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D C Fontana's original
episode outline involved a being captured by a simian race
known as the Annoi. The captors built an orbiting gun
platform around the alien, intending to us it to fuel
their dreams of expansion, while feeding their prisoner
just enough of the mineral balmine to keep it alive. The
outline also involves a starship - the USS Starseeker
coming to aid the Enterprise and later being destroyed.
Troi was to play a key part in convincing the captive
enttiy to rebel against the Annoi. (source: Star Trek -
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The Q subplot was added
because the studio wanted a two-hour pilot, and not just a
one-hour. |
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An original scene cut out
involves Riker meeting La Forge for the first time and
benig introduced to an ensign who makes a passing comment
about Picard being like a 'burrhog'. |
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TNG and
Deep Space Nine regular
O'Brien first appears in this episode as the Conn officer
on the battle bridge. |
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The Holodeck
park scene was shot in Griffith Park, Los Angeles. |
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Robert Justman
and Edward Milkis went to retrieve stored sets from the
Star Trek feature films for use on TNG. When they got to
them, they discovered that the sets had been soiled by
cats using them as homes. |
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The character
of Worf was a last minute addition to the episode and
cast. Gene Roddenberry thought having a Klingon character
would seem like a retread of having an alien lead like
Spock in The Original
Series. Robert Justman pushed for the inclusion, and
got his way. |
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The diamond-shaped chrome
shelf unit in the Farpoint Station Mall set comes from
Kirk's apartment in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
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Q's military uniform, which
is that of a Marine Corps Colonel, has the identical
rank, ribbons, and badges of Lt. Col. Oliver North, when
he testified at the Iran-Contra hearings, shortly before
this went into production. |
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Parts of Groppler Zorn's
office were constructed from the Klingon Bird of Prey
sickbay set from Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home,
and the Enterprise Reactor Room from Star Trek II:
The Wrath of Khan. |
