the TV series "Benson" (1979) which had a character named Clayton Endicott III (played by Rene Auberjonois, who would later play Constable Odo in "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993)).
The two-part episodes "Unification" and "The Best of Both Worlds" both contained 'graveyard' scenes full of wrecked and/or abandoned starships. These scenes were populated with study models which were considered for use in _"Star Trek: The Motion Picture" (1979)_ (as possible versions of the Enterprise) and _"Star Trek III: The Search for Spock" (1984)_ (as the Excelsior). Some of the other wrecked ships were created via "kit-bashing," or quickly mixing starship parts from many different models.
When a writer's strike hit the series at the start of the second season, several plots from the proposed late 70s series 'Star Trek: Phase II', which was eventually dropped in favor of becoming _Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)_, were hurriedly dusted off and adapted for the Next Generation crew.
The number 47 pops up an inordinate amount of times on computer screens, serial numbers, dates and so on. This tradition was started by writer/coproducer Joe Menosky and was soon picked up by the rest of the production team. Menosky said that he choose that particular number because when he was a graduate student at Pomona College, Professor of Mathematics Donald Bentley proved as a joke that all numbers are equal to 47.[See also Trivia entries for "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993) and "Star Trek: Voyager" (1995)]
If one includes the movies, nearly every member of the "Star Trek" (1966) crew has appeared in this series and interacted with the new crew - Kirk (in Star Trek: Generations (1994)), Bones (in Encounter At Farpoint), Scotty (in Relics) and Spock (in Unification, parts 1 & 2). Chekov and Scotty also appear in Star Trek: Generations (1994), but they do not interact with the Next Generation crew. Only Uhura and Sulu have not, but the former did appear in the "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993) episode: Trials and Tribble-ations with Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Scott, Chekov & the DS9 crew; while the latter appears in the "Star Trek: Voyager" (1995) episode: Flashback (and is mentioned as one of Chakotay's contemporaries in Tattoo).
In 1994 the series became the first show in syndication to ever be nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series.
Jeffrey Combs auditioned for the role of William T. Riker, and later went on to play roles in "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993), "Star Trek: Voyager" (1995) and "Enterprise" (2001).
Diana Muldaur (Dr. Pulaski) also was in two episodes of the original Star Trek series, playing "Dr. Miranda Jones" in the episode "Is There In Truth No Beauty?" and "Lt.Cmdr.Ann Mulhall, Ph.D and Thalassa" in "Return to Tomorrow".
Deanna Troi was nearly written out after the first season and in fact is absent from many year one episodes. But after both Tasha Yar and Dr. Crusher were written out, Troi was kept.
Wesley Crusher takes his first name from Gene Roddenberry's middle name.
Most of the characters underwent some minor changes before the show debuted: Picard's first name was Julien; Riker was spelled 'Ryker'; Data's name was pronounced 'dat-uh' instead of 'day-tah'; Wesley Crusher was Leslie Crusher...Dr. Crusher's daughter.
Geordi's VISOR was improvised on the first day of shooting using chiefly an automobile air filter.
In the episode "Where Silence Has Lease", Nagilum was originally supposed to have been played by Richard Mulligan. That is how the character's name was developed.
"Star Trek: The Next Generation" borrowed its theme music from Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979).
A different piece of theme music was composed for the series before the decision was made to reuse Jerry Goldsmith's theme. This unused title music was later issued on one of the Next Generation soundtrack CDs produced by GNP Crescendo records in the US.
The episode "Tapestry" shows the cityscape from Logan's Run (1976) outside Picard's window.
The sliding doors were very loud on the show and have been compared to sliding glass doors. The actors were instructed to hold their dialogue until the doors stopped; you will rarely see an actor delivering lines while a door is opening or closing.
Near the end of the episode "Symbiosis" when Captain Picard and Doctor Crusher walk out of the Cargo Bay look in the background and you will see Tasha Yar (Denise Crosby) waving at the camera, as this was the last episode she filmed before she left the first time.
Diana Muldaur, who plays Dr. Pulaski, played Dr. Leslie Thompkins in Batman: The Animated Series
Whoopi Goldberg (the re-occurring mysterious bar-keeper Guinan, seasons 2-6), was given the role after being a fan of the original series and expressing interesting in having a re-occurring role in the new series
The Ferengi were originally introduced with the intention of making them the main, re-occurring adversaries in the series (very much as the Klingons were in the original series). However, audiences found the Ferengi too comical to take seriously as potential foes, and the race were gradually refined into the more (usually unintentionally) comical characters as later typified by Quark in 'Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'. The Borg would eventually become infamous as TNG's ultimate nemesis.
Jonathan Frakes returned to rehearsals for the start of the second season sporting a beard, with the intention of shaving it off before shooting began, but the producers liked it and asked him to keep it. It remained for the rest of the show's run. (He eventually shaves it off again for the movie Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)).
In the episode, "Cause and Effect," the Enterprise encounters a ship called the U.S.S. Bozeman. Brannon Braga, one of the writers on the show was raised in the town of Bozeman, Montana.
The hull number of the starship Bozeman is NCC-1941, because model maker Gregory Jein also worked on the film 1941 (1979).
In the episode "A Fistfull Of Datas", a holodeck character is referred to "The butcher of Bozeman", another reference to Brannon Braga's hometown (see above).
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"Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987)
Denise Crosby was originally cast as Troi, and Marina Sirtis was originally cast as Yar. Prior to filming the two exchanged roles.
Tim Russ, later to play Tuvok on Voyager, was a candidate for the role of Geordi.
The corridor, engineering, transporter room, and battle bridge sets were derived from sets originally built for the first four Star Trek movies. A majority of the sets also served as different locations on the Enterprise-A in the fifth and sixth Star Trek films.
The ceiling of the transporter chamber on the Enterprise D is in fact the floor of the transporter chamber from the Enterprise in the original series.
The first version of the Starfleet uniforms were very uncomfortable for the actors, leading to a change of design from one-piece to a two piece outfit in Season Three. Although the new uniforms were easier to wear, the jackets had a tendency to "ride up" when the actors were sitting down. 'Patrick Stewart' got into the habit of straightening his jacket with a sharp downward tug as he stood up, an action that became known among the cast and crew as "The Picard Maneuver" (from a tactical maneuver mentioned in the show).
Data's cat "Spot" is a male throughout the history of the show, but is suddenly female in the episode "Force of Nature, and in the episode "Genesis" gives birth to kittens.
Stephen Hawking is the only person to appear as himself in the series (in a holodeck scene where Data plays poker against Einstein, Newton, and Hawking [Hawking wins]).
Two characters on the show were named after real people: The alien "Q" was named for Janet Quarton, a British fan; and Geordi La Forge was named after another Trek fan, George La Forge, who was confined to a wheelchair.
Picard rose to his rank when his commanding officer aboard the USS Stargazer was killed in battle.
David Gerrold, a writer from the original series, was a consultant and uncredited story editor on the first two seasons. He left in a dispute after a script of his about two gay officers was pulled from production in the 11th hour. The story, entitled "Blood and Fire", was resurrected in 2004 as a non-Star Trek novel by Gerrold.
The character of Geordi LaForge was originally conceived as Jamaican. When LeVar Burton was cast in the role, this was dropped, although a Jamaican actress ( Madge Sinclair) later appeared as LaForge's mother.
Lt. Worf is the longest-running character in the history of Star Trek. He appeared in all seven seasons of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987), five seasons (starting with the third), of _"Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993)_, and all four Next Generation films. In addition, Michael Dorn played Col. Worf, the attorney defending Kirk and McCoy, in the sixth Star Trek film, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991).
Each of the three live-action Star Trek series after the original "Star Trek" (1966) has had a cameo appearance by a character from its predecessor series in its premiere episode: "Star Trek: The Next Generation" had Dr. McCoy, "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993) had Captain Picard, and "Star Trek: Voyager" (1995) had Quark.
Running for seven seasons, the show briefly held the record for longest-running American live-action science fiction TV series (though several fantasy series ran longer). It was soon tied by its spin-offs "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993) and "Star Trek: Voyager" (1995). In 2002, the record was taken by "X Files, The" (1993) which ended after nine seasons.
Lieutenant Reginald Barclay, an Enterprise engineer, has the full name of Reginald Endicott Barclay III, according to the scripts of his episodes. This is a homage to the TV series "Benson" (1979) which had a character named Clayton Endicott III (played by Rene Auberjonois, who would later play Constable Odo in "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993)).
The two-part episodes "Unification" and "The Best of Both Worlds" both contained 'graveyard' scenes full of wrecked and/or abandoned starships. These scenes were populated with study models which were considered for use in _"Star Trek: The Motion Picture" (1979)_ (as possible versions of the Enterprise) and _"Star Trek III: The Search for Spock" (1984)_ (as the Excelsior). Some of the other wrecked ships were created via "kit-bashing," or quickly mixing starship parts from many different models.
When a writer's strike hit the series at the start of the second season, several plots from the proposed late 70s series 'Star Trek: Phase II', which was eventually dropped in favor of becoming _Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)_, were hurriedly dusted off and adapted for the Next Generation crew.
The number 47 pops up an inordinate amount of times on computer screens, serial numbers, dates and so on. This tradition was started by writer/coproducer Joe Menosky and was soon picked up by the rest of the production team. Menosky said that he choose that particular number because when he was a graduate student at Pomona College, Professor of Mathematics Donald Bentley proved as a joke that all numbers are equal to 47.[See also Trivia entries for "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993) and "Star Trek: Voyager" (1995)]
If one includes the movies, nearly every member of the "Star Trek" (1966) crew has appeared in this series and interacted with the new crew - Kirk (in Star Trek: Generations (1994)), Bones (in Encounter At Farpoint), Scotty (in Relics) and Spock (in Unification, parts 1 & 2). Chekov and Scotty also appear in Star Trek: Generations (1994), but they do not interact with the Next Generation crew. Only Uhura and Sulu have not, but the former did appear in the "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993) episode: Trials and Tribble-ations with Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Scott, Chekov & the DS9 crew; while the latter appears in the "Star Trek: Voyager" (1995) episode: Flashback (and is mentioned as one of Chakotay's contemporaries in Tattoo).
In 1994 the series became the first show in syndication to ever be nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series.
Jeffrey Combs auditioned for the role of William T. Riker, and later went on to play roles in "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993), "Star Trek: Voyager" (1995) and "Enterprise" (2001).
Diana Muldaur (Dr. Pulaski) also was in two episodes of the original Star Trek series, playing "Dr. Miranda Jones" in the episode "Is There In Truth No Beauty?" and "Lt.Cmdr.Ann Mulhall, Ph.D and Thalassa" in "Return to Tomorrow".
Deanna Troi was nearly written out after the first season and in fact is absent from many year one episodes. But after both Tasha Yar and Dr. Crusher were written out, Troi was kept.
Wesley Crusher takes his first name from Gene Roddenberry's middle name.
Most of the characters underwent some minor changes before the show debuted: Picard's first name was Julien; Riker was spelled 'Ryker'; Data's name was pronounced 'dat-uh' instead of 'day-tah'; Wesley Crusher was Leslie Crusher...Dr. Crusher's daughter.
Geordi's VISOR was improvised on the first day of shooting using chiefly an automobile air filter.
In the episode "Where Silence Has Lease", Nagilum was originally supposed to have been played by Richard Mulligan. That is how the character's name was developed.
"Star Trek: The Next Generation" borrowed its theme music from Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979).
A different piece of theme music was composed for the series before the decision was made to reuse Jerry Goldsmith's theme. This unused title music was later issued on one of the Next Generation soundtrack CDs produced by GNP Crescendo records in the US.
The episode "Tapestry" shows the cityscape from Logan's Run (1976) outside Picard's window.
The sliding doors were very loud on the show and have been compared to sliding glass doors. The actors were instructed to hold their dialogue until the doors stopped; you will rarely see an actor delivering lines while a door is opening or closing.
Near the end of the episode "Symbiosis" when Captain Picard and Doctor Crusher walk out of the Cargo Bay look in the background and you will see Tasha Yar (Denise Crosby) waving at the camera, as this was the last episode she filmed before she left the first time.
Diana Muldaur, who plays Dr. Pulaski, played Dr. Leslie Thompkins in Batman: The Animated Series
Whoopi Goldberg (the re-occurring mysterious bar-keeper Guinan, seasons 2-6), was given the role after being a fan of the original series and expressing interesting in having a re-occurring role in the new series
The Ferengi were originally introduced with the intention of making them the main, re-occurring adversaries in the series (very much as the Klingons were in the original series). However, audiences found the Ferengi too comical to take seriously as potential foes, and the race were gradually refined into the more (usually unintentionally) comical characters as later typified by Quark in 'Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'. The Borg would eventually become infamous as TNG's ultimate nemesis.
Jonathan Frakes returned to rehearsals for the start of the second season sporting a beard, with the intention of shaving it off before shooting began, but the producers liked it and asked him to keep it. It remained for the rest of the show's run. (He eventually shaves it off again for the movie Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)).
In the episode, "Cause and Effect," the Enterprise encounters a ship called the U.S.S. Bozeman. Brannon Braga, one of the writers on the show was raised in the town of Bozeman, Montana.
The hull number of the starship Bozeman is NCC-1941, because model maker Gregory Jein also worked on the film 1941 (1979).
In the episode "A Fistfull Of Datas", a holodeck character is referred to "The butcher of Bozeman", another reference to Brannon Braga's hometown (see above).
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