Changes: Star Trek: The Next Generation

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Star Trek: The Next Generation was the third Star Trek television series to be created, after Star Trek: The Original Series and Star Trek: The Animated Series.

The show premiered the week of 28 September 1987 and came to a conclusion the week of 23 May 1994. There were 178 episodes produced over seven seasons, making it the longest running Star Trek series to date, and the adventures continued onto the big screen in four motion pictures. There are numerous novels, comics, and games set within and after the series.

Overview

TNG chronicled the voyages of the starship Enterprise-D, under the command of Captain Jean-Luc Picard on its continuing mission of exploration through the Alpha and Beta Quadrants in the 2360s decade. In that period the Enterprise often found herself in the middle of situations with old enemies (some now friends) such as the Klingons and the Romulans and with new threats including the omnipotent Q, the Ferengi, and a threat that would change Star Trek forever, the Borg.

In 2007, The Next Generation celebrated its 20th Anniversary.

Media

Episodes and movies

During its seven-year run, 178 episodes were produced, usually 26 per season (the second season had 22 episodes). After the series ended, four films were created between 1994 and 2002.

The first film, Star Trek Generations was a bridge between The Original Series and The Next Generation. An animated series crossover series was planned in the early 1990s, but canceled in pre-production.

The television series Deep Space Nine and Voyager were spin-offs of the TNG era, and many concepts were carried over into the prequel series Enterprise.

Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes and movies
Season 1	"Encounter at Farpoint" • "The Naked Now" • "Code of Honor" • "The Last Outpost" • "Where No One Has Gone Before" • "Lonely Among Us" • "Justice" • "The Battle" • "Hide and Q" • "Haven" • "The Big Goodbye" • "Datalore" • "Angel One" • "11001001" • "Too Short a Season" • "When the Bough Breaks" • "Home Soil" • "Coming of Age" • "Heart of Glory" • "The Arsenal of Freedom" • "Symbiosis" • "Skin of Evil" • "We'll Always Have Paris" • "Conspiracy" • "The Neutral Zone"
Season 2	"The Child" • "Where Silence Has Lease" • "Elementary, Dear Data" • "The Outrageous Okona" • "Loud as a Whisper" • "The Schizoid Man" • "Unnatural Selection" • "A Matter of Honor" • "The Measure of a Man" • "The Dauphin" • "Contagion" • "The Royale" • "Time Squared" • "The Icarus Factor" • "Pen Pals" • "Q Who" • "Samaritan Snare" • "Up the Long Ladder" • "Manhunt" • "The Emissary" • "Peak Performance" • "Shades of Gray"
Season 3	"Evolution" • "The Ensigns of Command" • "The Survivors" • "Who Watches the Watchers?" • "The Bonding" • "Booby Trap" • "The Enemy" • "The Price" • "The Vengeance Factor" • "The Defector" • "The Hunted" • "The High Ground" • "Deja Q" • "A Matter of Perspective" • "Yesterday's Enterprise" • "The Offspring" • "Sins of the Father" • "Allegiance" • "Captain's Holiday" • "Tin Man" • "Hollow Pursuits" • "The Most Toys" • "Sarek" • "Ménage à Troi" • "Transfigurations" • "The Best of Both Worlds"
Season 4	"The Best of Both Worlds" • "Family" • "Brothers" • "Suddenly Human" • "Remember Me" • "Legacy" • "Reunion" • "Future Imperfect" • "Final Mission" • "The Loss" • "Data's Day" • "The Wounded" • "Devil's Due" • "Clues" • "First Contact" • "Galaxy's Child" • "Night Terrors" • "Identity Crisis" • "The Nth Degree" • "Qpid" • "The Drumhead" • "Half a Life" • "The Host" • "The Mind's Eye" • "In Theory" • "Redemption"
Season 5	"Redemption" • "Darmok" • "Ensign Ro" • "Silicon Avatar" • "Disaster" • "The Game" • "Unification" • "A Matter of Time" • "New Ground" • "Hero Worship" • "Violations" • "The Masterpiece Society" • "Conundrum" • "Power Play" • "Ethics" • "The Outcast" • "Cause and Effect" • "The First Duty" • "Cost of Living" • "The Perfect Mate" • "Imaginary Friend" • "I, Borg" • "The Next Phase" • "The Inner Light" • "Time's Arrow"
Season 6	"Time's Arrow" • "Realm of Fear" • "Man of the People" • "Relics" • "Schisms" • "True Q" • "Rascals" • "A Fistful of Datas" • "The Quality of Life" • "Chain of Command" • "Ship in a Bottle" • "Aquiel" • "Face of the Enemy" • "Tapestry" • "Birthright" • "Starship Mine" • "Lessons" • "The Chase" • "Frame of Mind" • "Suspicions" • "Rightful Heir" • "Second Chances" • "Timescape" • "Descent"
Season 7	"Descent" • "Liaisons" • "Interface" • "Gambit" • "Phantasms" • "Dark Page" • "Attached" • "Force of Nature" • "Inheritance" • "Parallels" • "The Pegasus" • "Homeward" • "Sub Rosa" • "Lower Decks" • "Thine Own Self" • "Masks" • "Eye of the Beholder" • "Genesis" • "Journey's End" • "Firstborn" • "Bloodlines" • "Emergence" • "Preemptive Strike" • "All Good Things..."
Movies	Generations • First Contact • Insurrection • Nemesis
Other	Webster ("Webtrek")

Prose

From the very beginning, TNG has had a series of novels within its setting. Pocket Books produced sixty-three number paperbacks, fourteen young adult novels, several hardbacks, unnumbered paperbacks, novelizations, eBooks, as well as a popular so-called "relaunch series" set after Star Trek Nemesis.

Every multi-series anthology has featured at least one short story with a Next Generation setting. The novel series Titan, Stargazer, and to a lesser extent Klingon Empire and New Frontier were direct spin-offs of TNG, with many characters crossing over.

The establishment of TNG elements was the central element of the Star Trek: The Lost Era mini-series.

Star Trek: The Next Generation prose publications
Novelizations	Encounter at Farpoint • Unification • Relics • Descent • All Good Things... • Generations • Klingon • First Contact • Insurrection • Nemesis
Numbered novels	Ghost Ship • The Peacekeepers • The Children of Hamlin • Survivors • Strike Zone • Power Hungry • Masks • The Captains' Honor • A Call to Darkness • A Rock and a Hard Place • Gulliver's Fugitives • Doomsday World • The Eyes of the Beholders • Exiles • Fortune's Light • Contamination • Boogeymen • Q-in-Law • Perchance to Dream • Spartacus • Chains of Command • Imbalance • War Drums • Nightshade • Grounded • The Romulan Prize • Guises of the Mind • Here There Be Dragons • Sins of Commission • Debtors' Planet • Foreign Foes • Requiem • Balance of Power • Blaze of Glory • The Romulan Stratagem • Into the Nebula • The Last Stand • Dragon's Honor • Rogue Saucer • Possession • The Soldiers of Fear • Infiltrator • A Fury Scorned • The Death of Princes • Intellivore • To Storm Heaven • Q-Space • Q-Zone • Q-Strike • Dyson Sphere • Infection • Vectors • Red Sector • Quarantine • Double or Nothing • The First Virtue • The Forgotten War • Gemworld, Book 1 • Gemworld, Book 2 • Tooth and Claw • Diplomatic Implausibility • Dead Zone • Forever Dark
Unnumbered novels	Metamorphosis • Vendetta • Reunion • Imzadi • The Devil's Heart • Dark Mirror • Q-Squared • Crossover • Kahless • Ship of the Line • Triangle: Imzadi II • The Best and the Brightest • Planet X • Dujonian's Hoard • I, Q • The Valiant • Rogue • Doors Into Chaos • Immortal Coil • A Hard Rain • The Battle of Betazed • Do Comets Dream? • Death in Winter • Resistance • Q & A • Before Dishonor • Greater Than the Sum • Losing the Peace • Indistinguishable from Magic • Cold Equations (The Persistence of Memory • Silent Weapons • The Body Electric) • The Light Fantastic • Takedown • Armageddon's Arrow • Headlong Flight • Hearts and Minds • Available Light • Collateral Damage • Shadows Have Offended
Unnumbered novels	The Genesis Wave (1 • 2 • 3 • Genesis Force)
Young adult novels	Starfleet Academy: Worf's First Adventure • Line of Fire • Survival • Capture the Flag • Atlantis Station • Mystery of the Missing Crew • Secret of the Lizard People • Starfall • Nova Command • Loyalties • Crossfire • Breakaway • The Haunted Starship • Deceptions
eBooks	Slings and Arrows (A Sea of Troubles • The Oppressor's Wrong • The Insolence of Office • That Sleep of Death • A Weary Life • Enterprises of Great Pitch and Moment) • The Stuff of Dreams • Q Are Cordially Uninvited
Short story anthology	The Sky's the Limit

Star Trek: The Next Generation collected short stories, novellas and short novels
Strange New Worlds	I: ("What Went Through Data's Mind 0.68 Seconds Before the Satellite Hit" • "The Naked Truth" • "The First" • "See Spot Run" • "Together Again, for the First Time" • "Civil Disobedience" • "Of Cabbages and Kings") • II: ("I Am Klingon" • "Reciprocity" • "Calculated Risk" • "Gods, Fate, and Fractals" • "I Am Become Death") • III: ("Whatever You Do, Don't Read This Story" • "A Private Victory" • "The Fourth Toast" • "One of Forty-seven" • "A Q to Swear By" • "The Change of Seasons" • "Out of the Box, Thinking") • IV: ("Flight 19" • "The Promise" • "Flash Point" • "Prodigal Son" • "Seeing Forever") • V: ("Bluff" • "The Peacemakers" • "Efflorescence" • "Kristin's Conundrum" • "The Monkey Puzzle Box" • "The Farewell Gift" • "Dementia in D Minor") • VI: ("The Soft Room" • "Protecting Data's Friends" • "The Human Factor" • "Tribble in Paradise") • VII: ("Life's Work" • "Adventures in Jazz and Time" • "Future Shock" • "Full Circle" • "Beginnings" • "Solemn Duty") • 8: ("Morning Bells Are Ringing" • "Passages of Deceit" • "Final Flight") • 9: ("Staying the Course" • "Home Soil" • "Terra Tonight" • "Solace in Bloom") • 10 ("Wired" • "A Dish Served Cold" • "The Very Model") • 2016 ("A Christmas Qarol" • "The Sunwalkers" • "The Seen and Unseen")
The Sky's the Limit	"Meet with Triumph and Disaster" • "Acts of Compassion" • "Redshift" • "Among the Clouds" • "Thinking of You" • "Turncoats" • "Ordinary Days" • "'Twould Ring the Bells of Heaven" • "Friends With the Sparrows" • "Suicide Note" • "Four Lights" • "'Til Death" • "On the Spot" • "Trust Yourself When All Men Doubt You"
Misc. short stories	"The Captain and the King" • "Last Words" • "Bedside Matters" • "On the Scent of Trouble" • "Life Itself is Reason Enough" • "What Dreams May Come" • "Twilight's Wrath" • "Eleven Hours Out" • "Darkness" • "The Sacred Chalice" • "For Want of a Nail" • "Q and False" • "Quality of Life" • "Broken Oaths" • "Prey" • "Growing Pains" • "Pulaski 2.0" • "The Disavowed" • "Paghabi" • "The Expert" • "Scramble" • "Attempted Break-in"
Misc. novellas & short novels	"The Other Side" • "The Worst of Both Worlds" • "Brave New World"

Star Trek: The Next Generation prose omnibuses
Signature Editions: Pantheon • The Q Continuum • Worlds in Collision • Imzadi Forever • Duty, Honor, Redemption • The Hand of Kahless • Sand and Stars

Comics

TNG comics have been published since 1988 by a variety of companies. Between 1988 and 1996, DC Comics held the license, where they produced an eighty-issue monthly series, six annuals, eight special issues, and five miniseries.

Marvel Comics was awarded the license in 1996, around the release of Star Trek: First Contact. They produced five special one-shot comics, as well as numerous stories within their Star Trek Unlimited series.

WildStorm Comics produced two graphic novels, four four-part miniseries, and two Star Trek: Special issues.

IDW currently owns the license, and produced The Space Between, a six-part miniseries in 2007. Numerous issues, such as Star Trek: Countdown are set in the post-TNG era and arguably are TNG stories as well.

Star Trek: The Next Generation comics
DC Comics	Original mini-series:	"... Where No One Has Gone Before!" • "Spirit in the Sky!" • "Q Factor" • "Q's Day" • "Q Affects!" • "Here Today"
	Monthly series:	"Return to Raimon" • "Murder, Most Foul" • "The Derelict" • "The Hero Factor" • "Serafin's Survivors" • "Shadows in the Garden" • "The Pilot" • "The Battle Within" • "The Pay Off!" • "The Noise of Justice" • "The Impostor" • "Whoever Fights Monsters" • "The Hand of the Assassin!" • "Holiday on Ice" • "Prisoners of the Ferengi" • "I Have Heard the Mermaids Singing" • "The Weapon" • "Forbidden Fruit" • "The Lesson" • The Star Lost • The Return of Okona • "Honor Bound!" • "The Rift!" • "Kingdom of the Damned" • "Wet Behind the Ears" • "The Way of the Warrior" • "Devil's Brew" • "The Dogs of War" • "Shore Leave in Shanzibar!" • "Consorting With the Devil!" • "Dirty Work" • "Bridges" • "Bone of Contention" • "Separation Anxiety" • "Second Chances" • "Strange Bedfellows" • "Restoration" • "Childish Things" • "The Maze" • "The Worst of Both Worlds" • "The Belly of the Beast" • "The Armies of the Night" • "And Death Shall Have No Dominion" • "Lifesigns" • "The Rich and the Dead!" • "Reductions & Deductions" • "Hidden Agendas!" • "The Good of the Many" • "Companionship" • "Of Two Minds" • "Bodies of Evidence" • "Children of Chaos" • "Mother of Madness" • "Brothers in Darkness" • "The Victim" • "A Matter of Conscience" • "The Deceivers" • "The Truth Elusive" • "Just Desserts" • "Friends and Other Strangers" • "The Bajoran and the Beast" • "Dreams Die" • "The Last Verse" • War and Madness • "Suspect" • "Gateway" • "The Unconquered" • "Artificiality" • "The Abandoned"
	Annuals:	"The Gift" • "Thin Ice" • "The Broken Moon" • "A House Divided" • "Brother's Keeper" • "Future Imperfect"
	Specials:	#1 ("Good Listener" • "A True Son of Kahless" • "Spot's Day") • #2 ("The Choice" • "Cry Vengeance" • "Out of Time") • #3 ("Pandora's Prodigy" • "Old Debts")
	Miniseries:	The Modala Imperative: ("In Memory Yet Green..." • "Lies and Legends!" • "Prior Claim" • "Game, Set and Match!") • The Landmark Crossover: ("Prophets and Losses" • "The Wormhole Trap!" • "Encounter with... the Othersiders!" • "The Enemy Unseen") • Shadowheart: ("The Lion and the Lamb" • "Dealers in Darkness" • "My Brother's Keeper" • "The Prince of Madness" • Ill Wind
Marvel-Paramount Comics	Unlimited:	"Directives" • "The Unkindest Cut" • "Sins of the Fathers" • "Inheritance" • "Secret Lives" • "Heart of Darkness" • "An Infinite Jest" • "The Boy" • "A Piece of Reaction"
Marvel-Paramount Comics	One-shots:	"First Contact" • "Operation Assimilation" • "The Enemy of My Enemy" • "Second Contact"
WildStorm Comics	Perchance to Dream: ("To Take Arms Against a Sea of Troubles" • "By a Sleep to Say We End" • "In the Sleep of Death, What Dreams May Come" • "Enterprises of Great Pitch and Moment") • "Embrace the Wolf" • The Killing Shadows ("The Trap" (Part 1) • "The Hunted" • "The Trap" (Part 3) • "The Secret") • Divided We Fall: ("Crossfire" • "No Quarter" • "All Fall Down" • "United We Stand") • Star Trek: Special: ("A Rolling Stone Gathers No Nanoprobes" • "The Legacy of Eleanor Dain") • "The Gorn Crisis" • "Forgiveness"
IDW Publishing	The Space Between: ("History Lesson" • "Captain's Pleasure" • "Strategy" • "Light of the Day" • "Space Seeds" • "An Inconvenient Truth") • "The Old Ways" • "Alien Spotlight: Borg" • Intelligence Gathering: ("Valued Intelligence" • "A Matter of Dates" • "Chasing Shadows" • "Matters of the Mind" • "Disgrace") • The Last Generation: ("Do Not Close Your Eyes" • "No Cure For That" • "What Happens Now" • "Inevitability" • "The End of History") • Countdown: (Number One • Number Two • Number Three • Number Four) • "Alien Spotlight: Q" • Hive: (Issue 1) • Waypoint: ("Puzzles" • "Mirror, Mirror, Mirror, Mirror")

Star Trek: The Next Generation comic omnibuses
DC Comics	DC Comics: The Modala Imperative • The Star Lost • The Best of Star Trek: The Next Generation • Beginnings • Titan Books: The Hero Factor • The Battle Within • Maelstrom • IDW Publishing: Best of the Borg
WildStorm Comics	Enemy Unseen
IDW Publishing	The Space Between • Alien Spotlight, Volume I • Intelligence Gathering • The Last Generation • Countdown • Ghosts

Audio books

Twenty-five abridged audiobooks, and one unabridged audiobook have been adapted from TNG novels. One audiobook was adapted from a TNG video game (Star Trek: Borg).

Star Trek: The Next Generation audiobooks
Alien Voices	Spock vs. Q • Spock vs. Q: The Sequel
Adaptations	Gulliver's Fugitives • Contamination • Reunion • Imzadi • Q-in-Law • Relics • The Devil's Heart • Dark Mirror • Q-Squared • All Good Things... • Star Trek Generations • Crossover • Kahless • Klingon • Borg • Star Trek: First Contact • Ship of the Line • Triangle: Imzadi II • Star Trek: Insurrection • I, Q • The Valiant • The Genesis Wave, Book 1 • The Genesis Wave, Book 2 • The Genesis Wave, Book 3 • Star Trek Nemesis • Genesis Force

Video games

Thirteen video games have been produced for The Next Generation.

Star Trek: The Next Generation video games
The Transinium Challenge • Future's Past • Echoes from the Past • A Final Unity • Klingon • Borg • Klingon Honor Guard • Starship Creator • Birth of the Federation • Hidden Evil • ConQuest Online • Armada • Away Team • Armada II • Starfleet Command III • Bridge Commander • Elite Force II • Conquest

RPGs

The Next Generation has had a strong presence in Star Trek RPGs. FASA, the first company to produce Star Trek RPG books, produced two manuals set within the TNG era before losing its license (FASA RPG modules: First Year Sourcebook, Star Trek: The Next Generation Officer's Manual). When Last Unicorn Games took on the RPG license, they released fifteen manuals within their Next Generation roleplaying game.

The most recent company to publish Star Trek RPGs, Decipher released no exclusively TNG books, instead publishing a series of supplements incorporating elements from the entire Star Trek franchise.

Template:TNG RPGs

Reference works

TNG material was first used in the 1989 reference work The Worlds of the Federation. The first solely TNG reference work was the Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual released in 1991. No new TNG reference work has been published since 1998, although a number of franchise-spanning works have been released.

Pan-franchise works include the Star Trek Chronology, The Star Trek Encyclopedia, Federation Passport, Celebrations, Starship Spotter, The Starfleet Survival Guide, Star Charts and Ships of the Line. TNG content can also be found in Star Trek reference magazines such as the Star Trek Fact Files and Star Trek: The Collector's Edition.

As well as in-universe reference works there have also been a number of behind-the-scenes books detailing the production of the series, starting with Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion, published by Pocket Books in 1992. They followed this with Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Continuing Mission and Star Trek: The Next Generation Sketchbook: The Movies. Books on the whole Star Trek franchise include The Art of Star Trek, Aliens & Artifacts, Star Trek 101 and the guide to Star Trek prose works Voyages of Imagination.

Star Trek: The Next Generation reference works
In-universe	Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual • USS Enterprise* NCC-1701-D Blueprints* • Q's Guide to the Continuum
Real-world	Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion • Make-Up FX Journal • The Making of Star Trek: First Contact • Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Continuing Mission • Star Trek: The Next Generation Sketchbook: The Movies

Other media

In addition to its RPG, Decipher have also produced the Star Trek Customizable Card Game since 1994, which encompasses the entire Star Trek franchise, including numerous TNG based cards. TNG imagery can also be found in the Ships of the Line calendars.

Characters

Regulars

Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Commanding Officer (2364-onward). Commanded both the USS Enterprise-D (2364-2371) and USS Enterprise-E (2372-onward).
Commander William Thomas Riker: Executive Officer (2364-2379). Left in 2379 after being promoted to Commanding Officer of the USS Titan.
Doctor/Commander Beverly Cheryl Crusher: Chief Medical Officer (2364, 2366-2379, 2380-onward). Briefly left the Enterprise twice in 2364 and 2379 to head Starfleet Medical.
Doctor/Commander Katherine Pulaski: Chief Medical Officer (2365). Temporarily replaced Doctor Crusher as Chief Medical Officer in 2365, later returning to her former position aboard the USS Repulse.
Lieutenant Commander Data: Second Officer/Senior Science Officer/Senior Operations Officer (2364-2379). Killed in 2379 aboard the Scimitar.
Lieutenant Commander/Commander Deanna Troi: Senior Counsellor/Senior Diplomatic Officer (2364-2379). Left in 2379 to work aboard the USS Titan with her husband, Commander Riker.
Lieutenant Natasha Yar: Chief of Security/Senior Tactical Officer (2364). Killed in 2364 by Argus.
Lieutenant j.g./Lieutenant/Lieutenant Commander/Commander/Captain Geordi La Forge: Chief Engineer (2365-onward).
Lieutenant j.g./Lieutenant/Lieutenant Commander/Commander Worf: Chief of Security/Senior Tactical Officer (2364-2371, 2379); Executive Officer (2380-onward). Replaced Lieutenant Yar after her death in 2364. After the Enterprise-D's destruction, began to work aboard station Deep Space 9. Returned to the Enterprise-E in 2379, eventually replacing Commander Riker as Executive Officer the following year.
Cadet/Ensign Wesley Robert Crusher: Senior Flight Controller (2365-2367). Enrolled in Starfleet Academy in 2367, before resigning from Starfleet all together to become a Traveller in 2370.

Recurring characters

Chief Petty Officer Miles O'Brien:Senior Transporter Officer. Left in 2369 to work on station Deep Space 9.
Guinan: Civilian/Bartender in Ten-Forward from 2365 until the ship's destruction in 2371.
Alexander Rozhenko: Civilian and son of Commander Worf. Left in 2369 to live with relatives on Earth.
Nurse/Ensign Alyssa Ogawa: Senior Nurse. Transferred to the USS Titan in 2379.
Ensign/Lieutenant Ro Laren: Senior Flight Controller. Resigned in 2370 due to joining the Maquis.
Lieutenant Reginald Barclay
Keiko O'Brien: Civilian and wife of Chief O'Brien. Left in 2369 with her family.
Ambassador Lwaxana Troi
Q
Vash
Vice Admiral Alynna Nechayev

Setting

Major cultures and organizations

Appendices

Images

Publicity photos

Connections

Star Trek series and films
Television series and related media	Star Trek: The Original Series (TOS prose • TOS comics • TOS games) • Star Trek: The Animated Series • Star Trek: The Next Generation • (TNG prose • TNG comics • TNG games) • Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (DS9 prose • DS9 comics • DS9 games) • Star Trek: Voyager (VOY prose • VOY comics) • Star Trek: Enterprise (ENT prose) • Star Trek: Discovery (DSC prose • DSC comics) • Star Trek: Short Treks • Star Trek: Picard (PIC prose • PIC comics) • Star Trek: Lower Decks (LD comics) • Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (SNW prose • SNW comics) • Star Trek: Prodigy (PRD prose • PRD games)
Films	Star Trek: The Motion Picture • Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan • Star Trek III: The Search for Spock • Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home • Star Trek V: The Final Frontier • Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country • Star Trek Generations • Star Trek: First Contact • Star Trek: Insurrection • Star Trek Nemesis • Star Trek • Star Trek Into Darkness • Star Trek Beyond
Novel series	New Frontier • Challenger (fm. New Earth) • Stargazer • Corps of Engineers (fm. SCE) • Klingon Empire (fm. IKS Gorkon) • Vanguard (Seekers) • Titan • Department of Temporal Investigations • Starfleet Academy (1990s • 2010s)
Novel miniseries	The Captain's Table • Day of Honor • Destiny • The Dominion War • Double Helix • The Fall • Gateways • Invasion! • The Lost Era • Mirror Universe • Myriad Universes • New Earth (Challenger) • Prey • Prometheus • Rise of the Federation • Section 31 • Terok Nor • Typhon Pact • Coda
Comic series	Defiant • Early Voyages • Star Trek/Boldly Go (IDW Kelvin timeline series) • Star Trek (IDW 24th century series) • Starfleet Academy (Marvel • IDW) • Star Trek Unlimited • Waypoint
Games	Starfleet Academy • Star Trek Online
Other	Starfleet Academy

External links

Star Trek: The Next Generation article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
Star Trek: The Next Generation article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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-'''''Star Trek: The Next Generation''''' was the third Star Trek Television show created, after [[Star Trek: The Original Series]] and [[Star Trek: The Animated Series]].
+'''''Star Trek: The Next Generation''''' was the third ''[[Star Trek]]'' [[television]] series to be created, after ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'' and ''[[Star Trek: The Animated Series]]''.
-The show premiered on 28 September [[1987]] and came to a conclusion on 23 May [[1994]]. There were 178 episodes produced over seven seasons and the adventures continued onto the big screen in four motion pictures. There are numerous novels, comics and games set within and after the series.
+The show premiered the week of [[28 September]] [[1987]] and came to a conclusion the week of [[23 May]] [[1994]]. There were 178 episodes produced over seven seasons, making it the longest running ''Star Trek'' series to date, and the adventures continued onto the big screen in four [[movie|motion picture]]s. There are numerous [[novel]]s, [[comic]]s, and [[game]]s set within and after the series.
 ==Overview==
-"''TNG''" chronicled the voyages of the [[starship]] [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)|''Enterprise-D'']], under the command of [[Captain]] [[Jean-Luc Picard]] on its continuing mission of exploration through the [[Alpha Quadrant|Alpha]] and [[Beta Quadrant]]s in the [[2360s]]. In that period the Enterprise often found herself in the middle of situation with old enemies (some now friends) such as the [[Klingon]]s and the [[Romulan]]s and with new threats including the omnipotent [[Q]], the [[Ferengi]] and a threat that would change Star trek forever, the [[Borg]].
+''TNG'' chronicled the voyages of the [[starship]] {{ship|USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}}, under the [[command]] of [[Captain]] [[Jean-Luc Picard]] on its continuing mission of exploration through the [[alpha Quadrant|Alpha]] and [[Beta Quadrant]]s in the [[2360s]] [[decade]]. In that period the ''Enterprise'' often found herself in the middle of situations with old enemies (some now friends) such as the [[Klingon]]s and the [[Romulan]]s and with new threats including the omnipotent [[Q]], the [[Ferengi]], and a threat that would change ''Star Trek'' forever, the [[Borg]].
-In [[2007]] ''The Next Generation'' celebrated its [[TNG 20th Anniversary|20th Anniversary]].
+In [[2007]], ''The Next Generation'' celebrated its [[tNG 20th Anniversary|20th Anniversary]].
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 The television series ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Deep Space Nine]]'' and ''[[Star Trek: Voyager|Voyager]]'' were spin-offs of the TNG era, and many concepts were carried over into the prequel series ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise|Enterprise]]''.
-{{TNG episodes and movies}}
+{{tNG episodes and movies}}
 ===Prose===
-From the very beginning, TNG has had a [[TNG novels|series of novels]] within its setting. [[Pocket Books]] produced sixty-three number paperbacks, fourteen [[young adult novel]]s, several hardbacks, unnumbered paperbacks, novelizations, eBooks, as well as a popular [[TNG relaunch|relaunch series]] set after ''[[Star Trek Nemesis]]''.
+From the very beginning, ''TNG'' has had a [[tNG novels|series of novels]] within its setting. [[Pocket Books]] produced sixty-three number paperbacks, fourteen [[young adult novel]]s, several hardbacks, unnumbered paperbacks, novelizations, eBooks, as well as a popular so-called "[[tNG relaunch|relaunch series]]" set after ''[[Star Trek Nemesis]]''.
-Every multi-series anthology has featured at least one [[TNG short stories|short story]] with a Next Generation setting. The novel series ''[[Star Trek: Titan|Titan]]'', ''[[Star Trek: Stargazer|Stargazer]]'', and to a lesser extent ''[[Star Trek: Klingon Empire|Klingon Empire]]'' and ''[[Star Trek: New Frontier|New Frontier]]'' were direct spin-offs of TNG, with many characters crossing over.
+Every multi-series anthology has featured at least one [[tNG short stories|short story]] with a ''Next Generation'' setting. The novel series ''[[star Trek: Titan|Titan]]'', ''[[star Trek: Stargazer|Stargazer]]'', and to a lesser extent ''[[star Trek: Klingon Empire|Klingon Empire]]'' and ''[[star Trek: New Frontier|New Frontier]]'' were direct spin-offs of ''TNG'', with many characters crossing over.
-TNG elements have also featured in the ''[[Star Trek: The Lost Era]]'' mini-series.
+The establishment of ''TNG'' elements was the central element of the ''[[Star Trek: The Lost Era]]'' mini-series.
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+{{clear}}{{tNG prose}}
-{{TNG collected stories}}
+{{tNG collected stories}}
-{{TNG prose omnibuses}}
+{{tNG prose omnibuses}}
 ===Comics===
 TNG comics have been published since [[1988]] by a variety of companies. Between 1988 and [[1996]], [[DC Comics]] held the license, where they produced an eighty-issue monthly series, six annuals, eight special issues, and five miniseries.
-[[Marvel Comics]] was awarded the license in 1996, around the release of ''[[Star Trek: First Contact]]''. They produced five special one-shot comics, as well as numerous stories within their ''[[Star Trek: Unlimited]]'' series.
+[[Marvel Comics]] was awarded the license in 1996, around the release of ''[[Star Trek: First Contact]]''. They produced five special one-shot comics, as well as numerous stories within their ''[[Star Trek Unlimited]]'' series.
 [[WildStorm Comics]] produced two graphic novels, four four-part miniseries, and two ''[[Star Trek: Special]]'' issues.
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 ===Audio books===
-Twenty-five abridged [[audiobook]]s, and one unabridged audiobook has been adapted from TNG novels. One audiobook was adapted from a TNG video game (''[[Star Trek: Borg]]'').
+Twenty-five abridged [[audiobook]]s, and one unabridged audiobook have been adapted from TNG novels. One audiobook was adapted from a TNG video game (''[[Star Trek: Borg]]'').
 {{TNG audiobooks}}
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 ===RPGs===
-''The Next Generation'' has had a strong presence in ''Star Trek'' RPGs. [[FASA]], the first company to produce ''Star Trek'' RPG books, produced two manuals set within the TNG era before losing its license. When [[Last Unicorn Games]] took on the RPG license, they released fifteen manuals within their ''Next Generation'' roleplaying game.
+''The Next Generation'' has had a strong presence in ''Star Trek'' RPGs. [[FASA]], the first company to produce ''Star Trek'' RPG books, produced two manuals set within the TNG era before losing its license ({{rpglk|FASA RPG|First Year Sourcebook|Star Trek: The Next Generation Officer's Manual}}). When [[Last Unicorn Games]] took on the RPG license, they released fifteen manuals within their ''Next Generation'' roleplaying game.
 The most recent company to publish ''Star Trek'' RPGs, [[Decipher]] released no exclusively ''TNG'' books, instead publishing a series of supplements incorporating elements from the entire ''Star Trek'' franchise.
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 TNG material was first used in the [[1989]] reference work ''[[The Worlds of the Federation]]''. The first solely TNG reference work was the ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual]]'' released in [[1991]]. No new TNG reference work has been published since [[1998]], although a number of franchise-spanning works have been released.
-Pan-franchise works include the ''[[Star Trek Chronology]]'', ''[[Star Trek Encyclopedia]]'', ''[[Federation Passport]]'', ''{{ST|Celebrations}}'', ''{{ST|Starship Spotter}}'', ''{{ST|The Starfleet Survival Guide}}'', ''{{ST|Star Charts}}'' and ''[[Ships of the Line (book)|Ships of the Line]]''. ''TNG'' content can also be found in ''Star Trek'' reference magazines such as the ''[[Star Trek Fact Files]]'' and ''[[Star Trek: The Collector's Edition]]''.
+Pan-franchise works include the ''[[Star Trek Chronology]]'', ''[[The Star Trek Encyclopedia]]'', ''[[Federation Passport]]'', ''[[Celebrations]]'', ''{{ST|Starship Spotter}}'', ''[[The Starfleet Survival Guide]]'', ''[[Star Charts]]'' and ''{{dis|Ships of the Line|book}}''. ''TNG'' content can also be found in ''Star Trek'' reference magazines such as the ''[[Star Trek Fact Files]]'' and ''[[Star Trek: The Collector's Edition]]''.
 As well as in-universe reference works there have also been a number of behind-the-scenes books detailing the production of the series, starting with ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion]]'', published by Pocket Books in [[1992]]. They followed this with ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Continuing Mission]]'' and ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation Sketchbook: The Movies]]''. Books on the whole ''Star Trek'' franchise include ''[[The Art of Star Trek]]'', ''{{ST|Aliens & Artifacts}}'', ''[[Star Trek 101]]'' and the guide to ''Star Trek'' prose works ''[[Voyages of Imagination]]''.
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 ===Other media===
-In addition to its RPG, [[Decipher]] have also produced the ''[[Star Trek: Customizable Card Game]]'' since [[1994]], which encompasses the entire ''Star Trek'' franchise, including numerous ''TNG'' based cards. ''TNG'' imagery can also be found in the ''[[Ships of the Line calendars|Ships of the Line'' calendars]].
+In addition to its RPG, [[Decipher]] have also produced the ''[[Star Trek Customizable Card Game]]'' since [[1994]], which encompasses the entire ''Star Trek'' franchise, including numerous ''TNG'' based cards. ''TNG'' imagery can also be found in the ''[[Ships of the Line calendars|Ships of the Line'' calendars]].
 ==Characters==
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 ===Regulars===
+* [[Captain]] [[Jean-Luc Picard]]: [[Commanding Officer]] ([[2364]]-onward). Commanded both the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} (2364-[[2371]]) and {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-E|-E}} ([[2372]]-onward).
-* [[Jean-Luc Picard]]
+* [[Commander]] [[William T. Riker|William Thomas Riker]]: [[Executive Officer]] (2364-2379). Left in 2379 after being promoted to Commanding Officer of the {{USS|Titan}}.
-* [[William T. Riker]]
+* [[Doctor]]/Commander [[Beverly Crusher|Beverly Cheryl Crusher]]: [[Chief Medical Officer]] (2364, [[2366]]-2379, [[2380]]-onward). Briefly left the Enterprise twice in 2364 and 2379 to head [[Starfleet Medical]].
-* [[Geordi La Forge]]
+* Doctor/Commander [[Katherine Pulaski]]: Chief Medical Officer ([[2365]]). Temporarily replaced Doctor Crusher as Chief Medical Officer in 2365, later returning to her former position aboard the {{USS|Repulse|NCC-2544}}.
-* [[Natasha Yar]]
+* [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Data]]: [[Second Officer]]/[[Senior Science Officer]]/[[Senior Operations Officer]] (2364-2379). Killed in 2379 aboard the ''[[Scimitar]]''.
-* [[Worf]]
+* Lieutenant Commander/Commander [[Deanna Troi]]: Senior Counsellor/[[Senior Diplomatic Officer]] (2364-2379). Left in 2379 to work aboard the USS ''Titan'' with her husband, Commander Riker.
-* [[Beverly Crusher]]
+* Lieutenant [[Natasha Yar]]: Chief of Security/Senior Tactical Officer (2364). Killed in 2364 by [[Argus]].
-* [[Katherine Pulaski]]
+* [[Lieutenant junior grade|Lieutenant j.g.]]/Lieutenant/Lieutenant Commander/Commander/Captain [[Geordi La Forge]]: [[Chief Engineer]] (2365-onward).
-* [[Deanna Troi]]
+* Lieutenant j.g./Lieutenant/Lieutenant Commander/Commander [[Worf]]: Chief of Security/Senior Tactical Officer (2364-2371, 2379); Executive Officer (2380-onward). Replaced Lieutenant Yar after her death in 2364. After the ''Enterprise''-D's destruction, began to work aboard station [[Deep Space 9]]. Returned to the ''Enterprise''-E in 2379, eventually replacing Commander Riker as Executive Officer the following year.
-* [[Data]]
+* [[Cadet]]/[[Ensign]] [[Wesley Crusher|Wesley Robert Crusher]]: Senior Flight Controller (2365-[[2367]]). Enrolled in [[Starfleet Academy]] in 2367, before resigning from [[Starfleet]] all together to become a [[Traveller]] in [[2370]].
-* [[Wesley Crusher]]
 ===Recurring characters===
+* [[Chief petty officer|Chief Petty Officer]] [[Miles O'Brien]]:Senior Transporter Officer. Left in [[2369]] to work on station [[Deep Space 9]].
-* [[Miles O'Brien]]
+* [[Guinan]]: Civilian/Bartender in [[Ten-Forward]] from 2365 until the [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)|ship's]] destruction in [[2371]].
-* [[Guinan]]
-* [[Alexander Rozhenko]]
+* [[Alexander Rozhenko]]: Civilian and son of Commander Worf. Left in 2369 to live with relatives on Earth.
-* [[Alyssa Ogawa]]
+* [[Nurse]]/Ensign [[Alyssa Ogawa]]: Senior Nurse. Transferred to the USS Titan in 2379.
+* Ensign/Lieutenant [[Ro Laren]]: Senior Flight Controller. Resigned in [[2370]] due to joining the Maquis.
-* [[Ro Laren]]
-* [[Reginald Barclay]]
+* Lieutenant [[Reginald Barclay]]
-* [[Keiko O'Brien]]
+* [[Keiko O'Brien]]: Civilian and wife of Chief O'Brien. Left in 2369 with her family.
-* [[Lwaxana Troi]]
+* [[Ambassador]] [[Lwaxana Troi]]
 * [[Q]]
 * [[Vash]]
+* [[Vice Admiral]] [[Alynna Nechayev]]
 ==Setting==
-* [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)|USS ''Enterprise'' (NCC-1701-D)]]
+* {{uSS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D| (NCC-1701-D)}}
-* [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E)|USS ''Enterprise'' (NCC-1701-E)]]
+* {{uSS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-E| (NCC-1701-E)}}
-===Major Species and Organizations===
+===Major cultures and organizations===
 * [[Borg Collective]]
 * [[Ferengi Alliance]]
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 * [[United Federation of Planets]]
-==Connections==
+==Appendices==
+===Images===
+====Publicity photos====
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+===Connections===
+{{series}}
+===External links===
 * {{memoryalpha}}
 * {{wikipedia}}
+[[category:series]]
-{{Series}}
+[[category:tNG media| ]]
-[[Category: Series]]
-[[Category:TNG media| ]]

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