Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Battle (1987)

Date of Original Broadcast: 16 November 1987
Running Times:
Format: colour
Sound:

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Executive Producer: Gene Roddenberry
Supervising Producers: Rick Berman, Robert H. Justman
Producers: Maurice Hurley
Co-Producers: Robert Lewin, Herbert Wright
Associate Producers: D.C. Fontana, Peter Lauritson
Unit Production Manager: David Livingston
Production Coordinator: Diane Overdiek

SCRIPT
Script: Herbert Wright
Story: Larry Forrester

DIRECTION
Director: Rob Bowman
1st Assistant Director: Les Landau
2nd Assistant Director: Brenda Kalosh

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Edward R. Brown
Chief Lighting Technician: Richard Cronn
Grip: Brian Mills
Camera Equipment: Panavision

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Tom Benko
Post Production Supervisor: Brooke Breton
Editing Facilities: Unitel Video

MUSIC
Music: Ron Jones
Music Editor: John La Salandra

SOUND
Sound Mixer: Alan Bernard
Supervising Sound Editor: Bill Wistrom
Sound Editor: Mace Matiosian
Post Production Sound: Modern Sound

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up Supervisor: Michael Westmore
Make Up: Werner Keppler
Hair Supervisor: Richard Sabre
Hair: Carolyn Ferguson

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Dick Brownfield

VISUAL EFFECTS
Special Visual Effects: Industrial Light and Magic
Visual Effects Coordinator: Robert Legato
Video Optical Effects: The Post Group
Special Video Compositing: Composite Image Systems

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Herman Zimmerman
Art Director: Sandy Veeziano, D.C. Fontana
Set Designer: Richard McKenzie
Prop Master: Joe Longo
Construction Coordinator: Al Smutko
Scenic Artist: Michael Okuda
Consulting Senior Illustrator: Andrew Probert
Illustrator: Rick Sternbach

MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisor: Cosmo Genovese
Production Associate: Susan Sackett

CAST
Patrick Stewart (Captain Jean-Luc Picard)
Jonathan Frakes (Commander William T. Riker)
LeVar Burton (Lt Geordie LaForge)
Denise Crosby (Lt Tasha Yar)
Brent Spiner (Lt Commander Data)
Gates McFadden (Dr Beverly Crusher)
Marina Sirtis (Counsellor Deanna Troi)
Michael Dorn (Lt Worf)
Wil Wheaten (Wesley Crusher)
Frank Corsentino
Doug Warhit
Robert Towers
Majel Barret (computer voice)

SUMMARY

Picard is astonished when the Enterprise is met in deep space by a Ferengi cruiser and the crew hand over to him the hulk of the USS Stargazer, his old command that he'd been forced to abandon while being attacked by Ferengi ships nine years before. But Ferengi DaiMon is planning to use the handover as part of his quest for revenge...

REFERENCES

BOOKS

The New Trek Programme Guide pp.18-19
article

KEYWORDS

aliens, the future, space travel, spaceships

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008