Showing posts with label Star Trek: Picard. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Star Trek: Picard. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1989)
Star Trek: Picard (2022)


Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 2. Episode 14.
Episode entitled: The Icarus Factor.
Released April 14, 1989.
Directed by Robert Iscove.
Written by David Assael, Robert L. McCullough, Melinda M. Snodgrass.
Created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Ron Jones.
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Colm Meaney, Mitchell Ryan, Lance Spellerberg, Majel Barrett, James G. Becker, John L. Bennett, Michael Braveheart, Josef Cannon, Tim McCormack, Lorine Mendell, Robert Smithson, Teo Smoot, John Tesh.


Star Trek: Picard
Season 2. Episode 7.
Episode entitled: Monsters.
Released April 14, 2022.
Directed by Joe Menendez.
Created by Akiva Goldsman, Michael Chabon, Kirsten Beyer, Alex Kurtzman.
Written by Matt Okumura, Juliana James, Jane Maggs, Chris Derrick, Kiley Rossetter.
Based on Star Trek: The Next Generation, created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Jeff Russo.
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jeri Ryan, Alison Pill, Annie Wersching, Michelle Hurd, Santiago Cabrera, Evan Evagora, Orla Brady, James Callis, Madeline Wise, Sol Rodriguez, Ito Aghayere, Jay Karnes, Ivo Nandi, Steve Gutierrez, Dylan Von Halle, Marti Matulis, Oscar Torre, Travis Walck, Cyrus Zoghi, Jonathan Flaugher, Philip Krohnengold, Sunny Ozell, Mark Stepro, Mason Stoops.

Monday, April 13, 2026

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek (1967)
These are the Voyages - TOS: Season Two / book (2014)
Star Trek: Picard (2023)


Star Trek
Season 1. Episode 29.
Episode entitled: Operation -- Annihilate!
Released April 13, 1967.
Directed by Herschel Daugherty.
Written by Steven W. Carabatsos.
Created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Alexander Courage.
Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Joan Swift, Maurishka, Majel Barrett, Craig Huxley / Craig Hundley, Fred Carson, Jerry Catron, David Armstrong, Bill Blackburn, Bob Bralver, Frank da Vinci, Carey Foster, Jeannie Malone, Eddie Paskey, Ron Veto.


These are the Voyages - TOS: Season Two
By Marc Cushman & Susan Osborn.
Introduced by Walter Koenig.
These Are The Voyages series.
Published by Jacob Brown Media Group.
Published 2014.
ISBN-10: 0989238156
ISBN-13: 978-0989238151
Description:
"Compelling, page-turning ... the most important book of Star Trek journalism ever done and is just as gripping as [Marc Cushman's] look at the shows and launch of the first season." – Jeff Bond, Editor, Geek Magazine.
"With These Are the Voyages - TOS: Season Two, author Marc Cushman has topped his amazing predecessor!" – Scott Mantz, Access Hollywood.
"You can trust these books! You won't be reading a P.R. man's spins. This is honest and this is how it was being there making Star Trek." – Walter Koenig.
SATURN AWARD WINNING BOOK! The second installment of the These Are the Voyages, TOS trilogy. Now, travel back to 1967, with Star Trek entering its second season on NBC as the incredible, in depth, behind-the-scenes story gets even more remarkable. For Gene Roddenberry and his talented team, launching Star Trek was nearly an impossible task. Keeping it on the air was even harder. Learn why Leonard Nimoy almost didn't return for Season Two. Explore why Lucille Ball, whose Desilu Productions, had gambled big on financing Star Trek, would lose her studio. Discover the real reason producer Gene Coon suddenly quit in the middle of the second year. Find out about the unproduced episodes written by renowned science fiction masters. Read the memos from Roddenberry and his staff, and NBC, concerning all 26 Season Two episodes. Witness the continuing deception by the network over the show's ratings, and how the fans took on a corporate giant to save their favorite series.


Star Trek: Picard
Season 3. Episode 9.
Episode entitled: Võx.
Released April 13, 2023.
Directed by Terry Matalas.
Created by Akiva Goldsman, Michael Chabon, Kirsten Beyer, Alex Kurtzman.
Written by Kiley Rossetter, Sean Tretta, Chris Derrick.
Based on Star Trek: The Next Generation, created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Jeff Russo, Frederik Wiedmann.
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jeri Ryan, Michelle Hurd, Ed Speleers, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Todd Stashwick, Alice Krige, Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut, Elizabeth Dennehy, Mica Burton, Joseph Lee, Jin Maley, Nolan North, Majel Barrett, Amy Earhart, Grace Gregory, Jane Edwina Seymour.

Tuesday, April 7, 2026

On this day in Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: Picard (2022)


Star Trek: Picard
Season 2. Episode 6.
Episode entitled: Two of One.
Released April 7, 2022.
Directed by Jonathan Frakes.
Created by Akiva Goldsman, Michael Chabon, Kirsten Beyer, Alex Kurtzman.
Written by Cindy Appel, Jane Maggs, Matt Okumura, Chris Derrick, Juliana James, Kiley Rossetter.
Based on Star Trek: The Next Generation, created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Jeff Russo.
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jeri Ryan, Alison Pill, Annie Wersching, Michelle Hurd, Santiago Cabrera, Evan Evagora, Orla Brady, Isa Briones, Brent Spiner, John de Lancie, Penelope Mitchell, Sol Rodriguez, Alexandre Chen, Ren Hanami, Michelle Haro, Shaw Jones, Richard Leacock, Zach Sowers, Kareem Stroud, Guy Fernandez Jr., Justin Nickels, Morgan Peters, Patrick Price, Jenya Shatilova, Dylan Von Halle, Thadeus Welch, Madeline Wise.

Monday, April 6, 2026

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek (1967)
The City on the Edge of Forever / teleplay (1996)
The City on the Edge of Forever / Fotonovel (1977)
Star Trek: Picard (2023)


Star Trek
Season 1. Episode 28.
Episode entitled: The City on the Edge of Forever.
Released April 6, 1967.
Directed by Joseph Pevney.
Written by Harlan Ellison.
Created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Alexander Courage, Fred Steiner.
Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Joan Collins, John Harmon, Hal Baylor, David L. Ross, John Winston, Bart La Rue, Walter Bacon, Bill Blackburn, Bill Borzage, Dick Cherney, Noble 'Kid' Chissell, Jane Crowley, Joe Garcio, Joseph Glick, Carey Loftin, Eddie Paskey, Martin Strader, Eleanore Vogel, Max Wagner.


The City on the Edge of Forever
By Harlan Ellison.
Published by White Wolf Publishing.
Published 1996.
Paperback.
ISBN-10: 1565049640
ISBN-13: 978-1565049642
Description:
The controversy has raged for almost 30 years--now readers can judge for themselves. Harlan Ellison wrote the original award-winning teleplay for "The City on the Edge of Forever," which was rewritten and became the most-loved Star Trek episode of all time. Ellison sued Paramount in protest and won. This book contains the teleplay and afterwords by Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, George Takei and others.


The City on the Edge of Forever
By Harlan Ellison and Gene Roddenberry.
Star Trek Fotonovel, No. 1.
Published by Bantam Books.
First Edition.
Published 1977.
Mass Market Paperback.
ISBN-10: 0553113453
ISBN-13: 978-0553113457
Description:
The authentic re-creation of a fateful voyage of the starship Enterprise. Over 300 action photographs from the episode City On the Edge of Forever. Television series created by Gene Roddenberry.


Star Trek: Picard
Season 3. Episode 8.
Episode entitled: Surrender.
Released April 6, 2023.
Directed by Deborah Kampmeier.
Created by Akiva Goldsman, Michael Chabon, Kirsten Beyer, Alex Kurtzman.
Written by Matt Okumura, Chris Derrick, Kiley Rossetter.
Based on Star Trek: The Next Generation, created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Stephen Barton, Jeff Russo.
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jeri Ryan, Michelle Hurd, Ed Speleers, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Todd Stashwick, Amanda Plummer, Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut, Mica Burton, Stephanie Czajkowski, Joseph Lee, Jin Maley, Jenson Cheng, Amy Earhart, Olivia Youngers, Sophia Adler, Kyle Kittredge, Angel Manuel, Frances Parsons, Chris Villegas.

Tuesday, March 31, 2026

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1990)
Star Trek: Voyager (1999)
The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek (2022)
Star Trek: Picard (2022)


Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 3. Episode 19.
Episode entitled: Captain’s Holiday.
Released March 31, 1990.
Directed by Chip Chalmers.
Written by Ira Steven Behr, Ronald D. Moore.
Created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Dennis McCarthy.
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Jennifer Hetrick, Karen Landry, Michael Champion, Max Grodénchik, Deirdre Haj, Jeremy Doyle, Kristina Kell, Tim McCormack.


Star Trek: Voyager
Season 5. Episode 19.
Episode entitled: Think Tank.
Released March 31, 1999.
Directed by Terrence O'Hara.
Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.
Written by Michael Taylor, Rick Berman, Brannon Braga, Bryan Fuller, Nick Sagan.
Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Jay Chattaway.
Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Jason Alexander, Christopher Darga, Christopher Shea, Walter Altman, Majel Barrett, Phil Crowley, Marvin De Baca, Steven Dennis, Tarik Ergin, Steve Rankin.


The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek
Season 1. Episode 11.
Episode entitled: The Stars Above.
Released March 31, 2022.
Directed by Brian Volk-Weiss.
Visual Effects and animation by Jeremy Samples.
Cast: Vaughn Armstrong, Robert Beltran, Brannon Braga, Ronny Cox, Joseph D'Agosta, Nicole de Boer, Ike Eisenmann, Richard Herd, Gregory Itzin, Dominic Keating, Jack Kehler, Christopher Lloyd, Cirroc Lofton, Scott MacDonald, Matt Malloy, Donna Massetti, Matt McCoy, Gates McFadden, Ronald D. Moore, Nichelle Nichols, Leonard Nimoy, Andrew Robinson, Mark Rolston, Cristine Rose, William Morgan Sheppard, Brent Spiner, Michael Westmore, Wil Wheaton, Peter White, Barbara Williams, Wade Williams, Rudolph Willrich, Mel Winkler, Rick Worthy.


Star Trek: Picard
Season 2. Episode 5.
Episode entitled: Fly Me to the Moon.
Released March 31, 2022.
Directed by Jonathan Frakes.
Created by Akiva Goldsman, Michael Chabon, Kirsten Beyer, Alex Kurtzman.
Written by Cindy Appel, Matt Okumura, Chris Derrick, Juliana James, Kiley Rossetter.
Based on Star Trek: The Next Generation, created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Jeff Russo.
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jeri Ryan, Alison Pill, Annie Wersching, Michelle Hurd, Santiago Cabrera, Evan Evagora, Orla Brady, Isa Briones, Brent Spiner, John de Lancie, Penelope Mitchell, Lea Thompson, Leif Gantvoort, Jackie Geary, Ivo Nandi, Kay Bess, Oscar Camacho, Michelle Haro, Shaw Jones, Daniel Allen Mooney, Zach Sowers, Kareem Stroud, Guy Fernandez Jr., Richard Leacock, Justin Nickels, Jenya Shatilova.

Monday, March 30, 2026

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek (1967)
The Star Trek Reader III / book (1977)
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1991)
Star Trek: Picard (2023)


Star Trek
Season 1. Episode 27.
Episode entitled: The Alternative Factor.
Released March 30, 1967.
Directed by Gerd Oswald.
Written by Don Ingalls.
Created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Alexander Courage.
Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Robert Brown, Janet MacLachlan, Richard Derr, Arch Whiting, Christian Patrick, Eddie Paskey, Bill Blackburn, Vince Cadiente, Bill Catching, Frank da Vinci, Carey Foster, Tom Lupo, Ron Veto.


The Star Trek Reader III
By James Blish.
Published by E P Dutton.
Published 1977.
First Edition.
Hardcover.
ISBN-10: 0525209611
ISBN-13: 978-0525209614
Description:
Nineteen episodes from the now-defunct but still-popular television series follow James Kirk, Mr. Spock, and the crew of the Enterprise to strange worlds and distant adventures.


Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 4. Episode 19.
Episode entitled: The Nth Degree.
Released March 30, 1991.
Directed by Robert Legato.
Written by Joe Menosky, Ronald D. Moore, David Carren, J. Larry Carroll, Brannon Braga.
Created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Ron Jones.
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Jim Norton, Kay E. Kuter, Saxon Trainor, Page Leong, Dwight Schultz, David Coburn, Majel Barrett, Thomas J. Booth, Michael Braveheart, Cameron, Tracee Cocco, George B. Colucci Jr., Debbie David, BJ Davis, Denise Deuschle, Elliot Durant III, Margaret Rose Flores, Randy James, Ivonne Perez Montijo, Teri Noel, Keith Rayve, Denise Lynne Roberts, Joyce Robinson, Richard Sarstedt, Mikki Val.


Star Trek: Picard
Season 3. Episode 7.
Episode entitled: Dominion.
Released March 30, 2023.
Directed by Deborah Kampmeier.
Created by Akiva Goldsman, Michael Chabon, Kirsten Beyer, Alex Kurtzman.
Written by Chris Derrick, Jane Maggs, Kiley Rossetter.
Based on Star Trek: The Next Generation, created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Jeff Russo, Frederik Wiedmann.
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jeri Ryan, Ed Speleers, Gates McFadden, Todd Stashwick, LeVar Burton, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, Tim Russ, Amanda Plummer, Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut, Mica Burton, Jenson Cheng, Stephanie Czajkowski, Garth Kemp, Joseph Lee, Jin Maley, Sophia Adler, Julia Aylor, Angel Manuel, Frances Parsons, Chris Villegas.

Saturday, March 28, 2026

Born on this day – Annie Wersching:


Annie Wersching


Actress

Below as the Borg Queen in Star Trek: Picard


March 28, 1977 – January 29, 2023

Credits:

24 (2009–2010); 24 in 24 (2009); Angel (2003); Anthem (2019); Below the Beltway (2010); Birds of Prey (2002); Blue Bloods (2014); Blue-Eyed Butcher (2012); Body of Proof (2013); Bosch (2014–2021); Boston Legal (2006); Bruce Almighty (2003); Castle (2013–2015); Charmed (2004); Code Black (2016); Cold Case (2006); Company Man (2007); CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2010); Dallas (2013); Doubt (2017); E-Ring (2005); Extant (2014); Frasier (2003); General Hospital (2007); Grounded: Making the Last of Us (2013); Harry's Law (2012); Hawaii Five-0 (2011); Hell's Kitchen (2018); Intelligence (2014); Journeyman (2007); Killer Instinct (2005); Lopez Tonight (2010); Major Crimes (2016); NCIS (2010); No Ordinary Family (2011); Out of Practice (2005); Partners (2011); Revolution (2013); Rizzoli & Isles (2011); Runaways (2017–2019); Star Trek: Enterprise (2002); Star Trek: Picard (2020); Supernatural (2007); That Guy... Who Was In That Thing 3: Trek Stars (2019); The 34th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2007); The Bonnie Hunt Show (2010); The Catch (2016); The Last of Us - The Definitive Playthrough (2019); The Last of Us (2013); The Last of Us: One Night Live (2014); The Other Mother (2017); The Ready Room (2022); The Rookie (2019–2022); The Showdown (2006); The Surrogate (2013); The Vampire Diaries (2015–2016); Timeless (2017–2018); Touch (2013).

Thursday, March 26, 2026

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1994)
Star Trek: Picard (2020)


Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 7. Episode 20.
Episode entitled: Journey’s End.
Released March 26, 1994.
Directed by Corey Allen.
Written by Ronald D. Moore, Shawn Piller, Antonia King / Anatonia Napoli, René Echevarria.
Created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Jay Chattaway.
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Tom Jackson, Natalija Nogulich, Ned Romero, George Aguilar, Richard Poe, Eric Menyuk, Doug Wert, Lena Banks, Joe Baumann, Hal Donahue, Elliot Durant III, Henry Kingi, Marianne Lewis, Tom Morga, Rebecca Parker, Matilda Resendes, John Saint John, Frank Salsedo, Oliver Theess, William P. Yazzie.


Star Trek: Picard
Season 1. Episode 10.
Episode entitled: Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 2.
Released March 26, 2020.
Directed by Akiva Goldsman.
Created by Akiva Goldsman, Michael Chabon, Kirsten Beyer, Alex Kurtzman.
Written by Michael Chabon, Akiva Goldsman, Nick Zayas.
Based on Star Trek: The Next Generation, created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Jeff Russo.
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jeri Ryan, Alison Pill, Michelle Hurd, Santiago Cabrera, Evan Evagora, Isa Briones, Harry Treadaway, Brent Spiner, Tamlyn Tomita, Brian DeRozan, Matt Perfetuo, Mike Perfetuo, Jade Ramsey, Nikita Ramsey, Jonathan Frakes, Peyton List, Kay Bess, Apolla Asteria, Antoine Holmes Sr., Spencer Holmes, Natalie Kailey, Maya McClean, Nandy McClean, Marina Miller, Julia Nolan, Liz Nolan, Ella Rogers, Geoff Samuels, Greg Samuels, Petra Sprecher, Anna Waldrum.

Tuesday, March 24, 2026

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

The Star Trek Reader II / book (1977)
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1990)
Star Trek: Voyager (1999)
Star Trek: Picard (2022)


The Star Trek Reader II
By James Blish.
Published by E P Dutton.
Published 1977.
First Edition.
Hardcover.
ISBN-10: 0525209603
ISBN-13: 978-0525209607
Description:
Here for the first time in hardcover are 19 of the most exciting episodes that ever appeared on the award-winning Star Trek television series. Novelized by the renowned science fiction writer James Blish, each of these stories is a little gem with a permanent sparkle, and their combination a collector's item.


Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 3. Episode 18.
Episode entitled: Allegiance.
Released March 24, 1990.
Directed by Winrich Kolbe.
Written by Richard Manning, Hans Beimler, Ronald D. Moore.
Created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Ron Jones.
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Stephen Markle, Reiner Schöne, Joycelyn O'Brien, Jerry Rector, Jeff Rector, Joe Baumann, Michael Braveheart, Debbie David, Eben Ham, Richard Sarstedt.


Star Trek: Voyager
Season 5. Episode 18.
Episode entitled: The Fight.
Released March 24, 1999.
Directed by Winrich Kolbe.
Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.
Written by Joe Menosky, Michael Taylor, Bryan Fuller, Nick Sagan.
Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Jay Chattaway.
Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Carlos Palomino, Ned Romero, Ray Walston, Majel Barrett, Tarik Ergin, Sylvester Foster, Peter Scott Harmyk, Susan Henley, Alicia Lewis, Michael Munoz, Erin Leigh Price, Pablo Soriano.


Star Trek: Picard
Season 2. Episode 4.
Episode entitled: Watcher.
Released March 24, 2022.
Directed by Lea Thompson.
Created by Akiva Goldsman, Michael Chabon, Kirsten Beyer, Alex Kurtzman.
Written by Juliana James, Jane Maggs, Travis Fickett, Matt Okumura, Chris Derrick, Kiley Rossetter.
Based on Star Trek: The Next Generation, created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Jeff Russo.
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jeri Ryan, Alison Pill, Annie Wersching, Michelle Hurd, Santiago Cabrera, Evan Evagora, Orla Brady, John de Lancie, Madeline Wise, Ito Aghayere, Leif Gantvoort, Penelope Mitchell, Sol Rodriguez, Chloé Wepper, Karl T. Wright, Oscar Camacho, Sean Freeland, Kelli Dawn Hancock, Isabella Meneses, Brian Quinn, Kirk Randolph Thatcher, Danielle Thorpe, Dylan Von Halle, Kay Bess, Dartenea Bryant, Paul Lacovara.

Monday, March 23, 2026

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek (1967)
The Star Trek Reader I / book (1976)
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1991)
Star Trek: Picard (2023)


Star Trek
Season 1. Episode 26.
Episode entitled: Errand of Mercy.
Released March 23, 1967.
Directed by John Newland.
Written by Gene L. Coon.
Created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Alexander Courage.
Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, John Abbott, John Colicos, Peter Brocco, Victor Lundin, David Hillary Hughes, Walt Davis, George Sawaya, Bobby Bass, Bill Blackburn, John Blower, Gary Combs, Frank da Vinci, Eddie Paskey, Basil Poledouris, Paul Power, Tom Steele, Ron Veto.


The Star Trek Reader I
By James Blish.
Published by E P Dutton.
First Edition.
Published 1976.
Hardcover.
ISBN-10: 0841504679
ISBN-13: 978-0841504677
Description:
Episodes from the popular TV series, many of which have been selected by fans themselves, have been adapted into short stories.


Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 4. Episode 18.
Episode entitled: Identity Crisis.
Released March 23, 1991.
Directed by Winrich Kolbe.
Written by Brannon Braga, Tim de Haas, Ronald D. Moore, Joe Menosky, David Carren, J. Larry Carroll.
Created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Dennis McCarthy.
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Maryann Plunkett, Patti Yasutake, Amick Byram, Dennis Madalone, Mona Grudt, Majel Barrett, Thomas J. Booth, Michael Braveheart, Nyra Crenshaw, Denise Deuschle, Jeremy Doyle, Randy James, Kraig Kishi, Lorine Mendell, Teri Noel, Brian Phelps, Joyce Robinson, Mark Thompson, Paul Tompkins, K. Uchizono.


Star Trek: Picard
Season 3. Episode 6.
Episode entitled: The Bounty.
Released March 23, 2023.
Directed by Dan Liu.
Created by Akiva Goldsman, Michael Chabon, Kirsten Beyer, Alex Kurtzman.
Written by Christopher Monfette, Chris Derrick, Kiley Rossetter.
Based on Star Trek: The Next Generation, created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Stephen Barton, Jeff Russo.
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jeri Ryan, Michelle Hurd, Ed Speleers, Gates McFadden, Todd Stashwick, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Daniel Davis, Todd Stashwick, Amanda Plummer, Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut, Mica Burton, Stephanie Czajkowski, Joseph Lee, Jin Maley, Amy Earhart, Vaughn Page, Byron Quiros, Angel Manuel.

Thursday, March 19, 2026

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1988 & 1994)
Star Trek: Voyager (1997)
Star Trek: Picard (2020)


Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 1. Episode 19.
Episode entitled: Heart of Glory.
Released March 19, 1988.
Directed by Rob Bowman.
Written by Maurice Hurley, Herbert Wright, D.C. Fontana, Hans Beimler, Richard Manning, Hannah Louise Shearer, Tracy Tormé.
Created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Ron Jones.
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Denise Crosby, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Vaughn Armstrong, Charles Hyman, David Froman, Robert Bauer, Brad Zerbst, Dennis Madalone, James G. Becker, Darrell Burris, Dexter Clay, Jeffrey Deacon, Susan Duchow, John Escobar, Shana Golden, Tim McCormack, James McElroy, Lorine Mendell, Guy Vardaman.

Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 7. Episode 19.
Episode entitled: Genesis.
Released March 19, 1994.
Directed by Gates McFadden.
Written by Brannon Braga, René Echevarria, Naren Shankar.
Created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Dennis McCarthy.
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Patti Yasutake, Dwight Schultz, Carlos Ferro, Majel Barrett, Shawn Belschner, Cameron, Tracee Cocco, Debbie David, Gary Hunter, Rick Ryan Kiesau, Lorine Mendell, Rad Milo, Keith Rayve, John Alex Tampoya, Oliver Theess.


Star Trek: Voyager
Season 3. Episode 20.
Episode entitled: Favorite Son.
Released March 19, 1997.
Directed by Marvin Rush.
Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.
Written by Lisa Klink.
Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Dennis McCarthy.
Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Jennifer Lien, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Cari Shayne, Deborah May, Patrick Fabian, Kelli Kirkland, Kristanna Loken, Christopher Carroll, Irene Tsu, Elle Alexander, Reba Shaw Alexander, Steve Carnahan, Debbie David, Cheryl Eckelberg, Jennifer Ferdinand, Noelle Hannibal, Susan Henley, Kerry Hoyt, Linda Li, Louis Ortiz, Richard Sarstedt, Rainelle Saunders, Patricia Tallman, John Alex Tampoya, Kenny Yee.


Star Trek: Picard
Season 1. Episode 9.
Episode entitled: Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 1.
Released March 19, 2020.
Directed by Akiva Goldsman.
Created by Akiva Goldsman, Michael Chabon, Kirsten Beyer, Alex Kurtzman.
Written by Michael Chabon, Ayelet Waldman, Akiva Goldsman, Nick Zayas.
Based on Star Trek: The Next Generation, created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Jeff Russo.
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jeri Ryan, Alison Pill, Michelle Hurd, Santiago Cabrera, Evan Evagora, Isa Briones, Harry Treadaway, Brent Spiner, Tamlyn Tomita, Brian DeRozan, Matt Perfetuo, Mike Perfetuo, Jade Ramsey, Nikita Ramsey, Zachary James Rukavina, Apolla Asteria, Kay Bess, Antoine Holmes Sr., Spencer Holmes, Natalie Kailey, Maya McClean, Nandy McClean, Marina Miller, Julia Nolan, Liz Nolan.

Tuesday, March 17, 2026

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1990)
Star Trek: Discovery (2022)
Star Trek: Picard (2022)


Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 3. Episode 17.
Episode entitled: Sins of the Father.
Released March 17, 1990.
Directed by Les Landau.
Written by Ronald D. Moore, W. Reed Moran, Drew Deighan.
Created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Dennis McCarthy.
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Gates McFadden, Charles Cooper, Tony Todd, Patrick Massett, Thelma Lee, J. Teddy Davis, Rachen Assapiomonwait, Majel Barrett, Michael Braveheart, BJ Davis, Bud Davis, Christopher Doyle, Eben Ham, Mark Lentry, James McElroy, Joseph Michael Roth, Mark Wilson, Natalie Wood.


Star Trek: Discovery
Season 4. Episode 13.
Episode entitled: Coming Home.
Released March 17, 2022.
Directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi.
Created by Bryan Fuller, Alex Kurtzman.
Written by Michelle Paradise, Glenise Mullins, Brandon Schultz, Carlos Cisco.
Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Jeff Russo.
Cast: Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman, Wilson Cruz, Blu del Barrio, Tig Notaro, David Ajala, Oded Fehr, Stacey Abrams, Shawn Doyle, Chelah Horsdal, Tara Rosling, Annabelle Wallis, Hiro Kanagawa, Phumzile Sitole, Emily Coutts, Patrick Kwok-Choon, Oyin Oladejo, Sara Mitich, Orville Cummings, Raven Dauda, David Benjamin Tomlinson, Seamus Patterson, Adrian Walters, Michael Chan, Emmanuel John, Jean-Paul Najm, Fabio Tassone, Robinne Fanfair.


Star Trek: Picard
Season 2. Episode 3.
Episode entitled: Assimilation.
Released March 17, 2022.
Directed by Lea Thompson.
Created by Akiva Goldsman, Michael Chabon, Kirsten Beyer, Alex Kurtzman.
Written by Kiley Rossetter, Christopher Monfette, Matt Okumura, Chris Derrick, Juliana James.
Based on Star Trek: The Next Generation, created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Jeff Russo.
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jeri Ryan, Alison Pill, Annie Wersching, Michelle Hurd, Santiago Cabrera, Evan Evagora, John de Lancie, Jon Jon Briones, Chloé Wepper, Sol Rodriguez, Richard Chiu, Gattlin Griffith, Steve Gutierrez, Matt Kaminsky, Peter Lindstedt, Maggie Pacleb, Marcelo Tubert, Kay Bess, Chris Bores, Floyd Anthony Johns Jr.

Monday, March 16, 2026

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1991)
Star Trek: Picard (2023)


Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 4. Episode 17.
Episode entitled: Night Terrors.
Released March 16, 1991.
Directed by Les Landau.
Written by Pamela Douglas, Jeri Taylor, Shari Goodhartz, Ronald D. Moore, Joe Menosky, David Carren, J. Larry Carroll.
Created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Ron Jones.
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Rosalind Chao, John Vickery, Shaun Duke / Duke Moosekian, Craig Hurley, Brian Tochi, Lanei Chapman, Colm Meaney, Whoopi Goldberg, Deborah Taylor, Rachen Assapiomonwait, Michael Braveheart, Tracee Cocco, George B. Colucci Jr., Gerard David Jr., BJ Davis, Jeremy Doyle, Margaret Rose Flores, Keith Gearhart, Ken Lesco, Jeri McBride, James McElroy, Lorine Mendell, Teri Noel, Frank Orsatti.


Star Trek: Picard
Season 3. Episode 5.
Episode entitled: Imposters.
Released March 16, 2023.
Directed by Dan Liu.
Created by Akiva Goldsman, Michael Chabon, Kirsten Beyer, Alex Kurtzman.
Written by Cindy Appel, Chris Derrick, Kiley Rossetter.
Based on Star Trek: The Next Generation, created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Stephen Barton, Jeff Russo.
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jeri Ryan, Michelle Hurd, Ed Speleers, Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden, Todd Stashwick, Michael Dorn, Michelle Forbes, Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut, Kirk Acevedo, Stephanie Czajkowski, Amy Earhart, Joseph Lee, Grace Lee, Jin Maley, Tiffany Shepis, Hope Brown, Justin Dobies, Alessandro Garcia, Will Greenburg, John Pope, Tarina Pouncy, Vanessa Cater, Christopher B. Derrick, Angel Manuel, Cina McKenna, Phillip O'Riley.

Thursday, March 12, 2026

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1988)
Star Trek: Picard (2020)


Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 1. Episode 18.
Episode entitled: Coming of Age.
Released March 12, 1988.
Directed by Michael Vejar.
Written by Sandy Fries.
Created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Dennis McCarthy.
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Denise Crosby, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Ward Costello, Robert Schenkkan, John Putch, Robert Ito, Stephen Gregory, Tasia Valenza, Estee Chandler, Brendan McKane, Wyatt Knight, Daniel Riordan, James G. Becker, Darrell Burris, Dexter Clay, Jeffrey Deacon, Nora Leonhardt, Tim McCormack, Lorine Mendell, Richard Sarstedt, Guy Vardaman.


Star Trek: Picard
Season 1. Episode 8.
Episode entitled: Broken Pieces.
Released March 12, 2020.
Directed by Maja Vrvilo.
Created by Akiva Goldsman, Michael Chabon, Kirsten Beyer, Alex Kurtzman.
Written by Michael Chabon, Nick Zayas.
Based on Star Trek: The Next Generation, created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Jeff Russo.
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jeri Ryan, Alison Pill, Michelle Hurd, Santiago Cabrera, Evan Evagora, Isa Briones, Peyton List, Tamlyn Tomita, Rebecca Wisocky, Ann Magnuson, Derek Webster, Jane Hae Kim, Vincent Teixeira, Kendra Munger, Ernesto Chaverri, Jimmy Chimarios, Natalie Diaz, Alyma Dorsey, Akihiro Haga, Morgan Eliza Hill, Cort Rogers.

Tuesday, March 10, 2026

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1990)
Star Trek: Discovery (2022)
Star Trek: Picard (2022)


Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 3. Episode 16.
Episode entitled: The Offspring.
Released March 10, 1990.
Directed by Jonathan Frakes.
Written by René Echevarria, Ronald D. Moore.
Created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Ron Jones.
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Gates McFadden, Hallie Todd, Whoopi Goldberg, Judyann Elder, Diane Moser, Hayne Bayle, Maria Leone, James G. Becker, Rachen Assapiomonwait, Michael Braveheart, Carrie Crain, Leonard Crofoot, Kristina Kell, Mark Lentry, Tim McCormack, Keith Rayve, Andy Wiley.


Star Trek: Discovery
Season 4. Episode 12.
Episode entitled: Species Ten-C.
Released March 10, 2022.
Directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi.
Created by Bryan Fuller, Alex Kurtzman.
Written by Kyle Jarrow, Glenise Mullins, Brandon Schultz, Carlos Cisco.
Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Jeff Russo.
Cast: Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, Wilson Cruz, Blu del Barrio, Tig Notaro, David Ajala, Shawn Doyle, Chelah Horsdal, Tara Rosling, Annabelle Wallis, Hiro Kanagawa, Phumzile Sitole, Emily Coutts, Patrick Kwok-Choon, Oyin Oladejo, Sara Mitich, Orville Cummings, David Benjamin Tomlinson, Jahkeil Goldson, Fabio Tassone, Robinne Fanfair, Shelley Owens.


Star Trek: Picard
Season 2. Episode 2.
Episode entitled: Penance.
Released March 10, 2022.
Directed by Doug Aarniokoski.
Created by Akiva Goldsman, Michael Chabon, Kirsten Beyer, Alex Kurtzman.
Written by Akiva Goldsman, Terry Matalas, Christopher Monfette, Michael Chabon, Matt Okumura, Chris Derrick, Juliana James, Kiley Rossetter.
Based on Star Trek: The Next Generation, created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Jeff Russo.
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jeri Ryan, Alison Pill, Annie Wersching, Michelle Hurd, Santiago Cabrera, Evan Evagora, Isa Briones, John de Lancie, Jon Jon Briones, Patton Oswalt, Toni Belafonte, Alex Diehl, Paula Andrea Placido, Hanna-Lee Sakakibara, Kay Bess, Katelyn Brooke, Bryant Burnett, Jimmy Chhiu, Stephen Dunlevy, Guy Fernandez Jr., Floyd Anthony Johns Jr., Brent Spiner, Amy Sturdivant.

Monday, March 9, 2026

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek (1967)
The Making of Star Trek / book (1986)
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1991)
Star Trek: Picard (2023)


Star Trek
Season 1. Episode 25.
Episode entitled: The Devil in the Dark.
Released March 9, 1967.
Directed by Joseph Pevney.
Written by Gene L. Coon.
Created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Alexander Courage.
Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Ken Lynch, Brad Weston, Biff Elliot, George Allen, Jon Cavett, John Duke / Barry Russo, Lee Allen, Tom Anfinsen, Bill Blackburn, Frank da Vinci, Dick Dial, Robert Hitchcock, Bob Hoy, Monty O'Grady, Eddie Paskey, Janos Prohaska, Al Roberts, Walter Soo Hoo, Ron Veto.


The Making of Star Trek
By Stephen E. Whitfield & Gene Roddenberry.
Published by Del Rey.
Twenty Second Printing edition.
Published 1986.
Mass Market Paperback.
ISBN-10: 0345340191
ISBN-13: 978-0345340191
Description:
"For would-be TV writers, directors and producers, this will be an education in itself, a polished but non-varnished look at how TV really works." – Publishers Weekly.
A complete history of what may be the most popular TV series ever – the original Star Trek episodes! Filled with quotations from cast members, memos to and from Gene Roddenberry, biographies of cast members, sketches, photographs, set descriptions, and even budgets and cast schedules, this volume is a fascinating, invaluable behind-the-scenes account of the development and production of the original Star Trek series.


Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 4. Episode 16.
Episode entitled: Galaxy’s Child.
Released March 9, 1991.
Directed by Winrich Kolbe.
Written by Maurice Hurley, Tom Kartozian, Ronald D. Moore, Joe Menosky, David Carren, J. Larry Carroll.
Created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Dennis McCarthy.
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Susan Gibney, Lanei Chapman, Jana Marie Hupp, Whoopi Goldberg, April Grace, Majel Barrett, Debbie David, Denise Deuschle, Elliot Durant III, Randy James, Teri Noel, Keith Rayve, Denise Lynne Roberts, Joyce Robinson, Richard Sarstedt, Georgina Shore.


Star Trek: Picard
Season 3. Episode 4.
Episode entitled: No Win Scenario.
Released March 9, 2023.
Directed by Jonathan Frakes.
Created by Akiva Goldsman, Michael Chabon, Kirsten Beyer, Alex Kurtzman.
Written by Terry Matalas, Sean Tretta, Matt Okumura, Chris Derrick, Kiley Rossetter.
Based on Star Trek: The Next Generation, created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Stephen Barton, Jeff Russo.
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jeri Ryan, Michelle Hurd, Ed Speleers, Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Todd Stashwick, Amanda Plummer, Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut, Stephanie Czajkowski, Joseph Lee, Chad Lindberg, Jin Maley, Tiffany Shepis, Jasmine Akakpo, Amy Earhart, Garth Kemp, Dylan J. Locke, Yumarie Morales, Jordan Cramer, An Dang, Hayden Hiebert, Justin Nickels, Frances Parsons.