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The staff dubbed this
story "Beverly as Quincy". |
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This story went through
three rewrites in script form. |
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Ronald Moore
on "Suspicions" -
"It was just a never ending, never waking nightmare.
Keep the murder mystery, lose the warp thing, move Worf
out, keep the flashbacks, loose the film noir, insert
Beverly - it was just arghh!" |
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Joe Menosky's
original premise had the same murder mystery thread, but
set up the possibility that Warp travel is ripping holes
in the fabric of space. Both Naren Shankar and Michael
Piller were interested in the idea, and agreed to take on
the project. It was subsequently agreed to stick to the
mystery story, but the environmental idea would be saved
for next years "Force of Nature". |
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The story was
originally to be Worf-centered, but the producers decided
he had had enough episodes already this season, so Ron
Moore suggested Crusher as the new focus |
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Jeri Taylor
learnt at the last minute that this episode would be the
only one for which Whoopi Goldberg would be available.
This announcement led to another series of rush rewrites. |
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James Horan (Jo'Bril)
came back to TNG in "Descent, Part II" as Lieutenant
Barnaby. He went on to star in multiple Trek guises
including Tosin in spinoff Voyager's "Fair Trade",
Ikat'ika in DS9's "In Purgatory's Shadow" / "By Inferno's
Light", and the mysterious humanoid figure in various
Enterprise episodes. |
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Tricia O'Neil
(Kurak) starred as Captain Rachel Garrett in season 3's
"Yesterday's Enterprise". |
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This episode
showed the first Trek shuttlecraft not named for a real
nor fictional scientist / explorer - the Justman, paying
homage to classic Trek producer Robert Justman. |
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David Stipes (SFX
Supervisor) created the sun's corona using actual NASA
footage. |
