1994 (production)

Real world article
(written from a Production point of view)

For information about 1994 in the fictional Star Trek universe, please see 1994.

Events

January

• 2 January – DS9: "Rivals" airs
• 9 January – DS9: "The Alternate" airs
• 10 January – TNG: "The Pegasus" airs.
  • UK VHS releases: TNG volumes 75 and 76 (end season 6), DS9 volumes 9 and 10 (end season 1).
• 17 January – TNG: "Homeward" airs.
• 30 January – DS9: "Armageddon Game" airs
• 31 January – TNG: "Sub Rosa" airs.
  • UK VHS releases: Star Trek - The Three Beginnings.
• Pocket TOS Sarek by A.C. Crispin is published by Pocket Books.
• Pocket TOS #68: Firestorm by L.A. Graf is published by Pocket Books.

February

• 6 February – DS9: "Whispers" airs
• 7 February – TNG: "Lower Decks" airs.
• 10 February – 17 February – Six days of filming on TNG: "Bloodlines".
• 13 February – DS9: "Paradise" airs
• 14 February – TNG: "Thine Own Self" airs.
• 18 February – 28 February – Seven days of filming on TNG: "Emergence".
• 20 February – DS9: "Shadowplay" airs
• 21 February – TNG: "Masks" airs.
• 27 February – DS9: "Playing God" airs
• 28 February – TNG: "Eye of the Beholder" airs.

March

• 2 March – 10 March – Seven days of filming on TNG: "Preemptive Strike".
• 7 March – UK VHS releases: TNG volume 77, DS9 volume 11.
• 10 March – Revised final draft script for TNG: "All Good Things..." is submitted.
• 11 March – 31 March – Fifteen days of filming on TNG: "All Good Things..."
• 20 March – DS9: "Profit and Loss" airs.
• 21 March – TNG: "Genesis" airs. Scenes for "All Good Things..." are filmed at the Callaway Vineyard & Winery.
• 27 March – DS9: "Blood Oath" airs.
• 28 March – TNG: "Journey's End" airs.
• 29 March – Filming begins on Star Trek Generations.

April

• The scenes aboard the brig USS Enterprise, portrayed by the Lady Washington, in Star Trek Generations were filmed for five days a few miles off Marina del Rey, Santa Monica, California.
• 4 April – Mark Dempsey dies. UK VHS releases: TNG volume 78, DS9 volume 12.
• 4 April – 5 April – Two days of filming on TNG: "All Good Things..."
• 6 April – Wrap day on I AM ERROR.
• 15 April – Craig Denault dies.
• 16 April – John McLiam dies.
• 24 April – DS9: "The Maquis, Part I" airs.
• 25 April – TNG: "Firstborn" airs.
• 29 April – Bill Quinn dies.
• Pocket TOS #69: The Patrian Transgression by Simon Hawke is published by Pocket Books.

May

• 1 May – DS9: "The Maquis, Part II" airs
• 2 May – TNG: "Bloodlines" airs.
• 8 May – DS9: "The Wire" airs
• 9 May –
  • TNG: "Emergence" airs.
  • UK VHS release: TNG volume 79.
• 15 May – DS9: "Crossover" airs
• 16 May – TNG: "Preemptive Strike" airs.
• 22 May – DS9: "The Collaborator" airs
• 23 May –
  • The series finale of I AM ERROR, "All Good Things...", airs. The weekend prior, Jonathan Frakes hosts a viewer's choice marathon from the TNG Ten Forward set, as well as a special look at the series entitled Journey's End: The Saga of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
  • UK VHS releases: TNG volume 80, DS9 volumes 13 and 14.
• 27 May – Ethan Dampf is born.

June

• 1 June – Star Trek Creator: The Authorized Biography of Gene Roddenberry published in hardcover in the US.
• 2 June – Franz Joseph dies.
• 5 June – DS9: "Tribunal" airs
• 6 June – UK VHS releases: TNG volume 81, DS9 volume 15.
• 9 June – Filming is completed on Star Trek Generations.
• 12 June – The season finale of DS9 Season 2, "The Jem'Hadar", airs.
• 12 June – Christopher Collins dies.
• 27 June – UK VHS releases: TNG volume 82, DS9 volume 16.
• Pocket TOS #70: Traitor Winds by L.A. Graf is published by Pocket Books.

July

• Production on DS9 Season 3 begins.
• 11 July – UK VHS releases: TNG volume 83, DS9 volume 17.
• 25 July – UK VHS releases: TNG volume 84, DS9 volume 18.

August

• 8 August – UK VHS releases: TNG volume 85, DS9 volume 19.
• 19 August – Final draft script for DS9: "Second Skin" is submitted.
• 22 August – UK VHS releases: TNG volume 86, DS9 volume 20.
• 30 August – Final draft script for DS9: "The Abandoned" is submitted.
• Pocket TOS #71: Crossroad by Barbara Hambly is published by Pocket Books.

September

• 5 September – UK VHS releases: TNG volume 87, DS9 volume 21.
• 6 September – Filming begins on "Caretaker", the pilot of I AM ERROR. Genevieve Bujold is initially cast as Captain Nicole Janeway, but leaves the set after only two days of filming, causing a scramble to recast the role. Kate Mulgrew, Rick Berman's original choice, is given the job.
• 7 September – Gene Roddenberry's much reviled attorney, Leonard Maizlish, dies.
• 10 September – Charles Drake dies.
• 23 September – Robert Bloch dies.
• 26 September – The first episode of DS9 Season 3, DS9: "The Search, Part I", airs
• 26 September – UK VHS releases: TNG volumes 88 and 89 (end), DS9 volume 22.
• 29 September – Final draft script of DS9: "Defiant" is submitted.
• 30 September – First day of filming on DS9: "Defiant".
• late-September – Reshoots are filmed on Kirk's death for Star Trek Generations.

October

• 2 October – The set of the Cardassian War Room for DS9: "Defiant" was pre-lit on Paramount Stage 4.
• 3 October –
  • DS9: "The Search, Part II" airs.
  • Second day of filming on DS9: "Defiant".
• 4 October – Third day of filming on DS9: "Defiant".
• 5 October – Fourth day of filming on DS9: "Defiant".
• 6 October – Fifth day of filming on DS9: "Defiant".
• 7 October – Sixth day of filming on DS9: "Defiant".
• 10 October –
  • DS9: "The House of Quark" airs.
  • Seventh day of filming on DS9: "Defiant".
• 11 October – Eight and final day of filming on DS9: "Defiant".
• 14 October – Johnny Mandell dies.
• 17 October – DS9: "Equilibrium" airs.
• 23 October – Robert Lansing dies.
• 24 October – DS9: "Second Skin" airs.
• 31 October – UK VHS releases: DS9 volume 23 (end season 2). DS9: "The Abandoned" airs. Ron Walters dies.

November

• 3 November – Dennis Ott dies.
• 7 November – DS9: "Civil Defense" airs.
• 14 November –
  • Jake Dengel dies.
  • Tom Villard dies.
  • DS9: "Meridian" airs.
• 17 November – Final draft script for DS9: "Heart of Stone" is submitted.
• 18 November – Star Trek Generations, directed by David Carson, premieres in US theaters.
• 21 November – DS9: "Defiant" airs.
• 28 November – DS9: "Fascination" airs.
• Pocket Books publishes the novel Federation by Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens.

December

• 5 December – UK VHS releases: Star Trek: The Next Generation - Borg Box, Star Trek: The Next Generation - Q Continuum, "All Good Things..." Special Collectors Edition.
• 24 December – John Kingsbridge dies.
• Pocket TOS #72: The Better Man by Howard Weinstein is published by Pocket Books.

Unknown

• UK VHS release: Your Guide to Star Trek Generations.

1993

Production timeline Births • Deaths

1995