Episode Behind the Scenes

TREKCORE > TNG > EPISODES > UNNATURAL SELECTION > Behind the Scenes
 

This episode is a play on the original series show "The Deadly Years".
   

An original draft had Pulaski "beaming back" to an earlier self, but the idea was scrapped in case the fans get the idea that you can have limitless duplication of characters.
   

TNG's first shuttlecraft gets the name "Sakharov" in honor of Andrei Sakharov, the Soviet physicist.
   

The Darwin superchild beamed aboard was originally given lines and called "David", but all material was cut.
   

The Darwin superchildren were originally set to appear nude, but the use of transparent furniture soon replaced the idea.

If you have some more behind the scenes information, send it in.