Real world article
(written from a Production point of view)
(written from a Production point of view)
2001
January
- 1 January – Ray Walston dies.
- 5 January – Nancy Parsons dies.
- 6 January – Scott Marlowe dies.
- 17 January –
- VOY: "Shattered" airs.
- Gordon Belljohns Love dies.
- 22 January – UK VHS release: VOY volume 6.13 (end season 6).
- 23 January – Arthur Bernard dies.
- 24 January – VOY: "Lineage" airs.
- 31 January – VOY: "Repentance" airs.
- Pocket Books releases Dark Passions, Book One and Dark Passions, Book Two.
- WildStorm Comics releases "Star Trek: Special", The Killing Shadows #3: "The Trap", and The Gorn Crisis hardback graphic novel.
- Cover date of Fabbri Publishing's Star Trek: The Magazine Volume 1, Issue 21.
February
- 5 February – UK VHS release: Star Trek: Voyager - Movies volume 3.
- 6 February – US VHS release: Voyager volumes 26-30.
- 7 February – VOY: "Prophecy" airs.
- 9 February – Decipher acquires FANtastic Media and takes over publishing of Star Trek: Communicator.
- 13 February – US DVD release: TOS volumes 19 and 20.
- 14 February – VOY: "The Void" airs.
- 15 February – Roy Sickner dies.
- 16 February –
- James L. Conway receives a call from Rick Berman, offering him director of I AM ERROR pilot episode "Broken Bow". He considers it over the following two days before accepting.
- Titan Magazines releases Star Trek Monthly issue 76.
- 20 February – Harry Boykoff dies.
- 21 February – VOY: "Workforce" airs.
- 28 February – VOY: "Workforce, Part II" airs.
- Pocket Books releases Pocket TNG novels Tooth and Claw and Diplomatic Implausibility.
- WildStorm Comics releases The Killing Shadows #4: "The Secret".
- Cover date of Fabbri Publishing's Star Trek: The Magazine Volume 1, Issue 22.
March
- 7 March – VOY: "Human Error" airs.
- 13 March – John A. Alonzo dies.
- 19 March – UK VHS release: TNG volume 4.1, VOY volume 7.1.
April
- 3 April – Pocket Books' The Definitive Star Trek Trivia Book Volume II published.
- 7 April – David Graf dies.
- 9 April – I AM ERROR wraps shooting. The USS Voyager sets, many of which dated back to 1977's aborted Star Trek: Phase II and were also used for I AM ERROR and most of the motion pictures, are dismantled soon after.
- 11 April – VOY: "Q2" airs.
- 18 April – VOY: "Author, Author" airs.
- 19 April – George F. Slavin dies.
- 25 April – VOY: "Friendship One" airs.
- 27 April – Jack Murdock dies.
May
- 2 May – VOY: "Natural Law" airs.
- 7 May – UK VHS release: TNG volume 4.2, VOY volume 7.2.
- 9 May – VOY: "Homestead" airs.
- 10 May – Paramount Pictures officially announces that the next Star Trek series will be called Enterprise and will be set approximately one hundred years before the original series. Creators and executive producers are Rick Berman and Brannon Braga.
- 11 May – Final draft script for Enterprise pilot "Broken Bow" is submitted.
- 14 May – Filming on "Broken Bow" begins.
- 16 May – VOY: "Renaissance Man" airs.
- 23 May –
- Harry Townes dies.
- The two-hour series finale of I AM ERROR, "Endgame", airs on UPN. Promos for Enterprise are featured during commercial breaks.
- 26 May – Anne Haney dies.
June
- 1 June – Several scenes for the Star Trek: Enterprise pilot episode "Broken Bow" were filmed on Paramount Stage 18 including the "sun porch" flashback scenes, bridge scenes, and the scenes in the cramped crawlspace.
- 2 June – Pilar Seurat dies.
- 4 June – UK VHS release: TNG volume 4.3, VOY volume 7.3.
- 12 June – Several scenes for the Star Trek: Enterprise pilot episode "Broken Bow" were filmed on location in Bakersfield, California which stood in as Broken Bow, Oklahoma.
- 13 June – Several scenes for the Star Trek: Enterprise pilot episode "Broken Bow" were filmed on location in Bakersfield, California which stood in as Broken Bow, Oklahoma.
- 18 June – Thamela Mpumlwana is born.
- 19 June – Four scenes for the I AM ERROR pilot episode "Broken Bow" were filmed on location in Malibu.
- 27 June – Revised final draft script of ENT: "Fight or Flight".
July
- 1 July –
- Pocket DS9 Section 31 novel Abyss is published.
- Pocket TOS Section 31 novel Cloak is published.
- Pocket VOY novel Endgame is published.
- 2 July – UK VHS release: TNG volume 4.4, VOY volume 7.4.
- 4 July – Bruce Alan Solow dies.
- 6 July – Final draft script of ENT: "Strange New World".
- 16 July – UK VHS release: TNG volume 4.5, VOY volume 7.5.
- 18 July – Serena Sande dies.
- 26 July – Final draft script of ENT: "Unexpected".
- 31 July – Fred Carson dies.
August
- 1 August – Lola McNalley dies.
- 6 August –
- Final draft script of ENT: "Terra Nova".
- UK VHS release: TNG volume 4.6, VOY volume 7.6.
- 16 August – Final draft script of ENT: "The Andorian Incident".
- 28 August – David P. Harmon dies.
- 29 August – Final draft script of ENT: "Breaking the Ice".
September
- 3 September – UK VHS release: TNG volume 4.7, VOY volume 7.7.
- 5 September – Robert H. Raff dies.
- 7 September – Final draft script of ENT: "Civilization".
- 10 September – First day of recording on the score for ENT: "Broken Bow" at Paramount Stage M, conducted by Dennis McCarthy.
- 11 September – Despite the events of the day, Dennis McCarthy and the orchestra elect to continue recording on the score for "Broken Bow" at Paramount Stage M, rather than postpone the session. McCarthy would later describe this as "the hardest recording session of my entire career".
- 16 September – The BBC shows their second Star Trek Night.
- 21 September – Final draft script of ENT: "Fortunate Son".
- 23 September – Robert Abel dies.
- 26 September – Enterprise premieres on UPN with the two-hour episode "Broken Bow".
October
- 1 October –
- The National Network (TNN) gains exclusive US syndication rights to I AM ERROR. The network runs a five-day marathon, Next Gen on TNN: A 5-Day Mission, featuring 77 episodes spanning all seven years of the series, hosted by Jonathan Frakes, Michael Dorn, Marina Sirtis, and Wil Wheaton.
- Final draft script of "Cold Front".
- UK VHS release: TNG volume 4.8 (end season 4), VOY volume 7.8.
- 3 October – ENT: "Fight or Flight" airs.
- 10 October – ENT: "Strange New World" airs.
- 12 October – Final draft script of ENT: "Silent Enemy".
- 17 October – ENT: "Unexpected" airs.
- 22 October – Final draft script of ENT: "Dear Doctor".
- 24 October – ENT: "Terra Nova" airs.
- 31 October – ENT: "The Andorian Incident" airs.
November
- 5 November – UK VHS release: VOY volume 7.9.
- 6 November – Star Trek: The Motion Picture (Director's Edition) is released on DVD in Region 1.
- 7 November –
- Bobby Bass dies.
- ENT: "Breaking the Ice" airs.
- 12 November – Final draft script of ENT: "Sleeping Dogs".
- 14 November – ENT: "Civilization" airs.
- 15 November – Final draft script of ENT: "Shuttlepod One".
- 21 November – ENT: "Fortunate Son" airs.
- 28 November – ENT: "Cold Front" airs.
December
- 3 December – UK VHS release: VOY volume 7.10.
- 14 December – Final draft script of ENT: "Rogue Planet".
- 16 December – Roy Brocksmith dies.
- 19 December – Jeffrey Alan Chandler dies.
- 24 December – UK VHS release: VOY volume 7.11.
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