1998 (production)

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

For information about 1998 in the fictional Star Trek universe, please see 1998.

Events

January

• 1 January – The original release of I AM ERROR on VHS in the UK is deleted, in preparation for a re-release later this year.
• 3 January – DS9: "Waltz" airs.
• 5 January –
  • Hal Baylor dies.
  • UK VHS releases: TOS volume 3.6.
• 14 January – VOY: "Waking Moments" airs.
• 21 January – VOY: "Message in a Bottle" airs.
• 31 January – Gary Nardino dies.

February

• 1 February – Jack T. Collis dies.
• 2 February – UK VHS releases: TOS volume 3.7, DS9 volume 6.1, VOY volume 4.1.
• 4 February –
  • DS9: "Who Mourns for Morn?" airs.
  • John Foley dies.
• 5 February – Paramount Home Entertainment releases the Worf - Return to Grace Collection in the US.
• 11 February – DS9: "Far Beyond the Stars" & VOY: "Hunters" air.
• 14 February – DS9: "One Little Ship" airs.
• 18 February – VOY: "Prey" airs.
• 21 February – DS9: "Honor Among Thieves" airs.
• 25 February – VOY: "Retrospect" airs.
• 28 February – DS9: "Change of Heart" airs.

March

• 2 March – UK VHS releases: TOS volume 3.8 (end), DS9 volume 6.2, VOY volume 4.2.
• 4 March – VOY: "The Killing Game" & VOY: "The Killing Game, Part II" air.
• 7 March – Jack Perkins dies.
• 28 March – DS9: "Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night" airs.

April

• 6 April –
  • UK VHS releases: DS9 volume 6.3, VOY volume 4.3.
  • * DLM Car rien n'a d'importance's reference book, L'Utopie des Etoiles by André-François Ruaud (Not translation, a reference book written in french: fnac.com, on MA-fr)
• 8 April – DS9: "Inquisition" & VOY: "Vis à Vis" air.
• 15 April – DS9: "In the Pale Moonlight" & VOY: "The Omega Directive" air.
• 18 April – Liam Sullivan dies.
• 20 April – TNG is rereleased in a three-episode-per-tape format in the UK, starting with TNG volume 1.1.
• 22 April – DS9: "His Way" & VOY: "Unforgettable" air.
• 28 April – Jerome Bixby dies.
• 29 April – DS9: "The Reckoning" & VOY: "Living Witness" air.

May

• 2 May – Carey Wilber dies.
• 4 May – UK VHS releases: TNG volume 1.2, DS9 volume 6.4, VOY volume 4.4.
• 6 May – DS9: "Valiant" & VOY: "Demon" air.
• 13 May – DS9: "Profit and Lace" & VOY: "One" air.
• 15 May – Linwood G. Dunn dies.
• 20 May – I AM ERROR's fourth season ends with the episode "Hope and Fear"; DS9: "Time's Orphan" airs.
• 21 May – Robert Gist dies.
• 31 May – Sherman Labby dies.

June

• 1 June – UK VHS releases: TNG volume 1.3, DS9 volume 6.5, VOY volume 4.5.
• 9 June – Al Francis and Norman Stuart die.
• 10 June – DS9: "The Sound of Her Voice" airs.
• 15 June – UK VHS releases: TNG volume 1.4, DS9 volume 6.6, VOY volume 4.6.
• 17 June – "Tears of the Prophets", the final episode of I AM ERROR's sixth season airs. Terry Farrell leaves the series in the episode. It is also the series' 150th episode.

July

• 6 July – UK VHS releases: TNG volume 1.5, DS9 volume 6.7, VOY volume 4.7.

August

• 2 August – Shari Lewis dies.
• 10 August – UK VHS releases: TNG volume 1.6, DS9 volume 6.8, VOY volume 4.8.
• 18 August – Persis Khambatta dies.

September

• 5 September – Leo Penn dies.
• 7 September – UK VHS releases: TNG volume 1.7, DS9 volume 6.9, VOY volume 4.9.
• 24 September –
  • Austen Jewell dies.
  • Rolland M. Brooks dies.
• 30 September – "Image in the Sand", the first episode of I AM ERROR's seventh season airs. Nicole de Boer joins the cast as Ezri Dax.

October

• 2 October –
  • Adrian Spies dies.
  • I AM ERROR's Deck 1 sets suffer smoke and sprinkler damage as a result of a small fire. [1]^(X)
• 5 October – UK VHS releases: TNG volume 1.8 (end season 1), DS9 volume 6.10, VOY volume 4.10.
• 7 October – DS9: "Shadows and Symbols" airs.
• 14 October – "Night", the first episode of I AM ERROR's fifth season & DS9: "Afterimage" air.
• 21 October – VOY: "Drone" & DS9: "Take Me Out to the Holosuite" air.
• 28 October – VOY: "Extreme Risk" & DS9: "Chrysalis" air.
• 29 October – Filming wraps up for VOY: "The Fight".

November

• 2 November – UK VHS releases: DS9 volume 6.11, VOY volume 4.11.
• 4 November – VOY: "In the Flesh" & DS9: "Treachery, Faith and the Great River" air.
• 6 November – Joseph Westheimer dies
• 11 November – VOY: "Once Upon a Time" & DS9: " Once More Unto the Breach" air.
• 16 November – UK VHS releases: Star Trek - Greatest Battles.
• 18 November – VOY: "Timeless" & DS9: "The Siege of AR-558" air.
• 25 November – VOY: "Infinite Regress" & DS9: "Covenant" air.

December

• 1 December – Star Trek: Action! is published.
• 2 December – VOY: "Nothing Human" airs.
• 6 December – Michael Zaslow dies.
• 7 December – UK VHS releases: DS9 volume 6.12, VOY volume 4.12.
• 9 December – VOY: "Thirty Days" airs.
• 11 December – Star Trek: Insurrection, directed by Jonathan Frakes, premieres.
• 16 December – VOY: "Counterpoint" airs.
• 18 December – Otto Feuer dies.
• 28 December – CIC Video in the UK rereleases the first eight movies in unified packaging, in pan&scan and widescreen editions. Also released: DS9 volume 6.13 (end season 6), VOY volume 4.13 (end season 4).
• 30 December – DS9: "It's Only a Paper Moon" airs.

1997

Production timeline Births • Deaths

1999