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Star Trek: The Next Generation was the third Star Trek Television show created, after Star Trek: The Original Series and Star Trek: The Animated Series.

The show premiered on 28 September 1987 and came to a conclusion on 23 May 1994. There were 178 episodes produced over seven seasons and the adventures continued onto the big screen in four motion pictures. There are numerous novels, comics and games set within and after the series.

Contents 1 Overview 2 Media 2.1 Episodes and movies 2.2 Prose 2.3 Comics 2.4 Audio books 2.5 Video games 2.6 RPGs 2.7 Reference works 2.8 Other media 3 Characters 3.1 Regulars 3.2 Reccurring characters 4 Setting 4.1 Major Species and Organisations 5 Connections

Overview

"TNG" chronicled the voyages of the starship Enterprise-D, under the command of Captain Jean-Luc Picard on its continuing mission of exploration through the Alpha and Beta Quadrants in the 2360s. In that period the Enterprise often found herself in the middle of situation with old enemies (some now friends) such as the Klingons and the Romulans and with new threats including the omnipotent Q, the Ferengi and a threat that would change Star trek forever, the Borg.

In 2007 The Next Generation celebrated its 20th Anniversary.

Media

Episodes and movies

During its seven-year run, 178 episodes were produced, usually 26 per season (the second season had 22 episodes). After the series ended, four films were created between 1994 and 2002.

The first film, Star Trek Generations was a bridge between The Original Series and The Next Generation.An animated series crossover series was planned in the early 1990s, but cancelled in pre-production.

The television series Deep Space Nine and Voyager were spin-offs of the TNG era, and many concepts were carried over into the prequel series Enterprise.

Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes and movies
Season 1	"Encounter at Farpoint" • "The Naked Now" • "Code of Honor" • "The Last Outpost" • "Where No One Has Gone Before" • "Lonely Among Us" • "Justice" • "The Battle" • "Hide and Q" • "Haven" • "The Big Goodbye" • "Datalore" • "Angel One" • "11001001" • "Too Short a Season" • "When the Bough Breaks" • "Home Soil" • "Coming of Age" • "Heart of Glory" • "The Arsenal of Freedom" • "Symbiosis" • "Skin of Evil" • "We'll Always Have Paris" • "Conspiracy" • "The Neutral Zone"
Season 2	"The Child" • "Where Silence Has Lease" • "Elementary, Dear Data" • "The Outrageous Okona" • "Loud as a Whisper" • "The Schizoid Man" • "Unnatural Selection" • "A Matter of Honor" • "The Measure of a Man" • "The Dauphin" • "Contagion" • "The Royale" • "Time Squared" • "The Icarus Factor" • "Pen Pals" • "Q Who?" • "Samaritan Snare" • "Up the Long Ladder" • "Manhunt" • "The Emissary" • "Peak Performance" • "Shades of Gray"
Season 3	"Evolution" • "The Ensigns of Command" • "The Survivors" • "Who Watches the Watchers?" • "The Bonding" • "Booby Trap" • "The Enemy" • "The Price" • "The Vengeance Factor" • "The Defector" • "The Hunted" • "The High Ground" • "Deja Q" • "A Matter of Perspective" • "Yesterday's Enterprise" • "The Offspring" • "Sins of the Father" • "Allegiance" • "Captain's Holiday" • "Tin Man" • "Hollow Pursuits" • "The Most Toys" • "Sarek" • "Ménage à Troi" • "Transfigurations" • "The Best of Both Worlds"
Season 4	"The Best of Both Worlds" • "Family" • "Brothers" • "Suddenly Human" • "Remember Me" • "Legacy" • "Reunion" • "Future Imperfect" • "Final Mission" • "The Loss" • "Data's Day" • "The Wounded" • "Devil's Due" • "Clues" • "First Contact" • "Galaxy's Child" • "Night Terrors" • "Identity Crisis" • "The Nth Degree" • "Qpid" • "The Drumhead" • "Half a Life" • "The Host" • "The Mind's Eye" • "In Theory" • "Redemption"
Season 5	"Redemption" • "Darmok" • "Ensign Ro" • "Silicon Avatar" • "Disaster" • "The Game" • "Unification" • "A Matter of Time" • "New Ground" • "Hero Worship" • "Violations" • "The Masterpiece Society" • "Conundrum" • "Power Play" • "Ethics" • "The Outcast" • "Cause and Effect" • "The First Duty" • "Cost of Living" • "The Perfect Mate" • "Imaginary Friend" • "I, Borg" • "The Next Phase" • "The Inner Light" • "Time's Arrow"
Season 6	"Time's Arrow" • "Realm of Fear" • "Man of the People" • "Relics" • "Schisms" • "True Q" • "Rascals" • "A Fistful of Datas" • "The Quality of Life" • "Chain of Command" • "Ship in a Bottle" • "Aquiel" • "Face of the Enemy" • "Tapestry" • "Birthright" • "Starship Mine" • "Lessons" • "The Chase" • "Frame of Mind" • "Suspicions" • "Rightful Heir" • "Second Chances" • "Timescape" • "Descent"
Season 7	"Descent" • "Liaisons" • "Interface" • "Gambit" • "Phantasms" • "Dark Page" • "Attached" • "Force of Nature" • "Inheritance" • "Parallels" • "The Pegasus" • "Homeward" • "Sub Rosa" • "Lower Decks" • "Thine Own Self" • "Masks" • "Eye of the Beholder" • "Genesis" • "Journey's End" • "Firstborn" • "Bloodlines" • "Emergence" • "Preemptive Strike" • "All Good Things..."
Movies	Generations • First Contact • Insurrection • Nemesis

Prose

From the very beginning, TNG has had a series of novels within its setting. Pocket Books produced sixty-three number paperbacks, fourteen young adult novels, several hardbacks, unnumbered paperbacks, novelizations, eBooks, as well as a popular relaunch series set after Star Trek Nemesis.

Every multi-series anthology has featured at least one short story with a Next Generation setting. The novel series Titan, Stargazer, and to a lesser extent Klingon Empire and New Frontier were direct spin-offs of TNG, with many characters crossing over.

TNG elements have also featured in the Star Trek: The Lost Era mini-series.

Star Trek: The Next Generation prose publications
Novelizations	Encounter at Farpoint • Unification • Relics • Descent • All Good Things... • Generations • Klingon • First Contact • Insurrection • Nemesis
Numbered novels	Ghost Ship • The Peacekeepers • The Children of Hamlin • Survivors • Strike Zone • Power Hungry • Masks • The Captains' Honor • A Call to Darkness • A Rock and a Hard Place • Gulliver's Fugitives • Doomsday World • The Eyes of the Beholders • Exiles • Fortune's Light • Contamination • Boogeymen • Q-in-Law • Perchance to Dream • Spartacus • Chains of Command • Imbalance • War Drums • Nightshade • Grounded • The Romulan Prize • Guises of the Mind • Here There Be Dragons • Sins of Commission • Debtors' Planet • Foreign Foes • Requiem • Balance of Power • Blaze of Glory • The Romulan Stratagem • Into the Nebula • The Last Stand • Dragon's Honor • Rogue Saucer • Possession • The Soldiers of Fear • Infiltrator • A Fury Scorned • The Death of Princes • Intellivore • To Storm Heaven • Q-Space • Q-Zone • Q-Strike • Dyson Sphere • Infection • Vectors • Red Sector • Quarantine • Double or Nothing • The First Virtue • The Forgotten War • Gemworld, Book 1 • Gemworld, Book 2 • Tooth and Claw • Diplomatic Implausibility • Dead Zone • Forever Dark
Unnumbered novels	Metamorphosis • Vendetta • Reunion • Imzadi • The Devil's Heart • Dark Mirror • Q-Squared • Crossover • Kahless • Ship of the Line • Triangle: Imzadi II • The Best and the Brightest • Planet X • Dujonian's Hoard • I, Q • The Valiant • Rogue • Doors Into Chaos • Immortal Coil • A Hard Rain • The Battle of Betazed • Do Comets Dream? • Death in Winter • Resistance • Q & A • Before Dishonor • Greater Than the Sum • Losing the Peace • Path of Disharmony
	The Genesis Wave (1 • 2 • 3 • Genesis Force) • A Time to... (...Be Born • ...Die • ...Sow • ...Harvest • ...Love • ...Hate • ...Kill • ...Heal • A Time for War, A Time for Peace)
Young adult novels	Starfleet Academy: Worf's First Adventure • Line of Fire • Survival • Capture the Flag • Atlantis Station • Mystery of the Missing Crew • Secret of the Lizard People • Starfall • Nova Command • Loyalties • Crossfire • Breakaway • The Haunted Starship • Deceptions
eBooks	Slings and Arrows: A Sea of Troubles • The Oppressor's Wrong • The Insolence of Office • That Sleep of Death • A Weary Life • Enterprises of Great Pitch and Moment
Short story anthology	The Sky's the Limit

Star Trek: The Next Generation collected short stories, novellas and short novels
Strange New Worlds	I: ("What Went Through Data's Mind 0.68 Seconds Before the Satellite Hit" • "The Naked Truth" • "The First" • "See Spot Run" • "Together Again, for the First Time" • "Civil Disobedience" • "Of Cabbages and Kings") • II: ("I Am Klingon" • "Reciprocity" • "Calculated Risk" • "Gods, Fate, and Fractals" • "I Am Become Death") • III: ("Whatever You Do, Don't Read This Story" • "A Private Victory" • "The Fourth Toast" • "One of Forty-seven" • "A Q to Swear By" • "The Change of Seasons" • "Out of the Box, Thinking") • IV: ("Flight 19" • "The Promise" • "Flash Point" • "Prodigal Son" • "Seeing Forever") • V: ("Bluff" • "The Peacemakers" • "Efflorescence" • "Kristin's Conundrum" • "The Monkey Puzzle Box" • "The Farewell Gift" • "Dementia in D Minor") • VI: ("The Soft Room" • "Protecting Data's Friends" • "The Human Factor" • "Tribble in Paradise") • VII: ("Life's Work" • "Adventures in Jazz and Time" • "Future Shock" • "Full Circle" • "Beginnings" • "Solemn Duty") • 8: ("Morning Bells Are Ringing" • "Passages of Deceit" • "Final Flight") • 9: ("Staying the Course" • "Home Soil" • "Terra Tonight" • "Solace in Bloom") • 10 ("Wired" • "A Dish Served Cold" • "The Very Model")
The Sky's the Limit	"Meet with Triumph and Disaster" • "Acts of Compassion" • "Redshift" • "Among the Clouds" • "Thinking of You" • "Turncoats" • "Ordinary Days" • "'Twould Ring the Bells of Heaven" • "Friends With the Sparrows" • "Suicide Note" • "Four Lights" • "'Til Death" • "On the Spot" • "Trust Yourself When All Men Doubt You"
Misc. short stories	"The Captain and the King" • "Last Words" • "Bedside Matters" • "On the Scent of Trouble" • "Life Itself is Reason Enough" • "What Dreams May Come" • "Twilight's Wrath" • "Eleven Hours Out" • "Darkness" • "The Sacred Chalice" • "For Want of a Nail"
Misc. novellas & short novels	"The Other Side" • "The Worst of Both Worlds" • "Brave New World"

Star Trek: The Next Generation prose omnibuses
Signature Editions: Pantheon • The Q Continuum • Worlds in Collision • Imzadi Forever • Duty, Honor, Redemption • The Hand of Kahless • Sand and Stars

Comics

TNG comics have been published since 1988 by a variety of companies. Between 1988 and 1996, DC Comics held the license, where they produced an eighty-issue monthly series, six annuals, eight special issues, and five miniseries.

Marvel Comics was awarded the license in 1996, around the release of Star Trek: First Contact. They produced five special one-shot comics, as well as numerous stories within their Star Trek: Unlimited series.

WildStorm Comics produced two graphic novels, four four-part miniseries, and two Star Trek: Special issues.

IDW currently owns the license, and produced The Space Between, a six-part miniseries in 2007. Numerous issues, such as Star Trek: Countdown are set in the post-TNG era and arguably are TNG stories as well.

Star Trek: The Next Generation comics
DC Comics	Original mini-series:	"... Where No One Has Gone Before!" • "Spirit in the Sky" • "Q Factor" • "Q's Day" • "Q Affects!" • "Here Today"
	Monthly series:	"Return to Raimon" • "Murder, Most Foul" • "The Derelict" • "The Hero Factor" • "Serafin's Survivors" • "Shadows in the Garden" • "The Pilot" • "The Battle Within" • "The Pay Off" • "The Noise of Justice" • "The Impostor" • "Whoever Fights Monsters" • "The Hand of the Assassin" • "Holiday On Ice" • "Prisoners of the Ferengi" • "I Have Heard the Mermaids Singing" • "The Weapon" • "Forbidden Fruit" • "The Lesson" • The Star Lost • The Return of Okona • "Honor Bound" • "The Rift" • "Kingdom of the Damned" • "Wet Behind the Ears" • "The Way of the Warrior" • "Devil's Brew" • "The Dogs of War" • "Shore Leave in Shanzibar" • "Consorting With the Devil" • "Dirty Work" • "Bridges" • "Bone of Contention" • "Separation Anxiety" • "Second Chances" • "Strange Bedfellows" • "Restoration" • "Childish Things" • "The Maze" • "The Worst of Both Worlds" • "The Belly of the Beast" • "The Armies of the Night" • "And Death Shall Have No Dominion" • "Lifesigns" • "The Rich and the Dead" • "Reductions & Deductions" • "Hidden Agendas" • "The Good of the Many" • "Companionship" • "Of Two Minds" • "Bodies of Evidence" • "Children of Chaos" • "Mother of Madness" • "Brothers in Darkness" • "The Victim" • "A Matter of Conscience" • "The Deceivers" • "The Truth Elusive" • "Just Desserts" • "Friends and Other Strangers" • "The Bajoran and the Beast" • "Dreams Die" • "The Last Verse" • War and Madness • "Suspect" • "Gateway" • "The Unconquered" • "Artificiality" • "The Abandoned"
	Annuals:	"The Gift" • "Thin Ice" • "The Broken Moon" • "A House Divided" • "Brother's Keeper" • "Future Imperfect"
	Specials:	#1 ("Good Listener" • "A True Son of Kahless" • "Spot's Day") • #2 ("The Choice" • "Cry Vengeance" • "Out of Time") • #3 ("Pandora's Prodigy" • "Old Debts")
	Miniseries:	The Modala Imperative: ("In Memory Yet Green..." • "Lies and Legends!" • "Prior Claim" • "Games, Set, and Match!") • The Landmark Crossover: ("Prophets and Losses" • "The Wormhole Trap!" • "Encounter with... The Othersiders!" • "The Enemy Unseen") • Shadowheart: ("The Lion and the Lamb" • "Dealers in Darkness" • "My Brother's Keeper" • "The Prince of Madness" • Ill Wind
Marvel-Paramount Comics	Unlimited:	"Directives" • "The Unkindest Cut" • "Sins of the Fathers" • "Inheritance" • "Secret Lives" • "Heart of Darkness" • "An Infinite Jest" • "The Boy" • "A Piece of Reaction"
	One-shots:	"First Contact" • "Operation Assimilation" • "The Enemy of my Enemy" • "Second Contact"
WildStorm Comics	Perchance to Dream: ("To Take Arms Against a Sea of Troubles" • "By a Sleep to Say We End" • "In the Sleep of Death, What Dreams May Come" • "Enterprises of Great Pitch and Moment") • "Embrace the Wolf" • The Killing Shadows • Divided We Fall: ("Crossfire" • "No Quarter" • "All Fall Down" • "United We Stand") • Star Trek: Special: ("A Rolling Stone Gathers No Nanoprobes" • "The Legacy of Eleanor Dain") • "The Gorn Crisis" • "Forgiveness"
IDW Publishing	The Space Between: ("History Lesson" • "Captain's Pleasure" • "Strategy" • "Light of the Day" • "Space Seeds" • "An Inconvenient Truth") • "The Old Ways" • "Alien Spotlight: Borg" • Intelligence Gathering: ("Valued Intelligence" • "A Matter of Dates" • "Chasing Shadows" • "Matters of the Mind" • "Disgrace") • The Last Generation: ("Do Not Close Your Eyes" • "No Cure For That" • "What Happens Now" • "Inevitability" • "The End of History") • Countdown: (Number One • Number Two • Number Three • Number Four) • "Alien Spotlight: Q"

Star Trek: The Next Generation comic omnibuses
DC Comics	DC Comics: The Modala Imperative • The Star Lost • The Best of Star Trek: The Next Generation • Beginnings • Titan Books: The Hero Factor • The Battle Within • Maelstrom • IDW Publishing: Best of the Borg
WildStorm Comics	Enemy Unseen
IDW Publishing	The Space Between • Alien Spotlight, Volume I • Intelligence Gathering • The Last Generation • Countdown

Audio books

Twenty-five abridged audiobooks, and one unabridged audiobook has been adapted from TNG novels. One audiobook was adapted from a TNG video game (Star Trek: Borg).

Star Trek: The Next Generation audiobooks
Alien Voices	Spock vs. Q • Spock vs. Q: The Sequel
Adaptations	Gulliver's Fugitives • Contamination • Reunion • Imzadi • Q-in-Law • Relics • The Devil's Heart • Dark Mirror • Q-Squared • All Good Things... • Star Trek Generations • Crossover • Kahless • Klingon • Borg • Star Trek: First Contact • Ship of the Line • Triangle: Imzadi II • Star Trek: Insurrection • I, Q • The Valiant • The Genesis Wave, Book 1 • The Genesis Wave, Book 2 • The Genesis Wave, Book 3 • Star Trek Nemesis • Genesis Force

Video games

Thirteen video games have been produced for The Next Generation.

Star Trek: The Next Generation video games
The Transinium Challenge • Future's Past • Echoes From the Past • A Final Unity • Klingon • Borg • Klingon Honor Guard • Starship Creator • Birth of the Federation • Hidden Evil • ConQuest Online • Armada • Away Team • Armada II • Starfleet Command III • Bridge Commander • Elite Force II • Conquest

RPGs

The Next Generation has had a strong presence in Star Trek RPGs. FASA, the first company to produce Star Trek RPG books, produced two manuals set within the TNG era before losing its license. When Last Unicorn Games took on the RPG license, they released fifteen manuals within their Next Generation roleplaying game.

The most recent company to publish Star Trek RPGs, Decipher released no exclusively TNG books, instead publishing a series of supplements incorporating elements from the entire Star Trek franchise.

Template:TNG RPGs

Reference works

TNG material was first used in the 1989 reference work The Worlds of the Federation. The first solely TNG reference work was the Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual released in 1991. No TNG reference work has been published since 1998, although a number of franchise-spanning works have been released.

Pan-franchise works include the Star Trek Chronology, Star Trek Encyclopedia, Federation Passport, Celebrations, Starship Spotter, The Starfleet Survival Guide, Star Charts and Ships of the Line. TNG content can also be found in Star Trek reference magazines such as the Star Trek Fact Files and Star Trek: The Collector's Edition.

As well as in-universe reference works there have also been a number of behind-the-scenes books detailing the production of the series, starting with Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion, published by Pocket Books in 1992. They followed this with Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Continuing Mission and Star Trek: The Next Generation Sketchbook: The Movies. Books on the whole Star Trek franchise include The Art of Star Trek, Aliens & Artifacts, Star Trek 101 and the guide to Star Trek prose works Voyages of Imagination.

Star Trek: The Next Generation reference works
In-universe	Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual • USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D Blueprints • Q's Guide to the Continuum
Real-world	Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion • Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Continuing Mission • Star Trek: The Next Generation Sketchbook: The Movies

Other media

In addition to its RPG, Decipher have also produced the Star Trek: Customizable Card Game since 1994, which encompasses the entire Star Trek franchise, including numerous TNG based cards. TNG imagery can also be found in the Ships of the Line calendars.

Characters

Regulars

• Jean-Luc Picard
• William T. Riker
• Geordi La Forge
• Natasha Yar
• Worf
• Beverly Crusher
• Katherine Pulaski
• Deanna Troi
• Data
• Wesley Crusher

Reccurring characters

• Miles O'Brien
• Guinan
• Alexander Rozhenko
• Alyssa Ogawa
• Ro Laren
• Reginald Barclay
• Keiko O'Brien
• Lwaxana Troi
• Q
• Vash

Setting

• USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)
• USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E)

Major Species and Organisations

• Borg Collective
• Ferengi Alliance
• Klingon Empire
• Maquis
• Q Continuum
• Romulan Star Empire
• United Federation of Planets

Connections

• Star Trek: The Next Generation article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
• Star Trek: The Next Generation article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Star Trek Series
Enterprise	The Next Generation	Early Voyages	Stargazer	Corps of Engineers
The Original Series	Deep Space Nine	Vanguard	New Frontier	Klingon Empire
The Animated Series	Voyager	The Lost Era	Starfleet Academy	Titan

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