1988 (production)
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Production[]
January[]
- 4 January – Filming begins onTNG: "Coming of Age".
- 11 January –TNG: "The Big Goodbye" airs.
- 15 January – The score forTNG: "11001001" is recorded atParamount Stage M, conducted byRon Jones.
- 18 January –TNG: "Datalore" airs.
- 21 January –Abraham Sofaer dies.
- 22 January –Eli Behar dies.
- 25 January –TNG: "Angel One" airs.
- Pocket TOSFinal Frontier byDiane Carey is published byPocket Books.
February[]
- 1 February –TNG: "11001001" airs.
- 3 February –
- Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home premieres in France.
- Webster Whinery, Jr. is born.
- 5 February – The score forTNG: "When The Bough Breaks" is recorded at Paramount Stage M, conducted by Ron Jones.
- 8 February –TNG: "Too Short A Season" airs.
- 10 February –Jade andNikita Ramsey are born.
- 15 February –TNG: "When The Bough Breaks" airs.
- 19 February –Larry Forrester dies.
- 20 February –Rihanna is born.
- 21 February –Blaisdel Makee dies.
- 22 February –TNG: "Home Soil" airs.
- Pocket TOS #38:The IDIC Epidemic byJean Lorrah is published byPocket Books.
March[]
- 1 March –Madeline Wise is born.
- 9 March –Kevin Wada is born.
- 11 March – The score forTNG: "Heart of Glory" is recorded at Paramount Stage M, conducted by Ron Jones.
- 12 March –Karen Steele dies.
- 14 March –TNG: "Coming of Age" airs.
- 15 March –Rik Vollaerts dies.
- 18 March –
- Ronald Tang is born.
- Alan Gibbs dies.
- 21 March –TNG: "Heart of Glory" airs.
- 23 March –Somkele Iyamah-Idhalama is born.
April[]
- 5 April – The score forTNG: "Skin Of Evil" is recorded at Paramount Stage M, conducted by Ron Jones.
- 7 April –Ed Speleers is born.
- 10 April –Haley Joel Osment is born.
- 11 April –
- Mathieu Bourassa is born.
- TNG: "The Arsenal of Freedom" airs.
- 18 April –TNG: "Symbiosis" airs.
- 19 April – The score forTNG: "We'll Always Have Paris" is recorded at Paramount Stage M, conducted by Ron Jones.
- 20 April –Noah Averbach-Katz is born.
- 23 April –Erica Mer is born.
- 25 April –TNG: "Skin Of Evil" airs.Denise Crosby leaves the cast.
- 29 April – The score forTNG: "Conspiracy" is recorded at theUniversal Studios Scoring Stage.
- Pocket TOS #39:Time for Yesterday byA.C. Crispin is published byPocket Books.
May[]
- 2 May –TNG: "We'll Always Have Paris" airs.
- 4 May –Ed Bakey dies.
- 6 May – The score forTNG: "The Neutral Zone" is recorded atParamount Stage M, conducted byRon Jones.
- 9 May –TNG: "Conspiracy" airs.
- 16 May –TNG: "The Neutral Zone" airs, concludingTNG Season 1.
- 24 May –Paul Robert Langdon is born.
June[]
- 7 June –Robert Gilbert is born.
- 13 June –Bree Wasylenko is born.
- 26 June –Katie andKellie Cockrell are born.
- 28 June –Giovanni Spina is born.
- TNG Season 2 begins production, but is substantially delayed due to a Writer's Guild strike.Diana Muldaur joins the cast asDoctorPulaski, replacingGates McFadden asBeverly Crusher.
- Pocket TOS #40:Timetrap byDavid Dvorkin is published byPocket Books.
- Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home premieres in Poland.
July[]
- 1 July –Tony Leader dies.
- 8 July –Shazad Latif born.
- 15 July –Hana Hatae born.
- 25 July –Jajube Mandiela is born.
- 28 July –Gunnar Nelson is born.
- Pocket TNG #1:Ghost Ship byDiane Carey is published byPocket Books.
August[]
- 1 August –Tanu Ravi is born.
- 6 August –Jordie Bellaire is born.
- 8 August –Samer Salem is born.
- 19 August –Wyatt Gray is born.
- Pocket TOS #41:The Three-Minute Universe byBarbara Paul is published byPocket Books.
September[]
- 10 September –Chris Villegas is born.
- 13 September – The plans forParamount Stage 9 are revised.
- DC TOS volume 1 #54: "Old Loyalties" is published.
- Pocket TOSSpock's World byDiane Duane is published byPocket Books.
- Pocket TNG #2:The Peacekeepers byGene DeWeese is published byPocket Books.
October[]
- 4 October – Final draft script forTNG: "The Outrageous Okona" is submitted.
- 11 October –Morgan Farley dies. Filming begins onStar Trek V: The Final Frontier.
- 12 October –
- Ito Aghayere andPriscilla Tramontan are born.
- Filming is completed onTNG: "Where Silence Has Lease".
- Second revised final draft script forTNG: "Elementary, Dear Data" is submitted.
- 13 October – Filming begins onTNG: "Elementary, Dear Data".
- 15 October –Julian Davidson dies.
- 21 October – Filming is completed onTNG: "Elementary, Dear Data".
- 24 October – Filming begins onTNG: "The Outrageous Okona".
- Pocket TOS #42:Memory Prime byGarfield &Judith Reeves-Stevens is published byPocket Books.
November[]
- 1 November – Filming is completed onTNG: "The Outrageous Okona".
- 2 November – Filming begins onTNG: "The Schizoid Man".
- 8 November –Oscar Camacho andJessica Lowe are born.
- 9 November –Billy Curtis dies.
- 10 November – Filming is completed onTNG: "The Schizoid Man".
- 11 November –
- Sam Klatman is born.
- Filming begins onTNG: "Loud As A Whisper".
- 19 November –Kyle Kass andPatrick Kwok-Choon are born.
- 21 November – The second season ofStar Trek: The Next Generation premieres with "The Child". The episode's late airdate is due to the Writer's Guild strike, and the script is recycled from an oldStar Trek: Phase II story.Whoopi Goldberg makes the first of several recurring appearances asGuinan.
- 28 November –
- Scarlett Pomers born.
- TNG: "Where Silence Has Lease" airs.
- Pocket TNG #3:The Children of Hamlin byCarmen Carter is published byPocket Books.
December[]
- 5 December –
- Nami Melumad is born.
- TNG: "Elementary, Dear Data" airs.
- 6 December –Roy Orbison dies.
- 12 December –
- Chris Perfetti is born.
- TNG: "The Outrageous Okona" airs.
- 28 December – Filming ends onStar Trek V: The Final Frontier.
- Pocket TOS #43:The Final Nexus byGene DeWeese is published byPocket Books.
- Early December –TNG: "A Matter Of Honor" completes filming.
- Mid-December –TNG: "The Measure Of A Man" is filmed.
Unknown month[]
- Josh Bell,Alex Chung, andJodi Johnston are born.
- CIC Video begins its release ofStar Trek series onVHS in theUK withTOS Season 1.
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