Star Trek: The Next Generation

Star Trek: The Next Generation (ST: TNG, TNG) is a science fiction series, which is part of the Star Trekstories. Star Trek was created by Gene Roddenberry, Star Trek: The Next Generation consisted of 178 episodes in 7 seasons and aired from 28 september 1987 to 23 May 1994.

The series is set in the 24th century, about 80 years after Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek: The Next Generation focuses on a new ship and a new crew.

Like its predecessor the series has a large following of fans and is still popular. It was the first of many series that are based on the original series. Star Trek: The Next Generation won 18 Emmy Awards, and was nominated for an Emmy in the seventh season for "Best Dramatic Series". The series was further nominated for three Hugo Awards and won two. The series formed the basis for seventh through the tenth Star Trek films.



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[hide] *Production 1  ==Production[ Edit] == After the box office success of the Star Trekmovies Paramount decided in 1986 to make a new series. Roddenberry wanted to have nothing to do with it here first, but was going to there anyway interfere because he was dissatisfied with the initial concept for this new series. The creation of Star Trek: The Next Generation was announced on 10 October 1986.
 * 1.1 season 1
 * 1.2 season 2
 * 1.3 seasons 3 through 7
 * 2 Story
 * 3 Cast
 * 4 Connections with other Star Trek incarnations
 * 5 Episodes
 * 6 spin-offs
 * 7 external link

The Next-Generation was not the first attempt to make a new Star Trek series. Previously there was a planned series called "Star Trek Phase II", starring the original actors from the first series. This series did not come from the ground, but led to the production of the first Star Trek movie. Some scenarios for this series were later rewritten for The Next Generation.

Roddenberry hired a few Star Trekveterans, including Bob Justman, d. c. Fontana, Eddie Milkis, and David Gerrold. Rick Berman, Roddenberry's request, a Paramountmedewerker was assigned to the series. ===Season 1[ Edit] === The first season featured a "revolving door", a coming and going of writers. Gerrold and Fontana stopped it after discord with Roddenberry.

Season 1 is often criticized as "directionless". Mark Bourne of The DVD Journal wrote about the following season 1: "A typical episode relied on trite, clumsy allegories, dry and suddenly stilted dialogue points, or characterization that was taking too long to feel relaxed and natural."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-journal_1_1-0" len="194" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [1]  other sources of criticism were the bad special effects, and the fact that suddenly often via a deus ex machina were dissolved.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-verdict_1_2-0" len="194" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [2]  <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-scifi_1_3-0" len="192" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[3]  however, Patrick Stewart's acting was praised and the critics felt that the characters had a greater possibility for character development than those in the original series.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-journal_1_1-1" len="194" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [1]  <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-verdict_1_2-1" len="194" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[2]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Although most episodes had a free-standing story, however, came in for events that affect the entire series. The recurring "villain" Q was introduced in the pilot episode, "Encounter at Farpoint". The Ferengialien race first appeared in "The Last Outpost". The capabilities of the holodeck were explored and the history between Will Riker and Deanna Troi was explored.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Subsequent episodes from season one were the basis for story lines later in the series. "Coming of Age" dealt with Wesley Crushers attempts to get on the Starfleet Academy . "Heart of Glory" explored Worf's character, the Klingon culture, and the uneasy cooperation between the Federation and the Klingon Empire. In "Angel One" are the Romulans, one of the biggest enemies in the Star Trek universe, first mentioned, while the final season 1 episode "The Neutral Zone" largely revolves around the renewed confrontation with them.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Six of the episodes from season one were nominated for an Emmy Award; "11001001" won the award for "Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series", "The Big Goodbye" won the prize for "Outstanding Costume Design for a Series", and "Conspiracy" won the award for "Outstanding Achievement in Makeup for a Series".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-companion_4-0" len="194" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [4] ===Season 2<span class="mw-editsection" len="348" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The series underwent significant changes in the second season. Beverly Crusher, the ship's doctor, was replaced by Katherine Pulaski, played by Diana Muldaur. The entertainment room of the ship, Ten-Forward, and the mysterious bartender Guinan appeared for the first time in this season. To produce the number of episodes was reduced from 26 to 22 and the start of the season was delayed due to a strike by the Writers Guild of America. Because of the strike was the opening episode of the season, "The Child", based on a screenplay that was already written for Star Trek: Phase II. The last episode of season 2, "Shades of Gray" was a clip show. Both episodes received a lot of criticism.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-scifi_2_5-0" len="192" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [5]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Season two as a whole was seen as an improvement over season one. Especially the focus on the character development was praised.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-verdict_2_6-0" len="194" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [6]  Co-Producer Maurice Hurley announced that his main objective for season two was introducing ongoing story lines.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-DVD_features_2_7-0" len="199" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [7]  Hurley wrote the episode "Q Who?", in which the Borg for the first time in image appeared. Season two focused mainly on the development of the character Data. In the episodes "Elementary, Dear Data" and "The Measure of a Man", he even Central.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-scifi_2_5-1" len="192" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [5]  Miles O'Brien also became a more prominent character during season two, while Geordi La Forge was the head mechanic. Five of the episodes of season two were nominated for a total of six Emmy Awards; "Q Who?" won for "Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series" and "Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Series". ===Seasons 3 through 7<span class="mw-editsection" len="356" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In the third season, Michael Piller became the head writer and Gene Roddenberry got a less active role. Piller and Berman were executive producers. Ronald d. Moore joined the series after he submitted a self-penned scenario that was later converted to the episode "The Bonding". He was the "Klingon guru" of the franchise.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-companion_4-1" len="194" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [4]  six episodes of the third season were nominated for eight Emmys: "yesterday's Enterprise" won for Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series and "Sins of the Father" won for Best Art Direction for a Series.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-companion_4-2" len="194" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [4]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Brannon Braga and Jeri Taylor joined in the fourth season of the show. Seven episodes of season four were nominated for Emmys. "The Best of Both Worlds, Part II" won for both Outstanding Sound Editing in a Series and Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Series.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-companion_4-3" len="194" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [4]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The fifth season opened with a tribute to Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, who passed away on October 24, 1991. His name was still in the credits despite his death named as "executive producer".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-companion_4-4" len="194" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [4]  The franchise itself was acquired by Berman.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-companion_4-5" len="194" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [4]  seven episodes of the fifth season were nominated for Emmys; "Cost of Living" won for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Costume Design for a Series and Outstanding Individual Achievement in Makeup for a Series. "A Matter of Time" and "Conundrum" both won for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Special Visual Effects. The episode "The Inner Light" was the first episode since "The City on the Edge of Forever" which won Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-companion_4-6" len="194" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [4]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Three episodes of the sixth season were nominated for Emmys; "Time's Arrow, Part II" won for both Outstanding Individual Achievement in Costume Design for a Series and Outstanding Individual Achievement in Hairstyling for a Series. "A Fistful of Datas" won for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Drama Series.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-companion_4-7" len="194" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [4]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The seventh season was the last for The Next Generation. The last episode, "All Good Things ...", was a double episode that aired in the week of May 19, 1994. The final broadcast of the series was great in Toronto'sSkyDome. Thousands of people came to the stadium to the last episode there on the Jumbotron view. Five episodes of season seven were nominated for Emmys. "All Good Things ..." won for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Special Visual Effects and "Genesis" won for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Drama Series. "All Good Things ... "also won the second Hugo Award from the series.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-companion_4-8" len="194" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [4] ==Story<span class="mw-editsection" len="346" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Eighty years after the voyages of James t. Kirk and his crew is going to be a new space ship, the USS Enterprise<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-companion_4-9" len="194" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[4]  on a trip through space. The ship, commanded by Jean-Luc Picard, has the task to explore and negotiate, but also to fight if necessary.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Each episode began with a spoken intro by Patrick Stewart, the text of which was almost equal to that of the original series. Only was the phrase "no man ' shall be replaced by the more neutral text gender-and race-" no one ", and was" 5-year mission ' shall be replaced by "continuing mission"<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8" len="184" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[8]  : <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its continuing mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no one has gone before. <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The crew of the enterprise encounters on their travels many new varieties and species. Dramatic plots such as time travel, natural disasters and conflicts were processed in the episodes. ==Division Of Roles<span class="mw-editsection" len="351" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The cast underwent several changes throughout the series. Denise Crosby chose to leave shortly before the end of season 1.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-companion_4-10" len="194" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [4]  Michael Dorn's Worf replaced character Yar as security chief and tactical officer. Crosby returned in "yesterday's enterprise" and "All Good Things ...". Also, she plays her daughter in the double episode: Redemption. ==Connections with other Star Trek incarnations<span class="mw-editsection" len="382" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The intro music of the series combined the fanfare of the original series by Alexander Courage with Jerry Goldsmith's intro for Star Trek: The Motion Picture .

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Some sets of the original series were reused for The Next Generation.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-TNGTM_9-0" len="190" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [9]  part of the transporterkamer in The Next Generation was also used in the original Star Trek's transporterset.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-TNGTM_9-1" len="190" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [9]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Variants of Enterprise's LCARS computer appeared in the Deep Space Nine and Voyager spinoffs and the Next Generation-era movies.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Encyc_10-0" len="192" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [10]  the series also introduced the star date with 5 digits. Deep Space Nines opening star date of 46379 is in line with The Next Generations sixth season, and Voyager's 48315 with a possible eighth season of The Next Generation

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Three original Star Trek actors appeared in their well-known roles in The Next Generation: DeForest Kelley as Leonard McCoy in "Encounter at Farpoint", Leonard Nimoy as Spock in "Unification", and James Doohan asMontgomery Scott in "Relics".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-companion_4-11" len="194" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [4]  Mark Lenard played Sarek for both "Sarek" and "Unification, Part I". The Klingons, who in the previous series, were still the enemies were now the allies of the Federation.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-companion_4-12" len="194" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [4]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The Next Generation introduced two characters who later in Deep Space Nine would have big roles: Miles O'Brien (played by Colm Meaney) and Worf.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-DS9_11-0" len="190" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [11]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Reginald Barclay, Deanna Troi, Q, William Riker and LaForge appeared in Voyager.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Encyc_10-1" len="192" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [10]  Tom Paris, a main character in Voyager, was based on the Next Generation character Nicholas Locarno; Robert Duncan McNeill, who played Locarno, also played Paris.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Encyc_10-2" len="192" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [10]

<p lang="en" len="97" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Deanna Troi and William Riker published in the Enterprise finale "These Are the Voyages ..." ==Episodes<span class="mw-editsection" len="351" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ==Spin-offs<span class="mw-editsection" len="348" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p lang="en" len="60" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The group released four films based on "The Next Generation":

<p lang="en" len="56" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The Next Generation was succeeded by three more series:
 * Star Trek Generations (1994)
 * Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
 * Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)
 * Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The series also served as the inspiration for several novels, websites and fan fiction.
 * Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993-1999)
 * Star Trek: Voyager (1995-2001)
 * Star Trek: Enterprise (2001-2005)