a5c7b9f00b Set decades after Captain Kirk's five-year mission, a new generation of Starfleet officers set off in a new Enterprise on their own mission to go where no one has gone before. Set in the 24th century and decades after the adventures of the original crew of the starship Enterprise, this new series is the long-awaited successor to the original <a href=">Star Trek (1966). Under the command of Captain Jean-Luc Picard, the all new Enterprise NCC 1701-D travels out to distant planets to seek out new life and to boldly go where no one has gone before. This was quite a trip for Star Trek fans. It has all the good things that made TOS work. The optimism in humanity's future, the sense of wonder and adventure, the charismatic characters... It successfully updated the concept.<br/><br/>In such a long run, it had its share of weak episodes, but in general the level was high, and there were some completely outstanding ones.<br/><br/>Patrick Stewart as Captain Picard and Brent Spiner as Data deserve special praise for their career-defining performances.<br/><br/>TOS was cut a bit short, but TNG had time to develop and reach its full potential. The first season was not the best. The show was finding its feet then, and the characters were not yet as well-defined as they would become. That first season is still worth watching, though. It has good things to offer, and the show would get even better. Star Trek the Next Generation is the best of the series so far. It has the most fame and should not have gone off the air. Wonderful acting and superb stories made this the greatest. <a href="/name/nm0001420/">DeForest Kelley</a> appeared asin <a href="/title/tt0094030/">Encounter at Farpoint (1987)</a>.<br/><br/><a href="/name/nm0000559/">Leonard Nimoy</a> appeared asin <a href="/title/tt0708835/">Unification I (1991)</a> and <a href="/title/tt0708836/">Unification II (1991)</a>. His appearance was tied to the release of the film <a href="/title/tt0102975/">Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)</a>.<br/><br/><a href="/name/nm0501697/">Mark Lenard</a> appeared asin <a href="/title/tt0708769/">Sarek (1990)</a> and <a href="/title/tt0708835/">Unification I (1991)</a>.<br/><br/><a href="/name/nm0001150/">James Doohan</a> appeared asin <a href="/title/tt0708764/">Relics (1992)</a>.<br/><br/><a href="/name/nm0000854/">Majel Barrett</a> appeared as(nearly all episodes) and(8 episodes) in <a href="/title/tt0092455/">Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)</a>.<br/><br/><a href="/name/nm0611707/">Diana Muldaur</a> who appeared asin episode <a href="/title/tt0708433/">Is There in Truth No Beauty? (1968)</a> and asin episode <a href="/title/tt0708445/">Return to Tomorrow (1968)</a> of <a href="/title/tt0060028/">Star Trek (1966)</a>, appeared as , a recurring character, in most episodes of season 2 of <a href="/title/tt0092455/">Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)</a>, replacing(<a href="/name/nm0000533/">Gates McFadden</a>) as Chief Medical Officer. <ul><li>The state of war with the Klingons was effectively ended in 2293 by the Kithomer Accord, as seen in <a href="/title/tt0102975/">Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)</a>. An uneasy peace with the Federation remains, as there were still frequent skirmishes with the Klingons over time. The Klingon Empire remained an independent government outside of the Federation.</li></ul><br/><br/><ul><li>Around 2300, the cooperation that existed between Klingons and Romulans since the 23rd century started to gradually degrade, perhaps fueled by the weakened state of the Klingons following the Praxis Incident, and their subsequent willingness to reconcile with the Federation.</li></ul><br/><br/><ul><li>An event known as the Tomed incident occurred in 2311. Although details were never provided, known facts suggest that it concerned a violation of the Romulan Neutral Zone, involvement of cloaked ships, and the death of thousands of lives, both Romulan and Federation. It led to the Treaty of Algeron, which reaffirmed the Neutral Zone as a no-fly zone and prohibited the Federation from developing cloaked vessels. The treaty also ceased virtually all dialogue between the Romulans and the Federation for the next 50 years.</li></ul><br/><br/><ul><li>In 2344, the Romulans attacked a Klingon outpost on Narendra III. It is unknown what sparked the incident, but the intervention of the Enterprise-C, a Federation vessel, despite being destroyed in the battle, was perceived as particularly honourable by the Klingons. As a result, relations with the Klingons improved drastically. About two years later, Romulans attacked the Klingon outpost at Kithomer (possibly over a territorial dispute) and killed nearly all inhabitants, leading to the start of the Romulan-Klingon war around the 2350s.</li></ul><br/><br/><ul><li>In 2363, the Enterprise-D was launched.</li></ul><br/><br/><ul><li>In 2364, Jean-Luc Picard assumed command of the Enterprise-D and a continuing mission of space exploration is started.</li></ul> It takes place from 2364-2370 A.D. 95 years after the events of the original TV series, 94 years after the events of the animated series, & 71 years after the events of the Undiscovered Country movie.