Episode Behind the Scenes

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This episode came from a one-line memo from Gene Roddenberry which Robert Sabaroff fleshed out into a 30 page draft.
   

The story was originally inspired by "Seven Days in May", and the conspirators were not aliens, but members of a faction within Starfleet who were rebelling against the Prime Directive.
   

At the time, there were outcries from the likes of "Variety" for the goriness in the scenes of death, worm-eating and exploding heads.
   

Henry Darrow (Savar) was the first speaking-Vuclan part on TNG, and the first deliver to the legendary Neck-Pinch.
   

Jonathan Farwell, another original Trek Fan, starred alongside Yul Brynner in "The King and I".
   

The Andrew Probert-designed Ambassador Class was mentioned here as Keel's ship, but later appeared as the Enterprise-C in "Yesterday's Enterprise".
   

All of the FX shots of Earth and the spacedock were from the Trek movies.
   

The glass etched banquet room doors were later reused for Ten Forward.
   

The story left ample room for a sequel, but was unfortunately never picked up.

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