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.