1993 (production)

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

Events

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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.
5 January - Ashley Sierra Hughes is born.
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.
16 January - Glenn Corbett dies.
17 January - DS9: "A Man Alone" airs.
24 January - TNG: "Ship in a Bottle" and DS9: "Babel" air.
31 January - DS9: "Captive Pursuit" and TNG: "Aquiel" air.

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

1 March - TNG: "Birthright, Part II" airs.
5 March - Herschel Daugherty dies.
8 March - Final draft script for TNG: "Rightful Heir" is submitted.
9 March - 18 March - Eight days of filming on TNG: "Rightful Heir".
12 March - Fred Phillips dies.
14 March - DS9: "Move Along Home" airs.
15 March - UK VHS releases: TNG volume 61, 62 and 63 (end season 5).
18 March - Final draft script for TNG: "Timescape" is submitted.
19 March - Alden McWilliams dies.
21 March - DS9: "The Nagus" airs.
28 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.

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

9 May - TNG: "Suspicions" and DS9: "Progress" air.
16 May - TNG: "Rightful Heir" and DS9: "If Wishes Were Horses" air.
17 May - UK VHS releases: TNG volumes 66 and 67.
23 May - DS9: "The Forsaken" and TNG: "Second Chances" air.
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.

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" and TNG: "Timescape" air.
20 June - The abbreviated 20-episode DS9 Season 1 ends with the airing of "In the Hands of the Prophets" and TNG Season 6 ends with the airing of "Descent".

2 August - CIC Video begins its release of DS9 in the UK with volumes 1 and 2.
8 August - Mickey Morton dies.
9 August - 17 August - Seven days of filming on TNG: "Gambit, Part II".
18 August - 26 August - Seven days of filming on TNG: "Phantasms".
27 August - 31 August - Three days of filming on TNG: "Dark Page".
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.

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.
19 September - Star Trek: The Next Generation begins its seventh and final season airing with the episode "Descent, Part II".
25 September - TNG: "Liaisons" airs.
26 September - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine begins its second season airing with the episode "The Homecoming".

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