ST4: A storyline cut was a bunch of lines which indicated that Saavik was pregnant. When they started running out of screen time, these scenes were cut, since they were not essential to the main story in the movie. Of course, this means that, officially, IT NEVER HAPPENED. :-) ST4: Kirk Thatcher: - Was associate producer of ST4. - Was the actor who played the Punk on the Bus in ST4. - Wrote the song "I Hate You" which the punk was listening to. - Is a member of the band "Edge of Etiquette" which performed the song. - has recently done work on the "Dinosaurs" series (Co-producer and creature creator?) which had an episode with the same plot as TNG one week. - Is Margaret Thatcher's son. ("THE Margaret Thatcher?") According to FASA the prime directive states: "As the right of each sentient species to live in accordance with its normal cultural evolution is considered sacred, no Star Fleet personnel may interfere with the healty development of alien life and culture. Such interference includes the introduction of superior knowledge, strength, or technology to a world whose soceity is incapable of handling such advantages wisely. Star Fleet personnel may not violate this Prime Directive, even to save their lives and/or their ship, unless they are acting to right an earlier violation or an accidental contamination of said culture. This directive takes precedence over any and all other considerations, and carries with it the highest moral obligation." According to Geoffery Mandel's book the prime directive states: "When contacting a planet making normal progress toward a free and united society, a Starfleet officer shall make no identification of self or mission; no interference with the social development of said planet; no references to space, or to the fact that there are other worlds or more advanced civilizations. The Prime Directive of Non-Interference - revised 2278" TNG: Betazoids all have big black eyes. Majel Barrett and Marina Sirtis are wearing black contact lenses--their eyes are not that dark. TNG "11001001": Binary 11001001 is decimal 201, and 2:01 kept showing up on displays in the episode. TNG "Home Soil": You can hear in the background "Three[?] are trapped in a turbolift and two[?] are trapped in the programmers' restroom." So, I guess we have proof that there are restrooms on the Enterprise-D (as well as the two references in the movies (on the Excelsior, and Kirk in the Brig in ST5 ("do not use in spacedock")) as well as the one you can't really see in "Q-Who" when the Borg slice up the Enterprise). TNG "The Neutral Zone": Rick Sternbach was in one of the life support canisters. TNG "The Neutral Zone": There as a family tree for Clare Raymond (one of the 20th century frozen people). When they created the tree, they populated it with members of the cast and characters from other shows (MASH, Giligan's Island, etc.) I think Riker was married to Picard. TNG "We'll Always Have Paris": The Cafe de Artiste had a couple of strange items on the menu, including Croissant Dilithium, Targ Klingon ala mode, Tribble in a Blanket, and John Cougar Mellencamp. TNG: Each starship has a dedication plaque. The plaque on the USS Tsiolkovsky ("The Naked Now") reads "Earth is the cradle of the mind, but one cannot remain in the cradle forever". The plaque on the Hoatio shows that it built by Yoyodyne and reads "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!" TNG "Samaritan Snare": when Picard and Wesley arrive at the Starbase, there is a directory listing departments and personnel. Filming was stopped for a while when this directory was installed while *everyone* looked to see where they appeared, since the Starbase was staffed by the TNG crew. TNG "The Defector": Yes that was Stewart as one of the King's men with Data on the holodeck. The other man was NOT Frakes, however. TNG "Q Who": The general consensus is that it *was* Spiner playing the part of Borg#1. There is no screen credit, however. TNG "Up the Long Ladder": No, that is *not* Eddie Murphy as one of the clones, though it does look a bit like him. TNG "Deja Q": Q gives his IQ as 2005. TNG "The Nth Degree": Barclay estimates his IQ to be between 1200 and 1450. TNG: In a War of the Worlds episode ("Thy Kingdom Come"), there is a kid playing with action figures. One of them is in the likeness of Yar, Data, Picard, or Riker and he mentions something about Ferengi. Two episodes of TNG have appeared to be clones of "Red Dwarf" episodes. The episode where Picard ordered Data to lie and everyone wiped their memories was a clone of "Thanks for the Memory". The 5th season episode "The Game" was a clone of "Better Than Life". After Stewart came to the USA and started TNG, he bought a new Honda Prelude. Then Wil Wheaton drove up in the same car--except he had the Honda Prelude *Deluxe*. Stewart didn't want to be beneath Wil, so he went out and bought a Jaguar XJ6. Since I know *someone* will ask, Frakes drives a black Limited Edition Jeep, Spiner drives a Toyota Corolla, Burton drives a black BMW, Sirtis drives a white Chrysler LeBaron convertible, Dorn drives a VW Jetta, and McFadden drives a station wagon (Capri or Caprice). List of people who have been Captain of the Enterprise: Robert April Christopher Pike James T. Kirk Will Decker Spock James T. Kirk (again) Rachel Garrett Jean-Luc Picard William T. Riker Jean-Luc Picard (again) TNG: The "horseshoe" rail on the bridge is actually made of wood. Yes, I know it *looks* like wood, but it isn't the result of staining. Staining the horseshoe couldn't bring out the grain enough to be picked up by the cameras, so the horseshoe had to be *painted* to look like wood. TNG satellite uplink times (Keystone wide band carrier (6.2 left, 6.8 right, 5.8 mono)): Saturday 18:00-19:00 ET Telestar 301 transponder-9 (5 vertical) Sunday 14:00-15:00 ET Telestar 301 transponder-9 (5 vertical) DS9 satellite uplink times (Keystone wide band carrier (6.2 left, 6.8 right, 5.8 mono)): Saturday 10:00-11:00 ET Telestar 301 transponder-9 (5 vertical) 16:00-17:00 ET Telestar 301 transponder-9 (5 vertical) Sunday 16:00-17:00 ET Telestar 301 transponder-9 (5 vertical) Picard: "You promised that you would never trouble my ship again." Q: "I always keep my agreements, sir. Look... we're nowhere *near* your vessel." --"Q Who", Stardate 42 Riker: "Given the choice between slim and none, I'll take slim anyday." --"Deja Q", Stardate 43539.1 Picard: "Q!" Q: "Red alert." --"Deja Q", Stardate 43539.1 Q: "I'm no longer a member of the Qontinuum! My superiors have decided to punish me!" Picard: "And punish us as well, it would seem." --"Deja Q", Stardate 43539.1 Q: "You don't believe me, do you? Do you think I would humiliate myself like this?" Riker: "If it served your purpose, yes!" --"Deja Q", Stardate 43539.1 Q: "I stand before you defrocked! *Condemned to be a member of this lowest of species. A normal, imperfect, *lumpen* human being!" --"Deja Q", Stardate 43539.1 Picard: "Return that moon to its orbit." Q: "I have no powers! Q, the ordinary!" Picard: "Q, the liar! Q, the misanthrope!" Q: "Q, the miserable, Q, the desperate! What must I do to convince you people?" Worf: "Die." Q: "Can I have a Starfleet uniform?"
Sisko: "What's happening out there?"
Dax: "Subspace compression."
Sisko: "Ahh, subspace compression."
Dax: "Do you know what that is?"
Sisko: "Just a guess here. Technobabble?"

Ode To Spot

Felis Cattus, is your taxonomic nomenclature,
an endothermic quadruped carnivorous by nature?
Your visual, olfactory and auditory senses
contribute to your hunting skills, and natural defenses.

I find myself intrigued by your subvocal oscillations,
a singular development of cat communications
that obviates your basic hedonistic predilection
for a rhythmic stroking of your fur, to demonstrate affection.

A tail is quite essential for your acrobatic talents;
you would not be so agile if you lacked its counterbalance.
And when not being utilized to aide in locomotion,
it often serves to illustrate the state of your emotion.

O Spot, the complex levels of behaviour you display
connote a fairly well-developed cognitive array.
And though you are not sentient, Spot, and do not comprehend,
I nonetheless consider you a true and valued friend. 


The Doctor: You know, the very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in
	      common, they don't alter their views to fit the facts, they alter
	      the facts to fit the views, which can be uncomfortable, if
	      you happen to be one of the facts that needs altering.
FACE OF EVIL


The Doctor: I don't believe you've met my young friend Ace, an expert in
	    calorification, incineration, carbonization, and inflammation.
THE HAPPINESS PATROL
"It's difficult to work in a group when you're omnipotent." -Q, ST:TNG It's time for Py-ro-ma-ni-acs And we're handy with a match So just sit back and relax While we turn things charcoal black We're Pyromaniacs Come join the Warmer Brothers And the Warmer sister Dot Just for fun we try to torch the Warner movie lot They put us into prison whenever we get caught But we break loose... And then vamoose... And now you know the plot We're Pyromaniacs Dot is cute and Yakko yaks Wakko packs away Prozac Trying to ward off these attacks We're Py-ro-man-i-acs Meet Pinky and the Brain, who want to melt the universe Slappy packs a mini blowtorch in her purse Buttons singes Mindy, while Rita calls a nurse The pyros flipped, they charred the script, why bother to rehearse? We're Pyromaniacs We have pay or play contracts We're zany to the max There's napalm in our slacks We're Py-ro-ma-ney Totally insane-y Watch the dancing flame-y Pyromaniacs! Those are the facts! It's time for another Good Idea, Bad Idea. Good Idea: Laughing at a comedian. Bad Idea: Laughing at a Klingon.
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