1987 (production)

Events Edit

January Edit

No events listed.

February Edit

• Early February - Leonard Maizlish is given his own offices on the Paramount studio lot and starts his detrimental influence on the production of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
• 17 February - First draft script for TNG: "Encounter at Farpoint" is submitted.
• 28 February - Michelle Horn is born.
• Pocket TOS #32: Chain of Attack by Gene DeWeese is published by Pocket Books.

March Edit

• 2 March -
  • John E. Chilberg II dies.
  • Construction is started at Industrial Light & Magic, contracted for the build of the studio models, on the six-foot USS Enterprise-D studio model for use as the new "hero" ship in the new Star Trek spin-off series, Star Trek: The Next Generation.
• 6 March - First story concept for TNG: "Code of Honor" is submitted.
• 16 March - Second draft script for TNG: "Encounter at Farpoint" is submitted.
• 30 March - Marley McClean is born.

April Edit

• 10 April - Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home is released in the UK.
• 13 April - Final draft script for TNG: "Encounter at Farpoint" is submitted.
• 15 April - Zach Duhame is born.
• 27 April - First draft script for TNG: "The Naked Now" is submitted.
• Pocket TOS #33: Deep Domain by Howard Weinstein is published by Pocket Books.

May Edit

• 1 May - Original story concept for TNG: "The Last Outpost" is submitted.
• 4 May - Mike Minor dies.
• 26 May - 28 May - Rehearsals for TNG: "Encounter at Farpoint".

June Edit

• 1 June -
  • First unit filming begins on "Encounter at Farpoint", the pilot of The Next Generation
  • Second unit filming also starts with the first footage shot of the six-foot Enterprise-D model at ILM, which had secured an additional commission to provide the pilot episode with the visual effects.
• 11 June - Vijay Suzuki is born.
• 25 June - Filming ends on "Encounter at Farpoint".
• Pocket TOS #34: Dreams of the Raven by Carmen Carter is published by Pocket Books.

July Edit

• 2 July - Revised final draft script for TNG: "Code of Honor" is submitted.
• 6 July - Filming begins on TNG: "The Naked Now".
• 10 July - Vic Toyota dies.
• 13 July - Elyssa D. Vito is born. Filming is completed on TNG: "The Naked Now".
• 15 July - Filming begins on TNG: "Code of Honor".
• 16 July - ILM filmed scenes with the Old Bandi City studio model for TNG: "Encounter at Farpoint".
• 24 July - Filming is completed on TNG: "Code of Honor".
• 25 July - Michael Welch is born.
• 27 July - Filming begins on TNG: "Haven".
• Pocket TOS Strangers from the Sky by Margaret Wander Bonanno is published by Pocket Books.

August Edit

• 4 August - Filming is completed on TNG: "Haven".
• 5 August - Filming begins on TNG: "Where No One Has Gone Before".
• 7 August - Revised final draft script for TNG: "The Last Outpost" is submitted.
• 14 August - Filming is completed on TNG: "Where No One Has Gone Before".
• 17 August - Filming begins on TNG: "The Last Outpost".
• 20 August - Bertrand Roberson, Jr. is born. The score for TNG: "The Naked Now" is recorded at Paramount Stage M, conducted by Ron Jones.
• 21 August - Karl Bruck dies.
• 25 August - Filming is completed on TNG: "The Last Outpost".
• 26 August - Filming begins on TNG: "Lonely Among Us".
• 27 August - Final draft script for TNG: "Justice" is submitted.
• Pocket TOS #35: The Romulan Way by Diane Duane & Peter Morwood is published by Pocket Books.

September Edit

• 1 September - The main title for Star Trek: The Next Generation is recorded at Paramount Stage M.
• 3 September - Filming is completed on TNG: "Lonely Among Us".
• 8 September - Filming begins on TNG: "Justice".
• 11 September - The score for TNG: "Code of Honor" is recorded at Paramount Stage M, conducted by Fred Steiner.
• 16 September - Filming is completed on TNG: "Justice".
• 17 September - Filming begins on TNG: "The Battle".
• 18 September - Sarah Rayne is born.
• 25 September - Filming is completed on TNG: "The Battle". The score for TNG: "Where No One Has Gone Before" is recorded at Paramount Stage M, conducted by Ron Jones.
• 28 September - Star Trek: The Next Generation is launched in first-run syndication, piloting with the episode "Encounter at Farpoint". Filming begins on TNG: "Hide and Q".

October Edit

• 1 October - The score for TNG: "Haven" is recorded at Paramount Stage M.
• 5 October - The first regular episode of TNG Season 1, "The Naked Now", premieres.
• 7 October - Filming is completed on TNG: "Hide and Q".
• 8 October - Filming begins on TNG: "Too Short a Season".
• 12 October - TNG: "Code of Honor" airs.
• 15 October - The score for TNG: "Lonely Among Us" is recorded at Paramount Stage M, conducted by Ron Jones.
• 16 October - Filming is completed on "Too Short a Season".
• 19 October - TNG: "The Last Outpost" airs. Filming begins on TNG: "The Big Goodbye".
• 26 October - TNG: "Where No One Has Gone Before" airs.
• 27 October - Filming is completed on TNG: "The Big Goodbye".
• 28 October - Filming begins on TNG: "Datalore".
• Pocket TNG Encounter at Farpoint by David Gerrold is published by Pocket Books.
• Pocket TOS #36: How Much for Just the Planet? by John M. Ford is published by Pocket Books.

November Edit

• 2 November - TNG: "Lonely Among Us" airs.
• 4 November - Final draft script for "Angel One" is submitted.
• 5 November - The score for TNG: "The Battle" is recorded at Paramount Stage M, conducted by Ron Jones.
• 6 November - Filming is completed on TNG: "Datalore".
• 9 November - TNG: "Justice" airs.
• 11 November - Filming begins on TNG: "Angel One".
• 16 November -
  • TNG: "The Battle" airs.
  • The score for TNG: "Hide and Q" is recorded at Paramount Stage M.
• 19 November - Filming is completed on TNG: "Angel One"
• 20 November - Filming begins on TNG: "11001001".
• 23 November - TNG: "Hide and Q" airs.
• 27 November - Richard Rubin dies.
• 30 November - TNG: "Haven" airs.

December Edit

• 2 December - Filming is completed on TNG: "11001001".
• 3 December - Filming begins on TNG: "Home Soil".
• 10 December - The score for TNG: "The Big Goodbye" is recorded at Paramount Stage M.
• 14 December - Filming is completed on TNG: "Home Soil".
• 15 December - Filming begins on TNG: "When The Bough Breaks".
• 18 December - The score for TNG: "Datalore" is recorded at Paramount Stage M, conducted by Ron Jones.
• 23 December - Filming is completed on TNG: "When The Bough Breaks".
• 28 December - Thomas Alexander Dekker is born.
• Pocket TOS #37: Bloodthirst by J.M. Dillard is published by Pocket Books.