Star Trek: The Next Generation

Nearly a century after Kirk, Captain Jean-Luc Picard commands the USS Enterprise-D. The crew includes first officer Riker, the android Data, who wants to be human, the Klingon Worf, engineer Geordi La Forge, counselor Troi, Dr. Beverly Crusher and her son Wesley. In the pilot, Q shows up, an almost all-powerful being who puts humanity on trial and keeps coming back. Over seven seasons, the show mixes standalone missions with bigger arcs: the Borg assimilate Picard, who becomes Locutus, and Worf gets pulled into a Klingon civil war. In the finale, "All Good Things...", Q makes Picard jump between past, present and future to save humanity. The series ends with Picard finally sitting down to play poker with his officers.

1. ReferenceWhere no one has gone before

   The opening narration repeats the Original Series one with one change: "where no man" became "where no one has gone before".

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2. ReferenceTwo themes in one opening

   The opening theme combines Alexander Courage's Original Series fanfare with Jerry Goldsmith's theme for Star Trek: The Motion Picture.

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3. Behind the scenesRoddenberry's middle name

   Gene Roddenberry's middle name was Wesley. That's why many fans saw Wesley Crusher as a young stand-in for the show's creator.

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