


“Gene really hated it,” recalls Moore of his initial story meeting with Roddenberry. It’s ironic that an episode loved by so many fans was met with disdain by Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry. What may seem dull on paper is a compelling and, at times, heartstrings-tugging affair that adds much necessary depth and emotion to three of sci-fi’s most memorable characters. Worf (Michael Dorn) and Wesley Crusher (Wil Wheaton) as the Enterprise undergoes repairs post-Borg attack while orbiting Earth.

It’s an off-premise character drama exploring the lives of Picard, Lt. It’s also special in that there is no sci-fi B-plot. 1, 1990, is an outlier among Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes it’s the only episode with no scenes set on the Enterprise-D bridge or to not feature Data (Brent Spinter). John de Lancie, who has portrayed Q since 1987’s Star Trek: The Next Generation, also narrates the history of the Starship Enterprise bridge across decades of shows and movies.To celebrate its 30th anniversary, Moore recently shared with The Hollywood Reporter the “Family” history and the challenges he faced in making an unofficial “Part III” to Picard’s iconic Borg storyline. This is their largest set of digital archive works to date, and it was launched with accompanying videos, including a William Shatner interview with a holographic version of the 1979 USS Enterprise bridge as a background. The Roddenberry Archive is a multi-decade collaboration between the estate of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry and cloud graphics company OTOY.

Fans can click on the version of the Enterprise they want to see and then expand the virtual bridge, which they can drag around and explore to see its beeping panels and displays. It has the bridge from Star Trek: The Original Series, Picard, Discovery and Strange New Worlds, arranged according to timeline in the new web portal. As Deadline reports, the latest update to the Roddenberry Archive adds 360-degree virtual recreations of the famous Starship Enterprise bridge as depicted in various Star Trek properties. The USS Enterprise has gone through several iterations across TV shows and movies, and now Star Trek fans can explore them as much as they want to online.
