Production timeline

Real world article
(written from a Production point of view)

Timeline

Early history

See: Early production history for all events prior to 1964.

See also: Star Trek birthdays and Star Trek deaths

1960s

1964

The first pilot "The Cage" is produced

1965

The second pilot "Where No Man Has Gone Before" is produced.

1966

I AM ERROR (TOS) premieres on NBC.

TOS Season 1 is produced and airs into 1967.

1967

Desilu Studios (and Star Trek) is sold to neighboring Paramount Pictures.

TOS Season 2 is produced and airs into 1968.

1968

TOS Season 3 is produced and airs into 1969.

1969

TOS is canceled.

1970s

1970

1971

1972

1973

I AM ERROR (TAS) premieres on NBC.

TAS Season 1 is produced and airs into 1974.

1974

TAS Season 2 is produced and airs.

TAS ends.

1975

1976

1977

Star Trek: Phase II is commissioned, but is canceled before filming begins.

Feature films begin pre-production.

1978

Star Trek: The Motion Picture begins filming August, 1978

1979

Star Trek: The Motion Picture is released in US theaters.

1980s

1980

1981

1982

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is released in US theaters.

1983

1984

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock is released in US theaters.

1985

1986

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home is released in US theaters.

1987

I AM ERROR (TNG) premieres, syndicated to US stations by Paramount's Viacom.

TNG Season 1 is produced and airs into 1988.

1988

TNG Season 2 is produced and airs into 1989.

1989

TNG Season 3 is produced and airs into 1990.

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier is released in US theaters.

1990s

1990

TNG Season 4 is produced and airs into 1991.

1991

Gene Roddenberry dies.

TNG Season 5 is produced and airs into 1992.

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country is released in US theaters.

1992

TNG Season 6 is produced and airs into 1993.

1993

I AM ERROR (DS9) premieres, syndicated to US stations by Viacom.

DS9 Season 1 airs.

DS9 Season 2 is produced and airs into 1994.

TNG Season 7 is produced and airs into 1994.

1994

TNG ends.

DS9 Season 3 is produced and airs into 1995.

Star Trek Generations is released in US theaters.

1995

I AM ERROR (VOY) premieres on UPN in the US.

VOY Season 1 airs.

DS9 Season 4 is produced and airs into 1996.

VOY Season 2 is produced and airs into 1996.

1996

DS9 Season 5 is produced and airs into 1997.

VOY Season 3 is produced and airs into 1997.

Star Trek: First Contact is released in US theaters.

1997

DS9 Season 6 is produced and airs into 1998.

VOY Season 4 is produced and airs into 1998.

1998

DS9 Season 7 is produced and airs into 1999.

VOY Season 5 is produced and airs into 1999.

Star Trek: Insurrection is released in US theaters.

1999

DS9 ends.

VOY Season 6 is produced and airs into 2000.

2000s

2000

VOY Season 7 is produced and airs into 2001.

2001

VOY ends.

Enterprise (ENT) premieres on UPN in the US.

ENT Season 1 is produced and airs into 2002.

2002

ENT Season 2 is produced and airs into 2003.

Star Trek Nemesis is released in US theaters.

2003

ENT Season 3 (renamed to Star Trek: Enterprise) is produced and airs into 2004.

2004

ENT Season 4 is produced and airs into 2005.

2005

ENT is canceled.

2006

TOS is digitally re-mastered and re-aired in syndication, starting with "Balance of Terror".

2007

Star Trek begins production.

2008

Star Trek finishes production and enters post-production

2009

Star Trek is released to theaters.

2010s

2010

2011

Star Trek Into Darkness begins production.

2012

Star Trek Into Darkness finishes shooting and enters post-production.

2013

Star Trek Into Darkness is released to theaters

2014

2015

Star Trek Beyond is produced.

2016

Star Trek Beyond is released to theaters.

2017

I AM ERROR (DIS) premieres on CBS All Access in the US.

DIS Season 1 is produced and airs into 2018.

2018

DIS Season 2 and Star Trek: Short Treks are produced.

The future

Upcoming productions

Concurrent episode list

From 1993 to 1999, except for one film in 2002, episodes and films for different Star Trek series were airing at the same time. This list shows the order in which these were released:

• 1993:
  • 3 January - DS9: "Emissary"
  • 10 January - DS9: "Past Prologue"
  • 17 January - DS9: "A Man Alone"
  • 24 January - TNG: "Ship in a Bottle" and DS9: "Babel"
  • 31 January - DS9: "Captive Pursuit" and TNG: "Aquiel"
  • 7 February - DS9: "Q-Less" and TNG: "Face of the Enemy"
  • 14 February - DS9: "Dax" and TNG: "Tapestry"
  • 22 February - DS9: "The Passenger" and TNG: "Birthright, Part I"
  • 1 March - TNG: "Birthright, Part II"
  • 14 March - DS9: "Move Along Home"
  • 21 March - DS9: "The Nagus"
  • 28 March - TNG: "Starship Mine"
  • 4 April - TNG: "Lessons"
  • 18 April - DS9: "Vortex"
  • 25 April - TNG: "The Chase" and DS9: "Battle Lines"
  • 2 May - TNG: "Frame of Mind" and DS9: "The Storyteller"
  • 9 May - TNG: "Suspicions" and DS9: "Progress"
  • 16 May - TNG: "Rightful Heir" and DS9: "If Wishes Were Horses"
  • 23 May - DS9: "The Forsaken" and TNG: "Second Chances"
  • 30 May - DS9: "Dramatis Personae"
  • 13 June - DS9: "Duet" and TNG: "Timescape"
  • 20 June - DS9: "In the Hands of the Prophets" and TNG: "Descent".
  • 19 September - TNG: "Descent, Part II"
  • 25 September - TNG: "Liaisons"
  • 26 September - DS9: "The Homecoming"
  • 3 October - DS9: "The Circle"
  • 4 October - TNG: "Interface"
  • 10 October - DS9: "The Siege" and TNG: "Gambit, Part I"
  • 17 October - DS9: "Invasive Procedures" and TNG: "Gambit, Part II"
  • 24 October - DS9: "Cardassians" and TNG: "Phantasms"
  • 31 October - DS9: "Melora" and TNG: "Dark Page"
  • 7 November - DS9: "Rules of Acquisition" and TNG: "Attached"
  • 14 November - DS9: "Necessary Evil" and TNG: "Force of Nature"
  • 21 November - DS9: "Second Sight" and TNG: "Inheritance"
  • 28 November - DS9: "Sanctuary" and TNG: "Parallels"
• 1994:
  • 2 January - DS9: "Rivals"
  • 9 January - DS9: "The Alternate"
  • 10 January - TNG: "The Pegasus"
  • 17 January - TNG: "Homeward"
  • 30 January - DS9: "Armageddon Game"
  • 31 January - TNG: "Sub Rosa"
  • 6 February - DS9: "Whispers"
  • 7 February - TNG: "Lower Decks"
  • 13 February - DS9: "Paradise"
  • 14 February - TNG: "Thine Own Self"
  • 20 February - DS9: "Shadowplay"
  • 21 February - TNG: "Masks"
  • 27 February - DS9: "Playing God"
  • 28 February - TNG: "Eye of the Beholder"
  • 20 March - DS9: "Profit and Loss"
  • 21 March - TNG: "Genesis"
  • 27 March - DS9: "Blood Oath"
  • 28 March - TNG: "Journey's End"
  • 24 April - DS9: "The Maquis, Part I"
  • 25 April - TNG: "Firstborn"
  • 1 May - DS9: "The Maquis, Part II"
  • 2 May - TNG: "Bloodlines"
  • 8 May - DS9: "The Wire"
  • 9 May - TNG: "Emergence"
  • 15 May - DS9: "Crossover"
  • 16 May - TNG: "Preemptive Strike"
  • 22 May - DS9: "The Collaborator"
  • 23 May - TNG: "All Good Things..."
  • 5 June - DS9: "Tribunal"
  • 12 July - DS9: "The Jem'Hadar"
  • 26 September - DS9: "The Search, Part I"
  • 3 October - DS9: "The Search, Part II"
  • 10 October - DS9: "The House of Quark"
  • 17 October - DS9: "Equilibrium"
  • 24 October - DS9: "Second Skin"
  • 31 October - DS9: "The Abandoned"
  • 7 November - DS9: "Civil Defense"
  • 14 November - DS9: "Meridian"
  • 18 November - Star Trek Generations
  • 21 November - DS9: "Defiant"
  • 28 November - DS9: "Fascination"
• 1995:
  • 8 January - DS9: "Past Tense, Part I"
  • 15 January - DS9: "Past Tense, Part II"
  • 16 January - VOY: "Caretaker"
  • 23 January - VOY: "Parallax"
  • 30 January - VOY: "Time and Again"
  • 31 January - DS9: "Life Support"
  • 6 February - DS9: "Heart of Stone" & VOY: "Phage"
  • 13 February - DS9: "Destiny" & VOY: "The Cloud"
  • 20 February - DS9: "Prophet Motive" & VOY: "Eye of the Needle"
  • 27 February - DS9: "Visionary" & VOY: "Ex Post Facto"
  • 13 March - VOY: "Emanations"
  • 20 March - VOY: "Prime Factors"
  • 10 April - DS9: "Distant Voices" & VOY: "State of Flux"
  • 17 April - DS9: "Through the Looking Glass"
  • 24 April - DS9: "Improbable Cause" & VOY: "Heroes and Demons"
  • 1 May - DS9: "The Die is Cast" & VOY: "Cathexis"
  • 8 May - DS9: "Explorers" & VOY: "Faces"
  • 15 May - DS9: "Family Business" & VOY: "Jetrel"
  • 22 May - DS9: "Shakaar" & VOY: "Learning Curve"
  • 12 June - DS9: "Facets"
  • 25 June - DS9: "The Adversary"
  • 28 August - VOY: "The 37's"
  • 4 September - VOY: "Initiations"
  • 11 September - VOY: "Projections"
  • 18 September - VOY: "Elogium"
  • 25 September - VOY: "Non Sequitur"
  • 2 October - DS9: "The Way of the Warrior" & VOY: "Twisted"
  • 9 October - DS9: "The Visitor" & VOY: "Parturition"
  • 16 October - DS9: "Hippocratic Oath"
  • 23 October - DS9: "Indiscretion"
  • 30 October - DS9: "Rejoined" & VOY: "Persistence of Vision"
  • 6 November - VOY: "Tattoo"
  • 13 November - DS9: "Starship Down" & VOY: "Cold Fire"
  • 15 November - DS9: "Little Green Men"
  • 20 November - DS9: "The Sword of Kahless" & VOY: "Maneuvers"
  • 27 November - DS9: "Our Man Bashir" & VOY: "Resistance"
• 1996:
  • 1 January - DS9: "Homefront"
  • 8 January - DS9: "Paradise Lost"
  • 15 January - VOY: "Prototype"
  • 22 January - VOY: "Alliances"
  • 29 January - DS9: "Crossfire" & VOY: "Threshold"
  • 5 February - DS9: "Return to Grace" & VOY: "Meld"
  • 12 February - DS9: "Sons of Mogh" & VOY: "Dreadnought"
  • 19 February - DS9: "Bar Association" & VOY: "Death Wish"
  • 24 February - DS9: "Accession"
  • 26 February - VOY: "Lifesigns"
  • 13 March - VOY: "Investigations"
  • 18 March - VOY: "Deadlock"
  • 8 April - DS9: "Rules of Engagement" & VOY: "Innocence"
  • 15 April - DS9: "Hard Time"
  • 22 April - DS9: "Shattered Mirror"
  • 29 April - DS9: "The Muse" & VOY: "The Thaw"
  • 6 May - DS9: "For the Cause" & VOY: "Tuvix"
  • 13 May - DS9: "To the Death" & VOY: "Resolutions"
  • 20 May - DS9: "The Quickening" & VOY: "Basics, Part I"
  • 10 June - DS9: "Body Parts"
  • 17 June - DS9: "Broken Link"
  • 4 September - VOY: "Basics, Part II"
  • 11 September - VOY: "Flashback"
  • 18 September - VOY: "The Chute"
  • 25 September - VOY: "The Swarm"
  • 30 September - DS9: "Apocalypse Rising"
  • 2 October - VOY: "False Profits"
  • 7 October - DS9: "The Ship"
  • 9 October - VOY: "Remember"
  • 14 October - DS9: "Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places"
  • 21 October - DS9: "Nor the Battle to the Strong"
  • 28 October - DS9: "The Assignment"
  • 30 October - VOY: "Sacred Ground"
  • 4 November - DS9: "Trials and Tribble-ations"
  • 6 November - VOY: "Future's End"
  • 11 November - DS9: "Let He Who Is Without Sin..."
  • 13 November - VOY: "Future's End, Part II"
  • 18 November - DS9: "Things Past"
  • 20 November - VOY: "Warlord"
  • 22 November - Star Trek: First Contact
  • 25 November - DS9: "The Ascent"
  • 27 November - VOY: "The Q and the Grey"
  • 30 November - DS9: "Rapture"
  • 11 December - VOY: "Macrocosm"
• 1997:
  • 6 January - DS9: "The Darkness and the Light"
  • 8 January - VOY: "Fair Trade"
  • 15 January - VOY: "Alter Ego"
  • 27 January - DS9: "The Begotten"
  • 29 January - VOY: "Coda"
  • 3 February - DS9: "For the Uniform"
  • 5 February - VOY: "Blood Fever"
  • 10 February - DS9: "In Purgatory's Shadow"
  • 12 February - VOY: "Unity"
  • 17 February - DS9: "By Inferno's Light"
  • 19 February - VOY: "Darkling"
  • 24 February - DS9: "Doctor Bashir, I Presume"
  • 26 February - VOY: "Rise"
  • 19 March - VOY: "Favorite Son"
  • 31 March - DS9: "A Simple Investigation"
  • 5 April - DS9: "Business as Usual"
  • 9 April - VOY: "Before and After"
  • 14 April - DS9: "Ties of Blood and Water"
  • 21 April - DS9: "Ferengi Love Songs"
  • 23 April - VOY: "Real Life"
  • 29 April - DS9: "Soldiers of the Empire"
  • 30 April - VOY: "Distant Origin"
  • 5 May - DS9: "Children of Time"
  • 7 May - VOY: "Displaced"
  • 12 May - DS9: "Blaze of Glory"
  • 14 May - VOY: "Worst Case Scenario"
  • 19 May - DS9: "Empok Nor"
  • 21 May - VOY: "Scorpion"
  • 9 June - DS9: "In the Cards"
  • 16 June - DS9: "Call to Arms"
  • 3 September - VOY: "Scorpion, Part II"
  • 10 September - VOY: "The Gift"
  • 17 September - VOY: "Day of Honor"
  • 24 September - VOY: "Nemesis"
  • 29 September - DS9: "A Time to Stand"
  • 1 October - VOY: "Revulsion"
  • 6 October - DS9: "Rocks and Shoals"
  • 8 October - VOY: "The Raven"
  • 16 October - DS9: "Sons and Daughters"
  • 20 October - DS9: "Behind the Lines"
  • 27 October - DS9: "Favor the Bold"
  • 29 October - VOY: "Scientific Method"
  • 3 November - DS9: "Sacrifice of Angels"
  • 5 November - VOY: "Year of Hell"
  • 10 October - DS9: "You Are Cordially Invited"
  • 12 November - VOY: "Year of Hell, Part II"
  • 17 November - DS9: "Resurrection"
  • 19 November - VOY: "Random Thoughts"
  • 22 November - DS9: "Statistical Probabilities"
  • 26 November - VOY: "Concerning Flight"
  • 17 December - DS9: "The Magnificent Ferengi" & VOY: "Mortal Coil"
• 1998:
  • 3 January - DS9: "Waltz"
  • 14 January - VOY: "Waking Moments"
  • 21 January - VOY: "Message in a Bottle"
  • 4 February - DS9: "Who Mourns for Morn?"
  • 11 February - DS9: "Far Beyond the Stars" & VOY: "Hunters"
  • 14 February - DS9: "One Little Ship"
  • 18 February - VOY: "Prey"
  • 21 February - DS9: "Honor Among Thieves"
  • 25 February - VOY: "Retrospect"
  • 28 February - DS9: "Change of Heart"
  • 4 March - VOY: "The Killing Game" & VOY: "The Killing Game, Part II"
  • 28 March - DS9: "Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night"
  • 8 April - DS9: "Inquisition" & VOY: "Vis à Vis"
  • 15 April - DS9: "In the Pale Moonlight" & VOY: "The Omega Directive"
  • 22 April - DS9: "His Way" & VOY: "Unforgettable"
  • 29 April - VOY: "Living Witness" and DS9: "The Reckoning"
  • 6 May - DS9: "Valiant" & VOY: "Demon"
  • 13 May - DS9: "Profit and Lace" & VOY: "One"
  • 20 May - DS9: "Time's Orphan" & VOY: "Hope and Fear"
  • 10 June - DS9: "The Sound of Her Voice"
  • 17 June - DS9: "Tears of the Prophets"
  • 30 September - DS9: "Image in the Sand"
  • 7 October - DS9: "Shadows and Symbols"
  • 14 October - DS9: "Afterimage" & VOY: "Night"
  • 21 October - DS9: "Take Me Out to the Holosuite" & VOY: "Drone"
  • 28 October - DS9: "Chrysalis" & VOY: "Extreme Risk"
  • 4 November - DS9: "Treachery, Faith and the Great River" & VOY: "In the Flesh"
  • 11 November - DS9: "Once More Unto the Breach" & VOY: "Once Upon a Time"
  • 18 November - DS9: "The Siege of AR-558" & VOY: "Timeless"
  • 25 November - DS9: "Covenant" & VOY: "Infinite Regress"
  • 2 December - VOY: "Nothing Human"
  • 9 December - VOY: "Thirty Days"
  • 11 December - Star Trek: Insurrection
  • 16 December - VOY: "Counterpoint"
  • 30 December - DS9: "It's Only a Paper Moon"
• 1999:
  • 6 January - DS9: "Prodigal Daughter"
  • 20 January - VOY: "Latent Image"
  • 27 January - VOY: "Bride of Chaotica!"
  • 3 February - DS9: "The Emperor's New Cloak" & VOY: "Gravity"
  • 10 February - DS9: "Field of Fire" & VOY: "Bliss"
  • 17 February - DS9: "Chimera" & VOY: "Dark Frontier"
  • 24 February - DS9: "Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang" & VOY: "The Disease"
  • 3 March - DS9: "Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges" & VOY: "Course: Oblivion"
  • 24 March - VOY: "The Fight"
  • 31 March - VOY: "Think Tank"
  • 7 April - DS9: "Penumbra"
  • 14 April - DS9: "'Til Death Do Us Part"
  • 21 April - DS9: "Strange Bedfellows"
  • 26 April - VOY: "Juggernaut"
  • 28 April - DS9: "The Changing Face of Evil" & VOY: "Someone to Watch Over Me"
  • 5 May - DS9: "When It Rains..." & VOY: "11:59"
  • 12 May - DS9: "Tacking Into the Wind" & VOY: "Relativity"
  • 19 May - DS9: "Extreme Measures" & VOY: "Warhead"
  • 26 May - DS9: "The Dogs of War" & VOY: "Equinox"
  • 2 June - DS9: "What You Leave Behind"
  • 22 September - VOY: "Equinox, Part II"
• 2002
  • 11 December - ENT: "Precious Cargo"
  • 13 December - Star Trek Nemesis
  • 18 December - ENT: "The Catwalk"