page_title: Star Trek: The Next Generation
section_title: Spin-offs and the franchise
hierarchical_section_title: Star Trek: The Next Generation / Spin-offs and the franchise
caption_attribution_description: Star Trek Exhibit at Queen Mary Spruce Goose Dome, Long Beach Ca, Feb 2008 www.startrek.com/custom/include/community/tour/
context_page_description: Star Trek: The Next Generation is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry. It originally aired from September 28, 1987 to May 23, 1994, in syndication, spanning 178 episodes over seven seasons. The third series in the Star Trek franchise, it is the second sequel to Star Trek: The Original Series. Set in the 24th century, when Earth is part of the United Federation of Planets, it follows the adventures of a Starfleet starship, the USS Enterprise, in its exploration of the Milky Way galaxy.
  In the 1980s, Roddenberry—who was responsible for the original Star Trek, Star Trek: The Animated Series, and a series of films—was tasked by Paramount Pictures with creating a new series in the franchise. He decided to set it a century after the events of his original series. The Next Generation featured a new crew: Patrick Stewart as Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Jonathan Frakes as Commander William Riker, Brent Spiner as Lieutenant Commander Data, Michael Dorn as Lieutenant Commander Worf, LeVar Burton as Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge, Marina Sirtis as counselor Deanna Troi, Denise Crosby as Lieutenant Tasha Yar, Gates McFadden as Dr.
context_section_description: Star Trek: The Next Generation spawned different media set in its universe, which was primarily the 2370s but set in the same universe as first Star Trek TV shows of the 1960s. This included the aforementioned films, computer games, board games, theme parks, etc. In the 2010s there were rumors of a Captain Worf spin-off, the bridge officer that debuted on TNG and was also featured in the TNG spin-off show Deep Space Nine.
caption: Re-creation of the TNG starship bridge for Star Trek: The Exhibition
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