Episode Behind the Scenes

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Rumors were abound during the summer that Elizabeth Dennehy would be joining the cast as a regular character, but it was decided that instead there would be a series of female conn officers to replace Wesley followed by the semi-regular Ensign Ro.
   
Todd Merrill reprises his role of Gleason in "Future Imperfect".
   
Data's cybernetics lab is a redress of the old Movies bridge.
   
This episode was nominated for an Emmy in special effects and art direction.
   
The original six foot model of the Enterprise had to be brought out of storage for the ship separation scene, much to the disappointment of Rob Legato and Dan Curry.
   
The episode won Emmys for sound editing and sound mixing.
   
A load of new ship designs were seen here (albeit "kitbashed") for the first time, including teh Cheyenne class Ahwahnne, the Challenger class Buran, the Springfield class Chekov, the Freedom class Firebrand, the Niagara class Princeton, the New Orleans class Kyushu, the Excelsior class Melbourne and the Rigel class Tolstoy.
   
The Mars Defense Ships were based on the submarine model used in "The Hunt for Red October".
   
Wolf 359 is an actual star - the third closest to Sol after Alpha Centauri and Barnard's Star - 7.6 light years away.

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