1991 (production)

Production[]

January[]

• 2 January –Pato Guzman dies.
• 7 January –
  • TNG: "Data's Day" airs.
  • UK VHS releases:TOS volumes 34, 35, and 36,TNG volume 8.
• 7 January –15 January – Seven days of filming onTNG: "Night Terrors" onParamount Stage 8,9, and16.
• 12 January –
  • Sierra Hawkins is born.
  • Keye Luke dies.
• 14 January –Hannah Spear is born.
• 16 January –25 January – Eight days of filming onTNG: "Identity Crisis" onParamount Stage 8,9, and16.
• 22 January – Second unit and blue screen inserts were filmed onParamount Stage 13 for the episodesTNG: "Clues" andTNG: "Night Terrors".
• 28 January –TNG: "The Wounded" airs.
• 28 January –31 January – Four days of filming onTNG: "The Nth Degree".
• 30 January – An additional scene forTNG: "First Contact" was filmed onParamount Stage 8.

February[]

• 1 February –5 February – Three days of filming onTNG: "The Nth Degree".
• 4 February –
  • Sixth day of filming onTNG: "The Nth Degree".
  • TNG: "Devil's Due" airs.
  • CIC Video releasesOriginal Series volumes 37 & 38 andNext Generation volume 9 onVHS in theUK.
  • Christine Ebadi is born.
• 6 February –15 February – Eight days of filming onTNG: "Qpid" including alocation shoot atDescanso Gardens.
• 7 February –Don McDougall dies.
• 11 February –TNG: "Clues" airs.
• 16 February –Oscar Moreno is born.
• 18 February –TNG: "First Contact" airs.
• 19 February –27 February – Seven days of filming onTNG: "The Drumhead".
• 22 February – Inserts shooting onParamount Stage 8 and16 forTNG: "The Nth Degree".
• 27 February –28 February – Two days of filming onTNG: "Half a Life".
• 28 February –Noah Lamanna is born.
• Pocket TOS #53:Ghost-Walker byBarbara Hambly is published byPocket Books.
• DC TNG volume 2 #16: "I Have Heard the Mermaids Singing" is published.

March[]

• 1 March –7 March – Five days of filming onTNG: "Half a Life".
• 11 March –TNG: "Galaxy's Child" airs.
• 18 March –
  • TNG: "Night Terrors" airs.
  • UK VHS releases: TOS volumes 39 and 40 (end).
• 20 March –28 March – Seven days of filming onTNG: "The Mind's Eye".
• 25 March
  • TNG: "Identity Crisis" airs.
  • Casey King is born.
• 27 March –Gilbert R. Leal is born.
• DC TNG volume 2 #17: "Forbidden Fruit" is published.

April[]

• 1 April –
  • TNG: "The Nth Degree" airs.
  • UK VHS release: TNG volume 10.
• 1 April –9 April – Seven days of filming onTNG: "In Theory".
• 4 April – The visual effects unit atImage G filmed the solar surface and effects scenes forTNG: "Redemption II".
• 5 April –Ian Meltzer is born.
• 6 April –Kacey Rohl is born.
• 8 April – UK VHS release: TNG volume 11.
• 9 April – An additional scene forTNG: "The Mind's Eye" was filmed onParamount Stage 9. The final draft script forTNG: "Redemption" is submitted.
• 10 April –
  • Paul Stader andKevin Peter Hall die.
  • Second unit insert shots were filmed forTNG: "Qpid".
• 10 April –18 April – Seven days of filming onTNG: "Redemption".
• 11 April – Publicity photo shoot forGene Roddenberry at thetransporter room set.
• 16 April – Filming begins onStar Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.
• 18 April – Second unit shots and inserts were filmed forTNG: "Half a Life",TNG: "The Host",TNG: "The Mind's Eye", andTNG: "In Theory".
• 22 April –
  • Ariana Shaw is born.
  • TNG: "Qpid" airs.
• 23 April –Rudy Solari dies.
• 29 April –TNG: "The Drumhead" airs.
• Pocket TOS #54:A Flag Full of Stars byBrad Ferguson is published byPocket Books.
• DC TNG volume 2 #18: "The Weapon" is published.

May[]

• 6 May –TNG: "Half a Life" airs.
• 7 May – UK VHS releases: TNG volumes 12 and 13 (end season 1).

Release on a Tuesday instead of the usual Monday due to May Bank Holiday.

• 13 May –TNG: "The Host" airs.
• 15 May –Cait Alexander is born.
• 27 May –TNG: "The Mind's Eye" airs.

June[]

• 3 June –
  • TNG: "In Theory" airs.
  • UK VHS releases:TNG volumes 14 and 15.
• 4 June –Star Trek V: The Final Frontier premieres in the Philippines.
• 6 June – An official ceremony was held to dedicate the opening of the Gene Roddenberry building at the Paramount Studios toGene Roddenberry.
• 13 June –Lizz Porter is born.
• 15 June –Sven Ruygrok is born.
• 17 June –TNG: "Redemption", the 100th episode ofThe Next Generation airs.
• 18 June –Chuck Couch dies.
• 20 June –
  • Forty-seventh day of filming onStar Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. Bridge scenes are filmed today, including the invitation ofGorkon to dinner, and the torpedo attack onKronos One.
  • Angela andAngelica Tedeski are born.
• Pocket TOS #55:Renegade byGene DeWeese is published byPocket Books.
• Pocket TNG novelBoogeymen is published.

July[]

• 1 July – UK VHS releases: TNG volumes 16 and 17.
• 2 July –
  • Filming ends onStar Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.
  • Tara Bordes is born.
• 8 July –17 July – Eight days of filming onTNG: "Redemption II".
• 18 July –26 July – Seven days of filming onTNG: "Darmok" including two dayson location atBronson Canyon.
• 24 July –Penelope Mitchell is born.
• 26 July –Richard Tatro dies.
• 29 July –
  • First day of filming onTNG: "Ensign Ro"
  • Paramount Home Video releases theStar Trek: The Movies - 25th Anniversary Collectors SetVHS boxset in the US, along with rereleases of the first fiveStar Trek films in new packaging and in widescreen format for the first time.
  • Paramount Home Video also reissues the entireVHS catalog ofStar Trek: The Original Series in new packaging.
• 30 July –31 July – Two further days of filming onTNG: "Ensign Ro".

August[]

• 1 August –6 August – Four days of filming onTNG: "Ensign Ro" including one dayon location atBronson Canyon.
• 5 August –
  • Murray Golden dies.
  • Insert shots forTNG: "Darmok" were filmed on location at Bronson Canyon.
• 6 August – Publicity photos of the main cast andWhoopi Goldberg were shot atParamount Stage 8.
• 7 August –15 August – Seven days of filming onTNG: "Silicon Avatar" including one dayon location at theGolden Oak Ranch.
• 7 August –8 August – The Directors Guild Educators Workshop visited the set ofTNG: "Silicon Avatar".
• 8 August – Blue screen unit filming forTNG: "Darmok".
• 9 August –Mason Stoops is born.
• 12 August –
  • UK VHS releases: TNG volumes 18 and 19.
  • Rong Fu is born.
• 13 August –Entertainment Tonight journalists and photographers visited the set ofTNG: "Silicon Avatar".
• 14 August –Charlotte Nicdao is born.
• 16 August –Tarun Keram is born.
• 16 August –27 August – Eight days of filming onTNG: "Disaster".
• 20 August –Irving A. Feinberg dies.
• 21 August –Jesse James Rutherford is born.
• 22 August –Amy Sturdivant is born.
• 26 August –
  • Roxanne Fernandes is born.
  • 2nd Unit insert shots were filmed forTNG: "Redemption II" andTNG: "Darmok" and blue screen shots were filmed forTNG: "Silicon Avatar".
• 28 August – 2nd Unit shots were filmed forTNG: "Darmok" andTNG: "Disaster".
• 28 August –30 August – Three days of filming onTNG: "The Game".
• 29 August – A camera crew fromCBS This Morning visited the set and interviewed the cast members.
• 31 August –Athena Perample is born.
• Pocket Books #56:Legacy byMichael Jan Friedman is published byPocket Books.

September[]

• 2 September – UK VHS releases: TNG volumes 20 and 21.
• 3 September –6 September – Four days of filming onTNG: "The Game".
• 4 September –Carl W. Daniels dies.
• 9 September –18 September – Eight days of filming onTNG: "Unification II".
• 11 September –
  • Christo Streak is born.
  • Cave scenes forTNG: "Unification I" are filmed onParamount Stage 16 before principle photography.
• 12 September –Lil Cory is born.
• 13 September – Cave scenes and scenes on the Romulan street forTNG: "Unification I" are filmed on Paramount Stage 16 before principle photography.
• 14 September –Ana Sani is born.
• 15 September –
  • Gia Sandhu is born.
  • John Hoyt dies.
• 16 September – Scenes on theKlingon Bird-of-Prey forTNG: "Unification I" are filmed onParamount Stage 5 before principle photography.
• 19 September –26 September – Six days of filming onTNG: "Unification I".
• 21 September –Angelo Rossitto dies.
• 23 September – "Redemption II", the first episode of the fifth season ofStar Trek: The Next Generation, premieres.
• 26 September –Dillon Jagersky is born.
• 27 September – One day of filming onTNG: "A Matter Of Time".
• 28 September –Star Trek 25th Anniversary Special airs.
• 30 September – One day of filming onTNG: "A Matter Of Time".TNG: "Darmok" airs.
• Unknown day – The plans forParamount Stage 9 are revised.

October[]

• 1 October –7 October – Five days of filming onTNG: "A Matter Of Time".
• 3 October – 2nd Unit inserts were filmed forTNG: "Disaster" andTNG: "The Game".
• 6 October –Lincoln Demyan dies.
• 7 October –
  • Abbas Wahab is born.
  • TNG: "Ensign Ro" airs.
  • UK VHS releases: TNG volumes 22, 23, and 24 (end season 2).
• 8 October –16 October – Seven days of filming onTNG: "New Ground".
• 9 October –Thalmus Rasulala dies.
• 14 October –TNG: "Silicon Avatar" airs.
• 17 October –28 October – Eight days of filming onTNG: "Hero Worship".
• 21 October –
  • TNG: "Disaster" airs.
  • UK VHS releases:TNG volumes 25, 26, and 27.
• 24 October –Star Trek creatorGene Roddenberry passes away at the age of 70, shortly after the 25th anniversary of his creation. TheTNG episode "Hero Worship" is in production at the time, and the two-part episode "Unification I" and "Unification II" is dedicated to Roddenberry's memory.
• 28 October –TNG: "The Game" airs.
• 28 October –31 October – Four days of filming onTNG: "Violations".
• 29 October – Second unit inserts are filmed forTNG: "Unification II" andTNG: "A Matter Of Time".

November[]

• 1 November –Star Trek: An Annotated Guide to Resources on the Development, the Phenomenon, the People, the Television Series, the Films, the Novels, and the Recordings is released.
• 1 November –6 November – Four days of filming onTNG: "Violations".
• 4 November –
  • Leonard Nimoy makes a crossover appearance asSpock on theTNG episode "Unification I", the first episode in a two-part event.
  • UK VHS releases: TNG volumes 28, 29, and 30.
• 7 November –15 November – Seven days of filming onTNG: "The Masterpiece Society".
• 11 November –TNG: "Unification II" airs.
• 18 November –TNG: "A Matter Of Time" airs.
• 18 November –26 November – Seven days of filming onTNG: "Conundrum".
• 19 November –Reggie Nalder dies.
• 25 November – Second unit and insert shots are filmed forTNG: "Hero Worship" andTNG: "Violations".
• 27 November – Additional scenes forTNG: "Violations" are filmed. The first scenes forTNG: "Power Play" are filmed.
• Pocket TOS #57:The Rift byPeter David is published byPocket Books
• Unknown day –The Star Trek Logs: An MTV Big Picture Special Edition airs.

December[]

• 2 December – UK VHS releases:TAS volumes 1 and 2, TNG volumes 31, 32, and 33.
• 2 December –11 December – Eight days of filming onTNG: "Power Play".
• 3 December – The gala premiere ofStar Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country is held in Hollywood, Los Angeles.
• 6 December –Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country premieres in the United States.
• 9 December –Rene Rosado is born.
• 11 December –20 December – Eight days of filming onTNG: "Ethics". It is the final episode to be filmed in 1991 and the production went into company holiday.
• 12 December –
  • Elisabetta D'Amico is born.
  • Second unit and insert shots are filmed forTNG: "The Masterpiece Society" andTNG: "Power Play".
• 15 December –Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country premieres in Colombia.
• 19 December –
  • Kyana Teresa is born.
  • Second unit and insert shots are filmed forTNG: "The Masterpiece Society",TNG: "Conundrum", andTNG: "Power Play".
• 23 December –Julia andLiz Nolan are born.

Unknown month[]

• UK VHS releases (Movies):Star Trek: The Motion Picture,Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (25th Anniversary rereleases),Star Trek V: The Final Frontier.

Media gallery[]

"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"

"Redemption II"

"Darmok"

"Ensign Ro"

"Silicon Avatar"

"Disaster"

"The Game"

"Unification I"

"Unification II"

"A Matter Of Time"