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(written from a Production point of view)
Events
January
- 3 January – Judith Anderson dies.
- 6 January – TNG: "New Ground" airs.
- 6 January – 14 January – Seven days of filming on TNG: "The Outcast".
- 15 January – 23 January – Seven days of filming on TNG: "Cause and Effect".
- 17 January – Dick Dial dies.
- 20 January – UK VHS releases: TAS volumes 3 and 4, TNG volumes 34, 35 and 36.
- 23 January – Ian Wolfe dies. Second unit and insert shots for TNG: "Power Play" are filmed. A Trading cards photo shoot for the production staff of Star Trek: The Next Generation took place.
- 24 January – 31 January – Six days of filming on TNG: "The First Duty" including one day on location at the Tillman Water Reclamation Plant.
- 27 January – TNG: "Hero Worship" airs.
February
- 3 February – TNG: "Violations" airs. Seventh and final day of filming on TNG: "The First Duty".
- 4 February – Second unit and insert shots are filmed for TNG: "Ethics".
- 4 February – 13 February – Eights days of filming on TNG: "Cost of Living".
- 10 February – TNG: "The Masterpiece Society" airs.
- 13 February – Good Morning America filmed their daily program on the set of TNG: "Cost of Living".
- 14 February –
- Angelique Pettyjohn dies.
- Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country is released in the UK.
- UK VHS releases: Feature-length rental edition of "Unification".
- Second unit and inserts are filmed for TNG: "Ethics", TNG: "Cause and Effect", and TNG: "Cost of Living".
- 14 February – 25 February – Seven days of filming on TNG: "The Perfect Mate".
- 17 February –
- TNG: "Conundrum" airs.
- UK VHS releases: TAS volumes 5, 6 and 7 (end), TNG volumes 37, 38 and 39 (end season 3, start season 4), and Star Trek: The Movies - 25th Anniversary Collectors Set.
- 21 February – Second unit and insert shots are filmed for TNG: "Ethics", TNG: "The Outcast", and TNG: "Cause and Effect".
- 24 February – TNG: "Power Play" airs.
- 26 February – 28 February – Three days of filming on TNG: "Imaginary Friend".
March
- 2 March – TNG: "Ethics" airs.
- 2 March – 5 March – Four days of filming on TNG: "Imaginary Friend".
- 6 March – Second unit inserts filming for TNG: "The First Duty", TNG: "Cost of Living", and TNG: "Imaginary Friend".
- 6 March – 16 March – Seven days of filming on TNG: "I Borg".
- 9 March – UK VHS releases: TNG volumes 40, 41 and 42.
- 16 March – TNG: "The Outcast" airs.
- 23 March – TNG: "Cause and Effect" airs.
- 30 March – TNG: "The First Duty" airs.
- Pocket TOS #58: Faces of Fire by Michael Jan Friedman is published by Pocket Books.
April
- 6 April –
- Isaac Asimov dies.
- UK VHS releases: TNG volumes 43, 44 and 45.
- 20 April – TNG: "Cost of Living" airs.
- 23 April – Michael Wagner dies.
- 24 April – Jack Quaid is born.
- 27 April – TNG: "The Perfect Mate" airs.
- Pocket TOS Probe by Margaret Wander Bonanno is published by Pocket Books.
May
- 4 May – TNG: "Imaginary Friend" airs.
- 6 May – "The Best of Both Worlds, Part II" airs on the BBC. This episode marks the end of the corporation's rights to air the series in first-run.
- 8 May – Richard Derr dies.
- 11 May –
- 18 May – TNG: "The Next Phase" airs.
- Pocket TOS #59: The Disinherited by Peter David, Michael Jan Friedman, and Robert Greenberger is published by Pocket Books.
- A model of Deep Space 9's Operations center is constructed by Herman Zimmerman.
June
- 1 June – TNG: "The Inner Light" airs.
- 8 June –
- Ira Steven Behr starts work on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. (The Deep Space Log Book: A First Season Companion, p. 7)
- UK VHS releases: TNG volumes 48, 49, and 50 (end season 4).
- 15 June –
- TNG: "Time's Arrow" airs, ending TNG Season 5.
- Chuck Menville dies.
- 26 June – Phil Rubenstein dies.
- 28 June – Joan Marshall dies.
July
- 1 July – Colby Paul is born.
- 5 July – Georgia Brown dies.
- 26 July – Arch Dalzell dies.
- Pocket TOS #60: Ice Trap by L.A. Graf is published by Pocket Books.
August
- 7 August – John Anderson dies.
- 13 August – Al Wyatt dies.
- 18 August – Principal photography on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine begins, with the first live action scenes on "Emissary" filmed on Paramount Stage 4.
September
- 7 September – TNG volume 51.
- 12 September – Ed Peck dies.
- 21 September – Star Trek: The Next Generation enters its sixth season with the episode "Time's Arrow, Part II".
- 24 September – Sci-Fi Channel launched
- 25 September – Filming is completed on DS9: "Emissary".
- 28 September – TNG: "Realm of Fear" airs.
- Pocket TOS #61: Sanctuary by John Vornholt is published by Pocket Books.
October
The launch of the Columbia carrying Gene Roddenberry's ashes.
- 5 October – TNG: "Man of the People" airs. UK VHS releases: TNG volumes 52, 53 and 54.
- 9 October – Final draft script for TNG: "Chain of Command, Part I" is submitted.
- 12 October – TNG: "Relics" airs. John Hancock dies.
- 15 October – Final draft script for TNG: "Chain of Command, Part II" is submitted.
- 19 October – TNG: "Schisms" airs.
- 22 October – The ashes of Gene Roddenberry were sent into space aboard the space shuttle Columbia during its start from the Kennedy Space Center.
- 26 October – TNG: "True Q" airs.
November
- 2 November – TNG: "Rascals" airs.
- 7 November – Mary Chieffo is born.
- 9 November – TNG: "A Fistful of Datas" airs.
- 12 November – David Oliver dies.
- 16 November –
- TNG: "The Quality of Life" airs.
- UK VHS releases: TNG volumes 55 and 56.
- 23 November – The Star Trek Log One, Log Two, Log Three omnibus by Alan Dean Foster is published in the USA.
- 26 November – Eli Behar dies.
- Pocket TOS Best Destiny by Diane Carey is published by Pocket Books
- Pocket TOS #62: Death Count by L.A. Graf is published by Pocket Books.
December
- 10 December – Melissa Roxburgh is born.
- 14 December – TNG: "Chain of Command, Part I" airs.
- 15 December – William Ware Theiss dies.
- 20 December – Peter Brocco dies.
- 21 December – TNG: "Chain of Command, Part II" airs.
- 23 December – Spencer Daniels is born.
Unknown month
- Playmates Toys releases a highly-successful first wave of action figures, roleplaying items, and ships based on Star Trek: The Next Generation.
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