Star Trek: The Next Generation: When the Bough Breaks (1988)

Date of Original Broadcast: 15 February 1988
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: Peter Lauritson

SCRIPT
Script: Hannah Louise Shearer
Executive Story Editor: Hannah Louise Shearer

DIRECTION
Director: Kim Manners

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)
Jerry Hardin (Radue)
Brenda Strong (Rashella)
Jandi Swanson (Katie)
Paul Lambert (Melian)
Ivy Bethune (Duana)
Dierk Torsek (Dr Bernard)
Michele Marsh (Leda)
Dan Mason (Accolan)
Philip N. Waller (Harry Bernard)
Connie Danese (Toya)
Jessica and Vanessa Bova (Alexandra)
Majel Barret (computer voice)

SUMMARY

Wesley and several other intelligent children are kidnapped by the Aldeans, a fabled race who have shielded their planet from view but in so doing have rendered their race sterile. Picard tries to find a way to negotiate with the Aldeans, but succeeds only in angering them and putting teh lives of the children in even greater danger.

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

Dreamwatch no.50 p.74
credits, review

BOOKS

Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion (revised) p.50
article

KEYWORDS

aliens, the future, space travel, spaceships

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008