Episode Behind the Scenes

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Actor Richard Mulligan of "Soap" and "Empty Nest" was originally cast to play the alien, but when he declined, the alien was named in honor - Mulligan in reverse - Nagillum.
   

The USS Yamato was designed as a tip of the hat to the original Star Blazer's flagship.
   

Winrich Kolbe directs TNG for the first time in this instalment, and was very disappointed that he got such a bottle-show. In fact, the only scene that took place off the Enterprise was on the sister ship, which just happened to use the Enterprise sets as well.
   

The autodestruct sequence is seen here again, albeit with a flexible countdown (see "11001001"). However, it will not be used again through TNG.

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