Star Trek: The Next Generation 

Set almost 100 years after Captain Kirk's five-year mission, a new generation of Starfleet officers set off in the U.S.S. Enterprise-D on their own mission to go where no one has gone before.

Creator:

Gene Roddenberry

Stars:

Patrick Stewart, Brent Spiner, Jonathan Frakes

Top Rated TV #129 | Won 18 Primetime Emmys. Another 18 wins & 61 nominations.

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Patrick Stewart	...	Capt. Jean-Luc Picard / ... 176 episodes, 1987-1994
Jonathan Frakes	...	Cmdr. William Riker / ... 176 episodes, 1987-1994
LeVar Burton	...	Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge / ... 176 episodes, 1987-1994
Marina Sirtis	...	Counselor Deanna Troi 176 episodes, 1987-1994
Brent Spiner	...	Lt. Cmdr. Data / ... 176 episodes, 1987-1994
Michael Dorn	...	Lt. Worf / ... 176 episodes, 1987-1994
Gates McFadden	...	Dr. Beverly Crusher 154 episodes, 1987-1994
Majel Barrett	...	Enterprise Computer / ... 47 episodes, 1987-1994
Wil Wheaton	...	Wesley Crusher / ... 86 episodes, 1987-1994

Storyline

Set in the twenty-fourth century and seven to eight decades after the adventures of the original crew of the starship Enterprise, this new series is the long-awaited successor to Star Trek: The Original Series (1966). Under the command of Captain Jean-Luc Picard, the all new Enterprise NCC 1701-D travels out to distant planets to seek out new life and to boldly go where no one has gone before.

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Plot Keywords:

famous opening theme | cult tv | star trek | space exploration | holodeck | 

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Taglines:

New Stars. New Stories. New Worlds To Explore.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Mystery | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Did You Know?

Trivia

Kevin Peter Hall, Mark Lindsay Chapman, Eric Menyuk, and Kelvin Han Yee auditioned for the role of Commander Data. Menyuk played the recurring role of "The Traveller".

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Goofs

While there is a common belief that items in the Holodeck cannot exist off the Holodeck, there are several occasions where someone walks to another part of the ship carrying a trinket that was created in the Holodeck, or someone walks down the corridor while wet from Holodeck water. It appears that some objects (such as food) are actually replicated within the Holodeck, and thus are "real" (i.e. not holographic), depending on the needs of the program and its user.

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Quotes

[opening monologue]
Capt. Picard: 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.

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Crazy Credits

The pilot episode "Encounter at Farpoint" has the end credits in a "scroll up" format. All subsequent episodes display the end credits in a "slideshow" format.

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Alternate Versions

The first and last episodes were originally broadcast as two-hour TV-movies, and were later re-edited into two one-hour episodes each. Both edits involved removing some scenes from each episode.

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Connections

Referenced in Saturday Night Live: Bradley Cooper/TV on the Radio (2009)

User Reviews

The Best Star Trek series

Following the success of the Star Trek movies in the mid 1980s, the producers decided to put ST back on the small screen with a shiny new Enterprise a new crew and a whole host of new species worlds and enemies. The first season and the majority of the second season are a bit shaky but from the third season it picks up massively. Patrick Stewart is now the captain, a more cerebral, diplomatic captain and played wonderfully. This series introduced far more relationships between the crew (Troi and Riker, Worf and his son, Crusher and Picard) which play out beautifully over the course of the series. The Special effects considering their now nearly 15-20 years old still look good and the Enterprise D is a true flagship vessel.

There's so many good episodes it's kind of hard to pick out anymore than the main standouts most people have mentioned already, Yesterday's Enterprise, The Best of Both Worlds, The Inner Light are probably the most popular but everything, certainly post seasons one and two provides good solid sci fi.

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

USA

Language:

English Klingon French

Release Date:

26 September 1987 (USA)

Also Known As:

Star Trek: TNG

Filming Locations:

Donald C. Tillman Water Reclamation Plant - 6100 Woodley Avenue, Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

44 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Dolby Digital (re-mastered version) DTS (re-mastered version)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

4:3