Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987): 15 Weird Facts You Didn't Know!

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Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987): 15 Weird Facts You Didn't Know

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Remember when Star Trek: The Next Generation looked like sleek 24th-century sci-fi—but backstage, it was a full-blown 20th-century mess.

Launched in 1987, TNG gave us Jean-Luc Picard, Data, Riker, Worf, Troi, Geordi, and Dr. Crusher aboard the Enterprise-D—navigating diplomacy, danger, and some seriously weird creative decisions. This countdown dives into 15 of the strangest and most surprising facts from behind the scenes, from casting curveballs to recycled scripts and studio drama that would’ve made the Borg sweat.

Chapters:

• 00:00 - Intro
• 01:45 - #15: Patrick Stewart Almost Lost Picard Over His Hair — Patrick Stewart
• 03:00 - #14: The Theme Song Was a Complicated Mess — Gene Roddenberry
• 04:50 - #13: The Transporter Effect Was Basically Glitter — LeVar Burton
• 06:29 - #12: TNG Secretly Recycled Old Star Trek Scripts — Deanna Troi
• 08:27 - #11: The Enterprise Was Built from Old Props — William Shatner
• 09:45 - #10: Lore Replaced Data’s Android Girlfriend — Brent Spiner
• 11:29 - #9: Robin Williams Was Supposed to Guest Star — Robin Williams
• 13:22 - #8: Fans Were Allowed to Write Episodes — Michael Piller
• 15:10 - #7: The Lie That Drove Wil Wheaton Away — Wil Wheaton
• 17:03 - #6: Season One Was Complete Chaos — Gene Roddenberry
• 19:19 - #5: Q Only Existed Because the Pilot Was Too Short — John de Lancie
• 21:27 - #4: Patrick Stewart Thought the Show Would Fail — Patrick Stewart
• 23:13 - #3: Worf Was Never Supposed to Exist — Michael Dorn
• 25:13 - #2: Whoopi Goldberg Begged to Join the Cast — Whoopi Goldberg
• 27:06 - #1: Dr. Crusher Was Fired Then Brought Back — Gates McFadden