1993 (production)

For information about 1993 in the fictional Star Trek universe, please see 1993.

Events[]

January[]

• 3 January – Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is launched in the US on first-run syndication by Paramount Pictures's Viacom, piloting with the episode "Emissary". The series was created by Rick Berman and Michael Piller, having begun production in the last half of 1992.
• 6 January – 15 January – Eight days of filming on TNG: "Birthright, Part II".
• 10 January – "Past Prologue", the first regular episode of DS9 Season 1, airs.
• 11 January – UK VHS releases: TNG volumes 57 and 58.
• 15 January – Alex Diehl is born.
• 16 January – Glenn Corbett dies.
• 17 January – DS9: "A Man Alone" airs.
• 24 January – DS9: "Babel" airs.
• 25 January – TNG: "Ship In A Bottle" airs.
• 31 January – DS9: "Captive Pursuit" airs.

February[]

• 1 February –
  • TNG: "Aquiel" airs.
  • The first Pocket Books Deep Space Nine novel, Emissary, an adaptation of the TV premiere by J.M. Dillard, is released in the US.
• 4 February – Final draft script for TNG: "The Chase" is submitted.
• 7 February – DS9: "Q-Less" airs.
• 8 February – TNG: "Face Of The Enemy" airs.
• 11 February – Joy Garrett dies.
• 14 February – DS9: "Dax" airs.
• 15 February –
  • Ashley Sierra Hughes is born.
  • TNG: "Tapestry" airs.
  • UK VHS releases: TNG volumes 59 and 60.
• 21 February – DS9: "The Passenger" airs.
• 22 February – TNG: "Birthright, Part I" airs.
• Pocket TOS #63: Shell Game by Melissa Crandall is published by Pocket Books.

March[]

• 1 March – TNG: "Birthright, Part II" airs.
• 5 March – Herschel Daugherty dies.
• 7 March – Sarah Sherman is born.
• 8 March – Final draft script for TNG: "Rightful Heir" is submitted.
• 9 March – 18 March – Eight days of filming on TNG: "Rightful Heir".
• 14 March – DS9: "Move Along Home" airs.
• 15 March – UK VHS releases: TNG volume 61, 62 and 63 (end season 5).
• 17 March – Victoria Dunsmore is born.
• 18 March – Final draft script for TNG: "Timescape" is submitted.
• 19 March – Alden McWilliams dies.
• 21 March –
  • DS9: "The Nagus" airs.
  • Fred Phillips dies.
• 29 March – TNG: "Starship Mine" airs.
• 30 March – Nervala IV cave and stunt scene are filmed for TNG: "Second Chances".
• Pocket TOS #64: The Starship Trap by Mel Gilden is published by Pocket Books.

April[]

• 1 April –
  • Star Trek Chronology released.
  • Simon & Schuster Audio audiobook Emissary released.
• 5 April – TNG: "Lessons" airs.
• 12 April – Bethany Michelle Curry is born.
• 12 April – 22 April – Nine days of filming on TNG: "Descent".
• 15 April – Gerry Boudreau dies.
• 18 April – DS9: "Vortex" airs.
• 25 April – DS9: "Battle Lines" airs.
• 26 April –
  • TNG: "The Chase" airs.
  • UK VHS releases: TNG volumes 64 and 65.
• 27 April – Mustafa Bulut is born.
• DC TOS volume 2 #45: "A Little Man-to-Man Talk" is published.

• DC Comics releases "The Star Lost", a graphic novel collection of issues #20 through #24 of their DC TNG volume 2 series.

May[]

• 2 May – DS9: "The Storyteller" airs.
• 3 May – TNG: "Frame of Mind" airs.
• 6 May –
  • Robert Becker dies.
  • First-run airings of TNG recommence in the UK on Sky One with "Family".
• 9 May – DS9: "Progress" airs.
• 10 May – TNG: "Suspicions" airs.
• 16 May –
  • Atticus Mitchell is born.
  • DS9: "If Wishes Were Horses" airs.
• 17 May –
  • TNG: "Rightful Heir" airs.
  • UK VHS releases: TNG volumes 66 and 67; Movies: Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.
• 23 May – DS9: "The Forsaken" airs.
• 24 May – TNG: "Second Chances" airs.
• 26 May – Lily LaCava dies.
• 29 May – The Star Trek Log Four, Log Five, Log Six omnibus by Alan Dean Foster is published in the USA.
• 30 May – DS9: "Dramatis Personae" airs.
• The Pocket DS9 series of novels releases its second installment, and first original story, The Siege by Peter David.

June[]

• 4 June – Amrit Kaur is born.
• 5 June – Michael P. Schoenbrun dies.
• 7 June – UK VHS releases: TNG volumes 68 and 69.
• 10 June – Richard Webb dies. The special effects vortex scene for TNG: "Force of Nature" is filmed at Image G.
• 13 June – DS9: "Duet" airs.
• 14 June – TNG: "Timescape" airs.
• 20 June –
  • The abbreviated twenty-episode DS9 Season 1 ends with the airing of "In the Hands of the Prophets".
  • Adam Taylor Gordon is born.
  • Geoff and Greg Paul Samuels are born.
• 21 June – TNG Season 6 ends with the airing of "Descent".
• Pocket TOS #65: Windows on a Lost World by V.E. Mitchell is published by Pocket Books.
• 26 June – Jesse James Keitel is born.
• 29 June –
  • James Henrie is born.
  • The soundtrack of "Emissary" is released by GNP Crescendo Records.
• Production begins on DS9 Season 2.

July[]

• 5 July –
  • Cody Klop is born.
  • The Star Trek Log Seven, Log Eight, Log Nine omnibus by Alan Dean Foster is published in the USA.
• 8 July – Adrian Walters is born.
• 10 July – Sam Rolfe dies.
• 14 July – Robert Strong dies.
• 15 July – David Brian dies.
• 18 July – Davis Roberts dies.
• 30 July – Brooke Averi is born.

August[]

• 2 August – CIC Video begins its release of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine in the UK with volumes 1 and 2.
• 7 August – Charles Maxwell dies.
• 8 August – Mickey Morton dies.
• 9 August – 17 August – Seven days of filming on TNG: "Gambit, Part II".
  • 10 August – Edward M. Parker dies.
• 18 August – 26 August – Seven days of filming on TNG: "Phantasms".
• 27 August – 31 August – Three days of filming on TNG: "Dark Page".
  • 29 August – Magnús Ingvarsson is born.
• Unknown date –
  • Pocket TOS #66: From the Depths by Victor Milan is published by Pocket Books.
  • The Pocket DS9 series of novels releases its third installment, Bloodletter by K.W. Jeter.

September[]

• 1 September – 6 September – Four days of filming on TNG: "Dark Page".
• 6 September – UK VHS releases: TNG volume 70, DS9 volumes 3 and 4.
• 10 September – Apolla Asteria is born.
• 12 September – Tony Dante dies.
• 20 September – Star Trek: The Next Generation begins its seventh and final season airing with the episode "Descent, Part II".
• 26 September – Star Trek: Deep Space Nine begins its second season airing with the episode "The Homecoming".
• 27 September – TNG: "Liaisons" airs.
• 29 September – Paul McCardle dies.

October[]

• 3 October – DS9: "The Circle" airs.
• 4 October –
  • TNG: "Interface" airs.
  • UK VHS releases: DS9 volumes 5 and 6.
• 10 October – DS9: "The Siege" airs.
• 11 October – TNG: "Gambit, Part I" airs.
• 17 October – DS9: "Invasive Procedures" airs.
• 18 October –
  • TNG: "Gambit, Part II" airs.
  • UK VHS releases: TNG volumes 71 and 72.
• 24 October – DS9: "Cardassians" airs.
• 25 October –
  • Zeno Robinson is born.
  • TNG: "Phantasms" airs.
• 28 October – 29 October – Two days of filming on TNG: "Homeward".
• 31 October – DS9: "Melora" airs.
• Pocket TOS #67: The Great Starship Race by Diane Carey is published by Pocket Books.

November[]

• 1 November – TNG: "Dark Page" airs.
• 1 November – 8 November – Six days of filming on TNG: "Homeward".
• 3 November – Morgan Peters is born.
• 7 November – DS9: "Rules of Acquisition" airs.
• 8 November –
  • Maya Macatumpag is born.
  • TNG: "Attached" airs.
  • UK VHS releases: DS9 volumes 7 and 8, "Emissary" Special Collectors Edition.
• 9 November – 17 November – Seven days of filming on TNG: "Sub Rosa".
• 14 November – DS9: "Necessary Evil" airs.
• 15 November – TNG: "Force of Nature" airs.
• 21 November – DS9: "Second Sight" airs.
• 22 November –
  • TNG: "Inheritance" airs.
  • UK VHS releases: TNG volumes 73 and 74.
• 23 November – UK VHS release: Star Trek - The Screen Voyages
• 24 November – Leo Shreve dies.
• 28 November – DS9: "Sanctuary" airs.
• 29 November – TNG: "Parallels" airs.

December[]

• Pocket TNG releases the hardcover novel Dark Mirror by Diane Duane.
• 6 December – Jasmine Akakpo is born.
• 8 December – Kimberly-Ann Truong is born.
• 30 December – Morgan Kohan is born.
• 31 December – Robert C. Johnson dies.

Unknown month[]

• Victoria Sawal is born.

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